London: Hutchinson & Co., 1953. First Edition. "Satanist Canon Copley-Syle attempts to create an army of homunculi to war against the free world. The first step in the plan is to animate his prototype creature with the soul of the heroine, Christina, who was pledged to Satan at birth by..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,[3],4-309,[3]pp. Lower right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), with some pinpoint wear..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1962. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[5],6-248,[2]pp. Spine ends nudged, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00), with light wear to spine ends, gentle sunning to spine..... More
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Bradbury's first book, a colllection of 27 stories, "mostly supernatural but with a few contes cruels, including the consummately repulsive taphephobic fantasy "Interim"...The collection stands at the head of a tradition in modern American horror fiction which combined stylistic deftness with a...... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First American Edition. The first and best of the English author's collections of supernatural horror. "Includes "Professor Pownall's Oversight," about a chess player harassed by the spirit of a murdered rival; "The Third Coach," a study in madness involving a nasty confidence trickster;..... More