Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2010. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine (a pamphlet). 80 pp. Bibliography at rear. Issued as Number Fifteen of the Gothic Chapbooks. A near fine copy. ¶ Examinations of Eight of Aickman's weird tales. More
Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2012. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine (a pamphlet). 52 pp. Bibliography at rear. Issued as Number Sixteen of the Gothic Chapbooks. A near fine copy. ¶ Collects three essays on Aickman by Philip Challinor, Rebekah Memel Brown, and Isaac Land..... More
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia: H.H. Henderson & Co., Booksellers and Stationers. No Date (circa 1890). Canadian Edition, rare variant imprint. Octavo, original brown cloth titled and decorated in black and colours, gilt titles on spine, yellow coated endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, the printed title leaf with the..... More
London: Philip Allan, [1932]. First Edition. Octavo, original grey cloth titled in black on spine panel. Contemporary ink name on front endpaper; cloth lightly worn and with minor stains, spine panel a bit faded and with a vertical crease, splitting but holding along the rear outer hinge. A good, sound..... More
London: Philip Allan. [1932]. First Edition. Octavo, original tan cloth titled in black on spine panel. Covers a bit grubby, small split along outer rear spine hinge, wear at head of spine, slight vertical crease to spine panel. A good, sound copy, in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. ¶..... More
Paris: L. Desessart et Cie. 1837. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in contemporary half red calf over marbled paper boards, the spines with raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and page edges. 450 + 440 pp. Heraldic bookplate of Samuel..... More
New York: S.W. Greene's Son, Publisher. 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth bordered in black on front & rear panels, titled in gilt on front panel & spine. 301 pp. Name in pencil on front free endpaper, dated 1887, cloth somewhat worn & rubbed..... More
Boston: The Mutual Book Company, [1902]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial red cloth blocked in black & gilt, gilt titles on spine, top edges gilt. 173 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard and 5 additional plates by Owen inserted in the text, decorations (mostly initial letters) throughout..... 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
No Place: The Fanlight House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, ringbound. 89 pp. Light tanning, a near fine copy of the true first edition. 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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1948. Illustrated Edition. Quarter morocco. Second Printing, 1948. Octavo. Finely bound in quarter brown morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and with blind ruling and gilt lettering. Decorative floral endpapers.Top edge gilt. 255 pp, decorated title page, 12 illustrations, 11..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 549 & 551 Broadway. 1873. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and front panel. Brown coated endpapers. 383 pp. Contemporary ink inscription on preliminary black, dated Jan 26, 1874; moderate..... More
New York: D. Appleton And Company. 1888. First Edition. Octavo, publisher's original red cloth over dark marbled boards, the spine panel lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges trimmed. 210 pp + 10 pp publisher's catalogue of 'New and Standard Fiction' + [2] pp ads at rear. Browning to text..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo, original dark blue cloth bordered in blind and with a small decorative device in gilt on front panels, gilt decorations & titles to spines. Brown coated endpapers. 299 + 320 pp, [4] pp ads + [48] pp..... More
London: Holden & Hardingham. [1920]. Second Edition. Hardcover. The first printing of the "Cheap Edition". Small octavo, original green boards titled in black on spine panel. 252 pp. Cheap pulp paper slightly browned, as usual. Boards faded and rubbed, small partial crack to inner rear hinge, ink name and date..... More
Leicester: Wyvern Bindery, Wellington Street, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reprint of a work first issued in 1849. Octavo, original gray-green cloth blocked pictorially in gold on the front panel, titled in gold on spine. 63 pp., frontispiece and 5 additional black & white plates. Trifle bit of darkening to..... More
No Place [Tokyo]: No Publisher [The Japan Times?], No Date [1925]. First Edition. Original wrappers. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 618 pp. With a card glued to a preliminary blank "With the Compliments of The Japanese Consul Vancouver B.C." Complete, but in poor condition, the sewing is hlding but split in..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press. 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original speckled gray cloth titled in red on spine & front panel, top edges stained red. 283 pp. Front free endpaper neatly removed; some minor browning to spine panel, some minor spots to top page edges..... 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
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 412 pp., Index, Tables. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Note: This title is In Print in for $149.99 US. ¶ This book provides..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, No Date [1994]. Later Edition. Trade Paperback. Seven Volumes. Octavo, original boards, spines titled in gilt. A complete set of the seven hardcover books, the entire Narnia series, all with the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes. New cover art for this edition by Chris Van Allsburg.A...... More
[Various Places: Friends of Arthur Machen, 2005-2012. First Editions. Octavo, original printed wrappers (card covers, pamphlets), stapled at spine. 12 issues, paginated 20 pp + 28 pp + 48 pp + 48 pp + 44 pp + 52 pp + 56 pp + 40 pp + 48 pp + 52..... More
London: Published by Seeley & Company, Essex Street, Strand, 1889. First Edition with These Illustrations. Folio, original royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 124 pp., Title-page printed in red and black, the text is set in Caslon type and printed on hand-made paper. With 12 full-page photogravure plates..... More
London: Greening & Co. Ltd., 1907. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 314 pp. Light browning to endpapers, old ink name on front free endpaper and below this an old (1960's?) price ticket from G. Ken Chapman..... More