The Tour of the World in 80 Days by Verne, Jules - 1873

Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie- 18 Rue Jacob, 1867. VOYAGES ET AVENTURES DU CAPITAINE HATTERAS- Les Anglais Au Pole Nord et Le Desert De Glace- Jules Verne- Illustrated by Riou- J. Hetzel et Cie- 18 Rue Jacob- Paris- [1867]- 1st Edition Illustrated- Hardcover:-4to-Good/ no jacket as issued- original publishers 1/2 blue leather with 7 triple gilt bands on spine, titled in gilt- blue pebbled paper papered boards- spine rubbed as are extremities, but volume is tight and square-As peer World Cat:Voyages et aventures du Capitaine Hatteras : Les Anglais au Po^le Nord ; Le De´sert de glace... Vignettes par Riou. [Avertissement de l'e´diteur, signe´ J. Hetzel.]- Author: Jules Verne-Publisher: Paris : J. Hetzel, 1867.- OCLC Number: 458501744-Notes: D'apre`s la pre´face d'Hetzel, cet ouvrage est le premier de l'edition illustree, portant la mention "Voyages extraordinaires". - Les deux romans qui composent cet ouvrage se trouvent egalement catalogues a leur titre, plus… Read More

Centreville, VA: Centreville, VA: ShadowLands Press (Shadow Lands) 2000 Limited First Edition 8vo ill. , 2000 Very Fine original charcoal cloth, in Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Number 136 of 500 Signed/Numbered copies. Signed by Lisa Snelling, Edward E. Kramer, Harlan Ellison, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Chet Williamson, John Shirley, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Edward Bryant, S.P. Somtow, Nancy A. Collins, Nina Kiriki Hoffmann, Brad Linaweaver, Fred Olen Ray, Richard Lee Byers, David Niall Wilson, Darrell Schweitzer, & Peter Crowther. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. Errata slip bound in.

Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946. Includes Appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft. Barron (ed), Contains: "Foreword" by August Derleth, "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "A Memory of R.E. Howard" by E. Hoffmann Price.HBDJ, 1946, 1ST EDITION, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD-, Limited to 3,000 Copies in back of book, 474 pgs, FOXING INTERIOR PGS, Black cloth over boards tiny nicks with gilt lettering and ornamental designs on the spine, Front of Dj Nice & Brigh with small Chips along Fold of Inner Flap & tiny chnips Wear Extremities, Back dJ soiling slightly & spine DJ end chips,, and A Memory of R.E. Howard by E. Hoffmann Price. A first Limited edition from an author noted for his Conan series, and his numerous fantastic adventure stories featured in Weird Tales. authors Posthumous first book published in the U.S. and his first collection of short fantasy fiction. An omnibus volume collecting stories featuring Conan, Solomon Kane,… Read More

3 volumes. House Atreides: xvi+604 pages with maps. House Harkonnen: xiv+626 pages with maps and genealogical chart. House Corrino: xiv+590 pages with maps and genealogical chart. Royal octavos (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jackets. Signed on title page by both authors with book mark promoting The Winds of Dune signed by both authors laid in. First British editions.
The Prelude to Dune series begins four decades before the events of Dune, with an eager Crown Prince Shaddam plotting to succeed his aging father Elrood IX, young House Atreides heir Leto becoming close with the ruling family of the important technology world Ix, and the Bene Gesserit scheming behind the scenes to create the Kwisatz Haderach. As the series progresses, Leto becomes the new Atreides Duke, Shaddam becomes the emperor and aligns with the Bene Tleilax in their takeover of Ix to develop synthetic spice, and the Bene Gesserit punish Baron Vladimir… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Century, 1983. Book. Very good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st UK edition 1st impression of this key title. Notable imperfections: Unclipped dustjacket has creasing to the top edge, and some blotchy foxing, mostly to the front flap and a little to the edge of the rear flap edges. It exhibits slight wear. The book has the typical age toning to the text block and some lines to early leave and has blotchy foxing to the front free endpaper, a few spots to the compressed page edges and is dusty to the top edge. All corners are slightly bumped and the book appears to have been dropped on the head of the spine. Page 12/13 have a dirty mark to 1 corner and the prior two pages have a corner crease. A quite pleasing copy of a scarce 1st edition that retains strong colours to the jacket. Jacket has been placed in a new protective sleeve after photos. .

Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie- 18 Rue Jacob, 1867. VOYAGES ET AVENTURES DU CAPITAINE HATTERAS- Les Anglais Au Pole Nord et Le Desert De Glace- Jules Verne- Illustrated by Riou- J. Hetzel et Cie- 18 Rue Jacob- Paris- [1867]- 1st Edition Illustrated- Hardcover:-4to-Good/ no jacket as issued- original publishers 1/2 blue leather with 7 triple gilt bands on spine, titled in gilt- blue pebbled paper papered boards- spine rubbed as are extremities, but volume is tight and square-As peer World Cat:Voyages et aventures du Capitaine Hatteras : Les Anglais au Po^le Nord ; Le De´sert de glace... Vignettes par Riou. [Avertissement de l'e´diteur, signe´ J. Hetzel.]- Author: Jules Verne-Publisher: Paris : J. Hetzel, 1867.- OCLC Number: 458501744-Notes: D'apre`s la pre´face d'Hetzel, cet ouvrage est le premier de l'edition illustree, portant la mention "Voyages extraordinaires". - Les deux romans qui composent cet ouvrage se trouvent egalement catalogues a leur titre, plus… Read More

Centreville, VA: Centreville, VA: ShadowLands Press (Shadow Lands) 2000 Limited First Edition 8vo ill. , 2000 Very Fine original charcoal cloth, in Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Number 136 of 500 Signed/Numbered copies. Signed by Lisa Snelling, Edward E. Kramer, Harlan Ellison, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Chet Williamson, John Shirley, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Edward Bryant, S.P. Somtow, Nancy A. Collins, Nina Kiriki Hoffmann, Brad Linaweaver, Fred Olen Ray, Richard Lee Byers, David Niall Wilson, Darrell Schweitzer, & Peter Crowther. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. Errata slip bound in.

Jarrold & Sons, London, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 254pp + [xviii] publisher's catalogue at the rear. Blue smooth weave cloth lettered in gilt and red, and decorated with gilt-stamped stars. Publisher's monogram blind-stamped to the rear board. David Gascoyne's copy, with his name and the date 1943 inked to the front free endpaper. Cloth discoloured at the backstrip. Front hinge tender at the half-title yet binding perfectly sound thereafter. Some darkening to the endpapers and pastedowns. A lovely crisp copy of an extremely uncommon science fiction novel: an account of a journey to an idyllic utopia on Venus, with a brief excursion to Mercury, written by a Bristol-based mechanical engineer. The first chapter, 'A Message from Mars', was originally published as a stand-alone short story in 'Cassell' magazine (1895), and was subsequently revised into this current form..

Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946. Includes Appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft. Barron (ed), Contains: "Foreword" by August Derleth, "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "A Memory of R.E. Howard" by E. Hoffmann Price.HBDJ, 1946, 1ST EDITION, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD-, Limited to 3,000 Copies in back of book, 474 pgs, FOXING INTERIOR PGS, Black cloth over boards tiny nicks with gilt lettering and ornamental designs on the spine, Front of Dj Nice & Brigh with small Chips along Fold of Inner Flap & tiny chnips Wear Extremities, Back dJ soiling slightly & spine DJ end chips,, and A Memory of R.E. Howard by E. Hoffmann Price. A first Limited edition from an author noted for his Conan series, and his numerous fantastic adventure stories featured in Weird Tales. authors Posthumous first book published in the U.S. and his first collection of short fantasy fiction. An omnibus volume collecting stories featuring Conan, Solomon Kane,… Read More

Signed. First Edition. First Printing. Doubleday (1979). Fine hardcover with fine, as new, jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. Signed (signature only) by John Crowley on title page. Top and bottom edges of spine very lightly pushed, not affecting fine jacket. A sharp little copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 3-b