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

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 8, Dupont. More

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

London: Heinemann, 1911. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG-; Vellum binding; Silk ties to front fore edge; Gilt lettering on spine, gilt design to front; Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition; Upper edge gilt, all other edges deckle cut; Binding is tight; Text block is toned, but free of marking; All images clean; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham and is numbered 944 of an edition of 1150. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Shelved Case 14, Dupont. More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. thin 8vo., 70 pp., VG/VG; DJ black with white illustration, tan lettering (age-toned) to spine, text legible; rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners of DJ; price uncut "$2.10" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; mild bumping to head and tail of spine, mild cocking to spine; mild rubbing to boards, edges, and corners of boards; aged paste staining to endpapers; interior clean; Drake's first book and the only one published by Arkham House as a limited printing of 553 copies, of which 300 were given to the author, leaving only 252 copies for distribution; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

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 8, Dupont. More

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

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

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

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

London: Heinemann, 1921. First Thus. Quarto; VG; Bound in full leather by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt lettering and designs; Raised bands on spine with titles in gilt; Satyr design on front board in leather and gilt; All edges gilt; End papers have been repaired at the gutters; Binding tight; Text block toned but free of marking; All illustrations guarded by tissue with text. Previous owners small bookplate on interior of rear end paper, gift inscription by previous owner in pen; Book is SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and numbered 460 of a limited edition of 550. LP Consign. Shelve: Case 14. More

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 8, Dupont. More

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, Some interior repair to jacket tears along lower edge and spine, 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

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

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First Edition. 8vo., 187 pp., VG/VG; DJ, spine black with white lettering, front cover white with black lettering; very mild wear/age-toning to covers, mild rubbing/chipping to edges and corners of boards, including head and tail of spine; price uncut "$4.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; orange cloth boards, blue lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; rubbing to edges and corners; mild age-toning to text-block, beveled fore-edge; aged paste-staining to endpapers, mild buckling to front paste-down; interior clean; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

London: George G. Harrap, 1936. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG; Ivory leather boards; Gilt lettering to spine and boards with gilt illustration on front; Some bowing to boards, as is typical; Light wear to the edges and corners, rubbing; Binding secure; Light toning to the edges of the text block, interior clean; All illustrations clear; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and is numbered 459 of an edition of 460. LP consignment, shelved case 14. More

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

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1919. First US Edition. 8vo., 313 pp., VG/G+; DJ, spine white (age-toned brown) with navy blue lettering, blue and orange pictorial front cover with black lettering; rubbing/chipping to edges, with material loss to corners; age-toning to DJ; "$1.50 Net" stated to spine of DJ; DJ protected by mylar; green cloth boards, navy blue lettering to spine and front cover; bumping to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine, text to spine faded yet legible; mild rubbing to edges and corners of boards; starting hinge between pp. 24-25, boards slightly shaken, binding sturdy; age-toning/mild scratching to text-block; age-toning to interior, text legible; LP consignment; shelved Case 6. More

Providence, RI: The Buffalo Book Co., 1946. First Edition, 1/500 Copies. 8vo., 303 pp., VG-/VG-; DJ, white spine with green lettering, yellow/green/yellow pictorial front cover; wear/age-toning to covers of DJ; chipping to edges and corners of DJ, with material loss to head and tail of spine and corners; age-toned tape to interior of DJ at bottom corner of back cover/back flap and to top of back cover towards hinge; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; green cloth boards; yellow lettering to spine (faded), text legible; bumping to head and tail of spine, mild cocking to spine; mild wear to boards, bumping to corners of boards, mild cocking to boards; age-toning to text-block; creasing to bottom corners of text-block from bumping/cocking to boards; interior clean; frontispiece; scarce in dust jacket; LP consignment; shelved Case 8. More

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

New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo; VG/Poor; Green and white spine with green and white text; Boards show significant sunning on corners and head and tail edges; Dust jacket has been trimmed along the lower edge, and is lacking the lowest 1/4 inch of the dust jacket. The upper 1/4 inch of the paper backing to the mylar has been colored black in an attempt to disguise the damage.; DJ is clean with light shelf wear, discoloration caused by either sunning or age tone, 2 inch closed tear across left inside sleeve, back cover has small closed tear on top right near spine and a small scrape near bottom middle; Comes in protective mylar covering; Text block clean, significantly age toned, minimal shelf wear, text legible, pages durable; pp 186. LP consignment. Shelve Case 8 -- Dupont. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First US Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 323 pages; VG/VG-; spine tan and blue with blue and tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50'; mild chipping and wear to dust jacket, including small chips missing to head of spine; top edge of text block red; interior clean; Two of Forester's Hornblower books, A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours, were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. More

New York: The Fantod Press, 1972. Limited First Edition. staplebound 12mos., unpaginated, VG; ALL VOLUMES: light scratching to top- and bottom-edges of text-blocks; interiors clean and bright; limited first editions of 526 copies stated to copyright pages; VOL. 1 [THE DISRESPECTFUL SUMMONS, pub. 1971; tan covers with black lettering and illustration]; VOL. 2 [THE ABANDONED SOCK, pub. 1972; light gray covers with black lettering and illustration]; VOL. 3 [THE LOST LIONS, pub. 1973; yellow covers with black lettering and illustration]; LP consignment; housed in a white envelope, with The Fantod Press colophon to top left-hand corner to front of envelope; shelved Case 0, Dupont. More

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

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 144 pp., [50 pp.], VG-/VG-; white and black lettering to tan spine, black-and-white photograph to front cover; fading to spine, lettering legible; shelfwear to covers, chipping with material loss to head of spine, slight superficial material loss to corners; price clipped; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; fading to spine (lettering slightly affected yet bright and legible); wear to boards, mild spotting with gray discoloration towards hinge of spine to front board; boards shaken/cocked, no shelf lean, binding strong, casing somewhat loose, boards firmly attached to text-block; age-toning/wear to text-block, scattered foxing to top, slight foxing to fore-edge; starting hinge to back of copy between 2 unpaginated black-and-white photographic plates; recto of bfep stuck to verso of last photographic plate to top margin of leaves at gutter; very occasional mild foxing to interior, text clear and legible; "First Printing, 1965" stated to copyright page; contains unpaginated section of photographs courtesy of Sports Magazine to back of volume; INSCRIPTION to title page reads "For Don Loos / with every best wish and memories of shooting baskets together years ago / John McPhee / December 1, 1965"; LP consignment; shelved Case 5, Dupont. More