Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co, Inc., 1948. First Edition Thus, First Printing. 10mo., 167pp.; VG/VG; spine black with white and yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50'; dust jacket has some wear and consistent mild soiling to rear cover; INSCRIBED by Hubbard on ffep, dated November 1948; slight age-toning to pages; LP consignment; shelved case 3, Dupont. More about DEATH'S DEPUTY [SIGNED

New York: ballantine Books, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 152pp.; VG/VG; spine teal with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.75'; gray cloth boards with dark green lettering on spine; minimal amounts of wear to corners, head and tail of spine; INSCRIBED on half-title page by Farmer; Farmer's first full length published novel; LP consignment; shelved case 3. More about THE GREEN ODYSSEY [SIGNED

New York: Putnam, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG; Blue jacket spine with black lettering; Blue cloth boards with silver lettering and stars; Jacket has some wear and a few creases on the lower edge, very light tearing to the upper edge of the jacket at the spine; Boards are straight with some bumping at the corners; A spot of water damage affects the lower edge of both boards as well as the very outer edge of the text block; Text block edge is toned, but otherwise free of marking; 309 pages; LP Collection; Shelved in case 8. More about STARSHIP TROOPERS

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1957. First Edition, First State. thin 8vo., 86 pp., VG/VG; DJ black with white illustration, white lettering to spine; mild wear to covers, particularly to back cover; very mild rubbing to edges of DJ; mild foxing to margins of back flap; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine faded), text legible; text to spine reads from head to tail of spine as done in Europe, indicating a First State; bumping/rubbing to head and tail of spine; rubbing/mild foxing to edges and corners of boards, mild rubbing to boards; mild age-toning/foxing to text-block; aged paste staining to endpapers; INSCRIBED by Lord to ffep; interior clean; Howard's second book published by Arkham House as a limiting printing of 536, with 436 First State copies and 100 Second State copies; LP consignment; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More about ALWAYS COMES EVENING [INSCRIBED

London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1909. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG; White cloth boards; Gilt titling to spine and boards, gilt illustration on front; Cloth ties to fore-edge; Upper edge gilt, deckle cut other edges; Some rubbing to boards, spine faded slightly; Corners bumped a bit; Some foxing to tissue guarding frontispiece, which has slightly affected the facing page; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and numbered 418 of an edition of 750; This limited edition includes the illustration of Puck facing page 16, which is absent from the trade edition; LP Consignment. Shelved: Case 14. More about TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE [Signed

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. 8vo., 533pp.; VG-/G-; spine blue/green pictorial with black and yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.50'; dust jacket has chipping along hinges, corners, head and tail of spine; dust jacket has separated completely along the rear spine fold, then inexpertly repaired with tape along the inside of the jacket, with some staining from tape present; boards shaken; top edge of text block stained; sun fading to spine of dust jacket and upper edge of boards; LP consignment; shelved case 6. More about THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER

New York: Random House, Inc., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 1168 pp., VG/VG-; DJ, green and purple pictorial spine and front cover, white lettering; mild age-toning to spine (lettering faded to off-white); black and white photograph of Rand to back cover; bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards; rubbing to edges of boards; price uncut $6.95 to top right-hand corner; DJ protected by mylar, some tape has been applied to the inside of the head and tail of spine; green cloth boards; brown title block and Random House colophon to top of spine; gold lettering to spine and front board; mild age-spotting to back board and to fore-edge of text-block; beveled fore-edge, dark top; stated "First Printing" to copyright page; inscribed by previous owner on ffep, dated May 29, 1959; boards shaken, cracked hinge between verso of half-title page and title page, binding intact; LP consignment; shelved Case 2, Dupont. More about ATLAS SHRUGGED

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1942. First Edition. 8vo., 370 pp., VG/VG; DJ black, tan lettering to spine, green lettering and illustration to front cover; chipping to head and tail of spine of DJ, rubbing to edges, age-toning; tear to top left-hand corner of back cover at hinge, with red vertical pen mark underneath tear at hinge; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; bumping to corners of boards, rubbing to edges, boards slightly cocked, mild wear to boards; age-toning to text-block, foxing to top edge of text-block, slight ink staining to bottom edge of text-block; starting hinge, boards slightly shaken, binding sturdy; age-toning to endpapers, signed by previous owner to front paste-down, dated June 6, 1944; Arkham House's third published book as a printing of 1,054 copies; LP consignment; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More about OUT OF SPACE AND TIME

Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie (Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation), 1902. small 4to., 395pp., 8pp. ads; VG; bound in full red canvas, gilt lettering on spine, front board, gilt text block; some mild shelfwear; beautiful mapmonde (globe) binding, colors bright; slight age-toning to pages, mild foxing throughout; text in French; LP consignment; shelved case 8. More about HECTOR SERVADAC (VOYAGES EXTRAORDINAIRES

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First Edition, 2000 copies. 8vo., 112pp.; VG/VG; spine black with black and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50; slight wear to head of spine, slight soling to rear cover; SIGNED on ffep, 'Sincerely / August Derleth'; interior clean; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 8, Dupont. More about THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS [SIGNED

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition, First Printing, Early State. Octavo, 212 pages, 8 pages ads; VG/VG; spine beige with blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; small closed tear to lower edge of rear cover, mild shelfwear to corners, head and tail of spine; First Edition, with blank endpapers, red cloth cover, white spine, Rogers art on dust jacket, 7 titles on front flap; presumed early issue from 1929, due to the 7 titles on the front flap listing through 'The Secret of the Caves and the 8 titles on the ad in the rear listing through 'The Mystery of Cabin Island'; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 14. More about HARDY BOYS: THE SHORE ROAD MYSTERY

1952/1980. Three items signed by William Nolan. A napkin folded to 8 1/2 x 4 inches, with a drawing by Nolan of a Bear, signed and dated 5/31/80.; A copy of the Ray Bradbury Review, 1952, inscribed by Nolan on the inside of front cover. There is one closed tear on the front cover along tail of spine extending 3 inches into the cover. In stapled paperback wrappers.; The Manuscript copy of Nolan's Short Story 'The Trees of Yesterday', with TLS cover letter dated 'Oct. 20, '80'. The manuscript has substantial writing, highlighting, and underlining.; LP consignment; shelved case 8. More about THREE ITEMS SIGNED BY WILLIAM F. NOLAN, INCLUDING THE RAY BRADBURY REVIEW, A NAPKIN DRAWING OF A...

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House. First Limited Edition [of 3000]. 8vo., 228 pp., VG/VG; yellow and brown pictorial DJ, small brown lettering and illustration to spine; mild wear to DJ: rubbing with slight superficial material loss to head, tail, and hinges of spine; mild age-toning to back of spine and margins of covers (lettering clear and legible); price uncut "$3.00" to front flap; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; slight cocking to spine, rubbing to spine (lettering affected yet clear and legible); mild wear to boards; bumping/slight fraying to head and tail of spine; bumping to corners; mild age-toning/wear to text-block; front board somewhat shaken, back board tight, binding strong; scattered spotting towards bottom of p.14-15; Some handwritten corrections made in (Smith's?) blue pen: "nightmarish" to p 14 crossed out once, "a" inserted on first line of page 23, "o" inserted in "rooted" on page 145, and "men" corrected in poem on 162; minuscule tears to fore-edge of pp. 213-218 visible from text-block; INSCRIBED by Smith to ffep, dated "Carmel, Dec. 2, 1954"; SIGNED by Smith to half-title page; unnumbered copy of an edition of 3000 as indicated on the limitation page; LP consignment; Smith's third work published by Arkham House; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More about GENIUS LOCI AND OTHER TALES [SIGNED/INSCRIBED

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Octavo; VG/G; black and grey spine with red text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, minor peeling on front flap, chipping around edges, back of DJ has been colored black in some areas to hide chipping; boards are strong, rubbing along tail edges, spine very slightly cocked; textblock has minor edgewear, age toning, otherwise clean, binding strong; pp 313; signed by author on label pasted to front endpaper; FLP Collection. Case 8. More about Dark Carnival [signed

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/No jacket; Gray boards with black lettering and falcon design on front; Bumping to corners and general edge wear; Binding tight; Two spots of red liquid staining to upper edge of text block, affecting the very top of the pages only; Water damage to lower front corner of the text block, reaching as high as the text on some pages,legibility unaffected; Some dog-earing to pages; Text block toned as usual; 267 pages; LP Collection; Shelve in Case 6. More about THE MALTESE FALCON

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 274pp.; VG/VG; spine black with white lettering; dust jacket not priceclipped, very mild wear, primarily in some slight age-toning to upper edge of rear cover; full number line and stated first edition on copyright page; INSCRIBED on title page, dated 4-29-89; LP consignment. More about "A" IS FOR ALIBI [SIGNED

New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. large 8vo., 628 pp., VG-/VG-; black DJ, green lettering to spine; shelfwear/mild age-toning to covers, creasing to back and tail of spine, slight superficial material loss to head of spine, mild liquid staining towards top of flaps; liquid staining to back of spine and corners of covers to interior of DJ, does not bleed through to exterior; small black ink stains to head of spine to interior of DJ, a likely repair attempt to disguise slight material loss to exterior; price uncut "$7.50" to front flap; gray and blue speckled cloth boards, navy blue lettering and green stripes to spine; scattered black residue to spine, lettering to title affected yet clear and legible; mild age-toning to edges of boards, bumping to corners; age-toning/wear to text-block, liquid staining to top and fore-edge with greenish discoloration to top; mild liquid staining to front paste-down and recto of ffep with slight pink discoloration to front paste-down and mild blue discoloration to ffep, does not bleed through to subsequent leaves; interior clean; INSCRIBED by Kesey to title page; First Edition, First Printing: first pub. 1964 stated to copyright page, Viking Press logo to half-title page; parts of this book originally appeared in Genesis West 5 stated to copyright page; though ONE FLEW OVER'S THE CUCKOO'S NEST is arguably his most well-known work, many critics consider SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION Kesey's magnum opus; LP consignment; shelved Case 6, Dupont. More about SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION [INSCRIBED

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. Limited Edition #139/325. 8vo., 73 pages; VG; bound in morocco-backed decorated cloth, protected with glassine; very mild shelfwear; top edge of text block gilt; One of 325 numbered copies, of which this is number 139, printed by Gibbings in Golden Cockerel type on Batchelor's hand-made paper with seven wood-engravings by Gibbings; loose within is a letter from the Golden Cockerel Press, answering an inquiry about the publication of this book, dated 1958; front endpaper has an inscription, dated 1958, stating that this volume was part of Lord Dunsany's personal library; LP consignment; shelved case 0, Dupont. More about LORD ADRIAN: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. 8vo., 264pp.; VG/VG; spine black and red with white, black, and gold lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00'; dust jacket has minor flaws, including slight sun-fading to spine, small amount of chipping to head and tail of spine; front cover with unusually bright colors; interior has some age-toning; LP consignment; shelved case 6. More about FAST COMPANY

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, 161 pages; VG/G; spine white and green with red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; mild chipping to edges of dust jacket; head of spine, upper rear corner, front lower corner have closed tears; spine slightly cocked; interior clean; First Issue, with 6 lines on colophon and no ISBN; LP consignment; shelved case 2. More about CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1980-1983. Limited Special Boxed Editions. Octavos, 5 volumes; VG/VG; illustrated red spines, illustrated green spines, and illustrated blue spines, w/ blue, orange, & yellow text; sunning along spines otherwise minimal to no wear to jacket w/ prices uncut; comes in brown slipcases (in VG condition); boards are strong and clean; text blocks are clean; limited editions, signed by author and numbered on limitation pages; (The Makers of Universes, 1980, #158 of 200; The Gates of Creation, 1981, #163 of 250; A Private Cosmos, 1981, #171 of 250; Behind the Walls of Terra,1982, #130 of 250; The Lavalite World, 1983, #186 of 250); LP consignment. Shelved Above case 7. More about World of Tiers: The Maker of Universes, The Gates of Creation, A Private Cosmos, Behind the Walls...

New York: Macmillan, 1918. Limited Edition. Octavo; VG; White cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine; Boards have light edge wear, minimal rubbing; Binding tight; Text block toned, previous owner's name on limitations page, otherwise free of marking, all illustrations clear; Upper edge gilt with some light scratches, bottom corner of text block thumbed; Book is numbered 245 of a limited edition of 250; LP Consignment. Shelved: Case 14. More about ENGLISH FAIRY TALES

Garden City, New York: Pub. for the Crime club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. First American Edition. 8vo., 314pp.; VG/VG; spine tan and black with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00'; mild chipping and wear to corners, head and tail of spine; age-toning to pages; black boards with red lettering; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. More about CORPSE GUARDS PARADE

New York: Heinemann, 1921. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG in VG case; White leather spine with gilt lettering; Gilt lettering and designs to front board; Cloth case has some very minor edge wear; Bumping to corners and edges of boards; Some toning and wear along the boards and spine; Previous owners bookplate on front free end paper; Binding tight; 24 tipped-in color illustrations with descriptive tissue guards; Limited to an edition of 550, this is numbered 7 and SIGNED by Rackham. LP consign; Shelve in case 14. More about COMUS

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1938. First Edition. 8vo., 303 pp., G+/G-; blue and navy blue pictorial DJ with white/black/red lettering, spine of DJ faded light blue and green with white and green lettering; chipping with material loss to head and tail of spine, hinges, and corners; blue ink staining to interior of DJ, particularly to bottom-edge that bleeds into exterior, staining the bottom edge of front cover and tail of spine black; brown staining to interior of DJ that bleeds through to front cover and front flap, staining the top right-hand corner of front cover green and and top left-hand corner of front flap brown; small black stain to bottom edge of back cover of DJ towards bottom left-hand corner; creasing to edges of flaps; tape to top right-hand edge of front flap and to top left-hand corner of back flap of DJ; all four corners of flaps price clipped; later edition DJ (Triangle Books, pub. 1941); DJ protected by mylar; red cloth boards with red and navy blue lettering; bumping/chipping/fraying to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine; bumping/fraying to corners of boards, bumping to edges of boards; dark green top, age-toning to text-block, fore-edge partially stippled; age-toning to endpapers and margins of interior, text legible; starting hinge between pp. 122-123, boards shaken, binding intact; last 21 pp. contain recipes; LP consignment; shelved Case 6. More about TOO MANY COOKS: A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY