London: Downey & Co., No Date [1895]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial terra-cotta cloth repeating the title page design in gilt and black on front panel, spine panel lettered in gilt, rear panel with publisher's device in blind. 358 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Half-tone frontispiece..... More
![Item #311969 L'ECRIVAIN LOVECRAFT: SES CLEFS INITIATIQUES ET SON SECRET, by Serge Hutin [in]...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/311969.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621128423)
Paris & Germany: Jacqueline H Osterrath [Editor], 1968. First Edition. Tall octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 64 pp., 3 full-page (psychedelic & Lovecraftian) illustrations, plus cover art, by Claudelza. Previou owner's signature on contents page ('thenard'; i.e., Francois Thenard, Occult & Surrealist Artist). Minor bumps at edges, very good condition. The..... More
![Item #312410 CELTIC ORIGINS AND THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE. Arthur: The Chain of Evidence [in] CELTICVM...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312410.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644363126)
Rennes, France: Ogam Tradition Celtique, 1965. First Edition. Tall octavo, original reddish printed wrappers. 397 pp, 175 plates, folding chart, addenda leaf at rear. Text mostly in French, except for the article by Charles Muses, CELTIC ORIGINS AND THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE, which runs on pages 359 - 384 (26 pp)..... More
London: The Modern Publishing Company. n.d. (1920's). Reprint. Octavo, original red paper-covered boards titled and rled in black on spine and front panel. 254 pp. Ink name on title page and final leaf of text; split along outer spine hinge at front board, about 3" long, repaired with adhesive; a...... More
London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. First Edition. Large crown octavo, original black cloth lettered in grey on spine. 282 pp. Page edges tanned and slightly foxed; the book has been fitted with new endpapers, matching and in style. A very good copy, in a very good example of..... More
Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, Librarie de Paris, 56, Rue Jacob, 1947. Quarto, original orange printed wrappers. 96 pp. Index at rear. Text in Ethiopien and French. Issued as Patrologia Orientalis Tome I. - Fascicule I. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, with his ownership stamp on the first..... More
London: Longman's, Green, & Co., 1899. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth blocked in black & titled in gilt on spine & front panel, black coated endpapers, top edges gilt. 308 pp. Frontispiece by William Reader plus eleven additional full-page black & white plates, all in..... More
![Item #312508 HARRY POTTER BOXED SET [comprising] HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE [along...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312508.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1661808487)
Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books, 1998-2000. Early Printings. Hardcover. A beautiful boxed set of early printings of the first three Harry Potter Books. Book One: First edition, fifth impression. Canadian issue, with the Raincoast imprint & "Printed and Bound in Canada by Friesens" on copyright page. 223 pp. Contains two errors..... More
New York: A Signet Book / New American Library, 1976. First Edition (& 1st printing). Paperback. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 202 pp + [8] pp black & white photos bound in near the centre of the text. Canadian Edition, with PRINTED IN CANADA on copyright page, correct..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie. No Date [1909]. First Edition, First Impression. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in black on spine and front panel. The first issue binding. 250 pp. Small scratches to rear panel, light foxing to endpapers; spine panel a touch browned. An attractive, very good, above..... More
![Item #311507 THE EAGLE'S CRAG [in] THE STRAND MAGAZINE, Vol. VIII, July to December 1894. The...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/311507.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1670282869)
London: George Newnes, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. The first appearance in print. Large crown octavo. Original publisher's decorated blue cloth over bevelled boards, spine panel titled in black & gold, front panel decorated in black, decorated endpapers. Contains the short story THE EAGLE'S CRAG by Shiel, pp 308-316, Illustrated by..... More
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 25, Paternoster Row. MDCCCXLIX [1849]. New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth patterned in blind on all covers, titled in gilt on spine panel, yellow coated endpapers. 166 + 156 + 144 pp. Together, three volumes in one, each with a separate title leaf..... More
Oxford & London: James Parker & Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Two volumes (or, as the titles pages state, two half-volumes). Octavo, original maroon cloth decorated in blind on front & rear panels, titled and ruled in gilt on spines. xii + 472; 473-959 pp (pagination is..... More
Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau. 1909. 1909. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine. 546 pp, large folding map at rear (often missing), complete with the errata slip (also often missing) tipped in at the front endpaper. Small stamp on inner front cover (St..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1930]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original yellow buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 313 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 78. The perishable yellow cloth has a few..... More