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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
1990ref. 091506-YArlington Illinois U.S.A.: Dark Harvest Books 1990. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1st. ed. 1990 Soft cover sprial bound advanced uncorrected proof 315 page book . A scarce book in this type ARC. Hardcover was a limited edition when printed.Signed by the author to a person. Condition : Fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark Harvest Books Paperback
1996ref. 092506-QWest Warwick Rhode Island U.S.A.: Necronomicon Pr 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st. ed. 1st. printing 1986 paper illustrated wraps soft cover with a new plastic cover over wraps 704 page book . Condition : Fine with ex-owners name and stamp on the frist blank page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Necronomicon Pr Paperback
1967ref. 001982London: Dobson 1967 Papered boards with minor bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners faint age browning to closed edges DW under a plastic and paper sleeve unclipped with rubbing to the ends light age yellowing to the surface small split lower part of the lower joint no loss but some wear to DW 383pp an excellent first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Dobson hardcover
ref. 000584London: Cherry Tree Fantasy Books scarce. Cherry Tree Book No 409 priced 1'6 on the cover publication price. undated early first Hubbard science fiction. contains two stories plus Authors note. 190pp 2pp adverts as well as adverts to the inside covers. no mention of Scientology or Dianetics. Excellent condition very minimal rubbing to spine edges. however one internal page pp136 has had a small marginal tear repaired with tape the tear is near invisible but the small piece of tape may cause oxidisation in the future it is best left intact for the time being I think. Cover art is swashbucklers duelling with a lady on a horse and a ghostly 'typewriter in the sky' cover art by RON 500 gram rate. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Cherry Tree Fantasy Books paperback
1978ref. 001603London: Julia MacRae Books 1978 unclipped DW has another distributors label over the printed price. VG book and wrapper. first UK edition 184pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Julia MacRae Books hardcover
2000ref. 002129London: Headline 2000 near fine in same DW unclipped no tears or inscriptions 314pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Headline hardcover
1904ref. 000225London: MacMillan 1904 true first as colonial preceeds Uk edition. Blue cloth with embossed vignette about gilt title on upper board. Gilt titled spine. Boards soiled and rubbed to edges with splitting to spine joints and chipping to cloth at head and tail corners rubbed through to boards. Could look reasonable with repair to cloth but may be better as a rebound copy. Text block is fully detached from boards lacks prelims upto half title. ex-library stamps to paste downs and half-title. Some foxing and/or soiling throughout. Text block is loose on sewing and some pages are separated and detached. Rear free endpaper has peice from top corner missing and former owners ink name dated may 1919 this is repeated on the rear pastedown i-viii 3 -317 1 unpaginated leaf advertising HG Wells and also Popular Works Thomas Hardy followed by 8 page catalogue of MacMillans Colonial Library with the code CL.30.7.04 at the foot. With competent repairs and rebinding would look good enough but the pages are a bit unsightly unless you defox them. Scarce true first edition of one of Wells science fiction classics. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. MacMillan hardcover
2000ref. 002126London: Headline 2000 near fine in same DW unclipped no tears or inscriptions 312pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Headline hardcover