The Collected Ghost Stories of M R James by M R James (63 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1949. Reprint. 647 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Notable foxing. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dust jacket is a little rubbed, corners worn and bumped, spine sunned, price rather clumsily cut from front flap; boards are darkened at edges from age, corners minimally bumped; binding is tight; pages are age-toned but unmarked. ; 4.75 x 1.25 x 7 inches; 647 pages.

Condition: Good. 1947. Reprinted. 647 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus). Blue cloth with trace edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear and minor soil; several tiny tears; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 647 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1931. Book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing and light repair to spine tips. Contents good. Name to endpaper. Quite a bright example. More images available upon request. Ref 18880.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1931. Book is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. Rear paper gutter cracked in places. Holding very tight. Quite a bright example. More images available upon request. Ref 18214.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), British scholar, is widely regarded as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story" & the "father of folk horror,'' & he continues to influence these genres today. Orig. published in other sources, this is the first collected edition of 31 of his best ghost stories, in 647 pages.A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1931, this small octavo (5.5" x 8.25") has dull black cloth-covered boards stamped in (faded) gilt lettering to front, completely faded lettering to spine. Condition is VG: clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white, bright, & unmarked save for former owner's partially torn bookplate to ffep. Moderate rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2007. 1st printing with Francis Mosley illustrations a fine book in slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. This is the third impression of 'my four volumes of ghost stories under one cover;' according to the book's Preface, which was apparently 'demanded by my publishers.' The tone, perhaps, reflects the author's view of this demand - are the stories based on his own experience? No.on that of others'? No, does he have any theories as to the writing of ghost stories? None that are worthy of the name and so on. Condition (external): the black cloth boards are quite faded, rubbed/marked in places and with some fraying at the head and tail of the spine. While the book's structure is intact, along the front and back boards joint with the spine, there is a tear to the cloth revealing a little of the underlying binding materials - see images. Tight binding. Condition (internal), there is mild tanning - slightly more apparent on the preliminary and final pages. The front free endpaper has a signature, presumably of a previous owner, in ink in the top right-hand corner. pp. xii, 647/8vo. 31 stories. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2407.

Hard. Condition: Good. First Edition Third Reprint. First edition, third reprint. Pages clean and bright, small previous owner inscription on front pastedown, binding firm, rubbing to boards, small chipping to corners of head and foot of spine, Size: 8vo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, original cloth. xii, 647pp. 1931 First edition, first impression. A little rubbing to extremities and a small split (2cm) to spine edge. Contents generally clean, free from inscriptions, just the very occasional marginal spot or finger mark.

Edward Arnold, London. 1931. First reprint (May 1931) of first edition (April 1931). Hardback, NO DW. Black cloth, gilt; 647 pages. Cloth boards are lightly mottled and slightly rubbed. Some light foxing to endpapers and 2 newspaper articles affiixed with small pieces of tape to verso of half-title page o/w contents are lovely and clean.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James. The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of Montague Rhodes James, consisting of thirty-one tales from James's pre-existing four volumes of ghost stories.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.Featuring tales including 'The Tractate Middoth' and 'The Haunted Doll's House'.This collected edition was first published in 1931. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head, with rubbing to joints resulting in a fading of the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to endpapers, with pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first collected edition of M R James Ghost Stories in the original black cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. The binding is very bright and clean. There are small scuffs on the boards visible at some angles, and light pulling to spine ends. There is a tiny paler spot on the spine. Corners with slight wear. Internally the book is in near fine clean condition. There is a pencil ownership signature to the top of the fep. Both sets of endpapers have some tiny foxing spots around the gutter. There are some faint toned areas in the bottom margin of pp 3-6.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's black boards lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket (secondary state has reviews on front flap) with artwork by John Case. Faint marking to covers, scattered light foxing, some offsetting to endpapers, a VG copy in a near VG price clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear and a couple of closed tears. An important James volume that is elusive in jacket.