Read more have the joy of reading them for the first time. ‘There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll come to you, My Lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ‘The Ash Tree’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’. James omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published). James, ‘Stories I Have Tried To Write’, which accompanies these thirty tales.
As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Buy a discounted Paperback of Collected Ghost Stories - A. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. Booktopia has Collected Ghost Stories - A Collection of 22 M R James Stories by M. They are not traditional ghost stories in the formal sense James shied away from the shrouded. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. James’s ghost stories are usually regarded as the most accomplished of their kind. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. Size: 7" Tall.Description for Collected Ghost Stories (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural) (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback. There is a crease running down the left hand side of the spine. The spine ends are bumped and nicked with tears of about 1/4" on the top spine corners. The unclipped dustwrapper had some shelf wear with light soiling and a faint water stain near the top of the spine. A name has been written on the front free endpaper.
The contents are tight and clean with tick marks in pencil beside several of the titles on the contents page together with ball-point asterisk marks beside others with a note that these are 'particularly horrible ones'. Collected Ghost Stories by MR James review These spooky tales from a weird fictionist of the very first rank are released just in time for the darker months Nicholas Lezard Tue. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends. The book is bound in the original green boards with black titling on the spine. It contains 31 stories, including 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary', 'More Ghost Stories', 'A Thin Ghost and Others', and 'A Warning to the Curious' together with four new stories. This collection was first published in 1931. James omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published). Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was an English author and medievalist scholar, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre.
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