17 229 résultats
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
1996réf. 010576Los Angeles: Snowfield Inc. 1996. Book. Near Fine. Loose Leaf. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. White paper printed in black three holes punched two with original brads. Cover dated August 8 1996. Front cover bottom left : Property Of: Snowfield Inc. 8111 Beverly Blvd. #201 Los Angeles CA 90048. 98 pages printed single side rectos only. Near Fine tiny bottom corner creases. Based on the 1983 Dean Koontz horror novel and adapted by Koontz for the film. The 1998 film starred Peter O'Toole Rose McGowan Joanna Going Liev Schreiber Ben Affleck Nicky Katt and Clifton Powell. RARE earliest draft of this screenplay. A single script located for sale online showing earliest date of Sept. 6 1996 with 9 revisions in different color papers between Sept. 17 1996 and Feb. 17 1997. Snowfield, Inc. unknown books
1930réf. 010493New York : Heron Press Inc. 1930. Book. Illus. by d'Aulaire Edgar Parin. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Number 78 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Lithographs by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Translated by Erich Posselt and Sinclair Dombrow. While the limitation page states that the first 100 Signed copies were bound in cloth this copy on Bodleian Laid Rag bound in specially designed paper and numbered 78 belies that statement. This copy bound in paper covered boards with illustration to front cover dark green cloth spine gilt lettering to the spine decorative end papers. This copy is Near Fine faint toning to rear board at top edge small rub at bottom rear corner. Heron Press, Inc. Hardcover books
1963réf. 010497Sauk City Wi: Arkham House 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition with matching dates to Title Page and Copyright page. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Robert E. Hubbell tiny spot of soiling rear panel. Gray end papers. One of 2500 copies printed by the Collegiate Press George Banta Company Inc. Mensha Wisconsin from Linotype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. The binding cloth is Holliston Black Novelex. Arkham House 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
1974réf. 010509Jersey Channel Islands Great Britain : Neville Spearman Jersey Limited 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First U.K. Edition containing an Introduction by the author. A collection of 21 fantasy and horror short stories. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket designed by Reg Boorer. Dust jacket has minimal rubbing/chipping around the edges. Small book seller label to bottom of front paste down. Uncommon in this edition. First published by Arkham House in 1945 this was Bloch's first book. . Neville Spearman (Jersey) Limited Hardcover books
1988réf. 010508New York : St.Martin's Press 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. First Printing with complete number row 1-10. Gray hard cover with burgundy cloth spine . Silver lettering to the spine. This copy is Fine in a Fine dust jacket illustrated by Frank Morris. Filmed in 1991 The Silence of the Lambs became the third film in Academy history to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards for producing directing acting and screenwriting. A pioneering true crime and criminal profiling classic that made Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling cinematic icons. . St.Martin's Press 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
1947réf. 010523Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1947. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Second Printing 1947 stated. Green cloth covered boards with silver lettering to the spine. This copy is Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket . Very slight rubbing to edges. Shallow bumps to a couple of tips. Dust jacket medium rubbing to panels; 1/4" chipping at spine ends; small chipping and creasing at tips edges and back spine joint; several old internal tape mends. RARE with dust jacket. . Princeton University Press Hardcover books
1969réf. 010224New York City: Exposition Press 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny rubs at the corners front flap price-clipped. "Hot on the heels of 'Man on the Moon' comes 'Math on Mars' Charles A. Spiegel's creative new form of writing - the text-book novel. This innovation combines fantasy with scientific fact try and separate the two! examines conventional notions about old-fashioned math explores the new math and sandwiches in a strange story of fear and loss a story that penetrates the mind the body - and the planet Mars." from the front flap. SCARCE . Exposition Press 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
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
1988réf. 010041Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1988. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine faint ink linr fore edge of page block in Fine dust jacket. Volume VI in The History of Middle Earth. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1989réf. 010038Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1989. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine slight push to cloth at top edge of spine prior owner gift inscription front colored end page in a Near Fine dust jacket front flap price clipped. Scarce in the First American Edition. Book VII in The History of Middle Earth. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1996réf. 010053Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1996. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 11th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number row ends in 11. Near Fine tiny top corner bump in Near Fine dust jacket tiny crease at top edge. Book appears unread. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1968réf. 009531Santa Monica CA: Future Unboinded Science Fiction Show and Convention 1968. Book. Fine. Pamphlet. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two brochures with mailing envelope the envelope postmarked Sept. 14 1968 and received by Hank Eichner Henry M. Eichner 1909-1971 American medical illustrator noted Atlantean scholar and First Fandom member who was friends with Forrest Ackerman A.E. van Vogt Ray Bradbury and others. Progress Report 4 two sheets folde and stapled to make 8 pages with editorial profit and loss statement photos with captions and membership roll that includes the likes of Heinlein Bradbury Van Vogt and many others. Funcon II Westercon XXII is a single sheet folded with information on this upcoming show SCARCE and with great sci-fi provenance. Future Unboinded Science Fiction Show and Convention Paperback books
1983réf. 009228New York: Doubleday & Co. 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket old tape mend bottom edge of spine rear panel uniformly toned light wear at edges. 30 mystery short stories not previously collected in a book. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover books
1922réf. 009266New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1922. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In RARE dust jacket Near Fine top edge lightly soiled prior owner blindstamp front end page in Very Good dust jacket front flap lower corner price-clipped spine a bit darkened and dulled small chips at spine ends and folds. One of de la Mare's finest occult stories a tale of Walter Lawford who after napping in a cemetery becomes trapped between the two worlds two different realities. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1980réf. 009133New York: Doubleday 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page in year of publication -"To Frank Hoffmann best wishes Isaac Asimov Jan. '80" Near Fine tiny rubs at corners and spine ends in Near Fine dust jacket light wear at edges. A Doubleday Crime Club selection. Doubleday Hardcover books
1974réf. 009147London: Chatto & Windus 1974. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The third book in the Dark Is Rising series. Uncommon in the 1st British edition. Near Fine tiny top corner bump prior owner name and address hidden by front flap 4 dates in ink rear and page. In a Near Fine dust jacket small crease top corner front panel. Chatto & Windus 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
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
1967réf. 008463Berkeley: Bill Donaho 1967. Brochure. Fine. Pamphlet. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Progress Report 1 September 1967 illustrations by Johnny Chambers 8 unnumbered pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. Mostly containing the schedule for the upcoming convention. With Anthony Boucher listed as Toastmaster and Parliamentarian significant because inside rear cover of Progress Report 3 contains memorial tribute to Boucher. Progress Report 3 June 1968 cover illustrations by Vaughan Bode 28 unnumbered pages stapled illustrated wrappers full page map of Berkeley. From the collection of noted science fiction artist illustrator and writer Henry M. Eichner with original mailing envelope addressed to him. Both Reports are Fine. RARE Baycon ephemera with excellent sci-fi provenance. Bill Donaho Paperback books
1954réf. 008285Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company 1954. Journal. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in collectible condition Near Fine wrappers lightly rubbed. New Age journal devoted mainly to UFOs and alien life forms. New Age Publishing Company Paperback books
