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December 14, 2023: Final Holiday list and Season's Greetings
Ray Bradbury wrote in the preface to the book pictured above "A few months before the holidays in 1955, I heard someone say "Dogs think that every day is Christmas." Struck by what seemed an obvious truth, I went up to the next half dozen dogs I met and said "What day is this?" Their response,"If you gotta ask, you'll never know!" Here's to the idea that every day is a holiday to celebrate! Hope all your holiday wishes come true...all year long.
Susan and I would like to thank all our customers, friends, and colleagues, and send best wishes to all during this holiday season and into the new year. Today's list is a selection from our newly shelved books, primarily supernatural, horror and dark fantasy with many interesting items. This will also be the last mailing for this year. As usual, more new stock can be seen on the website.
 | DARK ENTRIES.
Aickman, Robert.
London: Collins, 1964. Octavo, boards. First edition. Aickman's first solo collection of short fiction. Collects six stories. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-2. (#30694)
Price: $1,500.00 | | | 
|  | THE ROOM IN THE TOWER AND OTHER STORIES.
Benson, E[dward] F[rederic].
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, [1912]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-338 [339-344: ads] + 32-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original maroon cloth, front and spine... (#30914)
Price: $1,750.00 | | |
|  | MONSTERS: A COLLECTION OF UNEASY TALES.
[Birkin, Charles Lloyd (editor).].
London: Philip Allan, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-249 [250-256: ads], jacket illustration by Philip Simonds, original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Collects twelve stories... (#31080)
Price: $2,250.00 | | |
|  | FOR FEAR OF LITTLE MEN.
Blackburn, John.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. One of the author's best novels. Occult thriller about the revival of a pagan cult and its followers' efforts to exterminate humanity... (#30714)
Price: $350.00 | | |
|  | THE EMPTY HOUSE AND OTHER GHOST STORIES.
Blackwood, Algernon.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii [iv] [1] 2-316 + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Autumn 1906" inserted at rear, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in black... (#30877)
Price: $4,500.00 | | |
|  | PSYCHO.
Bloch, Robert.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. On a label affixed to the front paste down this copy is inscribed and signed by Bloch to a well... (#31233)
Price: $2,500.00 | | |
|  | THE KING IN YELLOW.
Chambers, Robert W[illiam].
Chicago: Neely, 1895. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-9] 10-316 [317: ad] [318: blank], original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed... (#30756)
Price: $15,000.00 | | |
|  | THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF.
Copper, Basil.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc, [1983]. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen Fabian, cloth. First edition. Victorian thriller in which an expert on Lycanthropy attending a conference in Hungary is... (#31057)
Price: $100.00 | | | |  | THE OPEN BOAT AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE.
Crane, Stephen.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-336, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in dark green and silver. First edition. Crane's best... (#31015)
Price: $1,250.00 | | |
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|  | THE WEREWOLF OF PARIS.
Endore, Guy.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, [1933]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-325 [326-328: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], original yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown... (#30742)
Price: $2,750.00 | | |
|  | THE WOMAN IN BLACK A NOVEL by M. Y. Halidom [pseudonym].
Halidom, M. Y. (pseudonym of Alexander Huth).
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-320, original pictorial gray cloth, front panel stamped in yellow and black, spine panel stamped in black and gold... (#30707)
Price: $6,500.00 | | |
|  | THE BEETLE: A MYSTERY.
Heldmann, Richard Bernard, writing as "Richard Marsh."
London: Skeffington & Son, 1897. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii [1-2] 3-351 [352: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by John Williamson, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial... (#31144)
Price: $2,250.00 | | |
|  | THE VAMPIRE.
Horler, Sydney.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., [1935]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 9-288 + 48-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn 1935" inserted at rear, original red cloth, front and spine panels... (#28725)
Price: $6,500.00 | | |
|  | SINISTER STORIES. By Jasper John [pseudonym].
John, Jasper (pseudonym for Rosalie Muspratt).
London: Henry Walker, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] 1-171 [172: blank] [173-176: ads], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. First edition, first printing. "A collection... (#30730)
Price: $2,250.00 | | |
|  | THE STAND.
King, Stephen.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by King on the front free end paper to a well known early fan... (#31230)
Price: $8,500.00 | | |
|  | LYCANTHIA.
Layland-Barratt, F[rances].
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-312 [313-320: ads], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, publisher's monogram stamped in red on rear... (#30755)
Price: $3,750.00 | | |
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|  | THE EVIL GUEST.
Le Fanu, J[oseph] Sheridan.
London: Downey & Co., n.d., [1895]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-238 [239-240: ads] + 1-2 [3-6]: ads dated "March, 1895" on page [1] [7-8: blank] [note: last leaf is a.... (#30879)
Price: $1,500.00 | | |
|  | WHAT DREAMS MAY COME.
Matheson, Richard.
New York: Putnam, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Matheson on the front free end paper. Metaphysical novel about a man who dies in a car accident and in... (#31023)
Price: $450.00 | | |
|  | THE SORCERY CLUB.
O'Donnell, Elliott.
London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1912. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-342 [343-344: ads] + 16-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by... (#30764)
Price: $750.00 | | |
|  | THE COLLECTED GHOST STORIES OF OLIVER ONIONS.
Onions, Oliver (George Oliver).
London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited, 1935. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xi [xii] [1-2] 3-689 [690-692: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated black cloth, front and... (#30766)
Price: $2,500.00 | | |
|  | SILENT, WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL AND OTHER STORIES.
Robbins, Tod (Clarence Aaron Robbins).
New York: Boni and Liveright Publishers, [1920]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xii [xiii-xvi] 1-256 [note: page [xiii] mis-numbered "ix"], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition... (#30704)
Price: $1,250.00 | | |
|  | FREAK MUSEUM.
Ryan, R. R. (pseudonym of Evelyn Grosvenor Bradley, a.k.a. Rex Ryan).
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-282 [283-288: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear stamped in black. First edition. "Horror thriller about a fascist ideologue who... (#30735)
Price: $2,250.00 | | |
|  | OUT OF SPACE AND TIME.
Smith, Clark Ashton.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, 1942. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy to artist Hannes Bok signed and inscribed by Smith; "For Hannes Bok / in appreciation of his /... (#31237)
Price: $8,500.00 | | |
|  | LUKUNDOO AND OTHER STORIES.
White, Edward Lucas.
New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-328, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed... (#30779)
Price: $1,000.00 | | | 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
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