New York: Avon Publications. 1947-1952. First Printing. A complete run of the AVON FANTASY READER [18 issues, 1947-1952, all published]. First Editions. Small octavo (digest size), in color pictorial wrappers. A lovely, well preserved set with very minimal wear. Oddly enough, the earliest issues are in the finest condition, with... More
United Kingdom: The Society of Esoteric Endeavour, 2019. First Edition. Hardcovers in Slipcase. Octavo, original green cloth. Issued in an edition of only 224 numbered copies, This being copy No. 25. Four books, a folder of literature, and magical accoutrements (a glass skrying ball, glass egg, & glass cylinder all... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, Fawside House, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, bound (or rebound?) in plain black cloth, spine titled in gilt THE LOST VALLEY / BLACKWOOD. 328 pp. This edition is seen both with and with eight black & white plates by W. Graham Robertson, this is the... More
London: Odhams Press Ltd., [1933]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 248 pp. Green boards slightly mottled as usual, ink name on front free endpaper, top page edges dusty, scattered light foxing; a very good copy in like dust jacket, bright and... 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
Chelmsford, UK: Xoanon Publishers. 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Octavo, original cream wrappers, title printed in black on spine and front panel, Twin Lions / Wand of Sethos design printed in terra cotta on front panel and Circle of the Sacred Alphabet on rear. 362pp Illustrated... More
Three Hands Press. 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original cloth, art paper end-leaves, letterpress dust wrapper. 152 pp., Illustrated. One of 726 hand-numbered copies bound in cloth, this being Copy No. 66. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. ¶ The Opuscula Magica treats in... More
No Place: Xoanon Publishing. 2008. Second Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to spine. 700 numbered copies were printed. This copy is one of a very few that were un-numbered and out-of series, marked "X" on the colophon leaf. A fine copy without dust wrapper, as issued. ¶ Issued... More
UK: Mandrake Press, 1992. First Separate Edition. Art Print. Large format High Quality Lithographic Print reproducing an Oil Painting of Crowley by Leon Engers Kennedy, circa 1918. Printed on heavy 170 gms art paper stock, full colour, 25 x 17 inches. The painting was originally reproduced in THE EQUINOX Vol.III... More
London: William Heinemann. 1912. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo. Quarter green cloth over tan paper boards, gilt titles to spine and front board with inlaid illustration by Sime, the first binding state. [98] pp. Ten illustrations by Sidney H. Sime. Spine cloth worn along edges, corners bumped, bookplate... More
Boston: John W. Luce & Company. 1916. First American Edition. First American edition. Octavo. Black cloth backed brown paper boards with gilt designs and title on front cover, title on spine. 177 pages. Ten illustrations by Sidney H. Sime, decorated initials. Signed by Dunsany on the front cover, with his... More
California: Three Hands Press. 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Leather Bound. Octavo. The Special Leather edition, bound in full scarlet and black sprinkled goat, marbled endpapers, slipcased. Limited to 23 hand-numbered copies only, this being copy No. 19. 280 pp, illustrated throughout with sigils and rare photographs. The sigils and... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original pictorial red cloth decorated in black, brown, red and gold on spine and front panel. 381 pp. Frontispiece and seven additional black & white plates. The correct first printing, with the 1904 date on the... 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
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original burgundy buckram boards heavily decorated in black and gilt on both the upper and lower cover, spine titled in gilt, decorated endpapers, and bookmark ribbon. 180 pp, bibliography. 20 colour illustrations by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles. Issued in an edition limited to... More
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2017. First Edition. Leather. Octavo. The Deluxe Edition, specially bound in full burgundy leather elaborately decorated in gold on the upper and lower covers and spine, hand-marbled endpapers and page edges, heavy cream paper with book mark ribbon. Housed in a folding solander case with a.... More
London: James Barrie. 1951. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. [288] pp. Spine panel very (very!) slightly leaned, a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, a few small closed tears to the edges and small chips at spine head... More
London: Holden & Hardingham. [1921]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued by Chapman & Hall in 1908. Small octavo, original red boards titled in black on spine panel. [252] pp. Cheap paper lightly browned, as usual; ink name on front pastedown, spine panel faded; boards lightly chaffed along front spine... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1870]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth over beveled boards, titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and front panel, gray coated endpapers. 156 pp + 1 leaf of ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard... More
London: John Lane at the Bodley Head / Chicago: Way and Williams. 1896. First Edition, First Impression. Small quarto, original pinkish-brown cloth titled in gold on front panel, titled and with a decoration in gold on spine panel. [124] pp, final leaf with Author's Acknowledgments and Printer's Imprint. Frontispiece with... More
Three Hands Press. 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in gold, the front cover bearing an image of a seal from a charm written on paper found in a bottle buried near Sarn, Powys, Wales. Limited edition of 300 hand-numbered hardbound copies, this being copy... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Large crown octavo, original black cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine. 3004 copies printed. 474 pp. Minute little bumps to the corners, gilt on spine bright and unrubbed, a bright, clean, very good or better copy in a nice... More
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Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company. 1936. The First Appearance in Print of both the Lovecraft and the Robert E. Howard stories. Quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this legendary pulp magazine. Full colour cover illustration by J. Allen St. John. Paper lightly tanned. Bookstore stamp on front cover... More
London: Michael Houghton [The Atlantis Bookshop], 1949-1950. First Editions. Original Wrappers. Octavo, original printed wrappers. A Complete Set, All Published [Although Vol 2 No's 1-2 were issued in 1992]. Pagination is continous throught all issues, pp 1-[408]. Small pencil notes and marginalia to a couple of articles in the First... More
Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2019. First Printing of this New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards titled in silver on spine panel. 277 pp, Illustrated, Bibliography, Index. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, as new. ¶ The first printing of this revised and expanded edition of UTHARK, NIGHTSIDE... More