James (M.R.) A Thin Ghost and others
£1,250
London, Edward Arnold, 1925.
First edition, fourth impression. 8vo. Original decorative cloth with spider’s web design. Dust-jacket, priced 4/6.
A gem from the golden age of supernatural fiction, this volume collects five spine-tingling tales by Montague Rhodes James that satisfy even the most demanding need for ghoulishly “excellent stories” (Bleiler). Highly collectable in the jacket, even when, as in this case, a subsequent impression.
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Coeval gift inscription to front free endpaper; cloth very good; jacket with edge wear and some chipping, but overall an attractive copy.
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