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Published by Pan, GB, 1955
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: nrVG. 1st Thus. Internally in very good condition BUTsome noticeable cover wear.
Published by Pan Books Ltd, 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition Thus. 155 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, rear cover slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to gutters to some pages, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with splits to spine edges. Pen inscription to front cover. Wear marks overall.
Published by Pan Books, 1955
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Pan Books. London. 1955. First paperback edition. Inner hinge visible, a verticle crease near spine joint and small close tear to bottom of spine. Extremities slightly worn and pages browned otherwise a lovely copy.
Published by Edward Arnold, London, 1911
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Catalogue to rear dated September 1911. Has been rebacked: new spine and endpapers, orig. boards. Boards rubbed and grubby with some staining, bumped to edges. Foxing and browning throughout, text clean and bright, firm bind. Size: 8vo.
Original Cloth. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition 1911. The scarce first edition of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James's second collection of ghost stories. Catalogue to rear dated September 1911. Book is just about good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed. Boards marked or rubbed in places. Wording quite dull. Spine tips and edge hinges lightly repaired in places. Contents quite good. Endpapers age toned and with small name. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18409.
Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James's second collection of ghost stories. The scarce first edition of this work.Known as the originator of the 'antiquarian ghost story genre' with the 1904 publication of his 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary', James's works are significant in redefining the ghost story for a new century, abandoning established cliches in favour of a more realistic style.Containing seven short horror tales by James: 'A School Story'; 'The Rose Garden'; 'The Tractate Middoth'; 'Casting the Runes'; 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral'; 'Martin's Close', and 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance.'With a twenty-four page publisher's catalogue to the rear.With a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper, dated December 25th 1911, and a Blackwell's bookseller's label to the front pastedown.A first edition collection of seven classic Jamesian tales. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small split to the cloth at the centre of rear joint. Discolouration to back strip, with a mark to the tail of the front board. Rear hinge starting, with board holding firm. Inscription to front free endpaper. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Internally, binding lightly strained. Spotting throughout, most concentrated to the start of the work. Final leaf of advertisements unopened. Good. book.
Published by Edward Arnold, 1911
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, in original publishers grey cloth with black titles and bat. Binding is with some genral age related ear. Binding tight and pages are clean.