The Haunted Hour: An Anthology
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. xiv, 237 pages.
An unusual anthology of ghost‑themed verse compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Margaret Widdemer, selecting only poems in which spirits return to earth. The contributions come from a wide range of poets, including Joyce Kilmer, Rudyard Kipling, Christina Rossetti, Katherine Tynan, Philip Freneau, Amy Lowell, and many more, unified by the theme of spectral visitation. Widdemer’s introduction frames the supernatural theme.
This scarce early 20th‑century collection is the earliest anthology explicitly devoted to ghost poetry, bridging popular interest in the supernatural with the literary form of verse.
Near fine. Bound in midnight blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles. Light extremity rubs. In custom Mylar cover, with remnants of dust jacket laid in.
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