A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS & CASTING THE RUNES
Published by Landfall Proctions, 1989
- Used
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.ALEXANDER POPE
AbeBooks seller since October 9, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 24.00
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Horror stories by Montague Rhodes James, the greatest English writer of ghost stories; with Geoff McGivern narrator. Two Audio cassettes 1) "A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS" The tale tells the story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and inadvertently stumbles across one of the three lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion. Upon digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian. Written a few years after the end of the First World War, "A Warning to the Curious" ranks as one of M. R. James's bleakest stories. 46 mins. cassette 2)"Casting the Runes" is a short story written by the English writer M.R. James. It was first published in 1911 as the fourth story in More Ghost Stories, which was James' second collection of ghost stories. 57 mins. running time These will definitely keep you awake at night! 2 audio cassettes in orig. case.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS & CASTING THE RUNES
- Author
- M.R. James, read by Geoff McGivern
- Publisher
- Landfall Proctions
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Audio Book (Cassette)
- Illustrator
- Roger Towers cover illustration
- Edition
- Special Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Mass Media Communications, mystery
ALEXANDER POPE
Kent, CT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 9, 2023
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