Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by James, M. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Book Club Associates. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1976). Hardcover. Some rubbing to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 304 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 115mm. This volume contains both the 8 stories of "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary", originally published in 1904, and the 7 stories of "More Ghost Stories," originally published in 1911. .
Synopsis
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories (1911), combined in one volume. Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25301
- Title
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
- Author
- James, M. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1976)
- Keywords
- Philosophy
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...