London: Cassell and Company, Limited. [1928]. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British Edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine panel. 316 pp. British lending label ticket on rear endpaper, small 'Boots Library' sticker on front pastedown and a small lending library stamp on front free endpaper, spine..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original two-tone blue cloth titled and decorated in gold. [176] pp. Illustrations throughout. Endpapers irregularly browned, a nearly fine copy in dust jacket, slightly browned on spine and at edges, two tiny chips at spine head..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original patterned blue cloth titled in gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional black & white plates inserted throughout the text, all by Cuneo. Bookplate on front endpaper and a date in ink, some..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 286 pp. Mild bumps to edges, a near fine copy. ¶ Connected series of short stories featuring an intrepid zoologist. Most tales are sf, some are supernatural..... More
New York: S.W. Greene's Son, Publisher. 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth bordered in black on front & rear panels, titled in gilt on front panel & spine. 301 pp. Name in pencil on front free endpaper, dated 1887, cloth somewhat worn & rubbed..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1979]. First American Edition. Octavo, original blue boards with black cloth spine lettered in silver, front panel stamped in blind. 261 pp. The correct first US edition, with the "First Edition" statement and code "BCDE" on copyright (HBJ did not use a code to "A"..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 310 pp. Slight crinkling to upper rear corner of cover and last few pages (tiny, just in the corner); else a fine copy. ¶ Science Fiction; time-travel..... More
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 29 Great James Street, W.C.1, [1935]. First Edition. Octavo, original terracotta cloth, black lettering on spine. [295] pp, Ilustrated with Photographs, Index at rear. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Edward Takach as a slight token of my gratitude for all his..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, titles in blind on upper cover. 288 pp, map endpapers. A near fine copy in a bright, near fine dust jacket. ¶ Historical novel, the voyages of Eudoxos..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, publisher's original dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titles in white on upper cover. 312 pp + 8 pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. This is the first edition, first impression, second issue binding, with the..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company. [1991]. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo,original boards with cloth spine titled in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Street & Smith, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as Brave and Bold Weekly No. 427, Feb. 25, 1911 (5 cents). 31 pp, ads. Complete with all covers. Paper browning, wear & small chips along edges, a good to..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original two-toned cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Spine panel a trifle leaned but a clean, tight, near-fine copy in dust wrapper with the orginal pice of $4.95 intact on upper front..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company. 1928 [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint, perhaps the first, of the 1st edition issued by the Macy-Masius Company of New York in 1928. Octavo, original red cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 310 pp + [2] pp ads..... More
New York: AvoNova / William Morrow. [1995] & Avon Books [1996 & 1997]. 1st edition, second impression of the first book (code to 2), 1st editions, first printings of Vols 2 & 3. All three volumes have short matching inscriptions by the author. A fine set in fine dust wrappers..... 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
London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1939. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo. Contemporary rebinding in blue patterned cloth with titles in black on spine and a black circular ink stamp on the lower half of the front cover, in printed dust jacket. 334 pages. Publisher's device on title page..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First American Edition. Octavo. Light green cloth, gilt titles on spine, small blind stamped publisher's device on lower corner of front board, in illustrated dust jacket. 334 pages. Tiny bump to lower page edges, a very nice, bright, near fine copy in..... More
London: Elkin Mathews. 1920. Third Edition. Octavo. Quarter linen, paper boards, titles stamped in black on front cover and spine. 187 pp, Six illustrations by Sidney H. Sime. Boards rubbed at edges and corners, soiled and with a minor dampstain; rectangular stains on rear board, spine toned, browning to endpapers..... More
London: George Allen & Sons. 1910. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original blue-gray cloth titled in gold on spine & front panel, top edge gilt, fore-and bottom edges trimmed. 252 pp, with nine stunning full page black & white plates by Sime throughout the text. Of the two..... More
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1979. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original dark grey cloth stamped in silver, pictorial endpapers. [172] pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white by Randy Broecker. Issued in an edition limited to 1,000 copies. A fine copy in a fine dust..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers. [1919]. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in gold. 349 pp. Tiny stains and corners a touch bruised; text block a trifle rubbed on fore-edges, gilt lettering on spine somewhat oxidized; a very good copy. Weird adventure thriller, a hot-blo oded sea-captain is..... More
No Place: N.A.C. Publications (Scorpion Books). 1961. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wraps. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). Issued as Scorpion Book #104 (75¢). Later issued as IMAGES OF TOMORROW [1969]. Sticker pull on front cover, paper slightly browned, small creases.Two bookstore stamps. A very good copy. Scarce..... 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
New York: Dodge Publishing Company. [1904]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth spine panel titled in gilt, front panel titled in black & gilt and bordered in black. 323 pp, frontispiece and five additional full-page plates in the text. Stains on rear panel, front panel..... More