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The Story of a Troll-Hunt by James McBryde / M.R. James [Montague Rhodes James] (Ed.) - 1904

by James McBryde / M.R. James [Montague Rhodes James] (Ed.)

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The Story of a Troll-Hunt by James McBryde / M.R. James [Montague Rhodes James] (Ed.) - 1904

The Story of a Troll-Hunt

by James McBryde / M.R. James [Montague Rhodes James] (Ed.)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1904. 1st Edition . Good. 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm). Quarter vellum with grey paper covered boards. Darkening and slight wear to spine, a few marks to boards. Title page and memorial page have been neatly excised otherwise a very good copy. Slight bubbling to pastedown endpapers, toning and foxing to free endpapers, some light foxing to half title and last two pages of text. Privately printed by M.R. James as a memorial to his close friend James McBryde, illustrator of James' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. 'Fantasy fiction about the search for, and capture of, a troll in Denmark and the bringing of it back to England. The protagonists are W.J. Stone, M.R. James and the author, and the tale was inspired by their actual journeys to Denmark.' Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy p145. The scarce first edition, one of a small print run generally estimated at 100 copies. Overall condition is Good. Size: 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 38
  • Bookseller Tarrington Books GB (GB)
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  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Place of Publication Cambridge
  • Date Published 1904
  • Keywords Fantasy Fiction, King's College Cambridge, Scandinavian Folklore, Danish, Denmark, Monster, Supernatural Childrens
  • Size 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm)

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Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1904., 1904. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION. Quarto. [12], plates 1-38 printed recto only (apart from publisher's details to verso plate 38).Quarter vellum; grey paper-covered boards with black titles. Vellum stained & rubbed; boards bruised and worn at corners. Lacks ffep; rear endpapers toned as usual. Occasional fingermarking otherwise contents clean and bright. A very good copy Privately printed as a memorial to MacBryde in a small edition, believed to be of 100 copies only, with foreword by M. R. James.
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by James McBryde

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Cambridge University Press, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Privately printed, believed to be of 100 copies only. Spine, binding and cover all fine, contents clean and no inscription. ""6"" pencil inscription on inside cover. Quarter vellum; grey paper-covered boards with black titles. Vellum slightly stained & rubbed; boards very slightly exposed. Rare classic fantasy first issued as a memorial tribute to the young author/artist James McBryde. It includes an introduction by his friend, M. R. James, providing the background for McBryde's story of three young men who take a vacation-expedition to Denmark to capture a live troll. The original manuscript's whimsical drawings and illegible handwriting are now supplemented with a text translation. Very nice copy. LR Bookcase
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THE STORY OF A TROLL HUNT.; Preface by M.R.James

THE STORY OF A TROLL HUNT.; Preface by M.R.James

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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1904. 4to. 28.5 x 22.5 cms. 38pp printed one side only plus title page and dediction + 4p introduction plus black and white illustrations. original grey papered boards with vellum spine.There are a few marks to upper board.Foxing as usual to the prelims due to paper quality Else a Very Good copy of a title thought to have been limited to 100 in total. James McBryde was a student and friend of M. R. James After McBryde's untimely death, MRJ arranged for the publication of The Story of a Troll-Hunt with Cambridge University Press and wrote an introduction for the volume. One of its illustrations is a cartoon of MRJ, James McBryde and William Johnson Stone sitting on a bench on the Backs plotting their adventure.
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