"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Strange Tales & Mysteries
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1956. Adventure novel set in post-war North Africa. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.255. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial jacket by John Rose. Some overall dustiness and toning; accepatable wear. A very good copy. More
The Shepherd.
London: Hutchinson, 1975. [Short Christmas Story] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.54 [2]. With seven illustrations by Foss, including a frontispice. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt and red titles to spine. With the..... More
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Thru [Through] the Dragon Glass.
Jamaica, NY: The ARRA Printers for the Frank A. Munsey Company, 1917. [Fantasy Short Story] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Sexto-Decimo pamphlet (17 x 13cm), pp.24. Publisher's orange card covers, stapled twice. Light damp stain to lower corner of text. Covers toned, marked and chipped to edges. A rare survival of an..... More
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 782 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and two title pages, all by Portia Rosenburg. Publisher's black cloth with blind titles to spine. All edges..... More
The People of the Mist.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. [Strange Tale] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with p.vi misnumbered as 'ii', p.1 line 21; 'auctoineers' for 'auctioneers'. Advertisements dated 9/94. Octavo (19x 14cm), pp.viii; 343; [1]; 24 of advertisements. Sixteen full page illustrations by Arthur Layard, including a frontispiece. Publisher's slate cloth over bevelled..... More
Peter Ibbetson. With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady ***** ("Madge Plunket").
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. [Strange Tale] FINELY BOUND, a uniform edition. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[8] 381 [7]. With frequent engraved illustrations by the author. Contemporary green full calf by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE of London, with raised bands, gilt titles to burgundy labels and further gilt..... More
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The Works of H. R. Haggard. [Consisting of] Pearl-maiden, Cleopatra, Allan Quartermain, Marie, Nada the Lily, Margaret, Elissa, Black Heart and White Heart, Child of Storm, The Spirit of Bambatse, She, Morning Star, Eric Brighteyes, Montezuma's Daughter, Lysbeth, The People of the Mist, The Wanderer's Necklace, Heart of the World, Jess, Swallow, [and] King Solomon's Mines.
New York, NY: McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie, no date [circa 1900]. 20 volumes; octavo. With frontispiece illustrations. Bound in recent dark green half morocco with matching cloth sides, gilt titles on black squares and gilit tooling on red squares to spine. Top edges gilt. Neat ownership inscriptions, to the title..... More
Under the Deodars. The Phantom 'Rickshaw. Wee Willie Winkie. And Other Stories.
Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co., [and] London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Ltd., no date [1888]. [Fiction] THREE TITLES IN ONE VOLUME. English issues of the Indian edition; Under the Deodars is the second edition, The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Wee Willie Winkie both being first editions. Octavo..... More
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [and] Autobiography of a Thief. The Magnet Series, No. 13.
New York, NY: Hurst & Company, July 1892. [Strange Tales] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[2] 67 [3]; 211-243 [7]. Publisher's paper covers, stapled twice, priced at 25c. Heavily browned throughout. Rear cover lost. Heavy rubbing to spine, with some chips, tears, and large losses to front cover. Rubbing..... More
The Brass Bottle. Daily Mail Sixpenny Novels No. 84.
London: The Amalgamated Press, with Smith, Elder and Co., for the Daily Mail, no date [circa 1915]. [Strange Tales] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.144. With a frontispiece, decorated title page, and two further illustrated plates by Brock. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers. Quite heavily browned throughout. Final leaf of..... More
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. [and Fables].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1916]. [Classic Literature] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.144. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers. Heavily rubbed, worn and browned. Black ink ownership and addition to front cover, with matching ownership to title page, dated June 1916. A rare survival of an ephemeral item..... 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
A Biography of Dracula: The Life Story of Bram Stoker.
London: Published for the Fireside Press by W. Foulsham & Co., 1962. [Literary Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.200. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates, and a frontispiece portrait of the subject. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Island Nights' Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices.
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
A L'Hopital Marie Madeleine.
Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1924. [Surrealist Novella] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.107 [5]. Number 709 of just 750 copies of the first edition. Publisher's plain soft covers with the brown paper wrap-around jacket titled in red and black to spine and front cover. Also with the glassine..... More
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. vol. 4713.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1926. [Science-Fiction Short Stories] COPYRIGHT EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.267 [37]. Publisher's plain paper covers; edges untrimmed Blue ink ownership to front cover, and some light toning and rubbing to spine. First gathering coming loose. Unusually well-preserved. Near fine. A collection of short stories which take..... More
The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Moral Entertainment. Adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.94 [2]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the plain typographic dust-jacket. Light handling to price-clipped jacket. Near fine. More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. [Fantasy tales] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 306 [2]. With 20 engraved plates by Millar, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green half calf by BUMPUS with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and green cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled..... More
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The Uncanny [LOBBY CARDS].
Los Angeles, CA: The Rank Organisation, 1977. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'The Uncanny' directed by Denis Heroux, and starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. Colour lithographic images on light stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to lower margin..... More
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The Oblong Box [LOBBY CARDS].
Los Angeles, CA: American International Pictures, 1969. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'The Oblong Box' directed by Gordon Hessler, and starring Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Black and white lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits..... More
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Guardian Angel [and] The Secret People [in] The Fantastic Mysteries.
Kokomo, IN: All-Fiction Field, April 1950. [Fantasy / Science Fiction Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.123 [7]. With occasional engraved illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 25c. Moderately browned throughout. Heavy chipping to covers, with a large tear to front cover, recently repaired with archival tape. Covers..... More
Weird. Vol. 2 No. 2.
New York, NY: Eerie Publications, April 1967. [Strange Tales Comic] ORIGINAL COMIC (28 x 21cm), pp.52. Several black and white comic strips, with the colour illustrated covers priced at 35c, and stapled twice. Slightly toned, as expected, with minimal handling. Near fine. A selection of supernatural thrillers in comic book..... More
Benita. An African Romance.
London: Cassell & Company, 1906. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 344 [16]. Catalogue date 8.06. With 16 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Browne. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and patterned endpapers. Black ink ownership to half-title. Heavy spotting to edges..... More
Ayesha. The Return of She.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1911. [Fantasy Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.384. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Greiffenhagen, including a frontispiece. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles and blind decoration to spine and upper. Some spotting to endpapers and preliminaries; toning..... More
The Ghost Kings.
London: Cassell and Company, 1908. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 376 [8]. With eight black and white illustrated plates by A.C. Michael, including a frontispiece. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device to upper. Illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Heavy..... More