Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 6 George Street / London : Houlston & Wright. No Date [between 1857 and 1869]. First Printing. 12 mo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in blind & gilt, lettered in gilt on upper cover, decorated and lettered in blind on rear panel, spine panel decorated and..... More
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
London: Methuen & Co., 36 Essex Street W.C., (1904). Second Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, front panel lettered in black. 383 pp + 40 pp publisher's catalogue dated March, 1907 bound in at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus seven additional full-page plates reproducing artwork..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. First edition, Colonial issue. First edition; Colonial issue, utilizing the first edition sheets with a later, canceled (inserted) title leaf (the first book edition was issued in 1891). Octavo, original dark blue cloth, spine panel lettered in gold, all edges untrimmed, list of "Methuen's Colonial..... More
London: Isbister & Co. Limited, 15 & 16 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1903. First Edition, Second Impression. Octavo, original blue cloth designed in black and lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, top and fore-edges trimmed, bottom edges untrimmed. 398 pp + [10] pp publisher's catalogue of "New and..... More
London: Isbister & Company, 15 & 16 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1904. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original blue pictorial cloth designed in white, black, gray and yellow, front panel titled in white, spine panel ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edges trimmed, others uncut. Title page printed in black..... More
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 49 Rupert Street, [1912]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original dark reddish-brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel. 338 pp + [6] pages adverts + [32] page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear. Bookplate W.T. Wooton on inner front cover. Foxing to page edges..... 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
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Side Real Press, 1029. Large thick octavo, original black boards stamped in red, green and white on spine and front panel. 551 pp. 259 numbered copies printed, of which this is number 223. A fine copy, without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ Ewers' first book, first published..... 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: Chapman & Hall. 1907. First Edition. Octavo, bright red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front panel. All edges trimmed. 312 pp. Some light foxing to page edges, a spot of wear to the cloth at extreme lower right-hand corner of the front. In all a magnificent copy..... More
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 2,100 copies printed. 304 pp., frontispiece, chapter vignettes, and seven full-page black & white plates by Fabian (included in the pagination), plus colour dust wrapper artwork by Hannes..... More
London: Grant Richards, 48 Leicester Square, W.C., n.d. [1903]. First British Edition. Octavo, publisher's original slate grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine, front panel lettered and with an attractive border in pale green. 348 pp, Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional full-page black & white plates (by Charles..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1884. First Printing of the First One-Volume Edition. Octavo, original decorated dark green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, slate coated endpapers, top edge untrimmed, other edges trimmed. 471 pp [472: ads]. Lower corner tips lightly worn, touch..... 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 24.5 x 14.5 cm, and is printed on white laid paper, fore-edges trimmed..... 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
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
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
Guernsey: Printed and Published by T.B. Banks & Co., Central Press. No Date [circa 1899-1900]. Ninth Edition. Original wrappers. Small octavo, original red wrappers printed in black. [46] pp., large folding map. many period ads and much local history. The original wrappers are fragile and chipping at the edges; the..... 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: Greening & Co. Ltd., 1906. First Edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 319 pp, pp (1) half-title, pp (2) ads. Browning to endpapers, hairline crack to inner rear hinge, a very good, bright copy. ¶ The author's..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash Company. [1920]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, double-bordered in black on front cover. 187 pp. Dampstain to lower corner of front cover, small stain to front free endpaper. A good, sound copy, in the original plain printed dust..... More