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San Francisco: San Francisco Center For The Book [Xoanon, Three Hands Press, etc], 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Colour pictorial wrappers. Exhibition Catalogue for SUPERSTITION XIII: Book Arts From The Shadow World, held at the San Franciso Center for the Book, Friday 13th September to Hallowe'en, 2013. 54 pp, full..... More
Book Arts Publishing Group [Xoanon, Three Hands Press, etc], 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Book Arts Publishing Group promotional booklet. 36 pages, digital printing, saddle stitch, full color illustrations, landscape format, 8.5" x 5.5". Produced in very limited numbers for the presence of Xoanon and Three Hands Press at the..... More
Sheffield: Leader and Sons, Printers, "Independent" Office. 1876. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey fine-diaper cloth, front panel bordered and lettered in blind, pale yellow endpapers. 208 pp. Previous owner's ink name & address stamp on front free endpaper, hairline crack to inner rear hinge. Small worn spot..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 257 pp, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Note: This title is In Print for $149.99 US. ¶ This book marks twenty years..... More
London: Centaur Press. 1934. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow buckram cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued in a limited edition of 60 copies of which 50 are for sale; this copy unnumbered. 84 pp, frontispiece and two additional full-page plates by Easton printed on white coated paper. This..... More
London: Noel Douglas. [1926]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth titled in black on spine panel. Of three noted binding styles, this is believed to be the second issue. 253 pp. Ink name on front free endpaper, along with a small bookseller's ticket from Watkins in..... More
Berlin: Chez Voss Et Fils et Decker Et Fils, 1788-89. Second Edition. 20 Volumes, Octavo, bound in contemporary full tree-calf, spine decorated gilt in panels and with contrasting leather title labels lettered in gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume 1; Thirteen folding engraved plates in Volume 18 (the third volume..... More
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
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
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1933. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in white. Mild browning to endpapers, a clean, nearly fine copy in the original pictorial dust wrapper which has mild tanning to the spine panel. The price corner is clipped and there is..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 264 pp., Index, Figures & Tables. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Note: This title is In Print for $119.99 US. ¶ This pioneering..... More
London: Marcus Ward, c1870s-1880s. First Printings. Various sizes (2 x 2½ inches to to 5 x 7 inches). Eighty individual chromolithographed cards, some forming complete or partial sets. Printed in full colour, in a variety of shapes and formats, including: straight and scalloped edges, fan-shaped cards, fold-out "double" cards, and..... More
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
New York: Frank F. Lovell & Company, 150 Worth Street. 1891. Early American Edition. Original Wraps. Early American Edition. Octavo, original decorated wrappers. 290 pp. Period ad for Walter Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa on rear wrapper. Issued as Vol. 490 in Lovell's Household Library, December 1, 1891. Stamp on..... More
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
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
New York, London and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. First American Edition. Octavo. Original red cloth titled in gilt and black and with a design of a snake in green on spine panel, front panel lettered in gilt upon a decoration of a shield and swords in black surrounded..... More
New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, Publishers. [1906]. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black & brown, spine panel lettered in black. 310 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard and five additional full-page black & white plates by Grunwald. Small bookseller's ticket on rear endpaper (Paul Elder & Company..... More
London: The Aquarian Press, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo, bound in the publisher's brown boards with vellum spine, printed paper label on spine, maroon endpapers. The number "154" inked to title page. We believe this to be the publisher's deluxe binding, and have seen similar bindings on other Aquarian Press Books..... More
New York: D. Appleton And Company. 1888. First Edition. Octavo, publisher's original red cloth over dark marbled boards, the spine panel lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges trimmed. 210 pp + 10 pp publisher's catalogue of 'New and Standard Fiction' + [2] pp ads at rear. Browning to text..... More
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
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 382 pp., Appendixes, Bibliography, Index, Illustrations, Figures & Tables. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Note: This title is In Print for $119.99 US..... More
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Side Real Press, 2023. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, original pictorial boards decorated with a wrap-around design by Eli John. 325 pp. 300 numbered copies printed, of which this is number 289. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Due to the very limited..... More
Leicester: Wyvern Bindery, Wellington Street, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Reprint of a work first issued in 1849. Octavo, original gray-green cloth blocked pictorially in gold on the front panel, titled in gold on spine. 63 pp., frontispiece and 5 additional black & white plates. Trifle bit of darkening to..... More
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