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: The Faith Press, 1915. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial cream-white boards, spine panel lettered in red, front and rear boards lettered and with a design in red by T. Noyes Lewis, pale blue endpapers. [80] pp. Of two noted variants, this copy has the top page edges trimmed but..... 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
Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth bordered in blind and lettered ornately in gilt on front panel, printed paper title label on spine, decorated terra-cotta endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 241 pp, secondary title page after the Introduction "Tales and Essays / Edited / With an..... More
London: Martin Secker, [1924]. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel, top edge trimmed and stained red. [142] pp + [2] pp ads at rear. The first trade edition issued in August, 1924; preceded by the limited and signed edition of 200 copies issued in..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First British Edition. Octavo; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. 189 pp. The trade hardcover edition, issued in February 1925, two months after the signed & limited edition. Ink name & date (April 24, 1925) on front free endpaper, a...... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. First Edition. Octavo; original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Top and fore-edges trimmed. [250] pp., Frontispiece and seven additional full-paged plates on glazed paper inserted in the text and not included in the pagination. A fine copy in an attractive dust jacket, lightly browned..... 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
London: Unicorn Press, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, original brownish-yellow cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 334 pp. Contains two stories, 'The Gift of Tongues' and 'The Rose Garden' by Arthur Machen. Cloth dust-soiled and stained, stress marks to spine, endpapers darkened; a very good..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Paternoster House, E.C., No date [1924]. First Edition, First Printing. Rebound. Octavo, rebound in blue cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine panel (the standard Boots Library binding). Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To ____ ______ / because in her..... More
Baltimore: Press of the Friedenwald Co., 1892. Second revised. Hardcover. Second Revised and Improved Edition. 528 pp. + 8 pp. of press recommendations at rear. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Dark brown coated end papers. Light shelf wear, a nice, bright, very good copy of a book which rarely is..... More
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London: Parker Son and Bourn, West Strand. 1861 & 1862. Early Editions. Hardcover. Two volumes. Volume One is the Second Edition, Volume Two is the Third Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated in blind on all covers, gilt titles on spine panels, brown coated endpapers. 373 + 6 pp publisher's..... 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: John Long. [1904]. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red vertically-ribbed cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. [314] pp +[6] pp ads + [8] pp publisher's catalogue "Mr. John Long's Autumn and New Year Announcements 1904-1905" bound in at rear. "Second..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1839. First Edition. Octavo, bound in mid-20th Century half brown calf over brown cloth boards, the spine with five raised bands titled gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers. 624 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, plus 38 additional full-page plates throughout the..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 194 pp; Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among..... More
London: Secker and Warburg. [1982]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine. 128 pp. Inscribed by one of the editors on the title page: "For John Ruyle from Richard Lancelyn Green with my best wishes and thanks". Text paper browning, slight..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First American Edition. First American edition. Octavo. Light green cloth, gilt titles on spine, small blind stamped publisher's device on lower corner of front board, in illustrated dust jacket. 334 pages. Tiny bump to lower page edges, a very nice, bright, near..... More
New York: Brentanos, 1924. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original textured black cloth titled and ruled in redon spine & front panel,front panel bordered in blind. Top page edges stained red. 360 pp. Some fading to red dye on top edges, a very good, bright copy, in the original..... More
Wien [Vienna]: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto, original printed paper boards, cloth spine. 80 pp. Issued as Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe, Band 53, Abhandlung 1. Note: Karshuni, Ethiopic and three Arabic texts in parallel columns, followed by..... More
London: "Westminster Gazette" Office. No Date [1894]. "Third Edition" Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 142 pp, illustrations, portraits. Issued as Westminster Gazette Library. vol. 2; cover price One Shilling. From the library of Dr. Charles Muses, author of occult and esoteric works & founder of the Jacob Boehme society, with his..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. [308] pp + [1] pp ads at rear. The correct first printing, with the code (1) at the end of the final leaf of text. Small ink..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Hardcover. Reprint of the London edition published by T. Werner Laurie in 1906. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in silver. Issued as a volume in the Arno Press Supernatural and Occult Fiction collection, edited by R. Reginald and Douglas Menville. A fine copy without dust..... More
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company. [1911]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original grey-blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. 228 pp, Frontispiece. Review copy, with the publisher's revew slip affixed to the front free endpaper. Spotting at lower edges of front & rear..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich. 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 55 pp. A rough copy, old glue along spine edges, small chips, mostly disbound with the pages loose; some underlining in red coloured pencil. Good condition only, but rare. More