And Others
A Thin Ghost And Others
Arnold, 1919.
First edition. Original black cloth lettered in blue in rare cream dustwrapper printed in brown mirroring the design of the boards. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on the front endpaper, "Gwen McBryde from the Author." A very good copy indeed with some foxing to the page edges and light wear to the spine ends. In a very good dustwrapper, which is tanned to the spine and a little mottled to the upper cover, fraying and a repaired closed tear to the head of the spine.
A rare presentation copy of James's third collection of supernatural stories.
Gwendolyn McBryde was the widow of James McBryde, M.R., James's great friend, student and protégé as well as being the illustrator of James's first book, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. McBryde died in 1904 of complications following an appendix operation and James became the legal guardian to the McBryde's young daughter, Jane, and a lifelong friend of McBryde's widow. James remained close to the McBrydes throughout his life and was a frequent visitor when they moved to Herefordshire. Both the McBryde's Elizabethan house, Dippersmoor, and surrounding countryside were used by James in his stories.
M.R. James presentation copies are of the utmost rarity and almost never appear in commerce.
Gwen McBryde; by family descent.
Stock ID: 34729
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