Weird & Supernatural
London, Grant Richards, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original black boards lettered in white. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
An intriguing weird & supernatural tale, born from opiates taken by the author during a convalescence - elements include automatic writing and Christian allegory, set against an often brutally described backdrop of war... Rare.
Weird & Supernatural
London, T. Werner Laurie, [1911].
First edition. 8vo. Title printed in blue & black. Original green cloth blocked in black to upper cover and lettered in gilt to spine.
A collection of short stories by Pain, reflecting the darker side of his writing, which has resulted in a substantial legacy of supernatural, horror and weird fiction.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1925.
First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jackets, priced 2/6.
Cool jacket artwork on this uncommon work in the original jacket, inscribed by the author on the half-title.
Weird & Supernatural
A Romance of the Soul London &c., Cassell, 1912. First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. A solid first edition copy of this occult tale by Australian author Rosa Praed, underlined eventually by the reformative qualities of Christianity.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Constable, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Uncommon first edition, with witchcraft in large part serving as a metaphor for womanhood; the main character is not magical, but has been stigmatised and shunned by her community for her illegitimate children and for practising abortion.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1928
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, likely a second issue as it is priced 3'6 on spine.
A tale about a fifteen year old child - Hazel Wood - who has the gift of second sight - of being able to see things taking place far away from her.
Uncommon in jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Stanley Paul, 1934.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A compilation of amazing facts, objects and places as recorded by the then phenomenally prolific Ripley.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Jonathan Cape, 1929.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark pink cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Attractive art-deco style jacket artwork adorns this unusual tale about three people being brought back into British society after a life in the jungles and swamps of Borneo. Scarce.
Weird & Supernatural
And other Dartmoor Legends
London & Exeter, Andrew Melrose; James G. Commin, [1901].
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
An intriguing collection of atmospheric folk tales from Devon; titles include 'The Vengeance of Belus', 'The Bards of the Wood of Wistman', 'The Nymph Tamara' and 'The Pixies of Ockington Wood'.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Jarrolds, n.d..
Early edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 2/- at spine with further 1/- price to upper panel.
Uncommon edition of the title that introduced the character of Moris Klaw, an eccentric and insightful 'dream detective'. Klaw solves mysteries using a curious method known as 'odic thought transference', which involves him sleeping on a cushion or item related to the crime to receive impressions about the events. Nice example of relatively unknown Youngman Carter artwork.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Methuen, 1918.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth, lettered in black.
An early and uncommon Sax Rohmer first edition, set in Egypt with the inscrutable Abu-Tabah taking on the villain role from Fu Manchu. The book is notable for introducing a more explicitly weird & supernatural element.
Weird & Supernatural
London [&c.], Cassell, 1941
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A good copy of this title from the popular Fu Manchu series of books by Sax Rohmer.
Weird & Supernatural
Rowland (John, editor) Path and Pavement: Twenty New Tales of Britain.
London, Eric Gaunt, 1937
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7s 6d on front flap.
Rare anthology of short stories several of which are fantasy including:
'Ritual' by Arthur Machen in which a bunch of London boys reproduce an African native ritual resulting in the death by suggestion of one of their number.
Ghost stories by Kenneth Hare and Richard Middleton
'Smoking the Dragon' by Frederick Carter, a fantasy about a fire-breathing monster and The Third Gift', a weird horror story of a pool and its legends.
Appears to be very elusive. No copies of any kind online at time of writing.
Weird & Supernatural
and other queer stories
London, Victor Gollancz, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, lettering to rebacked spine in yellow indicating first issue.
Scarce collection of weird tales by this prolific British writer, author of 'The Tortoiseshell Cat'.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Guilford Press, [1958].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
A collection of weird & supernatural tales by Swiss writer Sandoz, one of several books published for him by the Guilford Press in the 1950s.
Weird & Supernatural
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket.
A remarkably scarce and obscure weird-mystery thriller by Scottish-Canadian 'Bard of the Yukon'. Unfortunately the jacket would appear to have resided on a bookshelf in the House of Fear for a tad too long due to its traumatised condition, but rare nevertheless!
Weird & Supernatural
First edition.
London. Grant Richards, 1923
A lost race novel in which a lost heiress takes over an African tribe. Very scarce in wrapper.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Richards Press, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractive first edition of this later novel by the 'original' King of Redonda, here in the decidedly uncommon, and rather appealing dust-jacket. "Matthew P. Shiel (I believe he was Irish) wrote a few novels I thought highly worth reading. At the moment I can call to mind only two titles which I've read: Children of the Wind and How the Old Woman Got Home." (Paul Bowles, author of The Sheltering Sky).
Weird & Supernatural
London & Boston, John Lane; Roberts Bros, 1895.
First edition. 8vo. Original purple decorative cloth.
One of the most well-known and collectable of Lane's important 'Keynotes' series, this being the seventh in the series, and the first of two appearances therein for the "King of Redonda" (the other being his influential work Shapes in the Fire, number XXIX). Aubrey Beardsley provided the title-page/cover designs and most if not all of the monogram key devices for the series up until vol.XXIII. Prince Zaleski was Shiel's first published work, drawing inspiration in part from the detective tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and comprising three mysteries: "The Race of Orven", "The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks", and "The S.S.", each to be solved by the eponymous Zaleski, an eccentric Russian nobleman living in exile in a derelict Welsh abbey.
Weird & Supernatural
Third edition.
London, Hutchinson, Not dated but likely to have been published in the
1920's.
Illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. Uncanny Tales was first published in the UK in 1923. An important collection of supernatural
Weird & Supernatural
London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1932].
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. 32pp. publisher's catalogue listing this title at 7/6. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker 3/6 indicating second issue.
An appealing copy of this scarce work to find in the jacket, even with the second issue price-sticker as here; a borderline sci-fi title, with a nautical flavour.
Inscribed on the title-page, 'A.T. Wall. With the Author's kind regards & compliments. E.F. Spanner.'
Weird & Supernatural
London, Grant & Murray, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original buff cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
One of the rarest books by Scottish journalist, poet and scholar of the occult Lewis Spence, who wrote many books on mythology, folklore and paranormal phenomena. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, especially in the genres of fantasy and horror.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Chatto & Windus, 1925. A collection of tales published posthumously, first in 1905. Includes The Body Snatcher, centred around the time of Burke & Hare's exploits.
Weird & Supernatural
A tale of love and adventure in Western China
London, The Sheldon Press, [c.1925].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/d.
A scarce book in the original dust-jacket.
Bram Stoker Birthday
London, William Rider, 1922.
'New Edition'. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in lighter blue. Dust-jacket.
Rare jacketed edition of Stoker's gripping tale of secrets and supernatural forces set against the treacherous backdrop of a coastal town, where a writer becomes entangled in a mysterious love affair and unearths a haunting truth.
Weird & Supernatural
London, William Rider, 1922.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Printed dust-jacket.
A pleasingly good, jacketed example of this work on handwriting and what it can tell us about someone's character.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Bles, 1924.
First edition. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
Scarce first edition of this weird & supernatural novel by Sullivan, centred on a jade god made by one Lung Sen which exerts a powerful influence over events, both strange and mysterious. The author incorporates telepathy and the atmosphere of the Far East.
Detective Fiction
London, Columbine Publishing Co, 1939. The world-renowned detective Grant Rushton takes on his most sinister foe yet, High Priestess of the terrible cult of the Voodoo, Marie Galante.
Weird & Supernatural
London, A.D. Innes, 1898.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered & ruled in gilt.
One of three books drawing upon the author's experiences in Fiji and the South Sea Islands, where he had been based during his Colonial service. Short stories including some weird content.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Selwyn & Blount, [1932].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
The 8th anthology in the desirable Not at Night series. Scarce in jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Selwyn & Blount, [1928].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
A further anthology from the Not at Night series; uncommon in such condition, especially given the fragility of the jackets.
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Weird & Supernatural
London, Selwyn & Blount, [1931].
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, slightly later issue priced 2/- and listing 8 of the Not at Night series on the back panel.
Contains 16 weird stories from Weird Tales and other sources. Includes the first book publication of H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Rats in the Walls.'
Weird & Supernatural
and other Fantasies and Stories
London, Francis Griffiths, 1901.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.
An uncommon collection of short stories by a relatively obscure imprint, many of a magical or mysterious bent; the title tale is one of a dual existence, topical today perhaps given the talk of an avatar driven metaverse...
Weird & Supernatural
Second edition. First published in 1924, a Scottish historical novel involving witchcraft. Uncommon.
London, George Harrap, 1931
Weird & Supernatural
and other stories
London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1927.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth ruled and lettered in black.
A scarce edition, collecting stories mostly derived from the author's own dreams. The title tale, 'Lukundoo', is the author's most anthologised story, recounting the plight of an explorer who falls foul of a local witch-doctor's ghastly curse.
Weird & Supernatural
New York, George H. Doran, 1927.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.
A scarce edition, collecting stories mostly derived from the author's own dreams. The title tale, 'Lukundoo', is the author's most anthologised story, recounting the plight of an explorer who falls foul of a local witch doctor's ghastly curse.