Collected Ghost Stories of MR James (1931) (1st edition)

S$144.00

Collected Ghost Stories of MR James (1931) (1st edition)

S$144.00

Title: Collected Ghost Stories
Author: MR James
Publisher: Edward Arnold and Co., 1931. First edition, second printing. Rare!
Condition: Hardcover, black cloth. Some discolouration to cloth, otherwise excellent. Interior is in great condition.

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Title: Collected Ghost Stories
Author: MR James
Publisher: Edward Arnold and Co., 1931. First edition, second printing. Rare!
Condition: Hardcover, black cloth. Some discolouration to cloth, otherwise excellent. Interior is in great condition.

About the author (from wikipedia):

Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1862 – 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge (1905–18), and of Eton College (1918–36). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James’s protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the “antiquarian ghost story”.