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Ghosts and Marvels : A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood
by V H Collins (compiler), Montague R James (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1924. 506 pages + 8-page Publisher's catalogue bound to rear bearing the correct number code 10 24. Very Good condition with a little lean to the text block, minor edge wear/corner bumping, some darkening to the spine and toning to endpapers. No inscriptions. Clean and brght intermally.
A scarce first World's Classics edition of this collection of stories concerning ghosts and the supernatural. An anthology of some popular spooky tales by various authors, compiled by V. H. Collins. With an introduction by M R James, known for his ghost stories, which are considered among the best in its genre. Comprising numerous tales concerning the mysterious, supernatural, and the marvellous.The first edition of this work, published in 'The World's Classics' series by Humphrey Milford at Oxford University Press. Comprising fifteen of the most popular among their genre, including stories by authors such as Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe George Eliot, and H G Wells among others.
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1069
- Title
- Ghosts and Marvels : A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood
- Author
- V H Collins (compiler), Montague R James (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Original Publisher's olive-green cloth binding. Integral red silk page marker.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 506
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ghost ; Ghosts ; Supernatural ; Marvel ; Marvels ; Phenomena ;
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Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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