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Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson (First Edition) Spine-pulled otherwise firm copy, soil-darkened cloth. Bright cover gilt, somewhat faded spine gilt. An unused bookplate to pastedown. First hardcover printing of the original 6 stories featuring Thomas Carnacki occult detective, first serialized in the British magazine The Idler. (August Derleth, Mycroft & Moran, published the first American hardcover printing of these stories in 1947, adding three more). Original red cloth, spine and cover lettered gilt. 16-page catalogue at rear.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
HODGSON, William Hope (1877-1918). Carnacki The Ghost-Finder. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913, 1913.
Price: US$3657.31 + shipping
Description: [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.287; [1]; 16. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Red cloth to boards, gilt titles to upper and spine. Embellishment in blind to both boards. Ex-library copy; library record to rear paste-down, offsetting from stamp to rear flyleaf. Interior moderately foxed throughout. Neat pictorial bookplate to front paste-down. Edges foxed and toned. Boards lightly rubbed, spine gently toned. Some wear to extremities. Very good. An anthology of tales surrounding the paranormal detective Thomas Carnacki whose usual investigations concern strange, ghostly activity within old English mansions.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki The Ghost-Finder. Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913.
Price: US$3700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing in custom red clamshell case. Publisher's original red cloth with spine panel stamped in gold, front cover stamped in gold and ruled in blind, and rear cover ruled in blind Anthology of six Carnacki stories. London: Eveleigh Nash (1913), 287 pages + Night Land ad and 16 page publisher's catalog at rear. A Good copy with toned spine that has wear with tiny cloth tears at spine ends. Modest edge wear, soft tips and slight forward lean. Stamped name to free end page, and small bookstore sticker and stamped date to rear paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki The Ghost-Finder. Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913.
Price: US$3700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing in custom red clamshell case. Publisher's original red cloth with spine panel stamped in gold, front cover stamped in gold and ruled in blind, and rear cover ruled in blind Anthology of six Carnacki stories. London: Eveleigh Nash (1913), 287 pages + Night Land ad and 16 page publisher's catalog at rear. A Good copy with toned spine that has wear with tiny cloth tears at spine ends. Modest edge wear, soft tips and slight forward lean. Stamped name to free end page, and small bookstore sticker and stamped date to rear paste down.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE. CARNACKI, THE GHOST-FINDER. Eveleigh Nash, 1913., London, 1913.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The U. S. edition wasn't issued until 1947. Lightly sunned on the spine and with a bit of scattered foxing to the interior else near fine. Nine short stories of which THE FIND is a bibliomystery. Thomas Carnacki is an investigator into strange, possibly supernatural events, usually involving haunted rooms or houses. In THE FIND Carnacki, while talking to his friend Jones, learns of the existence of a second copy of The Dumply Acrostics. To Carnacki?s knowledge, this is impossible as only one copy exists, and it is in the Caylen Museum. The book was written by John Dumpley and presented to Queen Elizabeth on her fortieth birthday. Supposedly, the type was distributed and the manuscript burnt immediately after printing that one copy for the Queen. Carnacki is hired to investigate the existence of a second copy. Queen's Quorum 53 and an uncommon to scarce book. Housed in a cloth, clamshell case with titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Hodgson, William Hope. CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER .. Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913.
Price: US$4250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] 11-287 [288: ad], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind. First edition. Copies of this book were issued with and without a 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, priority (if any) unknown. This copy does not have the catalogue. Six short stories featuring Carnacki, a "ghost-breaker" who investigates unexplained phenomena. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-89. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 819. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 114. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 193-96. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 204. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-104. Bleiler (1978), p. 101. Reginald 07278. Queen's Quorum 53. Hubin (1994), p. 407. 11 mm closed tear in cloth at upper spine end, rear endpapers professionally replaced decades ago, a very good or better copy with a clean, bright binding. Quite a nice copy overall. (#136225)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
William Hodgson. Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. Eveleigh Nash, UK, 1913.
Price: US$4491.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by William Hodgson Hope First Edition Eveleigh Nash 1913. 287 (one publisher's ad), 16 (publisher's catalogue) pages. A VG+ copy with no signs of any foxing to contents or edges. Covers are bright and gilt lettering still very much bold. From the library of Florence and Edward Kaye, who were leading collectors of detective fiction. Featuring their distinctive red calf book label to the front pastedown.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Hodgson, William Hope. CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDER. Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] 11-287 [288: ad], + 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind. Copies of this book were issued with and without a 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, priority (if any) unknown. This copy has the catalogue. Six stories featuring Carnacki, an occult detective. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-89. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 819. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 114. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 193-96. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 204. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-104. Bleiler (1978), p. 101. Reginald 07278. Queen's Quorum 53. Hubin (1994), p. 407. Mild foxing to end papers, mild darkening to spine, a very good or better copy. (28551)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Hodgson, William Hope. CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDER. Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] 11-287 [288: ad], + 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind. Copies of this book were issued with and without a 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, priority (if any) unknown. This copy has the catalogue. Six stories featuring Carnacki, an occult detective. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-89. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 819. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 114. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 193-96. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 204. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-104. Bleiler (1978), p. 101. Reginald 07278. Queen's Quorum 53. Hubin (1994), p. 407. Partial bookplate from W. H. Smith library affixed to front paste down and two ink stamps to same, some light foxing, front corners a bit bumped, slight dullness to red color of spine. A lovely, bright, above average copy, from the Otto Penzler collection. (24963)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.