Search Results: Titles starting with V from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1997]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (4662). Octavo, boards. Signed by Baxter on the title page. Short stories written between 1987-1995 which have been revised and placed in novel format, with a new timeline and references to the novels in the 'Xeelee Sequence' (RAFT, TIMELIKE INFINITY, FLUX and RING). Winner of the 1999 Philip K. Dick award for the U.S. publication.

[Glasgow: Published by Scots Digest Ltd.], n.d., [1949]. First edition. Text paper age darkened, mild edge wear and moderated darkening to the rear panel, a very good to nearly fine copy. Uncommon. (31537). Octavo, pp. [1] 2-63 [64: ads], pictorial wrappers, stapled. The author's second collection of horror fiction, preceded by NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH (1948). Collects ten stories, mostly weird. Includes "Not Forty Months Ago" (a tale of Victorian black magic) and a weird chess story, among others. Several tales quite effective, others sadistic, crude material horror. Author's strong suit was ideas, not execution. Cover has a large coverline, "The Horror Club," though it's not clear what this refers to. Reginald 12841. Tuck (1978), p. 382. Hubin (1994), p. 727.

London: London:C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1895. First edition, first binding. Bookplate with inked name affixed to front paste down partially covering a previous inked name and address, front hinge cracked, corners lightly bumped, light wear to cloth at corner tips and head of spine, spine a bit dull, a very good copy. (24966). Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-416, sixteen inserted plates with illustrations by Harold Piffard, original pictorial maroon cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. "Fantasy saga of a son of Odin who, upsetting the laws of his polar country and bringing about ragnarok, is doomed to many reincarnations through the ages; basically a series of bloodthirsty historical adventures in a similar vein to [Arnold's] PHRA THE PHOENICIAN." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 98. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-70. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 717. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 370. Bleiler (1978),… Read More

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1895. First edition, first binding. End papers tanned, corners soft and a bit rubbed, mild wear to spine ends, several light scratches to rear cover, a nearly fine copy. (25482). Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-416, sixteen inserted plates with illustrations by Harold Piffard, original pictorial maroon cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. "Fantasy saga of a son of Odin who, upsetting the laws of his polar country and bringing about ragnarok, is doomed to many reincarnations through the ages; basically a series of bloodthirsty historical adventures in a similar vein to [Arnold's] PHRA THE PHOENICIAN." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 98. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-70. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 717. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 370. Bleiler (1978), p. 87. Reginald 06387. Wolff 2799.

Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, n.d. [1987]. First U.S. hardcover edition. A fine copy in pictorial boards. (10085). Pictorial boards. Western novel first published as a paperback original in the U.S. This is the Thorndike Press large print edition, Library of Congress stamp dated 1987 to copyright page, Library of Congress surplus/duplicate stamp to rear free end paper. Made into a feature film with Burt Lancaster.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, [1984]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear and crease to lower left front panel, a touch of shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. (22559). Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Spenser novel.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, [1984]. First edition. Remainder spray to bottom edge, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to rear panel. (14887). Octavo, cloth backed boards. A Spenser novel.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1992. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (2192). Octavo, boards. Signed by the author.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2001]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (10554). Octavo, boards. Signed inscription by Cussler on the half title page. A Dirk Pitt adventure.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2001]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket which has a 'signed copy' sticker on the front panel. (11895). Octavo, boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A Dirk Pitt adventure.

London: John Murray, [1932]. First edition. Some mild foxing throughout, a very good or somewhat better copy in a very good dust jacket with foxing to the verso with some bleed through, small chip to upper front panel, 13 mm closed tear to base of spine panel, age darkening to spine panel. (24640). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-359 [360: printers statement] [361-368: ads], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. Adventures with the French Foreign Legion.

London: Jonathan Cape, [1955]. First edition. A very good copy, W.H. Smith lending library labels to front paste-down, some fade spots to cloth, some light soil spots to cloth in a very good dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends and corners, small closed tear to base of front panel, spine panel has slight age darkening. (9281). Octavo, cloth. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-372.

[London]: New English Library, [1987]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168731) (29543). Octavo, boards. The author's fourth novel. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-119.

Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1960. First U.S. edition. Mild rubbing to bottom cloth edge, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to upper corner tips and head of spine panel. (17361). Octavo, cloth. First published the same year as BONY AND THE KELLY GANG. Features Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police.

London: New English Library, 1987. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (4323). Octavo, Hardcover.

Norfolk: Donning/Starblaze, [1984]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the lower corner tips. (17783). Octavo, cloth. "...a major reworking of the vampire myth and one of the most original novels of the 1980's" - Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-278.

Norfolk: Donning/Starblaze, [1984]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (2193). Octavo, cloth. Signed by the author. "...a major reworking of the vampire myth and one of the most original novels of the 1980's" - Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-278.

Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 2000. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the upper rear panel. (28870). Octavo, cloth. This copy signed by Hugh Cave who wrote the introduction. Collects nine stories, all originally appeared in pulp magazines 1932-38, several under the pseudonym Hugh Davidson. Introduction by Hugh Cave, afterword by Hamilton.

New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1995]. First edition. A fine unread copy. (15842). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. DAW No. 983. Original anthology.

New York: Berkley Books, 1985. First paperback edition. Near fine in wraps, several spine creases. (2750). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers.