London: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers, [1913]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original light brown french-folded wrappers titled and with a pictorial image in dark brown on the front panel, spine titled in dark brown, rear panel blank. 178 pp. Spine a bit darkened, leaned and with reading creases; front panel with..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd., 1916. First Separate Edition. Small octavo, original pictorial stiff brown wrappers, plain brown endpapers. 115 pp. The first separate edition (this edition does not include 'The Inmost Light'). Covers a bit mottled, spine slightly leaned and with reading creases; a very good..... More
London: Corgi Books, [1967]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format), all edges trimmed. 156 pp + [4] pp ads at rear. Issued as Corgi Book GN7712 (3s. 6d.) This edition includes a four-page Introduction by Lord Dunsany. Text block a bit darkened. Scratch across the front cover..... 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
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
London: Martin Secker, [1923]. First Trade Edition. Octavo, original light green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, top page edges trimmed and stained green. [176] pp. Issued in January, 1923, one month before the American Edition (Knopf) and two months before the Signed Limited Edition of 100 copies. One..... More
Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth bordered in blind and lettered ornately in gilt on front panel, printed paper title label on spine, decorated terra-cotta endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 241 pp, secondary title page after the Introduction "Tales and Essays / Edited / With an..... 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, 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
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
London: Martin Secker, [1924]. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, top edge trimmed and stained red. [142] pp + [2] pp ads at rear. The first trade edition issued in August, 1924; preceded by the limited and signed edition of 200 copies issued in..... 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1924. First Edition. Large octavo; original black cloth with blind ruled designs on front & back covers, green paper label on spine lettered in black, top edges trimmed and stained green, decorated green endpapers; in a black cardboard slipcase with printed label lettered in black..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First British Edition, Limited Issue. Large octavo; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. 189 pp. Issued in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy No. 149. Issued in December 1924, 2 months before..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First British Edition. Octavo; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. 189 pp. The trade hardcover edition, issued in February 1925, two months after the signed & limited edition. Ink name & date (April 24, 1925) on front free endpaper, a...... 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, 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
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
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1968. First American Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, all edges trimmed. 218 pp. 2058 copies printed (the colophon states '2000 copies'). The text is a complete reproduction of the 1933 London edition published by Ernest Benn, including the original title page. Page..... More
London: Rich & Cowan, Ltd., [1936]. First Edition. Octavo, original terra-cotta cloth, spine lettered in green, all edges trimmed, top edges stained green. [268] pp. Inner hinge neatly repaired at title leaf, light evidence of a label removed from front paste-down, cloth worn at eges and repaired along rear spine..... More
London: The Richards Press, No. 8 Charles Street, St. James Square. [1949]. First Edition. Crown octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, all edges trimmed, top edges stained red. 427 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author. Inner hinges cracked, spine leaned, small stains; a good reading copy. Not..... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club. 1951. First Edition. Quarto, original green boards with grey buckram spine, green paper label on spine lettered in gilt, all edges untrimmed. 70 + [1] pp (colophon leaf). Frontispiece (a photographic portrait of the author). Issued in an edition limited to 178 numbered copies, this being..... 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. ΒΆ Preface by Roger Dobson, Foreword by Hilary Machen. Collects letters from Machen to A.E...... 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