London: Imprinted for Francis Griffiths, and published at the Sign of the Gryphon, 34, Maiden Lane, near the Strand, in the City of Westminster. 1906. First Edition. Crown octavo, original light brown boards with dark brown buckram spine titled in gilt, front panel lettered and with a pictorial design of..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1910. First Edition, Second Issue. First Edition, second issue; the sheets of the 1902 Grant Richard Edition with a cancelled title leaf. Wide crown octavo, original brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine panel. 206 pp. Small bookseller's ticket on front endpaper (Heffer & Sons, Cambridge);..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1902. First Edition. Wide crown octavo, original brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine panel. 206 pp. Paper lightly browned and a bit fragile, front endpaper with a small chip at the fore-edge, cloth with light wear at spine tips and corners; paper title label on..... 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
London: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers, [1913]. First Paperback edition. Octavo, original light brown french-folded wrappers titled and with a pictorial image in dark brown on the front panel, spine titled in dark brown, rear panel blank. 178 pp. Spine a bit darkened, leaned and with reading creases; front panel with..... 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
[London]: Imprinted for George Redway, and to be sold by him at his Shop in York Street, near to Covent Garden. 1884. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original cream parchment boards titled on the spine and front panel in brick-red, rear cover blank, all edges untrimmed, pale grey endpapers..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 255 pp, Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The first comprehensive history of magical treasure hunting from the Middle Ages..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 260 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. ¶ Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 194 pp; Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among..... More
No Place: Xoanon Publishing, 2001. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, original full brown cloth decorated with the eightfold potion wheel in gilt on front cover, gilt titles to spine, marble-textured maroon endpapers. 144 pp. Issued in an edition limited to 144 hand-numbered copies, this being copy No..... More
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[London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1903. First Separate Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers. An offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, April, 1903. pp 258-283. The first part prints the Senkereh Mathematical Tablet, the second part is the analysis, with 2 folding & one double-page charts..... More
Toronto: Geo. Parker & Sons, Printers, 73 Adelaide St. West, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Two Volumes. Large octavo, original blue cloth titled in black on spine and front panel. 486 + 492 pp. Formerly, these copies were contributed to the library of the National Action Committee on the Status..... More
London: Jonathan Cape with Chatto & Windus, 1967. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Crown Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine, small device in blind on upper cover, pictorial endpapers. 350 pp., full-page plates throughout, Index at rear. Erratum label affixed to page 15. A fine copy in..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1952]. Ardizzone, Edward. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. Crown octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine, top edges stained red. 223 pp., 12 full page plates. A fine copy in an attractive, near fine dust jacket, lightly worn at spine head; the jacket artwork..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1959]. Ardizzone, Edward. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. Octavo, original grey patterned boards blocked in gilt and black on spine, small image by Ardizzone on front panel. 224 pp., illustrated throughout with black & white drawings, plus pictorial dust jacket, all by Ardizonne. Touch of foxing..... More
London: Collins, [1936]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in white on spine panel. 357 pp., with 8 full page woodcut illustrations by the author. White chalk lettering on spine rubbed and partially effaced; light foxing to endpapers and page edges; a very good clean copy..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine, small decoration in gilt on front panel, gorgeous illustrated endpapers by Lawson, top edges stained red. [312] pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. Ink name and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape. [1948]. First British Edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled & designed in black. 222 pp. A fine clean copy in dust jacket, light uniform tanning to spine panel. The front flap corner has been clipped but the publisher has imprinted the price of '15s net' beside the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape. [1957]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original blue boards titled in black, pictorial (map) endpapers. 256 pp. Corners very slightly knocked; a sharp copy, fine in dust jacket. ¶ Science-Fiction Adventure novel - the discovery of a small island in the North Atlantic populated by super-civilized beings..... More
London: Collins, [1940]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original grey cloth blocked in green on spine panel, top edge stained green. 281 pp. Spine panel a bit tanned and foxed, a few stray finger-marks to the cloth; a very good, clean copy, lacking the very scarce dust jacket. Overall, an..... More
London: Readers Union / Jonathan Cape, 1956. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, original white boards titled and decorated in red and gil, pictorial endpapers. 296 pp., Index, Bibliography, Illustrated throughout. Although uncredited, the Illustrations are very much in the style of Pauline Baynes, illustrator of the NARNIA books and others..... More
London: Collins, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brick-red cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine panel, top page edges brownish-red. [339] pp., Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. Issued as Volume 3 in the publisher's St. James Library Series. Mild sunning to top page edges, a...... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers. [1910] [i.e., slightly later]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early Reprint, 1st issued by Putnams in 1910. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in red and dark green. 425 pp, frontispiece. Two names in pencil on front endpapers (the same name, twice); a very..... More
London: Universal Publications Ltd., No Date (1936). First Edition, First Impression. Small octavo, original orange printed wrappers, in dust jacket.91 pp + [5] pp ads at rear. Some mild repair to spine; a very good copy in a fair example of the rare colour pictorial dust jacket, chipped at edges..... More