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1817025442London: John Murray 1817. 1st Edition . Original Quarter Calf. Good. 9 3/8" Tall. I Viii 214. With Preliminary And Final Blanks In Original Blue Boards Spine Mostly Perished But With Most Of Original Paper Spine Label Intact. Uncut Deckled Edges Note Height Of Book Is 9 3/8". Boards Worn Frayed Through Along Most Of Edges. Edges Of Pages Dusty Contents Immaculate And Fine. <br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
1900DC6316NY: M. Witmark & Sons 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 1st printing 1900. Author's inscription dated Aug. 7 1900. In another later hand - "To Roger Shaw". Square green cloth stamped in black; illustrated. Minor soiling; wear at spine ends. M. Witmark & Sons Hardcover
1871015350London: William Blackwood and Sons 1871. First Separate Edition First Printing . Violet Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover Illustration By W. Patterson. Pp. 1-641-8 Of Ads. First Issue With "Price Sixpence" And "From Blackwood's Magazine May 1871" On Front Cover And 1871 Date In Roman Numerals At Foot Of Title Page. First Separate Publication Of This Short Story About A Fictional Invasion Of England By Germany. A Bright Clean Almost Unused Copy. Spine Faded To Light Violet As Is A 1/8" Vertical Strip Adjacent To The Spine On The Rear Cover. Very Scarce In Such Exceptional Condition This Being The Best Copy We Have Seen In 30 Years. <br/> <br/> William Blackwood and Sons unknown
1897DC7203Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1897. Book. Good to Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1897. Green coth decorated in stamped back and gold with gold stamped lettering. In Bleiler's Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Hinges cracked but holding; light lean; worn at corners and edges. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
1894003515Paris: Lecène Oudin et Cie 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 4 p.: frontispiece and 24 in-text drawings; 26 cm. Contemporary red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped coat-of-arms of Antwerp on front board; blind-stamped borders and corners on both boards. All page edges gilt. Purple floral endpapers. Prize bookplate on front free endpaper for Marie Duxrud from École de Demoiselles in Antwerp dated 1894. Marie Duxrud 1881-1954 was a soprano from Norway; she married Josef Stransky 1872-1936 who conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1911 to 1923. He later became an art dealer and was a partner in E. Gimpel & Wildenstein in New York City. The author Jules Nicolas Théodore Cahu 1854-1928 was a French writer an officer in the French cavalry and the chief of staff of General Boulanger; he wrote biographical journalism and science fiction sometimes under the pen name of Théo-Critt. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: head of spine slightly rubbed; hinges are weak; slight browning along pages edges; otherwise clean and tight. Lecène, Oudin et Cie hardcover
189936433London: Ward Lock & Co 1899. 1st ed. Hardcover. Bacon John H. 1st ptg. 8vo blue cloth with elaborate color design. Pencil ownership signature on front free endpaper. Endpapers darkened front endpaper brittle and detached else a near fine bright copy. A very nice copy and scarce in this condition. Ward Lock & Co hardcover
189636695London: Ward Lock & Co 1896. 1st ed. Hardcover. Wood Stanley L. 1st ptg. 8vo blue cloth with elaborate gilt cover design bevelled boards. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood. An early adventure tale by Boothby best known for his series of tales about Dr. Nikola an occultist anti-hero seeking immoratlity and world domination. Cover gilt rubbed light soiling to endpapers else near fine no previous ownership marks. Ward Lock & Co hardcover
1891035530Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company 1891. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Good. 309 Pp 10 Pp Publisher's Catalog At Rear. Dark Brown Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt Pink Endpapers 10 Pp Ads At Rear. First Hardcover Printing A Mixture Of The Two States Identified In Bal No Priority; Previous Owner's Consolatory Gift Inscription On Front Free Endpaper Dated Christmas 1891. Worn Cover Gilt Strong But Spine Gilt Weak Although Complete And Readable. Cloth Frayed Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine Tiny Frays At Tips; Front Hinge Cracked And A Little Webbing Visible And A Little Loose Towards Bottom; Rear Hinge With A Few Short Splits On Gutter Edge Of Rear Pastedowns. <br/> <br/> F. J. Schulte & Company hardcover
1884006246Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1884. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bellamy's third novel preceding "Looking Backward 2000-1887" by 3 years and SCARCE especially so in collectible condition. In original brown cloth stamped at front cover and spine with black decorations and gilt titles. Copyright page states 1884 title page1885. Very Good cloth rubbed at the edges and corners end pages toned prior owner inscription front paste down. Binding solid contents are clean and unmarked. James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover
1900008159London 1899 1906: Methuen & Co. 1900. First British Edition Third Printing 3rd Printing. Red Cloth. Very Good. 437 Pp. Red Ribbed Cloth Gilt. Dated 1900 With Third Edition Statement On Title Page 40 Pp. Catalog At End Dated March 1906. Cloth And Gilt Bright With Just A Touch Of Darkening To Red Color On Spine. Nicks To Cloth Right On Top Edge And Foredge 1/8" Fraying At Lower Foredge Tips Front Hinge Cracked Some Foxing Small Bookseller's Inked Price On Front Pastedown; But A Very Attractive Example Of A Scarce Historical Romance With Fantasy Elements. <br/> <br/> Methuen & Co. hardcover
1887005363New York: White Stokes & Allen 1887. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. A late collection of fantasy short stories and a three-act play by the 19th century lawyer and poet. First Edition; 211 pages with one-page ad of other books by the author; small 16 mo 4 x 6 inches dark brown cloth boards with beveled edges blindstamped gold lettering and design element on spine and front cover ; top edge of text gilded other edges untrimmed. Boards show minor surface wear light wear at edges corners spine ends. Light foxing inside covers and end pages. Text is clean and complete; binding remains tight. A collectable copy. <br/> <br/> White, Stokes, & Allen hardcover
1895032502London: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1895. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxiii 202 Pp. No Catalogue At End. Brown Cloth Spine Gilt Blindstamped Rules On Covers No Cover Illustration By Beardsley But With That Same Illustration On Title Page. English Issue With "The Bodley Head" On Spine. Stated 4Th Printing. Light Wear No Fraying Hinges Intact No Names Or Marks 1/8" Wide Water Stain Running Vertically Length Of Front Cover About 1/4" In From Spine Gutter. <br/> <br/> John Lane / The Bodley Head hardcover
189226742New York: J.F. Douthitt 1892. First edition second binding. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in red and gold inner hinges cracked some internal soiling. First edition second binding. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of a classic inhabited-hollow-earth tale; the illustrations were done by eight different artists. Bleiler p. 29. Bleiler p. 29 <br/><br/> J.F. Douthitt hardcover
