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The definitive four volume set of H.P. Lovecraft's works by Arkham House Publishing. Each book fine in a fine dust jacket. The only full set currently on the market. Quite rare thus, especially in this excellent. Includes the definitive and highly acclaimed three volume compendium H. P. Lovecraft's works edited by S.T. Joshi, the leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft and other authors of Weird and Fantastic Tales: (1) The Dunwich Horror and Others, (2) At the Mountains of Madness, and (3) Dagon and Other Macabre Tales; together with the final supplemental edition, by Joshi, The Horror in the Museum. An amazing collector's set for the H.P. Lovecraft fan!

Arkham House is considered the definitive source for Lovecraft's fiction and letters, and S.T. Joshi the leading authority on Lovecraft. Joshi edited, corrected, and compiled all of Lovecraft's stories in these four volumes based on Lovecraft's original autograph and typewritten manuscripts. Based upon S.T. Joshi's extensive and painstaking collation… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Quite rare, especially in this condition. An important work which corrected misinterpretations from prior Greek translations. Content fine, clean, and bright, with no markings. Original printed wrappers very good-plus for the age, with foxing and edge wear as shown. Edges uncut. Thin octavo. vi; 47 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original red cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Profusely illustrated with examples in color and black & white. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.25 in. xvi; 363 pp. A wonderful copy.

West Bay: Photographs. Poems by Eight Contemporary Poets. First edition. Signed by Parr. One of 250 numbered copies. Fine in original colorful deck-chair canvas and housed in a very lightly used blue cloth slipcase stamped in blind on the upper and lower covers. With 24 full color tipped in photographs reflecting the British seaside. Large oblong folio. Unpaginated. This book is quite large and additional shipping charges may apply. A stunning copy.

First Edition First Printing (2006). Fine in a fine dust jacket, presents as new. Winner of the 2007 Newbery Award (award seal not present). Fine in publisher's original red cloth backed boards. Fine pictorial dust jacket. Internally fine. The moving story of a little girl living in the California desert who is searching for her "higher power" after overhearing the phrase at an AA meeting. At the time, the book caused some controversy among parents and librarians for using the word "scrotum" on the first page. Octavo. 8.75' x 5.75 inches. 134 pp. + [ii]. A fine copy of this wonderful story.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original black cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket, price clipped. Percy's third, and many believe his finest, novel, an exuberant comic satire set on the Gulf Coast outside of New Orleans in an apocalyptic atmosphere. Octavo. 403 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition. Special Limited Edition. Fine, in a custom brown paper slipcase with chemise. Limited Edition, this being number 1,428 of 2,000. Containing 8 classic Perrault tales, including Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, The Fairies and more. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. A rare and truly wonderful edition.

First Edition, with paper wrappers rebound into later marbled binding. Good-plus condition. Dampstaining, foxed, edges untrimmed and toned, minor edgewear, library bookplate to front free endpaper verso. Rare and very important series of 19th Century commentaries on fairy tales and Charles Perrault; reprinted often throughout the 19th Century. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Quite rare, especially in this condition. 218 pp. Overall, a better than good copy of this scarce work.

First Edition, First Printing. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Rare and very important series of 19th Century commentaries on fairy tales and Charles Perrault; reprinted often throughout the 19th Century. Incredibly scarce, especially in this condition. Some dampstaining, mild foxing, edges untrimmed and toned, edgewear. 218 pp. Overall, wonderful copy.

Charles Perrault. Group of Eight Assorted French Versions of Perrault Fairytales. All from the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Beautifully and uniquely bound. An incredible, one-of-a-kind set for anyone who loves classic Fairy Tales and their history like we do. Paris: ca.1826-1944. Two copies of Lettres sur Les Contes de Fées et sur l'Origine de la Féerie. Paris: Baudouin, 1826. One copy is the first edition, first printing. First edition with paper wrappers bound into later marbled binding, other copy in original paper wrappers. Some dampstaining, foxed, edges untrimmed and toned, minor edgewear, first edition with library bookplape to front free endpaper verso. Good. Collin de Plancy. Oevres Choisies de Ch. Perrault, de l'Académie Française. Paris: Peytieux, 1826. Corners bumped, moderate edgewear, spine sunned, somewhat rubbed, somewhat foxed. Very good. Contes des Fées par Charles Perrault. Paris: Théodore Lefèvre, no date [ca.1850]. Minor… Read More

From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Finely illustrated with large folio etchings by famous art deco designer, Etienne Drain. Limited illustrated edition, number 296 of 396 copies, of this adult version based on stories by the master of the French literary fairy tale, Charles, Perrault, with 12 rich full-page etchings and five etched headpieces by Étienne Drian. Perrault is often credited with writing such famous fairytales as 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' ('Sleeping Beauty'), 'Cendrillon' ('Cinderella'), 'Barbe-Bleue' ('Bluebeard'), and 'Peau-d'Ane' ('Donkey Skin') to amuse his own children. This edition, however, has been re-written and illustrated for an adult audience. It is the brainchild of Art Deco fashion designer Étienne Drian, whose pochoir paintings of Parisian woman graced the pages of La Gazette du Bon Ton, Fémina, L'Illustration, and Flirt. In addition to Les Contes de Perrault, he illustrated the novels of Jean Lorrain and Henri Régnier… Read More

First Edition, with 12 original designs and illustration in a finely designed personal binding. Fifteen classic fairy tales. Very good. Minor edgewear, somewhat rubbed and soiled, edges foxed. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. A lovey copy.

Limited edition, one of only 35 copies printed to Japanese Vellum. Very good plus, rare in this condition. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Minor edgewear, front joint starting; small, closed tear on spine tail joint; toned in margins. Overall, a wonderful copy of this collection of Mother Goose and other tales by Perrault.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good plus in original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Two colored frontispieces. Scarce thus. This work provides an excellent summary and analysis of the economy in the United States right after the end of the Civil War. Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809-1889) was a prosperous building contractor who was in involved in the construction of many important building and railway projects in Great Britain and abroad. He also served several terms in Parliament, but had to resign after accepting a government contract. Unfortunately, his economic and business positions were devastated in a general financial panic, and he actually filed for bankruptcy in 1868. Front hinge starting, but otherwise binding is square and sound; foxing to preliminary pages, otherwise text is clean and bright. Attractive bookplate to front free endpaper. Octavo. xv + [i], 428 pp.

First Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. A lovely copy this first edition after the death of Maurice Sendak's father. A charming children's story that Philip Sendak's father told him when he was a child that weaves a tale that teaches all the fine qualities a fine young man should possess with giant birds, and fish, and monsters. The illustrations by Maurice Sendak are special.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited, hand-numbered edition of 150 copies, of which this is number 11. Nice, very bright copy. Signed by Pinter on limitation page. Near fine with very mild spot of discoloration to head of front endpaper, otherwise fine in original orange and black cloth. The five screenplays included in this volume are: The Servant, based on the novel by Robin Maugham; The Pumpkin Eater, based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer; The Quiller Memorandum, based on the novel The Berlin Memorandum by Adam Hall; Accident based on the novel by Nicholas Mosley; and The Go-Between based on the novel by L. P. Hartley. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 367 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition thus. Deluxe Limited Edition of only 1,000 sets, this being no. 683. Beautiful full page engravings including hand-tinted frontispieces to each volume, illustrated with photogravures by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Very good-plus in publisher's original tan cloth. No jackets, as issued. Content near fine, clean and bright, with occasional creasing and light foxing. Edited and chronologically arranged on the basis of the standard text. Octavo. Approx. 3000 pages total. A beautiful, scarce set.

First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated in black-and-white. Fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards and near fine pictorial dust jacket with mild edge wear. Small quarto. 7.5 x 8.5 in. 64 pp. A great copy.

First Expanded Edition of this important story collection. Flowering Judas was first published 1930, but contained only five of the ten stories contained in this edition. Fine in beige cloth in a just about fine dust jacket. 8vo. A lovely copy!

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in original decorated red cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket with light edgewear, mild dulling to the head of text and jacket spine. Illustrated with a suite of black-and-white photographs. Very scarce memoir by one of the most well-known figures in American auto racing from the 1960s through 1981, his last full year behind the wheel. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 318 pp. A wonderful copy.