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SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good. Vol. 10, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff for "Superstition" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson. Includes "The Challenge" by John W. Vandecock; "The Captain's Mate" by Evelyn E. Smith; "The Wolves of Cernogratz" by Saki; "North Wind" by Chad Oliver; Lion" by P. M. Hubbard; "Night Sequence" (novelet) by J. B. Priestly; "The Finer Breed" by Helen M. Urban; "The Dragon" by Ray Bradbury. Verse: "Flying Chaucer" by Anthony Brode. Article: "What Is a Rosicrucian?" by L. Sprague de Camp. Departments: "The Science Screen" by Charles Beaumont; "Recommended Reading: The Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1955" by Anthony Boucher. Tanning; creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear with small loss at heel. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good. Vol. 10, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff for "Superstition" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson. Includes "The Challenge" by John W. Vandecock; "The Captain's Mate" by Evelyn E. Smith; "The Wolves of Cernogratz" by Saki; "North Wind" by Chad Oliver; Lion" by P. M. Hubbard; "Night Sequence" (novelet) by J. B. Priestly; "The Finer Breed" by Helen M. Urban; "The Dragon" by Ray Bradbury. Verse: "Flying Chaucer" by Anthony Brode. Article: "What Is a Rosicrucian?" by L. Sprague de Camp. Departments: "The Science Screen" by Charles Beaumont; "Recommended Reading: The Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1955" by Anthony Boucher. Tanning; minor soiling; staple poke through rear. Book.…

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. The wraps are creased and marked.Annotated.Well bound.Good copy.Updated edition.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Octavo, pp. [iii-vii] [viii] [1] 2-343 [344: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Sept. 1896" inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, publisher's decorated burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. Psychological thriller involving a family curse and psychic powers. Dr. Rumsey is a brain specialist. "Meade's bibliography exhausts the most enthusiastic bibliographers. In each of the genres she worked in she produced more than enough for several ordinary writers ." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 276. Hubin (1994), p. 566. Spine lean, cloth worn at edges and rubbed along outer joints, spine panel darkened and gold stamping dull, half title leaf missing if published with one, a sound, good copy. A very scarce book. (#170622).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-320, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Sidney Paget and Gordon Browne, original pictorial bevel-edged blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Series of six linked sensational crime stories, four first published in THE STRAND MAGAZINE. The stories are related by patients to a philanthropic doctor who operates Sherwood Towers, a sanatorium in rural England. Three of the stories, "The Man Who Disappeared," "Spangle-winged" and "The Blue Laboratory," are weird tales or science fiction. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1468. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 566. Formerly Frederic Dannay's copy, signed by him as "Barnaby Ross" and "Ellery Queen" on the half title page. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, front free endpaper missing, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. (#164429).…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Chieftain goatskins, dyed the exact shade of RAF wool-barathea wartime uniform fabric. The front cover is gold-blocked with the title and incorporates specially woven RAF wings of 1940 type by Gieves and Hawkes, No. 1 Savile Row, London, with the King's crown, the marker ribbon of blue silk bearing the emblems of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 22-carat gold edging. 4to. 13¼'' x 10''. The print run is strictly limited to 401 copies, No. 1 being presented to HM The Queen. This copy being number 173. Each copy bears the handwritten signatures of the twenty-five selected Battle of Britain pilots: Wg Cdr P. P. C. Barthropp; Wg Cdr R. P. Beaumont; Sqn Ldr G. H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H. A. C. Bird-Wilson; Air Cdre P. M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Gp Capt W. D. David; Air Cdre A. C. Deere; Sqn Ldr B. H. Drobinski; Flt Lt J. H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Gp Capt T. P. Gleave; Wg Cdr N. P. W. Hancock; Sqn Ldr C. Haw; Cdr R. C. Hay; Gp Capt C. B. F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Cdre A. R. D. MacDonell; Sqn Ldr M. J. Mansfeld; W Cdr A. G. Page; Wg Cdr P. L. Parrott; Gp Capt D. F. B. Sheen; Wg Cdr F. M. Smith; Wg Cdr J. E. Storrar; Wg Cdr G. C. Unwin. Housed in matching buckram clamshell box with blue silk lining and gilt titling. Unopened book in new condition in Fine condition box. Pocket inside the box holds original sales receipt, The Times colour supplement advertisement, typed letter from the original purchaser to Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell confirming his order and enclosed cheque, he also mentions that he would wish to collect the book himself from Hartnolls in Bodmin when the book was ready. SIGNED letter from Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell to the recipient on Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund letter-headed paper with details of the book. Hartnoll Delivery Note. Advertisement prospectus giving in-depth details concerning the various elements of production with a photograph of the six protagonists: Michael Pierce, John Golley, Roy Asser, Bill Gunston, Brian Masterton, and Freddie Hurrell to the front cover viewing the finished product. Remains wrapped in Hartnoll's original brown paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN. …