Dublin: Grafton Publications, No Date [1946]. First Edition. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers,stapled at spine. 64 pp. A very rare wartime paperback; badly distributed and fragile, prone to destruction.Light cover creases and minor wear , small split at spine head; one medium-sized piece of tape along outer edge of the..... More
London: Longman's, Green and Co., 1896. First Trade Edition, Printed Before but Published After the Kelmscott Press Edition. Octavo, two volumes. Original blue-gray boards with linen shelf backs, printed paper labels on spine panels, all edges untrimmed, double flyleaves at front and rear of each volume. 378 + 279 pp..... More
TYPED LETTER SIGNED, Leah Bodine Drake to Manly Wade Wellman, Dated March 1, 1949, on Drake's personalized letterhead. Approx. 250 words, discussing a missed visit, August Derleth sends word that her book A HORNBOOK FOR WITCHES will be in print around June 1950, along with Wellman's WORSE THINGS WAITING [never..... 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
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London: Martin Secker, [1922-23]. First Trade Editions. Two Volumes. Octavo, original light green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, top page edges trimmed and stained green. [160] pp. + [176] pp. FAR OFF THINGS: Issued in September, 1922, one month after the Signed Limited Edition of 100 copies; the..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd., 1916. First Separate Edition. Small octavo, original pictorial stiff brown wrappers, plain brown endpapers. 115 pp. The first separate edition (this edition does not include 'The Inmost Light'). Covers a bit mottled, spine slightly leaned and with reading creases; a very good..... 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
Auburn, Ca: The Auburn Journal, 1922. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, publisher's original dark maroon cloth titled in gilt on front panel. 152 pp. Copy No. 481 of 500 numbered & Signed copies. This copy is inscribed on the title page by Smith to his uncle, E.C. Gaylord: "For E,C..... More
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Athol, Mass: United Amateur Press Association, 1915. First Edition. Original wrappers. Large octavo, original printed wrappers. The front cover bears a fine reproduction of a portrait photograph of H.P. Lovecraft, HIS FIRST PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH. Lovecraft joined the United Amateur Press Association on April 16th, 1914 and was appointed by President..... More
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 30 COPIES, this being copy No. 8. A...... More
(Chelmsford, UK): (Privately Printed) (Xoanon), No Date (ca. 1997). First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, Softcovers in folding solander cases. 3 Large Volumes (11.5 x 8.75 inches). 884 pp, paginated on rectos only: Vol. I: 1 - 222pp; Vol. II: 223 - 461pp; Vol. III: 462-884 pp. Quarto sheets printed on..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company. [1991]. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo,original boards with cloth spine titled in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: Troy Books, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Deluxe Leather Bound Edition. First Edition. Small Octavo. The Deluxe Edition, bound in green pressed leather decorated in copper on front panel, spine panel lettered in copper. 250 numbered copies printed, this being copy No. 95, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the..... More
California: Three Hands Press. 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. Original charcoal-gray cloth titled and decorated in gold, green endpapers. A limited edition of 396 hand-numbered copies. 96 pp, illustrated by the author. This copy has a special inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf: "For..... More
[No Place]: [The Author], 2020. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo, originalgrey pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. [24] pp, illustrated, printed in black and red throughout. Issued in an edition limited to 100 copies hand-numbered by the author, this being copy No. 51. Accompanied by a colour postcard Illustrated by the author..... More
Xoanon Publishing, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 88 pages, printed on heavy stock, with ten automatic drawings by the Author in full colour, and featuring an Afterword by Frater A.H.I. and Soror I.S. of the Cultus Sabbati. Issued in a Limited..... More
London: Talking Stick Krayzee Klub. 1990-1999. First Printings. Original Wraps. First Editions. Softcover. Quarto. (8" x 11.5"), later perfect bound trade paperbacks (for the last two issues, Vol 2, Issues Nos 1 & 2). Variously paginated. Comprises Issues Nos 1-26, Vol 2 Issues 1 & 2, plus the 'Talking Stick..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 261 pp, Index, black & white illustrations. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ This volume investigates the physical evidence for magic in medieval..... More
London: H.R. Allenson, Limited. No Date [1929]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black. 76 pp + [4] pp ads at rear. With 5 full-page clour plates. Spine panel and a small portion of the front & rear boards tanned; ink inscription dated..... More
Rome: Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, 1965. Second Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. pp 149 - 212. The Author's own copy, whith his initials "CM" on the upper front wrapper and the note "pp 200-2". Stain to front panel, else very good. Issued in 1964 in slightly different format as QUADERNI..... More
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., [1965]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, with a new introduction by Starrett. Octavo, original tan cloth stamped in red, top and lower edges trimmed, fore-edges untrimmed. 190 pp. Issued as a volume in 'The Seagull Library'. A fine copy..... More
London: Fulgur Limited. 2009. First Edition. Tall quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers, all edges trimmed. 128 pp. Illustrated. A fine copy. ¶ Includes 'Witchcraft and the Graal in the Work of Arthur Machen, by Edward Gauntlett', pp 16-28. Other literary contributions include: The Green Intercessor:Tutelary Spirits and the Transmission of..... More
London: Tangerine Press, 2016. Second Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). Second printing. 203 pp. A fine copy. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including "Our Unknown Everywhere", on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad..... More
Oxford: Caermaen Books. 1988. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, all edges trimmed. 202 pp, Index at rear. Frontispiece and 4 plates within the text. Lower corner bumped; a very good copy. ¶ Originally published in 1963. The first full-length biography of Machen. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped with a decorative border in blind on front cover, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top page edges stained orange, others uncut. 285 + [1] pp. A few leaves unopened, small bookseller's ticket (Gelber, Lilienthal, San Francisco)..... More