Author: | M.R. James | ISBN: | 9780857388063 |
Publisher: | Quercus Publishing | Publication: | April 26, 2012 |
Imprint: | Jo Fletcher Books | Language: | English |
Author: | M.R. James |
ISBN: | 9780857388063 |
Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
Publication: | April 26, 2012 |
Imprint: | Jo Fletcher Books |
Language: | English |
An illustrated collector's edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the father of the modern ghost story.
Montague Rhodes James - M. R. James - was an English academic and provost of King's College and Eton. He started writing ghost stories to entertain his friends . . . and now, one hundred and fifty years after his birth, he is revered as the father of the modern English ghost story.
This gorgeous hardback contains all thirty-five of M.R. James's highly acclaimed ghost stories, including the classics: 'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook'. As well as a foreword by Clark Ashton Smith and an extended Afterword by Stephen Jones the book is gloriously illustrated by award-winning artist Les Edwards.
An illustrated collector's edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the father of the modern ghost story.
Montague Rhodes James - M. R. James - was an English academic and provost of King's College and Eton. He started writing ghost stories to entertain his friends . . . and now, one hundred and fifty years after his birth, he is revered as the father of the modern English ghost story.
This gorgeous hardback contains all thirty-five of M.R. James's highly acclaimed ghost stories, including the classics: 'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook'. As well as a foreword by Clark Ashton Smith and an extended Afterword by Stephen Jones the book is gloriously illustrated by award-winning artist Les Edwards.