Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
- Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
Infobox Book
name = Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
title_orig =
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for "Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"
author = William Hope Hodgson
illustrator = Ronald Clyne
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Supernatural fiction, Detective fiction short stories
publisher = Mycroft & Moran
release_date = 1947
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 241 pp
isbn = NA
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"Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder" is a collection of supernatural detective short stories by author William Hope Hodgson. It was published first during 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. A new edition, with three additional stories, was published 1947 by Mycroft & Moran, an edition of 3,050 copies. The Mycroft & Moran version 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.
Contents
"Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder" contains the following tales:
# "The Thing Invisible"
# "The Gateway of the Monster"
# "The House Among the Laurels"
# "The Whistling Room"
# "The Searcher of the End House"
# "The Horse of the Invisible"
# "The Haunted 'Jarvee'"
# "The Find"
# "The Hog"
Reprints
*London: Tom Stacey, 1972.
*St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.
*London: Tandem, 1974.
*London: Sphere, 1974.
*London: White Lion, 1975.
*London: Grafton, 1991.
References
*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=22-23 | date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=844 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=177-178 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=149-150 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4
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