Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpapers; vol.I cloth a little lightened and softened at head of spine; jackets with some rubbing and marking, spines stained and worn with minor loss.
Maps by the author.
£1,495
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1956-59.
3 vol., first editions, fifth/sixth/fifth impression respectively. Large 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jackets.
A solid set of early impressions of Tolkien’s fantasy masterpiece.
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Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpapers; vol.I cloth a little lightened and softened at head of spine; jackets with some rubbing and marking, spines stained and worn with minor loss.
Maps by the author.
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.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A real curiosity for Verne collectors. A key title with each volume issued by a different publisher.
London, Ward Lock (vol 1) Sampson Low (vol 2) 1876
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
An uncommon "Lost Race" title, notable also for the rather smashing jacket artwork by well-known illustrator J. Morton Sale.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Faber, 1963.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original orange cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
Science fiction short stories by a leading British light of the genre, inscribed to his 'Aunt Bodger'.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1919.
First edition. 8vo. Advertisements. Original blue cloth ruled in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7s.
A very good early dust-jacket, uncommon thus. This collection of tale comes from the pen of Scottish author Gerald Grogan, author of the sci-fi novel A Drop in Infinity (1915); the author was killed in the First World War, in 1918.