Cambridge: The Oleander Press, 2009. Paperback. [viii], 131pp, [ii]. Unread copy, pages fresh like new. Gray was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, which provides the settings for these supernatural stories, which were first published by Heffer in 1919. c.22x14cms, in the original pictorial grey card covers, clean and square like..... More
Oxford University Press, 1986. First Oxford edition. Paperback. viii, 619pp, [ii]. A mighty paperback edition of the book first published in German as Hotel Shanghai in 1939: this is the first edition to include Lethbridge's Introduction. Pages clean and unmarked, though tanned. Large format, c.19.5x12.5cms. The pictorial covers have been..... More
Dublin: M.H.Gill and Son, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. [iii]-xiv, 722. Fiction, set in the late 18th century, preceded by an historical Introduction to set the scene. Contents clean and firm, with faint toning to edges. No half-title, new endpapers, top edge tinted. c.19x12cms, recently rebacked, with the original firm but..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. [iv], 266pp. Pages clean and unmarked, with tanning from the edges. 'For style without affectation, ruthlessness without the usual mindlessness, Lyall is likely to be your man.' (The Observer). In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, firm and bright..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First English edition. Hardcover. [iv], 3-104. Pages and endpapers clean and unmarked. Closed top edge slightly toned and foxed. 19x12.5cms, in the original binding of grey-green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Clean, corners good, slightly sunned to the top edge and where the lower panel of..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1926]. Reprint. Hardcover. 320pp. Contents very clean and unmarked, toning to pages and closed edges. In the original red binding, decorated in blind, spine titled in black, very fresh, bright, and square: top edge of spine sunned. In the protected yellow pictorial jacket, bright and..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1918]. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated [58pp]: 25 openings with a humorous verse to the left and its illustration recto; the prelims consist of illustrated openings for the half title, title, Index, and Introduction. The tone of the humour is somewhat mocking of the "Girls'..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, n.d. [c.1910?]. New and cheaper edition. Hardcover. (iii)-vi, [ii], 262pp, with colour frontis and 8 plates in black and white. Contents very fresh and unmarked, with some tanning to the endpapers: 2 or 3 pages have one or two small and isolated foxing spots. In the..... More
London: Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books, 2011. First English edition (complete number line). Hardcover. xiii, 306pp. Unread copy. First published as La Peur in 1930, the novel graphically describes the terrible experiences of soldiers during the first world war. It was regarded as seditious, and was unavailable for..... More
New York: Spiral Press, for the Limited Editions Club, 1957. First thus. #792 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. xv, [ii], 333, [i] limitation page. Printing spacious, pages fresh and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to pastedown. Large format, 25x16.2cms, in the original two-tone cloth binding - buff spine, blue-green boards: upper board..... More
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London: Jarrold & Sons, n.d. [1914]. [Presumed only printing of this edition.]. Hardcover. A very handsome set, looks 100 years younger than it actually is. Greenough's 1914 Introduction is followed by Maria Clemm's Preface to the 1849 edition; then there are James Russell Lowell's notice of Poe's Life and Works..... More
London: Everyman, J.M.Dent & Sons. 1919. Reprints. Hardcover. xiv, 240, xiv, 237, xiv, 230pp, each with 50 full-page illustrations. Printed on firm paper, and apparently unread, all three books are internally in very fresh and firm unmarked condition. Top edges tinted blue. In the blue cloth of the 'For Young..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 414. Early ownership name to pastedown. New front free endpaper. Title page tanned, and some wear to edges of prelim pages. Text pages have some soiling and minor stains, with upper corners knocked, and slightly cockled. Firm, in the original binding of..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1898. First English edition. Hardcover. xv, [i], 336pp, + the 64 plates (incl. frontis). Contents clean and bright, with the original bright decorative endpapers. Perhaps twenty-five pages have a little spotting, and there's more intrusive foxing to about twenty others, including the title and..... More
London: Constable, 1932. 'Popular Edition'. Hardcover. [ii], 310, [2] adverts. Contents clean, with a few foxing spots up to p.24, and some heavier foxing to the last 4 pages. 1934 ownership name to front pastedown, and early price in red to endpaper. Crime fiction, first published in 1930. In the..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. [x], 260pp. Contents fresh and unmarked. Closed edges appear slightly toned. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in silver, clean, firm and bright, corners sharp. The protected unclipped pictorial jacket is crisp and bright, slightly faded to the spine, has a...... More
Hassocks: John Spiers, The Harvester Press, 1978. First UK edition of this translation. Hardcover. xxvii, [i], 356pp. Contents clean and unmarked, with map endpapers. Laid in are reviews by Anthony Burgess and Clarence Brown welcoming this translation, and comparing the novel to Joyce's Ulysses, while the puff on the jacket..... More
[Leiston]: completelynovel.com / self published, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 293pp. Paperback in as new condition, with faint crease to edge of front cover. 21.5x13.7cms, in glossy pictorial covers. Tanner has experience of the East, and this book appears well-researched. Scarce title. More
London: Hutchinson, n.d. [1944]. First edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Very clean fresh copy, with a neat 1944 gift inscription to the front free endpaper. In the original binding of black cloth titled in gilt, clean and bright, corners sharp: 2mm rubbed at foot of spine. In the protected unclipped dust jacket..... More
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London: D.C. Thomson & Co., 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970. Comic. 32pp each, 12 x 8.5 ins. Collection carefully looked after, kept flat, and clean inside, but with some browning or foxing to front covers. Very little fraying and few bent corners. Puzzles not done. One story coloured in neatly to..... More
Leicester, UK: Thorpe and Porter, n.d. [1950?]. Presumed first and only UK edition. Softcover. 80pp. Seven stories, each with beginning with a monochrome illustration. Contents fresh and clean, paper slightly toned. No ads in text. 1"closed tear to top margin of two pages. 25x17cms, stapled, in colour pictorial cover. This..... More
Leicester, UK: Thorpe and Porter, n.d. [1947?]. Presumed first and only UK edition. Softcover. 80pp. Five stories, each with beginning with a monochrome illustration. Contents very fresh and clean, with adverts for UK companies. 24x16.5cms, stapled, in colour pictorial cover. This is fresh and bright and uncreased, although a bit..... More
London: Gollancz, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. [iv], 284pp. Contents clean and unmarked. Front fly bears the 1952 ownership name of Mary Colquhoun in an assured hand. Closed fore-edge has a dark patch which doesnt impinge on the margins at all. In the original red cloth-textured binding, clean and bright, spine..... More
London: The Modern Publishing Company, n.d. [1930s]. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 254pp, with endpaper and prelim advertisements. Pages clean, and age-tanned. In the original binding of red cloth-textured boards, bright and firm, slight fade to spine, head of spine slightly puckered, ad on back and spine title in black. Very..... More
London: F.V. White, 1897. Fourteenth Edition. Hardcover. [iv], 330, +[10] adverts; text interspersed with many illustrations. Text bright, with tanning or foxing to the first and last few pages of the book, and to the closed edges. 19x13cms, in the original binding of green pictorial cloth printed in red and..... More
