The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors

Overview:

  • Title: The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors
  • Author: Joseph Delaney
  • Year: 2009
  • ISBN-10: 9780061730283
  • Publisher: Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins
  • Price: $10.99
  • Pages: 166
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors
  • Notes:
    • Month from Amazon.com
    • $12.99 in Canada.
    • Has a dust jacket.
    • The background of the cover has shiny gold shading - this hasn't scanned well. (It's more like the cover of the 2010 tp, but a bit wider.)
    • The layout of the publication / Table of Contents is confusing - there looks like there are more stories than there really are.
      • The Heading "The Spook's Tale" is followed by scene setting text, then has chapter headings interspersed with the story.
      • The heading "Alice's Tale" is followed by scene setting text, then sub-heading "Mouldheels and Maggots" followed by the story.
      • The heading "Grimalkins's Tale" is followed by its scene setting text, then sub-heading "The Witch Assassin" followed by the story.
    • "The Gallery of Villians" is a set of extracts from the series - relating to various villianous characters, plus framing text.