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1899000745London: Harper & Bros. 1899. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Very Good . 329 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition First Issue With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Panel. Very Good Front Panel Attractive Spine Slightly Faded And With Slight Soiling And A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing. A Little Foxing To Edges Of Sheets And On A Few Pages. An Attractive Copy Of A Book Which Does Not Wear Well. Rear Hinge With 2" Long Crack. Front Free Endpaper With Partly Erased Ownership Signature Of Henry W. Bowders Dated July 1899. <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros. hardcover
18380052121838 Paris, Fournier ainé, Furne et Cie, 1838. Deux volumes in-8 (129 X 208 mm) demi-chevrette aubergine foncé à grain long, dos à nerfs plats ornés d'une fine guirlande dorée, filets dorés, titre et tomaison dorés (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs.
1893008057London: Tylston and Edwards 1893. xxi iii 243 5 pp. 16 plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Ernest Griset. Volume V of Memorial Edition of Works of Burton. Bound in publisher's original decorated black cloth with gilt spine top edge dyed red. Bookplate of noted bookplate collector Arthur K. Brewer front paste dowan and The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research their unique bookplate front end page and Kinsey's call letters bottom edge of spine. Near Fine creases to cloth rear board offsetting from Brewer's bookplate front end page. A copy with a unique and interesting provenance. . Memorial Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tylston and Edwards Hardcover books
18903754Paris, Guyot, sans date (circa fin XIXe siècle) ; deux tomes in-16 reliés en un volume demie-basane aubergine, dos à nerfs décoré de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre rouge (reliure de l'époque) ; 189 pp., (3) pp. de catalogue ; 184 pp., (8) pp. de catalogue.
189824386Editions Plon 1898. In-8 relié de 295 pages au format 11,5 x 18,5 cm. Modeste reliure d'époque, demi chagrin, avec plats papiers. Signet en toile. Dos carré à 4 nerfs, avec fleurons, filets, titres et initiales de l'ancien propriétaire gravés. Couvertures non conservées. Plats avec petits frottis et tassements aux coins, ainsi qu'aux mors. Intérieur assez frais. Recueil de 26 nouvelles. Rarissime édition originale. Exemplaire enrichi Lettre autographe manuscrite de J.H Rosny aîné (Joseph Henri Honoré Boex) adressée à Monsieur Paul Strauss sénateur : " Monsieur, Permettez-moi de vous rappeler que nous avons sollicité ensemble la Croix de la Légion d'Honneur pour Jules Hoche. Je vous serais personnellement très reconnaissant si vous pouviez rapporter cette candidature au ministre.Veuillez croire Monsieur, à ma très sincère sympathie." J.H Rosny aîné. Provenance idéale.
18985498<p><strong>The first Russian translations of the novel.</strong></p><p>This Russian translation was issued in the same year as the first edition of '<em>The War of the Worlds</em>' was published. The translation appeared in the magazine '<em>Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury Iskusstva i Nauki</em>' 'New Journal of Foreign Literature Art and Science' Nos. 6-9 and this particular copy is an offprint from the magazine. It was also published in 1898 as a separate book in a smaller format with different pagination.</p><p>According to some sources the translator might have been <strong>Konstantin Tolstoi</strong> 1842-1913 a doctor and publicist known for his attempt to translate Shakespeare's '<em>Romeo and Juliet</em>'.</p><p>Later that same year another Russian translation of the novel was released.</p> Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury hardcover
1899005458New York: The Century Co. 1899. First Printing identified per BAL by introductory pages numbered with Arabic numerals instead of Roman. Near Fine in original green cloth lacking the rare dust jacket spine just a tad darkened. Top edge gilt. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Reginald B. Birch . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Century Co. Hardcover books
1895JBA02Atlanta: Third World Publishing Co. Press of C. P. Byrd 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1895. Blue cloth lettered in gold on front and black on spine; 313pp. Lost race of Polarians in arctic whose origin appears Roman. In Bleiler Science Fiction: The Early Years. Minor ink markings bottom of one page; small piece off margin of two pages at foredge; pages tanning. Rare. Third World Publishing Co., Press of C. P. Byrd Hardcover
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
1900006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover books
1900006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover
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
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover
1898FA15London & NY: F. Tennyson Neely 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing1898 Green cloth border in line of red with lettering in silver on front and spine; 312pp ads. Fantasy novel; a secret ancient mystic order clairvoyance occult elements. Bleiler II p.158. Spine sunned with edges and corners of cloth a little dingy; small star-stamp on front pastedown; minor soiling pps4 & 5 with tiny tear at top edge of p.4. F. Tennyson Neely Hardcover
1889KA03Cinncinati: Robert Clarke Co. 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 1st printing 1889. Tan cloth lettered in gold on front. A slim volume; 39pps; green floral design on white endpages. An early trip to the moon via "green electricity". Author writes "Kind regards of the writer" but hasn't signed it. Endpages splitting at hinges else Very Good Binding still very tight. Scarce. Robert Clarke Co. Hardcover
1884008072London: Reeves and Turner 1884. First Edition Thus with Preface by A.H. Bullen. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards raised bands gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers the small bookplate of Herbert M. Allen Cambridge front paste downs. Near Fine light rubs at corners and raised bands. Paltock's classic imaginary voyage originally published in 1751 this edition especially desirable for Bullen's reviews of the history of its writing publication and its influence on later writers like Dickens Hunt Lamb Coleridge et al. After creating this wonderful world of winged women exotic creatures and fanciful civilizations Paltock tried his hand at a similar work featuring a dog-bird see Bleiler but for some reason it never took off. Bleiler p.162. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reeves and Turner Hardcover books
1884008072London: Reeves and Turner 1884. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Thus with Preface by A.H. Bullen. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards raised bands gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers the small bookplate of Herbert M. Allen Cambridge front paste downs. Near Fine light rubs at corners and raised bands. Paltock's classic imaginary voyage originally published in 1751 this edition especially desirable for Bullen's reviews of the history of its writing publication and its influence on later writers like Dickens Hunt Lamb Coleridge et al. After creating this wonderful world of winged women exotic creatures and fanciful civilizations Paltock tried his hand at a similar work featuring a dog-bird see Bleiler but for some reason it never took off. Bleiler p.162. Reeves and Turner Hardcover
1896D2006Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1896; "The Lotos Library". 16mo; original yellow/beige cloth lettered & decorated in green; 193pp; 4 inserted plates. Lost Race fantasy adventure: last of a great Indian race; a sacred treasure and a form of metempsychosis. 2 inch square ownership label on pastedown moderate spotting tiny brown spots on upper front cover & some on rear & spine. Very Good copy with hinges sound & text & plates clean. Very scarce. J. B. Lippincott Co. 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
1896030694London: J. M. Dent And Co. 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Xii 285 Pp. Green Cloth Elaborately Gilt Top Edge Gilt Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. 100 Illustrations By Author. First Printing 1896 Date At Bottom Of Title Page. Bookplate Of Larry Mcmurtry Part Of His Fine Collection Of H. G. Wells' Books. Covers Lightly Used No Fraying Or Stains Or Damage No Fading To Spine All Gilt Bright And Complete And Scarce Thus. Parody Of Wells' "Island." On Pp 183-234. <br/> <br/> J. M. Dent And Co. hardcover
1895005285Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1895. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. On front end page inscription reads - "To Dr. J. O. Buck in the friendship and fellowship of a common cause Florence Huntley". First published in 1892 stated Fourth Edition contains preface to the Second Edition. . Very Good end pages browned and with corner tears. Boards rubbed title at spine a bit dulled. A fantasy novel. Early editions of this book and SIGNED copies of any of her books are RARE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arena Publishing Company Hardcover books
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
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
1896DC631NY: The Morse Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1896. Black cloth decorated and stamped on front and spine in white and rear board is in blind. In Bleiler's Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Bookplate. Scarce. The Morse 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
