San Francisco: Samuel Carson & Co. / New York: C.T. Dillingham, 1888. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth lettered and designed in gold and blind. 333 pp, Frontispiece. Ink name on front blank, dated 1895, small label removed from upper corner of front fly, a...... More
Berlin: George Reimer. 1865. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 61 pp, large folding plate at rear. Disbound from a larger volume of pamphlets, stab marks along spine edge. Very good clean copy. ¶ Dissertation on Antique images of Orpheus and Herakles in the Underworld. 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
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
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
Chelmsford, UK: Xoanon Publishing Ltd, MCMII [2002]. Sethos Edition, Special Reserve Issue. Full Leather. Sethos Edition, Special Reserve Issue. Octavo, original full fair Nigerian Goatskin, gilt-blocked with the First Holy Letter of the Sacred Alphabet on front cover, and the Twenty-Second Holy Letter on the back, Wand of Sethos device..... More
Three Hands Press. 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Full Leather. Octavo, original full black morocco embossed with a design by Chumbley in blind on the front panel, spine panel titled in gilt, hand-marbled endpapers of silver and gold, blue silk ribbon marker. The Private Reserve Edition, being one of only..... More
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, 2008. Second Edition, Deluxe issue. Leather Bound. Deluxe issue: hardbound in midnight-blue morocco stamped in gold on spine panel, marbled endpapers, the front cover bearing on its face a cipher of the Wisdom of the Opposer in blind, slipcased. Limited to 72 hand-numbered copies, this being..... More
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[London]: Skoob Books, 1990. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Thin quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. 57 pp, Illustrated throughout, ads. The author's first appearance in print, an approximately 1300 word article (pp 54-55, two full pages of triple column type), plus a small illustration by Chumbley - a variant..... More
London: Printed by B. Bensley, Andover, and Published by the Author, 183, Fleet Street. 1829. First Edition, First Impression. Original Boards. Octavo, publisher's original buff boards with green cloth spine, printed paper title label on spine panel bearing the price "6s". Unpaginated [240 leaves, 480 pp], 8 plates, some full..... More
New York: Aladdin Books / Simon & Schuster, 1999. Later Editions. Pictorial wrappers in slipcase. Five Volumes, boxed. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). Each volume is SIGNED BY THE ATHOR on the title page. The signatures are guaranteed authentic, these were signed in my presence at a small..... More
No Place: No Publisher, Yule, 1982. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wrappers. Small octavo, original buff pictorial wrappers printed in red, stapled at spine. 44 pp. Illustrated throughout. A lovely little hand made & self published Grimoire. Mild spotting to covers, trace of rustng to staples, a near fine copy..... 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
London: Printed by A.T. Stevens of 55 St. Martins Lane, in the City of Westminster, for Flying FAME, 45 Roland Gardens. No Date [1913]. Broadside. Broadside, a single leaf, 295 x 153 mm, folded once. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Claude Lovat Fraser. Very good copy. ¶ Illustrated broadside printing..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. "Second Edition", so stated on the title page. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, gilt titles. 421 pp + [2] + 16 pp publishers catalogue, dated January 1889, bound in at rear, endpapers decorated with the publisher's device. The first Edition..... More
London: Samson Low, Marston & Company Limited. 1895. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark red straight-ribbed cloth over beveled boards titled in gilt and ruled in blind on spine & front panel, black coated endpapers. 319 pp, 8 full-page black & white plates, Index at rear. Heraldic bookplate..... More
New York & London: The Century Co. [1926]. First edition. 269 pp. Pictorial blue cloth designed in black and yellow on spine and front panel. Frontispiece and three additional black & white plates. Tiny scratches to cloth on rear cover otherwise a bright, fine copy. Uncommon. ¶ Adventure novel, castaways..... More
Kjøbenhavn (Copenhaven): A. & S. Soldin, 1803. Quarter-Leather. Octavo, contemporary boards with leather (sheep?) spine, title label on spine. 558 pp + [2] pp at rear. Text in Danish black letter. generally somewhat worn, especially at head of spine, some worming to front cover but generally a very good, solid..... More
New York: Workman Publishing Company. 1979. First Printing. Quarto, oblong, coil bound, 8.5 x 11 inches. A complete, fine, Unused Edward Gorey Calendar for 1979, in pristine condition, in the original unused printed mailing envelope. The envelope is a bit dusty and has small creases plus faint marks from two..... More
London: Printed by William Clowes, 14, Charing Cross. 1832. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. 460 pp. Slip tipped in at rear annoncing "The Dispatches..." a companion to this work, prepared and shortly to be published. Front board and spine panel loose (separated), but..... More
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2020. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Royal Octavo, original red boards elaborately decorated in black & gilt on all covers, black embossed endpapers, red silk book marker. 415 pp., with over 55 full-page black & white images, plus numerous smaller drawings in the text, all by..... 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
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
Bern: Verlag der Dalp'ichen Buchhandlung [R. Schmid]. 1881. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 410 pp. Wear to wrappers, but complete; some splits to spine panel, old ownership name on title page. Overall, very good. ¶ A very rare book. On the Inquisition and..... 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