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1934réf. 010124Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1934. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"To Henry W. Marshall Sr. from Thomas Temple Hoyne April 20 1934" with typed slip above signature tipped in -"Publication Date April 20". Hoyne's science fiction novel "in which a primitive hierarchical gangster-run capitalist society is riven by discontent among the lower orders and is eventually overthrown."SFE THe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. ASSOCIATION COPY Henry W. Marshall Sr.is known for being the founder of the Lafayette Indiana Journal & Courier Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and acting president of Purdue University. Lacking the dust jacket Near Fine light wear at spine ends. No other SIGNED copies of Hoyne's books found in commerce as of 01/2024. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-26; 1981 2-42; and 1987 2-45. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 118. Reilly & Lee Hardcover books
1976réf. 010516Sauk City Wi: Arkham House 1976. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete Five Volume Set. Volume I covers 1911 to 1924 published 1965 Volume II 1925 to 1929 published 1968 Volume III 1929 to 1931 published 1971 Volume IV 1932 to 1934 published 1976 and Volume V 1934 to 1937 published 1976 . Bound identically in Holliston Black Novelex with gilt lettering to the spine from Linotype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. First Edition as a Set. These copies are Fine lacking the dust jackets. Gray end papers. Prior owner bookplates on front end papers. Verso of Vol. I gray end page rubbed at hinge. . Arkham House Hardcover books
1930réf. 008761Chicago: Everyday Mechanics Publications Inc. 1930. Magazine. Near Fine. Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE> Three issues from Vol. 2 Nos. 5 6. and 8 including the November issue featuring a space ship on the front cover and article on space flight by Hugo Gernsback the "Father of the Pulp". Near Fine. some light soiling to covers. Everyday Mechanics was published by Gernsback starting in 1929 and changed to Everyday Science and Mechanics as of the October 1931 issue. Everyday Mechanics Publications, Inc. Paperback books
1905réf. 003495London: Ward Lock and Co. Ltd. 1905. Book. Illus. by Austin Henry. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First Edition and quite SCARCE in collectible condition. In decorative yellow cloth frontis illustration and 2 others by Henry Austin. Author's name misspelled "Sheil" on title page. Lettering a bit rubbed front board red decoration at spine faded but still showing some red.Prior owner name front pastedown small Brentano's sticker bottom edge rear pastedown. Endpages and tissue guard for frontis foxed and a bit of light internal foxing. Binding is sound. Overall a Very Good copy of a very SCARCE book. Ward Lock and Co., Ltd. Hardcover books
1900réf. 006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover books
1896réf. 003496London: John Lane 1896. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First British Edition. First British Edition First Issue with catalog at rear dated 1896. In light brown decorative cloth boards spine titles gilt red decorations and title front board and red key decoration spine and rear board along with 1896 date. Pagination error on title page 26 pages of ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Small booksellers sticker bottom edge rear pastedown that of J.L. McCallum Surrey. About 1/4" of cloth loss at head of spine not affecting title. Contents are clean tight and free of any foxing whatsoever. Edges of pages just starting to brown SCARCE in the true British First Edition and in quite collectible condition. John Lane Hardcover books
1911réf. 008664Munchen: Georg Müller 1911. Book. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. Eighteenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Achtzehnte Auflage 18th edition stated at half-title page SCARCE in any early German edition. In original mustard decorative cloth Art Deco geometrical decorative end papers double illustrated title page 460 pages 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ribbon marker. text in German. Very Good Plus small tear to cloth at spine light soiling to boards. From the library of noted German conductor Helmuth Wolfes former conductor of the Berlin State Opera his signature in ink at half-title page. Basis for 5 films between 1918-1952. The 2nd book in the Frank Braun trilogy in which " Braun uses artificial insemination to breed from the dregs of society - by impregnating a whore with the semen of an executed criminal - the eponymous soulless female whose name reflects in German her likeness to a mandrake root and whose vampirical powers prove almost fatal to the Ubermensch experimenter". SFE - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Georg Müller Hardcover books
réf. 31115NY1962: Doubleday First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpage. "Nan! Jessie! Merry Christmas! 1962! and Love! from Ray Bradbury." The inscriptee's small Hollywood address label has been affixed on an angle on the page and partially covers the date. Touch of shelfwear mostly at the spine ends lower board corners lightly bumped beginning toning on the endpages; dustjacket with wear at the corners and spine ends tiny chips and wrinkling on the topedge. A bright and tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Bradbury;s eighth story collection. Contains two previously uncollected storeies. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday hardcover books
1976réf. 010500New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Printing of her first book and the first book of the "Vampire Chronicles." Basis for the 1994 film starring Brad Pitt Tom Cruise Kirsten Dunst Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater; and the 2022 TV series created by Rolin Jones. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket corner creases front flap and small creases at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The book feels unread a lovely copy. . Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1986réf. 010236London: Virgin Books 1986. Book. Illus. by Jean Marc Cote. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A Lucy-Carroll Book illustrated by Jean Marc Cote 96 pages. This British First Edition in hardcover and in dust jacket is an Asimov RARITY; the American First Edition was published by Henry Holt only in paperback. . Virgin Books Hardcover books
1964réf. 010125New York: The Limited Editions Club 1964. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. # 615 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Joe Mugnaini at colophon page of both volumes. Fine books in a Near Fine slipcase spine and top edge of slipcase a bit soiled and spotted. Monthly Letter of the Club laid in the letter with creases. Lacking the fragile unprinted glassine jackets. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover books
2000réf. 010348New York: Knopf 2000. First American edition of book 3 of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy; A most acceptable copy; 518pp. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Knopf Hardcover books
1910réf. 010555Fawside House London: Eveleigh Nash 1910. Book. Illus. by W. Graham Robertson. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition same date 1910 title page and copyright page. vi 328 p. All eight W. Graham Robertson illustrated plates present the plate listed at p. 324 is at the frontis with tissue guard. The first appearance in print of THE WENDIGO which has been directly adapted into several films and TV episodes and influenced such writers as H.P. Lovecraft August Derleth and Stephen King. Very Good no jacket in original green cloth gilt lettering at spine a 2" tear to clothe at top front gutter the spine and top 1/2" rear cover uniformly sunned moderate toning at end papers prior owner name in ink front end page. A RARE book uncommon in current commerce with all eight plates present RBH locates a single copy in a 1965 auction ABSA shows no results. . Eveleigh Nash Hardcover books
1886réf. 010143London: Longmans Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Three First Edition books bound in one volume consecutively Underwoods Chatto and Windus 1887; The Dynamiter Longmans Green & Co. 1885 and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Longmans Green & Co 1886. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards marbled end papers top edge gilt the bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library at front paste down. The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club established in 1883 and disbanded in 1979 that was closely aligned with the Conservative Party and at one time counted P.G. Wodehouse as a member. Very Good horizontal closed tear at p. 109 of The Dynamiter boards rubbed occasional widely scattered toning. xv 138 1 half-title 207 title 141 pp. Basis for every Dr. Jekyll movie. Longmans, Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus Hardcover books
1951réf. 006743New York: Gnome Press 1951. Book. Illus. by David Kyle Edd Carter and Ric Binkley. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Editions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An exceptional and RARE set all three books having been SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Isaac Asimov to the same lady in the most intriguing and charming manner - "Foundation" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a passionate Southern gal Isaac Asimov" "Foundation and Empire" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a persistent Southern gal Isaac Asimov" and "Second Foundation " SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a married Southern gal Isaac Asimov". Ah to have been a witness to THAT book signing where the sparks were obviously flying ! All three books stated Gnome Press First Editions "Foundation" in dark blue boards with red lettering at spine thinner and narrower paper and with dust jacket too large for this thinner book although stating First Edition 1951 on CP is actually the 1954 2nd Edition. Book is Very Good pages browning slight toning to edges of end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket priced $2.75 front flap small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. "Foundation and Empire" 1952 is First Edition First State in original red cloth in Second Issue dust jacket in blue tones. Book is Very Good pages uniformly browning. In Near Fine dust jacket small chips top and bottom edges rear panel at spine. "Second Foundation" 1953. is First Edition First State in original light blue boards spine stamped in brown Very Good cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends light toning to end pages at edges top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket 1/2" chip top edge front panel at spine light edge wear and soiling. Overall a Very Good set with unique Asimov inscriptions of this towering classic of the science fiction genre that continues to remain fresh and current. Gnome Press Hardcover books
