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
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... 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: 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
Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1985. First Edition, Deluxe Issue. Quarter Leather. Royal octavo, Quarter black morocco, grey cloth boards. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. No. 47 of 110 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Joan Hassall. pp lxiii, 161, [7] plates,numerous reproductions of Hassall's wood-engravings throughout with an additional..... More
Buckinghamshire, UK: Hague & Gill, 1948. First Edition Thus. Half-Leather. Small octavo, bound in half green morocco over green cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, hand-marbled endpapers. 76 pp. Five wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, two of which are full-page. Hand-made paper. With the bookplate "Ex Libris venerabilis conventus Fratvm B.V.M...... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1946. First American Edition. First American edition, and the first edition of this collection. Quarto, original black cloth, gilt lettering and decorative devices on spine panel. 639 pp.Endpapers browning, a few tiny bumps to corners otherwise a bright, fine copy in the original colour pictorial dust..... More
Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1886. "New Edition" Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's full brown cloth heavily blocked in black & gilt on front panel, block in blind on rear cover. With 20 tipped in double-page maps [all maps are on guards and can be laid flat without loss]..... 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
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, dust jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne. 2,026 copies printed. Bookplate of Malcolm Ferguson (Weird Tales author, friend and correspondent of August Derleth, acquaintance of M. P. Shiel, and a bookseller) affixed 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
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
Knoxville: Part Flamingo Press, 2020. First Separate Edition. Quarto, original purple cloth lettered in gilt with a colour pictorial label mounted within an ornate gilt frame on front panel, printed marbled endpapers. 40 pp., illustrated throughout with 8 full-page colour plates by Deal. Issued in an edition of 1000 numbered..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gold on spine panel. 2030 copies printed. 174 pp. One corner slightly knocked, a very fresh, clean copy, nearly fine overall, in the attractive Richard Taylor dust jacket lightly browned at the edges and on rear..... 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
No Place [Olympia, WA]: Pegana Press, 2015. First Printing of This Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this New Edition, the first edition to bear illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk. Octavo. Hand-printed with hand-set Goudy and Civilite types on a Vandercook SP 15 press on Hanhnemuhle and Canson papers; handbound in..... 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
London: Duckworth & Co., 1917. First Edition. Octavo, original light blue boards lettered in black on spine, lettered and ruled in black on front panel, publisher's device in black on rear panel. 190 pp + [1] pp ad at rear for Wright's Coal Tar Soap. Printed on cheap wartime paper..... More
London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1941. First Edition. Small octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in silver on spine, all edges trimmed. 258 pp., full colour frontispiece by Ardizzone on glazed paper. PRESENTATION COPY, with A Signed Inscription from the author dated the year of Publication: "Oliver Stonor / from..... 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: 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