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Magazines & Periodicals
![Three of Them [and] Jeeves and the Chump Cyril [and] The Film that was Never Shown [and] The...](/pictures/thumb/57769.jpg?v=1601136904)
Three of Them [and] Jeeves and the Chump Cyril [and] The Film that was Never Shown [and] The Magic Plus Fours [and] Billy Bones [and] The Forbidden Subject [and] First Aid for Dora [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 55, 56, 64, and 66; numbers 328, 331, 332, 366, 384 and 392.
London: George Newnes, April, July, August, and December 1918, December 1922, and August 1923. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.44; 265-344; 45-52; pp.20; 76; 21-32; pp.16; 77-152; 17-34; pp.64; 361-484; 65-82; pp.84; 487-628; 85-118; pp.48; 105-212; 49-64. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's..... More
![A Scandal in Bohemia [and] The Passing of Conan Doyle [and] Best Seller [and] Big Money [and] My...](/pictures/thumb/58999.jpg?v=1612201523)
A Scandal in Bohemia [and] The Passing of Conan Doyle [and] Best Seller [and] Big Money [and] My Gentle Readers [and] The Parish Magazine [and] The End of Devil Hawker [and] The Last Resource [and] Clemenceau - the Man and the Tiger [and] The Truth about the Ex-Kaiser [and] The Creaking Door [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 80.
London: George Newnes, July to December 1930. [Literary Magazine] THE PASSING OF CONAN DOYLE. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.viii; 700. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges lightly tinted blue. A...... More
![The Adventure of the Abbey Grange [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, Number 14. Arthur Conan...](/pictures/thumb/58972.jpg?v=1612286882)
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, Number 14.
New York, NY: P.F. Collier & Son, For January 1905. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Large magazine (38 x 27cm), pp.32. With frequent in-text illustrations by various artists, including some by Frederic Dorr Steele to the Doyle story. Publisher's dichromatic paper covers, featuring a Holmes illustration, also by Steele. Sewn, and..... More
![The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, Number 9. Arthur...](/pictures/thumb/58971.jpg?v=1612286882)
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, Number 9.
New York, NY: P.F. Collier & Son, For December 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Large magazine (38 x 27cm), pp.32. With frequent in-text illustrations by various artists, including some by Frederic Dorr Steele to the Doyle story. Publisher's dichromatic paper covers, featuring a Holmes illustration, also by Steele. Sewn, and..... More
![The Contest: A Story of the Emperor Nero [in] Pearson's Magazine. Number 30. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir](/pictures/thumb/58791.jpg?v=1612460404)
The Contest: A Story of the Emperor Nero [in] Pearson's Magazine. Number 30.
London: C. Arthur Pearson, March 1911. [Literary Magazine] FIRST UK APPEARANCE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xxxvi; 233-340 [10]. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 6d. Toning and spotting to edges. Covers quite heavily worn and chipped, with heavy rubbing to joints..... More
![The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, number 5. Arthur Conan...](/pictures/thumb/58970.jpg?v=1612286882)
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez [in] Collier's Weekly. Volume XXXIV, number 5.
New York, NY: P.F. Collier & Son, For November 1904. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Large magazine (38 x 27cm), pp.32. With frequent in-text illustrations by various artists, including some by Frederic Dorr Steele to the Doyle story. Publisher's dichromatic paper covers, featuring a Holmes illustration, also by Steele. Sewn, and..... More
![The Disappearance of Lady Carfax [in] The American Magazine. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir](/pictures/thumb/58328.jpg?v=1609174447)
The Disappearance of Lady Carfax [in] The American Magazine.
New York, NY: The Phillips Publishing Company, December 1911. [Sherlock Holmes] TRUE FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo magazine (26 x 18cm), pp.[36] 129-256 [37-100]. With illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, priced at 15c. All edges untrimmed. Toning to first and final leaves. A large portion of a rear..... More
The Boy's Own Paper. Special Christmas Number.
London: R.K. Burt and Co., December 1888. [Children's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.[4] 64 [5-14]. Generously illustrated throughout with in-text wood engravings, and a frontispiece. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at 6d. Lightly thumbed, but generally quite clean internally. Covers heavily worn, with numerous..... More
![Introduction to Ritual Magic [in] New Dimensions. Volume 1, Number 6. Dion FORTUNE](/pictures/thumb/59817.jpg?v=1622737880)
Introduction to Ritual Magic [in] New Dimensions. Volume 1, Number 6.
Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, February / March 1964. [Occult Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.50 [14]. With occasional illustrations and tables. Publisher's colour-illustrated card covers, stapled twice, and priced at 50c / 3/6. Moderate wear and creasing to covers. Very good. Part of a serialised publication of..... More
![The Happy Husband: A Thrilling Story of Love and Passion. [in] The Strand Magazine. Issue Nos....](/pictures/thumb/58699.jpg?v=1611596103)
The Happy Husband: A Thrilling Story of Love and Passion. [in] The Strand Magazine. Issue Nos. 342 and 343. Volumes 57 and 58.
London: George Newnes, Ltd., June and July 1919. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Two octavo magazines (27 x 19cm), pp.[50] 457-546 [51-66]; pp.[48] 100 [49-64]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's red and blue paper covers, stapled twice, and a special summer number with colour-illustrated covers. Presented in a black fleece-lined clamshell..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 16, no. 11.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1969. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.298. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with three staples to the spine, priced at $1. Fairly light general handling, with some scraps of cloth glued to rear cover, as well as a few patches..... More
![Smith and the Pharaohs [and] The Fall of Lord Barrymore [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 44 and...](/pictures/thumb/59419.jpg?v=1622737876)
Smith and the Pharaohs [and] The Fall of Lord Barrymore [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 44 and 45, numbers 264 to 266.
London: George Newnes, December 1912 to February 1913. [Literary Magazine] First appearances. Three magazine issues in their original light blue paper covers, including colour illustration to the Christmas number. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[168] 601-800 [169-188]; pp.[76] 120 [77-92]; pp.[76] 121-240 [77-92]. With frequent black and white illustrations, and some..... More
![An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin]. Alan Lloyd HODGKIN, Sir](/pictures/thumb/59237.jpg?v=1615311662)
[An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin].
1907-1988. [Physiology and Biophysics] ORIGINAL FELLOWSHIP DISSERTATION, NOTEBOOK, OFF-PRINT COLLECTION, AND INSCRIBED BOOKS. A remarkable collection of books and papers associated with the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, including the original typescript of the dissertation which won him a research Fellowship at Trinity College in 1936 and a year's study at the..... More
Nasty Tales. No. 5.
London: Meep Comix Group, no date [circa 1973]. [Adult Comic] ORIGINAL COMIC (28 x 21cm), pp.52. Several black and white comic strips, with the colour illustrated covers priced at 20p, and stapled twice. Light toned, as expected, and very light handling to covers. Near fine. A collection of satirical counterculture..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 21, no. 12.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, December 1974. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.338. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with three staples to the spine, priced at $1.75. Light wear to covers, with additional rubbing and bumping to spine. Very good. Including an interview with Robert Redford;..... More
![Punchard's Agency [and] Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest [and] The British Campaign in France [and]...](/pictures/thumb/57768.jpg?v=1599499083)
Punchard's Agency [and] Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest [and] The British Campaign in France [and] Uneasy Money [and] The Man-Trap [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 53, numbers 315, 316 and 317
London: George Newnes, March to May 1917. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.50; 209-312; 51-58; pp.50; 313-416; 51-58; pp.40; 417-512; 41-48. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's blue paper covers, titled in red and navy, and priced at 7d. Presented in a navy..... More
![Nacelle [and] The Vintage Motor Cycle. The magazines of the Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club and...](/pictures/thumb/57923.jpg?v=1601570345)
Nacelle [and] The Vintage Motor Cycle. The magazines of the Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club and The Vintage Motor Cycle Club.
Benfleet: The Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club, [and] Deerfield, IL: Dalton Watson Fine Books, 1986-1994. [Motorcycle Club Magazines] ORIGINAL MAGAZINES. Octavo (22 x 14cm), 61 monthly magazines, including 56 issues of Nacelle, and five issues of The Vintage Motor Cycle. Each with black and white advertisements and occasional illustrations. Each in..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 18, no. 11.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1971. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.286. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $1. Light wear to covers, with a small chip to head of spine, and a little oxidation to staples. Very..... More
Million — New Left Writing. First Collection.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1943]. [Socialist Literary Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.64. With two double-sided illustrated plates, one side being printed in colour. Publisher's paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 2s. The lightest of handling. A fine, almost as-new copy. A selection of Socialist..... More
![The Murder at the Villa Rose [and] The Magic City [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 38, 39 and...](/pictures/thumb/58578.jpg?v=1611596103)
The Murder at the Villa Rose [and] The Magic City [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 38, 39 and 40; numbers 228 to 239.
London: George Newnes, December 1909 to November 1910. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Twelve octavo magazines (28 x 19 x 18cm), pp.[126] 647-848; [127-166]; pp.[74] 128; [75-90]; pp.[80] 129-256; [81-96]; pp.[82] 257-384; [83-110] pp.[82] 385-512 [83-106]; pp.[82] 513-640 [83-106]; pp.[82] 641-768; [83-102]; pp.[70] 128; [71-86]; pp.[56] 129-256; [57-72]; pp.[70] 257-364; [71-86];..... More
![The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The...](/pictures/thumb/57801.jpg?v=1599843607)
The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
The Best from Playboy Number Five.
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971. [Anthology] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.196. Illustrated in colour throughout, with central folding plate. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at $2.50. Some rubbing to covers, with spotting to preliminaries, and occasionally throughout. Very good. Another round-up of notable articles published in Playboy..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 13, no. 2.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, February 1966. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at 75c. Some rubbing and creasing to covers. Very good. Including an interview with film director Frederico Fellini, a feature on..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 23, no. 9.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, September 1976. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.214. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $1.50. Light wear to covers. Near fine. Including an interview with David Bowie, articles on Watergate and the photography of..... More
Gandalf's Garden Magazine. Issue One.
London: Citadelle Press, May 1968. [Esoteric Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, the first issue with no text printed on the egg. A4 magazine (32 x 22cm), pp.32. Printed on various alternating pastel-coloured leaves, with occasional illustrations. Publisher's white, slightly glossy, paper covers, stapled twice. Covers detached. Well-thumbed, but essentially clean and intact..... More