1904 Scarce Book - Twenty-Five Ghost Stories Edited by W. Bob Holland

Author: Compiled and edited by W. Bob Holland.
Title: Twenty-Five Ghost Stories.
Publisher: New York, J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1904. First thus.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 x 5 inches.
Pages: 255 pages + publisher's ad.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated blue cloth binding, with black lettering and an eerie skeletal illustration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and soiled - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing mainly on the endpapers - as shown). 
Illustrations: Includes several haunting black-and-white illustrations, enhancing the eerie and supernatural atmosphere of the tales.

Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies of this binding variant with the skeleton smoking a pipe available for sale worldwide).

The book: A chilling and captivating anthology of supernatural tales, Twenty-Five Ghost Stories brings together eerie and mysterious narratives compiled by W. Bob Holland. Published in 1904, this volume features ghostly encounters, haunted houses, spectral visitations, and the creeping horrors of the unknown. Among the highlights is Edgar Allan Poe’s masterful The Black Cat, setting the tone for the macabre collection. Each story including "The Flayed Hand," "The Spectre Bride," "A Misfit Ghost," and more, is designed to send shivers down the reader’s spine, making this book a treasured relic of early 20th-century ghost literature.

The author: W. Bob Holland is credited with compiling and editing this anthology, drawing from a variety of sources to present a well-rounded selection of supernatural tales. While little is known about Holland himself, his work in curating these stories has preserved some of the most chilling ghost narratives of the time.