Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
Hokusai’s five ghoulish prints for the series Hyaku Monogatari [One Hundred Ghost Stories]….more
19th Century
The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century (1825)
Guide to astrology and the occult by the mysterious “Raphael”….more
British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
Wirt Sikes, US consul to Cardiff from 1876 to 1883, describes the mythology and traditions of Wales, a land steeped in folklore….more
The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
Ghoulish array of shapeshifting monsters from Japanese folklore….more
E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Strange Stories
English translation of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Nachtstücke published in 1816, a collection of supernatural horror short stories including his classic The Sandman….more
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
James Hogg’s masterpiece — part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-metafiction, part-satire, part-case study of totalitarian thought….more
Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
19th-century reprint, with additional introduction by James Crossley, of Thomas Potts’ The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster, first publi…more
The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
A woodblock print, by the late Edo period artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, illustrating the story of an encounter with the Sea Monk or Umibozu, a spirit in Japanese folklo…more
From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
A book detailing the seances of Hélène Smith including claimed contact with people living on Mars, involving the writing down of their language, as well as sketc…more
Harry Kellar’s Show Posters
A series of wonderful promotional posters to accompany the shows of Harry Kellar, an American magician of the late 19th and early 20th century….more
Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)
A book of Victorian hi-tech ghost conjuring which allows the reader to summon, as the sub-title proclaims, ghosts everywhere and of any colour….more
Mythical Monsters (1886)
An exploration into all beasts fabled, fabricated, fantastical, and fanciful, from across the world, including the Chinese and Japanese Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, an…more
