Vancouver, BC: 13 Cameras. 1979. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large quarto (9 x 12 inches), original pictorial wrappers. 240 pp. Issued in an edition of 1300 copies. Introduction by Roy Kiyooka. Mild spine creases; a bright clean very good sound copy. ¶ Photography monograph, a collective project of 13..... More
London: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., [1906]. First Editions (& 1st printings). Two volumes, large octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, Japanese crest in red on upper cover. 475 + 560 pp., Illustrations, Index at rear. Photogravure portrait frontispieces of Hearn in both volumes..... More
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1936. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, red seal of the Koizumi family on upper cover. 158 pp., Frontispiece portrait of Chamberlain with tissue guard, additional full-page portraits of Lafcadio Hearn, Pierre Loti and..... More
![Item #314667 METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN [serialized in] ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION magazine,...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/314667.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1791586310)
New York: Street and Smith. 1041. First Edition (& 1st printing). The first appearance in print of this story, serialized over three issues. These issues also contain Heinlein's WE ALSO WALK DOGS published under the "Anson MacDonald" by-line, as well as the first appearance in print of Isaac Asimov's short..... More
ARCHIVE OF LETTERS. Approximately 65 multi-page letters, (circa 250 pages) by British-American actor Eric Blind, 1898-1916, plus one letter from his wife, the actress Frances Carson. Also included is a real photo postcard of "Eric Blind as Cymbeline", Manchester, 1906, which he sent home to his mother with the note..... More
No Place: No Publisher [The Author?], 1968. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. Unpaginated, [16] pp (including covers - OSU calls for 12 pp, but that would be the internal text, we count the covers as they contain text and poetry). "with thanks for..... More
![Item #314663 THE DRAGON MASTERS [in] GALAXY MAGAZINE, Vol. 20 No. 6, August, 1962 issue. Jack VANCE](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/314663.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1791315693)
New York: The Guinn Co., 1962. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original Wraps. Single issue, digest-sized pulp magazine. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 194 pp. This issue contains the complete text (and first appearance in print) of Vance's novella THE DRAGON MASTERS with illustrations throughout by Jack Gaughn, plus full-colour front..... More
New York: Street & Smith, 1953. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original digest-sized pictorial wrappers. 162 pp. Small diagonal crease on front cover; Very good overall. ¶ Contains the first appearance in print of the novelette BELIEF by Isaac Asimov. Perhaps more importantly, the iconic Kelly Freas artwork on..... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1910. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth, gilt lettering. 443 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 15 additional full-page plates, large folding map in coulrs tipped in at rear. Small corner torn from..... More
![Item #314660 1865 American Civil War Printing of THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER [in] THE UNITED STATES...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/314660.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1791315693)
New Albany, IN; Friendship, NY, and Groton, NY: Published by W.B. Richardson, [1865]. Oblong quarto, original printed boards with original brown leather spine. 384 pp. Large corner torn from front free endpaper, foxing throughout, boards and leather spine worn, spine leather cracking at edges. A good copy, a rare book..... More
Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. Lovely Near Fine copy, purchased new by one owner, now first offered for sale. Sits flat, only the very faintest of any flaws, lower edgen trimmed close by the publisher (see the retailer note lower front corner). Very fresh with "as new" gloss and no wear..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1920]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth stamped decoratively in black on front panel, lettered in black on spine panel. 301 pp. Contemporary ink name and inititals on front free endpaper, touch of rubbing / light wear to spine tips, corners..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Company. 1904. First Edition (& 1st printing). First edition. Small octavo, original blue pictorial cloth designed in black & white, lettered in white (the primary binding; a secondary binding of plain light blue cloth exists). 258 pp. Frontispiece in color, and 5 black and white..... More
San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2017. Later edition. Octavo, bound in black leather stamped in gilt, two raised bands on spine, front panel with an elaborate design of an octopus (close, but... an octopus?) in red, silver and blue, rear cover stamped with various sigils, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt. 751..... More
New York: Bedrick / Blackie, [1988]. First American Edition With These Illustrations. Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt on spine. 379 pp, illustrated throughout with vignettes and full page plates in black & white, plus dust jacket artwork, all by by the great Charles Keeping, Previous owner's small exlibris..... More
[Wellingborough]: Equation, 1989. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). 348 pp. Interior artwork by John Stewart and also with reproductions from contemporary (mostly Victorian) sources. A fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. ¶ Collects 24 obscure but very worthy Vampire Tales by 23 authors. Originally issued in 1987 by Crucible..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1990]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt on spine. 486 pp. Spine slightly cocked and with a couple of vertical reading creases; a very good clean copy in a near fine example of the original colour pictorial dust jacket. Collects..... More
London: Scolar Press. [1980]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 461 pp., Frontispiece portrait of James, Bibliography, Indexes. Page edges a bit dusty; a clean, very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. ¶ An excellent biography of M R James, which..... More
London: Collins, 1999. Reprint. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 188 pp., ads at rear. Cover artwork by David Wyatt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Spine just slightly tanned; a very good clean copy. ¶ Heroic fantasy novel. Four children are transported into the 'imaginary' land..... More
[London]: Michael O'Mara Books Limited, [1991]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt on spine panel. 245 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects 17 short tales of witchcraft, including the first appearance in book form of M.R. James' THE..... More
Oakland, CA: A Chaosium Book, 1998. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). 233 pp. Interior illustrations by Dave Carson - two illustrations, one is a framing illustration for the title and the contents page, and the other is an illustration that is used as..... More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fedogan & Bremer, 1989. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original black cloth titled in gold on the spine panel. 394 pp. Interior illustrations by Rodger Gerberding, colour dust jacket design by Robert T. Garcia.. Issued in an edition of 2,000 copies. A fine copy in a fine dust..... More
London: Ghost Story Press, 1994. First Edition Thus (& 1st printing). Folio, original blue pictorial cloth stamped in black. Unpaginated [92 pp, 46 leaves]. Frontispiece photograph of James McBryde, M.R. James and Will Stone in 1899. Issued in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered and marked "Review..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 231 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ A collection of seven supernatural stories by Mrs. Gaskell [1810-1865), Edited and with an Introduction by Mike Ashley. More
Seattle: Darkside Press, 2005. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original dark purple cloth lettered in gold on spine & front panel. 234 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author and dust jacket artwork by Allen Kosowski. Issued in an edition limited to 510 copies of which 500 were offered for..... More