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1942568662New York: Privately Published 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 188pp. Offsetting on verso of "contents" page spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped very good without dust jacket as issued. Affectionately Inscribed by Merritt on the verso of the "contents" page. Pieces from The American Weekly of which Merritt was editor. Uncommon Signed copy. Privately Published hardcover
194218429New York: Privately Printed 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth stamped in yellow on cover and spine blue endpapers. Two pages show some foxing. A near fine copy. Publisher's gift slip affixed to front free endpaper. ; Octavo. Privately Printed hardcover
194244239New York: Cuneo Eastern Press 1942. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Boards lightly rubbed else fine without dustwrapper. (Cuneo Eastern Press) hardcover
193706539THREE LINES OF OLD FRENCH The Bizarre Series N.d. but 1937 first edition near fine in wraps. #1 of the series. Quite uncommon. The Bizarre Series 1937 paperback
193206537THRU THE DRAGON GLASS ARRA 1932 first edition very good plus to near fine in slightly browned wraps. A nice copy of this very fragile booklet the first separate publication of Merritt's first story. Uncommon. ARRA 1932 paperback
193210147Jamaica NY: The ARRA Printers 1932. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good Plus. First edition thus. Paperback. 12mo. 24pp. Staple-bound pamphlet with orange paper wrappers printed in black. Originally published in All-Story Weekly in 1917. Stain on edge of front cover plus small tear and darkening. Interior clean and nice. <br/><br/> The ARRA Printers paperback
198639288FISCHER 01/1986. 1. softcover. Leif Langdon Deutsche Erstausgabe! FISCHER paperback
194906533THE FOX WOMAN & OTHER STORIES Avon 1949 first edition just about fine in full color pictorial wraps. Avon Books paperback
1984248281984 Ed. Néo - Nouvelles Editions Oswald - coll. Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventure - science-fiction N° 111 - in-8 broché - 1984 - 221p -
1983248291983 Ed. Néo - Nouvelles Editions Oswald - coll. Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventure N° 29 - in-8 broché - 1983 - 255p -
1975dl1747Editions J'ai Lu Dos carré collé 1975 In-12 (11 x 16,5 cm), dos carré collé, 253 pages ; papier bruni, par ailleurs bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1957nb187Hachette Le rayon fantastique Broché 1957 In-12 (18x11.5cm), dos broché, couverture illustrée, 254 pages ; couverture abîmée sans manque, papier roussi, prix en l'état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1975zy550Retz Broché 1975 In-8 (15,3 x 20 cm), broché, couverture illustrée à rabats, 250 pages, hors textes en noir ; bords très légèrement blanchis, taches sur la tranche supérieure, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1983100444P., Néo, 1983, in-8°, 240 pp, broché, couv. illustrée par Nicollet, pt accroc au 2e plat, état correct (Coll. Fantastique/Science-Fiction/Aventure n° 72)
1979119968NéO, Nouvelles éditions Oswald, 1979, in-8°, 238 pp, traduit de l'américain, introduction par François Rivière, broché, couv. illustrée par Jean-Michel Nicollet, bon état (Coll. Fantastique/Science-fiction/Aventure) (il s'agit du n° 1 de la collection, mais les volumes n'ont été numérotés qu'à partir du n° 19)
1946158348New York: New Collectors Group 1946. Large octavo illustrations by Hannes Bok cloth. First edition. First binding of tight weave mesh black cloth. Of two states issued simultaneously this one has the illustration of a nude man on page 19. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1166. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 744. In 333. A bright nearly fine copy in very good unprinted tan paper dust jacket with a touch of wear at edges. #158348 New Collectors Group unknown books
1947WRCLIT65940New York: New Collectors' Group 1947. Quarto. Black cloth lettered in gilt with title in three lines.Plates. Text in double columns. Foretips slightly bumped otherwise a very good or better copy without the unprinted dust jacket. First edition first state of the binding. One of 1000 numbered copies in addition to an unknown number of out of series copies. This copy has the cancel copyright notice affixed to the verso of the title. In addition to contributing the illustrations Bok completed the work writing chapters 8-27. CURREY p.364. BLEILER p.138. New Collectors' Group hardcover books
19261326570New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine brown with orange print; Boards in brown cloth with orange print wear to corners and spine caps fading to spine mild shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers mild age-toning to paper clean text; vi 326 pages. 1326570. FP New Rockville Stock. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1928163209New York: Boni and Liveright 1928. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi-viii 9-310 311-312: blank note: last leaf is a blank original tan cloth front panel stamped in red and gold spine panel stamped in red top edge stained red. First edition. First printing with "B&L" monogram on copyright page and no statement of printing. A mystery thriller in the mode of Sax Rohmer concerning Satan an unusual criminal mastermind who rules a band of thieves bound to his service by an elaborate game. The Boni and Liveright edition was reprinted at least twice and the novel was frequently reissued by various publishers in several formats through 1955. "7 FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN one of Merritt's most financially successful works appeared in ARGOSY ALL-STORY in five issues in 1927. Based upon Robert Barr's "A Game of Chess" it is his only pure mystery. Although it contains neither the fantasy nor the occult elements that characterize his earlier novels it is an intriguing tale containing an interesting plot and one of the most sinister villains in mystery fiction." - Foust p. 48. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 558. In 333. Bleiler 1948 p. 199. Reginald 10068. Hubin 1994 p. 569. Neat contemporary owner's signature dated March 1928 on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips. rubbing along folds and several closed tears with internal tape mends. #163209 Boni and Liveright unknown books
1985161986Philadelphia: Oswald Train: Publisher 1985. Octavo pp. 1-10 11-399 400: blank illustrations cloth. First edition. Miscellany edited with 145-page bio-critical introduction by Sam Moskowitz. Collects six fictions including a third ending for Dwellers in the Mirage twenty-six poems letters by and to Merritt articles by and about Merritt photographs of Merritt and his associates and other material. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 8-66. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #161986 Oswald Train: Publisher unknown books
1936163744London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-ix x-xii 1-274 275 276: printer's imprint original blue boards front and spine panels stamped black. Later edition. Movie tie-in edition with film still reproduced on the front panel of the dust jacket. "Celebrated weird mystery novel of witchcraft and deadly little dolls." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. Filmed in 1936 as "The Devil Doll" directed by Tod Browning screenplay by Garrett Fort Guy Endore and Erich von Stroheim with Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan in lead roles. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1160. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 552. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I pp. 181-83. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10058. Spine panel sunned several spots on boards a very copy in poor photo-illustrated dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping at edges and tape along top and bottom edges. #163744 Methuen & Co. Ltd. unknown books
1951158058New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Some lamination separation from spine panel a fine copy. A lovely copy. #158058 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
1933157781New York: Liveright Inc Publishers 1933. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-ix x xi-xii xiii-xiv 15-301 302-304: blank note: last leaf is a blank original black cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold top edge stained red other edges rough-trimmed. First edition. "Celebrated weird mystery novel of witchcraft and deadly little dolls." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. "Reputations come and reputations go but in the fields of science fiction and fantasy there is probably no other great reputation of the past that has suffered as much as that of A. Merritt. During the 1930's and 1940's he was widely considered the greatest fantasy writer of modern times . Is any of Merritt's work worth reading today other than as historical documents . A sense of peril emerges from BURN WITCH BURN! ." - Bleiler Supernatural Fiction Writers p. 842. Filmed in 1936 as The Devil Doll directed by Tod Browning screenplay by Garrett Fort Guy Endore and Erich von Stroheim with Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan in lead roles. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1160. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 552. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I pp. 181-83. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10058. A fine copy in bright good pictorial dust jacket with wear at spine ends shallow loss at spine folds and corner tips short closed tear at lower edge of rear panel several internal tape mends at edges and some re-coloring of black background ink. The book is quite nice and the jacket presents well overall. #157781 Liveright Inc Publishers unknown books
195186736New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Tiny private owner's address sticker affixed to title page else a bright fine copy. #86736 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
195186664New York: Avon Publishing Company 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Books 392. Some lamination peel at fore-edges corners rubbed a bright near fine copy. #86664 Avon Publishing Company unknown books
