New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in green. A virtually fine copy in a fine dust wrapper with a faint touch of rubbing at the edges. A sharp, clean copy. ¶ Hard-boiled backwoods 'noir' novel. A swift story..... More
Amherstburg, Ontario: Printed by the Echo Publishing Co., Limited. 1902. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, rebound in full red cloth titled in gold on spine panel. 23 pp., 4 charts within the text. Errata slip tipped in. Local history of Amherstburg, Ontario, one of the earliest settlements in..... More
Pennyfordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press. 1995. Deluxe Leatherbound Edition. First printing of this New Edition, the first hardcover book issued by the Press. pp. xvii, 102. The Deluxe issue, ONE OF ONLY TWO LETTERED COPIES specially bound for the publishers in quarter red morocco over marbled paper boards, by the Athene..... More
London: The British Library, 2018. First Edition thus (& 1st printing). Octavo. Bound in black pictorial boards with an elaborate pictorial design encompassing skulls and books all in silver on front & rear panels, dark blue endpapers. 194 pp. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued, now supplied with..... More
Paddington Station, London: The Great Western Railway, 1925. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original red boards lettered in gilt on upper panel, black cloth spine lettered in gilt. 153 pp., with One Hundred Illustrations by Photographic Reproduction, Ffty-Six Drawings, Thirteen Plans, Seven Colour Plates and Map in the pocket..... More
London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., [1950]. Fifth Edition. Quarto, original red cloth stamped in blind on upper panel, black cloth spine lettered in gilt. 238 pp., Index at rear. With over 100 Illustrations including drawings and photographic reproductions. Invoice from Jarrold & Sons, Norwich, dated 1955, laid in. A...... More
Chester, UK: Haunted Library, 1999. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine (pamphlet style). 52 pp + covers. Front cover artwork by Paul Lowe. Issued as Haunted Library Publication #54. A fine clean copy. ¶ "The Fenstanton Witch" was not published in James' lifetime. The..... More
![Item #313610 THE GHOST OF M.R. JAMES by Sheila Hodgson [in] BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, June, 1979...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313610.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762117739)
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1979. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original wrappers. Single issue of this magazine. Pp 465 - 560, ads. Contains the first appearance in print of this essay on M.R. James, apparently uncollected. It does not appear in her one collection of tales, THE FELLOW..... More
Oxford & Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1986. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original grey boards lettered in gilt on spine, dark brown endpapers. 224 pp., Introduction, Notes, Select Bibliography. Illustrated throughout with fine and delicate drawings by Caldecott. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects 15..... More
![Item #314256 THE VILLA MARTINE [in] BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, July, 1978 issue. JAMES. M. R., Sheila...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/314256.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762117739)
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. 1978. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original wrappers. Single issue of this magazine. 96 pp., ads. Contains the first appearance in print of this short story, later included in her collection THE FELLOW TRAVELLERS AND OTHER STORIES (Ash-Tree Press, 1998). Minor creases and snags..... More
Chester, UK: Haunted Library, 2007. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine (pamphlet style). 40 pp (inclusive of covers). Issued as Haunted Library Publication #73; published as a subscriber's supplement to issue 11 of 'The Ghosts and Scholars M.R. James Newsletter (March 2007). A fine..... More
Chester, UK: Haunted Library, 2006. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine (pamphlet style). 16pp + covers. Cover artwork by Dallas Goffin and Nick Gadsby. Issued as Haunted Library Publication #30. A few small flaws to covers otherwise a near fine clean copy. ¶ Excellent..... More
Dublin: The Swan River Press, 2024. First Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original pictorial boards. 255 pp. 500 copies printed.Pictorial postcard, bookmark, and facsimile signature of M.R. James laid in, as issued. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ “If there is anything about which the present..... More
London: Scolar Press. [1980]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 461 pp., Frontispiece portrait of James, Bibliography, Indexes. Ink nameand date (1980) on front free endpaper, a very good clean copy in a nice clean dust jacket. ¶ An excellent biography..... More
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1983. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, sewn paper wrappers in patterned paper wraps, printed paper label on upper cover. 24 pp., One full-page illustration, with tissue-guard. Number 52 of 115 numbered copies set in Bell type and printed by Alan Anderson on Sommerville laid paper..... More
