The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories Cox M R James Le Fanu 1986 HCDJ 1st

by R. A. Gilbert

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First edition

CONDITION: NF/NF. First Edition; First Printing. 1986. Oxford University Press. Unmarked. Hardcover. Near Fine navy cloth covers w/ bright gold lettering to front cover and spine, clean and bright. Binding tight, solid & square. No rips, tears, or stains. Text block edges and interior pages clean and bright. Near Fine dust jacket w/ faint surface rubbing to dark rear panel, minor rubbing to corners and top spine edge; bright color retention; unclipped; jacket artwork An Old Lane by Moonlight by John Atkinson Grimshaw. 504 pp. 6x8.75x1.75". Forty-two English ghost stories written between 1829 and 1981, edited w/ an introduction, notes, and select bibliography by Michael Cox and R. A. Gilbert, w/ work by J. S. Le Fanu, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, E. F. Benson, Edith Wharton, and Robert Aickman. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. SYNOPSIS: First published simultaneously in Oxford and New York in 1986, The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories presents a single-volume anthology charting the evolution of supernatural fiction across more than a century and a half. Spanning forty-two short stories written between 1829 and 1981, the selection traces the development of the English ghost story from early Victorian gothic traditions to the psychological haunting of late twentieth-century prose. Major literary practitioners represented include Sir Walter Scott, J. S. Le Fanu, M. R. James, Amelia B. Edwards, Algernon Blackwood, E. F. Benson, Edith Wharton, Robert Aickman, an

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 1986
• ISBN: 9780192141637
• Condition: Fine

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