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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Tales; Poems; Criticisms.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1874. [Complete works] FIRST THUS, in a variant cloth. Four volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 17cm), pp.[4]; c; 513; [1]; pp.vi; 569; [1]; pp.viii; 517; [3]; pp.[2]; viii; 574; [2]. With a frontispiece engraving to each volume, and occasional in-text vignettes. Publisher's green, rather... More
The Island of Fu Manchu.
London: Cassell, 1941. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.282. Publisher's black cloth blocked in red to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Ban priced at 8s. Neat gift inscription to flyleaf, edges uniformly toned, jacket clean and bright with a couple of small nicks. A near fine copy. More
Emperor Fu Manchu.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in white to spine, striking pictorial dust-wrapper clipped and re-priced by the publisher at 6/6. A near fine copy of the book (slightly bumped), in an attractive wrapper with... More
In a Glass Darkly.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1884. [Strange tales] FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 471; [1], advertisements. Contemporary red half morocco over combed marbled sides, gilt titles and rules to spine, speckled edges. Owner name and date (1886) to flyleaf, toned to same, some acceptable wear to binding... More
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. [Classic Strange Tale] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[8]; 141; [1], blank. In contemporary full limp leather with gilt titles and rules to spine, covers bordered in blind, plain blue endpapers, edges speckled red. Ownership Harry Hargreave Fawcett (two discreet stamps), trivial handling... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co., 1891. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii, 313 [35]. With 80 wood engraved illustrations by George Roux, including a frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine and upper board. All edges gilt; foliate endpapers... More
The Stolen Bacillus. And Other Incidents.
London: Methuen, 1895. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. [x]; 275; [1], imprint; [32], catalogue, dated November 1896. In publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper board, edges untrimmed. Internally very clean, adverts mainly uncut although final four pages have been roughly opened. Cloth generally bright... More
The War in the Air. and Particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (198 x 130mm) pp.viii; 389; [2], advertisements. With 16 monochrome illustrations by A. C. Michael. Publisher's original gilt-decoated blue cloth. A little toning to flyleaves, discreet crack to rear inside paper joint, cloth lightly worn. A clean, bright example... More
The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo, pp.[viii]; 246; [2], adverts, with page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2, rubric lettered title-page. Publisher's pictorial red cloth. Contents toned as usual, inner joints started, owner name to flyleaf (dated Oct 13, 1897). Cloth is rubbed and dusty but... More
The Chase of the Golden Meteor.
London: Grant Richards. 1909. [Science fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; 292. Illustrated with twenty-four full page plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in colour and gilt to the spine and upper. Prize plate from the Oldham P. S. A. Society to pastedown. Some occasional spotting to... More
The Will of an Eccentric.
London: Sampson, Low and Co. 1900. First English deluxe edition. Profusely illustrated, and with one fold out chart/gameboard for tracking one's progress across the United States. Publisher's green cloth boards decorated and titled in gilt, black, orange and white with a suitably Verneian (a word that in this context means... More
Fiends, Ghosts and Sprites. Inclusing an account of the origin and nature of belief in the supernatural.
London: Richard Bentley. 1854. FIRST PARLOUR BOOK CASE EDITION. Octavo, pp. 276. Bound in publisher's embossed green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, top edge and fore-edge deckled. Minor sunning to extremities, with some light bumping and faint shelfwear, endcaps pushed, cloth is slightly parted at top spine... More
The Discovery of The Dead.
London: A.C. Fifield, 1910. First edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt and white to spine and front board. Minor edgewear and scuffing to extremities. Strong, bright and sharp. A very handsome copy indeed. Internally clean, minor spotting to prelims. An extremely scarce... More
The Time Machine.
London: Heinemann, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in contemporary red cloth with leather title labels to spine. Darkened to spine, minor shelfwear, a clean robust copy. This is a bound copy of the card wrappered first edition, as evidenced by the presence of the original card wraps bound in at... More
The Chase of The Golden Plate.
London: Collier and Co., 1908. First edition. Octavo, pp.224. Near fine in publisher's ribbed bottle green clothtitled in gilt to the spine and front board. Decorated in blind to front board with two pictorial inlays. Light bumping to head and tail of spine otherwise fine. Internally clean A splendid copy... More
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