The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'

The Captain of the 'Pole-Star'

BookThe Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe
EditorChristopher Roden, Barbara Roden
Preface byMichael Dirda
Copyright Holder (Illustrations)Paul Lowe
Introduction byChristopher Roden, Barbara Roden
Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue)Christopher Roden, Barbara Roden, Michael Dirda
PublisherAsh-Tree Press
Cover Art byPaul Lowe
Typeset byAsh-Tree Press
Printed and Bound byMorriss Printing Ltd.
Designed byAsh-Tree Press
Copyright Holder (This Edition)Ash-Tree Press
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationAshcroft, British Columbia, CA
Copyright2004
This Edition Published2004-05-22
Pages / Font460 pages
ISBN1553100689
Chaptersix • Preface, by Michael Dirda xv • Introduction, by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden 3 • The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe 10 • The American's Tale 16 • The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' 34 • The Winning Shot 60 • The Silver Hatchet 72 • Selecting a Ghost 85 • J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement 108 • The Blood-Stone Tragedy 116 • John Barrington Cowles 134 • The Great Keinplatz Experiment 146 • Cyprian Overbeck Wells 160 • The Ring of Thoth 173 • A Pastoral Horror 186 • The Speckled Band 205 • 'De Profundis' 213 • Lot No. 249 238 • The Los Amigos Fiasco 244 • The Case of Lady Sannox 252 • The Lord of Château Noir 261 • The Parasite 293 • The Striped Chest 303 • The Fiend of the Cooperage 313 • The New Catacomb 324 • The Sealed Room 335 • The Retirement of Signor Lambert 342 • The Brazilian Cat 357 • The Brown Hand 369 • Playing with Fire 380 • The Legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles 383 • The Leather Funnel 392 • The Silver Mirror 399 • The Terror of Blue John Gap 412 • The Blighting of Sharkey 421 • Through the Veil 425 • How It Happened 428 • The Horror of the Heights 440 • The Bully of Brocas Court 450 • The Lift
NotesPrinted in Canada. Limited to 600 copies, with additional copies produced for legal deposit and contractual purposes. "The Speckled Band" is an adventure of Sherlock Holmes. "The Legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles" is an excerpt from the Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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