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
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, [1954]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orangish-brown cloth titled and ruled in silver on spine panel. 356 pp. Minor foxing to top page edges, light spine fade. a very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket which is chipped at the edges... More about A WRITER'S DIARY; Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf. Edited by Leonard Woolf....
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original terracotta boards with central insignia and printed spine panel, blue endpapers. 120 pp, with over 60 pieces of artwork by Herrerias printed in full colour on 150 gms Munken Rough paper. Issued in an edition limited to 333 copies. A.... More about THE BOOK OF Q’ab iTz
United Kingdom: The Society of Esoteric Endeavour, 2019. First Edition. Hardcovers in Slipcase. Octavo, original green cloth. Issued in an edition of only 224 numbered copies, This being copy No. 25. Four books, a folder of literature, and magical accoutrements (a glass skrying ball, glass egg, & glass cylinder all... More about A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF MAGIC
UK & USA: Xoanon, 1992-2018. First Editions. A LIST OF PROSPECTUSES FOR BOOKS PUBLISHED BY XOANON PUBLISHING. Together, 24 separate items. Included are: 1) THE AZOETIA. A GRIMOIRE OF THE SABBATIC CRAFT by Andrew D. Chumbley. Prospectus / Pre-Order Form for the First Edition of THE AZOETIA, Xoanon Publishing, Chelmsford... More about A COLLECTION OF PROSPECTUSES FOR ALL THE BOOKS ISSUED BY XOANON PUBLISHING, 1992-2018
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1924. First American Edition. First American edition. 1st printing, with "Copyright 1924 by Lord Dunsany" on verso of title page and no addition statements of printing. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. Black & white frontispiece by... More about THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. [295] pp. Light foxing to upper edges, a very good to near fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket that shows just a few small stains. ¶ Fantasy novel set in Scotland, a.... More about THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END
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 about THE MAN IN THE MIRROR. A Biographical Reflection
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1954]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 256 pp. Foxing to page edges, a very good, bright copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. ¶ Allegorical fantasy. Young Art and Old Hector fall into a pool and drown. They... More about THE GREEN ISLE OF THE GREEN DEEP
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial sage-green cloth titled in gilt on spine, titled in black and decorated in black, red and gilt on front panel, top edges gilt. 314 pp + [3] pp ads at rear. Publisher's promotional pamphlet advertising 8 other contemporary... More about THE WAY OF THE GODS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in red. 86 pp, colour frontispiece plus one black & white plate in the text. Slightly bumped, but a very good clean copy in the original printed dust wrapper which is slightly worn & browned, has... More about RESURRECTING LIFE. With Drawings by John Barrymore
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brick-red cloth, paper label on spine. 76 pp + 8 pp publishers ads at rear, spare label tipped in at rear. Lower front corners bumped, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket, minor rubbing and soiling. ¶ Three stories... More about DING DONG BELL
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1920. Fourth American edition. Fourth American edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards gilt titles on front cover and spine, in dust jacket. 138 pages. Publisher's device on title page. Ink name and date (1921) on front free endpaper, small pen initials to upper corner of rear... More about FIFTY-ONE TALES
Dublin and London: The Talbot Press, Ltd. And T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1918. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition [unstated, but the First Edition is dated 1917]. Octavo. Quarter tan cloth, brown paper boards, title and author stamped in white on front cover, titles stamped in gilt on spine, in printed... More about PLAYS OF GODS AND MEN
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1917. Early Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, fourth impression. 346 pp. Red cloth. Title in blind on front cover, spine designed in gilt. Old dampstain to lower corner of front cover, but a bright, clean copy in a slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket, with... More about MARIE. An Episode in the Life of the late Allan Quatermain
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. Third Edition. Hardcover. Third Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth titled and ruled in black. 223 pp, Index. A virtually fine copy in a near fine example of the original colour pictorial dust jacket. with artwork by Bip Pares. The jacket has slight darkening and... More about THE ROMANCE OF SORCERY
London: Cecil Palmer, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine panel. 240 pp. Light foxing to page edges, upper edges dusty, a very good, bright copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket, a little chipped and wor at the edges, small 1/4-inch... More about LEGENDS OF THE FENLAND PEOPLE
London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras: Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, E.C. 4. 1919. Early Edition. Hardcover. New Impression. Issued as a volume in The Silver Library. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titled in gilt and with a design of a mountain... More about THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST
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: Museum Press Limited, [1950]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in silver on spine panel. 352 pp. A bit of light speckling to cloth at bottom of front panel, a very good, bright copy in an attractive pictorial dust jacket which has a few short closed... More about THE HOUNDS OF TINDALOS
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: 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
London: Collins, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brick-red cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine panel, top page edges brownish-red. [339] pp., Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. Issued as Volume 3 in the publisher's St James Library Series. Mild sunning to top page edges, a.... More about THE SWORD IN THE STONE
London: Arthur Barker Ltd., [1933]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original orange boards titled in black on spine panel. Of two noted bindings this is likely the second issue (also known in blue cloth with gold lettering). 320 pp. Small bumps at edges, paper a bit browned... More about CHILDREN OF THE SUN
London: The Popular Library [John Hamilton, Limited], n.d. [1931]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. 318 pp. Touch of sunning to spine panel, else a fine copy in nearly fine four-color pictorial dust jacket with neat internal tape mends at spine ends... More about THE PHANTOM IN THE RAINBOW