Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye
by Ingulphus [Arthur Gray]
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About This Item
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1919. First edition. 8vo, [viii], 93, [1]pp. Illustrated gray paper boards, matching dust jacket. Illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington. Very good with some wear and bumping to edges. Foxing to preliminaries and scattered throughout. Ownership signature of A. E. Glover on ffep. Jacket scuffed at heel of spine, likely from sticker removal. Wear and small tears to edges, chip to upper edge of rear panel, and light staining. Very good. Collection of supernatural tales in the M.R. James tradition, strikingly illustrated throughout. Neil Barron in his guide, Fantasy and Horror, describes the stories as ranging in subject from spectral cats to metempsychosis, and "quirkier" than those of James's. Arthur Gray (1852-1940) is primarily known for this collection of ghost stories, however he also wrote on Shakespeare and local Cambridge history, having been a Master of Jesus College there for over 25 years, The book which was republished in 1993 by Ghost Story Press and again in 2008 by Ash-Tree Press is uncommon in the original jacket. Barron, Fantasy and Horror 4-56. Locke pg 121.
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- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5065
- Title
- Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye
- Author
- Ingulphus [Arthur Gray]
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, [viii], 93, [1]pp. Illustrated gray paper boards, matching dust jacket. Illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington. Very good wi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1919
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