Description: First edition (1919) of this cornerstone collection of ghost stories in the tradition of M.R. James. Octavo. 93, With sixteen evocative illustrations (including frontispiece) and text decorations by E. Joyce Shillington Scales. Publisher's pictorial boards, stamped in black and beige; original illustrated dust jacket. Boards have slight sunning to top and bottom of spine panel. DJ has chip at the upper and lower right corners of the front panel and the upper left corner; tiny chips to top and bottom of spine panel; a chip to the lower left edge of back panel -- also, some scattered soiling to back panel (see photos). This fragile book is rare in dj, and is widely praised by critics: Noel Wilson, in his history of the English ghost story Shadows in the Attic, states that this is "A beautifully illustrated and highly sought after collection of Gray's supernatural tales which is a classic of the antiquarian ghost genre ... Although the stories are firmly in the antiquarian tradition of Gray's Cambridge contemporary M. R. James, they are strong enough to stand on their own merits, combining ghostly atmosphere with wit and erudition in a highly entertaining and original manner."
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Location: Berkeley, California
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