Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in black, reddish endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. 290 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author as a young man. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 500 copies. A...... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 296 pp. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 350 copies. A...... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 226 pp. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 350 copies. A...... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2014. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 223 pp, 16 pp of black & white plates. The first..... More
Burton on Trent: J.M. Pearson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in black textured cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 210 pp., 16 pp of black & white plates, plus maps. A very good copy in a slightly marked dust jacket (a few scuffs). ¶ The second volume of Aickman's Autobiography..... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2010. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 291 pp. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 350 copies. A...... More
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 243 pp. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 350 copies. A...... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1947. 1947. First Edition, First Impression. 2,609 copies printed. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles on spine. A few small marks to cloth, a near fine bright copy with sharp gilt on the spine, in a very good plus dust jacket; minor and tiny bits of..... More
London: Sphere Books, [1986]. First Paperback edition. Paperback. First paperback edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page, dated 8 November, 1987. A fine copy in the original pictorial wrappers. More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1921]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth titled and decorated in black on spine and front panel. 328 pp. Cloth heavily worn and frayed at extremities and somewhat dust-soiled; a sound, solid reading copy in good condition only. In a fine facsimile..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, Publishers. 1998. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on spine, green endpapers. 486 pp., b/w illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with the publisher's price sticker on the top edge of the front flap raising the price to..... More
[London]: Ghost Story Press. 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red pictorial boards stamped in black and yellow, yellow titles to spine and front cover. 361 pp, Six illustrations by Andrew King. 250 numbered copies printed, this being copy No. 10. PRESENTATION COPY from the publisher..... More
London: The Modern Publishing Company, 6 Farrington Avenue, No Date [mid-1930's]. First Edition. Small octavo, original slate-grey paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in black. Unpaginated (circa 250 pp). Issued without proper endpapers, the paste-down leaves are advertisements, as is the first leaf and the verso of the title page..... More
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest. 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 243 pp. One of 425 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton & Sonju. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Zeising, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 292 pp. One of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton, dust jacket artist Bob Egleton, and frontispiece & endpaper artist Arnie Fenner. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
New York: The Vanguard Press. [1944]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original tan cloth titled in black on spine panel. 238 pp. Small bookseller label to rear paste-down, otherwise a sharp clean copy, fine in the original pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped and a faint bit of wear..... More
West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 2004. Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). 708 pp., Notes, Index. Very tiny bump to one corner, a fine copy, without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ Originally published In 1996, S. T. Joshi's H. P. LOVECRAFT: A LIFE was published to..... More
London: G. Purkess, Compton Street, Soho; And All Booksellers, No Date [1850]. First Edition with these Illustrations. Title from illustrated title page. An additional printed title reads "The Monk, by M.G. Lewis, Esq. ... Beautifully illustrated. Octavo, bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands..... More
[No Place]: Privately Printed. [No Date]. Octavo, printed wrappers, stapled at spine. 12 pp (plus printed covers). Printed letterpress. Issued in an edition of "several dozen copies" (see note below). Of several noted variants, this copy measures 22.2 x 14.6 cm, and is printed on off-white (almost yellowish) laid paper..... More
London: Museum Press Limited. No Date [1948]. First British Edition. Original black cloth titled in silver and with a skull design in yellow on spine panel. Light tanning to text block as usual with this book, but a fine copy, clean and fresh, in the original colour pictorial dust wrapper..... More
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Sauk City: Arkham House. 1963-1970 [actually, 2001]. First Editions in this Format. Four Volumes. Octavo, all are bound in the publisher's original black cloth titled in gilt on the spine panel. 433 + 458 + 448 + 450 pp; frontispieces. The texts are the Revised and Corrected Texts Edited by..... More
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New York: The Library of America, 2005. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in black & gold on spine, patterned blue endpapers, silk bookmark. 838 pp., printed on very thin (almost onionskin) paper. Issued as No. 155 in 'The Library of America' series. A fine copy in..... More
New York: Centaur Books, 1976. First Paperback edition. Small octavo, pocketbook format. 148 pp + 960 pp ads at rear. Issued as a volume in the publisher's "Time-Lost" series. Inscribed by the author on the first leaf: "For Robert Karliner, May he never meet the Master! / H.Warner Munn /..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First edition, later printing with no "First Edition" statement on copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by L. Sprague de Camp directly on the title page. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine. 510 pp, Illustrated, Notes, Bibliography & Index. Small bumps..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, 3,606 copies printed. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt. First "state", with no price sticker on the jacket (jacket price on the front flap is $5.00, copies distributed later have a $6.00 price sticker affixed over this)..... More