Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 6 George Street / London : Houlston & Wright. No Date [between 1857 and 1869]. First Printing. 12 mo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in blind & gilt, lettered in gilt on upper cover, decorated and lettered in blind on rear panel, spine panel decorated and..... More
Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu. 1754-1755. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. 12mo. Five Volumes in Two; contemporary half calf over decorated paste boards, the spines ruled and titled in gilt on labels, all page edges dyed red. 268 + 264 pp (Books One and Two in the first Volume);..... More
No Place [London]: Fulgur for Xoanon. 1995. First Edition, Special Reserve Issue. First edition, Special Reserve issue, limited to just 5 unnumbered copies, THIS BEING COPY NUMBER 1 OF 5, bound in full black morocco spine titled in gilt, small gilt dot or "point" on front panel, all edges gilt..... More
Manchester: John Heywood, [1895]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers, plain blue spine, rear panel with publisher's monogram in black. 182 pp. + [2] pp ads at rear. 19 cm. A "Shilling Shocker". Restored; both the front & rear cover have some minor restoration at the edges..... More
New York: Castle Books. No Date [1960]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in black on spine panel. xxvii + 436 pp, plain endpapers. The true first printing: Book dimensions are 8.5 x 6 inches, plain endpapers, printed on machine-made wove paper, the dust..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. First edition, Deluxe Issue, limited to 500 hand numbered copies signed by both Lord Dunsany and Sidney Sime, of which this is number 396. Large Quarto. Quarter vellum spine with brown cloth boards with single gilt..... More
Toulon: F. Cabasson, 1930. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original printed wrappers, original glassine dust jacket. 116 pp., illustrated throughout. inscribed in pencil on the title leaf :“With my best regards [illegible signature]”. One can assume that this is signed by either the author or the publisher, but the signature..... 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: Duckworth, 130. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 351 pp. Bookplate on front endpaper, along with the small ticket "From the Library of Ronald & Joan McNicoll". Very nice copy in a slightly chipped and frayed dust jacket, with the fragile purple lettering..... More
![La Tablette Tsong du Tcheou-Li [bound with] Le Mythe du Dragon en Chine [bound with] Les Jou-Yi...](/pictures/thumb/308482.jpg?v=1539364922)
Paris: Ernst Leroux, 1915 - 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto. First separate editions of six items bound together, all with their original front & rear wrappers bound in. Contemporary red cloth binding with printed paper label on spine panel titled "La Tablette Tsong du Tcheou-Li / Giesler / 1915"..... 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
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
Buckinghamshire, UK: Hague & Gill, 1948. First Edition Thus. Half-Leather. Small octavo, bound in half green morocco over green cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, hand-marbled endpapers. 76 pp. Five wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, two of which are full-page. Hand-made paper. With the bookplate "Ex Libris venerabilis conventus Fratvm B.V.M...... 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
London: Michael Joseph, 1939. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 287 pp. The true First Edition, with "First Published in 1939" on copyright page. Ex-lending library copy from McIntosh Select Circulating Library, with their stamps and marks on the front endpapers and last page..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First Edition, First Impression. First Edition of the Author's First Book. Octavo, original black boards lettered in purple on spine, publisher's device in purple on front panel. 166 pp. Browning to text block; otherwise a fine copy in a nice, very good or better..... More
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: 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
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: Constable & Co Ltd., 1941. First Edition. Small octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in silver on spine, all edges trimmed. 258 pp., full colour frontispiece by Ardizzone on glazed paper. PRESENTATION COPY, with A Signed Inscription from the author dated the year of Publication: "Oliver Stonor / from..... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1919]. 1919. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, all edges trimmed. 433 pp, + [4] pp of publishers notices at rear. Black & white frontispiece by Joseph Clement Coll. The first issue binding..... More
Berkeley, CA: Golden Sceptre Publishing, 1990. Fourth Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers. 173pp. Illustrated. The author's personal copy, signed by him with his initials "CM Nov. 1989" in ink on the inner front cover and again with a small monogram in pencil on the first leaf. There are a...... More
London: John Hamilton Ltd., Publishers. nd (1929). First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in black on spine and front panel. 253 pp. Upper corners very slightly knocked, light foxing to page egdes, a fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, slightly spotted on the spine panel, priced at..... More
London: Greening & Co. Ltd, 20 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, W.C., 1904. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 322 pp, pp (1-2) are ads. Light tanning to text block, some fading to cloth covers, mottled discolouration..... More