The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James by M.R. James - 1964

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Edward Arnold, 1970. later printing. Hardcover. Good/good +. 4 x 7 in. Green paper boards. Condition is GOOD ; front inner joint started with muslin visible at the half title pg but undamaged. Covers have a few pale spots, corners and spine ends bumped and worn. Binding overall is still holding well. Text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; not clipped, clean but worn at edges, rear a bit scuffed, mild chips at spine ends. Fic. RGR.

Edward Arnold & Co., 1944, xii,647 p, 6th imp.fair, book skewed, boards worn, slight movement top of back board, pages good. Intriguing collection of stories.

Hardback. New.

Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted. 647 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

THE COLLECTED GHOST STORIES OF M. R. JAMES, Longmans, Green, 1931, first American edition, spine faded, else a vg copy. A whopping 647 pages.

London, United Kingdom: Edward Arnold & Co, 1942. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print of the Pocket Edition. Twelvemo, pp. [1-XII] 1-647. Small format Hardcover in original jacket. Original pale blue boards, title stamped in blue to th spine, in original light brown jacket which is priced (5s net) to the spine, Black lettering to front panel and spine. A clean copy, unmarked internally, tight binding, the jacket has light rubbing and is dulled to the spine. Uncommon in original jacket.

UK: Arnold, 1934. First Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 3rd Imp 1934. Bound in three quarter leather and hand marbled endpapers. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents good. A very bright example. More images available upon request. Ref18643

Edward Arnold, London. 1931. Edward Arnold, London. 1931. First reprint (May 1931) of first edition (April 1931). Hardback, NO DW. Black cloth, gilt; 647 pages. Cloth boards are lightly mottled and slightly rubbed. Some light foxing to endpapers and 2 newspaper articles affiixed with small pieces of tape to verso of half-title page o/w contents are lovely and clean.

London: Edward Arnold, 1934 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James. The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of Montague Rhodes James, consisting of thirty-one tales from James's pre-existing four volumes of ghost stories.Known as the originator of the 'antiquarian ghost story genre' with the 1904 publication of his 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary', James's works are significant in redefining the ghost story for a new century, abandoning established cliches in favour of a more realistic style.Featuring tales including 'The Tractate Middoth' and 'The Haunted Doll's House'.This collected edition was first published in 1931. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head, with rubbing to joints resulting in a fading of the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to endpapers, with pages clean and bright. Very Good