London: Philip Allan, [1935]. First Edition. Thick octavo, original yellow cloth titled in black on spine panel. 638 pp. Covers soiled and with some foxing to the spine, page edges foxed, a very good, sound copy of a very scarce book. This copy has been supplied with a facsimile dust..... More
London: Philip Allan. [1932]. First Edition. Octavo, original tan cloth titled in black on spine panel. Covers a bit grubby, small split along outer rear spine hinge, wear at head of spine, slight vertical crease to spine panel. A good, sound copy, in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. ¶..... More
Liverpool: The Ghost Story Society, 1989. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 21 pp. Issued as Ghost Story Society Special Booklet No.1. ¶ Edited by Jack Adrian and produced by Rosemary Pardoe on behalf of the Ghost Story Society. Collects three pieces first published..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original silver boards with black cloth spine, printed paper title label on spine. 288 pp. Publisher's Promotional Brochure for "Two Books of Literary Criticism" by Hugh L'Anson Fausset loosely laid in.Offset browning to preliminary leaves, a near fine copy in a...... More
[Mountain Ash, Wales]: Sarob Press, 2002. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black boards lettered in silver on spine panel, black endpapers. 199 pp. 300 copies printed. Dust jacket artwork by Randy Broecker. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects nine tales of terror and the..... More
![Item #312864 THE LITTLE BLACK GHOST [in] LONDON SOCIETY, Christmas Number, 1892. May CROMMELIN](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312864.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682824191)
London: F. V. White, 1892. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, bound in contemporary pebbled green cloth, spine panel lettered and ruled in gilt "London / Society/ 1892 / 2", all edges speckled red. Bound together with the August, September and November 1892 issues, continuously paginated [113] - 592, the..... More
Neuilly-le-Vendin, France: Sarob Press, 2025. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, gold headbands and silk bookmarker, decorated endpapers. 188 pp. Issued in a limited edition of only 285 hand-numbered copies. Dust Jacket artwork by Paul Lowe. A fine copy..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 549 & 551 Broadway. 1873. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and front panel. Brown coated endpapers. 383 pp. Contemporary ink inscription on preliminary black, dated Jan 26, 1874; moderate..... More
New York: The Viking Press. [1965]. Early Printing. Octavo, original brown boards with black board spine lettered in silver. xxvii + 246 pp. This Edition was specially created in 2003 for The Stephen King Horror Library, and bears a lengthy New Introduction by Stephen King. A near fine copy in..... 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
Uncasville, Connecticut: Richard H. Fawcett, Publisher, 1998. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in silver on spine panel. [115] pp. Issued in an edition limited to 400 copies, Edited and with an Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Illustrated by Wendy Wees. A fine copy in..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press, 2007. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original cloth, dust wrapper. 110 pp. 400 copies printed. Dust jacket artwork by Jason van Hollander. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. ¶ J. S. Leatherbarrow (1908–89) enjoyed the ghost stories of M. R. James from the time he..... More
London: Peter Owen. 1987. Later Edition. Later Edition. This text was first published by Peter Owen in 1955. Octavo, original black boards titled in silver on spine panel. 222 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, minor tanning to spine panel. ¶ Supernatural stories. Collects six of..... More
Edinburgh & London: Scottish Academic Press. 1973. New Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, a reprint of a book first issued in 1920. Octavo, original green boards, gold titles on spine. 192 pp. Frontispiece and ten additional full page drawings by Furniss. Tiny corner bumps, near fine in like..... More
[Mountain Ash, Wales]: Sarob Press, 2000. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original purple boards titled in gold on spine panel. 178 pp. 250 numbered copies printed. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Iain Maynard.. Fine in dust jacket. ¶ Collects eight supernatural short stories plus the novel "Ashushma" More
Neuilly-le-Vendin, France: Sarob Press, 2026. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in silver on spine and front panel, silver headbands and silk bookmarker, decorated endpapers. 117 pp. Issued in a limited edition of only 345 hand-numbered copies. Dust Jacket artwork by Paul Lowe. A fine copy..... More
New York: Duffield and Compsny, 1929. First American Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, decorative device stamped on front panel, spine panel lettered in white. 253 pp. The sheets of the first UK (John Hamilton) edition were utilized for this American edition. Large ownership stamp on title leaf, moderate foxing, a...... More
London: Eveleigh Nash Company. [1920]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, double-bordered in black on front cover. 187 pp. Dampstain to lower corner of front cover, small stain to front free endpaper; there is a nice old Foyles bookseller's ticket on the..... More