Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M.R. James by Campbell, Ramsey - 2001

Hardcover, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York. 139p.This 1971 edition reprinted from the 1929 Mandrake. Silver titles on spine, Book for Libraries emblem blind-stamped lower right front board. Front pastedown has ghost of a bookseller's sticker; rear pastedown shows what appears to be an Army/Navy surplus stamp in red. A few tiny dark marks near the blind stamp and some soiling to top rear board. Minor blemishes withstanding, this is a very nice, collectible copy.Inv. # 32586 bds 2022

The Minerva Press, London, 1971, Super Octavo (8 x 10.5"), 381 p. (published for The Minerva Press by Philip Wilson Publishers). red cloth binding with gilt top edge; twenty-four full page plates and numerous vignettes by legendary artist Harry Clarke; letter-press printed buttermilk-colored jacket with error - "Allen" on front flap; original retail price of $27.50, which computes to just a tick over $200 with today's inflation rate.
Book is in very fine condition with no noteworthy faults. Jacket has chipping at spine head with some loss, as well as a chip at spine tail. Upper flap folds shows a small chip. A touch of chafing is present along upper extremity. A lovely, well-preserved copy of The Minerva Press Edition of Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination.
Inv. # 63593 TMI* bds 7/2023

Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boards
Book has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023

William Heinemann, London, 1908, First Edition (period re-binding), 12mo., 310 p. quarter maroon cloth over brown paper boards, title paper label to spine.
boards have wear through at each corner, resulting in bumped/curved corners. Rear board has an indentation, level with the bottom of the paper label on spine; perhaps as a result of improper shelving. Many pages have soiling and/or foxing as well as turned down corners. Based on my cursory review, the binding itself is still strong. Photo of Aleister Crowley is affixed to front paste down and a very brief review is pasted to the ffep both presumably clipped from a contemporary periodical as the price indicated for the volume is "15s". NB: not in original binding, this book has been re-bound many years ago- (period binding but not publishers) Ex-libris- English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper, with his distinctive book label affixed to flyleaf. paid $100
Inv. # 63605 TM* bds 7/2023

black cloth binding. First Printing. boards have light edgewear, corners curved in slightly. Unclipped wrapper has a 15 mm open tear on the front at the top, minor soiling. Overall, a very tidy copy of Russell's first novel.

Hardcover, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York. 139p.This 1971 edition reprinted from the 1929 Mandrake. Silver titles on spine, Book for Libraries emblem blind-stamped lower right front board. Front pastedown has ghost of a bookseller's sticker; rear pastedown shows what appears to be an Army/Navy surplus stamp in red. A few tiny dark marks near the blind stamp and some soiling to top rear board. Minor blemishes withstanding, this is a very nice, collectible copy.Inv. # 32586 bds 2022

The Minerva Press, London, 1971, Super Octavo (8 x 10.5"), 381 p. (published for The Minerva Press by Philip Wilson Publishers). red cloth binding with gilt top edge; twenty-four full page plates and numerous vignettes by legendary artist Harry Clarke; letter-press printed buttermilk-colored jacket with error - "Allen" on front flap; original retail price of $27.50, which computes to just a tick over $200 with today's inflation rate.
Book is in very fine condition with no noteworthy faults. Jacket has chipping at spine head with some loss, as well as a chip at spine tail. Upper flap folds shows a small chip. A touch of chafing is present along upper extremity. A lovely, well-preserved copy of The Minerva Press Edition of Poe's Tales of Mystery & Imagination.
Inv. # 63593 TMI* bds 7/2023

Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boards
Book has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023

William Heinemann, London, 1908, First Edition (period re-binding), 12mo., 310 p. quarter maroon cloth over brown paper boards, title paper label to spine.
boards have wear through at each corner, resulting in bumped/curved corners. Rear board has an indentation, level with the bottom of the paper label on spine; perhaps as a result of improper shelving. Many pages have soiling and/or foxing as well as turned down corners. Based on my cursory review, the binding itself is still strong. Photo of Aleister Crowley is affixed to front paste down and a very brief review is pasted to the ffep both presumably clipped from a contemporary periodical as the price indicated for the volume is "15s". NB: not in original binding, this book has been re-bound many years ago- (period binding but not publishers) Ex-libris- English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper, with his distinctive book label affixed to flyleaf. paid $100
Inv. # 63605 TM* bds 7/2023

black cloth binding. First Printing. boards have light edgewear, corners curved in slightly. Unclipped wrapper has a 15 mm open tear on the front at the top, minor soiling. Overall, a very tidy copy of Russell's first novel.