OLIPHANT, Mrs. [Margaret] (1828-1897). Stories of the Seen and Unseen. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwell and Sons, [1902]. 8vo. [vi], [1]-316 pp. Publisher's cloth stamped blind and gilt. FIRST ENLARGED UK EDITION (Sullivan 309). 

Apart from her numerous travelogues, autobiographies, and novels of domestic realism, "Mrs. Oliphant" published a small number of supernatural stories, including a popular series featuring a good-hearted "Little Pilgrim" who returns from Heaven to spread goodwill on Earth, called by Sullivan "infuriating for their mawkish, smug religiosity." In 1880, she published a Dickensian novella, A Beleaguered City, in which the spirits of the dead resurrect in a French town and demand the living atone for their materialism. The 4 independent ghost stories collected in this volume, first published in periodicals, contain one of her best tales and among the last she wrote, titled "The Library Window." 

Boards rubbed, corners bumped, toning throughout, spine darkened and soiled, fraying to margins. Ownership inscription to ffep, front hinge starting, minor spotting and soiling, foxing endpapers, small bookplate to rear pastedown. Very good.