Strange Tales & Mysteries
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] DOUBLE-Signed First Edition Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 782; [8]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in shiny black to spine, black dust jacket with white lettering, designed by William Webb, all edges black. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and two title pages, all by..... More
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 782 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and two title pages, all by Portia Rosenburg. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine. With the..... More
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 782 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and two title pages, all by Portia Rosenburg. Publisher's black cloth with blind titles to spine. All edges..... More
The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. [Fairy tales] SPECIAL BOXED EDITION, First Edition. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 235; [11]. Grey quarter cloth over debossed pink paper covered boards, black endpapers, grey cloth slipcase blocked in black. A fine copy in original stickered shrinkwrap. This is the first printing of the boxed edition;..... More
The Man From The Clouds.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First US Edition. Crown Octavo. pp. 292. In publisher's blue cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. From the library of Otto Penzler, owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York. Very minor edgewear, a light bump to head..... More
The Struggle for Empire. A Story of the Year 2236.
London: Eliot Stock, 1900. [Science fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 213; [3]. Publisher's green cloth, titles in gilt to spine and upper board, dark blue coated endpapers. Very small closed tears to the fore edge of a few pages, sporadic light spotting and the occasional mark to..... More
After Dark.
London: The Gresham Publishing Co., n.d. [c.1900]. [Classic Literature]. FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 355 [1]. With six wood engraved plates by Browne, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, along with distinctive white and green decoration. Grey endpapers. Black ink..... More
The Works of Wilkie Collins. Including The Woman in White, The Moonstone, After Dark, The Evil Genius, The Dead Secret, etc.
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, n.d. (circa 1900). Complete in 30 volumes. Octavo. With frontispiece illustrations and many other full-page plates. Handsomely bound in brown half calf, gilt titles and decoration to spines, matching buckram boards, all edge speckled. Internally clean. A most attractive set in an elegant recent leather..... More
Two Fables.
London: Viking, 1986. FIRST EDITION, slim octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.64. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in striking red and black dust jacket designed by Bet Ayer. Somewhat bleak illustrations by Graham Dean, including one disturbing colour print as a frontispiece. Minor edgewear; near fine. Two adult..... More
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. [Ghostly tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.235; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Craig Dodd. Light spotting and toning to edges, cloth lightly handled. Wrapper lightly creased to edges, faint mark to upper panel. Near fine. A collection of..... More
Waste lands.
London: Ward Lock and Co. 1935. Mystery novel. FIRST EDITION, later state. Octavo. In the secondary binding of green cloth, lettered in black, in original jacket repriced to 5/- and with publisher's book number overprinted to spine. The striking dust-wrapper depicts 'reaching' hands, with a leather glove motif to the..... More
Doctor Who: The Good Doctor.
London: BBC Books / Penguin Random House, Ebury Publishing, 2018. [Children's Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[6] 230 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half title. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards with Forbidden Planet 'Signed' sticker to upper board, and barcode sticker to lower..... More
The Island of Lost Women.
New York, Sears Publishing Co. Inc., 1930. 8vo. First Edition. Publisher's deep yellow cloth, titles in dark green to spine and front board. In green/white pictorial dustjacket with advertisements to back area and rear folded flap. Slight bumping to spine and lower corners with minimal fading to lower front board..... More
Vol. CXV, No. 3, November 20 1937. 'Death Rides the Wires', and other stories.
New York: The Red Star News Company, 1937. DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated detective fiction magazine, with contributions from Sapper (a Bulldog Drummond short story), John K. Butler, Roger Torrey, and many others. A remarkable survival of this 1930s magazine. Paper covers..... More
Vol. IX, No. 5, May 1954. 'Mad Morgan's Murder Sanctum'.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., 1954. STREET AND SMITH'S DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated detective fiction magazine, with contributions from William R. Cox, Day Keene, Don James, and others. Spotlessly clean, with paper covers in glorious, vivid colour. Small chip..... More
Vol. III, No. 10, August 1955. 'A Slight Case of Murder'.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., 1955. DETECTIVE TALES. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated detective fiction magazine, with contributions from William Vance, Arthur J. Burks, Joe Graham, and more. Spotlessly clean, with paper covers in glorious, vivid colour. Appears as new. This gripping collection of..... More
Vol. III, No. 6, April 1955. 'Home Sweet Homicide'.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., 1955. DETECTIVE TALES. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated detective fiction magazine, with contributions from William Campbell Gault, Charles Beckman Jr., Margaret Manners, Frank Gruber, and others. Spotlessly clean, with paper covers in glorious, vivid colour. Appears as new..... More
The Ghost and Mrs Muir.
London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1947. [Ghostly fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x13cm), pp.173; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in silver to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Jack Matthew, priced at 7'6 net. Textblock nice and clean, toned to edges. Neat ownership inscription to flyleaf. Cloth pushed to..... More
Behind the Crimson Blind. Another Adventure of Sir Henry Merrivale.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Crime Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 283 [1]. With a bookplate detailing provenance to flyleaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles now oxidised to a light green colour. Cream endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stein, priced at 10/6..... More
The Shrine of Death.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1886. [Macabre] LIMITED EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.160. With illustrated majuscules, vignettes and headpieces. Number 75 of just 150 copies in this edition, printed by Unwin Bros., Ludgate Hill. Expertly bound in a suitable sombre full black oasis morocco in the..... More
Tales From Many Sources.
New York, Dodd Mead and Co. 1885. First edition, 4 volumes. 8vo. All bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth. Titled and decorated in gilt to spines and front boards. All volumes clean and sharp with light wear to spine ends, pale spot to lower edge front board volume III..... More
Danger! And Other Stories.
London: John Murray, 1918 [1931]. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, secondary binding. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.x; 246. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, pale blue-green dust-jacket priced at 6s. Neat ownership and date stamps to flyleaf. A lovely fine copy in fresh jacket, with reduced..... More
The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily Gazette".
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1912]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. (vii) + 319. With photographic portrait frontispiece of members of the expedition, plates and map (complete). Bound in the publisher's pictorial mid-blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt illustration of Challenger to upper, titled and bordered in white..... More
The Maracot Deep and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, pp.307. Publisher's black decorative cloth printed in yellow in the original colourful pictorial dust jacket. A little dusty to top edge but essentially a fine copy of the book. The jacket is faded and browned to..... More
The Parasite.
London: Constable, 1894. [Supernatural Fiction]. FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Small octavo (16 x 9cm), pp.125. Ribbed blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, gilt dragon design to upper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Minor toning to edges, cloth a little worn at extremities, bookplate 'Christopher Clark Geest', pencil..... More