London: Hamish Hamilton / London Limited Editions, 1992. First Edition, Deluxe Issue. Octavo, original marbled boards with tan cloth spine, gilt titles and rules. [400] pp., Illustrated. One of 150 numbered copies Signed by the Author and Specially Bound, this being copy No. 94. A fine, unread copy in the..... More
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in blue on spine panel. 581 pp. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, dated 16/8/97. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ 'Titan' depicts a...... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House. 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth, ruled in blind and titled in gilt. 208 pp. Author's Presentation Copy,with a typed note affixed to the front free endpaper stating "Mr. J.A. Richards: -- Please accept this book as a souvenir..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. First American Edition. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 456 pp. This copy is Inscribed on the title leaf from Richard Lancelyn Green to John Ruyle: "For John Ruyle, whose own work is both known and collected! With Best Wishes..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni. [1926]. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Black cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers by Keith Henderson. 445 pp.,frontispiece & 5 additional full-page illustrations printed on text paper but not included in the pagination, as well as some smaller vignette..... More
London: Collins, 1999. Reprint. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 188 pp., ads at rear. Cover artwork by David Wyatt. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Spine just slightly tanned; a very good clean copy. ¶ Heroic fantasy novel. Four children are transported into the 'imaginary' land..... More
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest. 1990. First Edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 243 pp. One of 425 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton & Sonju. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Zeising, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original cloth in dust jacket. 292 pp. One of 500 hand-numbered copies signed by Garton, dust jacket artist Bob Egleton, and frontispiece & endpaper artist Arnie Fenner. A fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase, as issued. More
Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1985. First Edition, Deluxe Issue. Quarter Leather. Royal octavo, Quarter black morocco, grey cloth boards. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. No. 47 of 110 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Joan Hassall. pp lxiii, 161, [7] plates,numerous reproductions of Hassall's wood-engravings throughout with an additional..... More
Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press. [1975]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth, 373 pp., Illustrated, Index. Signed by the Editor Blakey on the title leaf, inscribed by Dr Helmcken's grandson Ainslee J. Helmcken on the half-title leaf "All members of the Helmcken family are very pleased..... More
Tucson: Press of the Gigantic Hound. 1990. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original rust-brown cloth titled in black on spine panel. 88 pp. 1,000 copies issued, this copy signed by the author [Hieb] on the limitation leaf. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The first..... 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
New York: Warner Books / A Time Warner Company, [2001]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [pocketbook format]. 287 pp. This copy is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A fine copy in the original wrappers. Very scarce in such lovely condition. ¶ The author's..... More
[Don Mills, Ontario]: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. [1994]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paperback format]. 214 pp. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. The author's first book. This book was issued in two states: paperbound, in pictorial wrappers (as here) and..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1979]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paperback format). 454 pp., Index at rear. Inscribed by the author on the half-title leaf incorporating the printed title in the inscription: "For Stuart Hodgson, - A Warrior Who Made These [Warriors of..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, cloth & boards. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in dust wrapper. More
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, one leaf folded to make four pages 155 x 100 mm, first leaf embossed with a small dragon in red in, dated January 27, 1883. A short (104 word) handwritten note: "My dear Lily, I am very sorry that I can give you no information as to..... More
Carbonnek [New York]: Privately Printed for the Society of Pantagruelists [Boni & Liveright]. 1923. Large crown octavo, original blue boards with vellum paper spine lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, blue endpapers, all edges untrimmed. [332] pp, a few line-drawings in the text. Issued in an edition..... More
One page, typed, Signed in Full "J. Masefield". On the author's letterhead addressed "Pinbury, Cirencester". A short Note, to a Mr. Kernahan: "Dear Mr. Kernahan, Many thanks for your letter. I am sorry to be unable to help, ut it is not possible for me to examine into the case..... More
Guelph, Ontario: Red Kite Press, [1988]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red pebbled cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, black endpapers. 104 pp. 1250 copies printed of which 250 were casebound in cloth, 30 copies of which were signed and numbered by the author. This..... More
Tacoma, Washington: The Folly Press. 1975. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wraps. Octavo, original wrappers (a chapbook). 250 numbered copies printed. This copy with a personal signed inscription by the author on the first leaf. 20 pp. A fine copy. More
Knotting, Bedfordshire: The Sceptre Press. 1975. First Edition, First Impression. Original Wraps. Octavo, original printed wrappers, stapled at spine. Unpaginated [8 pp]. Issued in a limited edition of 150 copies printed by Skelton's Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, the first 50 copies of which were numbered and signed. Although unnumbered this copy..... More
TYPED LETTER SIGNED, 1 leaf, 112 words, dated March 8th, 1921 on the author's notepaper embossed with his return address "85, Cadogan Gardens, S.W." in black ink, signed in full "Alfred Noyes". To E.H. Visiak. "Dear Visiak, The two books have just reached me here and I have been reading..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Olympia Galleries, Ltd., 1976. First Edition. Octavo, square glossy printed wrappers. 24 pp, black & white photographs throughout by Cintra Lofting Murray and Robert Murray - of Georgian Bay, mostly, and Murray's float plane with Murray and Onley working together, plus photos of Onley's & Murray's artwork. Four..... More
Eugene, Oregon: Axolotl Press / Puplhouse Publishing. 1991. First Edition (& 1st printing). Paperback. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 900 copies printed of which this is one of 525 perfectbound paper copies signed by Robinson. A fine copy. More