The Cheetah Girl by Christopher Blayre - 1998

[London]: Philip Allan, 1932. Enlarged edition. Lending library label affixed to front paste down ("Ideal" book club), abrasion to rear paste down, cloth soiled and stained, spine age darkened, a sound good copy with solid contents. An as new facsimile dust jacket is included. (28189). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-271 [272: blank], original blue-green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. New edition of THE PURPLE SAPPHIRE (1921) with four additional stories. "Collection of stories supposedly 'selected from the unofficial records of the University of Cosmopoli' by its 'sometime registrar' -- the mock introduction is dated 1952 ... The stories (not all supernatural) are satirical, mocking the gentility and earnestness of the academic school of supernatural writing developed by M. R. James ... The ironic wit is not to everyone's taste, but these are among the best satirical weird tales." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-28. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 92-3. Bleiler, The Guide to… Read More

London: Philip Allan. Good+ with no dust jacket; Pages yellowed, spine darkened, staining along . fore-edge of boards, some smudges, ink front endpaper.. 1932. 1st. Hardcover. A scarce book.; 8vo; 271 pages .

London: Philip Allan & Co, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 210pp. Purple cloth with black lettered spine, spine faded, board edges a little bumped and the spine ends a touch rubbed. Bookseller ticket to paste-down, clean throughout and the binding tight, with a very light bow to the front board. No dust jacket, but quite scarce even so. This copy inscribed by the author, and dated 1929, but we do not know who the recipient was. A very good copy.

London: Philip Allan & Co, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No. 211 pages. First edition. Hardcover, no jacket. Good cloth. Some rubbing to all edges and corners; sunning to spine; minor spotting to fore-edge and endpapers; spine slanted. Collectible.

London: Philip Allan, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. 'Review Copy' stamped on half-title page; spine panel cracking along both boards for an inch+ at both ends of spine; some wear to bottom board edges; some wear to corners; page edges browning from age; some soiling to covers, spine, and paper label on spine. Collectible, in glass case -TJO.

London: Philip Allan, 1932. First edition. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Signed and dated by the author to former owner on half title page. Front panel and front flap of jacket pasted in. Creasing to spine cloth expertly flattened and closed; tanning to spine. Supernatural stories.

Nubiana: Tip. Sorelle Nessuno, 1934. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No. 21 of only 100 copies, with presentation inscription by the author on limitation page dated Dec. 1934. This collection being "the Final Selection from "the Strange Papers of Doctor Blayre." Paper cover boards with mild wear, very good.