251. Thunder on the Left. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1925.
First Edition stated. W. wrap around dustjacket art. Novel of fantasy and grotesque humor. Near Fine in very attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #29069
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252. The Voice in the Rice. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1910.
First Edition. J. C. Leyendecker dustjacket art and illustrations. Bleiler listed fantasy title of a young man who falls overboard from a steamer and finds himself in a community which lives to-day as such communities lived during the Revolutionary War. Scarce, early time-travel title, especially found in dustjacket. Near Fine tight copy in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and corners, some cm deep chips at top rear panel, tiny chips along lower rear panel. Item #7094
253. Paulus Fy. New York: Robert M. McBride and Co., 1924.
First Edition. S. W. Reynolds dustjacket art. Novel of fantasy and traveling adventures. Limited to one thousand copies. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest darkening to spine and white of panels, few closed tears and few small chip at top spine area. Item #14758
254. Fancy Farm. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1910.
First Edition. Scarce in original decorative dustjacket. Scottish set novel with some fantasy elements. Almost Near Fine with mild shelf wear, slight foxing to endpapers and page ends, in a crisp dustjacket, Very Good plus, but for cm deep chip to top spine end, spine mildly darkened. Item #19735
255. The Puppet Master. New York: Robert M. McBride and Co., 1923.
First Edition. T. L. dustjacket art. Author's very scarce third book and Bleiler listed fantasy novel of a maker of puppets, who crafts them "in the semblance of living things". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at top spine end. Item #21319
256. The Queen of Nectaria. A Fantasy of Four Acts. New York: Viking Press. 1927.
First Edition. Fantasy and farcical play set in year 1977 and in the land of Nectaria. Missed by Bleiler. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, blue of spine faded, top spine end with tiny chips. Item #10839
257. The Haunted Circle and Other Outdoor Plays. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1924).
First Edition. Collection of fantasy plays by Nichols of "mortals who find themselves on the edge of a world beyond reality". This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Nichols at front free endpaper in 1941. Very Good, top spine end bumped, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few short closed tears, small chips at rear panel. Item #9034
258. The Haunted Circle and Other Outdoor Plays. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1924).
First Edition. Collection of short fantasy plays intended for use in college. Not found in Bleiler. Near Fine in Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket, red of spine modestly faded. Item #17695
259. Fantastica. New York: MacMillan Co., 1923.
First Edition. Bleiler listed collection of short stories. Very Good plus with discoloration to cloth at top spine end and mild soiling to top edges in Very Good dustjacket with spine darkened, light chipping to spine ends, inch slender chip to top front edge, and light chipping to rear top edge. Item #16390
260. A Deal in Wheat. New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1903.
First Edition. Original decorative green cloth, front cover plate, lettering in white and green. Bleiler listed collection of short stories set in California including two ghost stories and one dealing with the Wheat business. Near Fine attractive copy, few pages with top edge slightly bumped. Item #21458
261. A Deal in Wheat. New York: A. Wessels Company, 1907.
Early Reprint Edition. Bleiler listed collection of short stories set in California including two ghost stories and one dealing with the Wheat business. Uncommon dustjacket. Very Good in Good dustjacket, coin sized chips at top front panel, small chips at front flap edge, few small stains. Item #25100
262. The Unknown Mr. Kent. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1916).
First Edition. A. Roger wrap-around dustjacket art. Mr. Kent, an energetic young American, sets the tiny bankrupt and mythical kingdom of Marken on its feet financially, helps to foil the plots of the prime minister who is a deep dyed villain, and finally wins the heart and hand of a princess of the royal blood Good romance on the Graustark order. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #31448
263. Walking Shadows, Sea Tales and Others. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1918).
First American Edition. Bleiler listed collection of short stories including the fantastic. "Volume of stirring tales of the sea in war-time. Drama, romance, heroism, mystery and adventure fill their pages". Very scarce American edition, especially so in dustjacket. Near Fine but for front free endpaper removed, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at some edges, modest darkening and wear. Item #25154
264. The Pallid Giant. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1927.
First Edition. Noyes's Bleiler listed fantasy novel of an ancient race which documents their decline into total destruction due to war. This copy signed by the author at front free end paper. Scarcely found in such bright condition, especially signed. Near Fine-Fine bright copy in unusually clean dustjacket with only a few edge nicks, else Near Fine. Item #8756
265. The Pallid Giant. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1927.
Second Edition. Noyes's Bleiler listed fantasy novel of an ancient race which documents their decline and ultimate destruction due to war. This copy with extremely rare wrap-around band with four press recommendations including Bernard M. Barch and Garet Garrett. Near Fine in bright Near Fine dustjacket, in Very Good-Near Fine wrap-around band with few closed tears at spine. Item #9850
266. The Pallid Giant. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1927.
Second Edition. Noyes's Bleiler listed fantasy novel of an ancient race which documents their decline and ultimate destruction due to war. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Very Good plus with paper label to spine with corner chipping and mild wear to cloth. Item #14272
267. The Pallid Giant. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1927.
Second Edition. Noyes's Bleiler listed fantasy novel of an ancient race which documents their decline and ultimate destruction due to war. This copy with extremely rare wrap-around band with four press recommendations including Bernard M. Barch and Garet Garrett. Near Fine in bright Very Good plus dustjacketj, in Very Good-Near Fine wrap-around band. Item #16155
268. Family Ghosts. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1934).
First Edition stated. Uncommon title concerning ghosts and ghost-lands of Europe and America. Very Good in dustjacket with clear tape at exterior at top and lower edges, and flap edges. Item #40872
269. King Goshawk and the Birds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1926.
First Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy novel with Business overtones. Novel of the "Philosopher of Dublin [who] was so outraged by the action of the Amercan Wheat King, who bought up all the song birds in the world and proposed to cage them and charge a fee to those who would hear them sing, he called upon the spirit of the great hero, Cuchulain, to return to earth and right the wrong". Near Fine in dustjacket that is ninety percent present, but has a darkened spine and considerable edge chipping. Item #14450
270. The Golden Barque. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.
First American Edition. Rare collection of two novellas by this Irish author and revolutionary killed by British soldiers in 1918. Includes "The Weaver's Grave" described at front dustjacket panel as "a remarkable achievement in the grotesque". Not found in Bleiler. 'The Weaver's Grave' is generally regarded as his masterpiece" [Cleeve's Dictionary of Irish Writers, p. 107]. Near Fine in Very Good plus printed dustjacket. Item #20149
271. My Tussle With the Devil and Other Stories. New York: I. M. Y. Company, 1918.
First Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy title, a collection of spirit written short stories believed to be by A. H. Pratt who channeled the recently deceased O. Henry. Very Good in remnants of scarce dustjacket, lacking rear flap and spine material. Item #25405
272. Priest or Pagan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933.
First Edition stated. Bleiler listed fantasy with spiritual and metaphysical elements. A young man raised by strangers who runs of with a tramp and lives for a while in a hobo jungle but who eventually becomes a priest. Very Good, in Good dustjacket, spotting and darkening to spine, closed tears at lower spine area, chipped at top spine end and flap corners, modest soiling. Item #26025
273. The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1913.
First Edition. Gustavus C. Widney illustrations. Uncommon departure from mysteries by Oppenheim in this fantasy of sorts missed by Bleiler. "This is, in a way, pure comedy, Alfred Burton, head clerk of a third rate auctioneer and house-agent, in showing a client over a house, discovers in a long-closed room a tiny plant with green leaves and a cluster of queer little brown beans hanging down from them. The virtue of the beans is that he who eats one shall see nothing, think nothing, say nothing but the truth. Imagine an absolutely truthful auctioneer! Alfred Burton has a well-meaning, rather ordinary wife who becomes unendurable to him, and he falls in love with a charming girl who would have no appeal for the man he formerly was." Basis for the 1919 silent film directed by Arthur Rook and starring Kenelm Foss and Ivy Duke. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and wear. Item #24803
274. The Wrath to Come. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1924.
First Edition. Lee Thayer dustjacket art. Year 1950 set Bleiler listed fantasy and Hubin listed mystery novel of intrigue surrounding the Pact of Nations, "established in 1930 and practically making war among its members impossible" amongst themselves, but not against the United States, "the richest country in the world, almost wholly disarmed, and not a member". Very Good, some wear at spine ends, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at lower spine end and lower rear panel edge, centimeter chip at top front panel, fairly light stain to lower third of spine. Item #21892
275. A Husband for Kutani. New York: Lee Furman, Inc., (1938).
First Edition. Scarce Bleiler listed collection of fantasy stories set in China and concerning mysticism, alchemy, romance, and psychology. This copy warmly inscribed and signed by Owen at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some modest shelf wear, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #13313
