Ghost stories of M. R. James

Vintage Hardcover in Publishers slipcase, Stated 2nd Impression, 1973, Folio Society, 207 pages. Near Fine, in a VG++ slipcase. Just a whisper of shelf/edge wear to original dark and creepy illustrated cloth boards - corners sharp. Publishers dark blueish-grey slipcase has a whisper of wear and a few finger smudges. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. 15 stories by a master of horror and with all 9 lithographs by Charles Keeping vibrant and intact. Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 ? 12 June 1936) was an English medievalist scholar and author but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered by many critics and authors as the finest in the English language and widely influential on modern horror. James's stories continue to influence many of today's great supernatural writers, including Stephen King (who discusses James in the 1981 non-fiction book Danse Macabre) and Ramsey Campbell, who edited Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James and wrote the short story "The Guide" in tribute. A superb copy in a slightly flawed slipcase.LOC.