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Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: VG+/NONE. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE THIS FRAGILE BOOK IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT SCRATCHING TO THE REAR COVER AND A BOOK-PLATE ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER AND A DATE STAMP MAY, 8, 1961 ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A VERY SCARCE BOOK AND RARE SIGNED. AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH VERY CLEAR YELLOW SPINE TITLES. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$962.07 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original black cloth with green titles to the spine. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents slightly spotted at the text block edge otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Lacking the rare dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper "Clive Pemberton / from / E. H. Visiak / April 7th 1933". A superb association copy, inscribed to fellow author of weird and horror tales Clive Pemberton who's first and best known collection "The Weird o' It" published by Henry J. Drane in 1906 is of legendary rarity. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$1218.62 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper: "Clive Pemberton / from / E. H. Visiak / April 7th 1933". A superb association copy, inscribed to fellow author of weird and horror tales Clive Pemberton whose first and best known collection "The Weird o' It" published by Henry J. Drane in 1906 is of legendary rarity. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 1636. Octavo. Original black cloth with green titles to the spine. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents slightly spotted at the text block edge otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Cosmic horror novel and the best known work from Visiak, this is a scarce proof, signed, inscribed, and dated August 30th, 1929 by the author to a P. L. Judge at "(2am or thereabouts)." Set mainly at sea, Bleiler describes the story as a "pastiche of an 18th century sailing narrative, with obvious influences from [R. L.] Stevenson," and is "worth reading for its good period detail." Barron, Fantasy and Horror 5-300; Bleiler 1636; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy pg 219. 12mo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4," 286pp. Beige wrappers with black lettering on front and paper spine label. Near fine with some soiling and smudging to page block, slightly cocked, and with toning to wrappers and spine
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.