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BENSON EF.. E. F.
The man Who went too far.
Hermitage Books Harleston Norfolk 1992. A5 format wire-stitched as a single gathering into very pale green marbled card wrappers printed on front wrapper in black; final page advertisements; pp.iv23i; a.e. uncut; issued without end-papers. Fine copy. One of a total printing limited to only sixty numbered copies. The first separate appearance of a story printed in the ‘Pall Mall Magazine’ in June 1904 - a weird fantasy with underlying tones of homo-eroticism. The cover design includes a reproduction of the author’s bookplate designed by George Plank. Issued as number 5 of The Hermitage Booklets. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116411
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ANTHOLOGY.
A.D.
2500. The Observer Prize stories 1954. With an introduction by Angus Wilson. William Heinemann Ltd 1955. Double crown 16mo; blank before half-title; scarlet smooth cloth blocked with publisher’s device blind on back cover ruled and lettered gilt on spine. Very slight foxing of edges; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper. The twentyone prize-winning entries including stories by Brian Aldiss Robert Wells Arthur Sellings etc. and with a five page Introduction by Angus Wilson. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116332
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PHILLPOTTS Eden.
The apes.
Faber & Faber 1929. Final blank; orange cloth ruled blocked and lettered blind on front cover gilt on spine; t.e. black lower-edges rough-trimmed. Near-fine copy. Hinton p.151; Locke Spectrum p.175. Presentation copy inscribed on the front end-paper: ‘To/my dear Leslie./Eden Phillpotts/March/1930.’ All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116897
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LOVECRAFT Howard Phillips.
An epistle To the Rt. Honble.
Maurice Winter Moe Esq. Of Zythopolis in the Northwest Territory Of His Majesty’s American Dominion By L. Theobald Jun. An Epic Poem By Howard Phillips Lovecraft Annotated by R. Alain Everts. A MadCon Publication Of The Strange Company No Place 1987. Demy 4to; title leaf of yellow paper printed in black and scarlet and fourteen leaves of pale buff paper printed on rectos only loosely laid into buff paper wrappers printed on front wrapper in black; frontispiece leaf one plate one illustration and one facsimile in text. Fine copy. One of an issue of 150 numbered copies of a total edition of 200. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116788
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LYMINGTON John ie. John Newton Chance. i. e.
The giant Stumbles.
London Hodder & Stoughton 1960. Sm.cr.8vo; integral advertisement leaf at end verso blank; pp.158ii; bright green fine-beaded-linen-grain cloth lettered and ruled black on spine. Rubber stamp on front end-paper and front panel of dust-wrapper v. note; otherwise a mint copy in virtually mint dust-wrapper. The publisher’s File Copy so designated on the front end-paper; the stamp on the dust-wrapper assigns this copy to the Publicity Dept. A nuclear disaster novel. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116791
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SIMAK Clifford D..
The Visitors.
Science Fiction By Clifford D. Simak. Sidgwick & Jackson London 1981. Extra cr.8vo format perfect bound; biographical note leaf at end verso blank; pp.iv282ii; navy blue glazed linen-patterned boards lettered ruled and blocked with publisher’s monogram within ruled oval all silver on spine. Neat ink note recording the date of purchase as ‘FEB 81’ on front paste-down; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper. First English edition of a book published in America in 1980. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116967
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Runestaff: The History of the Runestaff Volume Four.
A Mayflower Paperback 1969. F’cap 8vo format perfect bound; leaf bearing dedication and list of Runestaff volumes follows title-page; final page bearing publisher’s advertisements; white glazed wrappers printed in colour cut flush; issued without end-papers. Wrappers a trifle worn; poor quality paper slightly embrowned at margins; otherwise a nice copy. Currey p.372. The first English edition and the first edition under this title. Published earlier in America as ‘The Secret of The Runestaff’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. paperback
Bookseller reference : MRT116836
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FLECKER James Elroy.
The king of Alsander.
London Max Goschen Ltd 20 Great Russell Street W.C 1914. Blank before half-title; pp.xii304; dark red fine dotted line ribbed linen grain cloth ruled blind blocked gilt lettered white on front cover lettered gilt on spine; lower-edges rough-trimmed. Three insignificant punctures to back board visible on end-papers; otherwise a very nice copy. First issue in red cloth with the Max Goschen imprint on the spine and without the tipped in slip announcing the transfer of the book to George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Later copies are in yellow cloth. A scarce title in any edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116603
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MACKENZIE Compton.
The lunatic Republic.
1959 Chatto & Windus London. Sm.double cr.16mo; pp.223i blank; dark blue cloth-textured boards blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Inscription on front end-paper; otherwise a fine copy in nicked dust-wrapper. Published on 8th January 1959 at 15s 0d. net. The present copy is of a first issue the inside flap of the dust-wrapper bearing the printed price ‘15s net’. Later copies had the price increased to ‘25/- / £1.25 net’ by a cancellation label. Thomas & Thomas A89; Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.148: an interplanetary satire. Neither Thomas & Thomas nor Locke note variants. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116801
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SINCLAIR Upton.
Roman holiday: A Novel by Upton Sinclair Author of “Mountain City†“Boston†“Oil†etc.
London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd. Cobham House :: Water Lane E.C.4 1931. Sm.cr.8vo; 8pp. integral advertisements at end; pp.248viii; navy blue rough buckram ruled and lettered gilt on spine. Virtually fine copy. Psychic fantasy - and in our experience a scarce title. This title not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116970
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Hollow lands: Volume Two of a Trilogy “The Dancers at the End of Timeâ€.
Harper & Row Publishers New York Evanston San Francisco London 1974. Double lge.post 16mo; blank before half-title three blanks followed by leaf bearing printer’s code numerals on verso at end; quarter pink cloth black boards lettered black and pink through outline black down spine; mulberry end-papers; fore-edges uncut. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page and with brief bibliographical note in his hand signed ‘Mike M.’ on half-title page. Currey p.370. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116844
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REDMOND HOWARD LG.. L. G.
Hindenburg’s March Into London: Being a Translation from the German Original.
Edited With a preface By L.G. Redmond-Howard Author of “Life of John Redmond†etc. John Long Limited 11 12 13 & 14 Norris Street Haymarket 1916. Advertisement leaf precedes half-title; half-title leaf a cancel tipped on to a stub; integral leaf commercial/publisher’s advertisements at end; mottled tangerine fine rough buckram ruled and lettered black on front cover and spine; lower-edges uncut. Very slight fading of spine; light foxing of early prelims. and last few leaves; otherwise a fine copy. Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.181 recording a worse copy. Future war novel. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116926
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DUNSANY Lord.
Rory and Bran.
William Heinemann Ltd London :: Toronto 1936. Pp.vi321i blank; dark green buckram blocked with publisher’s device blind on back cover blocked and lettered gilt on spine; light dull green end-papers. A little marginal embrowning of end-papers as virtually always with this volume but a virtually fine copy in slightly chipped and frayed dust-wrapper. Scarce thus. Currey p.172. Picaresque novel about a cattle drive to the great fair at Gurtnaroonagh. Has some fantasy content. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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MANNIN Ethel.
Lucifer and the Child.
Jarrolds Publishers London Limited Publishers since 1812 47 Princes Gate S.W.7 London: New York: Melbourne: Sydney N.D. 1945. Sm.double cr.16mo; blank before half-title blank at end serving as paste-down; pp.ii187iii; black slightly rough fine-weave cloth ruled blind on front cover blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Very slight dulling tp poor quality gilt; otherwise a virtually fine copy in slightly frayed pictorial dust-wrapper lightly embrowned on two edges of back panel and with two or three insignificant chips to top edges of front panel and spine maximum depth about 3/16th of an inch. A story involving witchcraft and the occult. Produced under the Book Production War Economy Standard with rather small type somewhat closely set it is a more substantial novel than it sounds! In this copy the following errata and typographical flaws have been noted state or issue significance if any not determined: p.25 l.32 ‘e’ broken at end of line; p.47 l.2 ‘rocket’ for ‘racket’; p.56 l.28 ‘catherine wheels’ for ‘cartwheels’; p.59 l.13 broken ‘n’ in ‘not’; p.77 l.24 comma lacking after ‘work’; p.99 ll.1 and 7 broken ‘e’ in served’ and ‘s’ in ‘always’; p.100 ll.6 second occurrence 12 16 and 19 ‘Gladdys’ for ‘Gladys’; p.103 l.42 broken ‘e’ in ‘when’; p.104 l.9 ‘f’ in ‘family’ broken; p.113 l.37 ‘life you’ printed very faint with ‘u’ lacking entirely and l.14 ‘mystery’ printed faint; p.117 l.24 enlarged comma after ‘ugly’; p.126 l.21 ‘Cabaliftic’ for ‘Cabalistic’ and l.42 ‘i’ of ‘in’ too heavy; p.131 l.44 ‘t’ and half of ‘h’ in ‘that’ lacking; p.149 l.22 ‘i’ in ‘painted’ broken; p.159 l.26 ‘s’ of ‘say’ faint; p.161 l.1 ‘damon’ for ‘dæmon’; p.170 l.19 ‘s’ of ‘summer’ lacking; p.175 l.16 wrong font ‘l’ in ‘infernal’ and ‘a’ of following ‘as’ lacking l.35 ‘everythinge’ for ‘everything’ and l.36 ‘th;’ for ‘the;’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116814
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BUTLER Samuel.
Erewhon Revisited Twenty years later Both by the Original Discoverer of The Country and by his Son.
Grant Richards 1901. Integral advertisement leaf at end; two line Errata slip tipped in before Preface; pp.xii338ii; light cerise buckram lettered gilt on spine and front cover; t.e.g. Slight mottling of covers; half-title slightly foxed; otherwise a nice copy. Hoppé 40. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116489
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HALDEMAN Joe.
Mindbridge.
Macdonald and Jane’s 1977. Perfect bound; light lake boards lettered gilt down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. First English edition v. Currey p.215. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116646
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Knight of the Swords.
Volume the First of The Books of Corum. Mayflower 1971. F’cap 8vo format perfect bound; final page bearing publisher’s advertisements; white wrappers printed in colour cut flush; issued without end-papers. Spine slightly creased and rubbed a little at extreme lower corner; neat ink note on inside back wrapper; otherwise a very nice copy. Currey p.370. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116840
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THORNE Guy ie. C. Ranger Gull. i. e.
The angel.
Ward Lock & Co Limited 1908. Half-tone frontispiece by M.S. Ball with tissue guard; pp.328; publisher’s 16pp. catalogue at end; vertically fine ribbed dark green cloth elaborately blocked blind blocked and lettered gilt on front cover ruled and blocked blind blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Some scattered foxing; otherwise a fine copy. Fantasy of the kind indicated by the title involving Thorne’s usual conflict between the spiritual and material. Locke ‘Spectrum’ p.212 records a similar later title but not this one. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117005
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Singing Citadel.
Four tales of heroic fantasy. A Mayflower Paperback 1970. 3pp. integral advertisements at end; glazed wrappers printed in full colour. Wrappers slightly worn at spine and with one corner creased; otherwise a near-fine copy. Currey p.372. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. paperback
Bookseller reference : MRT116838
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PHILLPOTTS Eden.
The apes.
Faber & Faber 1929. Final blank; orange cloth ruled blocked and lettered blind on front cover gilt on spine; t.e. black lower-edges rough-trimmed. Spine and edges lightly foxed; otherwise a fine copy in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Hinton p.151; Locke Spectrum p.175. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116898
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ANTHOLOGY.
At close of eve: An anthology of new curious stories Selected By Jeremy Scott.
With an introduction by Daniel George. Jarrold’s Publishers London Limited Founded in 1770 47 Princes Gate S.W.7 London New York Melbourne Sydney Cape Town N.D. 1947. Large extra cr.8vo; half-title not called for; leaf bearing advertisement on verso serving as paste-down precedes title-page; pp.224; light blue cloth textured boards lettered black on spine. Virtually fine copy in dust-wrapper. Though produced under wartime stringency conditions we suspect this copy without true front end-papers lettered in black and without the publisher’s imprint on the spine to represent a remainder issue. Includes stories by James Hanley G.W. Stonier Pamela Hansford Johnson Louis Marlow Stevie Smith James Laver Reginald Moore Dorothy K. Haynes Elizabeth Berridge John Heath-Stubbs Fred Urquhart Norah Lofts L.J. Daventry Inez Holden Frank Baker Julian Orde William Sansom etc. etc. all with the exception of the Norah Lofts story especially written for this collection. “Their common unity is a certain fantastic quality.†- Editorial note. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116338
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ANTHOLOGY.
Sometime never: Three tales of imagination by William Golding John Wyndham Mervyn Peake.
London 1956 Eyre & Spottiswoode. Sm.double cr.16mo; blank before half-title; pp.224; glazed moss-green fine-linen-grain boards lettered gilt on spine. Fine crisp copy in dust-wrapper minutely frayed at head of spine. A scarce title. Includes ‘Boy in Darkness’ by Peake a remarkable religious fantasy that is an adjunct to the Gormenghast trilogy - and at least as good as the first two volumes of that; ‘Envoy Extraordinary’ by Golding a short story later adapted as a play and retitled ‘The Brass Butterfly’ when it was published in 1958; and ‘Consider Her Ways’ by Wyndham which became the title-story of his 1961 collection. All three stories are here first published. The text of the Peake story differs from that appearing in both ‘The Inner Landscape’ 1969 and the separate edition 1976 both of which were printed from an inferior typescript. Berkeley and Winnington C103; Gekoski and Grogan B1a; Reginald 13447. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116368
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ANTHOLOGY.
Best Fantasy Stories.
Edited With an introduction By Brian W. Aldiss. Faber and Faber 1962. Lge.cr.8vo; pp.208; purple cloth blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Slight fading of edges; otherwise a fine copy. Stories by Brian W. Aldiss Ray Bradbury John Collier Angus Wilson Jack Finney etc. The story by Aldiss is here first collected; the six page Introduction by him is here first printed. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116340
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WILLIAMSON Jack.
The legion Of space.
Illustrated by A.J. Donnell. Fantasy Press Reading Pennsylvania 1947. Frontispiece and three plates; final blank; grey-green cloth ruled blocked and lettered gilt on spine; pink end-papers printed pictorially in black. Small faded patch and ink scribble on corner of front end-paper where old prices have been partially erased or crossed out; otherwise a very nice copy in frayed and lightly damp-stained dust-wrapper. Currey p.543. The author’s first independent book. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117083
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WATSON Sydney.
What the stars Held: Or the secret of the “sphinx.†London: William Nicholson & Sons Limited 12/12 Ivy Lane Paternoster Row E.C.4 N.D.
1920. Sm.cr.8vo; four integral advertisement leaves at end the first page blank; pp.216ivii; dark blue fine crushed morocco cloth lettered white on front cover lettered and with short rule white on spine. Lettering a little rubbed and flaking; date and the word ‘astrology’ written on the half-title in ink; short marginal tears affecting two leaves; otherwise a nice copy. Scarce. Astrological fiction. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. Printed by the publishers in Wakefield Yorkshire: an unusually late publication for this firm and as with all of the rare examples of books first published by them they were essentially a cheap reprints house printed on good quality paper that does not tend to brown. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117047
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ANTHOLOGY.
Out of this world 4.
An anthology of science fiction Chosen by Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen. Blackie: London and Glasgow 1964. Lge.cr.8vo; two blanks at end serving as paste-downs; pp.187v; red boards ruled and lettered on lettered up spine gilt; t.e. red. A fine copy in the dust-wrapper. Arthur C. Clarke Brian Aldiss J.G. Ballard etc. A scarcer volume in our experience than the earlier ones in the series. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116361
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STAPLEDON Olaf.
P.E.N.
books General Editor: Herman Ould. Old man in New world. London George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1944. Sm.cr.8vo gathered in half-sheets; blank before half-title serving as paste-down; pp.36; greenish-white boards printed in green on back cover in green and red on front cover and spine. A nice copy. Currey p.467; Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.205. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116983
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CLARKE Arthur C..
1984: spring.
A Choice of Futures. A Del Rey Book. Ballantine Books New York February 1984. Double short demy 16mo; pp.xii260; quarter black cloth red boards blocked with publisher’s imprint black on gilt panel lettered and ruled gilt down on spine; black and white head and tail bands; fore-edges uncut. Fine copy in embossed dust-wrapper. Articles essays and speeches. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116520
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WALPOLE Hugh.
All souls’ night: A book of stories.
Macmillan and Co. Limited St. Martin’s Street London 1933. Double cr.16mo; blank before half-title; title-page printed in red and black; integral advertisement leaf at end; pp.xii369i printer’s imprint2; reddish-brown cloth ruled blocked and lettered black on spine. Pencilled initials ‘R.H.W.’ beneath date on title-page; otherwise a brilliantly fine copy in minutely chipped dust-wrapper. In our experience a scarce title - especially thus. The second issue in reddish-brown cloth ruled blocked and lettered black on spine instead of vertically fine ribbed leaf-green cloth blocked and lettered blind on front cover ruled blind lettered gilt on spine and with the price of 7/6d net clipped from the front panel of the dust-wrapper and the reduced price of 6s. net substituted for it by a publisher’s label white printed in blue. ‘The Silver Mask’ ‘The Staircase’ ‘Tarnhelm: or The Death of my Uncle Robert’ ‘Seashore Macabre’ ‘The Little Ghost’ etc. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117037
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POHL Frederik and WILLIAMSON Jack.
Undersea Fleet Dennis Dobson 1967.
Double cr.16mo; two blanks at end serving as end-papers; dark greyish-brown boards lettered silver on spine. Fine copy in lightly marked dust-wrapper. Signed by Pohl on the title-page. First English edition. Published in America in 1956 V. Currey p.406. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116905
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DURRELL Lawrence.
Nunquam: A novel.
Faber and Faber London 1970. Extra double cr.16mo; blank before half-title blank at end; pp.285iii; dark green rough cloth lettered gilt on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. The sequel to ‘Tunc’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118206
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BULMER Kenneth.
The Insane City.
Severn House 1978. Double cr.16mo; glazed maroon cloth-textured boards blocked with publisher’s device and lettered gilt down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Presentation copy with the author’s signed holograph inscription on the title-page. First English and probably first hard-cover edition preceded by a paperback edition published in America in 1971. V. Currey p.81. A very prescient book! All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116469
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POHL Frederik.
Beyond The blue Event horizon.
A Del Rey Book: Ballantine Books New York February 1980. Wide lge.post 8vo format perfect bound; biographical note leaf at end; quarter navy blue cloth mustard boards lettered navy blue through gilt and gilt within gilt-ruled box down spine; fore-edges uncut lower-edges rough trimmed; yellow and blue head and tail bands. Fine copy in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. Presentation copy with the author’s signed holograph inscription on the title-page. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116908
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FEARN John Russell.
Liners of time.
The World’s Work 1913 Ltd Kingswood Surrey 1947. Sm.cr.8vo; pp.viii146; quarter yellow linen down-lettered and blocked with publisher’s monogram device black on spine blue boards. Small white spot on front board apparently an original paper fault; otherwise a fine copy in very slightly chipped and frayed pictorial dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116599
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SPEAIGHT Robert.
The angel in The mist.
Cassell And company limited London Toronto Melbourne And Sydney 1936. Final blank; pp.x324ii; bluish black cloth lettered white on spine. First and last leaves and edges foxed as usual with this title but here only very lightly so; otherwise a virtually fine copy. Scarce. Presentation copy with the author’s signed holograph presentation inscription dated Easter 1936 on the front end-paper. Set between 1965 and 1969 and largely concerned with the stage. An oddity but a very early Robert Speaight item. In this copy l.10 on p.8 exhibits the reading ‘impo rtant’ for ‘important’ probably as always. Bleiler 1948 p.255 All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116974
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KING Stephen.
Skeleton crew.
Macdonald 1985. Narrow med.8vo format perfect bound; vignette on half-title title and fly-title to text; pp.512; dark brown beaded-linen-textured boards downlettered and lettered gilt on flat spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper with one minute nick. Short stories. This British edition precedes the American limited edition published by Scream Press and in our experience is a difficult title to find. ISBN 0-356-10816-3 All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116737 ISBN : 0356108163 9780356108162
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AMIS Martin.
Einstein’s Monsters.
Jonathan Cape Ltd Thirty-two Bedford Square 1987. Tall double lge.post 16mo; pp.127i blank; black fine beaded linen-grain boards blocked with publisher’s initials device and lettered gilt down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Short stories. Rees A8a All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116323
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FARJEON J. Jefferson.
Death of a World.
Collins 14 St. James’s Place London 1948. Sm.cr.8vo; pp.192; lake carmine cloth blocked and lettered silver on spine. Contemporary inscription on half-title; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper with inch by three inch strip chipped from tail edge of front panel removing author’s name but not touching illustration. Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.80; Hubin p.140: not published in America. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116584
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DURRELL Lawrence.
Tunc: A novel.
Faber and Faber 1968. Blank before half-title; Author’s Note leaf followed by blank at end; light red cloth with wide-ruled box and gilt lettering on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116575
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SAGE Victor.
Dividing Lines.
Chatto & Windus The Hogarth Press London 1984. Post 8vo format perfect bound; integral advertisement leaf at end; pp.viii166ii; white morocco-textured boards down-lettered lettered and ruled black on spine. Poor quality paper lightly embrowned; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper. Six short-stories the two longest being surreal science-fantasy. There was also a soft-cover issue. Purchased from the publisher’s file but without signs of provenance. In this copy on p.57 between ll.7 and 8 one or more lines have dropped out state or issue significance if any undetermined. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectra’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116938
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LEM Stanislaw.
The Chain Of Chance.
Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York 1978. Lge.post 8vo format perfect bound; blank precedes half-title advertisement leaf follows it; double-spread title partly on verso of advertisement leaf; two blanks at end; quarter flesh coloured cloth light olive green boards spine blocked and lettered down dark brown ISBN number blocked dark brown on cloth of back cover; yellow and brown head and tail pieces. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. First edition in English. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116763
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LONDON Jack.
Before Adam.
Published at Clifford’s Inn London By T. Werner Laurie N.D. 1907. Title-page printed in dark marina green and black; 8pp. integral advertisements followed by two blanks at end; pp.3088iv; mottled sea-green linen blocked with publisher’s monogram device black on back cover blocked with animal tracks grey and black on front cover and spine lettered black on front cover gilt on spine. Slight bubbling to cloth at edges of back cover and spine; first four leaves foxed edges very slightly so; otherwise and in effect a fine copy. First English edition of London’s first Science Fiction novel issued three months after the American edition. Blanck 11903 refers but gives no details. This title not in Locke’s ‘Spectra’; Clute & Nichols p.729. The English edition which is a handsome book is definitely scarce especially in near-fine state. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116780
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HARRISON Harry.
In Our Hands The Stars.
Faber and Faber 1970. Lge.post 8vo; glazed plain white card wrappers cut flush. Faint pencil file number on front wrapper; otherwise a fine copy. Advance proof copy with publisher’s Compliments slip loosely laid in giving the date of publication as December 1970. Signed by the author on the title-page. Currey p.225. Isued earlier in America as ‘The Daleth Effect’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116649
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DE LA
MARE Walter.
Henry Brocken His travels and adventures In the rich strange scarce- Imaginable regions of romance. By Walter J. De La Mare â€Walter Ramal†London John Murray Albemarle Street W. 1904. Cr.8vo in half-sheets; pp.x202; light blue rough buckram ruled and elaborately blocked gilt ruled and lettered light blue through gilt on spine; t.e.g. fore-edges rough trimmed. Faded streak on back cover and very slight wear to head and tail of spine; end-papers embrowned as usual; a little light pencil scoring in text v. note; otherwise and in general effect a nice copy. From the library of the artist and critic William Rothenstein with his wood-engraved bookplate on the front paste-down. The pencil scoring in the text is presumably his. Rothenstein was to make several portraits of de la Mare. Gwendolen Murphy’s first issue first state of text Bibliography in ‘The London Mercury’ Vol.XV 1927 the bracket after ‘Walter Ramal’ on the title-page being present and the top-edges gilt. Later states of text have the bracket absent and the third issue has the top-edges plain. Clute & Grant ‘Encyclopedia of Fantasy’ p.261; Bleiler 1978 p.59; Reginald 04029. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116537
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HODDER WILLIAMS Christopher.
Turbulence.
Hodder & Stoughton 1961. Lge 16mo; publisher’s advertisement on verso of last leaf of text; dark blue coarse grain boards ruled and lettered gilt on and down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116673
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LIVELY Adam.
Sing the body Electric: A Novel in Five Movements.
Chatto & Windus London 1993. Med.8vo format perfect bound; pp.viii440; black cloth-textured boards lettered gilt on spine. Virtually fine copy in dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116778
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BRUNNER John.
The Sheep Look Up.
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1974. Lge.16mo; two blanks at end; grey boards blocked and lettered gilt lettered grey through gilt on spine. Small mark on front end-paper where label has been removed; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper. First English edition of Brunner’s masterpiece. Published in America in 1972 V. Currey p.73. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116460
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ALLEN Osric.
Pornogram: A novel by Osric Allen.
Edited from the recently recovered FL-ROM With Notes and Introduction By PERSAD X8571g903981. On verso of title-page: This hardcover edition published by Robert Temple 65 Mildmay Road London N1 4PU England 2010. Double demy 16mo; pp.iv464; black cloth-textured boards lettered gilt on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. New copy. Printed on Muncken Premium White acid free paper and sewn. The first trade edition. Of a total printing of 317 copies this is one of 284 copies bound in Wibalin. The verso of the title-page bears the words ‘First Edition’. Published 24th March 2010. ISBN 978-0-9523093-7-8 All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118841
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DOUGLAS Norman.
They went.
London Chapman & Hall Limited 1920. Lavender cloth lettered purple on front cover and spine ruled purple on front cover; lower-edges uncut. Spine lettering faded as almost always; Boots label removed from front cover leaving slight traces; otherwise a nice copy. A delightful ironic fantasy precursive in many ways of ‘sword and sorcery’. Woolf A20; Bleiler 1948 p.101. In this copy at l.24 on p.230 there is a wrong font ‘t’ in ‘blast’: state or issue significance if any undetermined. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116545
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The fortress of The pearl: An Elric Tale.
London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1989. Double med.16mo; two blanks before half-title two at end serving as end-papers; decorative chapter headings throughout; pp.iv248iv; black fine cloth-textured boards downlettered and lettered gilt on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116861
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