TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE
by Ingulphus [Arthur Gray]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Foxing throughout, slight wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy in a very good or slight better example of the fragile dust jac
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., [1919]. First edition. Foxing throughout, slight wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy in a very good or slight better example of the fragile dust jacket with mild wear to edges, a small chip to the upper front corner tip, mild loss at the head of the spine panel (note: it appears the jacket is cut slightly larger than the book), some damp stains to spine panel. (28709). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-93 [94: printer's imprint] [95-100: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks with terminal leaf used as rear paste-down], fifteen illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington Scales, pictorial boards. Collects nine stories and a poem. "Antiquarian ghost stories, by no means tedious, deftly balancing a light tone with darker terrors. One of the more notable successors to M. R. James." - Robert Knowlton. "A beautifully illustrated and highly sought after collection of Gray's supernatural tales which is a classic of the antiquarian ghost genre ... Although the stories are firmly in the antiquarian tradition of Gray's Cambridge contemporary M. R. James, they are strong enough to stand on their own merits, combining ghostly atmosphere with wit and erudition in a highly entertaining and original manner." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 237. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-74. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 121. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 186. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-87. Reginald 07712. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28709
- Title
- TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE
- Author
- Ingulphus [Arthur Gray]
- Book Condition
- Used - Foxing throughout, slight wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy in a very good or slight better example of the fragile dust jac
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- [1919]
- Keywords
- Horror . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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