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MAY FAIR.; Being an Entertainment purporting to reveal to Gentlefolk the Real state of Affairs...

ARLEN, Michael

MAY FAIR.; Being an Entertainment purporting to reveal to Gentlefolk the Real state of Affairs existing in the very Heart of London during the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: together with Suitable reflections on the last follies, misadventures, and galanteries of These Charming People.

New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1925]. Signed Limited First Edition. Vellum over Boards. Octavo. The Special, Large-Paper Edition, in the original publisher's binding of orange paper-covered boards with vellum spine and corners, leather label on spine with titles in gilt, top edges gilt. Issued in a...... More

Price: $125.00

THESE CHARMING PEOPLE.; Being a Tapestry of the Fortunes, Follies, Adventures, Galantries and...

ARLEN, Michael

THESE CHARMING PEOPLE.; Being a Tapestry of the Fortunes, Follies, Adventures, Galantries and General Activities of Shelmerdene (that Lovely Lady), Lord Tarlyon, Mr. Michael Wagstaffe, Mr. Ralph Wyndham Trevor and Some Others of Their Friends of the Lighter Sort: Written Down by Mr. Ralph Wyndham Trevor and Arranged by Michael Arlen. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO WILL HAYS.

New York: George H. Doran Company. [1924]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Second impression, with ("B") on copyright page. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine & front panel. 302 pp. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY to Will Hays, chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America: "To Will..... More

Price: $150.00

THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS. With Illustrations by J.A. Shepherd. Walter DE LA MARE

DE LA MARE, Walter.

THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS. With Illustrations by J.A. Shepherd.

London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... More

Price: $250.00

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Illustrations by Phiz. Charles DICKENS

DICKENS, Charles.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Illustrations by Phiz.

London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1839. First Edition. Octavo, bound in mid-20th Century half brown calf over brown cloth boards, the spine with five raised bands titled gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers. 624 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, plus 38 additional full-page plates throughout the..... More

Price: $650.00

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In Three...

DICKENS, Charles.

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In Three Volumes.

London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1840-41. First Edition, First Impression. Half-Leather & Marbled Boards. First edition. Three volumes. Large octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands, contrasting green labels titled in gilt. 306 + 306 + 426 pp. Engraved frontispieces in each volume, plus..... More

Price: $350.00

AN EXPERIMENT WITH TIME. J. W. DUNNE

DUNNE, J.W.

AN EXPERIMENT WITH TIME.

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & ruled in gilt on spine panel. 208 pp. Minor browning to endpapers; a fine copy. In the original printed dust jacket which is heavily reinforced both front & back with old sellotape..... More

Price: $325.00

THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS.; With an Introduction by Sir Coleridge Kennard. Illustrations by Hugh...

FIRBANK, Ronald.

THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS.; With an Introduction by Sir Coleridge Kennard. Illustrations by Hugh Easton.

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

Price: $500.00

THE GHOSTLY TALES OF HENRY JAMES. Edited, With an Introduction, by Leon Edel. Henry JAMES

JAMES, Henry.

THE GHOSTLY TALES OF HENRY JAMES. Edited, With an Introduction, by Leon Edel.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original green cloth, spine panel blocked in brown and gold, gilt titles, top edges stained red. 765 pp. A few minor and tiny aterstrikes to cloth & top page edges, a very good, tight clean copy in the original..... More

Price: $75.00

ESSAYS IN PERSUASION. John Maynard KEYNES

KEYNES, John Maynard.

ESSAYS IN PERSUASION.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1931. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, spine panel titled in gilt. 376 pp. Ink name and bookstore stamp on front free endpaper; a bright, very good copy. More

Price: $75.00

THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Deluxe Leather Edition, Copy No. 8 of 30....

LE GUIN, Ursula K.

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

Price: $2,250.00

IN THE BEGINNING.; Illustrated by Alicia Austin. Fritz LEIBER

LEIBER, Fritz.

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

Price: $75.00

PEAKE'S ALICE. Mervyn Peake's Drawings: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking...

PEAKE, Mervyn [Illustrator]. CARROLL, Lewis.

PEAKE'S ALICE. Mervyn Peake's Drawings: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass.

Marlborough, UK: Libanus Press, 2001. First Edition Thus. Original cloth. Folio, original pale blue cloth boards with gilt titles to upper board and to spine. 180 copies printed, of which this is copy No 82 of 120 "standard" copies bound in cloth. Unpaginated. Four page colour supplement containing a description..... More

Price: $200.00

DEMON-LOVERS AND THEIR VICTIMS IN BRITISH FICTION. Toni REED

REED, Toni.

DEMON-LOVERS AND THEIR VICTIMS IN BRITISH FICTION.

Lexington, Kentucky: The University press of Kentucky. 1988. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine. 171 pp, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index. A fine copy in like dust jacket. ¶ The first historical and structural exploration of the demon-lover motif, with emphasis on major..... More

Price: $25.00

GAUDY NIGHT. Dorothy L. SAYERS

SAYERS, Dorothy L.

GAUDY NIGHT.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 483 pp. Rubbing to black cloth boards, spine ends and corners a bit rolled; upper fore-edge corners very slightly bumped. A very good, sound copy with no internal markings and..... More

Price: $250.00

CINNAMON SHOPS And Other Stories. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. Bruno SCHULZ

SCHULZ, Bruno.

CINNAMON SHOPS And Other Stories. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska.

London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1963. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Octavo, original black boards titled in red on spine panel. 159 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, small mark on verso of dust jacket at spine heel from old sellotape long removed with minor show-through at..... More

Price: $150.00

CITY. Clifford SIMAK

SIMAK, Clifford.

CITY.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954. First British Edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine panel. 248 pp. Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown [The Psychic News Book Shop, 140 High Holborn, London W.C.1]; a very good clean copyin a somewhat chipped & worn dust jacket. ¶ Aseries..... More

Price: $100.00

HAROLD'S LEAP. Illustrated by the Author. Stevie SMITH

SMITH, Stevie

HAROLD'S LEAP. Illustrated by the Author.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth, gilt titles to spine. 85 pp. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Previous owner's signature (Julian Mitchell, March 1965) in ink on front free endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a nice dust..... More

Price: $300.00

VIRGINIBUS PERISQUE And Other Papers. Robert Louis STEVENSON

STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

VIRGINIBUS PERISQUE And Other Papers.

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1, Paternoster Square, 1881. First Edition, First Impression, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth, lettering and ornaments in black and gold on spine, ornamental borders in black at top and bottom of front panel, double rules in black at top and bottom of..... More

Price: $325.00

ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE. Dylan THOMAS

THOMAS, Dylan.

ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE.

London: Putnams, 1955. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. 115 pp. Fine in dust jacket, light fading to spine panel, small chip at base of spine. More

Price: $75.00

SELECTED POEMS OF FRANCIS MEYNELL. With a Biographical Note by Wilfrid Meynell. Francis...

THOMPSON, Francis; MEYNELL, Wilfrid [Editor]

SELECTED POEMS OF FRANCIS MEYNELL. With a Biographical Note by Wilfrid Meynell.

London: Methuen & Co. / Burns and Oates. 1929. Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. "Fifth Thousand", i.e., First Edition, 5th printing (?). Originally issued in 1908, the year after Thompson's death from tuberculosis. Octavo, original green cloth titled and blocked in gilt on spine and upper cover. 142 pp, frontispiece portrait in..... More

Price: $125.00

THE ACREAGE OF THE HEART. Ruthven TODD

TODD, Ruthven.

THE ACREAGE OF THE HEART.

Glasgow: William MacLellan, [1944]. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original white paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, gilt titles. 32 pp. Boards slightly bowed as always, a near fine copy in like dust jacket, lightly dust soiled and with a few small internal tape mends. A very fragile book, the wrapper..... More

Price: $45.00

TYPED LETTER SIGNED. Ruthven TODD

TODD, Ruthven.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED.

1 page, 4to. Dated 5 November 1965, return address Pension Eolo, Galilea, Mallorca, Spain. Approx 225 words. To Mr. Whitton, about teaching creative writing: "Some of my pupils, notably Joe Langland and W.D. Snodgrass, have turned out to be good poets, but I am sure they wood have done so..... More

Price: $200.00

NARRATIVE OF THE MIRACULOUS CURE OF ANNE MUNNINGS: of Colchester, by Faith, Prayer, and Anointing...

VARIOUS AUTHORS [Charles Doe; Charles Clark; Thomas Bourman; Stephen Knight].

NARRATIVE OF THE MIRACULOUS CURE OF ANNE MUNNINGS: of Colchester, by Faith, Prayer, and Anointing with Oil, on New-Year's Day, 1705; Crafty Kate, of Colchester, or, The False-hearted Clothier Frighted into Good Manners, a rare and whimsical old Ballad; An extraordinary Love-Letter, Addressed to a Lady of Maldon, in 1644; and The Maldon Martyr's Prayer, 1555. A very limited number printed.

Totham [England]: Printed by Charles Clark at his Private Press. 1847. First Printing. Octavo; original green printed wrappers. 14 unnumbered leaves printed in black letter on rectos only, title page printed in red & black ; 22 cm. Minor creasing; a very good, sound copy in the original printed wrappers..... More

Price: $450.00

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 29, No 6 - June 1937 issue. No 6 - June 1937 issue WEIRD TALES...

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 29, No 6 - June 1937 issue.

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 29, No 6 - June 1937 issue.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Co., 1937. First Printing. First edition. Tall octavo, original printed wrappers. Cover artwork by Margaret Brundage, a gorgeous Brundage nude illustrating THE CARNAL GOD by John R. Speer and Carlisle Schnitzer. Minute chips at edges, small wormhole to fore-edge margin of pp 685-720 (does not approach..... More

Price: $175.00

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 31, No 1 - January 1938 issue. No 1 - January 1938 issue WEIRD TALES...

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 31, No 1 - January 1938 issue.

WEIRD TALES Magazine. Vol. 31, No 1 - January 1938 issue.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Co., 1938. First Printing. First edition. Tall octavo, original printed wrappers. Cover artwork by Margaret Brundage, a gorgeous Brundage nude illustrating THE WITCH'S MARK by Dorothy Quick. Pencil name on front cover, tiny hairline creases, Store stamp "Ted's Tobacco Shop, 1353 St. Clair Ave West, MELrose..... More

Price: $200.00

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