arthur pseudonym jones llewellyn (3 Ergebnisse)

First edition, first printing of Arthur Machen's translation. Contemporary half red morocco, double ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards, five raised bands, gilt ruled compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 further full page illustrations (some signed J. S. Beckham). An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just light rubbing at the extremities. The contents, with the bookplate of The Reverend William Major Scott to the front pastedown, an early (pre-1923) clipped catalogue description tipped in at the reverse of the front endpaper and mild toning to the text block edges are otherwise clean throughout. A handsome example. The first printing of Machen's translation of the seventeenth century French text Moyen de Parvenir by the poet and polymath Beroalde de Verville.Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies, this example is numbered 38 and stamped in red ink on the limitation page. A rare book in the early twentieth century, the translation was subsequently reprinted with a new eight page introduction as a signed limited edition in 1923. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth with green titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge green. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth a little rubbed and dusty with a few light marks. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and dusty dustwrapper that has several small chips at the spine tips and fold corners. Not price-clipped (7/6 net to the lower front flap). Very scarce in dustwrapper. A collection of essays, prose poems and supernatural tales, the earliest dating from 1890 through to the first publication of Machen's highly regarded, now classic supernatural short story "N". (Bleiler; Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original light green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping at the spine tips and minor rubbing at the corners. The contents with the occasional light finger mark to the margins are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Catalogue to the rear dated Autumn 1936. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is mildly toned to the spine and with evidence of three previously removed pieces of tape to underside. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. An attractive example of a scarce title in first edition, exceptionally so in dustwrapper. A collection of six supernatural and fantasy tales in first edition comprising The Exalted Omega; The Children of the Pool; The Bright Boy; The Tree of Life; Out of the Picture; Change. George Locke rated this title, along with The Cosy Room (1936) "probably the hardest of Machen's books, issued by a trade publisher to find". This title went into several early reprints. (Bleiler; Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.