Some minor foxing; cloth very good.
Illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn.
£495
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Second edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, lettered and stamped in red and gilt, edges gilt.
The scarce second edition, published the previous year, but here illustrated for the first time. A collection of fantasy stories set in a magical land called the Land Under the Sunset, which is located beyond the horizon.
Out of stock
Some minor foxing; cloth very good.
Illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Duckworth, 1939
First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's white cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6 on front flap, overprinted with 4/6.
The first novel by the writer described by Ronald Bryden as "the most exasperatingly gifted writer in England". Hyams was a translator and author, active in various genres, fiction and non-fiction, from before World War Two. Although not widely known for his speculative work, he published several novels of Sci-Fi interest. The Wings of the Morning is a discussion novel in the style of the scientific romance set as a future war novel whose description does not very accurately anticipate the reality to come. This was his first novel written when he was 28 years old. Rare. No copies of any kind for sale at time of listing.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Ward Lock, 1935
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket price clipped. Three digits at base of spine indicates this is an early reprint.
Hubin listed title with strong sci-fi overtones in which an Oriental cadre of secret masters aspire to immortality through imbibing an elixir of unknown provenance, and by using advanced technology to preserve themselves. They threaten the world, but are defeated in the end (Blieler p61, the only title by this author listed).
London, Sampson Low, 1949.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
When a phony count, a weird artist, and a dazzling blond beauty relentlessly dog his footsteps, hard-hitting private investigator Max Thursday knows his charming personality isn't the attraction.
Modern Literature
A Novel
London, Sampson Low, [1934].
First edition, "File Copy". 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The last novel by this insanely prolific Cornish writer, author of the best-selling 'improving story' Her Benny (1879). Wonderful jacket artwork.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sampson Low, [c.1920].
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractive jacketed edition of this mysterious islands tale by Verne.