![THE QUEST OF THE GAZOLBA [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 38, No 4, November, 1947 issue. CANADIAN ISSUE. Clark Ashton SMITH.](/pictures/thumb/311018.jpg?v=1547430822)
Toronto: The American News Company, 1947. The first appearance in print of this story, albeit the Canadian issue of the magazine, which, while dated November 1947 is actually a reprinting of the September, 1947 American issue (Vol 39, No 12). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 111 pp. Also included are stories... More
![THE FIRE OF ASSHURBANIPAL by Robert E. Howard [along with] THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK by H.P. Lovecraft [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 28, No 5., December, 1936 issue. Robert E. HOWARD, H. P. LOVECRAFT.](/pictures/thumb/311017.jpg?v=1547430822)
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
West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original gray boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 199 pp. Faint bump to head of spine, light toning to the text block (a common issue with this book); a near fine copy in a near... More
No Place: Xoanon, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wrappers. First Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers, hand-sewn at spine by Soror S.I. Issued in an edition limited to 231 copies. An 8-page letterpress booklet with letterpress card cover, released to mark the occasion of Xoanon's 25th year. Fine copy. A.... More
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, 2018. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, bound in full carmine cloth with a special letterpress printed dust jacket, limited to 496 hand numbered copies. 160 pp., with 10 illustrations by Jim Dunk. A fine copy, as new in dust jacket. ¶ ‘Crooked Path Sorcery’ is... More
![DAGON [in] THE VAGRANT, No. 11, November, 1919. The First Appearance in Print of the First Cthulhu Mythos Tale. H. P. LOVECRAFT, Howard Phillips.](/pictures/thumb/311009.jpg?v=1546306166)
N.P. [Athol, Massachusetts]: W. Paul Cook, 1919. First Edition. Original printed wrappers. Small octavo, original tan wrappers printed in black. Text block slightly tanned, small split along spine between the top staple and the outer edge; a near fine copy. Housed in a handsome leather-spined tray-case designed by the noted... More
Prague: Vodnar Publishing, 2018. Fiirst Edition in English. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original dark red faux leather heavily decorated in gilt, colour frontispiece, black & white & colour illustrations in the text. 293 pp. Issued as Czecch Hermetics, Volume Onne. 800 copies only were issued. A fine copy, as new, without... More
Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1886. "New Edition" Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's full brown cloth heavily blocked in black & gilt on front panel, block in blind on rear cover. With 20 tipped in double-page maps [all maps are on guards and can be laid flat without loss]... More
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original burgundy buckram boards heavily decorated in black and gilt on both the upper and lower cover, spine titled in gilt, decorated endpapers, and bookmark ribbon. 180 pp, bibliography. 20 colour illustrations by Carolyn Hamilton-Giles. Issued in an edition limited to... More
London: Dean & Munday, Threadneedle-Street, 1827. First Edition Thus. Original Printed Wrappers. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 34 pp, folding hand-coloured frontispiece. Some tiny chips, mild foxing, marginal ink corrections; a very good copy. In remarkably nice condition, the original printed wrappers titled SHIPTON AND NIXON (Price Six-Pence) and bearing on... More
UK: The Society for Esoteric Endeavour, 2018. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First Printing of this edition, the first Hardcover Edition of a work first issued in paper wrappers in 1895. Afterword by Christopher Josiffre. 139 pp. Octavo, original black cloth titled and decorated in white, decorative embossed endpapers. 193 copies... More
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
Buffalo: Breed, Butler & Co., 1860. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original textured brown blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Tan end papers. 354 pp. + [6] pp. ads. Light chipping to spine ends; a very good copy. From the Stuart Teitler collection of Lost Race Fiction... More
UK: 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Art Prints. First printings of these images. Issued circa 1975, these are large format High Quality Litho Prints on heavy art paper. 24 inches x 14 inches, they are the identical size as the original paintings. Fine condition. Visually striking artefacts of the 1970s... More
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1980. New Edition. Hardcover. Reissue, originally published in 1923. 239 pp. Brown boards, spine lettered in gilt. Tipped-in color frontispiece, signed by the artist; and 6 illustrations; 2 are double-page. A fine copy in the pictorial dust jacket. Limited to 1200 copies. From... More
[No Place]: Xoanon, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Full variegated natural linen with colour printed dust jacket. 106 pp, 32 illustrations in full colour, plus additional black & white images. 740 copies printed. A fine copy, as new in dust jacket. ¶ The face of the magical order... More
United Kingdom: Atramentous Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original buckram cloth, two colour foil block to front and back, gold foil block to spine, head and tail bands, natural wibalin endpapers, ribbon book marker. 250 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 777 copies. A fine copy... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original two-tone cloth. 236 pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "Always best wishes to Carmen - Elmore Leonard Sept. 1969". A very good copy. Slight corner bumps, cloth with rubbing / wear... More
Typed Letter Signed, on Mrs. Clark Ashton Smith's Letterhead, Dated Five Days Before the Author's Death and Detailing His Medical Condition. 117 - 9th Street, Pacific Grove, California. Dated Aug 9?/61. Addressed to "My very Dear Harry, Sophia" [Harry Rosenberry, Manager of the Auburn branch of the Bank of California]... More
Chicago: The De Laurence Company, Inc., [1948]. Hardcover. Third printing (stated). Quarto, original smooth-grained light brownish-red cloth titled in gold on spine panel, magic square design on front panel. 268 pp. Although dated 1948, this volume was likely published somewhat later than that (De Laurence never updated copyright or date... More
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press. 1973. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. One of 500 numbered copies bound in full cloth, this being copy No. 15. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new. More
London: W. Collins & Co Ltd., [1930]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, later issue & binding. Octavo, original black cloth titled in red on spine and front panel, border in red on front panel. 269 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. The ads are for "NEW 7/6 DETECTIVE NOVELS"... More
London: Geoffrey Bles. [1953]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red boards titled in black on spine [224] pp. Small marks to covers, a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. ¶ Classic tale of crime and detection with Dr. Lancelot Priestley as detective. More
Toronto: Dodd, Mead & Company (Canada) Limited, [1933]. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. Octavo, original mauve cloth titled in black on spine and front cover. 301 pp. Likely, these are the same sheets and binding as the US edition, with new preliminaries. Faint cup rings to the cloth;... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black. 357 pp. Front free endpaper lacking, and inner front hinge cracked; some light stains to the text block. Yellow cloth slightly dust-soiled, as usual but not too badly at all... More