Strange Tales & Mysteries
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Strange Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [5], blank. Publisher's plum-coloured cloth with titles in gilt to spine, in suitable macabre wrapper. Some edge spotting, fugitive pigment of cloth with inevitable sunning to extremities, gilt dulled, jacket with a couple of small chips... More about The Hound of Death. And Other Stories
The Pale Horse.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1961. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Some light spotting else fine, in a crisp, near fine dust-wrapper. A masterful 'strange tale' in which 'The Pale Horse' is the... More about The Pale Horse
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S.O.S. [in] Christmas Pie Magazine.
London: Odhams Press, 1939. [Short Stories]. EARLY MAGAZINE APPEARANCE. A4 magazine (29 x 22cm), pp.104. Illustrated throughout in photogravure, with illustrations for the Christie story by Colin Orme. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled to spine. Light browning to edges. Staples oxidising; some rubbing to edges and spine. Very good. An... More about S.O.S. [in] Christmas Pie Magazine
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 782; [8]. Publisher's white cloth, titles in shiny black to spine, white dust jacket with black lettering (also produced in black with white lettering ), designed by William Webb. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and... More about Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. [Fairy tales] SIGNED SPECIAL BOXED 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. Signed by the author to the half title page. Publisher's promotional flier loosely inserted. Fine. More about The Ladies of Grace Adieu
The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. [Fairy tales] SPECIAL BOXED 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; a trade... More about The Ladies of Grace Adieu
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 about The Man From The Clouds
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 about The Struggle for Empire. A Story of the Year 2236
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 about After Dark
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 binding. More about The Works of Wilkie Collins. Including The Woman in White, The Moonstone, After Dark, The Evil...
The Night Side of Nature. Or: Ghosts and Ghost Seers.
London: G. Routledge 1852. Third edition with new introduction (The first edition was 1848). 8vo. 2 volumes bound as 1. Contemporary brown half calf over brown cloth boards with burgundy title label and gilt decoration to spine. Some rubbing and scuffing to extremities, a little shelfwear, structurally sound and handsome... More about The Night Side of Nature. Or: Ghosts and Ghost Seers
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 about Two Fables
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 about Waste lands
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 about The Island of Lost Women
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 about Vol. CXV, No. 3, November 20 1937. 'Death Rides the Wires', and other stories
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 about Vol. IX, No. 5, May 1954. 'Mad Morgan's Murder Sanctum'
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 about Vol. III, No. 10, August 1955. 'A Slight Case of Murder'
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 about Vol. III, No. 6, April 1955. 'Home Sweet Homicide'
Vol. II, No. 9, July 1954. 'Homicide Gal from Hollywood'.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., 1954. DETECTIVE TALES. THE SUSPENSE MAGAZINE. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated detective fiction magazine, with contributions from Dale Clark, Gil Brewer, William R. Cox, and more. Spotlessly clean, with paper covers in glorious, vivid colour. Appears as new. This... More about Vol. II, No. 9, July 1954. 'Homicide Gal from Hollywood'
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 about The Ghost and Mrs Muir
The Storm of London.
Boston; Herbert B. Turner. 1905. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's decorated grey cloth titled in black to spine and front board and embellished with dramatic scenes of London being lashed by tempest. Minor edgewear and rubbing, very good indeed. A handsome copy. Internally clean and fresh. Top edge a trifle dusty... More about The Storm of London
The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition in book form. Octavo. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with decorative black and gilt titles to front board and spine, panelling in black to rear board; yellow endpapers. Binding is rubbed, worn at corners and spine ends, boards slightly rubbed. Somewhat foxed. Unfinished... More about The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Golden Fluid.
London, Ward Lock and Co. 1935. FIRST EDITION, later state. Octavo. In the secondary binding of mid-green cloth, lettered in black, in original jacket repriced at 5/- and with publisher's book number overprinted to spine. The striking dust-wrapper depicts a burning city, a flask (presumably of said fluid, apparently the... More about The Golden Fluid
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 about Tales From Many Sources
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 about The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E....