London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1870]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth over beveled boards, titled and decorated in gilt and black on spine and front panel, gray coated endpapers. 156 pp + 1 leaf of ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, plus..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni. [1926]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Black cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers by Keith Henderson. 445 pp.,frontispiece & 5 additional full-page illustrations printed on text paper but not included in the pagination, as well as some smaller vignette..... More
![Item #313704 PERFUME OF THE TRELLISED VINE [in] FAUNUS No. 7, Spring 2001. Ron WEIGHELL](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313704.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1732064401)
UK: Produced at the Tartarus Press, 2001. First Appearance in Print. Octavo, original boards stamped in gold. 58 pp. A near fine copy. ¶ The Journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen, Edited by Mark Valentine and Ray Russell. PERFUME OF THE TRELLISED VINE is an essay on Aleister Crowley..... More
![Item #313703 THE BOAT CALLED MILLIONS OF YEARS [in] ALL HALLOWS 3, 1991. Ron WEIGHELL](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313703.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1732064401)
Penyfford, Chester: The Ghost Story Society, 1991. First Appearance in Print. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 39 pp. Mild rusting to staples, a near fine copy. ¶ The Journal of the Ghost Story Society, Edited by Mark Valentine. THE BOAT CALLED MILLIONS OF YEARS was later collected in THE WHITE ROAD..... More
![Item #313702 THE GHOSTING FROM CHANNEL 19 [in] ALL HALLOWS 9, June, 1995. Ron WEIGHELL](https://thompsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313702.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1732064401)
Penyfford, Chester: The Ghost Story Society, 1995. First Appearance in Print. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 68 pp. A near fine copy. ¶ The Journal of the Ghost Story Society, Edited by Christopher and Barbara Roden. THE GHOSTING FROM CHANNEL 19 was later collected in THE WHITE ROAD (1997). Contents of..... More
No Place [Vancouver, BC]: HM [Heavenly Monkey], MMXXIV [2024]. First Edition Thus. Quarto. Bound in paper-covered boards with vellum spine and corners, the papers covering the boards painted by the printer and printed by the artist, title label inlaid on front panel, hand-marbled endpapers, housed in a folding clamshell case..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 36 Essex Street, W.C., [1909]. Third edition. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 302 pp., Frontispiece with tissue guard. Foxing, often heavy, to the text block; browning to endpapers, newspaper clippings to endpapers. A good, sound copy of this early edition, in a fine facsimile dust jacket. This..... More
Chester, UK: A Haunted Library Publication, No Date [1987]. First Edition (& 1st printing). )ctavo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 17 pp. This copy is inscribed by the author on the inner front cover: "To Richard Dalby, Hope you find it interesting! From Ron Weighell, June '90." Richard Dalby..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Calabash Press. 2000. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format, the covers French-folded with flaps). The paperbound edition, issued simultaneously with the hardcover first edition. A fine copy, as-new. ¶ Strange and bizzare Sherlockian Mysteries by the author of THE WHITE ROAD. More
Ashcroft, BC: Calabash Press. 2000. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. First edition, the scarce hardcover issue (there was a paperbound issue as well). Fine in dust wrapper, basically as-new. ¶ Strange and bizzare Sherlockian Mysteries by the author of THE..... More
Dusseldorf: ZAGAVA, 2022. First Edition, Paperbound Issue. Quarto [20 x 28 cm). Bound in pictorial paper wrappers. 235 pp, with many full-page chapter-headings throughout by Eli John. While there is no statement of limiation, this edition sold-out quite rapidly and the print run was likely quite small. A fine copy..... More
Dusseldorf: ZAGAVA, 2022. First Edition, Numbered Issue. Quarto [20 x 31 cm). The numbered hardcover edition, bound in illustrated black buckram, lettered and ruled in red on spine panel, army-green endpapers, publisher's bookmark laid in. 235 pp, with many full-page chapter-headings throughout by Eli John. This is copy No. 50..... More
Düsseldorf: Zagava, 2024. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paperback format]. 285 pp. With an Introduction by Damian Murphy, an Afterword by Fran Weighell, and endpaper illustration by Nick Maloret. These paperbound copies were issued in a very limited number for review purposes only and were..... More
No Place [Minnesota City, MN]: A Special Christmas Ghost Story Edition / The Last Press, 2022. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches,, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece..... More
No Place [Minnesota City, MN]: A Special Christmas Ghost Story Edition / The Last Press, 2022. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches,, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece..... More
No Place [Minnesota City, MN]: A Special Christmas Ghost Story Edition / The Last Press, 2022. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches,, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece..... More
No Place [Minnesota City, MN]: A Special Christmas Ghost Story Edition / The Last Press, 2022. First Edition (& 1st printing). Oblong format, 7 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches,, original wrappers with printed paper label, sewn. 12 pp., printed in two colours in Bembo type, with an original engraved frontispiece..... More
London: Ghost Story Press. [1997]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial tan buckram titled and decorated in green, top page edges stained green, hand-marbled endpapers. 453 pp, frontispiece and interior illustrations by Nick Maloret. 400 numbered copies printed, this being copy No. 4, one of the Deluxe issue..... More
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1977]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original brown boards lettered in blue on spine panel. 404 pp. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. The true first edition, the corrrect first printing with gutter code "H21" on page 403, indicating a printing..... More
Austin, Texas: The University of Texas. 1965. First Edition. Tall octavo, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, Arthur Machen's signature reproduced in gilt on front cover, pictorial endpapers, all edges trimmed. 180 pp., illustrated title page, facsimiles, Index. 500 copies printed. Small bump to spine head; a very..... More
New York: The Viking Press. [1965]. Early Printing. Octavo, original brown boards with black board spine lettered in silver. xxvii + 246 pp. This Edition was specially created in 2003 for The Stephen King Horror Library, and bears a lengthy New Introduction by Stephen King. A near fine copy in..... More
London: Viking. 1987. First Hardcover Edition. First hardcover edition, and the first edition of the revised text. An earlier version was published in paperback by Daedelus in 1983. Octavo, original blue boards, gilt titles to spine panel. Pictorial endpapers, full-page illustrations, title page vignette. Hairline crack to front hinge at..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928] [i.e., 1929]. Reprint. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in black on spine and front panel. 312 pp + [6] pp ads at rear. Vignette title page plus 5 full-page illustrations by St. John. Ink inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1929; minor evidence of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1899. Re-Issue. Hardcover. Revised edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in darker green and gold on spine and front panel. 249 pp, delicate engraved frontispiece plate with tissue guard. Tiny bumps, hint of tanning to spine panel. Neat contemporary bookplate on front paste-down. A fine..... More
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