GHOSTS AND SCHOLARS 13.
Cheshire, UK: Rosemary Pardoe [The Haunted Library]. 1991. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. 41 pp. Front cover image by Allen Koszowski. The preeminent journal for M.R. James studies and Jamesian supernatural fiction. This issue is notable for having the first appearance in print of the Late Ron Weighell's excellent weird tale "The Circle of the Hieroglyphs", later collected in THE WHITE ROAD (Ghost Story Press, 1997). Most issues of this journal are scarce, the early issues are rare. A Fine copy. Item #314298
Contents
1 • The Circle of the Hieroglyphs • short story by Ron Weighell
5 • The Circle of the Hieroglyphs • interior artwork by Nick Maloret
9 • The Windows • short story by Rick Kennett
13 • The Lodestone • novelette by Sheila Hodgson
21 • The Lodestone • interior artwork by Alan Hunter
26 • The Residence at Westminster • [Notes on Stories by M. R. James] • essay by Rosemary Pardoe and David G. Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell [as by Rosemary Pardoe and David Rowlands and John Alfred Taylor and Ron Weighell]
27 • The Residence at Westminster • interior artwork by Dallas Goffin
29 • Arthur Gray • [Writers in the James Tradition • 10] • essay by Rosemary Pardoe
31 • Suggestion • (1925) • short story by Arthur Gray [as by Ingulphus]
37 • A Warning to the Curious: A Critical Look at the James List, Part Six (The Novels, Part Two) • essay by David G. Rowlands [as by David Rowlands]
37 • A Warning to the Curious • (1983) • interior artwork by Jim Pitts
39 • Review: Mystery for Christmas by Richard Dalby • review by Rosemary Pardoe
40 • Review: Rune by Christopher Fowler • review by Jan Arter
40 • Review of "Histoires De Fantomes Complete" by M. R. James • essay by Michel Desforges
41 • Review: The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Richard Dalby • review by Roger Johnson.
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