Fantasy and Science Fiction
A DARKNESS IN MY SOUL.
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
STRANGERS.
London: W.H. Allen. 1986. 1st British edition. Thick octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More
THE QUEEN OF THE EXTINCT VOLCANO. A Story of Adventure. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. No Date [1898]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, titled and decorated in green, brown, white and gold. 224 pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, two additional plates in the text. Browning..... More
YELLOW MEN SLEEP.
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
In The Wrong Paradise and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. 255 pp. + 2pp. ads. Half-cloth, marbled boards, spine and corners reddish-brown cloth, spine lettered in black. Tan end papers. Endpapers neatly renewed with matching paper, light shelf wear, a very good copy. Dedicated to H. Rider..... More
THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Deluxe Leather Edition, Copy No. 8 of 30.
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES, this being copy No. 8. A...... More
THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Deluxe Leather Edition, One of Three Copies marked "PC" [Publisher's Copy].
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES MARKED "PC" [Publisher's Copy]. A fine..... More
THE OTHER WIND.
New York: Harcourt, Inc. [2001]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards, map frontispiece in colour. A novel of Earthsea, perhaps the second book of the second trilogy? A sequel to Tehanu. A fine copy in dust wrapper which shows some slight rubbing. More
THE BEAUTIFUL BITING MACHINE.; Illustrated by Judy King-Rieniets.
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1984. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark brick-red cloth, printed paper title label on spine. Printed by hand on Gainsborough text paper, with flyleaves of antique ingre and a dust wrapper of momi paper from Japan. Issued in an edition of 115 hand-numbered copies..... More
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD and THE WINTER PLAYERS. Two Novellas.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1976]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First US [and first combined] edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in silver along the spine panel. 222 pp. Brief signed inscription by the author on the title page: "To Joy. Ode to. Tanith Lee, 1984". A fine copy in..... More
SUPERNATURAL TALES: EXCURSIONS INTO FANTASY. With an Introduction by I. Cooper Willis.
London: Peter Owen. 1987. Later Edition. Hardcover. Later Edition. This text was first published by Peter Owen in 1955. Octavo, original black boards titled in silver on spine panel. 222 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, minor tanning to spine panel. ¶ Supernatural stories. Collects six..... More
IN THE BEGINNING.; Illustrated by Alicia Austin.
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1983. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, bound in the original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper label on front panel. The "Collector's Edition", limited to 128 hand-numbered copies, printed on Mohawk Letterpress text with flyleaves of Strathmore Charcoal all cotton rag paper and endpapers of Strathmore..... More
OPERATION OUTER SPACE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1954. 1st edition, later issue. Issued as No. 3 in The Golden Science Fiction Library, 1957. Unbound sheets of the first edition bound in glossy gold paper wrappers with a design on the front panel by Edd Cartier. 500 copies so issued. Lightly rubbed, a n...... More
THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR.
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
THE FALSE GODS.
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in gilt on spine, colour pictorial paper label on front panel. 89 pp + [8] pp ads at rear. Cover illustration, frontispiece, 3 inserted full-page plates, decorated preliminary leaves and head-..... More
BLOOD BROTHERS.
New York: TOR Horror [A Tom Doherty Associates Book]. 1992. First edition [and first printing]. Octavo, original blue boards titled in copper on spine. 408 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Vampire novel, the first book in the Vampire World trilogy. More
STROKA PROSPEKT.; Introduction by Thomas M. Disch. Drawings by Ann Mikolowski.
No Place: Toothpaste Press, 1982. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Tall, oblong octavo. This is copy No. 22 of 100 hardcover copies signed by both the author and artist, cased in cloth and Yabure paper with printed paper title label on spine, by Constance Sayre at Black Oak Bindery. 40..... More
THE GOLDEN KEY. Written by George MacDonald, with illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk.
No Place [Olympia, WA]: Pegana Press, 2015. First Printing of This Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this New Edition, the first edition to bear illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk. Octavo. Hand-printed with hand-set Goudy and Civilite types on a Vandercook SP 15 press on Hanhnemuhle and Canson papers; handbound in..... More
GIANT LIZARDS FROM ANOTHER STAR.
Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press. 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original grey cloth titled in silver on spine panel. 348 pp. 1200 copies printed of which this is one of 1000 numbered copies comprising the standard hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..... More
THE DRYAD. A Novel.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1905. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial olive-green cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black, title page printed in green and black. 314 pp. Very small, attractive bookseller's ticket on front endpaper [F. Loeser..... More
GRAUSTARK. The Story of a Love Behind a Throne.
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, Eldridge Court. 1901. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and decorated in white on front panel, titled in white on spine, publisher's device in white on rear panel. BAL 13501, Binding "A", Intermediate printing (between first and second, which, logically..... More
CANOE BIRD: The Witch of the Dakotas.
Chicago: Pictorial Printing Co., 1877. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Issued as The Nickel Library, Series one, Number Two. 32 pp. Disbound from a larger volume at some point, with sewing marks along the spine; but still a very good clean copy. The..... More
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT. An Arabian Entertainment.
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
DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE.
New York: Liveright, Inc, Publishers, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, designed and lettered in gold. [296]pp. Remains of Sactramento Library label on front fly, some edge wear; a bright, very good copy. In a professionally made colour facsimile dust jacket. ¶ Lost race..... More