Tomes of terror
Subtitle: haunted bookstores and libraries
By: Mark Leslie ; with a foreword by John Robert Colombo
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781459728608; 9781459728615; 9781459728622
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Libraries; Miscellanea; Ghosts; Haunted places; Bookstores
Description: "A celebration and an eerie look at the siren call of literature a nd the unexplained and fascinating stories associated with bookish locations around the world"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: In for a surprise! by John Roberto Colombo; title: Preface: My life-long love affair with books, writing, and things that go bump in the night; title: Acknowledgements; title: Canada. The mischievous bookseller's elves; title: The eerie elevator; title: The hitchhiking ghost; title: Haunted country bookshop; title: The Runnymede ghost; title: Ghosts in the attic; title: Spirits of the poorhouse wretched; title: The rocking chair ghost; title: Haunted history books; title: Inuit carving display mystery; title: Go toward the light!; title: The shadowy figure; title: Spectres in the stacks; title: The miraculous survival of the Parliamentary Library; title: Goosebumps at Smithbooks; title: United States of America. Kerouac's favourite haunt; title: The tragic story of young Molly; title: The portal; title: The haunted poetry book; title: Death and resurrection of The Book House; title: Some browse forever; title: The grieving ghost of Greene's; title: Reading in the dark; title: Nat the national treasure; title: The ghost of Harriet Haskell; title: Spellbinding stories; title: The many lives of Carnegie Library; title: Smile, you're on ghost camera!; title: All ghosts want some peace of mind; title: A ghost called Lola; title: the ghost of Doctor Harris; title: When I die, I'll leave you my books and my ghost; title: The curse of Old Lady Gray; title: When a ghost calls your name; title: Not so sweet when you build on a grave; title: The dedicated ghost of Ida Day; title: A rowdy, hidden presence; title: Millicent the muse; title: Things that go ding in the night; title: Have ghosts, will travel; title: The ghost with a library card; title: International. Ghosts of the Royal Library; title: The White Lady of the haunted bookshop; title: Lord Combermere's chair; title: Macabre secrets of the Municipal Palace; title: Sternberg's ghost; title: The book-loving ghost of Felbrigg Hall; title: The blue man; title: Open to all; title: A treasure of infinite haunts; title: The hidden note in Marsh's Library; title: Old Jacobus of Rammerscales; title: Ghost in a dark green jacket; title: The mysterious book of antiquities and curiosities; title: The nun in blue; title: The restless librarian; title: When a book gets under your skin; title: Afterword; title: Further reading and additional resources for the bookish at heart; title: Notes.