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Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co, 1857. First U.S. Edition. Good. Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co., 1857. First U.S. Edition ("Complete from the London Edition"). 16mo (6" x 4"); 162pp. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with chips at center of spine exposing binder's waste and shallow chipping at head. 1858 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages foxed and toned, but unmarked. Page binding is sound. One of Henry Cadwaller Adams' early Victorian Public School Life novels.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Octavo. 319 pp. Black boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some heavier wear and scuffing along spine and a couple very short tears to spine ends. Light scuffing to front and rear. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket (Edwin Story Ltd of York) to rear pastedown. Thin patch of staining along fore-edge of final few leaves, but text unaffected and largely inoffensive. Pages otherwise unmarked.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. Good/Very Good -. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($12.95); [4],412pp. Jacket extremities a bit wrinkled from handling, rather dark, shallow damp stain along bottom margin of front jacket panel bleeding into first dozen leaves of textblock, boards a bit rubbed, faint remainder rubber-stamp to bottom textblock edge. Overall About Very Good. The author's first book, originally published by Pocket Books as a mass market paperback original before quickly becoming a bestseller. This psychological horror novel spawned a number of sequels in the Dollanganger series and two film adaptations, in 1987 and 2014.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1948. First Tower Books Edition (First Printing April 1948). Octavo. 123 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue cloth stamped in gray; dark topstain. Dust jacket worn along edges with a few very tiny tears. Moderate wear to boards at bottom edge and top of spine. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's cloth, brown glazed endpapers, in white pictorial dust jacket printed in orange; [2],iii,[1],529pp. Light rubbing to jacket margins, small soil spot to rear panel, old tape reinforcement to verso, else a Near Fine copy in a Very Good example of the rare and early jacket. Best-selling romance novel set on the Isle of Man, notable for its use of the Manx dialect and colloquialisms, garnering the praise from the Manx poet T.E. Brown "There is not a Manx proverb, a Manx anecdote, a Manx jest, a Manx situation which will not be found in 'The Manxman.' All Manx men are in it, all Manx women. It sweeps like a trawl-net the whole bottom of the Manx waters.

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1935. Limited Edition, numbered 218 of 1475 copies on limitation notice at front. Octavo; [vi], 195pp. Publisher's red cloth with mounted wrap-around red and white paper title label. Housed in married slipcase (itself numbered 1383 on spine). Boards are square and sturdy, with a small scuff to title label on spine, just touching text. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is rubbed along edges with the beginnings of splits and heavy toning down spine, but is still generally sturdy.

New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Near Fine. New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 137 of 250 copies on tipped-in limitation page at front. Octavo; viii, 264pp. Publisher's mustard cloth with brown and green rules and lettering, housed in brown paper-covered slipcase with "137" on spine panel. Top edge gilt. Boards are square and sharp, with spine cloth very slightly dulled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is sturdy and solid with light shelfwear. Caldwell's second collection of short stories, published a year after his novel Tobacco Road.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Second Printing. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Second Printing. Octavo. 528 pages. Signed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To My Inspiration in the intrigue of the Federal City / Best / John Calvin Batchelor." Unclipped illustrated dust jacket is lightly worn at edges with one chip to top front corner and more heavily creased at bottom of spine. Red boards in black cloth are stamped in red at spine. A touch of wear to spine ends and corners are bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clean and unmarked.

London: Printed for, and sold by, Charpes Harper, at the Flower de Luce over against St. Dunstan's Church, and John Amery at the Peacock over against Fetter Lane, both in Fleetstreet, 1674. Very Good -. London: Printed for, and sold by, Charpes Harper, at the Flower de Luce over against St. Dunstan's Church, and John Amery at the Peacock over against Fetter Lane, both in Fleetstreet, 1674. Seventh Edition. Octavo. 556; [iv] table of contents and publisher's advertisements. Lacks frontispiece. Bound in full contemporary calf with title label and four raised bands to spine. Boards rather worn and flaked with loss to spine ends and exposure to edges. Exposure to a couple gutters towards center of text block, but binding overall holding. Binder's ticket and previous owner's stamp to front pastedown; additional previous owner's signature to rear free endpaper; interior else unmarked. A Good to Very Good serviceable copy.

Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by de Camp without inscription on previous owner's unattached bookplate laid in at front. Octavo; 266pp. Illustrated dust jacket over black leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing at spine ends. Boards are square with a small bump at bottom front edge and at head and tail of spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Ownership bookplate of Joseph W. Toti (1930-2020) of Roanoke, VA, a federal administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration and book collector, who for a time ran a rare books business under the name Judge of Mysteries.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. Very Good +/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. First Edition (stated). Octavo. 359 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue and black boards stamped in silver. Price-clipped dust jacket edgeworn with some slight chipping and crease to rear flap. Boards lightly worn along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Golden Press, 1961. Very Good. New York: Golden Press, 1961. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Quarto (11.25" x 8.25"); 189pp. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with some general light smudging and scuffing to surface. Light bump at top corner of pages throughout most of textblock. Opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked. De Camp's sweeping history of power, from man and animal power to nuclear and future power.

New York: Pantheon Books / The Bollingen Series XVII, 1949. Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books / The Bollingen Series XVII, 1949. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 416 pp. Black and white illustrations. Green and black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Title page printed in green and black. Missing dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with chipping and loss to crown; brief exposure to other edges. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked. Still a Very Good copy of Campbell's hugely influential work.

Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1968. Very Good. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 444 pp. 26 figured and 45 plates, the latter bound in at rear. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Minor scuffing and smudging to boards; institutional call number and label to spine and rear. Tight in binding. Library labels and pencil markings to preliminaries; abrasions to rear endpapers, presumably where library pocket was removed; interior else unmarked. A Very Good and usable copy.

Nottingham: Pumpkin Books, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nottingham: Pumpkin Books, 1998. First Trade Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xvi,300pp. Corners gently bumped, else Fine. Signed by the author on title page. Collection of twenty horror short stories, including one previously unpublished novella.

London: Printed by John Applebee, For J. and H. Pemberton...and T. Waller, 1742. Very Good+. London: Printed by John Applebee, For J. and H. Pemberton...and T. Waller, 1742. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos (20.5cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-lettered spines in six compartments; [16],496,[28]; [8],480,[26]pp. (collated complete); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Light occasional foxing to textblock, final two blank leaves of Vol. I neatly excised, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedowns, else a Very Good, superlative set, albeit lacking Vols. III and IV, which were published two years later, in 1744. Includes publisher's advertisements on Vol. I, p. [xvi], promoting Henry Fielding's "Plutus" and the "Orations" of Cicero. Continuing from the title page: "Containing Their Personal Histories, and a Detail of all their Public Services. Including A New and accurate Naval History from the earliest Account of Time; and clearly proving by a continued series of Facts,… Read More

Boston: John Draper, 1758. Very Good. Boston: John Draper, [1758]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); later stiff black wrappers; 24pp. (A-C4, including half title); woodcut vignette at head of p. [5]. Slightly ex-New Haven Colony Historical Society with their pressure stamps to first three leaves including upper cover, upper cover additionally creased, else a Very Good, internally fresh and sound copy. Extraordinarily incongruous eulogy delivered upon the sudden death of Charles Apthorp (1695-1758), who had accrued his vast fortune in the slave trade. Nevertheless, Caner opines upon the death of his parishioner, "The loss indeed is our's, who could very ill have spared so eminently useful and exemplary a member of society," going on to expound that "While he was with us, he was a lively example of many excellent virtues...He studied as the Apostle advises, to be quiet, and to mind his own business, and left others to the management of theirs" (pp. 17-8). Though no mention of Apthorp's life work is… Read More

Peterborough: Spectacular Diseases, 1995. Very Good. Peterborough: Spectacular Diseases, 1995. Limited First Edition of 200 copies (10 signed, 30 private, and 160 trade copies, of which this is one). Octavo; 24pp. Saddle-stitched paper covers with light abrasions at bottom front corner and a small shop sticker on back, but no chips or tears. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Very Good +/Very Good -. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 242 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Black boards with title labels to front and spine. Dust jacket worn and chipped with amateur tape mending and crude sympathetic color paper fill-ins to verso; general rubbing and spine a touch faded. Boards show light shelfwear and corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1949. Stated First Printing. Octavo; [viii], 209pp. Blue dust jacket with white lettering; $2.75 price intact. Boards in black cloth with silver and yellow lettering to spine. Dark black or blue topstain. Jacket shows shallow areas of biopredation along top edge, spine, and a couple spots on front panel; spine a bit faded. Boards rubbed along edges, with a slight cock to spine. Topstain faded. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.