Strange Tales & Mysteries
The Sleepless.
London: Heinemann, 1993. [Horror] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[4]; 474; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Button Design Co., with printed price of £15.99. Textblock lightly toned with some very slight spotting to edges. Wrapper lightly handled. Near fine. More about The Sleepless
The Rainbow in the Valley. A Martian Fantasy.
Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1939. FIRST EDITION with rare jacket. Octavo, pp.viii; 258; [2]. In publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With original light blue dust-jacket, largely faded to cream, with black titles to spine and front cover. Jacket faded to cream; remains of green price label to... More about The Rainbow in the Valley. A Martian Fantasy
An Adventure.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1935. Bound in green cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper shows panelling in red and titles in black to front cover, titles in black to spine, and review of Second Sight In Daily Life to rear cover. Includes several fold out maps to rear. Binding... More about An Adventure
Confessions of a Young Man.
London: William Heinemann, 1929. Octavo, pp.301. Elegantly bound in half brown morocco, extra gilt, with marbled boards, top edge gilt. Trivial wear with some toning to flyleaves. Very good indeed. Issued as part of The Traveller's Library. 'Confessions' is a literary memoir by the Irish author, decsribing his formative years... More about Confessions of a Young Man
The Tales Of The Genii; or, the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript, and Compared with the French and Spanish Editions Published at Paris and Madrid.
Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson [etc.], 1765. [Strange Tales]. EARLY EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.xxxii; 254; [2]; 288. In contemporary full mottled calf with gilt titles to red label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Large horizontal tear to p.13/14 of volume I. Some... More about The Tales Of The Genii; or, the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. Faithfully...
Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. Being the Second Series of Martin Hewitt Investigator.
London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, Limited., 1895. COLONIAL EDITION. Octavo pp. 322, [6 ads.] Original brick red cloth titled in black to upper and spine. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and plates by D. Murray Smith. Cloth rubbed, particularly to spine. Spotting to edges and occasional faint foxing to... More about Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. Being the Second Series of Martin Hewitt Investigator
The War of the Worlds
UK; United International Pictures 2005. Movie teaser print /mini poster for the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, starring Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins. Poster is landscape format, with title and globe image, promotional version showing release date july 1 [2005]. Overall dimensions approx. 11 x 16 inches, portrait. Fine condition, archivally... More about The War of the Worlds
The Unseen World. Communications with it, Real or Imaginary. Including Apparitions, warnings, haunted places, prophecies, aerial visions etc.
London: Joseph Masters. 1853. Second edition, with additions. Small 8vo. Publisher's embossed red cloth title in gilt to spine. Expertly rebacked. Minor scuffing and edgewear, clean and bright, very good. Yellow endpapers. Ink addition to preface page details the date of publication of the first edition. An interesting little book... More about The Unseen World. Communications with it, Real or Imaginary. Including Apparitions, warnings,...
Aladore.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1914. LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.[2] xiv, 363 [1]. With 15 collotype illustrated plates, from drawings by Lady Hylton. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to verso of front free end-paper. No. 103 of 150 copies printed on hand-made paper and bound in vellum, with black titles... More about Aladore
Thoth: A Romance.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1888. RARE EARLY EDITION. Small Octavo, pp.[2] 207 [3]. Rebound in contemporary green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges flecked red; green endpapers. Lacking the adverts, the date of this copy's issue cannot be precisely established. Some light wear and a few small marks; very... More about Thoth: A Romance
The Sorcery Club.
London, William Rider and Son. 1923. FIRST CHEAP EDITION. Octavo, pp. vii; 342. Publisher's mid blue cloth titled and decorated in light blue to spine and front board. A very good copy, light edgewear, slight bumping to spine ends. Internally clean, some light spotting to prelims. A cautionary tale of... More about The Sorcery Club
The Green Curve. And other stories.
London, William Blackwood. 1909. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's light brown cloth titled in black and decorated to front board with a green...well a curve, obviously.Bright and clean with minor spotting to page edges. Marginal dampmark to pages 150-170 caused by a drop of something splashed by a nervous reader. A...... More about The Green Curve. And other stories
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In Strange Company [featuring] Mysterious Mr. Sabin; Pharos the Phoenician; The Scallywag; In Strange Company.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, c.1900. FOUR 'SIXPENNY NOVELS' BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER. Large octavo pp. 127; 156; 150; 80. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper, in a decorative blindstamped border, and spine, with black endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Light rubbing to edges... More about In Strange Company [featuring] Mysterious Mr. Sabin; Pharos the Phoenician; The Scallywag; In...
Sometime, Never. 3 Tales of imagination.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1956. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.244. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, striking dust-wrapper designed by Stein with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Slight offsetting to endpapers and dustiness to top edge. Dust-jacket very slightly edgeworn, small scuff to spine... More about Sometime, Never. 3 Tales of imagination
Border Ghost Stories.
London: Erskine MacDonald, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. pp.303. Bound in publisher's dark red cloth, blind ruling to boards, gilt titles to spine; top edge stained maroon; endpapers show scene of a reaver overlooking the Scottish borders, with some lines from The Lyke Wake Dirge. Binding is a little bumped and... More about Border Ghost Stories
Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
London: Folio Society, 1957. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 302. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, silver lamp design to upper, top edge red, illustrated dust-jacket. Issued without slip-case. With occasional illustrations by Ayrton. Internally fine, dust-jacket shows very well, a little... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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 about The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Tales; Poems; Criticisms
The Gold Bug.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894. [Strange Tales] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, first thus. Very small octavo in half-sheets (13 x 8cm), pp.[8]; 123; [5]. With fine occasional engraved illustrations by Mittis, including a frontispiece and decorated title page. In very fine contemporary speckled calf with raised bands, gilt titles... More about The Gold Bug
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Edition.
New York, NY: The Lamb Publishing Company, no date [circa 1902]. [Strange Tales] FINELY BOUND SET. 10 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15 x 35cm). With eight half-tone plates to each volume, including a frontispiece, as well as numerous vignette illustrations. An out-of-series copy from a limited edition of 1000 copies... More about Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Edition
The Works of E.A. Poe (including Tales of Mystery and Imagination).
New York: The Chesterfield Society / Bigelow Smith and Company 1909. EDITION DE LUXE, printed for subscribers, limited to 1000 numbered sets (this being out-of-series). Crown octavo; 10 volumes complete. A beautiful edition, illustrated with fine photogravures and black and white plates, title-page printed in gilt and colours. Elegantly hand-bound... More about The Works of E.A. Poe (including Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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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 about The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. [including Tales of Mystery and Imagination
A Valentine, and The Bells. Contained in Sartain's Magazine, volume V.
Philadelphia, July-December 1849. A Periodical. FIRST APPEARANCE of these poems. 8vo.; pp. 389 + 3. Contemporary binding of burgundy morocco, gilt, raised bands, elaborate gilt and blank tooled borders to boards. Small chip to head of spine, corners worn, inner hinges split, foxing. Good. With music scores, engraved illustrations both... More about A Valentine, and The Bells. Contained in Sartain's Magazine, volume V
Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
New York, NY: Brentano's, n.d. [c.1923]. Early Edition, printed in the US (the first US issue utilised the British sheets). Quarto, pp. 412. With 32 plates, of which 8 are coloured. Publisher's black cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, pictorial title pasted down to upper; top edge tinted black... More about Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke
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 about The Bells
The Carpet People.
London: Doubleday, 2005. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.250 [6]. No. 79 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With original green pictorial dust-jacket designed by David Wyatt, presented in a matching slip-case... More about The Carpet People