M. Summers: THE GRIMOIRE AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL STORIES. First edition, 1936

The Grimoire and The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories (London, The Fortune Press, [1936]). First Edition (undated, but 1936). A classic anthology of supernatural horror stories, introduced by Montague Summers. Includes The Vampyre by J. W. Polidori, Leixlip Castle by C. R. Maturin, The Queen of Spades by A. S. Pushkin, Dickon the Devil by J. S. Le Fanu, The Haunted House of Paddington by C. Ollier, Chantry Manor-House by Mrs. Hartley, The Spectre Hand, The Tregethans’ Curse; or, The Weird Woman, and The Grimoire by Montague Summers.

Montague Summers (1880–1948) was an English author and clergyman, best known for his writings on witches, vampires, and werewolves—entities he believed to be real.

Frontispiece. XXXVI, 296 pp. 21 × 14 cm. 0.870 kg.

Publisher’s original cloth binding, firmly bound with minor edge wear. Lacking dust jacket. Interior with untrimmed page edges and the occasional faint, insignificant spot. Older ownership signature in pencil on the front pastedown.

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