Authors starting with M from Elegant Horrors

First edition, third impression [no date]. Original rose-coloured cloth with black spine titles. 255pp plus undated 20pp rear catalogue. The book is in VG plus condition; some fore-edge dustiness and markings, ink former owner inscription to front free endpaper (dated Christmas 1942). The art nouveau dustwrapper light soiling, a slightly darkened spine and the small remains of a removed sticker to the the lower spine. However, the dw is in original unrestored state with no tears or chipping, and is in VG co... more information

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Original tan boards with impressed art nouveau designs and gilt titles to both front cover and spine. 320pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece depicting an occult ceremony. The cloth is uniformly worn; spine ends are a little frayed; one of two short closed splits to spine edges. Interior firm and apart from one short circa 2cm closed tear to one page, and another page which has minor staining, is bright and clean. [The book is more attractive than it sounds!] An obscure supernatural novel with subtle erotic over... more information

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Original green cloth with floral art nouveau blindstamped design to front cover and gilt titles to spine. 290pp plus rear catalogue. VG. A murder mystery investigated by the opium-smoking dilettante detective, Sir Nigel Lacaitia. ... more information

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Orig pictorial grey blue cloth with black and white titles. 320pp. Twelve short stories. A very handsome copy in very fine condition. Marsh's 'meatiest' collection of supernatural horror tales. This copy is in very acceptable collector's condition. Cover identical to the UK 1st edn; the US edn is printed on much better quality, acid-free paper.... more information

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Original full colour paperwraps. Published as part of Street & Smith's 'Adventure Library' series. 314pp and 4pp rear catalogue. Although the brittle pages are browned with age, the double-spaced text is uncommonly large for a paperwraps edition, running to 14 pages longer than the original novel. Light soiling, one edge chip where upper spine meets front cover, first two pages partially detached along gathering edge. Small wormhole to page fore edge (currently unoccupied). A remarkable survival of a vintag... more information

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Fifth edition of the first printing (which originally appeared in 1897). Original red cloth with black and green design of a beetle to front cover, gilt spine and cover titles, occult designs to spine. Floral endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece, 351pp + 1pp rear review for book. All page edges trimmed. Two full page plates and chapter heading illustrations by John Williamson. Spine lightly toned, vertical crease to spine, very light wear. A VG to VG plus copy with remarkably clean text block (in some cop... more information

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Original green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover plus black garland design to all edges of front board. Pictorial dustwrapper featuring variant design from the US edition, depicting a cat and several nightmarish faces.The book is in sharp, near fine condition excepting for one vertical crease to the front endpaper and a few spots of foxing to the page fore edges. The dw is complete and unrestored with some light edge-chipping, a small number of short closed tears and a vertical crease on the ... more information

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First edition. Editor Elliott Viney's personal bound copy of the prison camp magazine 'Touchstone' featuring his inscription to front endpaper and family bookplate to front pastedown. Numbers 10-15 bound in blue cloth with gilt spine title. Includes the three ghost stories Munby wrote for the magazine - 'The White Sack'. 'The Four-poster' and 'The Topley Place Sale' (two of which are illustrated) - along with numerous other fiction, articles, parodies and essays by other prisoners (including one cheeky piec... more information

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