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1903164049London: Greening & Co. 1903. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-viii 1 2-427 428: printer's imprint inserted frontispiece original black cloth front and spine panel stamped in gold. Third printing. First published in 1903. Of Gull's borderline fantasies of history his "most noteworthy work was WHEN IT WAS DARK about repercussions when false evidence seems to show that the Gospel narrative was faked." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years p. 314. Gull's most famous book WHEN IT WAS DARK "reached sales of 500000 copies. The book describes the attempt by a Jew the malevolent Constantine Schaube to overthrow the whole of the Christian world by fraudulently disproving the Resurrection." - Wikipedia. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 29. Bleiler 1948 p. 266. Not in Bleiler 1978 or Reginald 1979; 1992. A very good copy. #164049 Greening & Co. unknown books
19657605Éditions du Seuil 1965 188 pages in8. 1965. broché. 188 pages. Un roman de fiction qui se déroule dans la prison légendaire d'Alcatraz explorant l'atmosphère de solitude de tristesse et d'espoir qui y règne. Le narrateur tente de percer les secrets de l'île pénitentiaire un lieu réputé inévitable où se déroulent des événements dramatiques comme une exécution
199613146Amis de La Tour Du Vent 1996 312 pages in8. 1996. broché. 312 pages. Ouvrage collectif publié en 1996 par la société Les Amis de la Tour du Vent rendant hommage à Théophile Briant (1891-1956) poète et figure littéraire bretonne. Le livre explore sa vie son œuvre poétique son rôle de défenseur des poètes inconnus et sa fascination pour la figure de Merlin
1909241783London: Greening & Co 1909. First edition. 281 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon pictorial gilt-stamped cloth light stain along spine and front joint previous owner's name to ffep else near fine. First edition. 281 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hubin p. 185 Greening & Co unknown books
1909C203724London: Greening & Co. 1909. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth with faint marks to boards slight fading to spine with some splitting to upper spine hinge otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Greening & Co., hardcover
1909241783London: Greening & Co 1909. First edition. 281 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon pictorial gilt-stamped cloth light stain along spine and front joint previous owner's name to ffep else near fine. First edition. 281 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hubin p. 185 Greening & Co unknown
190911223London: E.V. White. London E.V. White 1909. First edition first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Mostly a thriller set in London involving terrorism and motor racing borderline SF thanks to a hugh explosive Locke III:182. No jacket. Slight reading lean some bumping to the corners and spine tips a little spotting to the endpapers and an owner's stamp there also. 11223 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1909. E.V. White hardcover
2000mon0004007697Charuka Arora Studio 7/10/2025 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 0.8268 11.2598 8.5433. Cover and edges may have some wear. Charuka Arora Studio hardcover
2000mon0004043178Charuka Arora Studio 7/10/2025 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Acceptable. 0.8268 11.2598 8.5433. Cover boards are bowing/bending. Cover shows light scuffing/edge wear. Pages are clean crisp and unmarked. Text block has intact & firm binding. Charuka Arora Studio hardcover
1921892Q31London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An extremely scarce first edition of this novel telling the story of a young professional conjuror Charles Staveley written by Guy Thorne. First edition in the publisher's original smart cloth binding. Very scarce. Written by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull under the pseudonym Guy Thorne. Gull was a prominent English journalist and novelist best known for his Christian novel 'When It Was Dark'. 'The Love Hater' tells the story of a young man named Charles Staveley who dreams of being a professional conjuror must to the dismay of his father and those around him.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and one mark to the rear board. Light spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with light spotting to the fore edge and to the occasional page perimeter. Very Good Indeed Ward, Lock & Co., Limited hardcover
1915901T66London: Gale & Polden 1915. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A first edition of this thrilling imaginary war novel from prolific English journalist and novelist Guy Thorne. First edition. A war story of a fictitious campaign in Italy detailing the inner history of the events occurring in the Palace of the Pope and the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome which lead to the conflict. Following the perspectives of Captain Knothe and the Count of Faido. Written by Guy Thorne the pseudonym of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull a prolific English journalist and novelist. In the original pictorial paper binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light chipping to the extremities. Loss to the head and tail of the spine with creases to the boards. Light sunning and the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Gale & Polden paperback
1927142259London: The Readers Library 1927. First UK Photoplay Edition. Based on the 1927 British film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and A. Bromley Davenport in turn based on the 1920 stage play "Le Zebre" by Paul Armont and Nicolas Nancey. <br/><br/>Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Starting to the rear hinge. Chipping to the crown and corners brown paper reinforcement to the verso of the spine. The Readers Library unknown books
1921892F56London: Hurst & Blackett 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 8" by 15.5". None. The vanishingly scarce first edition of C. Ranger's Gulls's fantastical novel about a floating city over London. The first edition first impression of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In this fantastical novel an airborne pleasure palace floats above London. The wealthy Brazilian businessman responsible for the construction of the city however has really built it for his own protection and a journalist named Thomas Kirby sets out to investigate.With a fifteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated August 1921. In the publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail and light bumping to back strip head. Rear board a touch bowed. Back strip reinforced with paper to the entirety of the reverse. Light handling marks dust wrapper to rear wrap and back strip. Tape repairs to dust wrapper at head and tail of folds over front and rear joints back strip tail and head and tails of folds over flyleaves. Loss of paper and a significant closed tear to back strip head with small closed tears and minor losses to the tail of the front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Hurst & Blackett hardcover
1922271803Harcourt brace 1922 first edition . fine book good jacket repaired jacket by clear tape on the back Harcourt brace unknown
1902214518London: Greening and Company Ltd 1902. Second impression. xi 1 156 plus publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth with yellow skull and crossed cigarettes on upper board. Somewhat soiled and rubbed still a Very Good copy. Second impression. xi 1 156 plus publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Greening and Company, Ltd unknown books
1908041748London: Ward Locke & Co 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 328 Pp. Blue Ribbed Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind On Spine An Front Cover. First Edition 1908 Date On Title Page; Also Known With A 16 Pp Catalog At End Priority Unknown. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant Light Rubbing To Cloth At Edges Mostly At Corners Slight Foxing To Endpapers No Marks Hinges Tight And Without Cracks. Per Wikipedia Guy Thorne Was The Pen Name Of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull 1875 - 1923 A Prolific English Journalist And Novelist Best Known For His Novel When It Was Dark: The Story Of A Great Conspiracy 1903. He Also Wrote Under The Names C. Ranger Gull And Leonard Cresswell Ingleby. Thorne Was Educated At Denstone College Manchester Grammar And Oxford University Although He Left Without Taking A Degree. He Was On The Literary Staff Of The Saturday Review 1897-98 Writing Also For The Bookman And The Academy. He Was Editor Of London Life In 1899 Then Joined The Daily Mail And Later The Daily Express. He Also Wrote For The Gossip Weekly Society. His First Novel Was The Hypocrite: A Novel Of Oxford And London Life Published Anonymously In 1898. From 1900 He Was Engaged In Writing Fiction Producing About 125 Novels In The Succeeding Years. The Most Famous Was When It Was Dark Which Reached Sales Of 500000 Copies. The Book Describes The Attempt By A Jew The Malevolent Constantine Schaube To Overthrow The Whole Of The Christian World By Fraudulently Disproving The Resurrection. After Its Publication The Bishop Of London Preached About When It Was Dark At Westminster Abbey. Calling It "A Remarkable Work Of Fiction" He Said It Depicts How The World Would Be If The Resurrection Were Proved To Be A Gigantic Fraud. ". . .You Feel The Darkness Creeping Round The World You See . . . Crime And Violence Increase In Every Part Of The World. When You See How Darkness Settles Down Upon The Human Spirit Regarding The Christian Record As A Fable Then You Quit With Something Like Adequate Thanksgiving And Thank God It Is Light Because Of The Awful Darkness When It Was Dark." When It Was Dark Has Been Criticised For Its Stereotyping Of Jews And Their Portrayal As Intent On Destroying What Thorne Viewed As The Most Valuable Element Of British Life - The Christian Faith And The Spiritual Values Associated With It. A Sequel When It Was Light 1906 Often Attributed To Gull Was Probably Written By George Reginald Bacchus. Thorne Was A Prolific Author Of Horror And Mystery Novels Which Sometimes Have A Redeeming Bizarreness. His Novels Include: Made In His Image 1906 The Soul-Stealer 1906 The Angel 1908 Not In Israel Dedicated To Cecil Broadhurst 1913 And It Came To Pass 1915 The Secret Sea-Plane 1915 The Enemies Of England 1915 Lucky Mr Loder 1918 The Secret Monitor 1918 The Air Pirate 1919 Doris Moore 1919 The House Of Danger 1920 The City In The Clouds 1921 The Love Hater 1921 The Dark Dominion 1923 And When The World Reeled 1924. He Also Wrote Numerous Essays And A Biography Of Frederick Nicholas Charrington 1850-1936 The English Social Reformer Who Devoted His Life To Temperance Work. Thorne Was A Close Friend Of The Publisher Leonard Smithers And A Friend Of The Poet Ernest Dowson. He Was Known For His Heavy Drinking. Who's Who 1906 Listed His Recreations As Shooting And French Literaturl. <br/> <br/> Ward, Locke & Co hardcover
1964212615Neptune City.: T.F.H. Publications. 1964. First edition thus. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated by the author. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. T.F.H. Publications. hardcover
1904873T11London: Greening & Co. Ltd. 1904. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A copy of this very scarce novel from Guy Thorne and Leo Custance. Very scarce work. An insightful and entertaining novel about sharks in the business world. Written by Guy Thorne the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull a prolific English journalist and novelist and Leo Custance a British author. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original black cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Minor loss to the tail of the spine and a small split to the front joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Good Greening & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1904903P27London: Greening & Co LTD 1904. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce novel by Leo Custance and Guy Thorne this being Custance's own copy signed by him and with review letters loosely inserted. The first edition of this very scarce work.The author's own copy with his ink inscription to the half-title 'Leo Constance London - 1904'.Including two handwritten letters loosely inserted detailing the authors of the letters opinions of the book. The letters are written from a Kathleen Barnweld and a Frances Strachey.Advertising slip for the book loosely inserted.'Sharks' is a novel of city life looking at company promoting and swindling on a grand scale written in a lively manner by Guy Thorne and Leo Custance.Thorne is the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull a prolific author best known for his 1903 novel 'When It Was Dark'.One leaf of adverts to the front and sixteen to the rear dated September 1904. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A little light rubbing and a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Gilt to the spine is a little faded. A very small amount of loss of cloth to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Greening & Co LTD hardcover
1952ABE-7256345535GUSTAVE DOMINICI EN COUVERTURE "LURS DOMINICI A PARLE: JE SAIS A QUI APPARTIENT L'ARME DU CRIME"-UN DEMI SIECLE DE THEATRE/LEPREVOST/1P/4 PHOTOS-LE MASSACRE DE LURS/2P/9 PHOTOS-UN TRAGIQUE ROMAN D'AMOUR/YVONNE CHEVALLIER/1P/4 PHOTOS-L'ASSASSIN DE LA TETE D'OR/2P/7 PHOTOS-CHASSE SANS FUSIL/CHAMPIGNONS/2P/7 PHOTOS-MEURTRE A GRENOBLE/AUGUSTE CARDAO/2P/9 PHOTOS-MALAKOFF/JEAN ROUSSEAU CREE LE SOUS MARIN D'EAU DOUCE POUR SE VENGER DE LA MARINE/1P/5 PHOTOS-PRISONS ROSES PRISONS NOIRES/ALCATRAZ/2P/7 PHOTOS-SAINT MALO/LE TUEUR A LA CAGOULE/FRANCE JOUANNE/2P/10 PHOTOS-LE MAL D'HIPPOCRATE/MARBAIS/2P/20 PHOTOS-EN 4: UN MEDECIN AU THEATRE/LEPREVOST
1958ABE-4557527082TYRONE POWER EN COUVERTURE/HOLLYWOOD EN DEUIL DE SON BEAU TENEBREUX-SOUDAN: COUP D'ETAT EN DOUCEUR-MONACO: L'ANNIVERSAIRE DE PAPA-LES SAVANTS YOUGOSLAVES FRAPPES PAR L'ATOME-TYRONE REJOINT VALENTINO/14P-PUBLICITE VEDETTE BEAULIEU-WALT DISNEY MOBILISE LES AS DE CHAMONIX/12P-ELECTIONS/CEUX QUI CHERCHENT DES SIEGES TROUVENT SOUVENT DES CHAISES VIDES/4P/EDGAR FAURE/POUJADE-OUI AU TORERO/DANIELE RICARD/4P/GEORGES GALLI/SANARY-RAYMOND CARTIER AU DESSUS DU POLE-TOUT PARIS DIT C'EST REJANE!/ANNIE GIRARDOT/4P-ON NE S'EVADE PAS D'ALCATRAZ/5P
1908005024New York: D. Appleton and Company 1908. "Ingleby" was one of the pseudonyms used by Cyril Arther Edward Ranger Gull 1875-1929 a prolific author of over 100 novels. Known for horror and mystery but his most popular was "When It Was Dark" with an outright Jewish conspirac theme. He was connected to Wilde through his friendship with the Decadent publisher Leonard Smithers. This is a Very Good Minus copy of the First American Edition issued a year later than the English version and less common. Light green cloth binding. Titling in gilt with dark green decorative stamping on the front cover; titling and decorations on the spine in gilt. Clean text; viii 400 pages; indexed; top edge is gilt.; frontis portrait of a young Wilde by S. Wray. Showing some wear with rubbing at the margins. Bumped and somewhat shaken due to some cracking. Spotting to the fore-edge and around the endpapers. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by S. Wray. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1913903P36London: Cassell & Company LTD 1913. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by Guy Thorne his presentation copy to the dedicatee of the novel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Author's presentation copy signed to the dedicatee of the book Cecil Broadhurst. Inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper 'To Cecil Broadhurst with all good wishes from the author Guy Throne Cornwall 1913'. 'Not In Israel' is one of the author's lesser known works a drama which echoes the views Thorne portrayed in his 1903 novel 'When It Was Dark'.Guy Thorne was the pen name used by Cyril Ranger Gull a prolific author is his best known for his 'When It Was Dark' which sold over 500000 copies.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Extermally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities with a small tear to the head of the spine. A few minor marks. Spine is a little faded. Gilt to the front board has faded. Very small chip to the rear joint. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned with scattered spots heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Cassell & Company LTD hardcover
1974KGL-1Edition originale de 1974 , ici NEUVE ! toujours sous son plastique d'emballage jamais ouvert très rare a trouver en neuf (avait été acheté uniquement pour la collection) en 164 pages , relié cartonné à jaquette 28,5 x 23,5 cm , 980 Grammes . fdp France : 12 € , Europe 25 € , Monde 55 € by Colissimo suivi .
1947ABE-83773306302 PAGES 36X50-EDITORIAL/"SOLUTION"/ETATS UNIS D'EUROPE-LE CENTENAIRE DE LA MORT DE RENE COMMENT IL SERA CELEBRE?-PROCHAINE VISITE MINISTERIELLE-LE PRIX DU GOELAND-UNE SEULE VILLE ST MALO, ST SERVAN, PARAME REUNIS
