Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2010. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine (a pamphlet). 80 pp. Bibliography at rear. Issued as Number Fifteen of the Gothic Chapbooks. A near fine copy. ¶ Examinations of Eight of Aickman's weird tales. More
Amsterdam: M.L. Huizenga, No Date [1960's?]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers. 52 pp. Bookseller's Catalogue listing 1820 items in a variety of differmnt languages. This copy came from the library of mystical philosopher Charles A. Muses and the front cover is heavily marked up by him..... More
Bruxelles: Librairie van de Graff-Dopere, N.D. [circa 1940. First Edition (& 1st printing). Tall octavo, original pictorial wrappers with image of a witch on a broomstick on front panel. Text in French. Dampstained sometime in the distant past, rusting from staples causing some loss to paper, still fairly sound, entirely..... More
London: Maggs Bros. December 1969. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original wrappers. Octavo. 40 pages, b&w frontispiece plus 8 b&w plates at end of volume. Index. A bit of excess binder's glue has caused slight pulling to the inner front cover at the inner hinge, with hte loss of a...... More
London: John M. Watkins, 21, Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. 1950-53-56. First Editions (& 1st printings). Octavo, three volumes, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. Catalogues Numbers 146 (Sept, 1950), 148 (1953) and 149 (1956). Three separate catalogues from Watkins, specialists in the occult. 36 + 32 + 28..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, 16 East 46th Street, 1953. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers. 99 pp. Small stains to covers; a very good clean copy. An important and scarce item. ¶ Rare Book Catalogue, with Prices, issued by Kraus in 1953. 655 Items. Part I: Alchemy..... More
London: Derek Verschoyle. 1954. Second Edition. Octavo, original grey cloth, gilt titles on spines, red labels. xxi, 487 + 598 pp. Covers and backstrips lightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Contents crisp, clean and unmarked. Quite a nice set, lacking the original plain printed dust jackets. ¶ Reprint of the 1906..... More
Mansfield Center, CT: Martino Publishing, ca. 2000. Facsimile of the First Edition of 1943. Octavo, 2 volumes. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spines. xv, 820 pp. A fine set without dust jackets, as issued. ¶ Much needed reprint of the rare catalogue issued in an edition of 40..... More
No Place: Egaeus Press, MMXXIII (2023). First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial grey cloth stamped in gold, black & brown, pictorial endpapers. 315 pp. Issued in an edition limited to 325 copies. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The Fortunate Isles collects fourteen tales of..... More
New York: The Random House Publishing Group, [1980]. Book Club Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. [512] pp. Book Club Edition, issued by the SFBC. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. More
No Place: Egaeus Press, MMXVII [2017]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial boards, decorated endpapers. 249 pp. 300 copies printed. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. ¶ A volume of ten previously uncollected stories and novellas by John Howard, one of the most highly regarded names..... 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