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..... More
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Chicago: New Publications. 1948. Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers. A reprint of this lost-race story, complete in this issue, with stunning full-colour cover artwork and black & white interior drawings by Virgil Finlay. Small chip to corner of upper cover; a very good copy. More
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New York: The Frank A Munsey Company, 1941. Wrappers. Octavo, original printed wrappers. A reprint of this lost-race story, complete in this issue, with full-colour cover artwork and black & white interior drawings by Virgil Finlay. Numerous tears to edges, mostly about 1" long; ink name (Floyd Piell!) on first..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., [1931]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original decorated yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained red, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. 343 pp. A few leaves roughly opened towards rear of text, with some minor loss to the margins; small marks..... More
New York: G.P. Putnams Sons. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original red-brown cloth titled in orange, top edge not stained (Currey Binding A). 326 pp. Previous owner's name stamp on front free endpaper, plus a different, earlier name and address in coloured pencil on front paste-down, dated 1927. Tiny hairline..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. [1928] i.e., actually 1929. Hardcover. First printing of the Photoplay edition. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in black and brown. 310 pp + [10] pp publisher's ads at rear. Frontispiece and seven additional full-page black & white plates from the 1929 First National Pictures..... More
Los Angeles & Toronto: Borden Publishing Company, [1949]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. First illustrated edition. 309 pp. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge stained blue-green. Three full-page black & white plates by Finlay. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Metempsychosis. Back in time to the deck..... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Large crown octavo, original black cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine. 3004 copies printed. 474 pp. Corners bumped, spine creased and dull, edges of spine and corners worn and chaffed. A good, sound copy only, in an..... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1919]. 1919. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, all edges trimmed. 433 pp, + [4] pp of publishers notices at rear. Black & white frontispiece by Joseph Clement Coll. The first issue binding..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc, Publishers, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, designed and lettered in gold. [296]pp. Remains of Sacramento Library label on front fly, some edge wear; a bright, very good copy. In a professionally made colour facsimile dust jacket. ¶ Lost race..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled and decorated in black. 343 pp., frontispiece and three additional black & white plates inserted in the text. Covers moderately dust-soiled, corners lightly bumped & with light wear to cloth; a sound, very good copy..... More
No Place: No Publisher, No Date. Keep Silence Edition. Original Wraps. Small octavo (4 x 6 inches); original printed card covers done in imitation of the original vellum, front panel printed in gold, interior printed in black with gold borders & decorated titles. A photographic reprint of the three Holy..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 346 pp. Some mild cover creases, a near fine copy. ¶ A prophetic, dystopian work which foreshadows th rise of Nazi Germany. "The City of Endless Night"..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1976. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 288 pp. A near fine copy. ¶ A major Science Fiction work, establishing for the first time the theme of interplanetary civilization, composed of different world governments..... More
Indian Hills, Colorado: The Falcon's Wing Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, black cloth, printed paper title label on spine. 48 pp. pp. Publisher is listed on title leaf as ‘S. Weiser, Inc, 117 Fourth Ave., New York, NY 1953’ BUT this copy has a printed slip listing publisher..... More
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London: The Royal College of Art, 1966. First Edition. Quarto, card wrappers. 39 pp + ads. Contains ‘Divination, Higher Consciousness and Mathematics’ by Dr. C.R. Muses, with about 25 illustrations depicting Muses’ diagrams and photographs of his personal magical artifacts. There is also a small biographical paragraph at the front..... More
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Santa Barbara: Published for the Foundation for the Study of Conciousness by Linear and Circular Permutations, 1977. First Edition. Quarto, card wrappers. 55 pp. ‘A review and explorations exchange for the study of noetics, the science of the nature of consciousness and altered states’. Edited by Peter Crane; Charles Muses..... More
Berkeley, CA: Golden Sceptre Publishing, 1988. Third (Enlarged) Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers. 152 pp. Illustrated. A fine copy in wrappers. een possible." More
Rome: Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, 1965. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 212 pp. While this copy has nothing to identify it, this was the author's own copy. A near fine copy. A rare book. More
New York: Plenum Press. 1962. First Edition. Octavo, Cloth in dust wrapper, 282 pp. Muses' contributes Chapter VII, 'The Logic of Biosimulation'. A fine copy in dust jacket. From the estate of Charles Muses, although not marked by him in any way. ¶ Muses' contributes Chapter VII, 'The Logic of..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1976. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 314 pp. A near fine copy. ¶ A scientist discovers a chemical formula to render matter invisible and uses this secret in an attempt to rule the..... More
Berkeley, CA: Golden Sceptre Publishing, 1990. Fourth Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers. 173pp. Illustrated. The author's personal copy, signed by him with his initials "CM Nov. 1989" in ink on the inner front cover and again with a small monogram in pencil on the first leaf. There are a...... More
Berkeley, CA: Golden Sceptre Publishing, 1988. Third (Enlarged) Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers. 152 pp. Illustrated. Inscribed Presentation Copy to one of the author's wives, inscribed "For Jacquie, with Love, M" on the first leaf, followed by the signature of Jacqueline Northfield. This copy was one of a very..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 300 pp. A fine copy. ¶ A landmark collection of American science fiction, including the classic tale, 'The Case of Summerfield', in which a scientist invents a...... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 310 pp. Slight crinkling to upper rear corner of cover and last few pages (tiny, just in the corner); else a fine copy. ¶ Science Fiction; time-travel..... More