Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in red linson boards, spine and front panel titled in gilt and silver, black endpapers, head-and tail-bands, red satin bookmark. Dust jacket Illustration by Stephen J. Clark. 258 pp. The first Tartarus printing, limited to 350 copies. Slight..... More
Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2010. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 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
Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2012. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 52 pp. Bibliography at rear. Issued as Number Sixteen of the Gothic Chapbooks. A near fine copy. ¶ Collects three essays on Aickman by Philip Challinor, Rebekah Memel Brown, and Isaac Land. More
Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine. 76 pp. Bibliography at rear. Issued as Number Seven of the Gothic Chapbooks. A few small marks to covers, a near fine copy. ¶ An overview of Aickman's Life and Works. More
London: The Modern Publishing Company, 6 Farrington Avenue, No Date (mid-1930's). First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, original dark blue paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in black. Unpaginated (circa 250 pp). Issued without proper endpapers, the paste-down leaves are advertisements, as is the first leaf and the verso of the..... More
2000. First Edition. Card. Printed card sent to friends of the artist, circa 2000. One sheet folded to make an 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 inch card, image printed on rear. Inscribed inside in the hand of the artist with a large sigil, 3 lines of automatic writing and "Benedictions - Alogos"..... More
London: The Modern Publishing Company, 6 Farrington Avenue, No Date [mid-1930's]. First Edition. Small octavo, original slate-grey paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in black. Unpaginated (circa 250 pp). Issued without proper endpapers, the paste-down leaves are advertisements, as is the first leaf and the verso of the title page..... More
London: Troy Books, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Full Leather. The "Special" Edition. Small octavo, bound in bound in dark and beautifully grained green recycled leather fibres, with gold foil blocking to the front and spine, green end papers, with green and black head and tail bands with sewn binding..... More
London: Troy Books, 2014. Third Edition. Full Leather. Octavo, original red cloth titled and decorated in silver, black endpapers. 224 pp., Illustrated throughout with photographs, and illustrations by the author. This copy has been specially SIGNED by the author on the half-title leaf. A fine copy, without dust jacket (as..... More
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. 2,100 copies printed. 304 pp., frontispiece, chapter vignettes, and seven full-page black & white plates by Fabian (included in the pagination), plus colour dust wrapper artwork by Hannes..... 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
No place: Sabax Publishing, 2017. First Edition, Special Edition. Octavo, original black cloth with hand-mounted toadskin onlays, gilt titles on spine. One of 13 special copies so bound and issued by the author to his friends, this copy inscribed "To Yuri, Boon & Bane, (authors sigil / initials)". 161 pp..... More
London: Troy Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. The Special Edition; bound in a red cloth, with bronze foil blocking to the front and spine, black endpapers, black head and tail bands; limited to just 300 hand-numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy Number 100. Printed in full-colour throughout..... More
New York: Hippocampus Press, 2004-2006. First Editions. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, silver titles on spines. Five Volumes, all First Printings. 440 + 248 +357 + 300 + 382 pp, Indexes at rear of each volume, Chronology and Indexes to all 5 volumes at rear of Vol 5. Lower corners..... More
[No Place]: Privately Printed. [No Date]. Octavo, printed wrappers, stapled at spine. 12 pp (plus printed covers). Printed letterpress. Issued in an edition of "several dozen copies" (see note below). Of several noted variants, this copy measures 22.2 x 14.6 cm, and is printed on off-white (almost yellowish) laid paper..... More
[No Place]: Privately Printed. [No Date]. Octavo, printed wrappers, stapled at spine. 12 pp (plus printed covers). Printed letterpress. Issued in an edition of "several dozen copies" (see note below). Of several noted variants, this copy measures 24 x 16 cm, and is printed on white laid paper, fore-edges untrimmed..... More
[No Place]: Privately Printed. [No Date]. Octavo, printed wrappers, stapled at spine. 12 pp (plus printed covers). Printed letterpress. Issued in an edition of "several dozen copies" (see note below). Of several noted variants, this copy measures 24.5 x 14.5 cm, and is printed on white laid paper, fore-edges trimmed..... More
London: Museum Press Limited. No Date [1948]. First British Edition. Original black cloth titled in silver and with a skull design in yellow on spine panel. Light tanning to text block as usual with this book, but a fine copy, clean and fresh, in the original colour pictorial dust wrapper..... More
Olympia, WA: Pegana Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, hand-bound by the publisher in full pearl gray cloth covers, printed paper title label on spine and small pictorial label on front cover, black endpapers. Hand set & hand printed by letterpress printed on opalescent white Zerkall..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. 1950. Hardcover. Fourth printing of this edition, issued in September, 1950 (with the code WP9-50) on copyright page. The first printing was issued in April 1945. Octavo, original black boards titled in violet. This edition - unlike the three earlier impressions -..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Litd. 1951. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine panel. 160 pp. Small Australian Booksellers' ticket on front paste-down; light foxing to page edges, a near fine copy in a nice clean dust jacket, faint light foxing and browing to..... More
New York: Hippocampus Press, 2010. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Large crown octavo, original black cloth, silver titles on spines. Two Volumes, both First Printings. 1148 pp (consecutively paginated), Notes, Indexes. The hardcover first printings of these volumes were all done in very small print runs. Spine heads of both..... More
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
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1902]. Arnheim Edition. Ten Volumes. Three-quarter calf over marled paper boards, the spines with five raised bands and decorated with an elaborate art-nouveau rose motif in gilt within the compartments, gilt titles. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Each volume bears the..... More
California: Selle-Brennt Publications, 2004-2006. First Printings. The first three issues of this important journal of CAS Studies (there were 5 issues in total). Octavo, glossy pictorial wrappers. The first two issues are 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches, the third issue is larger, 8-1/2 x 11 inches. 40 + 40 + 54..... More