Isn't it always the way for book collectors? You start collecting cheap copies of a series, only to find that there are a couple you need for your collection that are as scarce as hen teeth! Such has been the case since starting my collection of Armada Ghost Books published in the 1970's and 80's.
A fellow collector warned me that the 12th Armada Book was the most difficult to get your grubby fingers on in the mid 2020's. With that knowledge, I purchased the one copy I ever seen offered for sale, but had to source it from Canada for an outlandish price (when Canadian postage fees were added to the equation).
Funnily enough, whilst costing me the most financially, this book wasn't the most difficult to source. The winner of that particular frustration goes to the next book in the season, which I will write about in my next blog post...
I wonder why these later editions are so difficult to find when others from the range are so easily found for a price between £5-10?
The 13th Armada Ghost Books takes us screaming into the 1980's with a luscious nightmarish cover:
Peter Archer is once again the artist for this collection of ghost stories, but as usual with this Armada series, most of the images he illustrates detail the more mundane aspects of the tale. In this particular book, only one scare drawing stands out:
I have not read any of the stories as yet, but the titles The Chess Set, The Cat Room and The Haunted Village hold enough intrigue to pique my interest:
