{"title":"Books by Montague Rhodes James","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781398854000","title":"Tales of the Supernatural","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis hardback compendium includes 17 spine-tingling supernatural tales by an array of classic horror writers, presented in a handsome collectible edition with silver cover embossing and gilded page edges.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenned by the likes of Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft, and many more, these terrifying tales are filled with extraordinarily imaginative creations. 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