CONTINUOUS FLOWS IN THE PLANE (GRUNDLEHREN DER MATHEMATISCHEN WISSENSCHAFTEN)
Springer, 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. This copy is Signed with a personal inscription by Anatole Beck. More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
SOME GHOST STORIES.
Forty-Nine Chandos Street, W.C. Cecil Palmer, 1927. Hard Cover. First Edition. Burrage’s first collection of horror fiction; he is best remembered for weird tales such as these, and is now known as a classic author of British ghost stories; Bleiler..... More
STAR MAN’S SON, 2250 A.D.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. Hard Cover. A reprint edition of Andre Norton’s first science fiction novel. A clean copy of this printing by the Gregg Press, with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket has some rubbed spots. It is..... More
DREAMS AND DREAM-STORIES.
London: George Redway, 1888. Hard Cover. First Edition. Kingsford obtained her medical degree in Paris, 1880, and after witnessing extreme animal abuse by acclaimed vivisectionists, joined campaigns for animal rights and veganism. She also followed her strong beliefs in spiritualism... More
TALES OF HORROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
London: The Richards Press, [1949]. Hard Cover. First Edition thus. Bleiler describes Machen as “the dominant figure of the time segment just before M. R. James and A. Blackwood ... [his] work is characterized by scholarship in many bizarre areas... More
STORIES IN THE DARK
London: Grant Richards, 1901. Hard Cover. First Edition. A scarce edition of an early work by this writer of supernatural and horror stories. According to Barron, this collection of tales ‘of encroaching madness’ includes “The Diary of a God,” “The..... More
Stephen King Companion
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1995. Hard Cover. Signed. Signed limited edtion; numbered as a presentation copy with several signatures. No pencil or ink markings in text. Hardcover boards are wrapped in Rainbow Sandstone C paper with Desert Tan... More
THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Hard Cover. First US Edition. The story of a young man’s involvement in a plot to revive the ancient Egyptian Queen Tera, whom Stoker modeled after Queen Hatshepsut. An enjoyable novel in..... More
A PAD IN THE STRAW.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, [1952]. Hard Cover. First Edition. A collection of supernatural stories written by an Anglican priest. A few in text illustrations. Foxing to the endpapers. Sunning to the spine. Green cloth with gilt lettering on... More
A BLADE FOR SALE: THE ADVENTURES OF MONSIEUR DE MAILLY
New York: Robert M. McBride and Co., 1927. Hard Cover. First Edition. The First American Edition, published the year before in England with the title The Adventures of Monsieur de Mailly. One of a handful of works by this Scottish... More
THE ROOM IN THE TOWER AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Alfred A. Knopf, [1929]. Hard Cover. Second Edition, Second Impression. First published in 1912, this being the second impression of the second edition. Bleiler calls this “conventional stories, traditional horrors, leaner development, less social and psychological concern than the... More
STYRBIORN THE STRONG
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean copy of the First American Edition with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket has modest chipping and shelfwear at the extremities as well as a small... More
THIRTY STRANGE STORIES.
New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition thus, preceded by the similar UK collection of stories, titled The Plattner Story and Others (Methuen, 1897). The third collection of uncanny tales by the acclaimed writer of Science... More
SHE. A HISTORY OF ADVENTURE.
New York: 1887. Hard Cover. First American Edition. “One of the great fantastic romances ... a work of mythic significance.” Early American Edition, with 1887 publication year on the title page; the so-called first American edition, which was preceded by... More
THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE: TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940. Hard Cover. First Edition. The First Edition of this collection of ghostly tales by one of the masters of the genre. In the publisher’s black cloth, with a previous owner bookplate on the pastedown, but..... More
NIGHTMARE TALES.
London: Theosophical Publishing House, n.d. Hard Cover. Early Printing. “Posthumous collection of ghost stories by the celebrated charlatan. The most notable is ‘The Ensouled Violin,’ in which a music teacher commits suicide to provide his protégé with strings made from..... More
SORAK AND THE SULTAN’S ANKUS. OR HOW A PERILOUS JOURNEY LEADS TO A KINGDOM OF GIANTS
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1934. Hard Cover. A child’s name pencilled in the ownership box on the front endpaper; no other marks in the book. The dustjacket has modest shelfwear, with a bit of loss to the spine extremities..... More
BOOK OF STONE: A Novel
Bethel, NC: Kosmos Books, 2001. Soft Cover. No pencil or ink markings in text. Covers clean; binding sound; NOT Ex-Library. More
CALLED BACK. (MONRO’S LIBRARY OF POPULAR NOVELS)
New York: George Munro’s Sons, [c. 1900]. Soft Cover. Early American Edition. Early American edition of Frederick John Fargus’s first novella, Called Back, which was widely popular in the first few decades of publication. Described by some as a chiller..... More
THE WHITE GHOST BOOK.
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, [1916]. Hard Cover. First Edition. The third of Jessie Adelaide Middleton’s collection of ghost stories. Reminiscent of modern day Ghost Hunters, with the usual cast of The White Lady, Ghostly Footsteps..... More
OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. A pristine First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and is bright and attractive; it has one short closed tear and is protected with a.... More