London: Brett Limited, 1890 DICK AND HIS FRIEND DUKE. A Tale Of Adventure In the Fiji Islands. London: Edwin J. Brett, Limited. n.d. [c.1890] 4to., 138pp. Half dark blue cloth over plain beige boards. Illustrated throughout. Original Illustrated front cover carefully backed & bound-in [some early sympathetic colour enhancement]. Complete. In very good antiquarian condition. [Brett published Jack Harkaway in America, c. 1890] Penny Dreadful [Dime Novels were the American version] was a term applied to ... more information

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London: Aldine Publishing Co., 1900 TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. [Published Every Monday]. 4to., 32 pages per issue. THE SAUCY ARETHUSA plus 11 other titles. London: Aldine Publishing Co., [c.1900]. Blue cloth backed untitled plain tangerine boards. Original coloured wrappers bound-in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. A run of 12 issues: Nos 66, 85, 130, 141, 152, 159, 160, 171, 172, 190, 191, 193. In very good antiquarian condition. TRUE BLUE weekly magazine was published for boys just prior to the tur... more information

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London: Aldine Publishing Co., 1903 TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. [Published Every Saturday]. ** 32 pages per issue. THE HUG OF THE BEAR plus 11 other titles. A Story Of Russian Despots. London: Aldine Publishing Co., [c. 1903]. 4to., blue cloth backed untitled plain beige boards. Original coloured wrappers bound-in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. A run of 12 issues: Nos 222, 223, 230, 231, 232, 243, 245, 247, 249, 259, 260, 261, 262. In very good antiquarian condition. TRUE BLUE weekly magazine was pu... more information

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London: Aldine Publishing Co., 1904 TRUE BLUE LIBRARY. [Published Weekly]. 4to., 32 pages per issue. THE RIVAL HALVES OF PODGER'S SCHOOL plus 11 other titles. London : Aldine Publishing Co., 1904. 4to., tan cloth backed untitled plain beige boards. Original coloured wrappers bound-in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. A run of 12 isssues: Nos 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 270, 271, 276, 277, 278, 282, 286. In very good antiquarian condition. TRUE BLUE weekly magazine was published for boys just ... more information

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London: W. Lucas, 1890 Burrage, (Edwin) Harcourt (1839-1916). Quarter black leather over plain dark blue boards. Gilt stamped spine title. Original illustrated wrappers bound-in. Complete numbers 1 through 17. 544pp. Extra Coloured frontispiece & Title page added [W. Lucas as Publisher], n.d. [c. 1890]. With Full colour poster page of Robin Hood & Little John preserved at the end. Very Rare example of this early penny dreadful in about very good antiquarian condition. A rare complete run. Penny Dr... more information

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New York: Ballantine Books. As New. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Original Wraps. 0345396367 . A beautiful First Edition/First Printing copy in As New condition, this one personally SIGNED by author Michael Riley and Anne Rice on the half title page; Anne Rice's biography from her early struggles to the tremendous literary reputation achieved, from the success and adulation of the vampire novels to the lesser-known books that are her favorites. From the influence of classical and popular lit... more information

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Lakewood, CO: Millipede Press. Fine+. 2007. Signed Edition. Cloth. 1933618132 . Limited to 300 copies, each book is numbered and signed by Patrick McGrath. Includes art by Berni Wrightson, a couple of the Lynd Ward wood engravings, a large selection of critical essays, extensive film stills, and, by far, the best bibliography on the subject ever published. A stunning copy in Very Fine condition; Originally published in 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein now is one of most famous Gothic novels, also... more information

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New York: Warner Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 044651974X . A beautiful First Edition/ First Printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Dean Koontz directly on the half-title page; Dean Koontz's first collection of short fiction containing two novels plus twelve novellettes and short stories, all interpreting the human experience as travelers on "strange highways." "It is a world of unlikely heroes,... more information

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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. Fine+. c2006. Limited Edition. Cloth. 0971205167 . A stunning edition limited to 500 copies in Fine+ condition in printed silk-cloth, leather-spine with gilt lettering, enclosed in the original cloth slipcase. Only about 175 copies have bound in limitation pages as the rest of the limitation pages were damaged and not replaced prior to binding, this copy is without a limitation page. Features the complete wood engravings by Lynd Ward; Originally published in 1818, Mary S... more information

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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. Fine+. c2006. Limited/Numbered Edition. Cloth. 0971205167 . A stunning edition limited to 500 copies, numbered in black with Arabic numerals in Fine+ condition in printed silk-cloth, leather-spine with gilt lettering, enclosed in the original cloth slipcase. Only about 175 copies have bound in limitation pages as the rest of the limitation pages were damaged and not replaced prior to binding, this copy is numbered 61. Features the complete wood engravings by Lynd Ward; Or... more information

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New York: Delacorte Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385339410 . A very desirable First Edition/First Printing (with complete number line) in As New condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Thomas Harris directly on the title page; Harris offers some tantalizing pieces of the puzzle in this prequel to his other Hannibal Lecter novels. Lecter's childhood years spent in a Soviet orphanage and his unusual relationship with the uncle and aunt ... more information

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USA: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.. Fine+. 1988. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A spectacular FIRST ILLUSTRATED edition in Very Fine condition in clamshell case. Number 16 in a limited 1,000 copies. This copy SIGNED by all contributors including Stephen King, David Morrell and Clive Barker; 13 stories created especially for this collection by consistent, original, and haunting voices in contemporary fiction, like Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, David Morrell, offering... more information

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