Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James

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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 collection 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, who has provided a frontispiece and a dozen full-page illustrations, as well as many small pictures throughout the text. Like Gollancz’s Black Books ( Necronomicon and Conan ), this is a wonderful book that should be part of every reader’s personal library. —- ISBN: 9780857388049