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1911réf. 24695London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Good. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket solid copy moderately shelfworn dust-darkening to top of text block slight fading to spine cloth a couple of small tears in cloth at top of spine. One of the more uncommon short-story collections by this prolific author containing twenty-one tales in all including several of a semi-fantastical or macabre nature such as "Post-Mortem" about a depressed poet who plots to fake his suicide and assume a new identity. Although he's occasionally cited as an influence on H.P. Lovecraft he seems to have more often written in a lighter somewhat de Maupassantian vein he even mentions de Maupassant in passing in one story; one contemporary critic cited his "luminous insight into human character seved by a sympathetic and painstaking hand." . Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1902réf. 07156THE ONE BEFORE Scribners 1902 first edition a bright vg copy in pictorial cloth. A fantasy with golf being a strong component. Profusely illustrated. Scribners / Scribner's hardcover books
1911réf. 49956London: Eveleigh Nash 1911. First printing. Very good. First edition of this gender-transition tale of body-switching imposed upon a young woman by a ghoulish medical man. The novel's experimental exchange of souls undertaken to prove the "independent existence of the Ego" can "only take place between two persons of opposite sexes" transporting the Victorian comedy trope started by Anstey's VICE VERSA into the realm of gender terror and the uncanny. AN EXCHANGE OF SOULS is both more serious and more scientific than its 1903 predecessor Richardson's THE BAYSWATER MIRACLE in which a man and woman temporarily switch bodies and the latter has a wonderful time with her new trousers and mustaches. Comic fantasy welcomes change of sex as a jolly adventure and a learning experience if a temporary one while scientific horror overwhelmed with panicked emotion runs screaming from the very thought. Yet this novel's approach to the theme luxuriates in the horror of a fine male mind struggling to think with the sluggish and inferior "cortex" of the unfortunate Alice Lade whose "plastic and receptive" nature was vulnerable to the "dominant force" of his Ego. Alice's partial survival - the lingering presence of her own soul and the consequent merging of two natures - is itself another source of ineffable horror to the narrator. "It is said that there is no place for me neither in this world nor elsewhere." 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original gilt-stamped green cloth with pictorial paste-on. 256 pages. Early ink owner stamp with evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. Faint rubbing and soil to boards bumping to extremities gilt on spine tarnished. Spotting to text block edges. Strong hinges. Eveleigh Nash unknown books
1922réf. 42276New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Offsetting to the endpapers boards lightly soiled else near fine without dustwrapper. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover books
1892réf. 57094London: Henry and Co 1892. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good. 210; 6pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Black endpapers. Six pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Extremities moderately bumped and rubbed; fore-edge of text block lightly foxed. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer John Ruyle with his notes in pencil on the verso of the front free endsheet. The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour edited by W. H. Davenport Adams. With a magic shop in heaven. Henry and Co hardcover books
1891réf. 37974London: Henry and Co 1891. Whitefriars Library edition. Hardcover. Fair. 210; 6pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Black endpapers. Six pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. The extremities are prominently rubbed and the rear cover is moisture stained. The endpapers are cracked along the hinges. The first several pages have a former owner's name in pen. The text block is cracked several times. The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour edited by W. H. Davenport Adams. With a magic shop in heaven. Henry and Co hardcover books
1914réf. 13697STORIES WITHOUT TEARS Frederick A. Stokes 1914 first American edition a tight vg or better copy in near vg dust-wrapper save for three thumbnail size chips and other light wear. This short story collection is quite uncommon in dust-wrapper. Stokes unknown books
1914réf. 11912STORIES WITHOUT TEARS Frederick A. Stokes 1914 first American edition a tight vg or better copy of this short story collection. Stokes unknown books
1913réf. 07157THE NEW GULLIVER Werner-Laurie 1913 first edition a solid vg copy. Werner-Laurie 1913 unknown books
1902réf. 52051London: Grant Richards 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Foxing owner name on title page else very good. A fantasy with some golf content. Grant Richards hardcover books
1906réf. 237976London: John Long 1906. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. Little brown spots on outer foredges of pages. Stamp on front endpaper "Discard". Pages light brown. Edges of spine bumped. Spine brown. John Long hardcover books
1911réf. 49956London: Eveleigh Nash 1911. First printing. Very good. First edition of this gender-transition tale of body-switching imposed upon a young woman by a ghoulish medical man. The novel's experimental exchange of souls undertaken to prove the "independent existence of the Ego" can "only take place between two persons of opposite sexes" transporting the Victorian comedy trope started by Anstey's VICE VERSA into the realm of gender terror and the uncanny. AN EXCHANGE OF SOULS is both more serious and more scientific than its 1903 predecessor Richardson's THE BAYSWATER MIRACLE in which a man and woman temporarily switch bodies and the latter has a wonderful time with her new trousers and mustaches. Comic fantasy welcomes change of sex as a jolly adventure and a learning experience if a temporary one while scientific horror overwhelmed with panicked emotion runs screaming from the very thought. Yet this novel's approach to the theme luxuriates in the horror of a fine male mind struggling to think with the sluggish and inferior "cortex" of the unfortunate Alice Lade whose "plastic and receptive" nature was vulnerable to the "dominant force" of his Ego. Alice's partial survival - the lingering presence of her own soul and the consequent merging of two natures - is itself another source of ineffable horror to the narrator. "It is said that there is no place for me neither in this world nor elsewhere." 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original gilt-stamped green cloth with pictorial paste-on. 256 pages. Early ink owner stamp with evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. Faint rubbing and soil to boards bumping to extremities gilt on spine tarnished. Spotting to text block edges. Strong hinges. Eveleigh Nash unknown
1911réf. 000021299London: Eveleigh Nash 1911. first edition. hardcover. Good . Octavo green cloth covers with gilt titles on top cover and paper pictorial inset; gilt worn from spine titles. 256 pages 8 pages of publisher's ads dated Spring 1911. 1/2" tear at rear spine joint of cover. Crack at top right cover corner. Some browning on endpapers. Still an attractive copy of a scarce book. No dust jacket. Bleiler 1978 p. 153 Og: Personality Exchange / Science Fiction. 060299C Eveleigh Nash hardcover
1916réf. 10817Stokes 1916. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small used bookstore in Caldwell Idaho. All books are fair to good or bettermay have some markings no library copies unless specifically listed. Stokes hardcover
réf. 1020936223.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1166606996.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1120272823.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0526139749.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928réf. C32602Lock & Co. 1928. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Second edition there was an edition in 1927.Original publishers green cloth lettered black on spine and cover. pp 256. Uncommon in d/w abstract colour marbling style. hardcover
1969réf. mon0000544296C.Chivers 01/12/1969 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. C.Chivers hardcover
1900réf. 69891London: S. H. Bousfield & Co. Ltd. 1900. 16mo. First Edition. 192 pp. Paperback with colour illustrated cover designed by Tom Browne andv advertisements to rear and endpapers. Darkening and marks to boards curling to corners and wear and tears to spine. Light spotting throughout. Entertaining glimpse of early 1900s married life. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. First Edition. 1900. S. H. Bousfield & Co., Ltd. 1900 unknown
réf. 1374988294.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1331496853.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2002réf. Q-1853754722Prion 2002-02-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Prion hardcover
2002réf. mon0002992534Prion 2002-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.4173 7.0079 4.8819. First edition includes the dust jacket Prion hardcover
