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Household Geoffrey
The Sending
Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Little Brown and Company 1980. First American edition hardcover. A Near Fine copy: bright firmly bound clean and unworn. In a VG dustjacket with a little light edge wear but no paper missing. A nice copy. Illus. by Alexander Farquharson jacket illustration. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7076 ISBN : 0316374385 9780316374385
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Beck L. Adams E. Barrington
The House of Fulfilment
London: Ernest Benn Limited 1931. Second printing first was 1927 hardcover 278 pages. This is the very scarce Benn printing of this novel of supernatural suspense. A Very Good copy in original red cloth clean and quite bright spine a little faded. Ernest Benn Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7066
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Gordon Frances
The Devil's Piper
London: Headline Feature 1995. First edition first printing number line on copyright page begins at 1. Hardcover 384 pages. A Fine copy in brand new condition in a Fine dustjacket. Scarce in this excellent condition. Headline Feature hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6964 ISBN : 0747213569 9780747213567
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Smyth Clifford
The Gilded Man: A Romance of the Andes
New York: Boni and Liveright 1918. First edition hardcover 374 pages. Bound in full green cloth gilt-lettered on front and spine gilt decoration on back board dark green decorative lines on front board pictorial endpapers in black on white by R.G. Russom showing the "Land of the Condor" title page dated 1918 and with publisher's device there "Copyright 1918 By Boni & Liveright Inc." on copyright page. In Very Good condition: firmly-bound hinges uncracked no inscription or book-plate a nice square copy. Gilt lettering on spine is faded one corner tip is a little bumped. A nice copy of a scarce first edition "Lost Race" adventure novel. Boni and Liveright hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7005
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Scoggins CE. C. E.
The House of Dawn
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated 1935. First edition with code "1" at base of text on page 281 hardcover 287 pages. This copy has been rebound a long time ago in a library binding of dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No external library markings but a few discreet library stamps on front and back endpapers and signs of card pocket removal inside rear board. A good soundly bound reading copy of a scarce Lost Race classic. In 333 also Bleiler 1948 page 246 and Reginald 12810. D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7003
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Gordon Frances
Thorn: An Immortal Tale
London: Headline Feature 1997. First edition first printing hardcover 318 pages. A Near Fine copy one corner tip very slightly bumped in a Fine dustjacket. An uncommon book in first edition. Headline Feature hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6935 ISBN : 0747218005 9780747218005
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Johnstone David Lawson
The Paradise of the North: A Story of Discovery and Adventure Around the Pole
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers Limited 1893. First illustrated edition hardcover 304 pages plus 36-page publisher's catalogue at rear advertisements include one for Chambers's Journal the volumes for 1891 and 1892. With fifteen plates by W. Boucher. Blue pictorial cloth; spine and front cover lettering in gilt and black; spine and front cover art showing the Union Jack flag being planted in black blue white and red; small floral design in black on back cover. A VG copy: clean bright binding firm and tight hinges sound cloth unrubbed: a much better than average copy. "Lost Race" adventure novel of the discovery of a nation of Norse descent in the Arctic regions. Locke: 'A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume I' page 124. Scarce. Illus. by W. Boucher. W. & R. Chambers Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6914
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Dumas Alexandre
Horror at Fontenay
New York: St. Martin's Press 1976. First American edition. Hardcover 210 pages. Translated and adapted by Alan Hull Walton with a Foreword by Dennis Wheatley. A linked series of supernatural tales the best and longest of which is 'The Carpathian Vampire.' A Near Fine copy in original greenish-brown boards no inscription or book-plate. In a VG dustwrapper which is about 99% complete with only light rubbing at folds and a little erosion at corner tips. A nice copy of an uncommon book in hardcover. St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6834
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Akinari Ueda
Ugetsu Monogatari: Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Vancouver: University of British Columbia 1974. First Canadian edition hardcover 280 pages. A complete English language edition of the eighteenth-century Japanese collection of tales of the supernatural. Based on the first woodblock edition of 1776. With 19 b.& w. photographic illustrations 12 line drawings and a 75-page Introduction for western readers. Translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod. A Near Fine copy in original blue cloth gilt lettered on spine top edge blue blue and white headband in a Near Fine dustjacket. An excellent copy. University of British Columbia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6746 ISBN : 0774800267 9780774800266
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Wright Ronald
A Scientific Romance
Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada 1997. First edition first printing this Canadian edition is the true first edition of this book. Hardcover 320 pages. SIGNED by the author on the title-page. A critically acclaimed novel of Wellsian time-travel. A Fine brand new copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket. This excellent novel won the David Higham Prize for Fiction in the U.K. was a Book of the Year at The Sunday Times and an Editor's Choice at The New York Times. Alfred A. Knopf Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6784 ISBN : 0676970567 9780676970562
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du Maurier Daphne
Echoes from the Macabre : Selected Stories
London: Victor Gollancz Limited 1976. First edition first printing. Hardcover 348 pages. Nine of the author's best macabre stories including 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now'. A Near Fine copy in a price-clipped Near Fine dustjacket. An excellent copy. Victor Gollancz Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6600 ISBN : 0575021810 9780575021815
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Burrage A. M.
Someone in the Room : Strange Tales Old and New
Ashcroft British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press 1997. First edition hardcover 311 pages. A Limited Edition of only 500 copies. Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. Twenty-eight stories and two non-fiction articles by a master of the supernatural tale. A Fine bright copy in a Near Fine dustjacket which has a few small very slight dusty marks no tears. Scarce and collectable. Ash-Tree Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6504
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Charnas Suzy McKee
Stagestruck Vampires & Other Phantasms
San Francisco California: Tachyon Publications 2004. First edition first printing. Hardcover 328 pages. A Fine brand new copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket. Tachyon Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6430 ISBN : 189239121X 9781892391216
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Teece Philip
Raincoast Macabre
Victoria B.C.: Orca Book Publishers 1991. First edition. 'Trade-size' softcover 147 pages. Thirteen surprisingly good and atmospheric macabre stories mostly ghost stories and contes cruel. Two small ink lines on the bottom edge of the text block else a Fine brand new copy. Orca Book Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 6281 ISBN : 0920501575 9780920501573
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Hofmann Gert
Balzac's Horse and Other Stories
New York: Fromm International Publishing Corporation 1988. First edition. Hardcover 200 pages. Contains the stories: 'Moth' 'Casanova and the Extra' 'Tolstoy's Head' 'The Night' 'Arno' 'The Cramp' and 'A Conversation About Balzac's Horse.' A Fine brand new copy in full beige cloth in a Near Fine dustjacket with one small scratch on the back panel. An excellent copy. Fromm International Publishing Corporation hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6228 ISBN : 088064074X 9780880640749
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Pratchett Terry
The Fifth Elephant
London: Doubleday 1999. First edition first printing. Hardcover 317 pages. A brand new Fine copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket. Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6042 ISBN : 0385409958 9780385409957
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Le Guin Ursula K.
The Compass Rose : Short Stories
New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1982. First edition first printing. Hardcover 273 pages. "Inventive and eloquent" - Michael Bishop. A Near Fine copy in original black cloth spine and brown boards a very clean tight unworn copy with no previous ownership markings or book-plate and no remainder mark. In a VG price-clipped dustjacket which has slight edge wear and is very slightly faded along the spine. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6054 ISBN : 0060149884 9780060149888
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Warrington Freda
The Dark Blood of Poppies : A Vampire Fantasy
London: Macmillan 1995. First edition first printing number line on copyright page begins with 1. Hardcover 519 pages. A highly acclaimed vampire novel the sequel to the author's 'A Dance in Blood Velvet'. "A seductive blend of the fantastic and the gruesome" - Ramsay Campbell. A little shelf wear along bottom edge of boards one small shallow dent on front board still a crisp tight copy at least VG and probably most would grade this Near Fine. In a Near Fine dustjacket with a small abrasion on the front panel close to the flap fold. Overall both book and jacket are fresh and bright. A nice copy of a very scarce book. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5791 ISBN : 0333637321 9780333637326
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ZELAZNY Roger
The Hand of Oberon
Sphere 1987. Paperback reprint. Near VG. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. Sphere Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009581 ISBN : 0722194196 9780722194195
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HAGGARD HRider H. Ri
Allan Quatermain
Hodder 1966. Paperback reprint. Good. Soft Cover. Good. Hodder Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009340
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MOORCOCK Michael
The Mad God's Amulet Volume 2 of the Runestaff Trilogy
Mayflower 1972. Paperback reprint. Spine edges showing white. Good. Soft Cover. Good. Mayflower Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009890
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MOORCOCK Michael
The Champion of Garathorm Chronicles of Castle Brass Volume 2
Mayflower 1973. Paperback Original. Remains of owner's label inside front cover. G-VG decent condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Mayflower Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009913
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HOWARD Robert E.
Almuric
Sphere 1977. 1st Sphere printing. Paperback. VG. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sphere Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010007
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BURROUGHS Edgar Rice
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Mark Goulden / W.H.Allen 1950s digest. Series No. 17. Cover badly torn at spine with half of cover missing at spine. Text VG. Externally Poor. Soft Cover. Poor. Mark Goulden / W.H.Allen Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009998
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Pierce Meredith Ann
The Woman Who Loved Reindeer
Boston / New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1985. First edition first printing. Hardcover 242 pages. "In every way a superior piece of writing. stands beside The Clan of the Cave Bear" - Andre Norton. "A marvel of the imagination with amazing beauty of image intensity of language and strength of narrative. The whole is infused with a deeply moving mythic and folkloric power" - Lloyd Alexander. A Fine flawless copy in a Near Fine dustjacket with just a tiny amount of edgewear. A lovely copy. The Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5895 ISBN : 0871130424 9780871130426
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Tolkien JRR. J. R.
The Fellowship of the Ring : Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1967. Second edition second printing. Hardcover 423 pages with a fold-out map at rear. A VG copy in original red cloth lacking dustjacket. Slight rubbing at corners and tips of cloth very typical neat ink name on front endpaper. The cloth boards are clean and unmarked the gilt lettering bright and unrubbed no browning or foxing on edges or endpapers binding is sound and tight. The fold-out map is untorn and unmarked. An attractive copy. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5983
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Summers Montague editor
The Supernatural Omnibus : Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions Witchcraft Werewolves Diabolism Necromancy Satanism Divination Sorcery Goety Voodoo Possession Occult Doom and Destiny
London: Victor Gollancz 1982. Fourth edition. Hardcover 622 pages. Perhaps the foremost collection of supernatural tales ever published. A classic of the genre. Stories by Le Fanu Bram Stoker Vernon Lee Vincent O'Sullivan E. Nesbit Roger Pater Wilkie Collins Charles Dickens and many others. A VG copy: clean tight and unworn in original black boards. In a VG dustjacket with no significant flaws at all; a very nice copy. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5727 ISBN : 0575031204 9780575031203
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Talbot Michael
The Bog
New York: William Morrow and Company Inc. 1986. First edition second printing number line on copyright page begins at 2. Hardcover 310 pages. An acclaimed horror novel. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket just miniscule signs of wear but really a very nice copy indeed very clean and firm. William Morrow and Company, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5775 ISBN : 068805952X 9780688059521
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Farris John
The Uninvited
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1983. First British edition. Hardcover 261 pages. An acclaimed horror novel. "It's wonderful. terrifying and wonderful. Farris delivers ice-cold terror" - Stephen King. A pristine Fine copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket. This is the uncommon "export edition" with no price printed on the front flap. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5773 ISBN : 0340323515 9780340323519
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Dickson Gordon R.
Alien Art
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1973. First edition stated so on copyright page. A science fiction novel of interplanetary colonisation. A stunning Fine copy in original full blue cloth. No inscription no book-plate no faults at all. In a Near Fine dustjacket which has truly miniscule rubbing at extreme corner tips else is as fresh and bright as the day it was issued. Wraparound jacket art by H. Lawrence Hoffman predominantly red and completely unfaded even on spine strip. An exceptionally nice copy and scarce in this excellent condition. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5472
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Le Queux William
The Great White Queen : A Tale of Treasure and Treason
New York: Arno Press / Ayer Company Publishers 1975. First edition thus was first published in 1896. A volume in the Arno series of classic fantasy and science fiction. A 'Lost Race' novel about a British boy and his African schoolmate who journey deep into Africa and encounter many adventures along the way. A Fine "as new" hardcover in original purple boards was not issued with a dustjacket. Arno Press / Ayer Company Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5467 ISBN : 0405063032 9780405063039
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Seignolle Claude; Deudon Eric Hollingsworth translator
The Nightcharmer and Other Tales of Claude Seignolle
College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press 1983. First edition. Hardcover 115 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Durrell and a Bibliography at rear. Eight of Seignolle's best tales of horror and the macabre translated by Eric Hollingsworth Deudon who also supplies an Introduction to Seignolle and his work. A Fine flawless copy in original navy blue cloth in a VG dustjacket which is faded along the spine. Illus. by Kristin Parsons. Texas A & M University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5508 ISBN : 0890961697 9780890961698
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Scott C. A. Dawson
The Haunting
Padstow Cornwall: Tabb House 1985. First edition thus was first published in 1921. Hardcover 236 pages. A well-regarded novel of paranormal suspense set in Cornwall. A Near Fine copy no inscription or book-plate clean tight and unworn. In a price-clipped VG dustjacket with just slight edgewear. An excellent copy. Tabb House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5502 ISBN : 0907018378 9780907018377
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Atherton Gertrude
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1905. First edition. 301 pages. A much-praised collection of supernatural short stories. "Her supernatural fiction might be briefly characterized as in the manner of Henry James but more relaxed. Excellent stories" - Everett Bleiler. "Her ghost stories have been likened to those by Edith Wharton" - Mike Ashley. A Very Good hardcover in original blue cloth gilt lettered on spine and front board. Ink gift inscription on front blank endpaper top edge darkened minor rubbing at extremities. Hinges sound and uncracked internally a nice clean tight copy. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5500
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Sawyer Robert J.
Frameshift
New York: Tom Doherty Associates 1997. First edition first printing. Hardcover 347 pages. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. A Near Fine copy no previous ownership markings whatsoever in a Near Fine dustjacket not price-clipped. Tom Doherty Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5524 ISBN : 031286325X 9780312863258
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Taine John
The Purple Sapphire
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1924. First edition. Hardcover 325 pages. A 'Lost Race' adventure novel set in Central Asia. A Good copy in original brown boards which are quite dull and rubbed with a few small faded spots on the rear board. Internally the hinges are tight and the binding firm. No inscription or book-plate. Not really in collectable condition but a sound clean reading copy of a most elusive book. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5548
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Pepper Dennis editor
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens
Oxford Oxford University Press 1998. First edition. Hardcover 215 pages. Contains twenty-two stories by authors including Arthur C. Clarke Fredric Brown Philip K. Dick Robert Bloch Damon Knight Avram Davidson A.E. Van Vogt Murray Leinster Harry Harrison Anthony Boucher and others. A Fine "as new" copy in a Fine flawless dustwrapper. New. Oxford, Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5543 ISBN : 0192781553 9780192781550
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Wilson Colin
The Personality Surgeon
San Francisco Mercury House 1986 First American edition. A novel of psychotherapy and psychological discovery. A Fine hardcover copy in a dustwrapper which has one innocuous 1/4 inch closed tear at top of front flap fold else Fine also. San Francisco, Mercury House, 1986 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 825
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Chetwynd Hayes R.
The Curse of the Snake God
London: Inner Circle 1991. First edition. A novel of supernatural fantasy from an award-winning British author. Tiny remainder dot on bottom edge else a Near Fine hardcover in a price-clipped VG dustwrapper. Inner Circle hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4671
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Wright S. Fowler
Deluge : A Romance
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Co. 1928. First edition. Small ink name written on half-title page else a Near Fine copy very clean and tight in original navy blue cloth without dustwrapper. A pleasing copy. Cosmopolitan Book Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1322
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Dupont Inge and Hope Mayo eds.
Morgan Library Ghost Stories
New York Fordham Univ. Press 1990 First edition. 1000 copies printed. With wood engravings by John De Pol. Seven biblio-ghost stories set in and around the Morgan Library written in the style of M.R. James. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper. Illus. by John De Pol. New York, Fordham Univ. Press, 1990 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 486
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McIntosh JT. J. T.
One in Three Hundred
London: Museum Press Limited 1956. First British edition. 'Facing destruction Earth selects a small fraction of humanity to survive and colonise Mars' -- Tuck. A VG hardcover in original black boards lettered in silver. Edges a little browned small ink name on front pastedown but otherwise a clean tight copy. In a Fair to Good only dustwrapper which has a two inch chip at heel of spine and is missing about 1/4 of the back panel. Museum Press Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4353
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Adams Douglas
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish : The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy 4
London: Pan Original / Pan Books 1984. First edition first printing. A VG copy in original black boards in a VG dustwrapper with just very tiny edge wear. Pan Original / Pan Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4784 ISBN : 0330284983 9780330284981
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Orczy Baroness
By the Gods Beloved : A Romance
London: Greening & Co. Ltd. 1910. 'Popular Edition' early reprint was first published in 1905. A "Lost Race" adventure classic about ancient Egyptians in the Libyan Desert praised by genre expert Everett Bleiler as "Literate as is always the case with Baroness Orczy's work and intriguing for its strange psychology of personality." A Very Good hardcover bound in red cloth pictorially decorated and lettered in black. Spine a little faded and spine folds slightly rubbed but otherwise a sound tight copy. Interestingly on the front endpaper is written in pencil: "Garland Club at 6 o'clock"!. Greening & Co., Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4806
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Dunn J. Allan
The Treasure of Atlantis
New York: Centaur Press 1971. First hardcover edition was first published in magazine form in 1916. An Atlantean Lost Race novel. A Near Fine copy in original red cloth in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Centaur Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4390
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Bradley Marion Zimmer
The Firebrand
New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. First edition first printing. Small remainder stamp on bottom edge else a Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper. Simon and Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3025
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Herbert James
Haunted
Toronto/London: Stoddart / Hodder & Stoughton 1988. First Canadian edition Review Copy. This is the first state of the Canadian edition of this book. Whereas the later issue has Stoddart on the title page and Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data on the copyright page this earlier issue has neither. It has only Hodder & Stoughton on the title page and British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data on the copyright page and appears to be the Hodder British first edition bound in Stoddart boards and dustwrapper. A Fine copy in original boards with 'Review Copy - Not For Sale' stamped at the bottom of the half-title page in a Fine dustwrapper. Stoddart / Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2745
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Savchenko Vladimir
Self-Discovery
New York Macmillan 1979. First English language printing. Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis and with an Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper. New York, Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1539
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Cabell James Branch
These Restless Heads: A Trilogy of Romantics
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1932. First trade edition. With tipped-in slip stating this to be the first trade edition after a small limited edition in February 1932. In original silver lettered and decorated black cloth. Top edge slightly age-darkened tiny shallow dent at top edge of front board one corner slightly shelf-worn. No previous ownership markings bookplates or ink stamps. Overall a very clean tight bright copy Near Fine. In a Very Good dustwrapper which has 0.5 cm. chipping at head and heel of spine and other light edge wear. Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2362
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Aycliffe Jonathan
The Lost
New York: Harper Prism 1996. First American edition. An outstanding short horror novel by the highly-acclaimed Northern Irish author. Remainder line on bottom edge else a Fine "as new" hardcover copy in a Fine flawless dustwrapper. Harper Prism hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2988
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