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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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M. R. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection of ghost stories by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904. Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), combined in one volume.
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