Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder

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Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
Author	William Hope Hodgson
Illustrator	Ronald Clyne
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Supernatural fiction, Detective fiction short stories
Publisher	Mycroft & Moran
Publication date	1947
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	241 pp
ISBN	NA

Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a collection of supernatural detective short stories by author William Hope Hodgson. It was released in 1947 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 3,050 copies. This edition of Hodgson's Carnacki stories contains three additional tales not found in the English edition published by Eveleigh Nash in 1913. The book is listed as No. 52 in Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed by the 100 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845 by Ellery Queen.

[edit] Contents

Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder contains the following tales:

1. "The Thing Invisible"
2. "The Gateway of the Monster"
3. "The House Among the Laurels"
4. "The Whistling Room"
5. "The Searcher of the End House"
6. "The Horse of the Invisible"
7. "The Haunted 'Jarvee'"
8. "The Find"
9. "The Hog"

[edit] Reprints

• London: Tom Stacey, 1972.
• St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.
• London: Tandem, 1974.
• London: Sphere, 1974.
• London: White Lion, 1975.
• London: Grafton, 1991.

[edit] References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 22-23. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 844. 
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 177-178. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 149-150. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.