Ghost stories of M. R. James
by James, M.R
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Keeping, Charles (Lithographs). xi 207 pages. Selected and introduced by Nigel Kneale. A clean, unmarked and solid copy; and, apart from a tiny chip at its head, in like slipcase. "Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 - 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918), and of Eton College (1918-1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913-15). James's work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre. He 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, his protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story" (Wiki[pedia)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020242
- Title
- Ghost stories of M. R. James
- Author
- James, M.R
- Illustrator
- Keeping, Charles (Lithographs)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Folio Society
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Benalla, Victoria
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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