Modern Literature
Translated from the Spanish by Vivian Verst
London, Stanley Paul, [1926].
First English edition. 8vo. Original pale yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A vivid account of Madrid society life, a bestseller in Spain upon publication.
London, Stanley Paul, 1927.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Advertisements. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Detective fiction with spy thriller overtones, courtesy of Anglo-Canadian author 'Anthony Armstrong' - striking jacket artwork; scarce.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Stanley Paul, [1923]. First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. An important Future War novel in which the UK is attacked by chemical weapons, scarce in the original dust-jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Stanley Paul, 1909.
First edition. 8vo. Original (variant) blue cloth.
A key work in Hope Hodgson's canon, here in a seemingly unknown variant binding (the normal is red cloth, with green also being recorded). The tale recounts a ship crew's strange & terrifying experience as their reality comes into contact with an alternative, darker mirror world. Bleiler was a huge fan of Hope Hodgson, calling his novels "visionary accounts that have no real parallels in English literature". Of this particular title he noted:
"One of the great sea novels. highly original in detail and well done. Although it is overshadowed as visionary horror by the more spectacular The House on the Borderland and The Night Land, as a work of art, it is finer." (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction).
A revised version of the ending was anthologised, under the title "The Silent Ship".
Weird & Supernatural
London, Stanley Paul, 1909.
First edition. 8vo. Advertisements. Original green cloth.
A superb first edition of this key work in Hope Hodgson's canon, here in the seemingly less common green cloth, as opposed to red (no priority being definitively established). The tale recounts a ship crew's strange & terrifying experience as their reality comes into contact with an alternative, darker mirror world. Bleiler was a huge fan of Hope Hodgson, calling his novels "visionary accounts that have no real parallels in English literature". Of this particular title he noted:
"One of the great sea novels. highly original in detail and well done. Although it is overshadowed as visionary horror by the more spectacular The House on the Borderland and The Night Land, as a work of art, it is finer." (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction).
A revised version of the ending was anthologised, under the title "The Silent Ship".
Detective Fiction
Jacobs (T.C.H., pseud. Jacques Pendower) Appointment with the Hangman
London, Stanley Paul, 1936.
First edition, early reissue stating '3rd thousand' on title-page. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, with overlaid price-sticker '4/-' to spine.
Early printing of this hard-to-find crime thriller, especially tricky in equally coeval jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, clipped but with price 6/6 present on inside flap.
Further Frampton frolics, the jacket here showing a few suspiciously red finger marks itself...
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, [1947].
First edition. 8vo. Orriginal blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
Frampton of the Yard is back on the case following the mysterious disappearance of a friend in 'Dead End'.
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.
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, 1953.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped with price sticker of 6/-.
An uncommon first edition thriller by an enigmatic author.
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's compliments stamp to title; advertisements. Original black cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
All of the first editions by this author of crime fiction appear to be scarce - despite the wear to the jacket this is an attractive example, with a visually compelling jacket design.