Search Results: Shapes In the Fire by M P Shiel

Isha Books , . Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Tartarus Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Octavo. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". . 233pp. This is copy #255 of an edition of 300 copies. A fine copy in dust jacket.

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT. VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1896. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD "KEYNOTE SERIES" . TRUE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DULLED GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND DECORATION IN RED ON FRONT COVER, KEYNOTE LOGO IN RED ON SPINE AND ALSO ON REAR COVER WITH "1896", PAGINATION ERROR IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND 26 PAGES OF CATALOG AT THE END OF THE TEXT. SLIGHT SOIL AND A SOME LIGHT SCATTERED MARKING, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES, A TRACE OF SCATTERED INSECT TRACKING ON THE REAR COVER, AND SOME SHORT BREAKS TO THE CLOTH AT THE SPINE'S ENDS. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND SIGNIFICANT SHIEL COLLECTION AND EXCEEDING THE USUALLY ENCOUNTERED CONDITION BY QUITE A BIT. A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND EXPERTLY DRAWN BOOK-PLATE ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE MAYAN ICONOGRAPHY. .

London: John Lane, 1896. First British Edition, First Issue, with catalog at rear dated 1896. In light brown decorative cloth boards, spine titles gilt, red decorations and title front board and red key decoration spine and rear board along with 1896 date. Pagination error on title page, 26 pages of ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Small booksellers sticker bottom edge rear pastedown, that of J.L. McCallum, Surrey. About 1/4" of cloth loss at head of spine, not affecting title. Contents are clean, tight, and free of any foxing whatsoever. Edges of pages just starting to brown SCARCE in the true British First Edition and in quite collectible condition.. First British Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

John Lane - the Bodley Hill. Used - Very Good. 1896. First Edition, first state (with advertising dated 1896). Cloth, octavo,viii [2] 324 14 [series] 12 [adv] pp. Publisher's original orange cloth with decorative front and rear board stamped in red; gilt and red stamped spine; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Some minor wear to cloth at corners and head of spine; slight bumping to corners and bottom edges of boards. Slight discoloration to spine and foxing to endpapers. Overall, a very bright copy with normal wear to externals. (Subject: Modern First.)

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1896. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD "KEYNOTE SERIES" . TRUE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND DECORATION IN RED ON FRONT COVER, KEYNOTE LOGO IN RED ON SPINE AND ALSO ON REAR COVER WITH "1896", PAGINATION ERROR IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND 26 PAGES OF CATALOG AT THE END OF THE TEXT. SLIGHT SOIL AND A SOME LIGHT SCATTERED MARKING, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES, A FEW PAGES ROUGHLY OPENED WITH A LARGE PORTION OF PAGE 123, "INTERLUDE", MISSING BUT NOT AFFECTING ANY TEXT. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND SIGNIFICANT SHIEL COLLECTION AND EXCEEDING THE USUALLY ENCOUNTERED CONDITION BY QUITE A BIT. .