Dark Carnival ( Author's 1st Book ) by Ray Bradbury, FORMER Owner Inscription, Inner Hinges Title Pg Light Stain Near Top - 1947

Parnassus Imprints, , 1992. PBO, Decorated B/W illustrated WRAPS, 1992. Pictorial Wraps. No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. 12mo, 7 1/4 X 7 1/4 IN. Near fine in b/w wrap-around illustrated wraps. Minor wear (light soil on bottom page edge Corner, white spine Lettered in Black, Else FINE with tight, square spine and text block. SOFTCOVER, and morbidly humorous tales. His images are unforgettable, mysterious, and simultaneously burlesque and gloomy. _The Betrayed Confidence_ springs " from the pen of Dogear Wryde", the mysterious masked dog, who accompanies stark images with strange captions in this singular book. Gorey illustrated front and back covers, book is unpaginated but contains the Gorey illustrations for :scenes de ballet, menaced objects, alms for oblivion, interpretive series, neglected murderesses, tragedies topiares, whatever next?. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Rinehart & Company , 1948. HBDJ, 1948, 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG-, Blue, Black White Dj with Man in Hat on front , Chips & Scuff Extremities & top edge DJ, Back DJ light brown Stains, Dark Blue Cloth lettered & Design in Red on Spine, Interior Nice, tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 273 pgs, Light Soil DJ, 1st edition with the Rinehart logo on the copyright page. Basis for the 1972 Italian film, "Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso," though Woolrich and Edgar Wallace, whose books were the source material, were not listed in the film's credits, Octavo. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap , NY, 1928. HBDJ, in an excellent FACSIMILE DUSTJACKET which replicates the original jacket, 1928, 1st Edition,1st Printing, VG+/Fine, SOLD AS-IS, , Green Emboseed Cloth Lettered in Black, Titles are Nice & Bright , Light Cover Rub, Interior nice tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 261 pgs + 4 pgs of publ. ADS, mild darkening to spine.Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent Tod Browning directed film starring Lon Chaney Senior in the first American vampire film. London After Midnight is the most famous of all "lost films" - films which there is no known surviViNG print. Directed by Todd Browning, and starring Chaney in a dual role as Scotland Yard Inspector and his only appearance as a vampire! Illustrated with eight stills reproduced on coated stock inserts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

J. B. Lippincott, Story Press Bk, 1947. HBDJ,1947, stated 1st edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, NF+/GOOD, AS-IS, DJ light Creases , Wear & Tiny Chips Tears edges & Extremities NOT Affecting Illustration or Titles on Front or SpineDJ, Small Chips Spine DJ ends affect tiny bit top of W in William, Back DJ Small edge Chips out of Approx 2 X 1 1/4 in. top & tiny Chips Creases bottom edge, Original Grey Cloth Boards with PurpleRed Decorations & Lettering to front & Spine Cvr, Interior nice tight Clean, light FOX, Wear, 310 pgs, DJ protected in Clear Mylar Brodart .The William Irish novel about betrayal was made into two films: 1969 saw Truffaut's Mississippi Mermaid" and the lesser known 2001 "Original Sin". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Edward J. Clode, NY, 1927 HBDJ,1927, 1st edition, GOOD/GOOD, DJ flaps glued to boards so NOT Removable, a solid square reading copy. 309 pgs, TINY CHIPS TEAR WEAR EXTREMITIES DJ. , includes Sinister Figure of Doctor Dax who floats thru these pages in such a Vivid Manner that his presence can almost be felt at one?s Shoulder. Gives a touch of HORROR of Edgar Allen Poe. Touches of very wholesome Humor & a charming little love Idyll woven thru the Plot to counterbalance the ERRIE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

Parnassus Imprints, , 1992. PBO, Decorated B/W illustrated WRAPS, 1992. Pictorial Wraps. No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. 12mo, 7 1/4 X 7 1/4 IN. Near fine in b/w wrap-around illustrated wraps. Minor wear (light soil on bottom page edge Corner, white spine Lettered in Black, Else FINE with tight, square spine and text block. SOFTCOVER, and morbidly humorous tales. His images are unforgettable, mysterious, and simultaneously burlesque and gloomy. _The Betrayed Confidence_ springs " from the pen of Dogear Wryde", the mysterious masked dog, who accompanies stark images with strange captions in this singular book. Gorey illustrated front and back covers, book is unpaginated but contains the Gorey illustrations for :scenes de ballet, menaced objects, alms for oblivion, interpretive series, neglected murderesses, tragedies topiares, whatever next?. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap , NY, 1928. HBDJ, in an excellent FACSIMILE DUSTJACKET which replicates the original jacket, 1928, 1st Edition,1st Printing, VG+/Fine, SOLD AS-IS, , Green Emboseed Cloth Lettered in Black, Titles are Nice & Bright , Light Cover Rub, Interior nice tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 261 pgs + 4 pgs of publ. ADS, mild darkening to spine.Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent Tod Browning directed film starring Lon Chaney Senior in the first American vampire film. London After Midnight is the most famous of all "lost films" - films which there is no known surviViNG print. Directed by Todd Browning, and starring Chaney in a dual role as Scotland Yard Inspector and his only appearance as a vampire! Illustrated with eight stills reproduced on coated stock inserts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

J. B. Lippincott, Story Press Bk, 1947. HBDJ,1947, stated 1st edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, NF+/GOOD, AS-IS, DJ light Creases , Wear & Tiny Chips Tears edges & Extremities NOT Affecting Illustration or Titles on Front or SpineDJ, Small Chips Spine DJ ends affect tiny bit top of W in William, Back DJ Small edge Chips out of Approx 2 X 1 1/4 in. top & tiny Chips Creases bottom edge, Original Grey Cloth Boards with PurpleRed Decorations & Lettering to front & Spine Cvr, Interior nice tight Clean, light FOX, Wear, 310 pgs, DJ protected in Clear Mylar Brodart .The William Irish novel about betrayal was made into two films: 1969 saw Truffaut's Mississippi Mermaid" and the lesser known 2001 "Original Sin". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Mcgraw Hill New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966 Blank white Endpapers tiny Tape Residue , usual XLibrary indications with few small stamps Pocket, HBDJ, 1966. 1st Edition THUS, VG/VG, AS-IS, Pictorial Cloth. Usual XLibrary indications with few small stamps Pocket Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 7.25 x 10.25 in. . Bound in GREEN Teal cloth printed with design in black and Titles in purple. Appears clean and bright, though tapemarks may be found on close inspection. Binding tight, corners sharp, minor rubbing to extremities. Lightly circulated ex-library book with signifiers including discreet inkstamps, tape "ghosts" to endpapers, pocket on front blank Endpaper, penmark to top of textblock indicating library discard. Internally almost clean (save for light smudges on 1st page of Raven) and bright. Dust jacket with portrait of Poe on back panel is clean, Library call number in ink on spine, , 32 unnumbered pages, Interior basically Nice, tight Light Wear Fox, DJ Protected Clear… Read More

Edward J. Clode, NY, 1927 HBDJ,1927, 1st edition, GOOD/GOOD, DJ flaps glued to boards so NOT Removable, a solid square reading copy. 309 pgs, TINY CHIPS TEAR WEAR EXTREMITIES DJ. , includes Sinister Figure of Doctor Dax who floats thru these pages in such a Vivid Manner that his presence can almost be felt at one?s Shoulder. Gives a touch of HORROR of Edgar Allen Poe. Touches of very wholesome Humor & a charming little love Idyll woven thru the Plot to counterbalance the ERRIE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.