New York: Dingwall Rock Limited, No Date [1925]. First American Edition. Quarto, original publisher's grey paper-covered boards with vellum spine panel lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers. [255] pp., pictorial title page, colour frontispiece and seven additional full-page colour plates inserted throughout the text, plus thirteen full page black & white..... More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1933. MCMXXXIII (1933). First Edition Thus. First Tudor books edition. Quarto, black cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine panel, pictorial paper label affixed to front panel. 412 pp. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 7 additional tipped-in colour plates throughout the text, plus 24 additional..... More
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1936. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth-backed patterned boards. 111 pp, Colour frontispiece and black & white plates, Index. Issued in an edition limited to 500 hand-numbered numbered copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. This is co-author Sarah Briggs Latimore's copy, copy #1, with..... More
London: William Tegg. [1868]. A New Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo (16.5 x11 cm), original decorated green cloth stamped in black , gold and red on front panel, stamped in gold on spine and stamped in blind on rear panel, brown coated endpapers. xxii + 184 pp, [8] pp catalogue 'William Tegg's..... More
London: Hutchinson. 1902. 1902. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial olive-green cloth with a design of a ghostly figure in dark green, titles in gilt on spine and front panel. 314 pp + [2] pp ads + 8 pp publisher's catalogue, dated September 1902 inserted at rear. Frontispiece..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, original red cloth over bevelled boards, gilt titles to spine and front panel, coated black endpapers. 316 pp + 44 pp publisher's catalogue dated 8.86 at rear. Small catalogue description tipped to front paste-down, hairline cracks to inner..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1924]. First Edition. First trade edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. 301 pp. Frontispiece by Sidney Sime, "The Hunting of the Unicorn" reproduced from a drawing. Note: the copyright page states "First printed May 1924, Second Edition June 1924"..... More
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, recently rebound in quarter red morocco and red cloth, spine panel tooled in gold and blind, black leather title label affixed to spine panel. pp. [3-5] 6-102. Issued as "Vizetelly's Sixpenny Series of Amusing and Entertaining Books," number XII..... More
London: Digby, Long & Co., Publishers. N.D. [1896]. Second Edition. Octavo, original pictorial slate blue cloth, front panel stamped in red, black, orange and silver, spine panel stamped in red, black, yellow, silver and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel. 306 pp + [416 page publisher's catalogue..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green boards lettered in gold on spine panel. 160 pp. Illustrated half-title & title page spread, plus numerous illustrations throughout the text and colour wrap-around dust jacket, all by John Lawrence. Boards lightly faded at extremities; very slight lean..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., 1998. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gold on spine panel. 2,500 copies printed. 296 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with wrap-around full colour artwork by Tony Patrick. ¶ The first Posthumous collection of Bloch's..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1888. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth designed with an image of a sea monster holding the cylinder in its jaws in black, green and copper on the front panel, front panel lettered in copper, spine panel lettered in gold and with..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press. 2002. 2002. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gold on spine panel, red endpapers. 277 pp. 500 copies printed. An enlarged edition of the 1981 book THE BEST TALES OF TERROR OF ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, edited by Lamb and "published" by Millington in 1981, just..... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1920]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth lettered and ruled in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in blind on front panel. 308 pp, plus 8 page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. First Edition, first binding, first issue, with the catalogue..... More
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Second Edition; i.e., First Trade Edition. "Second edition", being the First Trade edition, issued in March, 1922, one month after the Signed & Limited Large Paper Issue in February, 1922. Octavo. Blue cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. 322..... More
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company. (1895) (i.e., circa 1906). Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing of the American edition, issued circa 1906. Octavo, original purple cloth, titles in white, design of a robed figure in gray & white on front panel. Near fine copy. ¶ Anthology of weird stories. Contains..... More
No Place [Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK]: No Publisher [J. Lane & L. Westwood, George Dixon School], No Date [1979]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 52 pp, inc. covers. Staples slightly rusted; a very good copy. Hand-made and self-published; a rare book. ¶ A weird..... More
London: Downey & Co., No Date [1895]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial terra-cotta cloth repeating the title page design in gilt and black on front panel, spine panel lettered in gilt, rear panel with publisher's device in blind. 358 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Half-tone frontispiece..... More
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1908. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original blue cloth lettered,& decorated in gold on spine and front panel, diagonal blocked gilt border on front panel. 312 pp + [64] page publisher's catalogue for 1908 bound in at the rear. This is the primary (first..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1897. New Edition. Octavo, original decorated dark green cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, patterned endpapers. 456 pp + [4] pp ads at rear. Later printing of the first one-volume edition. This edition, issued as a volume in..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., No Date [circa 1960]. Octavo, bound in the publisher's original black pebbled cloth, spine panel lettered in red. 354 pp.Light tanning to text block, small bump to spine near spine head; a very good copy in the original printed dust jacket which..... More
London: London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1925. First Edition, Third Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in brown. [200] pp. Bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on inner front cover. Covers slightly marked; a very good copy, clean and tight. Very uncommon in decent condition. ¶..... More
London: Edward Arnold. 1912. First Edition, Second Impression. Octavo, original gray cloth titled in black on spine and front panel, design of a flying bat on front cover. 274 pp. + [2] pp reviews of 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary' + 8 pp publisher's catalogue 'Selections From Mr. Edward Arnold's..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 41 & 43 Maddox Street, Bond Street W., 1912. First Edition, Sixth Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan rough buckram cloth titled in black and ruled in red on spine and front panel. 270 pp. + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear, dated Spring, 1912. Frontispiece with tissue..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front panel. 300 pp + [4] pp publishers ads at rear. Of several noted variants, this copy has the fore- and top-edges trimmed, bottom edges untrimmed. Small ink name..... More