~320~ETON COLLEGE RAILWAY TRAGEDY PUPIL M.R. JAMES SCHOOLMASTER GHOST STORY

[William Hope-Jones, Eton Maths teacher [Douglas Byng-Stamper, Railway death]] Very substantial Autograph Letter Signed (a report on schoolboy) W. Hope-Jones to Captain Byng Stamper, father of Douglas, who was found dead by the railway line.

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William Hope-Jones, Eton Maths teacher [Douglas Byng-Stamper, Eton schoolboy; mysterious Railway death]
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[Headed] Eton College | Windsor, 10 Sept. 1927.
£320.00

Four neatly written pages, 4to, very good condition. SEE photograph for full text. Hope-Jones (see brief biography below, including his appearance in an M.R. James ghost story) writes a very substantial letter on the character, activities, school influence, etc. of Douglas Byng-Stamper whose death evoked an Agatha Christie style mystery. See (Google) Death on an Oban-bound Train for a comprehensive article on the incident.

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