invisible voices de shiel (18 résultats)

Etat : VERY GOOD. First printing. The fifth and final collection of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime, stories woven together by a thread of nine men being summoned - by accident - to come and marry a dying girl, an heiress who wishes to use her fortune to support the study of biology. The winner will be the one tells the most extravagant tale in a radio contest. Several of the stories are fantasy and science fiction, including 'The Place of Pain Day.' As one critic noted "Shiel was more than just a writer of sensational tales of magic and mystery. There is an undercurrent of philosophic seriousness. . Like his contemporaries George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells, he wrote out of the intellectual fervor of his times when the impact of Darwin's theories and the revolutionary strides being made in the material sciences were shaking to the roots the philosophical and religious underpinnings of the closing nineteenth century. Shiel saw the socialism of Henry George and Herbert Spencer as the answer to the political questions of his time and a curious blend of science and religion as the answer to the moral/philosophical questions. (John D. Squires) 304 pp. Very good overall in the original orange cloth, black lettering on the embossed front cover and spine (offsetting from endpapers to first and last leaves, slight fading to spine).

First edition. 304 pp. Spine sunned, else very good plus in full cloth. Lacks dust jacket. Bookplate of Herbert O. Stetson inside front cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First American edition. Minor wear around the extremities of the cover. Light foxing to first few pages as well as last few pages. All in all a nice copy of this First American Edition. Z2D.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The fifth and last book of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime. Mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction, including the excellent visionary fantasy, "The Place of Pain." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p. 221. Touch of dust soiling to cloth, a very good copy. (#113539).

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Shiel, M. P. The Invisible Voices. London: Richards, [1935]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304. Original orange cloth, front panel stamped in blind and black, spine panel stamped in black. Attached to front pastedown is the bookplate of Malcolm Ferguson, a collector and minor contributor to the pulps. Even fading to spine panel, a bit of acidic offsetting to first and last pages (an endemic flaw probably) and very light foxing to top of edge block, otherwise a bright fine copy. #3405. $100. The author's fifth and last collection of stories, loosely linked here in a decameron-type frame. Several count as fantasy or science fiction, the stand-out perhaps being "The Place of Pain," in which "the mad negro philosopher Podd places a stone in a river so as to form the water into a giant telescope. What he sees drives men mad, and makes it fortunate his secret died with him." -- Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel (1948), p. 106-7, commending elsewhere the high quality of Shiel's short fiction in general and ranking it with that of Saki, O'Henry and Ambrose Bierce. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in black (spine a bit faded). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. No dust jacket.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The fifth and last book of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime. Mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction, including the excellent visionary fantasy, "The Place of Pain." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p. 221. Tiny owner's name and date on the front free endpaper. Touch of sunning to spine panel, else a fine copy. (#170796).

NF/NONE. BLIND-STAMPED ORANGE CLOTH IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR A TRACE OF DARKENING TO THE SPINE PANEL. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

NF/NONE. BLIND-STAMPED ORANGE CLOTH IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR SLIGHT DARKENING OF THE SPINE PANEL. AN EXCELLENT COPY. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 304p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket from the American publisher. Edges of cover tanned and foredges lightly foxed. The first and last few leaves are also tanned and foxed. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and lightly edgeworn; the fold between the spine and back panel is starting to split at the bottom, currently torn about 2". Otherwise intact. The British first edition with the dustjacket of the American publisher, Vanguard. This probably means copies of the British edition were shipped to America where they were sold with a different jacket. Shiel was a fantasy author and member of the English decadent school of literature. See Bleiler, page 179.

HARDCOVER. Etat : NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J. FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED ORANGE CLOTH WITH BLACK TITLES TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR A SMALL ABRASION AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE FRONT BOARD. D.J. HAS SOME MODEST CHIPPING AT THE FORE-EDGE CORNERS AND THE ENDS OF THE SPINE PANEL, FRONT FORE-EDGE RUBBED, REAR PANEL WITH SOME LIGHT SOIL AND A COUPLE OF MINOR STAINS, AND SOME SOILING TO THE SPINE PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY OF A SCARCE SHIEL IN D.J.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The fifth and last book of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime. Mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction, including the excellent visionary fantasy, "The Place of Pain." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p. 221. Some tanning to endpapers, page edges and first and last leaves of text, a nearly fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket (priced 7/6 on the front flap) with wear at spine ends and corners, some dust soiling rear panel, and several small internal tape mends with no show through. Overall, the dust jacket is bright and attractive. (#172305).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Presentation copy with unsigned inscription by Shiel to August Derleth "from the author" dated 30 August 1944. The fifth and last book of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime. Mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction, including the excellent visionary fantasy, "The Place of Pain." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p. 221. Touch of foxing to top edge of text block and first and last leaves of text, a near fine, bright copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket with wear, largely along upper edges, 20x40 mm chip from head of spine panel, associated 35 mm closed tear in rear panel, and some dust soiling to spine and rear panels. Overall, the dust jacket is bright and fairly attractive. A very nice association copy. (#75869).

Hard Cover. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Richards Press Limited 1935). First UK Edition. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304. Publisher's original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. A touch of foxing to the top edge and browning to the end-papers otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. The D/W is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The book itself has inscriptions. A lovely collector's copy. Great period cover art. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Richards (London) in 1935. The BOOK is in Near Fine condition. Original publisher's orange ribbed cloth titled in black to the spine and front board with just light sunning to the spine and edges. Mild pushing at the spine ends with light toning to the text block and page edges. A neat previous owner's penned name to the upper front pastedown (which is obscured by the wrapper front flap). The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Very light edge-wear with just a little rubbing and loss at the upper spine end. Very light age related markings. The pictorial wrapper design looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The final collection of short stories to be issued in Shiel's lifetime. A mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-304, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. Signed by Shiel on the half title page. The fifth and last book of Shiel stories issued during his lifetime. Mixed collection of eleven short stories in a frame narrative, several of which are fantasy and science fiction, including the excellent visionary fantasy, "The Place of Pain." [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-177. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2030. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 195. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p. 221]. Mild foxing to page edges, top page edges dusty, a nearly fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with light edge rubbing, wear at corner tips, small closed tear at lower right front corner and slight loss to base of spine panel. A bright, attractive copy. (21823).

304 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine bright jacket with the slightest of dust-soiling. A spectacular copy.

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Harold Taves from M. P. Shiel. Christmas, 1935. 'L'Abri', New Rd., Worthing Rd., Horsham, Sussex, England." Taves was a correspondent of Shiel's who worked with the poet Edward Doro to sell Shiel's novels to Hollywood. He later owned a bookstore in Seattle and sold his collection of inscribed Shiel books prior to his death. A beautiful copy of a book that is particularly scarce in the dust jacket. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine and front board in black, vertical stripes to front board in blind. With dust jacket. Housed in a tan cloth solander case. Spine faded, cloth very lightly rubbed at the extremities, contents toned, but cloth to boards bright and attractive. An excellent copy in the dust jacket with a few tiny chips at the edges.