Crumpled Linen Press, run by Mark Jones and Paul M. Chapman, is a new publisher devoted to ‘beautiful facsimile manuscript editions of great literary works, annotated by world-leading scholars’.
Their first project involves annotated editions of the ghost story manuscripts of M.R. James, starting with ‘“Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come To You, My Lad”’.
The edition will include a reproduction of James’ original manuscript for the story, with his deletions, amendments and second thoughts; a scholarly introduction, and notes; newly commissioned illustrations; and supporting articles.
Contributors include Jim Bryant, Peter Bell, Thom Burgess, Brian Corrigan, Jon Dear, Helen Grant, Darryl Jones, Robert Lloyd Parry, Roger Luckhurst, James Machin, Rosemary Pardoe and Mark Valentine.
It will be published as a dustjacketed hardback in a limited edition of 250 copies. A fundraising campaign is due to be launched in March. The Press invite you to join their mailing list to be notified of this and other news.
The Press hope to follow this with an edition of the manuscript of ‘The Mezzotint’, and are working with the relevant libraries and archives on further James’ stories too.
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