London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E.C., n.d., [circa 1878]. Early Reprint of the First English Edition. Small octavo, original decorated brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in blind, "M" in "Man" on front cover printed in..... More
North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2022. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original blue cloth heavily decorated in gold on front & rear panels, spine & both panels lettered in gold. 243 pp. 350 copies printed. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title leaf. A fine copy in dust jacket..... More
North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press. 2021. First Edition Thus. Two Volumes. Octavo, original green boards stamped in silver. 384 + 364 pp. Compiled and with an introduction by Rosalie Parker. First published by Tartarus Press in one volume in 2000, this new Tartarus edition is split into two volumes, and includes..... More
North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2021. Second Tartarus Press Edition. Large thick octavo, original grey boards stamped in black, yellow and gold with a brilliant design by Sidney Sime reproduced from the First Edition of 1906. 427 pp., black & white frontispiece by Sime. A fine copy, as new in dust..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: University Books. [1973]. Reprint, the second University Books edition. Thick octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel, [xxxii plates], 652 pp. A few small marks to page edges, a very good clean copy in dust wrapper that shows some mild rubbing and has a few..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1936]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original grey cloth titled and ruled in green on spine. 287 pp, numerous full page plates plus illustrations within the text. Minor dampstains to cloth on spine panel, small bookstore stamp on inner front..... More
London: John M. Watkins, 21 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, 1947. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 76 pp., portrait frontispiece, 2 additional b&w plates (one reproducing the title page of the original Latin edition of 1564), diagrams in the text..... More
London & Tonbridge: Ernest Benn Limited / New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield Limited, 1968. Secenth Impression (Second Impression of the One-Volume Edition). Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gold on spine panel. 388 pp., Index. Small bit of underlining in red pencil (confined to 8 pages near the front of..... More
Oceanside, CA: The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1926. Fourth Edition. Quarto, original blue cloth stamped in blind on front & rear panels. 208 pp., Frontispiece portrait of Heindel with facsimile signature below, Index at rear. Probationer bookplate on inside front cover is blank (no name). Small marks to cloth; a very good..... More
St. Gallen, Switzerland: Zollikofer & Co., [1945]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original tan boards titled in red.93 pp., frontispiece, folding map. Bookseller's ticket "Rosicrucion Supply Bureaux San Jose California" on front paste-down, otherwise a fine copy in dust wrapper. More
Chicago & London: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1920. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, pictorial paper onlay affixed to front cover. 184 pp., Bibliography at rear. Illustrated. Ink inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1935; light wear to..... More
Riverside, NY: Corona Mundi International Arts Center, 310 Riverside, 1922, [©1923]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers. 139 pp + [14] pp Contents & Editorial matter. Black & white reproduction of a Portrait of Nicholas Roerich (1923) by Swiatoslav Roerich. Small closed tear to outer margin of..... 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