Search Results: Authors starting with W from Hyraxia

No Place: No Publisher. No Place, No Publisher, 1928. Manuscript. Hardback. A very good copy. Two volumes, bound in half leather. Author's typescript, 372pp and 591pp, rectos only. The bibliography was printed in 1933, in a limited edition of 300 copies. Boards initialled DHK. Leather rubbed to the spine, a small area of staining. [10464, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. Manuscript. 1928.

London: None. London, None, c1969. Manuscript. Unbound. Very good. Unbound typescript of Groves' second and final novel. Published in 1969 by Robert Hale. On Carnell headed paper, though this ms has amendments throughout presumably in the author's hand given the content. The assumption being that the present ms played a part in the book's production, rather than just being a form of advance copy sent to prospective publishers. 325pp rectos only. A little general wear overall. [9221, Hyraxia Books]. c1969 . Very Good. Unbound. Manuscript. 1969.

London: R. Hardwicke. London, R. Hardwicke, 1871. First Edition. First Impression. Paperback. A very good copy. A rare item, a sequel to the Battle of Dorking of sorts. A very good copy considering it's a 150-year-old pamphlet. 64pp with one page of ads (ads also on the wrapper reverse). Spine mostly absent and chipped, stamp and name on upper wrapper, but excellent overall. A couple of trivial areas of spotting. [10709, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 1871.

London: Smith, Elder & Co.. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1909. Second Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. A well known sf involving a voyage to Venus. The first edition was published in 1891. Some bumping to the spine tips, and a little rubbing. Smith, Elder slip tipped in with some offsetting. Owner's inscription. Trivial foxing. 8pp ads. [10255, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. Second Edition. 1909.

Denver, CO: Astro-Philosophical Publishing. Denver, CO, Astro-Philosophical Publishing, 1899. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An occult work including soul-transfer and soul-marriage. A little rubbing and bumping to the boards, but nice overall. [10833, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1899.

London: Longmans, Green & Co.. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1931. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. In the jacket. "Homorous fantasy of the shenanigans which occur with th e arrival of a mermaid in Cornwell" [Locke, Spectrum]. A little edge wear to the jacket and a few short tears. Longman sticker to the spine. Longer tear to the flap and upper edge. Some chipping. Some light foxing. [11240, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1931.

No Place: No Publisher. No Place, No Publisher, No Date [c1930]. Manuscript. Unbound. Very good condition. Seemingly a haunted house mystery; a recently murdered gangster has $2m stashed in an old house. 119pp, typed, single-sided. Page two absent. A little edge wear and toning, but largely in nice shape. Filmed in 1933 as Before Dawn, with Wallace's script being adapted by Garrett Ford. [11040, Hyraxia Books]. No Date [c1930] . Very Good. Unbound. Manuscript. 1930.

London: The Tallis Press. London, The Tallis Press, 1905. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. Very good copies. Three volumes, described thus. (1) A very good copy inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, dated in the year of publication. Competition return slip still present. A little ageing to the leaves, and some toning and bumping to the spine. (2) A very good copy, though slightly poorer than copy #1. This copy has two leaves (3pp) of analysis to the rear, tipped in. As noted on the upper board, a competition was launched to resolve the mystery. The return slip has been removed and presumably posted. The solution stapled in is presumably a copy that the reader made of his solution. No indication of authorship. Front hinge pulled, spine a touch toned and bumped. (3) Very good. Presumably a slightly later issue with the competition details having been covered by an illustrated plate. The competition having likely ended. Probably the same same impression as the other two, just issued… Read More

London: George Gill & Sons. London, George Gill & Sons, 1925. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good set. Four volumes. Each one inscribed by the author to 'Pamela'. The cloth is a little mottled to each but they're internally very nice. Uncommon books, particularly thus. [9861, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1925.

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston. London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, nd [1865]. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A near fine copy. Two volumes, complete. First book edition, several stories were published earlier in Chamber's and All the Year Round. A collection of 29 short stories. Mostly of an adventure sort, such as 'My First and Last Balloon Ascent' which involves a fight at 11,000 feet. There are fantasy elements to some of the tales, such as 'The Last of the Alchemists' and (fairly tame)supernatural elements such as 'How Professor Gaster Lectured a Ghost'. Other tales verge on fantasy: 'A Race with a Nightmare' seems to be going down that path but is rendered explicable quite early on. A nice collection, albeit one that isn't likely to pick up a Penguin Classics badge of honour any time soon. Apparently written with soldiers in mind. George Walter Thornbury (1828-1876) was an English poet, novelist, and essayist. He is best known for his… Read More

London: Corsair / Constable & Robinson. London, Corsair / Constable & Robinson, 2013 [2012]. Proof. Paperback. Near fine. A touch toned. Uncommon proof copy of Walton's Hugo, Nebula and BFA winning fantasy bildungsroman. Date reported as 2013, but the book was published earlier in 2012. [7301, Hyraxia Books]. 2013 [2012] . Near Fine. Paperback. Proof. 2013.

London: Corsair / Constable & Robinson. London, Corsair / Constable & Robinson, 2012. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A fine copy. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula and BFA. "Walton's best work to date" Elizabeth Bear (tor.com). Tips and corners a touch bumped. Price-clipped. Cover art by Jessie Price [11059, Hyraxia Books]. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 2012.

New York: No Publisher. New York, No Publisher, n.d. [c1937]. Manuscript. Unbound. Fine condition. This must be the first draft with the amendments being so extensive; even the amendments have amendments. The hand in which the amendments have been made I suspect will be from one of the Wandrei brothers. It looks like Donald's hand (we have a number of manuscripts for comparison); though it is very compact it bears a good number of similarities. That said, other corrected typescripts that we have are more clearly in Donald's hand. The amendments are so extensive that one would have to expect great humility on the part of Howard to accept so much editing in the mid-stage of his writing output, though I did find a 1939 letter from Weird Tales rejecting one of Howard's stories so perhaps it could've been Donald. Of course, without any evidence of Donald having edited Howard's work - and I know of none - then Donald could be unlikely too. Either way, I've never seen such a heavily… Read More

Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer. Minneapolis, Fedogan & Bremer, 1997. Manuscript. Unbound. Very good condition. A small collection of preparartory material for the publication of the book including: [1] Unbound gatherings with, presumably, the printer's markup [2] 398pp laser-printed typescript of the book, rectos only [3] Additional typescript of the intro (intro in [2] as well, so one presumably is a revision) [4] Colour copies of the illustrations [5] Dummy copies of the illustrations. [10407, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Unbound. Manuscript. 1997.

Athol, Ma: The Recluse Press. Athol, Ma, The Recluse Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in the glassine jacket. A few signs of age to the jacket, but otherwise in excellent shape. Prospectus slip laid in. One of 288 copies. His first solo publication. [9876, Hyraxia Books]. . Fine. Hardback. Limited Edition. 1928.

London: Macmillan and Co.. London, Macmillan and Co., 1876. Firist.First Impression. Paperback. A very good copy. Written to help illustrate how sanitation could improve lives, the book nowadays can be seen as equally a work of Utopian fiction. Including certain novel ideas such as a balance between cremation and burial, wherein the dead are interred in shrouds in articifical soil to aid decomposition. Uncommon in general, certainly in the original wraps and not having come from libraries. The orange wraps are rubbed and worn, but fairly tight overall. 47pp. [10946, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Paperback. Firist Edition. 1876.

London: Longmans, Green & Co.. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1888. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Three volumes. Inscribed to 'Lady Jenner' by the author to half-title. Our protagonists encounter a Roman Utopia by means of submarine. Cloth in decent shape, a little bumped to the tips. A little light foxing to the endpapers. Volume one a little pulled at the endpaper, with a little splitting - likely replaced. [11036, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1888.

London: John Lane / Bodley Head. London, John Lane / Bodley Head, 1941. Proof. Paperback. A very good copy. Included in Anthony Burgess's list of Ninety-Nine Novels. In the introduction Burgess recounts how he read a copy returning from the war, and was struck by it's being Kafkaesque yet incorporating the three-dimensional characters more associated with English literature. He also notes that its claim to 'be regarded as a modern classic is as sound as that of Orwell's novel [Nineteen Eighty-Four]', though less obvious given its subtlety. Less obvious too than his earlier Wild Goose Chase. A quintessentially English dystopia (perhaps it wouldn't be amiss to call it a cosy dystopia, akin to the cosy catastrophes of the subsequent decade). The dystopia in question being the aerodrome itself and the local environs. A smaller scale affair, than Orwell's and most that come thereafter. An important book, undervalued in the current day, but welcome to sit on a shelf alongside… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Rebound in half leather, marbled endpapers. Some chipping, scuffing and tanning to the spine and edges. A few leaves have chips. Bound in are the original wrappers, which are heavily tanned. 350 copies were printed, including 75 large paper copies. Presumably this is one of the regular copies. [10149, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1914.

Bucharest: Ex Occidente Press. Bucharest, Ex Occidente Press, 2012. Limited Edition. Hardback. A very good copy. Signed by Ghetu. One of 122 copies. This copy out of series [it came from the collection of contributor Rhys Hughes] Some bumping to the spine tips. [11062, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. Limited Edition. 2012.