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9 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present); original olive buckram, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, backstrips faded (but gilt just legible) else a very good, bright, clean, crisp set. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED SETS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN FIRST VOLUME . A further 500 numbered sets were produced for sale in the US. The definitive edition of Machen's works. The set comprises Vol. I: The Great God Pan, The Inmost Light, The Red Hand; Vol. II: The Three Imposters; Vol. III: The Hill of Dreams; Vol. IV: The Secret Glory; Vol. V: Hieroglyphics; Vol. VI: A Fragment of Life, The White People; Vol. VII: The Terror, The Bowmen, The Great Return; Vol. VIII: Far Off Things; Vol. IX: Things Near and Far. NCBEL IV, p.645.
64 pages. Author's inscription upon title page appears to read "yath ch aw? iyus al? always be happy" Author has signed using her Salish name which is Kwulasulwut, which means 'Many Stars". In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories, the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural, and at the end discovers one of life's lessons, just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo, B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island. Soiling and above average wear to colour-illustrated boards. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper removed. Erasures from remaining portion of front endpaper. Book
8vo., with frontispiece [by Du Maurier]; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. This classic collection of sixteen short stories was first published in 1884. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Bleiler 13; Tymn 3-2 (both recording the first edition).
Baudelaire's translation of Poe's surreal, delirious tale, illustrated with THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED LOOSE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS (with aquatint) by Dominique Heraud. From a total edition of 50 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY FIVE (5) COPIES WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE THREE SIGNED ETCHINGS. The etchings in the suite are signed as well. 12mo. Loose as issued in original wraps. Board chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.
Light wear and scuffing to covers. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight bindings. Many color photos and illustrations. Each volume is around 150 pages 8 5/8"w x 12'H. Produced in consultation with the world's foremost authorities: more than 200 expert authors from all over the world. This enquiry into the supernatural "takes you deep into the wellsprings of the human mind, now as in the past. That is what a study of man and the supernatural is about, and that is why it matters." From Aberdeen Witches to Zurvan. Editorial Advisory Board: C.A. Burland, Glyn Daniel, E.R. Dodds, Mircea Eliade, William Sargant, John Symonds, R.J. Zwi Werblosky, R.C. Zaehner
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 11 plates, free endpapers very lightly browned, small signature on front free endpaper; original terracotta cloth elaborately blocked and lettered in black, gilt back, uncut, joints very lightly rubbed, covers with only the faintest age-soiling else a remarkably bright, clean copy. This classic collection of twelve short stories includes the first appearance of 'The Monkey's Paw', widely acclaimed as one of the finest short horror stories ever written. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Bleiler 896; NCBEL IV, p.621.
Pages 502-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Hunting Down of Tiburcio Vasquez, the Dick Turpin of California; "Red Fagen" - a veteran shipmaster's story of the undoing of a villainous 'crimp'; A Cycling Tour Through Central Africa (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures on the way from Rhodesia to Egypt; The Spectre of Mekeo - a supernatural tale from British New Guinea; Spiders; The Javelin Throwers - an exciting adventure with Venezuelan savages; Following the Fur Trails - photo-illustrated article of a Canadian government naval survey crew's winter on the ice-bound shores of Hudson Bay; Lost in an Underground Labyrinth - photo-illustrated account of a man who was thrown into the sewers of Milan and lost for many days; The Eagle's Nest - the mountaintop town of Peillon in the South of France - article with many photos; The Mystery of Fraser Island - a strange sequence of events on an island where the Queensland 'dumped' troublesome blacks; Our Lunatic; A Matter of Business - a West African trader is charged with removing stock from stations set to be closed - despite native objections; The "Crooked House" - at Kingswinford, near Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
281 pages. Lengthy inscription to "Dad and Dilly" by Bob Munger upon front free endpaper. Laid in is a fascinating and highly relevant photocopy of a news clipping from 1978 which provides a biography of Bob Munger, explains his involvement with the movie 'The Omen', and his plans to make 'The Angel' into a movie. The clipping includes a photo of Munger with the sister of Jimmy Carter. Average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Faint stains to edges of text. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Singular Horseman - how a Chinese poet came to the aid of a fox-hunting man (Max Brand); Bumping Down to Mexico - Abroad by car, the road to Mexico City (Owen P. White); Bushwacker Brew - Romance and the federal government hit snags in old Bushwhacker (Frederick Hazlitt Brennan); Ready All! - On the line at the Poughkeepsie Regatta (Alastair MacBain); Black Magic - the supernatural cat (William MacHarg); Captain Jenkin's Ear - A Yankee saves the British Fleet (Jacland Marmur); The Prodigal Nurse, part VI - Celia headed for trouble (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Trouble Shooter, Part II - the brawling builders of empire (Ernest Haycox); Statesmanship in High C - Senator Barkley sounds the tocsin (George Creel); Chorus Call, by James Aswell; Keep up with the world - a little learning (Freling Foster); Just for fun - play clothes (Aimee Larkin). Nice colour Ford V-8 ad on page 23. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 45. Nostalgic colour Texas Centennial Coke ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
In 8. Dim. 23,5x17 cm. Pp. (20)+.282+(2). Bella edizione del 1745 di questa opera spirituale di Jose Lopez de Ezquerra ad uso dei direttori di anime. L'opera è in un volume ed è completa. All'interno cinque trattati: Spiritualità dell'anima, Anima razionale, Abitudini naturali e sovrannaturali, Grazie (Apparizione dei dannati, Visioni, Spirito divino e diabolico ecc..), Favori soprannaturali (Visioni, Lacrime soprannaturali, Estasi, Morte mistica, Pratica di istruzioni dei direttori per l'elevazione dei corpi ecc.. Alla fine via purgativa, illuminativa e unitiva. Antiche note manoscritte. Tagli marmorizzati. In buone condizioni. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Beautiful edition of 1745 of this spiritual work by Jose Lopez de Ezquerra for the usage of directors of souls. The work is in one volume and it is complete. Inside five treates: Spirituality of soul, Rational soul, Natural and supernatural customs, Graces (Apparition of damned people, Visions, Divine and diabolic soul ecc..), Supernatural (Visions, Supernatural tears, Ectasis, Mystic death, Practicle of instructions of directors for elevation of bodies etc.. At the end purgative, illuminative and unitive life. Marbled external edges of pages. In good conditions. Full parchment coeval cover with manuscripted title in the spine in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 11 plates, some faint browning to endpapers, small contemporary signature on blank preliminary verso; original terracotta cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in gilt and blocked in black, uncut, a near fine copy. Published a year after the first edition. This classic collection of twelve short stories includes the first appearance of 'The Monkey's Paw', widely acclaimed as one of the finest short horror stories ever written. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Bleiler 896; NCBEL IV, p.621 (recording the first edition).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; original series cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL FLS BINDING.
55 pages. Bibliography. Illustrations on both sides of back cover. A supplement to thirteen telecourse lectures on topics including: Who are the Northwest Indians?; Living in an Indian Village; Not by Fish Alone; The Greateste Woodcarvers of America; The Women Spin and Weave; Living Together; The One-Sided Family; Warring with Wealth; Seeing the Supernatural; Spirits - True and False; Totem Poles and Their Legends; and more. Author was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Book
8vo., First Collected Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original red cloth, gilt back, red top, uncut, a near fine copy. First collected edition, combining 'Far Off Things' (1922) and 'Things Near and Far' (1923). VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
Large book: 11 1/2"h x 10"w in excellent condition, as new in heavy black cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 285 pages with a great many b&w and color large, often full page, photos throughout, including sculpture, masks, furniture, pottery, helmets, cookery, plaques, jewelry, doors, etc. from Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, etc. Contents include: The African and his environment: Bushmen, Negritos or Pygmies, Negroes, Bantu, Hamitic peoples, Nilo-Hamites and nilotes; Material aspect of art, Social life : Birth and youth, Maturity, Death, Age groups, Secret societies, legal power, rank and state procedures, Economics, Relion and the supernatural, Play, etc. copyright 2011 Pistil Books
8vo., First English Edition, First Issue, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and 14 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), text on rectos only, free endpapers mildly browned; original ivory pictorial buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, covers mildly age-soiled as often, backstrip faded (but all gilt just legible) else a very good, tight, clean copy. First Edition in book form. First Issue, with imprint 'Bemrose Dalziel'. Livingston, 287.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 8 plates on 4, and 2 illustrations (one a full-page caricature) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce, especially in this condition.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small mark on front free endpaper. Full brown cloth boards. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 266 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
Book is in excellent condition with a bump to the lower corners, light shelf wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 410 pages, heavily illustrated with a great many full page and large b&w and color photos. Contents include: Northwest coast, Craft and technology of the Artist, Kwakiutl religion and mythology, Inheritance, Potlatch, Copper complex, Ceremonial year, Klasila, Tsetsekseason, Staging Tsetseka, Hereditary officals, ceremonial roles, Dancing societies, Hamatsa ritualWinalagilis ritual, Atlakim dancing, Dluwalakha dancing and masks, Supernatural treasures, Batons, whistles, clapers and rattles, Mourning masks, Masks of gakhula, the intruder, Hamatsa bird-monster masks, Hamatsa cedar bark head and neck rings, Noohlmahla masks, Tanis masks, Ceremonial skulls, Sisiutl headdresses and eremonial objects, Atlakim masks, Tsonokwa masks, etc.
Mm 210x270 Brossura editoriale di 386 pagine con tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo. Testo in francese - french text. Ampia bibliografia. Foglio sciolto di Errata corrige. In buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Features: Cherry Krahling and mother Jean Jakeway create some lovely settings; Don Lampman creates a spooky Halloween setting; Mary Ellis and her floral creations each include a little butterfly; Nancy Peters' Natural Happenings; Irene Mannie's miniature world; Shirley Cox's perfect quilt; Ellen Poitras' Little People; Touring England's Miniatures; Artisan Maureen Collet; Shirley Litz - Food in Miniature; Moanna Riesser's Museum-in-Miniature; Dorothy Brower's Basement Treasures; DIY Quaint Quilt; How to create antique photographs; The 1920s Martha Washington - a beautiful case piece; Joann's decorative storage - how to build a pantry with accessories; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with head- and tail-pieces, and several illustrations in the text, inscription on front free endpaper, some light spotting; red cloth, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. The original edition is scarce.
Book is in excellent condition with color endpapers, four color illustrations throughout. Grey covers with red illustration and red cloth spine, gilt print. Original waxed paper protective wrapper over book intact. Slipcase shows a little sunfading and shelf wear, but Near Fine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Hardcover in slipcase. Literally rendered from the Arabic into French by J. C. Mardrus then translated into Modern English by E. Powys Mathers, with an introduction by C. S. Forester.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original pictorial wrappers, covers moderately age-soiled else a good, sound copy. Proof copies are extremely scarce.
in-12, 321 pp., broche, couv. Etat d"usage (dos frotte). [CA32-7]
