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April 14, 2023
The New York Book Fair and New Arrivals
Greetings! It's been a while since we sent a Constant Contact, as we have been busy cataloging much new material. We hope to see many of you in our booth D-18 at The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory April 27-30. It will be an exciting show and we hope you will have the chance to attend. I do have a few passes left so if you need one please contact me. Fair hours are:
Preview night, Thursday the 27th: 5p-8p
Friday the 28th: 12n-8p
Saturday the 29th: 12n-7p
Sunday the 30th: 12n-5p We will be offering a number of newly cataloged items. Hope to see you.
Below are a few recent arrivals to our shelves.  | THE DEATH-MASK AND OTHER GHOSTS.
Everett, H[enrietta] D[orothy] [Mrs].
London: Philip Allan & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-321 [322-324: ads], cloth. First edition. The author's only collection of supernatural fiction. "In his famous essay 'Some Remarks on... (#28718)
Price: $1,750.00 | | | 
|  | UNCANNY TALES.
Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa (nee Stewart)].
London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d., [1896]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-228, original dark blue pictorial cloth, spine and front panels stamped in brown, white, and gold, top edge rough trimmed. First... (#28724)
Price: $1,000.00 | | |
|  | DREADFUL HOLLOW.
Karlova, Irina.
London, New York, Melbourne: Hurst & Blackett, n.d., [1942]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-160, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. "Basically, a country-house murder... (#28720)
Price: $750.00 | | |
|  | ORANGE BLOSSOMS. By Joseph Shearing [pseudonym].
Long, Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell, writing as "Joseph Shearing."
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-328 [Note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated brown cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, Heinemann windmill device stamped in... (#28721)
Price: $750.00 | | |
|  | THE STRANGE INVADERS.
Llewellyn, [David William] Alun.
London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1934. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] 1-309 [310-312: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in metallic green... (#28719)
Price: $2,750.00 | | |
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|  | THE PHANTOM IN THE RAINBOW.
La Master, Slater.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-376, jacket art by Paul Stahr, original blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel... (#30527)
Price: $450.00 | | |  | THE BLOODY CHAMBER: AND OTHER STORIES.
Carter, Angela.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979. Octavo, boards. First edition. Ten fantasies including "The Company of Wolves," (filmed in 1984 by Neil Jordan). "The Bloody Chamber is often wrongly described as... (#30523)
Price: $750.00 | | |
|  | THE BORDER LINE.
Masterman, Walter S.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1937. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii-x] xi-xv [xvi] 17-287 [288: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge... (#30493)
Price: $150.00 | | |
|  | VOODOO: A MURDER MYSTERY.
Esteven, John (pseudonym of Samuel Shellabarger).
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), LTD., n.d., [1930]. Octavo, pp. [i-x] xi-xii 13-287 [288: blank] [289-294: ads] [295-296] [Note: first leaf used as front paste down, last leaf free end... (#30495)
Price: $250.00 | | |
|  | THE DOLL MAKER: AND OTHER TALES OF THE UNCANNY.
"Sarban" (Pseudonym of John William Wall).
London: Peter Davies, [1953]. Octavo, original light green cloth, spine stamped in light red. First edition. Collect the title story and two others. "Excellent." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural... (#30519)
Price: $450.00 | | |
|  | NIGHTMARE ALLEY.
Gresham, William Lindsay.
New York, Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, original black cloth, spine stamped in gold and green, fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge trimmed, top edge stained green. First edition... (#30494)
Price: $850.00 | | |
|  | THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Bradbury, Ray.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of... (#30448)
Price: $4,500.00 | | |
|  | MARTIANS, GO HOME.
Brown, Fredric.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Humorous tale of an sf writer who foils an invasion of little green men from Mars." -... (#30497)
Price: $350.00 | | |
|  | THE ASPHALT JUNGLE.
Burnett, W[illiam] R[iley].
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Equaling his best, Little Caesar, High Sierra, this is a sustained and relentless story of the planning and execution of... (#30500)
Price: $500.00 | | |
|  | CORONER'S PIDGIN.
Allingham, Margery.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1945]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An Albert Campion novel. Hubin, p. 13. (#30524)
Price: $375.00 | | |
|  | MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER.
Allingham, Margery.
London, Melbourne, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An Albert Campion novel. Hubin, p. 13. (#30521)
Price: $375.00 | | | Susan and I would like to thank you for your continued support. Stay safe and well, wherever you may be. Fine books bought and sold, please contact us if you have material to sell-single items or collections. Thank you for looking. John W. Knott & Susan B. Knott
301-512-1300 - email: jwk@jwkbooks.com | |
