London: Sikpkin, Marshall, & Co., Stationer's Court. 1854. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth, front and rear panels decorated in blind, spine panel ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. xii, 343 pp. black & white frontispiece, Appendix. This copy is EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with three inserted engraved..... More
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street, 1906. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial green cloth stamped in black. [315] pp., 4 pp publisher's ads at rear. Folding frontispiece chart in colours. Tanning to spine panel, a few small dings to the cloth, small W.. Smith & Son blindstamp..... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2002. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in blue boards, spine and front panel lettered and ruled in silver, grey endpapers, head-and tail-bands, satin bookmark. 239 pp. Issued in an edition limited to just 300 copies. Signed by the Author on the title..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. [1966]. Reprint. Small octavo, original burgundy cloth, white title lettering. A reprint of the 1923 edition issued as Vol IV in the Bodley Head Quartos series, which itself was a reprint of the 1592 edition of KIND-HARTES DREAME and the 1600 edition of NI..... More
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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, [1943}. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine panel. 278 pp. Tipped-in colour frontispiece "Stormy Weather: Georgian Bay" by F. Horsman Varley; black & white plates and text illustrations throughout. List of artists. Bibliography. Index. This copy is specially signed..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 310 pp. Slight crinkling to upper rear corner of cover and last few pages (tiny, just in the corner); else a fine copy. ¶ Science Fiction; time-travel..... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. 1891. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original publisher's binding of red pebbled cloth, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Pp [1-v], vi, [1], 2-348; [12] pp undated ads at rear. Light tanning to backstrip, touch of rubbing to the cloth at the corners, free endpapers browning..... More
Leeds: Printed for the translator, by Davies and Co. ... : And sold by Mr. Blanshard ... [and 2 others]. 1810. First Edition, First Printing. Leather Bound. First edition. Octavo, contemporary tree-calf, flat spine with gilt rules and titles, marbled page edges. 352 pp. Bookplate of G. Sundley on inner..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. [308] pp + [1] pp ads at rear. The correct first printing, with the code (1) at the end of the final leaf of text. Small ink..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.,Inc. 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown boards blocked in silver. 223 pp. A very good copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, a few small closed tears at edges, some stains to front panel, price clipped. Overall, quite decent..... More
London: Faber and Faber. [1958]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, black titles to spine. 80 pp. Neat ink name on front paste-down (under the jacket flap), a very good clean tight copy in dust jacket, price clipped, one short closed tear. More
London: Faber and Faber. [1967]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 217 pp. Small bump to one corner else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., [1964]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to spine. 223 pp. Bookplate on inner front cover (University of Nevada Library gift label), a fine copy in dust jacket, price corner intact. From the University of Nevada..... More
Np [Vancouver, BC]. Klanak Press, 1974. First Edition Thus. Octavo, to-toned cloth lettered in black and gold, map endpapers. 134 pp. A very nice copy, nearly fine, without dust jacket as issued. ¶ A reprinting of the extremely rare First Edition issued in London by Routledge, Warne and Routledge in..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, No Date [1920's]. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black. 319 pp. Pencil name on front pastedown, light and minor scuffing to cloth. A very good, sound copy. ¶ Lost race novel, a variation on Haggard's SHE. Suggests that New Zealand is the last..... More
London: Tom Stacey, 1972. First Complete British Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in silver on spine panel. 241 pp + [2] pp publisher's ads at rear. Minor bumps to edges of boards, top edge dusty, a very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, somewhat toned on the..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press, 2003. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format, but a little nicer with full-colour french folded covers). 135 pp. A fine copy. ¶ Reprint of Hodgson's major horror novel, first published in 1909; with a new introduction by A. F. Kidd and..... More
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1948. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original green cloth gilt, map endpapers. 8°, 357 pp., colour frontispiece by the author, 50 additional pages of plates. A nice clean Very Good copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket, lightly worn at edges, ragged tear..... More
Leicester: Wyvern Bindery, Wellington Street, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reprint of a work first issued in 1849. Octavo, original gray-green cloth blocked pictorially in gold on the front panel, titled in gold on spine. 63 pp., frontispiece and 5 additional black & white plates. Trifle bit of darkening to..... More
London: Scolar Press. [1980]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 461 pp., Frontispiece portrait of James, Bibliography, Indexes. Ink nameand date (1980) on front free endpaper, a very good clean copy in a nice clean dust jacket. ¶ An excellent biography..... More
Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: William Mackenzie, [1852]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oversized Folio, bound in contemporary half brown calf over brown cloth boards, the spine with raised bands with gilt rolls, contrasting leather title label "Cyclopedia Of Machinery", marbled endpapers. Engraved title and dedication leaves, variously paginated, 98 inserted..... More
London: John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall, 1845. Third Edition. Octavo., bound in early Twentieth-Century dark blue calf over marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands, elaborately decorated in gold, contrasting leather title label lettered in gold, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers Pp [i-v]; vi-xiii] [xiv blank] [blank] [1] 2-..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. [1895]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green decorative cloth lettered and designed in gilt, silver, red and black. 434 pp. + [1] pp. ads at rear. Frontispiece & 23 plates by Harold Piffard. Spine a bit browned, some rubbing to the tips, mild..... More
New-York: J. Winchester, New World Press, XXX Ann Street. No Date [1844]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo, rebound in full marbled paper boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover. 62 pp., printed in double columns, [2] pp ads at rear. Browning and foxing to text block, ink..... More
London: The Kelmscott Press, 1896. First Printing. Printed paper book label, 1 inch by 2 ½ inches, “FROM THE LIBRARY / OF WILLIAM MORRIS / KELMSCOTT HOUSE / HAMMERSMITH". Printed in Golden Type on Batchelor paper by the Kelmscott Press in November, 1896 while negotiations for the sale of Morris's..... More