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Auction No 370, Tag: Montague Rhodes James

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James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £200
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James McBryde Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae, Cambridge, 1899, edited by Walter Morley Fletcher and Montague Rhodes James (M.R. James); quarto, full vellum, VG, a.e.g.; comprises 5 blank leaves, mounted photo of James McBryde, title page, 30 leaves each with a mounted photograph of amusing illustrated letters, and 7 blank leaves. Title page with offset impression from the photo of McBryde. [McBryde’s Epistolae is the earliest published work associated with the celebrated ghost story writer M.R. James who in 1899 was resident as a Don at King’s College, Cambridge. Copac records one example, held at the Bodleian. Another was sold by Dominic Winter in 2016. This example has been in the vendor’s possession for 40 years.]