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 about CONTAGION TO THIS WORLD
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. n.d. [1897]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First separate edition. Octavo, original gray cloth elaborately decorated in an arts & crafts style in green and brown on front & rear covers. 52 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Moderate... More about THE LONELY GOD
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 about TAM, SON OF THE TIGER
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 about THE QUEEN OF THE EXTINCT VOLCANO. A Story of Adventure. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell
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 about YELLOW MEN SLEEP
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 about In The Wrong Paradise and Other Stories
London: Home and Van Thal. 1947. Second printing. Hardcover. First separate edition, second impression. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gold on spine. 108 pp. Colour frontispiece. Very good clean copy. ¶ First separate printing of a story originally published in Volume One of 'Chronicles of Golden Friars', in 1871... More about A STRANGE ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF MISS LAURA MILDMAY. A Tale from Chronicles of Golden Friars....
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 about THE FALSE GODS
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 about THE GOLDEN KEY. Written by George MacDonald, with illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk
Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres. [1963]. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. THE GREAT GOD PAN, text in French. Wrappers with very slight wear and toning to spine panel, previous owner's ink name, a very good clean copy. More about LE GRAND DIEU PAN. Traduit de l'Anglais par P.J. Toulet. Preface D'Henri Martineau
New York: Bookfinger. 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, originally issued in the UK by Wright & Brown in 1936. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 286 pp. A fine copy without dust wrapper as issued. A colour reproduction of the front panel of... More about GEES' FIRST CASE
London: Cecil Palmer, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine panel. 240 pp. Light foxing to page edges, upper edges dusty, a very good, bright copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket, a little chipped and wor at the edges, small 1/4-inch... More about LEGENDS OF THE FENLAND PEOPLE
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 about THE DRYAD. A Novel
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 about THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT. An Arabian Entertainment
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 about DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled and decorated in gold on spine and front panel. Frontispiece by Joseph Clement Coll. The second of two printings dated 1919 on the title page, with "PUTNAM" at base of spine in capital letters... More about THE MOON POOL
London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt. 246 pp. Bookplate on front endpaper, page edges dusty, spine panel a bit cocked; a very good copy. ¶ Collection of short stories, including 'An Enchanted Place', 'The Magic Pool', 'The... More about THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange and black. 221 pp., frontispiece and seven additional full-page black & white plates by Bransom. Corners a bit soft, touch of wear to cloth at extremities; a very good... More about THE HIDDEN PEOPLE. The Story of a Search for Incan Treasure. Illustrated by Paul Bransom
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange and black. 252 pp., frontispiece and three additional full-page black & white plates by Bransom. Ink name on front endpaper, a bit bumped at edges; a very good clean... More about IN THE TIGER'S LAIR. Illustrated by Paul Bransom
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. [1932]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in yellow. 303 pp. Ink name on front endpaper, corners slightly bumped; very good copy. ¶ Fantastic adventures in a prehistoric land, identified as Atlantis. Airship castaways arrive here as a result of... More about THREE GO BACK
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Second issue. Octavo, original dark blue cloth titled in white on spine and front panel. 222 pp. Second issue, blue cloth with no illustrations - an earlier issue exists, bound in red cloth with 4 illustrations. A nice clean... More about THE SILENT WAR
New York: A.S. Barnes & Company. 1904. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Small octavo, original blue pictorial cloth designed in black & white, lettered in white (the primary binding; a secondary binding of plain light blue cloth exists). 258 pp. Frontispiece in color, and 5 black and white illustrations... More about THE PAGAN'S PROGRESS. Illustrated by John Rae
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Boston: Eastern Publishing Company, . [1902]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in silver and black. 285 pp. Covers dust soiled, spine a bit dull, minor scuffs; a very good copy. ¶ A group of millionaires construct a 25-acre artificial island on pillars off the coast... More about ATALANTIS. A Novel
Boston: Eastern Publishing Company. [1902]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in silver and black. 285 pp. Light rubbing to cloth at tips, bookplate of fantasy book collector William Harry Hopkins on inner front cover, a near fine copy. ¶ A group of millionaires... More about ATALANTIS. A Novel
London: Hutchinson & Co., No Date [1933]. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, later issue. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black. [288] pp, 64 page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear, dated Autumn, 1934. The first issue bears an Autumn, 1933 catalogue. Spine panel faded to tan, and some mild... More about JIMGRIM AND ALLAH'S PEACE