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£120



London, Cassell, [1886].

First edition. 8vo. 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, dated '3 G. 8.86'.

A creative and productive author, Julian Hawthorne never sadly quite lived up to the literary pedigree inherited from his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, but his fiction is engaging and often incorporates the sort of weird and sci-fi elements on which later subgenre fiction was predicated. This novel sees the author dallying rather with crime fiction, including mob-like figures, a bank robbery and the curse of opium addiction...

£125



London, Cassell, 1945.

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

An intriguing psychological thriller by the author & philosopher H.F. Heard, author of The Ascent of Humanity (1929).

Weird & Supernatural

Heard (Gerald) The Great Fog

£195


and Other Weird Tales
London, Cassell, 1947.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped and with publisher's '4/6 Cheap Edition' sticker to upper panel.

A collection of mysterious and weird tales, by an author who numbered among his close friends Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood, and whose work was compared favourably to that of H.G. Wells and Conan Doyle: "He plays as daringly with the test tubes of science as did the early H.G. Wells...Mr. Heard is a new master in this field..." (New York Times).

£135


An Arabesque
London, Williams & Norgate, 1926.

First English edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

First English edition, translated from the Swedish. Cleverly combines modern mystery with an Arabian Night's kind of vibe.

£175



London, John Hamilton, [1938].

First edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

Hubin-listed crime fiction with a quasi-nautical element.

£450



London, Cape, 1932.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.

Hemingway's famous work on the art of bull-fighting, illustrated with over eighty illustrations from photographs and paintings.

£750


A Romantic Novel in Honour of the Passing of a Great Race
London, Jonathan Cape, 1933.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5s.

The first UK edition of Hemingway's first long work, a satirical treatment of pretentious writers; here with an introduction by David Garnett.

£750



London, Jonathan Cape, 1934.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, price obscured by ink.

Hemingway's third collection of stories, six of which are first appearances.

£150

London, Blackie, 1886. First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Henty's tale of the Luddite Riots.

£175



London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1916.

First abridged edition. Small 8vo. Original dark grey cloth blocked in black.

An attractive abridgment of the weird & supernatural tales of psychic detective Flaxman Low, written by mother & son team 'E. & H. Heron'. The stories first appeared in Pearson's Magazine (1899). Hesketh was a prolific turn-of-the-century author, creator of then then very popular sadistic bandit character Don Q., as noted by Bleiler now "deservedly forgotten".

£95



London, Macdonald, [1943].

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8/6.

A light-hearted book. If you not like mean people, you will not be discouraged by the fate which overtakes the characters... (jacket blurb)

£395



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

An uncommon detective fiction title by the author most well-known for her historical romances, one of only eleven she wrote in this genre.

Ernest Fletcher's butler, his nephew Neville, and Helen North provide conflicting evidence about his untimely demise in a London suburb. Then a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case.

£450



London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1929].

First edition. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.

Golden Harvest is a particularly good yarn of gold discovery in Australia's wild, uninhabited Northern Territory...There is a mysterious Chinaman, abduction, rescue, a dramatic chase across the desert to the mine... (jacket blurb)

£350



London, Hamish Hamilton, 1983.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced £7.95.

The famous ghost story that inspired film, television, stage and audio adaptations. Scary stuff.

£225



London, The Decoy Press, 1919.

Vol.II only (of 2 published, from a projected series of 12). 8vo. Title printed in red & black. Original quarter linen with paper boards, gilt spine titling.

Change was a brief socialist, illustrated periodical released in the year following the Great War, embodying post-war aspiration. Though twelve issues were intended, only two volumes saw publication. These editions showcased woodcuts and illustrations from artists like Lovat Fraser, Robert Gibbings and Eric Gill among others, both standalone and accompanying the mix of prose, verse, and a detective story, 'The Private Papers of the Oubliette Club.'

£100


A Novel
London, Sampson Low, [1934].

First edition, "File Copy". 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

The last novel by this insanely prolific Cornish writer, author of the best-selling 'improving story' Her Benny (1879). Wonderful jacket artwork.

£1,200



London, Selwyn & Blount, [1920].

First edition, [one of 500 copies]. 8vo. Original boards with printed paper spine label. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

A rather remarkable copy of Hope Hodgson's first published verse collection, scarce in such condition and the original dust-jacket: "...most of what [Hodgson] wrote in this kind is here published for the first time. And in his poems, as in his prose, it is the mystery, the strength, the cruelty, the grimness and sadness of the sea the most potently appeal to him... For him the voices of the sea are the sighing or calling of its multitudinous dead, and there are lines in which he hints that one day he, too, will be called down to them..." A. St John Adcock's introduction. The attraction of Davy Jones' locker was not the author's demise ultimately however, instead he died in action during the First World War.

£1,250



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".

£2,700



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".

£795



London, Eveleigh Nash, 1916.

First edition. 8vo. Advertisements. Original cloth.

Two poems and eight short stories, mostly of darkly supernatural nautical themes inspired by the author's own time at sea. "Long neglected, unappreciated, one of most important formative influences in modern tale of supernatural horror." (Bleiler). Very rare.

£175



London, Hodder & Sttoughton, 1932.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 3/6.

Drums beat at night...and Professor Bastion hears the echo on Hampstead Heath (jacket)

£195



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

An very good first edition of one of Holt's best books.

£275



London, Collins, 1936.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/-.

Considered the author's greatest novel, published posthumously. Centred around a County Council, the novel illustrates how public decisions can mold the individual, at the same time offering a panoramic and unforgettable view of Yorkshire life. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

£75



London, Robert Hale, 1956.

First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12/6.

A semi-gothic thriller set largely in Victorian London, by a prolific writer and biographer. The book, like many of Hooke's, was subsequently made into a film, The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958).

£325



London, Quality Press, 1946.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10/6.

An eye-catching first edition recounting the adventures of a ghost hunter. Scarce.

Detective Fiction

Horler (Sydney) Checkmate

£150



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930.

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

Uncommon Horler title, especially in the jacket.

£150



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

Hubin-listed detective fiction title, scarce in the original dust-jacket.

£275



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1929.

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

Mid-period Horler, distinctly uncommon in such condition.

£195



London, Herbert Jenkins, 1931

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.

A 'rollicking yarn' from this very prolific author concerning one Oswald Twining who writes novelettes of the purple passion variety under the name of 'Hugo Blazer' and Geraldine Rhombard, the daughter of a Dean and for whom Oswald has fallen very heavily.

Rare in jacket no copies online at time of listing.

£250



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

An excellent first edition of this Horler title, rare in such condition.

£195


First edition.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.

A collection of four criminous short stories listed in Hubin, the eponymous first of which concerns the battle between Sir Harker Bellamy, the famous secret service chief known as ‘The Mole’ and The Priest’ a daring and resourceful foreign spy and plotter. Rare in such a well preserved jacket.

£160



London, Hutchinson, [c.1934].

First edition, "6th thousand". 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

Three tales by this master of excitement, uncommon in the dust-jacket with cool photographic artwork.

£195



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

An attractive Hodder & Stoughton first edition, in classic Hastain jacket.

£150



London, Hodder & Soughton, 1935.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.

A macabre flautist graces the jacket of this uncommon Horler title.

War, Invasion & Spy

Horler (Sydney) The Spy

£135



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6 and with publisher's label declaring it as newly published.

An excellent example of this spy thriller by Horler.

Detective Fiction

Hornung (E.W.) Stingaree

£120



London, Philip Allan, 1936.

'Popular Edition'. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

An attractive edition of this tale by the creator of Raffles.