"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
Strange Tales & Mysteries
The Haunting of Toby Jugg.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1948]. [Occult Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.292. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Light toning to edges; a small bookseller's label removed from front pastedown. Gilt heavily faded and a little rubbed..... More
A Discovery of Witches.
London: Headline, 2011. [Neo-Gothic Novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF, of the first UK edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 594 [6]. Publisher's red soft covers, titled in black. Rubbing and bumping, with some creases to rear cover. Creases also to spine. Label or bookplate removed from inside of front cover, ownership stamp..... More
A Dweller on Two Planets, or, The Dividing of the Way.
Los Angeles, CA: Poseid Publishing Company, 1920. [Strange Tales and Esoterica] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 423 [1]. With eight black and white half-tone plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with white titles to spine and upper. Illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Browning to edges and endpapers;..... More
Trent's Own Case.
London: Constable and Co., 1936. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue. Toronto bookseller's stamp to flyleaf. Erasure of heavy pencil inscription also to flyleaf. Gently toned throughout. Only very minor rubbing to cloth;..... 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
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
London: Raven Books, 2018. [Fantasy Murder Mystery] SIGNED COPY, first edition, third impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 507 [13]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by David Mann, priced at..... More
Ghost Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Strange Tales] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.288 [20]. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with brown titles to spine and upper. Printed ownership to flyleaf. Spine lightly toned. Very good. More
A Wizard of Earthsea.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1971. [Fantasy] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. With a map. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Smee, priced at £1.25. Green endpapers. Edges spotted. Jacket split along spine with associated tape repairs. Two further such..... More
Dead Man's Bay.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Mystery Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the green and black dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Light offsetting to endpapers and some browning to edges. Jacket toned and chipped to..... More
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Prose Pieces.
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[4] 168. Recently rebound in tan paper-covered boards with the original publisher's printed paper binding laid on. Internally fine, some toning to edges. Original spine very heavily worn; original covers also heavily worn to..... More
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Prose Pieces.
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[4] 168. Publisher's tan paper covered boards with titles in dark brown, rebacked with remains of the original spine laid over. W.H. Smith blind stamp and recent bookseller's ticket to flyleaf. Light spotting to..... More
The Castle of the Carpathians.
New York, NY: The Merriam Co., no date [1894]. [Strange Tales] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.iv; 211 [1]. With 38 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by various artists. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and black and white illustrations stamped to spine and upper. Bookplate of Francis..... More
The Twilight of the Gods.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1927. [Fantasy Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the Week-End Library Edition. Small octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xvi; 328 [8]. With Lawrence's introduction from the illustrated edition of 1924. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge maroon. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate..... More
The Lost Witch.
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 325 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to publisher's bookplate affixed to flyleaf. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine, and light green endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate McKendrick, priced..... More
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The Apple Tree [The Birds].
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. Edges lightly spotted, jacket a touch worn at crown and slightly toned to spine. Near fine. A short novel and several long stories..... More
Trent's Own Case.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 324 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. With a facsimile dust-jacket provided by Facsimile Dust Jackets L.L.C. Some offsetting to endpapers. The usual..... More
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
Shutter Island.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2003. [Psychological horror] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x, 325 [1]. Publisher's red quarter cloth over black paper-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, priced at $25.95. Very lightly sunned to spine. Light..... More
The Familiars.
London: Zaffre, 2019. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 420 [4]. With a map illustrated by Sally Taylor. SIGNED by the author (a rather minimal monogram) in black marker to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. All edges aquamarine..... More
A Feast For Crows. Book Four of A Song of Ice and Fire.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. [Fantasy Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 753 [21]. With maps to preliminaries, an appendix, and a preview of 'A Dance with Dragons' at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Larry Rostant, priced..... 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 Horror From The Hills.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1963. [Strange Tales] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6] 110 [4]. One of just 2000 copies. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Taylor, priced at $3.00. Jacket spine toned, with some light..... 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 Strange Story Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. [Strange stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 312. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt to spine and upper, top edge gilt. Frontispiece of Andrew Lang, twelve plates in colour, eighteen black and white plates. Toning to endpapers, spotting to edges. Cloth a...... More
Trent's Own Case.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 324 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Hawkins, priced at $2.00. The usual wood-grain pattern browning to preliminaries..... More