Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial boards, all edges trimmed. 259 pp. Index. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ A study of how ‘weird fiction’ emerged from Victorian supernatural literature, abandoning the more conventional Gothic horrors of the past for the contemporary weird tale..... More
London: Williams and Norgate Ltd., [1950]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in red and lettered in gilt on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 217 pp. Foxing to preliminary & terminal leaves and page edges; underlinging in ink on pp. 33-35; otherwise a clean, very good copy. ¶ Contains..... More
London: Tangerine Press, 2016. Second Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). Second printing. 203 pp. A fine copy. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including "Our Unknown Everywhere", on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped with a decorative border in blind on front cover, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top page edges stained orange, others uncut. 285 + [1] pp. A few leaves unopened, small bookseller's ticket (Gelber, Lilienthal, San Francisco)..... More
Newport, Monmouthshire: R.H. Johns Limited, No Date [1944]. First Edition. Large crown octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, small vignette in gilt on front cover, map endpapers, all edges trimmed. 112 pp. illustrated title page, line-drawings by the author throughout, some full page. The trade edition..... More
London: Eric Grant, 6 Cecil Court, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.2. [1937]. First Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 314 pp. Contains 'Ritual' by Arthur Machen. Cloth very lightly dust-soiled and marked, corners a bit soft; a very good, clean copy..... More
No Place [London]: Casanova Society. 1925. First Edition. Octavo, original Batik paper covered boards, black cloth spine, brown paper label on spine lettered in red, top edges trimmed and stained red, others untrimmed.175 pp, decorated title leaf, frontispiece portrait of a bust of Casanova. One of two noted bindings -..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. First Edition. Octavo; original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Top and fore-edges trimmed. [250] pp., Frontispiece and seven additional full-paged plates on glazed paper inserted in the text and not included in the pagination. A fine copy in an attractive dust jacket, lightly browned..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American Edition. Octavo; original yellow cloth, paper title label on spine panel, top edges trimmed and stained dark blue, others untrimmed. 277 pp, Frontispiece and seven additional full-paged plates on glazed paper inserted in the text and not included in the pagination. Spine..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First Edition Thus. Large crown octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. [308] pp. Issued in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the author, of which this is No. 62. Machen has written a three-page..... More
Carbonnek [New York]: Privately Printed for the Society of Pantagruelists [Boni & Liveright]. 1923. Large crown octavo, original blue boards with vellum paper spine lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, blue endpapers, all edges untrimmed. [332] pp, a few line-drawings in the text. Issued in an edition..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1926. First Edition. Crown octavo; original green cloth with a double border in blind on front and rear panel, spine lettered in gilt, [221] pp. The trade hardcover edition, issued in November 1926, about a month after the signed & limited edition. Light foxing to text, tiny..... More
London: Martin Secker, [1922]. First Trade Edition. Octavo, original light green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, top page edges trimmed and stained green. [160] pp. Issued in September, 1922, one month after the Signed Limited Edition of 100 copies; the American Edition (Knopf) was also issued in August..... More
Chicago: Covici-McGee Co., 1924. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth edged with a border in blind & a gilt design of a chalice, spine panel lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed and stained light purple. 219 pp. Top page edges faded and with a small stain; corners knocked, small stainsand..... More
London: The Classic Press. 1923. First Edition. Small octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on upper cover, marbled pale lavender endpapers, top edges gilt. 54 pp, integral frontispiece and line illustrations in the text. "Limited Edition" on title page. Spine a trifle sunned, a very good copy in the..... More
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., [1965]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, with a new introduction by Starrett. Octavo, original tan cloth stamped in red, top and lower edges trimmed, fore-edges untrimmed. 190 pp. Issued as a volume in 'The Seagull Library'. A fine copy..... More
No Place [Westport, Ct]: The Apellicon Press. 1930. First Edition. Crown octavo; original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 47 pp, title page printed in black with a pictorial design in brown. Issued in an edition of only 200 copies signed by the author. Designed..... More
[Wellingborough, Northamptonshire]: The Aquarian Press. [1988]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in silver on spine panel, grey endpapers, all edges trimmed. 256 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price-corner clipped. ¶ Preface by Roger Dobson, Foreword by Hilary Machen. Collects letters from Machen to A.E...... More
London: Henry Danielson, 64 Charing Cross Road, W.C.2, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, original blue boards with blue cloth spine, spine and front panel lettered in gilt, all edges trimmed. 59 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies. Slight darkening to text block; a fine copy, without dust jacket..... More
London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1941. First Edition. Small octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in silver on spine, all edges trimmed. 258 pp., full colour frontispiece by Ardizzone on glazed paper. PRESENTATION COPY, with A Signed Inscription from the author dated the year of Publication: "Oliver Stonor / from..... More
London: Greening & Co. Ltd., 1907. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 314 pp. Light browning to endpapers, old ink name on front free endpaper and below this an old (1960's?) price ticket from G. Ken Chapman..... More
London: John Hamilton Ltd., Publishers. nd (1929). First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in black on spine and front panel. 253 pp. Upper corners very slightly knocked, light foxing to page egdes, a fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, slightly spotted on the spine panel, priced at..... More
London: Greening & Co. Ltd, 20 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, W.C., 1904. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 322 pp, pp (1-2) are ads. Light tanning to text block, some fading to cloth covers, mottled discolouration..... More
London: The Shoe Lane Publishing Co., No Date. Reprint. Octavo, original light peach coloured boards lettered in black on spine and front panel. 254 pp. Browning to text block, tiny split to cloth at outer spine hinge, boards slightly discoloured at edges. A very good, tight copy in the rare..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount (1928) Ltd.,Paternoster House, Paternoster Row, E.C.4. n.d. [1930]. First Edition. Large crown octavo, original dark grey cloth lettered and ruled in gilt on spine panel, front panel bordered in blind. 288 pp., eight full-page black & white plates inserted in the text. Pencilled name on front..... More