Kavanagh: A Tale
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
London: W. Kent and Co, 1858. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Good. Birket Foster. Good in the original publisher's binding, generally rubbed with some spots of discoloration, about a half-inch of tearing in the cloth at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound though over-opened at page 48, gilt top edge, foxing on the endpapers and title... Read More
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The Rim of the Unknown
by Long, Frank Belknap
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the home of Arkham House founder August Derleth. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.50). Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twenty-three stories, varying from pure science fiction, to fantasy, to the macabre.
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John Carstairs Space Detective
by Long, Frank Belknap
New York: Frederick Fell, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and soiled. Quarter blue cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, former owner's stamps inside the front board and on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Long's science... Read More
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Examining the Earthlight Theory; The Yakima UFO Microcosm
by Long, Greg
Chicago: The J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Review copy with the publisher's announcement and signed letter laid-in. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled, Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first serious study of the nearly 200 UFO sightings in the Yakima Indian Reservation, with an assessment of the... Read More
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady
by Loos, Anita
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Illustrated by Ralph Barton. Twelfth Printing. Inscribed by Loos to Alice Head on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.75), generally toned, chipped at the edges, a couple closed tears at the bottom edge and front flap fold. Quarter red buckram with patterned paper on... Read More
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An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World 1871
by Loosley, William Robert; Langford, David
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Edited and with Commentary by David Langford. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($7.95), faded at the spine, soiled at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, ownership signature of ufologist Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.... Read More
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The Collected Tales of Pierre Louys
by Louys, Pierre
Privately Printed, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Siegel. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine, a few chips and closed tears at the edges and corners. Half purple cloth with white paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of ten of Louys's highly sexual,... Read More
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Aphrodite [2 Vols]
by Louys, Pierre
Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated by Paul-Emile Becat. One of 300 copies accompanied by an additional suite of twenty-two illustrations, some with creases to the top edges. 2 volumes, complete in the slipcase. Near Fine. Half-leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound... Read More
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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
by Lovecraft, H.P.; and Others
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Collected by August Derleth. From the home of August Derleth. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.50). Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A chronological collection of Lovecraft's lesser fiction, capped off by Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature.
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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
by Lovecraft, H.P.; Hands, Oliver
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Illustrated by Jeffrey K. Potter. Fair in a Fair dust jacket, unclipped ($23.95), tidemarks on the flaps, moisture rippling throughout, scuffs and chips at the folds and edges. Black cloth, rippling from moisture, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, pages rippled from moisture, clean otherwise.... Read More
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The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions
by Lovecraft, H.P.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. Introduction by August Derleth. From the home of August Derleth. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.50). Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twenty stories submitted by other writers and revised--sometimes completely rewritten--by Lovecraft.
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The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
by Lovecraft, H.P.
New York: Race Point Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Eric Carl Link. Second Printing. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, some curling to the paper at the top edge, rubbed at the back paste-down. Blue cloth on the boards with silver panels and designs. Square and firmly bound with a sewn-in bookmark, clean internally.
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The Horror in the Museum
by Lovecraft, H.P.
New York: Beagle Books, 1971. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Very Good. Wraps rubbed, soiled on the back wrap. Square and firmly bound, old price in marker on the first page, clean otherwise. The eleventh installment of the Arkham Edition of Lovecraft, this featuring work from Lovecraft as well as Hazel Heald, William Lumley, Adolphe de Castro,... Read More
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While Gods Are Falling
by Lovelace, Earl
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally toned and soiled, a chip and tear at the front panel. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lovelace's debut novel, winner of the B.P. Independence Literary Award, about a man reflecting... Read More
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Lost Moon; The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
by Lovell, Jim; Kluger, Jeffrey
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Later Printing. Signed by Lovell on the title page. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.95), bumped at the edges of the front panel. Quarter black cloth with blue paper on the boards, the top board a tiny bit splayed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lovell's account that... Read More
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The Energy Controversy; Soft Path Questions and Answers
by Lovins, Amory and His Critics
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Edited by Hugh Nash. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, a few instances of pencil marginalia.
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A Shard of Silence; Selected Poems of Amy Lowell
by Lowell, Amy
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited by G.R. Ruihley. Inscribed by Ruihley on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00)generally toned, a few shallow chips at the edges. Pale green cloth, bumped at the top edge, faded at the top edge, with green ink and gilt lettering... Read More
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Michelangelo
by Lowenthal, Constance
New York: Medaenas Monograph on the Arts, 1980. Paperback. Near fine. A Medaenas Monograph. Near fine in the orange wraps, some fading and a penciled date on the lower-right corner on the cover. Biographical writing by Lowenthal accompanied by photographs of Michelangelo's works.
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Science Fiction Quarterly February 1958
by Lowndes, Robert W.
Holyoke: Columbia Publications, 1958. Paperback. Good. The final issue of the magazine as well as the only issue from this year. Good. Wraps generally toned and soiled, some creases throughout. Bound with toned and brittle pages. This issue features writing from Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, and others, with artwork by Emsh.
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Science Fiction Quarterly Complete Year 1955 [4 Vols]
by Lowndes, Robert W.
Holyoke: Columbia Publications, 1955. Paperback. Good. Complete run in four volumes. Good. Wraps generally toned and soiled, chipped at the edges. Bound with toned and brittle pages. These issues feature writing from L. Sprague de Camp, Frank Belknap Long, Damon Knight, C.M. Kornbluth, Sam Merwin, John Jakes, Margaret St. Clair, and artwork from the likes of Frank Kelly... Read More
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Science Fiction Quarterly Complete Year 1951 [3 Vols]
by Lowndes, Robert W.
Holyoke: Columbia Publications, 1951. Paperback. Good. Complete run in three volumes. Good. Wraps generally toned and soiled, chipped at the edges, shallow chips at the head and foot of the spine edges. Square, bound with toned pages. This is the first year of Science Fiction Quarterly after a long hiatus following the 1943 issues. These issues feature writing... Read More
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Under the Volcano
by Lowry, Malcolm
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good, lacking the jacket. Grey cloth, unevenly toned and lighlty frayed at the corners, with red ink lettering on the spine and front panel. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. Lowry's acclaimed novel about a drunken Day of the Dead in a small Mexican town. Named... Read More
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Star Wars Cloak of Deception
by Luceno, James
New York: Ballantine, 2001. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Bourne Ultimatum
by Ludlum, Robert
New York: Random House, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very Good. Yellow wraps, a tear from poor gluing at the bottom front fold. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, review slip laid-in, clean internally. Ludlum's third Bourne novel, adapted into the film of the same title.
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Maxfield Parrish
by Ludwig, Coy
New York: Watson-Guptill Publication, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Foreword and Biographical Introduction. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($25.00 on the back panel), bumped and with some tears at the edges. Blue cloth, some tidemarks and stains. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first comprehensive study of Parrish's work, with more than 100 black-and-white... Read More
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