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Strange Tales & Mysteries
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. [including Tales of Mystery and Imagination].
London: Published by J. Shiells and Co., 1895. [Strange Tales]. FINELY BOUND. Eight volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm). With 24 fine photogravure plates. Contemporary dark red half calf with two maroon title labels, gilt raised bands and gilt to spines. Marbled boards and end papers; top edges gilt, others untrimmed..... More
The Bells.
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1881. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Square octavo, 24 thick leaves. An unusual presentation in publisher's linen backed grey paper covered boards with silver, gilt and brown pictorial upper; all edges gilt. Upper inner joint starting. Black and white illustrations and text printed on recto side only. Boards a...... More
The Scarlet City. Being the adventures of John Franklyn and his friend Anthony Fuller: In and out and round about the Wicked World in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.
London, Sands and Company. 1899. First Edition.8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth decorated and titled in red and white. Cloth slightly darkened and a trifle rubbed to extremities but showing remarkably well, an attractive solid book. More
V.
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott. 1963. First edition, 8vo. 492 pp. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, centre ornament, gilt border to covers, marbled endpapers, top edge tinted blue, publisher's original cloth bound in at rear.A fine copy in an attractive recent leather..... More
Atavar. The Dream Dancer. A Craig Kennedy Novel.
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1924. First Edition; 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth, rubbed, with red titles to spine and upper. Edges yellowed with very light spotting. A tight copy of this adventure of Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature [1972]. More
Dr. Zell and the Princess Charlotte.
New York, NY: L. Kabis and Co., 1892. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Publisher's decorated pale blue cloth, titled and decorated in dark blue, titled in gilt to the spine, floral-patterned endpapers. Internally clean with two ink stamps to front 'Lowell Theosophical Society' and Masonic book distributor's stamp to title..... More
Tales of the Peculiar. By Millard Nullings.
London: Penguin Books, 2016. [Short Strange Tales] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[20] 160 [12]. With frequent engraved illustrations by Davidson. SIGNED by the author in black ink to bookplate on half-title. Publisher's green cloth with white titles and gilt illustration stamped to spine and upper. Facsimile..... More
Daughter of Fu Manchu.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1931. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 316. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles and decoration to front and spine, fore edge untrimmed, black endpapers. In suitably sinister pictorial dustjacket designed by George Annand. With inscription by Sax Rohmer to the half title page. Slight..... 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
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
She Who Sleeps.
London: Cassell and Company, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt, with the colour illustrated dust-jacket. Clean fresh and bright with slight bumping to spine ends. Spotting to page edges, tiny nick to cloth at head of spine. Internally clean, very occasional light spotting. In bright, clean..... More
The Yellow Claw.
Lippincott's Magazine. 1915. First appearance in print, bound from the parts. 8vo. Attractively bound in recent half green morocco leather with gilt titles to spine, black title label. Green cloth boards and plain endpapers. Near fine. Bound from the parts extracted from the 1915 issues of Lippincott's Magazine predating the..... More
The Phantom Death.
London, Chatto and Windus. 1895. First Edition. 8vo. 275pp + 32pp ads dated Dec. 1894. Publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to spine and front board. Edges untrimmed. Slight darkening to spine otherwise only minor edgewear. A very handsome copy. Patterned endpapers, internally clean. Neat pencil..... More
The House of Fear.
London; T. Fisher Unwin. 1927. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth titled and ruled in black to spine and front board. Minor edgewear, sharp and clean, spots of sunning to spine panel, a very handsome copy indeed. A scarce title in first edition. More
Honeymoon in Peril, A Novel.
London: John Hamilton, Ltd., 1934. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo, pp. 294. Bound in blue publisher's cloth in illustrated dustwrapper, no price clipping, neat ownership inscription to pastedown. Cloth boards in very good condition, text block internally clean excepting some spotting to endpapers, some slight shelf wear. Overall a very good..... More
The Lost Viol.
London, Ward Lock. 1908. Strange tale.First edition. 8vo. 316pp + 16pp ads. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt and decorated in green to spine and front board. Light bumping to spine ends otherwise a clean and handsome copy. The helpful addition of a Book Lover's Library label to the front..... More
Prince Zaleski.
Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1895. First US edition. Small octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.207 [21]. Publisher's brick red cloth, titled and decorated in black and gilt to spine and front board. Minor rubbing and edgewear, a very good copy indeed. Bright and sharp. Internally clean with ownership of Charles Brightman to..... More
Duplicate Keys.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. PROOF COPY from Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley. Octavo, pp.305. Bound in soft red card covers with title, author's name, dimensions, and publishing details to front. Repeated logo of Jonathan Cape publishers, and 'uncorrected proof' repeated in a band across front and rear of book. Covers..... More
Genius Loci and Other Tales.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1948. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 228; [1], Limitation; [1], blank. publisher's advertisements. Publisher's black cloth, simply titled in gilt to the spine, dust-wrapper designed by Frank Wakefield priced at $3.00/. A fine copy in near fine jacket. 3000 copies printed..... More
The Life and Prophecies of Mother Shipton. Extraordinary Revelations by this Wonderful Woman.
Birmingham: J Davidson, c.1880. Pamphlet. Octavo. Second Enlarged Edition. In green paper covers, with titles to front cover. Paper cover shows some wear, particularly at the hinge, with slight bleed through from contemporary purple stamp at rear. Text shows some foxing, primarily to edges. Introduction mistakenly credits Agatha Shipton as..... 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
The Lady of the Shroud.
London: Rider, n.d. [1920]. [Strange tale] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Faded to spine, light wear to edges. Page block toned as ever with such Rider productions. A most respectable vintage reprint edition of a scarce book. More
The Lair of The White Worm.
London: W. Foulsham and Co., no date [circa 1930s]. [Strange tale] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188; [4] blank. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in yellow, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 4/6. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1946, cloth a touch sunned. Jacket a little nicked and soiled but shows extremely well. A clean..... More
Cold Marble and other ghost stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985. [Children's ghost stories] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.101; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Pentagram with printed price of £5.95 net. With the publisher's review slip loosely inserted. Textblock marginally toned. Fine. More
Vol. 1, Issue 11, October 1955. 'The Devil is Jones'.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., 1955. STREET AND SMITH'S DETECTIVE MONTHLY. Magazine format, stapled. A truly exceptional copy of this illustrated crime fiction magazine, with contributions from Kenneth Robeson, Scott O'Hara, John Farrell, and John Scott Douglas. Spotlessly clean, with paper covers in glorious, vivid colour. This gripping..... More