Shelfmark
Lq.3.02
Title
Ghosts and marvels : a selection of uncanny tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood / made by V. H. Collins; with an introduction by Montague R. James.
Varying form of title
The world's classics
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Edinburgh ; Glasgow ; Copenhagen ; New York ; Toronto ; Melbourne ; Cape Town ; Bombay ; Calcutta ... [et al.] : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924.
Physical description
xvi, 506, [2], 8p ; 16cm.
Series statement
(The world's classics CCLXXXIV [284])
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes final four advertisement leaves.
Note
Publisher's dark green cloth binding with lettering and decoration stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Ms. bookseller's codes in pencil.
Provenance
Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
Bookplate of James Orton.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Marjorie Shipstone, 1924".
Subject
Ghosts.
Genre/Form
Short stories
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes)
Added entry--name
Collins, Vere H., b. 1872 - ? (Vere Henry) comp.
Added entry--name
Shipstone, Marjorie former owner.
Added entry--name
Orton, James former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B24137