Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder

Carnacki the Ghost-Finder is a collection of occult detective short stories by English writer William Hope Hodgson, featuring the titular protagonist. It was first published in 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. In 1947, a new edition of 3,050 copies was published by Mycroft & Moran and included three additional stories (the last three listed below). In 1951 Ellery Queen covered the Mycroft & Moran version as No. 53 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.[2]

Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
Dust-jacket for Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (1947), illustrated by Frank Utpatel
AuthorWilliam Hope Hodgson
IllustratorFlorence Briscoe (1910 serial)[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
SeriesCarnacki
GenreSupernatural fiction, detective fiction
PublisherEveleigh Nash (1913), Mycroft & Moran (1947)
Publication date
1913, expanded 1947
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages288, 241
OCLC13117415

For several decades subsequent to the Mycroft and Moran edition, Carnacki collections routinely if not always contained all nine stories. Project Gutenberg Ebook #10832 (2004) contains only the first six stories, however, and arranges them in sequence of their 1910 and 1912 magazine publication. Some other publications follow Project Gutenberg, perhaps using its text.

Contents

Carnacki the Ghost-Finder contains the following tales:

References
  1. "Carnacki the Ghost Finder", "No. 1: The Gateway of the Monster" to "No. 5: The Searcher of the End House". The Idler. January, February, March, April, and June 1910.
  2. Ellery Queen (1951). Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-crime Short Story as Revealed in the 106 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8196-0229-9.

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