Rosemary Timperley

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Anthologies (as editor)

Rosemary Timperley edited five volumes in the popular Ghost Book series of short story anthologies. The first three books in the series were edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith and the fourth was edited by James Turner. Timperley took over as editor for volumes five to nine, for which she also wrote the introductions. Timperley was of course fascinated by the supernatural and her introductions offer some interesting insights. The books that Timperley edited were originally published by Barrie & Rockliff and later reprinted under the Pan Books imprint.

 

fifthghostbook.jpg (35171 bytes)The Fifth Ghost Book
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, 1969
Edited and introduced by Rosemary Timperley

"Phantom of the Screen" by LAWRIE WYMAN
"Nothing" by WINIFRED WILKINSON
"Double Take" by JAMES TURNER
"The Mistress in Black" by ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY
"Remember the Roses" by AVERY TAYLOR
"The Congregation of Rabbi Nachman" by PAUL TABORI
"The Follower" by SHELLEY SMITH
"The Man Across the River" by MAGGIE ROSS
"Dog in a Chip Shop" by JENNIFER PHILLIPS
"On a Hallowe'en in Suffolk" by PETER IBBOTSON
"Four and One More" by JOHN HYNAM
"The Shadow on the Wall" by L. P. HARTLEY
"When Morning Comes" by ELIZABETH FANCETT
"A Day Out" by RICHARD DAVIS
"The Tip Off" by ERNEST CORBYN
"Mister Scarecrow" by GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
"The Girl on the Beach" by DENYS VAL BAKER
"The Cold Flame" by JOAN AIKEN

 

sixthghostbook.jpg (24275 bytes)The Sixth Ghost Book
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, 1970
Edited and introduced by Rosemary Timperley

"The Blood Goes Round" by JOHN ELLIOT
"Casualty" by JOHN BURKE
"Death of a Ghost" by Avery TAYLOR
"The Drowned Rose" by GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
"Elsie and Agnes" by RICHARD DAVIS
"Fall in at the Double" by L. P. HARTLEY
"Girl Who Looked Like Barby" by ERNEST CORBYN
"I'll Wait For You" by SHELLEY SMITH
"Image in Capsule" by KIT PEDLER
"The Judas Joke" by ELIZABETH FANCETT
"...no one ever comes here in winter" by JAMES TURNER
"Rachel and Simon" by ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY
"Restless Lady" by JOHN HYNAM
"The Sale of Midsummer" by JOAN AIKEN
"The Shadows of the Living" by RONALD BLYTHE
"The Singer" by WINIFRED WILKINSON
"The Soldier" by MAGGIE ROSS
"The Swinging Ghost" by PAUL TABORI
"The Walking Shadow" by JEAN STUBBS

 

seventhghostbook.jpg (23230 bytes)The Seventh Ghost Book
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, 1971
Edited and introduced by Rosemary Timperley

"Flitting Tenant" by JOHN BURKE
"The Questionable Child" by FREDERICK BRADNUM
"Sara" by GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
"Qwert" by MICHAEL BUTLER
"Alfredo, Maria and Me" by ERNEST CORBYN
"Madonna Lilies" by DOROTHY EDEN
"Locked On" by JOHN ELLIOT
"Balance of Power" by ELIZABETH FANCETT
"Fences" by JOHN GINGER
"The Sound of Voices" by L. P. HARTLEY
"The Derelict Track" by DOROTHY K. HAYNES
"The White Eyes of the Little Grey God" by JOHN HYNAM
"The Long Term Residents" by KIT PEDLER
"Knight of the Papal Order of the Golden Spur" by MAGGIE ROSS
"A Thing Possessed" by SHELLEY SMITH
"A Difficult Man" by JEAN STUBBS
"The Only Story" by WILLIAM TREVOR
"Fly Away Home" by JAMES TURNER
"The Aunts" by WINIFRED WILKINSON

 

eighthghostbook.jpg (28301 bytes)The Eighth Ghost Book
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, 1972
Edited and introduced by Rosemary Timperley

"The Feet of Clay" by FREDERICK BRADNUM
"The Interrogator" by GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
"The Loiterers" by JOHN BURKE
"The Family" by JOHN ELLIOT
"Mrs G. G". by L. P. HARTLEY
"The Man Who Went Too Far" by DOROTHY K. HAYNES
"A Legion Marching By" by JOHN HYNAM
"Terence and the Unholy Father" by KIT PEDLER
"The Search for Carloff" by MAGGIE ROSS
"The Terrible Stone of Chalcombe Manor" by RICHARD SELMER
"Someone Dear to Me" by JEAN STUBBS
"The Love of a Good Woman" by WILLIAM TREVOR
"An Ordered Sequence of Events" by JAMES TURNER
"The Visitation" by DENYS VAL BAKER
"The Homecoming" by ANGUS WOLFE MURRAY
"Walk on the Water" by ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY

 

ninthghostbook.jpg (16472 bytes)The Ninth Ghost Book
Published by Barrie & Rockliff, 1973
Edited and introduced by Rosemary Timperley

"Brig-o-Dread" by GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
"Who Were You With Last Night" by GILBERT PHELPS
"The White Citroen" by CHRISTOPHER HOOD
"White Caucasian Male" by KIT PEDLER
"When the Music's Over Turn Out the Lights" by MAGGIE ROSS
"The Violet Lady" by RICHARD SELMER
"The Stain on the Chair" by L. P. HARTLEY
"The Spirit was Willing" by KAY BATCHELOR
"One for My Baby" by JOHN HYNAM
"Love Me Love My Car" by JAMES TURNER
"Jarvey's Kingdoms" by JEAN STUBBS
"George and Alice and Isabel" by WILLIAM TREVOR
"False Harmonic" by JOHN BURKE
"Crampton Manor" by GILES GORDON
"Chope's Retreat" by JOHN MOAT
"Sister Varden" by ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY

 

 

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