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.
Out of stock
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, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d
A very nice first edition of this sinister sci-fi novel, by ex Merchant Seaman Frank Crisp.
London, Macmillan, 1928
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly price of 7/6 on front flap.
Satirical science fantasy of a visit to another planet and the second volume of Eimar O'Duffy's Cuanduine (Spectrum of Fantasy p168)
Uncommon in a jacket. No copies for sale online currently.
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
A Story between Jest and Earnest
London, Methuen, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped and with wartime price sticker '3/-' to inside front flap.
Stapledon's famous take on the Übermensch idea, in the even more famous "odd" dust-jacket. Rare in such condition.
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.