New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. Second American Edition. Octavo, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in dark green and white, pictorial paper onlay affixed to front cover. 378 pp. Second US Edition, 1st state (later copies were in red cloth). The first American edition was..... More
Sydney: The Macquarie Head Press, 9 Bligh Street, No Date [1934]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth lettered in pale blue on spine panel, map endpapers. 257 + [14] pp at rear (Contents leaf, List of Illustrations, Index, Ads). 32 pp black & white photographic plates, including..... More
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co., 1891. Third Edition; the First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Three-quarter beige cloth lettered in red, red cloth spine designed and lettered in gold, pale green floral endpapers, top edges gilt. 224 pp + 24 pages of adverts (signatures Q and R), frontispiece with tissue guard..... More
[Auburn, California]: [Clark Ashton Smith], 1922. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth, front panel titled in gold. 152 pp. Printed in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, this being copy #432. Although most copies were signed by Smith on the limitation leaf, this copy is numbered..... More
London: J.M. Dent, Aldine House, MDCCCXCIII & MDCCCXCIV [1893 & 1894]. First Edition. Two Volumes, one of 1,500 ordinary paper copies, of a total edition of 1,800 copies. Quarto, bound in the original publisher's full cream cloth over beveled boards, lettered and decorated with an elaborate art-nouveau design by Beardsley..... More
London: William Heinemann. 1912. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large square octavo, original tan paper covered boards with green cloth spine, lettered in gold and with an inlaid illustration by Sidney Sime on front panel, spine panel lettered in gold, top edges trimmed, other edges rough-cut. The first binding state..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1917. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo. Publisher's original maroon cloth with the title and "Festina Lente" coat of arms in gold on the front cover, spine panel lettered in gold. 184 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Dunsany with tissue guard and fifteen additional black &..... More
![Item #313018 THE MONSTER OF THE PROPHECY [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 19, No 1., January, 1932...](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313018.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685067683)
Indianapolis: The Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1932. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. Tall octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this legendary pulp magazine. Full colour cover by C.C. Senf illustrating the Smith story. Paper quite browned and fairly fragile, chipping at the upper fore-edge..... More
![Item #313017 THE MAZE OF MAAL DWEB [in] WEIRD TALES magazine, Vol 32, No 4., October, 1938 issue....](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313017.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685067682)
New York: Weird Tales, 1938. The First Appearance in Print of this Short Story. Tall octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this legendary pulp magazine. Full colour cover illustration by Margaret Brundage. Off-white paper, some mild extra gluing along the inner spine hinges (principally at rear). Small tear..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., No Date [1929]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Tall octavo, original light blue pictorial cloth titled and decorated in black on spine and front panel. 287pp. Small bookseller's ticket to lower edge of inner rear cover, light foxing to page edges, spine slightly leaned..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 2,005 copies printed. 227 pp. Minor bump to head of spine, otherwise a fine copy in a nice dust jacket that shows some overall light rubbing, principally at head & heel..... More
London: London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Crown octavo, original dark-orange cloth titled in black on spine and front panel. 172 pp, frontispiece and six additional plates by Gilbert James. Light browning to endpapers as usual; hairline crackto inner front hinge, cloth moderately soiled;..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. [1946]. First American Edition. Octavo, original gray cloth lettered in red on spine and front panel. Review copy, with the publisher's review slip dated Nov. 4 tipped onto the front free endpaper. Minor browning to endpapers, cloth a trifle dust-soiled; a very good copy, lacking..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 1,016 copies printed. 54 pp., with 12 full-page black & white plates by Frank Utpatel. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR. Inscribed "For Ivor Guest / with the compliments / and good..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash. 1914. Early Reprint. Two shilling edition. Octavo, original green cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, original green cloth. 287 pp, Page (288) bears an advertisement for 'The Night Land'. Eleven page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. The copyright page states: "First..... More
London: Holden & Hardingham. [1921]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued by Chapman & Hall in 1908. Small octavo, original pale tannish green boards lettered in black on spine panel. [252] pp. Cheap paper lightly browned, as usual; a very good clean copy in the rare pictorial dust jacket which..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. 1868. A New Edition. Small octavo, original brownish-red cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel, front & rear panels bordered in blindcoated yellow endpapers. pp. [i] - vi, 1-213 [214 printer's imprint]. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional full-page..... More
London: Arthur C. Fifield, 44 Fleet Street, E.C., 1905. New Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered and bordered in gold on front panel, spine panel lettered in gold. 320 pp. Frontispiece and thirty-two additional full page black & white plates by Arthur Hughes. Heraldic bookplate of Owen Hugh Smith on..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1896. Second Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, spine panel titled in gold, white and blue floral endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. 351 pp + 32-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear. Cloth worn at head & heel of spine and corner tips;..... More
London: Richard Bentley. 1855. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. Octavo, original green pebble-grained cloth decorated in blind on front & rear covers, titles and decorations in gilt on spines. [339] + 288 + 364 pp. Engraved ornamental titlepages (that of Vol. three printed in red & black), 18 plates by..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1922. Deluxe Limited Signed Edition. Quarto. Original brown cloth covered boards with vellum spine, the boards with a single gold rule, the spine with leather spine label with gold lettering and borders, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, silk bookmark, in brown dust..... More
London: Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, [1911]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original brown cloth with printed paper title label on spine panel. 168 pp. Light scattered foxing, contemporary ink name on front free endpaper, cloth lightly bumped & with slight wear at edges, spine label..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. First Edition with These Illustrations. Octavo, original green cloth with ornate gilt-stamped design by Housman on all covers, all edges gilt. 63 pp. Title page with tissue guard, plus 12 exemplary full-page reproductions of wood-engraved illustrations by Housman as well as illustrations in the text..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, No Date [1911]. First Edition. Quarto, original brown cloth with elaborate gold decorations and lettering on spine and front panel, decorated endpapers. 250 pp. Illustrated with 28 magnificent tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, each page throughout with the text within frames and delicate head..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. Quarto. Original brown cloth covered boards with vellum spine, the boards with a single gold rule, the spine with leather spine label with gold lettering and borders, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, silk bookmark, in..... More