[Don Mills, Ontario]: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. [1994]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 214 pp. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. The author's first book. This book was issued in two states: paperbound, in pictorial wrappers (as here) and a special hardcover..... More
[Don Mills, Ontario]: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. [1994]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red boards titled in yellow on spine panel. 214 pp. SHORT SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title leaf: "To Sarah / Best Wishes / Matt Hughes". A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..... More
Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, [2022]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth lettered in silver on spine panel, black endpapers. 399 pp., portraits throughout. Issued in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies, this being copy No. 134. (the limitation leaf states 400 copies, 100 of these did..... More
New York: Lovell, Gestefeld & Company. [1892]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American (and the first one-volume) edition. 453 pp. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed and lettered in black and light brown. The British edition was published by Griffith, Farran in three volumes in 1892. Ink..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1994. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original black cloth lettered in gold on spine panel, dark grey endpapers. 318 pp, Dust jacket and Interior illustrations by J.K. Potter. 3496 copies printed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Collects 10 stories. The author's..... More
New York: Cortlandt Publishing Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. First Cortlandt Edition. [314]pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt, design of rifle in black on front cover. Color frontispiece. Spine mildly tanned, a bright copy. Smith J-177, citing the LC copy, which had no publisher noted, and ran to 307p.; and..... More
Rochester, Kent: Sir Hugo Books, 1991. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 51 pp. Front and rear covers plus interior artwork by Douglas Walters. A5 booklet. Card covers. A very near fine copy. Very Scarce. ¶ The author's second book. Collects three supernatural tales..... More
Rochester, Kent: Sir Hugo Books, 1990. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 51 pp. Front and rear covers plus interior artwork by Douglas Walters. A5 booklet. Card covers. A very near fine copy. Very Scarce. ¶ The author's first book. Collects three supernatural tales..... More
New York: TOR Fantasy, 1990-2013. First Editions, First and Later Printings. Fifteen Volumes. Octavo, original boards, in dust jackets. Volume 1: The Eye of the World. 1990 (but later). First Edition, later printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Volume 2: The Great Hunt. 1990 (but later). First Edition, later printing..... More
West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 2004. Third Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paperback format). 708 pp., Notes, Index. Very tiny bump to one corner, a fine copy, without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ Originally published In 1996, S. T. Joshi's H. P. LOVECRAFT: A LIFE was published to great..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, [1933]. First Edition in English. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black on spine and front cover. 317 pp. Foxing to endpapers; inner hinges at both front & rear reinforced with archival paper tape; wear to cloth at spine tips, spine panel faded; a good to very..... More
New York: Avalon Books / Thomas Bouregy and Company, Inc., [1962]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 222 pp. Grey cloth, spine lettered in red. Fine in nice dust wrapper, the edges slightly marred from the original 'Plasti-Kleer' dust wrapper 'protector' in which these Avalon books were issued. ¶..... More
New York: DAW Books / The New American Library of Canada Limited, [1972]. Paperback. 1st edition, Canadian issue. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (a paperback original). Issued as DAW Books #12 (95¢]. This is the Canadian issue, with the addition of The New American Library of Canada as publisher on the..... More
London: John Spencer & Co., No Date [1953]. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wraps. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Cover price is (1/6). Ink name on title leaf (Floyd Peill); bookstore stamp. Covers rubbed and a bit worn, still, a sound, very good copy. Rare. ¶ Science Fiction; Interplanetary, Child-Mutants..... More
London: The Popular Library [John Hamilton, Limited], n.d. [1931]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. 318 pp. Touch of sunning to spine panel, else a fine copy in nearly fine four-color pictorial dust jacket with neat internal tape mends at spine ends..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 208 pp. A fine copy. ¶ Lost Race Adventure Novel. A long-lost city of medieval origin, 'Sungan', lies in the trackless waste of the Gobi desert. It..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth lettered in black on spine & front cover, small devices & rules in blind on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece by George W. Gage. Inner rear hinge neatly repaired, yellow cloth a...... 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
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. [1895]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original green decorative cloth lettered and designed in gilt, silver, red and black. 434 pp. + [1] pp. ads at rear. Frontispiece & 23 plates by Harold Piffard. Spine a bit browned, some rubbing to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1975. 1st American edition. Octavo, original cream cloth titled in blind and gold. A fine, fresh copy in like dust wrapper, price corner intact, no chips or tears but just a few tiny hairline scratches and a touch of faint rubbing. A very nice copy..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House. 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, 2,947 copies printed. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gold on spine panel. 66 pp. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Stephen Fabian. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Poetry collection, mostly reprinted from A...... More
London: Eric Grant, 6 Cecil Court, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.2. [1937]. First Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 314 pp. Contains 'Ritual' by Arthur Machen. Cloth very lightly dust-soiled and marked, corners a bit soft; a very good, clean copy..... More
Carbonnek [New York]: Privately Printed for the Society of Pantagruelists [Boni & Liveright]. 1923. Large crown octavo, original blue boards with vellum paper spine lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, blue endpapers, all edges untrimmed. [332] pp, a few line-drawings in the text. Issued in an edition..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1976. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 343 pp. A near fine copy. ¶ Intergalactic Science Fiction novel by "Germany's Jules Verne", a translation of his work WUNDERERWELTEN (1911), the only book of his..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled and decorated in black. 343 pp., frontispiece and three additional black & white plates inserted in the text. Covers moderately dust-soiled, corners lightly bumped & with light wear to cloth; a sound, very good copy..... More