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Original October 1845 The Illuminated Magazine With Stories and Poems, most are First Printings scarce Condition: Good- Complete, spine cover flaked off, string binding loose, some tears, penciled on front cover, 7" x 10.75" tall with 80 pages. Published by Joseph Clayton #320 Strand, London England The Dead Guest (serial) by Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke Faith above All Things Sketches of Indian Sport Seekers The Widow of… Read more about this item

Original December 1845 The Illuminated Magazine With Stories and Poems, most are First Printings scarce Condition: Fair, spine cover flaked off, rear cover missing, string binding loose, some tears, several pages missing, 7" x 10.75" tall with about 80 pages. Published by Joseph Clayton #320 Strand, London England ink stamp on contents page with date of FEB 25 1903 Advertisement and woodcut… Read more about this item

Original September 1845 The Illuminated Magazine With Stories and Poems, most are First Printings scarce Condition: Fair, spine cover flaked off, rear cover missing, string binding mostly loose, some tears, penciled name on front cover, 7" x 10.75" tall with 80 pages. Advertisement for John Slack at 336 Strand with woodcut illustration of building The Dead Guest from the German of Heinrich Zschokke… Read more about this item

Original The Sign of Venus by Robert W. Chambers 1903 Condition: Good, disbound from Harper's Monthly December 1903, 6.5" x 9.5" tall 11 pages, 3 b&w drawings by H, C, Merrill and a Color Painting by Henry Hutt "Tell me, did you ever hear of the Sign of Venus? - the Signum Vereris?" she asked. ......... "Did you attend the lectures?" she… Read more about this item

"Nights at the Circus" 1985 by Angela Carter Condition: Good, hard bound with cover, cover edge wear, 296 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" tall, ISBN 0-670-80375-8 -First American Printing - 1985 by Viking Penguin Inc. An American journalist, Jack Walser, investigates the background of aerialist extraordinaire Sophie Fevvers, while following her performances in the circus in which she performs across Europe.

The Immediate Jewel 1903 by Margaret Deland First Printing Disbound from Harper's Monthly December 1903, good condition with edges rough, 13 pages, 6.25" x 9.25" tall. With 3 painting/illustrations Down the Windy Pasture Slope by William Hurd Lawrence, engraved by F. A. PettitDyer, Lounging across his Counter, Shook his Head Warningly, by William Hurd Lawrence, engraved by F. A. PettitThey Went out into… Read more about this item

The Miracle 1903 by Alice Brown first printing Short Story Disbound from Harper's Monthly November 1903, condition is Good -, 11 pages, edge stains not into paintings or text. 3 B&W paintings/illustrations by Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock & G. M. Lewis A story about the strength of love and how it can cause a person to look outside themselves and to want to be… Read more about this item

Original June 19, 1852 The Literary Museum Weekly publication. Ossian E. Dodge Editor, Boston, Saturday, June 19, 1852 Condition: Very Good, yellowing, disbound, 10" x 14" tall, 16 pages The Village Beauty or The Demon and the Angel by Paul Creyton Part II The Bashful Man by William O. Eaton The Villain Baffled Winding up a Mississippi Bank -Yazoo City Editorials Letters Poetry… Read more about this item

Original 1871 Scribner's Illustrated Magazine Bound Volume 2 May 1871 to October 1871, New York Condition: Very Good, black leather and marbled board bound, cracked on spine, 6.5" x 9.5" tall, 904 pages. Current Events news, non-fiction articles, fiction and many first printings throughout Scribner's Volume, many woodcut illustrations, comedy, With Large INDEX May 1871 - The Wonders of the Yellowstone… Read more about this item

1949. soft. Good. Original Popular Love Pulp Magazine August 1949 XXVII #1 7 X 9 Tall Condition: Fair to Good, front cover edge tear, loose, COMPLETE NO MISSING PAGES Personal Contact Girl… Read more about this item

1941. soft. Good. Bird of the Wilderness by Vincent Sheean 1941 First Printing Published by Random House 5.5 X 8 Tall 322 pages Condition: Good, Green buckram, faded, rubbed covers, … Read more about this item

. Original First Printing January to June 1875 of Chambers's Journal 26 Issues which includes the serialized Walter's Word by James Payn (also editor of the Journal) 7 X 10… Read more about this item

1948. soft. Fair. 1948 April Famous Fantastic Mysteries Pulp Magazine Volume 9 #4 Cover: City of the Dead by Lawrence, inside illustrations by Lawrence, Finlay Condition: Fair, Missing 2 pages … Read more about this item

Original August 1949 Thrilling Love Magazine Volume LXX # 3 7 X 9 Tall Condition: Very Good, Missing 1 Page 25/26, rust on staples Why do I Love You? by … Read more about this item

Love Short Stories April 1944 Pulp Model with Bunny Rabbit Condition: Good, Front Cover Very Good, Missing 3 pages 9/10, 39/40, 63/64 Commando Sweetheart by Helen Compton - page 8 Victory… Read more about this item

Original 1951 November Weird Tales Magazine Condition: Good, rubbing on covers, light water stain on first couple pages, 96 pages Complete, NO MISSING PAGES Cover by Frank Kelly Freas Hideaway by Everil Worrell Pigeons from Hell by Robert E.… Read more about this item

Original Exciting Love Pulp Magazine December 1945 7" X 9" Tall Condition: Poor to Fair, Missing 5 Pages - 11/12, 13/14, 33/34, 51/52, 57/58, tears and pencil marks on cover, some pages loose, heavy yellowing Angel in Blue by Ethel Hamill - Page 11 Demitasse by Cylvia S. Elvay 51 The Vanity Case by Penelope Worth 6 Together Again by Helen Ardsley 49 You Can't Run Away… Read more about this item

1945. Good. The Gauntlet by James Street 1945 First Printing 5 X 7.75 Tall 311 pages Published by Life Press, Garden City New York Condition: Good, some rubbing and fading… Read more about this item

1937. Fair. The Chute by Albert Halper 1937 First Printing Condition: Fair, grey buckram cover, soiled, rubbed, faded, ex Libris label on inside front cover, front hinge to text loosing. … Read more about this item

Original 1952 February Fantastic Adventures Pulp Magazine Volume 14 #2 Front Cover: Pattern for Tomorrow by Leo Ramon Summers Condition: Good, corner tears, 2 Pages Missing 84/5, 94/5 One Heart! One Mind! One Machine! Pattern For Tomorrow by Mallory Storm & Illustrated by Ed Valigursky - page 6 A Child is Missing by Paul W. Fairman - 56 Spacemen Die Hard by Chester S. Geier -… Read more about this item