James McBryde

James McBryde (1874–1904) was M.R. James’s student, illustrator, and close friend. The Story of a Troll-Hunt, a boys’ fantasy about sailing to Denmark to catch a live troll, was privately printed at Cambridge in 1904 as a memorial after McBryde’s early death; he wrote and drew it himself.

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James McBryde’s illustrated jeu d’esprit sends three Cambridge men to Jutland to capture a live troll for the Fitzwilliam Museum, with caricatures of McBryde, M.R. James, and their friends plotting the escapade on the Backs. Published in 1904 as a memorial after McBryde’s early death, the book is whimsy from the James circle rather than supernatural horror, born of the annual Danish trips the friends took together.

Edition Details

• Limited to 200 numbered copies; facsimile reissue of the 1904 Cambridge private printing.
• Bound in decorated cloth in a clear acetate dust jacket; cover The Story of a Troll-Hunt by James McBryde.
• Written and illustrated by James McBryde; afterword by Richard Dalby.
• Information from FantLab and a copy on richarddalbyslibrary.com.
• Catalogued on FantLab.