Burton on Trent: J.M. Pearson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in black textured cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 210 pp., 16 pp of black & white plates, plus maps. A very good copy in a slightly marked dust jacket (a few scuffs). ¶ The second volume of Aickman's Autobiography..... More
London: John MacQueen. 1899. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Octavo, original blue pictorial cloth stamped in white and tan, tan titles to spine. 332 pp + 32 pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated February 1899 and listing this title as 'Forthcoming'. Minor foxing to endpapers and a small..... More
Kansas City, MO: Illustrated and Published by the Author. 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, titled in blind on front cover, gray floral endpapers. 430 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations. A very good clean copy. ¶ Spiritual..... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1934]. First Edition (& 1st printing). p. [1-4] 5-320, Octavo, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. 320 pp. Leigh Blackmore's large Thelemic bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Spine lean, some faint spotting to cloth, coffee stains on pages 134/135, a very good..... More
London: Philip Allan, [1935]. First Edition. Thick octavo, original yellow cloth titled in black on spine panel. 638 pp. Covers soiled and with some foxing to the spine, page edges foxed, a very good, sound copy of a very scarce book, now in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. ¶..... More
New York: S.W. Greene's Son, Publisher. 1894. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth bordered in black on front & rear panels, titled in gilt on front panel & spine. 301 pp. Name in pencil on front free endpaper, dated 1887, cloth somewhat worn & rubbed..... More
New York: Stone & Kimball. 1897. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green decorated clothwith an elaborate design in dark green, titled and ruled in gold on spine and both front and rear panels, top edges gilt. 315 pp. Minute wear to heel of spine panel, corners slightly bruised;..... More
Ascrift, BC: Ash-Tree Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gold on spine panel, red endpapers. 157 pp. 500 copies printed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Ulric Daubeny produced a single collection of supernatural fiction, "The Elemental" in 1919; the original is an..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, [1958]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered and decorated in red on spine panel. 208 pp., frontispiece and 14 additional inserted black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name and acquisition date in ink on front pastedown (underneath the..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, publisher's original dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, titles in white on upper cover. 312 pp + 8 pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. This is the first edition, first impression, second issue binding, with the..... More
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company. (1895) (i.e., circa 1906). Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing of the American edition, issued circa 1906. Octavo, original purple cloth, titles in white, design of a robed figure in gray & white on front panel. Near fine copy. ¶ Anthology of weird stories. Contains..... More
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
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
London: Holden & Hardingham. [1921]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued by Chapman & Hall in 1908. Small octavo, original pale tannish green boards lettered in black on spine panel. [252] pp. Cheap paper lightly browned, as usual; a very good clean copy in the rare pictorial dust jacket which..... More
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. Edited and with a Critical Biography by Sam Moskowitz. Illustrated by Stephen Fabian. 304 pp., frontispiece, chapter vignettes, and seven full-page black & white plates by Fabian (included..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 41 & 43 Maddox Street, Bond Street W., 1912. First Edition, Sixth Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan rough buckram cloth titled in black and ruled in red on spine and front panel. 270 pp. + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear, dated Spring, 1912. Frontispiece with tissue..... More
London: Grant Richards, 48 Leicester Square, W.C., n.d. [1903]. First British Edition. Octavo, publisher's original slate grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine, front panel lettered and with an attractive border in pale green. 348 pp, Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 additional full-page black & white plates (by Charles..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press, 2000. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth titled in gold on spine panel. 245 pp. 600 copies printed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with artwork by Douglas Walters. ¶ The author's second book. Collects 11 short stories of horror and..... More
London: Downey & Co., No Date [1895]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pictorial terra-cotta cloth repeating the title page design in gilt and black on front panel, spine panel lettered in gilt, rear panel with publisher's device in blind. 358 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Half-tone frontispiece..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First edition, later printing with no "First Edition" statement on copyright page. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine. 510 pp, Illustrated, Notes, Bibliography & Index. A small 4-page prospectus and order form for this title is laid in; it reproduces the..... More
London: Eric Grant, 6 Cecil Court, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.2. [1937]. First Edition. Octavo, original orange cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, all edges trimmed. 314 pp. Contains 'Ritual' by Arthur Machen. Cloth very lightly dust-soiled and marked, corners a bit soft; a very good, clean copy..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1943. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black. 132 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with front panel artwork by Roland Hillier. One minute closed tear at bottom edge of front panel & another on the top..... More
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Side Real Press, 2016. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, original pictorial boards protected with a heavy see-through mylar dust jacket, the titles imprinted on the jacket in silver. [320] pp. decorated with a wrap-around design by Eli John. 325 pp. 300 numbered copies printed, of..... More
New-York: J. Winchester, New World Press, XXX Ann Street. No Date [1844]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo, rebound in full marbled paper boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover. 62 pp., printed in double columns, [2] pp ads at rear. Browning and foxing to text block, ink..... More
London: Greening & Co. Ltd, 20 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, W.C., 1904. First Edition. Octavo, original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine, lettered and ruled in gilt on front panel. 322 pp, pp (1-2) are ads. Light tanning to text block, some fading to cloth covers, mottled discolouration..... More