THE SNOW FALCON.
London: Hodder & Stoughton. [1935]. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black. Ink name on front endpaper; rubbing to cloth and some wear at corners, a very good copy. More
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THE VOICE OF DASHIN. A Romance of Wild Mountains.
New York: George H. Doran Company. [1927]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original range cloth stamped in black. 314 pp. Minor dust soiling, a clean very good copy. The British edition was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1926. From the collection of John Ruyle. ¶ Lost..... More
ELIDOR. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
London: Collins, 1999. Reprint. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 188 pp., ads at rear. Cover artwork by David Wyatt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Spine just slightly tanned; a very good clean copy. ¶ Heroic fantasy novel. Four children are transported into the 'imaginary' land..... More
RED SHIFT.
London: Collins. [1973]. First edition. Octavo, original boards. Some mild browning & dust soiling; small corner of front flyleaf creased. A very good copy in dust wrapper, price corner clipped and evidence of a price sticker removed from base of inner front flap. More
THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN. A Tale of Alderly. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
London: Collins, 1999. Reprint. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). [265] pp., ads at rear. Cover artwork by David Wyatt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Lightly worn at edges, a few faint spine creases, a very good, bright copy. ¶ A landmark Heroic fantasy novel set..... More
THE MAN IN THE MIRROR. A Biographical Reflection.
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. [308] pp + [1] pp ads at rear. The correct first printing, with the code (1) at the end of the final leaf of text. Small ink..... More
METHODS OF MADNESS. A Collection by Ray Garton. Illustrated by Paul Sonju.
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest. 1990. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 243 pp. One of 425 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton & Sonju. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
TRADE SECRETS.
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Zeising, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 292 pp. One of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton, dust jacket artist Bob Egleton, and frontispiece & endpaper artist Arnie Fenner. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
ANCIENT LIGHT.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1987. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. A fine copy in dust wrapper with a hint of browning to the extremities. The sequel to GOLDEN WITCHBREED. More
GOLDEN WITCHBREED.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1983. 1983. First Edition, First Impression. First edition. Octavo, original boards. A fine copy in dust wrapper, price corner clipped. More
LIFE AS CAROLA.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers. [1940]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original green cloth, spine titled and blocked in gilt and black. 396 pp. Top edge dusty, boards a bit darkened at edges, a very good copy in a nice example of the scarce colour pictorial..... More
ACROSS THE ZODIAC: The Story of a Wrecked Record. Deciphered, Translated, and Edited by Percy Greg. Two Volumes in One, With a New Introduction by Sam Moskowitz.
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Original wrappers. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 296 + 288 pp (Two Vols in One). Mild darkening to spine panel, a few small bumps; a very good, clean copy. ¶ Reprinted from the 1880..... More
THE MUMMY AND MISS NITOCRIS. A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension.
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Hardcover. Reprint of the London edition published by T. Werner Laurie in 1906. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in silver. Issued as a volume in the Arno Press Supernatural and Occult Fiction collection, edited by R. Reginald and Douglas Menville. A fine copy without dust..... More
THE VENTURE. A Story of the Shadow World.
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company. [1911]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original grey-blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. 228 pp, Frontispiece. Review copy, with the publisher's revew slip affixed to the front free endpaper. Spotting at lower edges of front & rear..... More
THE JOY MAKERS.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine. 191 pp. A few small pencil price marks on front endpaper, else fine in a very good, slightly rubbed dust jacket. ¶ Dystopian; a totalitarian world set in a future where..... More
THE GREEN ISLE OF THE GREEN DEEP.
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1954]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 256 pp. Foxing to page edges, a very good, bright copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. ¶ Allegorical fantasy. Young Art and Old Hector fall into a pool and drown. They..... More
THE LADY OF THE HEAVENS.
New York: Frank F. Lovell Company. (1908). First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered and with a design of a woman's head in gilt. 342 pp. Spine cocked, some shelf wear & rubbing, inner rear hinge cracking. A very..... More
MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER. With 25 Illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. New Impression. Octavo, original light green cloth, front panel stamped in green and red on spine and front panel. 324 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette plus 23 inserted plates with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen inserted throughout the text. Very slight mottling..... More
CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT. With a New Introduction by Sam Moskowitz.
Westport, Connecticut: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. First Printing of this New Edition. Trade Paperback. New Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 346 pp. Some mild cover creases, a near fine copy. ¶ A prophetic, dystopian work which foreshadows th rise of Nazi Germany. "The City of Endless Night"..... More
REALMAH. By the Author of "Friends in Council". In Two Volumes.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo, original dark blue cloth bordered in blind and with a small decorative device in gilt on front panels, gilt decorations & titles to spines. Brown coated endpapers. 299 + 320 pp, [4] pp ads + [48] pp..... More
CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER.
London: Tom Stacey, 1972. First Complete British Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in silver on spine panel. 241 pp + [2] pp publisher's ads at rear. Minor bumps to edges of boards, top edge dusty, a very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, somewhat toned on the..... More
PETSETILLA'S POSY: A Fairy Tale. For Young and Old. With Fifty Illustrations by F. Barnard, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1870]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. 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..... More
FOOLS ERRANT. A Fantasy Picaresque.
[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
FOOLS ERRANT. A Fantasy Picaresque. The Rare Hardcover Edition.
[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
THE SENILE PAGODAS.
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