Hume fergus on wright (8 résultats)

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-319 [320], original burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, First edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Adrian Homer Goldstone bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Early owner's signature dated October 1910 on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at spine edges and corner tips, page edges tanned, a bright, very good copy overall. (#172405).…

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-319 [320], original burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, First edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Cloth rubbed along outer joints, mild foxing to page edges, a bright, very good copy overall. (#170919).…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-302 [303-304: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Harry B. Matthews, original pictorial navy blue cloth, front panel stamped in red and gray, spine panel stamped in red. First U.S. edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Early name on front paste-down. Slight spine lean, top edge of text block dusty, else a bright, nearly fine copy in the very rare pictorial dust jacket that, unfortunately, is missing the spine panel. (#170432). …

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-230 [231-232: ads], publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in back. First British edition. The best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. Although "ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND" is printed at the top edge of title page, this is probably the first UK printing (but see Bell's confusing history printed as an appendix to Glover and Greene, VICTORIAN DETECTIVE FICTION). Regardless, this is an early, probably the earliest, printing done in the UK. See Sadleir II, p. 50. Glover and Green, Victorian Detective Fiction 279. Sadleir 3597 (this printing). Wrappers worn at edges, spine ends chipped with loss of several letters of advertising copy printed thereon. Internally sound and clean. Quite scarce in the original wrappers. (#172078).…

Octavo, pp. [1-13] 14-222 [223-224: ads], publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in back. First edition. Although "ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND" is printed at the top edge of title page, this is the first printing. This Australian "western" with "scenes in Ballarat and Mellbourne, is a story of mining life, with theatrical associations ." (Miller and Macartney, Australian Literature [1956]), p. 245). Hume's second novel, preceded by THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB, the best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. Glover and Green, Victorian Detective Fiction 258. Sadleir 3595. Wrappers worn at edges, spine ends chipped with loss of several letters of advertising copy printed thereon. Internally sound and clean. Quite scarce in the original wrappers. (#171034).…

Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [7] 8-192, original pictorial white wrappers printed in black. First edition. A paperbound shilling shocker featuring private detective Octavius Fanks. Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 260. Hubin (1994), p. 423. Wolff 3386. The back wrapper is missing, as is most of the spine panel, internally sound and complete. Rare. (#169907).…

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-403 [404: printer's imprint] + sixteen-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phillys Vere Campbell, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "Occult thriller by prolific mystery writer; young lovers caught in conflict between black and white magicians, also Atlantean memories, reincarnation, metempsychosis, prophecies. A potpourri of supernatural themes to keep the pot boiling, and the plot moving briskly. Unencumbered by the occult jargon that clogs other Rider weirds in this period." - Robert Knowlton. Barron (ed) Horror Literature 3-98. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 875. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 119. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07603. Cloth lightly worn at lower front corner tips, some bubbling to cloth, mostly rear panel, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. A nice copy of a scarce book and one of Hume's most imaginative novels. (#130324).…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-403 [404: printer's imprint] + sixteen-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phillys Vere Campbell, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. "Occult thriller by prolific mystery writer; young lovers caught in conflict between black and white magicians, also Atlantean memories, reincarnation, metempsychosis, prophecies. A potpourri of supernatural themes to keep the pot boiling, and the plot moving briskly. Unencumbered by the occult jargon that clogs other Rider weirds in this period." - Robert Knowlton. [Reference: Barron (ed) Horror Literature 3-98. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 875. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 119. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07603]. Light foxing throughout, spine a bit leaned and dulled, repaired small tear to cloth at head of spine, a very good or somewhat better copy of a scarce book and one of Hume's most imaginative novels (24993).…