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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 24, 2011 12:04:36 GMT
I've always liked this cover best. John Atkinson Grimshaw, isn't it? For some reason it always reminds me of "The Mezzotint". Not able to check just now but I'm fairly sure you're right about it being Atkinson Grimshaw and I believe the painting is called "Moonlight Walk". It is indeed Grimshaw's "Moonlight Walk". IMHO, a massively under-rated Victorian artist. He was incredibly inventive (e.g., he embraced photography rather than seeing it as a threat). He's best known for his moonlit scenes, which are stunning. The M R James cover is great; I particularly like the fact that you can't tell if the figure is moving towards you or into the distance. Known to his friends as "Grimmy", he produced scores of scenes that were nocturnal &/or autumnal &/or wintry, nearly all set in a handful of British places he'd either lived in or frequented - Scarborough, Whitby, London, Glasgow & Liverpool. They're ideally suited to "classic" ghost stories; his "Under the Moonbeams" was used as the cover to "Ghost Stories Of Henry James":- And "The Moated Grange" was used for Wordsworth's edition of Poe's "Tales of Mystery & Imagination":- Many of his paintings are collected at www.johnatkinsongrimshaw.org/ - they seem to suit this time of year well...
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Post by valdemar on Apr 21, 2012 9:47:40 GMT
I might be wrong, but I think that the photograph of the gargoyle on the cover of the Penguin edition, is by the late, great Sir Simon Marsden. His website, 'The Marsden Archive', is full of wonderfully evocative, startling, and yes, in some cases, frightening images. Whoever picked the gargoyle [which I like a lot, but not as a book cover] didn't look very hard. For the record, my well read and frankly battered copy of 'Collected Ghost Stories' is an old eau-de-nil spine one with the 'road' cover, which suits the material within beautifully. ;D
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Post by Michael Connolly on Apr 23, 2012 12:37:03 GMT
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 23, 2012 13:17:48 GMT
Foreword by Clark Ashton Smith, eh? Quite a coup, that.
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Post by Dr Strange on Apr 23, 2012 13:32:00 GMT
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 23, 2012 13:50:10 GMT
£13 for a 600 page hardback does sound a bargain, and looks like its got some interesting extras, not least being the illustrations by Les Edwards. Stephen Jones' "extended afterword" should be worth reading too. He knows his horror!
I think I'll definitely be adding this to my library, even though I'm certain I already have all the stories.
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Post by doug on Apr 23, 2012 16:35:05 GMT
I don't find this one bit funny! I'm trying to get rid of most of my Hard Backs and the keep having to come out with this stuff!! Take care. Doug
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 24, 2012 5:38:36 GMT
I don't find this one bit funny! I'm trying to get rid of most of my Hard Backs and the keep having to come out with this stuff!! Take care. Doug Please send all unwanted hardbacks to this address.....
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Post by ramseycampbell on Apr 24, 2012 7:47:39 GMT
One point to be aware of: Steve has reparagraphed the James text.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 24, 2012 7:57:54 GMT
What? Why?
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 24, 2012 8:33:04 GMT
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Post by ramseycampbell on Apr 24, 2012 8:59:14 GMT
To make it more accessible to modern readers, Steve says. He tells me Rosemary Pardoe was a great help.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 24, 2012 9:05:04 GMT
One point to be aware of: Steve has reparagraphed the James text. This sounds like a pretty drastic thing to do. Especially with a writer of James´ standing. Why?
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Post by andydecker on Apr 24, 2012 9:07:07 GMT
Okay, question answered And also as I thought. Still, kind of a minefield, isn´t it?
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Post by ramseycampbell on Apr 24, 2012 9:25:29 GMT
I wouldn't do it myself. I think the paragraphing adds to the effect of the prose.
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