NMLP P-040914 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James · Edward Arnold, London · 1911
The census claim is confirmed as to the true first: London, Edward Arnold, 1911 is the first edition and the only period edition traced. Its predecessor volume is Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Arnold, 1904). The census's further assertion that a separate US edition followed 'much later' could not be corroborated in the sources consulted, and no contemporary American edition of this title is recorded by the dealers, Arnold's own advertising, or the reference works checked; the stories first reached American readers in bulk through The Collected Ghost Stories (Longmans, Green, New York, 1931).
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-040914 for "More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" by M. R. James (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040914, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).