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 about AVON FANTASY READER. A Complete Set
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 about JUNGLE GIRL
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1939]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. 216 pp. Old tape marks to upper & lower boards, some small stains, cloth a bit rubbed, Note in ink on front free endpaper "J. MacFarlane Library June 18th 1939"... More about THE MASTER MIND OF MARS. Being a Tale of Weird and Wonderful Happenings on the Red Planet
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 about A DOUBLE LIFE Or Starr Cross. A Hypnotic Romance
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 about THE SWORD OF WELLERAN And Other Stories. With Illustrations by S.H. Sime. Signed, with the...
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 about IN SEARCH OF THE OKAPI. A Story of Adventure in Central Africa. Illustrated by William Rainey, R.I
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo, original dark blue cloth bordered in blind and with a small decorative device in gilt on front panels, gilt decorations & titles to spines. Brown coated endpapers. 299 + 320 pp, [4] pp ads + [48] pp... More about REALMAH. By the Author of "Friends in Council". In Two Volumes
London: Holden & Hardingham, 1921. Second Edition. Quarter Leather. "Cheap" Edition, i.e., the Second Edition; the book was first published by Chapman & Hall in 1908. Octavo, bound in mid 20th-Century quarter purple leather over marbled paper boards, the spine ruled in gilt with leather label & gilt titles. [252]... More about THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND. From the Manuscript, discovered in 1877 by Messrs Tonnison and...
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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 about THE FIRE OF ASSHURBANIPAL by Robert E. Howard [along with] THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK by H.P....
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES MARKED "PC" [Publisher's Copy]. A fine... More about THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Deluxe Leather Edition, One of Three Copies...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original back cloth, paper labels, spine label printed in blue and white, front cover label illustrated and printed in black, blue and white. Top edge stained blue. Illustrated title page, mounted on a stub as always. 296pp. + 1... More about LAND UNDER ENGLAND
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. The First Edition of the Author's First Book. THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY, with numerous corrections and additions by him throughout the text. Bound for the author in full brown morocco, heavily gilt, the spine with raised bands, inner doublures. The binding... More about THE STAR TREADER AND OTHER POEMS. The Author's Own Copy of His First Book
Undated. Typed on one side of one leaf of plain 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Titled CARVINGS FOR SALE, the typed portion lists Ten of Smith's Carvings, with descriptions, priced between $15.00 and $25.00. Of note are the sculptures DAGON: "Head, half fish half human, Globular eyes, catfish whiskers, ears... More about CARVINGS FOR SALE. ONE-PAGE TYPED MANUSCRIPT, WITH A LONG MANUSCRIPT NOTE, SIGNED
Undated, but circa 1925-1929. Typed on three sheets of plain 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Unsigned, but perhaps this is because the piece is a translation of FEMMES DAMNEÉS: DELPHINE ET HIPPOLYTE from Charles Baudelaire's FLEURS DU MAL [1857]. Three Pages, approximately 900 words, 5 corrections by hand. Paper browned... More about FEMMES DAMNEÉS. THREE-PAGE TYPED MANUSCRIPT, WITH CORRECTIONS BY HAND
[Glendale, California]: Roy A. Squires, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Separate Edition. Quarto. 198 copies printed. Hand-printed with hand-set type on Nideggen paper, in a cover of Grandee Cordoba Brown paper enclosed in a Kinwashi wrapper. Tipped in is a colour photographic print of a painting by... More about FROM THE CRYPTS OF MEMORY. A Poem in Prose. Illustrated by the Author
Monterey, CA: Wynn Bullock Studios, 1958. Original. PORTRAIT OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, 1958. Gelatin silver print. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches. Unsigned but Studio Stamp on Verso "Wynn Bullock 155 Mar Vista Dr. Monterey, Calif." A crisp image of Smith in his latter days, sitting outside in his corduroy jacket with... More about PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, Gelatin Silver Print, by Wynn Bullock, circa 1958
Wales: Sarob Press, 2017. New, Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original gilt-decorated white cloth, colour pictorial endpapers. pictorial tan buckram titled and decorated in green. 365 pp. 400 numbered copies printed, each copy signed by the author on the title page and hand-numbered on the copyright leaf. Ribbon bookmarker bound in... More about THE WHITE ROAD