The Spectral Bride. By Joseph Shearing [Pseudonym] . Long, Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell, Writing As "Joseph Shearing." Horror,Mystery & Crime,Supernatural,Women

Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-314, original tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. A psychological horror story based on an actual crime which occurred in 1870. The novel is one of a series of excellent historical mysteries by Long set in Victorian England, this one with "doom-laden atmosphere, in which the specter of a century-old murder obsesses, and perhaps possesses the protagonists." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 50. "A sensitive young aristocrat obsessed by a girl supposedly murdered by his ancestor is taken in by the charade of a fantasizing girl who poses as her ghost; the consequence is ironically tragic. Richly detailed by courtesy of Mrs. Long's own intense fascination with case studies involving occult experiences and impostures." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-176. Published simultaneously in the UK by Hutchinson as THE FETCH. Bleiler (1978), p. 178. Reginald 01704A. Hubin (1994), p. 734. Mild tanning around the edges of the paste-downs, a very good copy in poor pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap which is worn at edges and detached along rear spine fold. (#174005)