Paris: Aux Bureaux de la Revue Archeologique / Hatchette et Co., 1865. First Separate Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 86 pp, frontispiece plate, line drawings in the text. Offprint article from the Revue Archeologique, with the later label of Maisonneuve et Cie, Libraires. on front wrapper. Disbound from a larger..... More
No Place [London]: Fulgur for Xoanon. 1995. First Edition, Special Reserve Issue. First edition, Special Reserve issue, limited to just 5 unnumbered copies, THIS BEING COPY NUMBER 1 OF 5, bound in full black morocco spine titled in gilt, small gilt dot or "point" on front panel, all edges gilt..... More
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. First printing of this edition. Large Folio, publisher's original black boards titled and decorated in gilt. 678 pp, Index, Illustrations. Slight browning to text block, foxing to page edges, a very good clean copy in a nice unworn dust jacket which shows..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. First edition, Deluxe Issue, limited to 500 hand numbered copies signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sidney Sime, of which this is number 396. Large Quarto. Quarter vellum spine with brown cloth boards with single gilt..... More
London: Jonathan Cape. [1926]. First Edition, First Impression, Special Issue. Octavo, original black cloth designed and lettered in gold. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. The Special Limited Edition of just 12 Copies printed for the Author. This copy is inscribed by the author to his brother: "Colin Rucker Eddison..... More
Toulon: F. Cabasson, 1930. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original printed wrappers, original glassine dust jacket. 116 pp., illustrated throughout. inscribed in pencil on the title leaf :“With my best regards [illegible signature]”. One can assume that this is signed by either the author or the publisher, but the signature..... More
London: Centaur Press. 1934. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow buckram cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued in a limited edition of 60 copies of which 50 are for sale; this copy unnumbered. 84 pp, frontispiece and two additional full-page plates by Easton printed on white coated paper. This..... More
London: Duckworth, 130. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 351 pp. Bookplate on front endpaper, along with the small ticket "From the Library of Ronald & Joan McNicoll". Very nice copy in a slightly chipped and frayed dust jacket, with the fragile purple lettering..... More
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Paris: Ernst Leroux, 1915 - 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto. First separate editions of six items bound together, all with their original front & rear wrappers bound in. Contemporary red cloth binding with printed paper label on spine panel titled "La Tablette Tsong du Tcheou-Li / Giesler / 1915"..... More
London: Henry J. Drane. No Date [1897]. First Edition, First Impression. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, spine and front panels decorated in black. 251 pp, 8 inserted black & white plates (complete). Minor internal foxing to sheets; neat (and interesting) bookplate on inner front cover presenting the volume..... More
No Place: Three Hands Press, 2017. First Edition Thus. Leather. First Edition, Deluxe Leather Edition limited to just 40 copies, this being copy No. 30. Octavo. bound in full black goat heavily decorated in gilt. 24 pages, printed letterpress, Designed by Daniel A. Schulke and Joseph Uccello, the book is..... More
Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu. 1743. Small octavo. Three parts in one volume, bound in contemporary mottled calf, the spine with raised bands decorated gilt in compartments, red title label, marbled edges and endpapers. Attractive head- and tailpieces throughout, initial letters, title page vignette. 182 + 315 + 254 pp..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1939. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 287 pp. The true First Edition, with "First Published in 1939" on copyright page. Ex-lending library copy from McIntosh Select Circulating Library, with their stamps and marks on the front endpapers and last page..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First Edition, First Impression. First Edition of the Author's First Book. Octavo, original black boards lettered in purple on spine, publisher's device in purple on front panel. 166 pp. Browning to text block; otherwise a fine copy in a nice, very good or better..... 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
New York: Hippocampus Press, 2004-2006. First Editions. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, silver titles on spines. Five Volumes, all First Printings. 440 + 248 +357 + 300 + 382 pp, Indexes at rear of each volume, Chronology and Indexes to all 5 volumes at rear of Vol 5. Lower corners..... 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 24 x 16 cm, and is printed on white laid paper, fore-edges untrimmed..... More
Olympia, WA: Pegana Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, hand-bound by the publisher in full pearl gray cloth covers, printed paper title label on spine and small pictorial label on front cover, black endpapers. Hand set & hand printed by letterpress printed on opalescent white Zerkall..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1966. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. 3,460 copies printed. 321 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Contents include: The Dark Brotherhood by H. P. L and August Derleth, Suggestions for a Reading Guide, by..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Litd. 1951. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine panel. 160 pp. Small Australian Booksellers' ticket on front paste-down; light foxing to page edges, a near fine copy in a nice clean dust jacket, faint light foxing and browing to..... 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
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1919]. 1919. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, all edges trimmed. 433 pp, + [4] pp of publishers notices at rear. Black & white frontispiece by Joseph Clement Coll. The first issue binding..... More
Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, 1886-1887. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo [215 x 130 mm], original printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait in Volume One. 432 + 634 pp., Index. Some mild chipping to spine tips, covers slightly crumpled, spines neatly glazed. A very good, clean copy. ¶..... 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: 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