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Arthur Machen. The Works of Arthur Machen, 9 Volume Set. Martin Secker, 1923.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Martin Secker; London, 1923. Hardcover. Complete 9 Volume Set. Signed by author directly on prelim of Volume One. Limited Edition. Set is limited to 500 numbered sets with this set being number 15. A further 500 numbered sets were produced for sale in the US. The definitive edition of the Works of Machen. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt emblem on front board, gilt lettering on spines, binding intact, slightly starting hinges, TEG a bit dull with some blemishes, deckle fore-edge, few uncut pages, some age toning to pages, sunned spine buckram, some rubbing along board and spine edges, discoloration and some scattered foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, small bookstore sticker bottom rear pastedown all Volumes, slightly bowed boards, without Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. The set comprises Vol. I: The Great God Pan, The Inmost Light, The Red Hand (185pp.); Vol. II: The Three Imposters (223pp.); Vol. III: The Hill of Dreams (248pp.); Vol. IV: The Secret Glory (250pp.); Vol. V: Hieroglyphics (168pp.); Vol. VI: A Fragment of Life, The White People (182pp.); Vol. VII: The Terror, The Bowmen, The Great Return (245pp.); Vol. VIII: Far Off Things (164pp.); Vol. IX: Things Near and Far (175pp.). We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, nine volumes, inserted frontispiece (photographic portrait of Machen) in volume one, original sage-green cloth, front panels stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panels stamped in gold, rear panels ruled in blind, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Limited to 1000 numbered sets signed by Machen. This is number 392. The works collected here are: THE GREAT GOD PAN (with "The Inmost Light" and "The Red Hand"); THE THREE IMPOSTORS; THE HILL OF DREAMS; THE SECRET GLORY; HIEROGLYPHICS; A FRAGMENT OF LIFE (with "The White People"); THE TERROR (with THE BOWMEN and THE GREAT RETURN); FAR OFF THINGS; and THINGS NEAR AND FAR. Spines slightly age darkened, volume 5 has a damp stain to the front cover, a nearly fine set with six volumes having good dust jackets, two volumes having partial dust jackets and one volume no dust jacket. (15916)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1524.09 + shipping
Description: 9 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present); original olive buckram, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, backstrips faded (but gilt just legible) else a very good, bright, clean, crisp set. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED SETS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN FIRST VOLUME . A further 500 numbered sets were produced for sale in the US. The definitive edition of Machen's works. The set comprises Vol. I: The Great God Pan, The Inmost Light, The Red Hand; Vol. II: The Three Imposters; Vol. III: The Hill of Dreams; Vol. IV: The Secret Glory; Vol. V: Hieroglyphics; Vol. VI: A Fragment of Life, The White People; Vol. VII: The Terror, The Bowmen, The Great Return; Vol. VIII: Far Off Things; Vol. IX: Things Near and Far. NCBEL IV, p.645.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom