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Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest Books, 1965. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 238 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; store stamped. This anthology contains: Two Bottles of Relish by Lord Dunsany; The Old Chevalier by Isak Dinesen; The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen; The Lady on the Grey by John Collier; The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce; The Cigarette Case by Oliver Onions; The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs; Morella by Edgar Allan Poe; Rappaccini's Daughter - a novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlottle Perkins Gilman; The Open Window by Saki; The Face by Lennox Robinson; The Conjuror by St. John Ervine; The Tiger by A. E. Coppard; Desire by James Stephens; Mr Arcularis - a novelette by Conrad Aiken; The Catbird Seat by James Thurber; Ancient Dominions - a novelette by Dermot O'Byrne; and The Vermilion Headed Man by George Brandon Saul..

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. NEAR FINE IN GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1930. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES. D.J. IS MISSING THE TOP 1/4 OF THE SPINE PANEL BUT IS OTHERWISE COMPLETE AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. .

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in silver on the spine; dustjacket; 304pp.; spine ends and corners are pushed; small bumps along the boards edges; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 10/6 net) with chipping and tears to the extremities; closed tear, scuffs to front panel; mild toning; Good+. Includes a one page glossary of words no longer in daily use. "A young goldsmith in his journey-year, a mercer's daughter, a clan of miners with their travelling forge, a coiner, a silkworm woman and her sons, a priest or two of sorts, a castles' household and retinue of men-at-arms- these are the people...pictured in this tapestry." (from the dustjacket).

London: John Murray, 1909. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition of this scarce novel by George Oliver Onions. A first edition of this scarce science fiction novel by George Oliver Onions. Although Onions stuck to novels and short stories, he wrote in various genres including adventures, detective fiction, and science fiction. However, Onions is best known for his ghost stories, and his novella The Beckoning Fair One is often cited as one of the best in the psychological horror genre. With an empty blue bookplate to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, a little more so to the joints. Bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a couple of closed tears at the head. A little bumped to the extremities. The rear hinge is starting, and rather tender. Internally, generally firmly bound, although the gutter is visible between pages 144 and 145, and the leaf of… Read More

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. (20039). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-320, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. A murder mystery. Two parachutists crash into a roof where a party is going on, one is dead from a gunshot wound. Hubin (1994), p. 615. Not in Barzun and Taylor.

Secker and Warburg , 1939 . Hardback. . 8vo green cloth. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Good+ hardback, no dustwrapper. Ex Boots library book with green buckram library binding. Edgeworn, esp. at spine extremities. Bookplate of previous owner on pastedown. Text clean and unmarked.

LONDON: STAPLES PRESS. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1953. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. D.J. ILLUSTRATED BY BIRO . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT, OTHER THAN SOME FLAP OFFSET TO THE FREE ENDPAPERS. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH A FAINT STAIN ON THE TONED REAR PANEL BUT IS OTHERWISE FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. .

London: John Murray, 1902. First edition. Paste downs and end papers age darkened, inked name to half title page, foxing to page edges and text, rear hinge cracked, corner tips bruised and soft, darkening to spine, a very good copy. (28934). Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-312, title page printed in red and black, original decorated maroon cloth, front panel stamped in beige, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. The author's second book. "Five stories set in Yorkshire, told in Onions' grim and gritty regionalistic manner, sprinkled with dialectical speech. The longest -- a novella really -- is 'Gambier,' about a new doctor who goes to a remote valley town and butts heads with a fanatical priest (Gambier) who directly or indirectly sacrifices the lives of his parishioners in the belief that he is saving their souls. The religious faith of the people, on the other hand, is built directly on top of age-old traditions of superstition and magic, and they sometimes pressure Gambier into… Read More

BASTEI-LÜBBE, 1982. 1.. softcover.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. First U.S. edition. Some tanning to end papers, small bookstore label to rear paste down, spine ends pushed in a bit, a fine copy in a very good or better dust jacket with mild edge wear and several tiny edge tears, light wear to the spine ends, slight loss to the corner tips and upper right rear corner, moderate soiling to white rear panel. Uncommon in jacket. (28935). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-320, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. A murder mystery. Two parachutists crash into a roof where a party is going on, one is dead from a gunshot wound. Hubin (1994), p. 615. Not in Barzun and Taylor.

BASTEI-LÜBBE, 1984. 1.. softcover. Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung!

London: Martin Secker, [1912]. First edition. A little flaking to title lettering of spine, otherwise a bright, fine copy. Scarce in this condition. (28933). pp. [1-8] 9 [10-12] 13-297 [298: printer's imprint] [299-320: ads dated January 1912], original decorated black cloth, front panel stamped in white and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in white and gold, rear panel ruled in blind, bottom edge untrimmed, top edge stained black. Murder mystery. "Not detection, but a minor classic of crime. The background, planning, and execution are told in the first person, which unfolds the sufficient motive." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 1667. Hubin, p. 615.

London: Martin Secker, 1911. First edition. Mild foxing to first and last few leaves, top page edges dusty, corners bumped, light wear to cloth at spine ends, cloth split at lower rear corner at spine, moderate soiling, spine age darkened, a solid very good copy of an important book. (21808). Octavo, original decorated orange-red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, top edge stained orange-red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Collects nine stories. "A landmark book in the history of supernatural fiction." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1261. Includes "The Beckoning Fair One," "... one of the finest of all ghost stories ..." and "Onion's work is stylishly suspenseful, and his best works are very effective" Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 4-119. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1720. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature… Read More

London: Martin Secker, 1911. First edition. Light foxing to end papers and page edges, spine age darkened with bright gilt lettering, light splash mark to lower front cover, corners a bit soft, a very good copy of an important book. (27968). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-315 [316: printer's imprint] [317-320: ads], original decorated orange-red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, top edge stained orange-red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Collects nine stories. "A landmark book in the history of supernatural fiction." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1261. Includes "The Beckoning Fair One," "... one of the finest of all ghost stories ..." and "Onion's work is stylishly suspenseful, and his best works are very effective" Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 4-119. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1720. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-190. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 398.