Presumed First American Edition. Original printed brown wraps. Uncommon fantasy satire and adventure with cross-dressing elements. Very Good with some foxing to pages and short closed tears to wraps. Item #18425
First Edition. F. Hazell dustjacket art. Contemporary set Bleiler listed fantasy title of a German scientist who discovers a way to turn free men into docile slaves. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at top front panel. Item #12043
First Edition. A scarce Bleiler listed psychological thriller. "Mrs. Jarrett subtly interweaves her strange psychological detail with the absorbing progress of her unusual narrative. She writes definitely of emotions beyond the normal; of elements in life which the reader recognizes with a shudder as being more normal than he, perhaps, cares to admit." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #25362
Presumed First Prose Edition despite 'Published, September 1908' at copyright page, and 1909 date at title page. The story was first copyrighted as a play and this present edition is prose. Bleiler listed collection of short stories. Dustjacket features photograph from the Maxine Elliott's Theatre production. Near Fine but for light newspaper shadow at title page in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some smaller edge nicks and short closed tears. Item #32334
First Edition. Bleiler listed novel of the supernatural and witchery in Elizabethan England. Scarce in illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some light spine end and edge chipping, few inch closed tear at lower spine end, few scotch tape mends at verso. Item #8912
Book Club Edition (with green boards rather than cloth) but in First Photoplay Edition dustjacket with $3.00 price at front flap and plug for the "Universal International Technicolor Film" at front jacket panel and jacket artwork illustrating scenes from the film. Not published with stills. One of the great science fiction films of the 1950's. Uncommon in this format. Near Fine but for some foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, some foxing to flaps, a bit darker foxing to edges of rear flap. Item #27507
First Edition, Limited Edition of presumed 100 copies (no printing statement). Original self-wrappers (one folio page folded in four), small quarto, 4 pages. Rare privately printed short story by Kafka, with limited serigraph (no. 12 of 100) signed by Edward August Landon. Landon was a pioneer of serigraph development, his works are included in all major public print collections, including the Smithsonian. Kafka's parable, a short story concerning the building of the Tower of Babel and the layers of bureaucracy that follow the project was first written in 1920. It appeared in English in 1933, but this printing may very well be the first separate appearance. . No library holdings and exceptionally scarce. Near Fine, mild amount of soiling to top front page. Item #19060
Third Printing, same month as First, dustjacket is First Issue. Very rare Hubin listed mystery and Bleiler listed fantasy novel. Set in 1942 "television in the coming decade furnishes the initial episode in this unique plot. An unclaimed box from Japan in an Express Company auction sale, its counterpart in London revealed by a new transatlantic television process, and a cable of inquiry are the prelude to a wave of murder, violence and intrigue in Chicago". Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap edges, rear panel lacking top right quarter of panel. Item #32501
First Edition. Very rare Hubin listed mystery and Bleiler listed fantasy novel. Set in 1942 "television in the coming decade furnishes the initial episode in this unique plot. An unclaimed box from Japan in an Express Company auction sale, its counterpart in London revealed by a new transatlantic television process, and a cable of inquiry are the prelude to a wave of murder, violence and intrigue in Chicago". This copy nicely inscribed and signed at front endpaper. Very Good, bit of sunning to spine, couple square inches of cloth discoloration at lower front cover (likely from moisture exposure), in nearly Very Good dustjacket, very shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, nickel sized chip at top front panel. Item #35051
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First Edition. Short Bleiler listed fantasy title of a man who 'crosses over' after he dies. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, creases at spine. Item #23230
First Edition. Short Bleiler listed fantasy title of a man who 'crosses over' after he dies. This copy inscribed and signed by King at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #12425
First Edition. R. Alston Brown wrap-around dustjacket art. Early World War One novel and Bleiler Fantastic Literature title of a dead American soldier who is able to make contact with his wife. Very Good, some spine end wear, in Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears and creases, cm chip top spine end. Item #8913
First Edition. Short novelette concerning a medium and spiritualism. Part of the publisher's Hour Glass Stories. Scarce with fragile dustjacket. Near Fine in dustjacket split at all edges mended with archival tape at verso, chipped at spine and top front panel. Item #20335
First Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy title. "In a search for radium which results in the discovery by one of them of two far more miraculous and hitherto unknown mineral elements on being united reveal the property of weightlessness". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27376
First Edition. Hubin-listed mystery of a medium and the world of spiritualism, a popular subject of the time. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, some creases across top of front panel, top spine end with small chips and open tears, small chips to panel corners and lower spine end. Item #19872
First Edition. Hubin-listed mystery of a medium and the world of spiritualism, a popular subject of the time. Very Good but for part of front flap pasted to front endpaper, date stamps at front pastedown in a Good only dustjacket, lacking front flap and few inch deep chip at top spine end, scotch tape shadows to edges of verso. Item #23745
First Edition. Bleiler listed collection of novellas, including fantasy titles. Other authors include Helen Hull, Albert Maltz, Rachel Maddux, I. J. Kapstein. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, few light spots, top spine end chipped, some tape shadows to verso. Item #8413
First Edition. Collection of novellas including Knight's Bleiler listed fantasy, as well as Helen Hull, and Albert Maltz, one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted in the 1950's. Near Fine in edge chipped dustjacket, some short closed tears. Item #8414
First Edition. Bleiler listed collection of novellas, including fantasy titles. Other authors include Helen Hull, Albert Maltz, Rachel Maddux, I. J. Kapstein. Near Fine with personal book plate to front free endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket with mild fading to red on spine and general shelf wear including short closed tears to rear top edge. Item #16162
First Edition. Novel of a magic ladder and the effect it has on the towns people. Very Good with chipping to cloth along front spine edge and general wear in Very Good plus dustjacket with mild soiling to panels, spine darkened, chipping to spine ends, and moderate shelf wear. Item #15953
First Edition stated. Mohlon Blaine dustjacket art and illustrations. Fantasy about a girl who travels on a strange highway with a boy named Jumbles. They encounter such adventures as St. George and the Dragon, the Wild Man of Borneo, the Bird of Cockaigne and the Pool of Tears. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow edge chipping, nickel sized chip at top front panel. Item #34369
First American Edition and First Photoplay Edition with half-title for the UFA production. Novel based on the classic Fritz Lang directed black and white silent film of the same title, starring Gerda Maurus and Willy Fritsch. Lang of course was one of the great innovators of the movie industry, having directed perhaps one of the most important expressionistic films, Metropolis, also written by Von Harbou. Published as part of World Wide's triple deck series, with this title under the heading "Adventure". Bound with two other filmed titles, The Spoilers by Rex Beach with half-title for the Paramount talking-picture starring George Bancroft and Slightly Scarlet by Percy Heath, with half-title for the all-talking Paramount picture starring Clive Brook. Very Good tight copy with paper yellowing as usual for this publisher in Very Good plus dustjacket, with only a few very light drip spots at spine. An overall bright copy of this very scarce Fritz Lang title. Item #8204
First Edition. E. C. dustjacket art. Bleiler listed fantasy title, of a business man who develops 'sunsap', sugar extracted from the air. "A savage book, not only in its dissection of contemporary industrial methods but in its relentless probing of the human or inhuman, motives that actuate the financial lords of creation". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #11376
First Edition. E. C. dustjacket art. Bleiler listed fantasy title, of a business man who develops 'sunsap', sugar extracted from the air. "A savage book, not only in its dissection of contemporary industrial methods but in its relentless probing of the human or inhuman, motives that actuate the financial lords of creation". Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, very light stains at verso of flap edges. Item #25859
First Edition. An unusual Bleiler listed fantasy by Le Blanc in which earthquakes remove the English Channel and unites England and France. This is the story of the first man to cross the channel on foot. Near Fine, previous owner gift inscription (dated 1922) at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, small chip at mid-front flap, small piece of tape at top spine end. Item #41179
