No Place: Aeon Sophia Press, 2015. First Edition, X-Series. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's blue cloth titled and heavily decorated in gilt on spine & front panel, black endpapers. 187 pp. We believe this to be one of 50 "X-Series" copies, here numbered by hand #26 / 50, bound in blue..... More
London: Neptune Press, 2012. First Edition. Original wrappers in dust jacket. Octavo, plain white card wrappers in stout colour dust jacket. 155 pp., illustrated throughout, with a full colour reproduction of the complete manuscript of the Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer, a Latin manuscript dating from 1580 currently located in the..... More
London: The Mandrake Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Crown octavo, publisher's original dark green cloth, spine titled and ruled in gilt. 335 pp. Printed by the Crypt House Press. Bookplate on the front pastedown with a previous owner's signature on it, very mild browning to endpapers, as is..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 194 pp; Notes, Bibliography, Index. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1, Paternoster Square, 1881. First Edition, First Impression, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth, lettering and ornaments in black and gold on spine, ornamental borders in black at top and bottom of front panel, double rules in black at top and bottom of..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blueboards titled in gilt on spine panel. [224] pp. A very good, clean copy in a very good dust jacket, somewhat browed and frayed. ¶ Essays on imaginative literature, including writings on H.P. Lovecraft, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde..... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1965. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 236 pp. A very good or better copy in a good dust jacket which shows some ragged edge-tears and scuffs and has some external tape repairs. An uncommon title. More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1963. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 263 pp. A near fine copy in dust wrapper, price-clipped and with slight fading to the colour on the spine panel. "A study on the implications of sexual perversion" More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1962. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. [272] pp. Small stain on edge of front free endpaper and on front jacket flap; spine ends rolled; a very good or better copy in like dust jacket, lightly browned..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1961. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, "Second Impression Before Publication". Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 224 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, a few small scuffs and slight browning to spine panel. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1960. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled in black on spine panel. 416 pp. Spine a bit cocked, a very good, sound copy in a very lightly soiled & frayed dust wrapper. The author's first crime novel. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 333 pp. Spine a bit cocked, page edges lightly foxed. Bookplate (of M.F.W. Cottrill) on front paste-down. Very good copy in a very lightly soiled & rubbed dust wrapper. The..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1956. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 288 pp. A fine copy in a near-fine dust jacket, lightly browned on spine and with just a touch of fraying at spine head. A superior copy of this book..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1956. Proof Copy. Original wrappers. Advance Copy [Uncorrected Proof] of the First Edition of the Author's First Book. Octavo, original grey wrappers printed in black. 288 pp. Title page excised, although when and for what purpose we have no idea; wrappers badly frayed to lower 2..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954. First British Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine panel. 248 pp. Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown [The Psychic News Book Shop, 140 High Holborn, London W.C.1]; a very good clean copyin a somewhat chipped & worn dust jacket. ¶ Aseries..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1918. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original olive green cloth with a decorative device stamped in blind and gilt titles on spine & front panel. 275 pp + [4] pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "PRESENTATION COPY" embossed in blind on..... More
London: Grayson & Grayson, [1934]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, top edges stained green (the first issue binding). [287] pp. Tiny bookseller's label on rear paste-down, very light rubbing to cloth, light fading to green on top page edges, a...... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1912. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth with a decorative device stamped in black on front panel, titled in gold on front panel & spine. [532] + [4] pp ads at rear; frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous black & white illustrations by..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1916. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original olive green cloth with a decorative device stamped in blind and gilt titles on spine & front panel. 435 pp + [4] pp ads + [4] pp publisher's catalogue, dated 10.8.16, bound in at rear. Inner rear..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1912. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth with a decorative device stamped in black on front panel, titled in gold on front panel & spine. [532] + [4] pp ads + [8] pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1840-41. First Edition, First Impression. Half-Leather & Marbled Boards. First edition. Three volumes. Large octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands, contrasting green labels titled in gilt. 306 + 306 + 426 pp. Engraved frontispieces in each volume, plus..... More
London: Durtro. At The Sign of the Sigh. 1998. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth blocked in yellow and red, a very art-nouveau style binding design reproducing the cover design of the original edition (San Francisco: Doxey, 1901); hand-marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, silk ribbon bookmark bound in..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Hardcover. Reprint of the London edition published by T. Werner Laurie in 1906. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in silver. Issued as a volume in the Arno Press Supernatural and Occult Fiction collection, edited by R. Reginald and Douglas Menville. A fine copy without dust..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1913. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth with a decorative device stamped in black on front panel, titled in gold on front panel & spine. 506 pp + [10] pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Light cracking to inner hinges, corners a bit..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1947. First Edition Thus. Quarter morocco. Octavo. Finely bound in quarter blue morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and with blind ruling and gilt lettering. Decorative floral endpapers. Top edge gilt. 228 pp, decorated title page, 16 illustrations, 9 tailpieces..... More