London: Imprinted for Francis Griffiths, and published at the Sign of the Gryphon, 34, Maiden Lane, near the Strand, in the City of Westminster. 1906. First Edition. Crown octavo, original light brown boards with dark brown buckram spine titled in gilt, front panel lettered and with a pictorial design of..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1902. First Edition. Wide crown octavo, original brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine panel. 206 pp. Paper lightly browned and a bit fragile, front endpaper with a small chip at the fore-edge, cloth with light wear at spine tips and corners; paper title label on..... More
London: E. Grant Richards. 1907. First Edition. First Edition, later (third) issue, 2nd binding with "Grant Richards" at base of spine, all edges trimmed. Original red cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 309 pp + [1] pp ads at rear; frontispiece with tissue guard. Creasing to rear..... More
Newport, Wales: Three Impostors, 2019. First Edition Thus. Tall octavo, original black boards lettered in white and grey on spine and front panel, grey endpapers, all edges trimmed. 215 pp, illustrated. This new edition bears a new Introduction by James Machin, an essay, 'Calm from the Chaotic', by Hywel Pontin;..... More
Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales: Aylesford Review, 1960. First Edition. Octavo, original printed paper wrappers stapled at spine, all edges trimmed. pp [281] - [328]. Small stain to one page; slightly pulled at staples, light dust soiling and slightly bumped; very good. ¶ The Special Arthur Machen issue. Includes: 'Machen: A Biographical..... More
Aylesford, Kent, UK: St. Albert's Press. 1963. First Edition. Octavo, original printed paper wrappers stapled at spine, all edges trimmed. pp [62] - [116]. Light stress marks; a very good copy. and slightly bumped; very good. ¶ Contains "In My Father's House" by Hilary Machen, and "In The Land of..... More
London: Bertram Rota, 1964. First Edition. Large Octavo, original french-folded green printed wrappers, sewn at spine. [8] pp. Issued in an edition of 65 numbered copies signed by the author, of which this is copy No. 28 of 50 which were offered for sale. Mild tanning to edges of wrappers;..... More
London: Fulgur Limited. 2009. First Edition. Tall quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers, all edges trimmed. 128 pp. Illustrated. A fine copy. ¶ Includes 'Witchcraft and the Graal in the Work of Arthur Machen, by Edward Gauntlett', pp 16-28. Other literary contributions include: The Green Intercessor:Tutelary Spirits and the Transmission of..... More
London: Martin Secker, Publisher to the Richards Press, 8 Charles Street, St. Jame's Square. [1938]. Second Edition. "New and Cheaper Edition", i.e., the Second Edition, published one year after the First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in white on spine panel, top edges stained grey, others trimmed. 279 pp..... More
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
Oxford: Caermaen Books. 1988. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, all edges trimmed. 202 pp, Index at rear. Frontispiece and 4 plates within the text. Lower corner bumped; a very good copy. ¶ Originally published in 1963. The first full-length biography of Machen. 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
London: Unicorn Press, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, original brownish-yellow cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 334 pp. Contains two stories, 'The Gift of Tongues' and 'The Rose Garden' by Arthur Machen. Cloth dust-soiled and stained, stress marks to spine, endpapers darkened; a very good..... 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
Carbonnek [New York]: Privately Printed [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. [448] pp, a few line-drawings in the text. Issued in an edition limited to 1050 numbered copies..... More
[London]: Imprinted for George Redway, and to be sold by him at his Shop in York Street, near to Covent Garden. 1884. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original cream parchment boards titled on the spine and front panel in brick-red, rear cover blank, all edges untrimmed, pale grey endpapers..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original yellow cloth, printed paper label on spine panel, decorated endpapers. 186 pp + [2] pp publisher's ads for other works by Machen at rear. A REMARKABLE INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the half title leaf..... More
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London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1915. First Edition. Octavo, original light blue pictorial paper-covered boards stamped in black on spine and front panel. 86 pp. Inner front hinge lightly cracked at half-title leaf, spine a touch tanned, faint spine creases. A very good clean copy. Goldstone & Sweetser..... More
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London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1915. Second Edition. Octavo, original light blue pictorial boards stamped in dark blue on spine and front panel - the second issue binding; this edition was also issued in red leather titled in gilt. 133 pp., frontispiece. Bookplate of the Clinton K. Judy..... More
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1915. First American Edition. Octavo, original light brown pictorial paper-covered boards stamped in dark brown on spine and front panel. 77 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Light wear to edges of covers, a few small stains; a very good clean copy. The text..... 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