Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James

James's second collection of ghost stories. The scarce first edition of English author and medievalist scholar M. There are a few professional paper repairs to edges.Ĭloth. There are some tiny red speckles in a small area in the top margin of p39, a few light brown spots in the top margin of pp 117-8, and the final page has a couple of marked areas. Contents are clean with the occasional light mark and general toning to the text paper. There is a signature dated 1905 to the front endpaper. The binding is sound and clean with some darkening to the spine. The binding has been rebacked relaying the original spine and the endpapers have been retained with professional repair at the joints. James McBryde was one of those friends and offered to illustrate the volume, but sadly died after only 4 illustrations were completed.

This was M R James first collection of stories which he had begun many years previously, reading them to friends. In the original beige canvas binding with yapp edges and with 4 black and white plates by James McBryde. A good to very good copy of the 2nd impression of this classic collection of ghost stories.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James