Title: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James. Selected by Michael Cox.
Author: M. R. James.
Illustrator: Rosalind Caldecott. 
Publisher: Oxford University Press: Oxford; Melbourne. 
Published Date: 1986.
Pagination: pp.224
Format: Hardback with dust jacket.
Condition: Very good. 
 
M. R. James was once described as 'the best ghost story writer England has ever produced.' In addition to a wonderful 30 page introduction by Michael Cox and a select bibliography which is at the rear of the book, this volume includes the following stories: 
 
Canon Alberic's Scrap Book
Lost Hearts
The Mezzotint
The Ash-Tree
Number 13
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad."
The Tractate Middoth
The Stalls of Carchester Cathedral
Martin's Close
Mr Humphreys and his Inheritence
The Residence at Whitminster
A Neighbour's Landmark
A View from a Hill
A Warning to the Curious
 
Grey cloth with gilt lettering to the spine in very good condition having only light wear to the extremities. Contents clean and bright throughout. Dust jacket has not been price clipped and is also in very good condition, with light shelf wear including a small tear to the upper right front corner.