Dark Shadows Series (Group #2 ) by Marilyn Ross, Vintage Gothic Paperbacks

Description: Greetings from Angel Cat's Lookout, The following descriptions are for Group #2 of the "Dark Shadow" series.Information about Combined Shipping can be found, following the description list. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Book 1: Dark Shadows (Copy 2) (Edition: Second Printing, April, 1967, Pages: 159, Condition: Very Good+) Despite warnings from the townspeople, Victoria Winters accepts the offer to come to the strange Collins House as governess. For some curious reason she feels the secret of her past may be uncovered in the bleak manor high in Widow’s Hill. From the moment she arrives, Victoria becomes the target of someone in the house determined to destroy her. As the wind moans and the rain lashes around the isolated Collins House, Victoria, without friends in the manor, feels death close in on her, a choking, frightening death. Book 2: Victoria Winters (Copy 2) (Edition: Sixth Printing, March, 1969, Pages: 160, Condition Good+) Still trying to uncover the secret of her own identity, Victoria Winters continues her life at Collins House. The unexpected arrival of mysterious strangers at the brooding manor instills terrible fears in her. Horrified at their lies and their evil, menacing gestures, Victoria wonders if these guests have come to kill her. Terror shrouds Collins House as Victoria finds herself the prey of these cruel tormentors. Book 5: The Curse of Collinwood (Copy 2) (Edition: 5th Printing, December, 1969, Pages: 158, Notes: Ex-library, Condition: Acceptable) Suddenly Victoria's life is threatened - by a man who was murdered over 100 years ago! Book 5: The Curse of Collinwood (Copy 3) (Edition: 10th Printing, February, 1970, Pages: 158, Notes: name inside front cover, Condition: Very Good) Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrifying truth. The strange figures are not phantoms but the bodies of Derek and Esther Collins, murdered more than a century ago. They were unwittingly released from their coffins by a shaft of moonlight - and doomed to roam the earth as the "living dead." Book 7: The Secret of Barnabas Collins (Copy 2) (Edition: 2nd Printing, March, 1969, Pages: 159, Condition: Very Good +) Here is another never-before-told story of the handsome, mysterious 175-year-old vampire. While searching for the woman who will replace his long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse on him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story of their romance – and of the terror it brings to the beautiful noblewoman – is a tale of gothic suspense which will chill and delight the legions of Barnabas Collins’ fans. Book 8: The Demon of Barnabas Collins (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, April, 1969, Pages:159, Notes: "X" on the bottom edge of pages, Condition: Good+) Barnabas clashed with an evil vampire to save the life of a beautiful movie star. Book 8: The Demon of Barnabas Collins (Copy 3) (Edition: 4th Printing, April, 1970, Pages:159, Condition: Good) The arrival of a movie company at Collinwood gives Barnabas a chance to escape Angelique’s awful curse – the curse which has made him one of the living dead. Barnabas meets and falls in love with beautiful film star Rita Glenn. In order to save him, she introduces him to the mysterious Dr. Moreno who has a cure for Barnabas. Barnabas is jubilant over his recovery – but not for long. Suddenly he is in a life and death battle with another vampire – with Rita’s life at stake. The only way to save her is to return to the curse once again. Book 10: The Phantom and Barnabas Collins (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, September, 1969, Pages: 158, Notes: price stamp on front cover, small "x' on outside bottom of pages, Condition: Good) Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in tie to the year 1880. There she awakes, an amnesia victim at a Collinwood she barely recognizes. All that seems familiar are the house itself and the family’s guest, Barnabas Collins. Slowly Maggie learns she is trapped in a nightmare. She has fallen into the hands of Dr. Giles Collins, whose mysterious experiments with human blood have already taken several lives. Now she is slated to be his next victim. Though Maggie is warned by others that he is a vampire, she turns to Barnabas for help. But Barnabas, too, is in danger from the evil doctor. Will he live long enough to save her? Book 11: Barnabas Collins versus The Warlock (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, October, 1969, Pages: 156, Condition: Acceptable) David Collins and Amy Jennings, two charming, innocent children are suddenly turned into demons. At first their pranks only annoy Maggie Evans, their governess. But soon she realizes they have become malicious, bent on destroying all at Collinwood. Convinced the children are possessed by a mysterious. Supernatural power, and frightened for her life, Maggie turns for help to Barnabas Collins. Will his powers be strong enough to overcome the evil forces that captured the minds of the children before they – and Barnabas – are completely at the mercy of the Devil himself? Book 12: The Peril of Barnabas Collins (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, November, 1969, Pages: 158, Condition: Acceptable) After falling in love with beautiful heiress Diana Hastings, Barnabas Collins makes a desperate attempt to find a cure for his vampire curse. He summons to Collinwood Dr. Rudolf Padrel, a strange scientist who claims he can develop a serum that will make Barnabas a normal man again. 1st Printing) But as time passes, Barnabas wonders of the mysterious scientist isn’t merely using him for his own evil ends. Graves in the family cemetery are desecrated and a young girl is found murdered. Barnabas is denounced by the villagers, who try to storm Collinwood. Though he knows Dr. Padrel is responsible, Barnabas hesitates to expose him. Can he risk destroying the one man who can cure him? Book 15: Barnabas Collins and The Gypsy Witch (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, March, 1970, Pages: 160, Condition: Good) Warned by a gypsy witch that violent death will surround her, Roxanna Collins turns to her distant cousin, Barnabas, for help. But Barnabas is also in trouble. For when Roxanna's father and brother are murdered, suspicion centers on Barnabas. Even Roxanna, who feels she is under some strange spell, soon begins to doubt the man she has come to love. To save his life, Barnabas must prove to the police – and to Roxanna – that he is innocent. And he must find the key to the madness and mystery surrounding Collinwood before Roxanna becomes the next victim in a nightmare of evil. Book 22: Barnabas, Quentin and The Frightened Bride (Copy 2) (Edition: 1st Printing, October, 1970, Pages: 159, Condition: Very Good plus +) Ann and John Hayward’s honeymoon at Collinwood slowly turns into a series of nightmares. Soon after their arrival, John, who is recovering from a war injury, falls victim to strange, violent spells. In a fit of irrational jealousy, he accuses his wife of falling in love with Barnabas Collins. Meanwhile, a series of attacks on her life frighten Ann into believing John is trying to kill her. Through tormented by doubts of John’s sanity, she believes his warning that Barnabas is a vampire. Ann nevertheless accepts help from Barnabas – and unknowingly becomes the prey to the evil forces at Collinwood! Book 24: Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent (Edition: 1st Printing, December, 1970, Pages: 155, Notes: abrasion across back cover, Condition: Good minus -) Professor Gerald Collins returns to Collinwood from an archaeological expedition to Mexico with several crates of animals - giant rats, poisonous snakes and rare lizards. His daughter, Irma, turns to Barnabas for help. She fears her father also brought back a Quetzalcoatl, the terrible, cursed feathered serpent of Aztec legend. Suddenly, a mysterious murderer strikes at Collinwood, and a feathered serpent is reported fling over the area. The townspeople, already angered by the presence of Barnabas at Collinwood, now demand that Professor Collins turn his specimens over to the zoo before anyone else is killed. Irma, with the help of Barnabas, tries desperately to clear her father's name, and in doing so, stumbles upon a monster even more dreadful than the Quetzalcoatl. Book 25: Barnabas, Quentin and The Magic Potion (Edition: 1st Printing, January, 1971, Pages: 158, Condition: Acceptable) Barnabas predicts trouble for Collinwood when Nicholas Freeze, in whose antique shop Carolyn Stoddard works, discovers a centuries-old potion that promises eternal youth. Soon after, Mr. Freeze's daughter Hazel, tricked into taking the serum, dies. Carolyn is grief-stricken over her friend's death. Barnabas insists she stay on at the shop to watch Nicholas Freeze and his associates, one of whom Carolyn suspects is Quentin Collins, back at Collinwood in a disguise. Then Carolyn sees Hazel's ghost. She interprets this as a warning that Mr. Freeze has marked her for his next victim. Barnabas still refuses to let her quit. Has Barnabas made a fatal mistake by deliberately endangering Carolyn's life? Or will his plan avenge Hazel's murder and put her spirit to rest? Book 26: Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers (Edition: 1st Printing, February, 1971, Pages: 156, Notes: writing and scribbles inside front & back cover, and notations on some pages, Condition: Acceptable) In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdoch Gray, lie bound and gagged - yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and two of them have "become" Roger and Murdoch. Although Elizabeth and Carolyn sense a difference. they can't guess that they are at the mercy of beings who will stop at nothing to prevent the next U.S. space flight under Murdoch's direction. Then, as the dark shadow of death draws closer to Collinwood, a bat soars over the hidden spaceship, flies close enough to see inside ... and suddenly Barnabas and Quentin Collins find themselves joined in a desperate attempt to save Collinwood from the strangest menace it has ever known! Book 27: Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son (Edition: 1st Printing, April, 1971, Pages: 157, Condition: Good) Before the blizzard cuts Collinwood off from the rest of the world, Barnabas Collins arrives there from England, bringing with him a friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, who hopes to find a new life where no one knows he is the son of the most savage murderer. Another stranger also finds refuge at Collinwood from the storm. He calls himself Paul Faron, private detective - but to Barnabas he is Quentin Collins, victim of the werewolf curse. As the personal tensions and animosities at the strange old house increase, a senseless, brutal murder takes place - and terror reigns at Collinwood. Obviously, the killer is someone living at the estate. And most under suspicion are Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son. Book 28: Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers (Edition: 1st Printing, June, 1971, Pages: 159, Condition: Good+) The pampered only child of a prominent London surgeon, Paula believes her happiness will be complete as soon as she can get Barnabas Collins to propose. But it is the evil Dr. Nicholas Bentley who first offers marriage. Paula refuses indignantly; Bentley's unsavory habit of buying corpses from grave-robbers has made a scandal of the medical profession. And from that moment, Bentley becomes a vengeful enemy bent on turning Paula into a zombie and destroying Barnabas forever. Book 29: Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost (Edition: 1st Printing, August, 1971, Pages 158, Notes: date inscription inside front cover, list of books checked off, Condition: Good) Centuries ago, Jenny Swift ruled her cutthroat crew of pirates with a blacksnake whip. Now, legend says, her ghost still guards the treasure ship where it sank in Collinsport Cove, meting out death to those rash enough to seek her gold. But Norah Bliss and her father, both salvage experts, are skeptical. Invited to Collinwood to recover the treasure, they accept eagerly. At Collinwood Norah finds herself in a different, more menacing world. Despite hints that Barnabas Collins is a vampire, she falls in love with him. Then, suddenly, Jenny's ghost stalks her. Is Norah, too, slated for death? Or will Barnabas be able to save her from the deadly blacksnake whip? Book 30: Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Magician (Edition: 1st Printing, October, 1971, Pages 158, Notes: someone's name inscription inside front cover, Condition: Very Good) When Cabrini, the world famous illusionist, comes to Collinwood, Carolyn Stoddard and her friend Beth Mayberry hope to work as his assistants. But suddenly Carolyn's anticipation changes to fear. Cabrini turns out to be a frightening figure, shrouded in mystery. Carolyn is certain his hypnotic eyes have pierced the soul of Beth Mayberry, making her a slave to the satanic rites he has planned. Barnabas offers to help, but he is already under police suspicion. News of ghastly murders in the region add to Carolyn's terror - the victims' throats have been ripped open. Everyone suspects Quentin Collins. And somewhere in the shadows Cabrini waits and weaves a spell.... Book 31: Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb (Edition: 1st Printing, December, 1971, Pages 158, Notes: someone's name inscription inside front cover, Condition: Very Good) Hidden in Collinwood's shadows, a vampire waits to destroy the woman Quentin and Barnabas vowed to protect! Book 32: (SOLD) Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty (Edition: 1st Printing, March, 1972, Pages: 158, Notes: someone's name inscription on cover page, Condition: Very Good) Promised an operation to keep her forever thin, beautiful model Adele Marriot falls into the clutches of the Dr. Stefan Spivak who turns her into a vampire. Managing to escape, Adele flees to Collinwood seeking help. At Collinwood, Barnabas and Quentin Collins come to Adele's aid. They take her to Dr. Julia Hoffman who begins to work on a cure. At last Adele feels there is hope she will be saved from the terrible curse. Then Dr. Spivak's evil associates appear at Collinwood. Suddenly Adele is in terror once again. Her life is in danger. And Barnabas and Quentin must fight against the evil doctor's powers - or be destroyed themselves.

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