![]() This edition reprints for the first time in recent years the four original illustrations that James McBride prepared while James was working on this, his first collection. Among them are such favorites as "Number Thirteen," "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book," and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad." Common to all of them is the breath of "the evil that dieth not but lieth in wait." Book Type: book Store Description Visit Seller's Storefront Association Member Members of these associations are committed to maintaining the highest standards. James, Provost of Eton, one of the most formidable scholars that England has ever produced, who has drawn upon an unmatched knowledge of the hidden byways of the past to form a series of inimitable stories. Title: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Publisher: Edward Arnold, London Publication Date: 1911 Binding: Cloth Illustrator: None Condition: Good Edition: First edition. It has been reprinted more times than any other book in this field, and it contains several of the best ghost stories in the English language. First printed in 1904, it is the landmark book that established the modern horror story. ![]() In the twentieth-century literature of the supernatural, the single most important book, in the opinion of most scholars and enthusiasts, is Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by Montague Rhodes James. The first work of fiction by one of the greatest ghost-story writers of all time, originally published in 1904, collecting eight creepy tales, two of which. ![]()
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