A very good copy in like dust-jacket.
Jacket artwork by Biggs.
£250
A Myth Retold
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1956.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
A great first edition copy of this rerendering of The Golden Ass of Apuleius, set in the mythical kingdom of Glome.
Out of stock
A very good copy in like dust-jacket.
Jacket artwork by Biggs.
Detective Fiction
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935. Popular edition first reprint. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 4/6 (second issue?). An uncommon early issue of this rare Rhodes title, originally published in 1928, the jacket featuring the original classic artwork by well-known artist Abbey; one of this prolific author's earliest books, set against a yachting culture backdrop.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Likely rebound copy of original paperback edition
London, Sampson Low, 1876
Author's Illustrated Edition
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.