First Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy novel of a beautiful woman who figuratively devoured men and has to pay for her overzealous appetite in the afterlife. Great dustjacket art of a woman facing a serpent. Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket. Item #20297

First American Edition. B. Cory Kilvert dustjacket art. Doyle's Bleiler listed fantasy novel in which Professor Challenger matches wits with a group of spiritualists. Near Fine but for ownership blindstamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, three closed tears (inch in length) at edges of front panel, wear at front flap edge, few small edge chips, modest soiling to panels. Item #34174

First Edition. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Farcical fantasy novel of a mythical land with some outlandish inhabitants. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and modest wear. Item #22846

1st edition. Occult, ghostly episodes. 8vo, original purple cloth lettered in gold on front panel and spine, with decoration on front panel and spine in white, with fading to the spine. Lacks ffep, and there is minor loss to the paper on the front paste down near the inner edge. Also, some staining to the bottom corner of the first 5 pages. Otherwise very good, without dust jacket. Item #27793

First Edition. Bleiler fantasy title closely resembling the Tarzan novels of a boy raised by the apes of the jungle. Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chips at flap corners, few closed tears, few cm chip lower spine end. Item #5836

First Edition. Very scarce Arthurian novel in which "[King] Arthur, stripped of mythical trappings but not of romance, figures as the very human and very lovable saviour of Britain. Other half-legendary names, such as those of Merlin and Anurin, are also made real, and the story culminates in the heroic climax of Mount Badon, the last triumph of Roman--British chivalry against Saxon barbarism". Reprinted in 2003 and reviewed by Cindy Lynn Speer thusly: "A totally different take on the Arthurian tales, it kills the inevitable... we know there are points to which each Arthurian story hangs parts of its plot on... Arthur getting the sword, Guenevere and Lancelot, the final, terrible battle... these things are no longer definite. Sometimes what makes a story beloved is the familiarity. There's a comfort in knowing what comes next. (Heck, I can probably recite, word for word, the script to Excalibur.) But after a time, even re-interpretations of re-interpretations get stale. Pendragon does not suffer from this at all. The story, with its non-magical, completely historically researched base is completely new, and therefore a more pleasurable read. You are still spending time with Arthur and many of the familiar faces, while having the uncertainty that comes with reading a story for the very first time. Pendragon has been a popular, if rare, volume in the libraries of many Arthurian enthusiasts for years." This copy inscribed and signed by Faraday at half-title in 1949. Found in The New Arthurian Encyclopedia [Norris J. Lacy], A Companion to Romance [Corinne Saunders], The Arthurian Handbook [Norris J. Lacy], A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500 - 2000) [Ann F. Howey]. Very Good, cover mildly askew, front endpaper removed exposing webbing at front inner hinge (but still firm), in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease at spine. Item #29616

Early Printing. Politzer dustjacket art. Humorous novel with some fantasy elements despite not being listed in Bleiler of a sickly young man who is injected with "a pint of the rarest fighting blood. So begins the remarkable tale of Henry Parvin, who came forth lusting for battle, ready to slay singly or in dozen lots all brave men who crossed his path, ready to crush to his fiery bosom every beautiful woman within reach". Near Fine in Good slightly soiled dustjacket, chips at spine ends, shallow tears and rubbing, few inch closed tear at lower spine edge. Item #24204

First Edition. Ethel C. Taylor wraparound dustjacket art and wraparound cover art. Translated from the French by Marie Louise Swinburne. Romance and fantasy, a “story of a little principality and its princess, just after the war” and an overthrown monarchy. Near Fine with light and shallow stain to lower fore edge of pages, in a Very Good dustjacket, modestly soiled with flap corners and spine ends worn, short closed tear to top edge of front panel. Item #19514