Thompson Rare Books specializes in fine, rare and interesting books in many fields. Our specialties include literary first editions, fantasy, science fiction, occultism, mythology and folklore, detective fiction and mysteries, illustrated books, children's books, fine printing and bindings. ~ Established in 1983.
In addition to the books we list on our site we issue regular on-line catalogues which showcase new arrivals, collections and subjects. If you would like to receive email notification when we post a new catalogue, please use the Mailing List link at the left. You may also receive weekly notification of new arrivals in your topics of interest by subscribing to our Topic Notification feature.
In addition to the books we list on our site we issue regular on-line catalogues which showcase new arrivals, collections and subjects. If you would like to receive email notification when we post a new catalogue, please use the Mailing List link at the left. You may also receive weekly notification of new arrivals in your topics of interest by subscribing to our Topic Notification feature.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through our books. Our offerings include thousands of volumes, available on-line, only at this site. ~ mjt
Featured Items
HUME, Fergus.THE SACRED HERB.
New York:
G.W. Dillingham Company,
[1908].
Octavo, original dark green cloth titled in gray on spine ... more
Price: $175.00 CAD
JEROME, Jerome K.TOLD AFTER SUPPER. With 96 or 97 illustrations by Kenneth M. Skeaping.
London:
The Leadenhall Press, E.C. / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., Ltd.,
1891..
Octavo, original orange-red cloth titled and decorated in black on ... more
Price: $75.00 CAD
BRODIE-INNES, J.W.THE DEVIL'S MISTRESS.
London:
William Rider and Son, Limited,
No date [circa 1920]..
Reprint, first issued in 1915. Small octavo, original publisher's light ... more
Price: $750.00 CAD
MACDONALD, George.PHANTASTES. A Faerie Romace For Men And Women.
Boston:
Loring, Publisher; 205 Washington Street, 35 School Street,
No Date [1870]..
First (or early) American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth elaborately ... more
Price: $325.00 CAD
STRATTON-KENT, Jake.GEOSOPHIA. The Argo of Magic. Encyclopedia Goetia Volume II: From the Greeks to the Grimoires. Books I, II, III and IV Encyclopedia Goetia Volume III: Books V, VI, VII & VIII. Two Volumes Complete, THE DELUXE EDITION OF 54 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES, bound in gilt-decorated vellum and marbled boards, slipcased.
UK: Scarlet Imprint,
MMX [2010]..
Two volumes. One of 54 hand-numbered copies comprising the Deluxe ... more
Price: $2,250.00 CAD
LE FANU, J. Sheridan.IN A GLASS DARKLY.
London:
Richard Bentley and Son,
1897.
An early printing of the one-volume edition, which first appeared ... more
Price: $350.00 CAD


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