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1972ref. 009861London: Gollancz 1972 500 gram rate unclipped DW dust related foxing to closed top edge otherwise tidy copy reissue unusual for Gollancz this has a sewn binding a very tidy copy of a scarce title. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Gollancz hardcover
1965ref. 009731New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965 unclipped DW has sunned spine handling soiling shows to rear white panel small split at top corner on fold book clean and tidy " A sudden and violent explosion deep in the wastes of Antarctica hurls high into the stratosphere a vast cloud of red dust which sweeps across the world." Brings a strange plague that kills most Rare New Zealand science fiction post apocalyptic novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by C. W. Bacon. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Whitcombe & Tombs hardcover
1972ref. 009297London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972 scarce first UK issue price clipped dust jacket with tiny split at top coner of front panel otherwise tidy name and address in biro to fep hinges split but holding but boards a little loose otherwise good copy Kubrick asked Clarke to rework his story 'The Sentinel' into a film script this book gives the different versions and evolution of Clarke's story into the basis of Kubrick's film classic 240pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1947ref. 007868New York: Love Romances Publishing Co. 1947 complete 4 issue run for 1947 being vol 3 numbers 6 7 8 9 all are reasonable condition internally OK but with heavily rubbed or chipped pictorial wrappers the spine are all fully worn away stapled newsprint sheets holding well just edgewear to the wrappers excellent forties cover art generally with complete novelletes as well as part stories 128pp per issue sold as a set. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Magazine. Love Romances Publishing Co. paperback
1952ref. 007948London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1952 undated but 1952 first edition lean to spine closed top edge foxed pencil to fep unclipped dust jacket is rubbed to edges and corners some short tears or chipping loss to spine ends small crease line down centre of front panel dust soiling and faded spine titling undated first edition illustrated in line fiction about space stations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Quinn. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1975ref. 007214Frogmore: Panther 1975 The second volume in the British paperback edition of The Hounds of Tindalos collection book has been contact sealed and has some foxing mainly to closed edges 11 horror tales in the vein of Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith 174pp . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5 - 6 tall. Panther paperback
2007ref. 041510-MNew York: Megan Tingley Books 2007. Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition 6th Printing. 1st. Edition 6th. Printing 2007 Hardcover in the dust jacket 627 page book . Signed by the author on the title page . Original black cloth over boards spine stamped in silver . In a an uncliped dust jacket . Condition : Very Fine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Megan Tingley Books Hardcover
1972ref. 007705London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972 scarce first UK issue price clipped dust jacket is rubbed and worn to corners and top and bottom edges and spine ends book has squares of tape to boards where a plastic sleeve was taped down hinges reinforced with tape stamps and labels to fep stamp to imprint stamp to top and bottom closed edges stamp to rear fep otherwise tidy copy Kubrick asked Clarke to rework his story 'The Sentinel' into a film script this book gives the different versions and evolution of Clarke's story into the basis of Kubrick's film classic240pp. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ex-Library. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1979ref. 007030London: Cape 1979 blue papered boards with gray endpapers dust jacket unclipped with very faint fade to spine lamination starting at very edges and tip of top corner jacket design by Tom Adams 507pp top edge dusted deep blue first UK printing and same edition as that supressed after legal action by the Ordo Templi Orientis subsequent editions had amended name instead of O.T.O. boards lightly rubbed export edition with no publisher price to dust jacket flap spine and corners lightly bumped. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tom Adams. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Cape hardcover
1933ref. 007093London: Ernest Benn 1933 500 gram rate red cloth with some fade at top near spine from water splash but not damp in any way paper stock is age browned unmarked 218pp Machen's final work. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ernest Benn hardcover
1977ref. 006663New York: Random House 1977 Stated first edition of the first Shannara book with publisher's number line starting at 2 which is correct for the first edition from Random House Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt in two full page black and white and one full colour folding plate at the centre of the book. Quarter black cloth over fawn papered boards with TB initial stamped on upper board by publisher head and tail of cloth spine sunned to very edges where light crept under the wrapper and leached the pigment unclipped DW has minor edgewear with light rubbing to corners and a few small edge splits and bears no publishers price Light crease to front fold in flap. DW spine is sunned with the title now a pale blueish colour the background still deep black nice bright copy SCARCE EXPEDITED SHIPPING REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hildebrandt. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Random House hardcover
1991ref. 101509-LNew York: St. Martin's Press 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 1991 Advance Uncorrected Proof Soft cover with illustrated wraps 243 page book .A scarce uncorrected proof of the book . Condition : Very Good with a light bump at the bottom cornerclearn and unread. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. St. Martin's Press Paperback
1968ref. 005214London: Leslie Frewin 1968 unclipped dust jacket light foxing to inside flaps rubbed corners and spine ends a few short edge tears publisher's lamination just starting to lift at spine joints faint foxing to closed edges and endpapers reverse side of the rear fore edge fold of the dust jacket has small area of tape discolouration collects W. Harrison Ainsworth Lovecraft Seabrook Dennis Wheatley August Derleth Algernon Blackwood Francis Prevot Basil Copper Robert Bloch Arthur Burks Shirley Jackson Ray Bradbury Edgar Allan Poe. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Leslie Frewin hardcover
1968ref. 005213London: Leslie Frewin 1968 unclipped dust jacket shows dust soiling to edges where publisher's lamination did not extend to the very edge of the wrapper book closed edges foxed some heavy pencil ghosts to fep 255pp collects 18 vampire tales ancient and modern as well as a factual piece by Montague Summers on Fritz Haarmann 'The Hanover Vampire'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Leslie Frewin hardcover
1970ref. 003719London: Hale 1970 price clipped DW has rubbing to edges etc which shows as white to the cover design short tear along the bottom of the lower joint faint foxing or dust soiling to closed edges tidy copy 192pp . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Hale hardcover
1979ref. 003738London: Cape 1979 VG blue papered boards with gray endpapers DW also VG and unclipped but with sunned spine light rubbing to fore edge folds at the corner tips jacket design by Tom Adams 507pp top edge dusted blue first UK printing and same edition as that supressed after legal action by the Ordo Templi Orientis subsequent editions had amended name instead of OTO. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tom Adams. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Cape hardcover
1979ref. 003791London: Cape 1979 near fine blue papered boards with gray endpapers DW also near fine and unclipped jacket design by Tom Adams 507pp top edge dusted deep blue first UK printing and same edition as that supressed after legal action by the Ordo Templi Orientis subsequent editions had amended name instead of OTO. top edge of boards lightly rubbed light dust soiling top edge top edge of DW lightly rubbed to edge export edition with no publisher price to DW flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tom Adams. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Cape hardcover
1970ref. 003917London: Gollancz 1970 near fine in same DW price clipped small split at head of spine lamination cracked along top fore edge fold slight lean to spine clean throughout closed top edge lightly dust soiled nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Gollancz hardcover
1974ref. 004458London: Faber 1974 unclipped DW faintest rubbing to tips and spine ends 212pp first UK edition near fine copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Faber hardcover
1921ref. 004753London: Cassell 1921 papered boards with black decorative titling upper joint rubbed through to the underlying mesh lower joint split corners bumped spine ends rubbed lacks fep some minor scattered foxing to closed edges and a few spots to title page 328pp final story of fifteen is by Algernon Blackwood the rest written by Blackwood from story ideas by Wilson first edition internally VG but papered boards are fragile. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Cassell hardcover
1916ref. 002804London: Nash 1916 first reprint of the Uniform edition blue cloth with dark blue titling light edge rubbing closed edges some foxing faint browning to endpapers light foxing to prelims fore edges of a few pages a little roughened where opened but all edges have been machine trimmed by printer 350pp The author's second collection of supernatural fiction includes "The Willows". See Barron : Horror Literature 3-26. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #176. scarce in any edition. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Nash hardcover
2000ref. 002950London: Headline 2000 near fine in same DW unclipped no tears or inscriptions except small split at top corner fold 314pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Headline hardcover
1977ref. 002976London: Corgi 1977 rare paperback television tie-in novel for the British science fiction series minor age related browning VG 175pp . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Corgi paperback
1980ref. 003044London: Victor Gollancz 1980 excellent near fine book and DW DW price clipped translated by Aan Meyers closed top edge foxed 243pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Victor Gollancz hardcover
1955ref. 003612London: Heinemann 1955 first British edition of the science fiction classic navy blue boards endpapers and paste downs have some tape rust as do the vertical edges of the dust wrapper fold in flaps unclipped DW has short tear at tail of upper joint light crease along top edge where it was folded over to fit in a plastic sleeve light chipping to corners still 99% intact and quite tidy book closed edges age browned some mild foxing 186pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Heinemann hardcover