A DARK TRAVELLING
ZELAZNY, Roger First UK edition, first printing. Original pictorial laminated boards. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the bottom corner of the upper board with a minor bump, the contents clean and bright throughout. Scarce in this edition. A science fantasy novel, Roger Zelazny's only book for young adults. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $45
- $45
THE COMEDIANS
GREENE, Graham First edition. Advance presentation edition. Publisher's original green cloth with titles in gilt over black to the spine. Issued without dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the lightly toned contents clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. One of 500 copies of the first edition, specially bound for presentation to friends of the author and the publishers in advance of publication, Christmas 1965. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $96
- $96
THE CHANGING LAND
ZELAZNY, Roger First hardcover edition, first printing. Original beige cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Thomas Canty illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents with some light spotting on the text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is a little faded at the spine. Not price-clipped ($14.95 on the front flap). A fantasy novel loosely following the events of Roger Zelazny's short stories collected as 'Dilvish, the Damned'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $39
- $39
ELEGIES
DUNN, Douglas First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Faint spotting to the upper edge of the page block, with a handful of spots to the fore-edge. In the clean, bright dustwrapper, with a couple of very faint spots and the merest fading visible to the spine. Not price-clipped (£7.50 net to the front flap). An attractive copy. Signed by the author in black ink to the title page, "with best wishes / Douglas Dunn". 'Elegies', Dunn's sixth collection, was written after the death of the poet's wife Lesley in March 1981, aged 37 (Michael Longley later wrote that Dunn "was hurt into the sorrowful beauty of [the] Elegies"). The poems, which have frequently, and justly been compared to the extraordinary series of poems that Thomas Hardy wrote following the death of his first wife Emma, recount the period between diagnosis (of melanoma of the eye) and death, as well as earlier, happier, times. The collection was Whitbread Book of the Year in 1985. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $96
- $96
THE HAND OF OBERON
ZELAZNY, Roger First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original mustard faux leather cloth and black titles to the spine, in the Michael Flanagan illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine ends. The contents, with spotting to the top-edge and fore-edge of the text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and toned dustwrapper, which is free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($5.95 to the front flap). Signed by Roger Zelazny in dark blue ink on the title page. The fourth book in The Chronicles of Amber fantasy series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $122
- $122
THE SILENT SPEAKER. A Nero Wolfe Novel.
STOUT, Rex First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth stamped in yellow and purple to the upper board and spine, in the Robert Hallock illustrated dustwrapper. Pink top stain. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper which has as closed tear at the bottom of the upper spine fold and tiny chips at the tips of the lightly faded spine. An attractive example. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $154
- $154
SIGN OF THE UNICORN
ZELAZNY, Roger First edition, first printing. Original beige faux leather with black titles to the spine, in the Margo Herr illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities very lightly rubbed, the spine with a few creases. The contents, with light spotting at the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper which has a number of short closed tears at the edges. Not price-clipped ($5.95 on the front flap). The third title in Roger Zelazny's 'Chronicles of Amber' fantasy series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $96
- $96
COLLECTED VERSE
FLETCHER, J. S. First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Untrimmed edges. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents, with a few faint spots to the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper which is toned to the spine and has a few very short closed tears at the extremities. Not price-clipped (6/- on the front flap). Scarce in the dustwrapper. A poetry collection by the prolific Yorkshire author J. S. Fletcher. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $58
- $58
THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North.
GREELY, Adolphus W. First edition, first printing. Two volumes. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles and illustration in red, silver and gilt to the upper boards and spine. Illustrated with a steel engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, 42 full page plates (many from photographs), numerous illustrations and five maps in text from drawings, four further maps (two double page, two folding, including a large coloured map in a rear pocket of volume II, as issued). Grey coated endpapers. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with some bumping and small nicks to the spine tips. The cloth and gilt remains bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the prelims and occasionally to the margins are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The large folding map in the pocket at the rear of volume II, has a couple of short closed tears to the blank margin and is otherwise sound. An attractive example. "This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington. As relief ships failed to reach them, members the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound" - Artic Bibliography. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $579
- $579
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
GRAHAME, Kenneth; illustrated by SHEPARD, Ernest H. First edition, with new plates in full colour by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with eight full page colour plates and line drawings throughout by E. H. Shepard. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little dusty and toned with a couple of short closed tears, but otherwise without loss. Not price-clipped (21s net to the front flap). The first printing of this new edition for which E. H. Shepard drew eight new full page colour plates added to the line drawings of the 1931 edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $251
- $251
THE SECOND CONFESSION. The New Nero Wolfe Novel.
First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with yellow titles to the upper board and spine, in the Bill English designed dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with light bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper which is a touch faded to the spine. An attractive example. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. CONVENT ON STYX
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the MIBART illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping, rubbing and light fading to the cloth around the extremities. The contents, with toning to all edges of the text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, creased and toned dustwrapper, that is lightly faded to the bottom of the spine and other wise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£3.00 net to the front flap). From the library of the Edgar and CWA Diamond Dagger Award winning author Martin Edwards, with his penciled signature to the endpaper.Gladys Mitchell's 49th book featuring the psychiatrist and amateur detective Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder.
Sixth edition. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge red. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents, with chipping to the top edges of pages 43-54 (a production fault), and a few spots to the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and spotted original dustwrapper which toned at the extremities, has a few very short closed tears at the edges and has been price-clipped to the lower front flap. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
First collected edition. Four volumes. Contemporary full calf by Joseph Zaehnsdorf with five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles on morocco labels on the spines, double ruled gilt borders to the boards and gilt inner dentelles. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one. A very good set, the bindings square and firm, the spines darkened resulting in dulling of the gilt, with some rubbing and flaking to the extremities. The upper corners of volumes I and IV a little worn. The contents, with toning to the text block edges are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. The first complete edition of Percy Shelley's poetical works, complied and edited by his wife Mary Shelley. Previously, Shelley's poetry had largely been brought before the public in a multiplicity of either private and small-run editions (many of which had become increasingly scarce) or pirated editions. Percy's father, Sir Timothy Shelley, feared that a new collected edition would be likely to draw fresh attention to the radical writings of his son. Recognising, however, that obscurity was unlikely in any case, he relented and dropped his objections to Mary producing an official edition. After having attempted to do so since her husband's death in 1822, Mary thus brought Percy's work into the mainstream. Her notes, which added significantly to the fuller comprehension of Percy's poetic writings, have since become inseparable from the texts themselves and her endeavours ultimately served to secure his position as one of the foremost poets of the English language. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. THE LIGHT WENT OUT: The Life of Patrick Hamilton.
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue and purple speckled cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm and square, with bumping and rubbing to the spine ends. The contents, with some light toning to all edges of the text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and creased dustwrapper, that is lightly faded around the panel edges and has a few residue marks to the front panel, but is otherwise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£2.50 net to the front flap). Uncommon From the library of the Edgar and CWA Diamond Dagger Award winning author Martin Edwards, with his penciled signature to the endpaper. A biography of Patrick Hamilton, written by his brother, who provides an intimate look on the life of the novelist and playwright. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. THE CHRISTMAS EVE GHOST
First edition, first printing. Shirley Hughes' retained copy, inscribed by her. Original pictorial boards, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout. Complete with the barely rubbed original dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (£12.99 to the front flap). Inscribed by Shirley Hughes in black ink to the copyright page 'Love from Shirley Hughes'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. THE COURTS OF CHAOS
First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original sand coloured faux leather cloth, with brown titles to the spine, in the Freff illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine ends. The contents, with spotting to the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and toned dustwrapper, that has a few nicks to the bottom of the spine and is otherwise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($7.95 to the front flap). Signed by Roger Zelazny in black ink on the title page. The fifth and final book in The Chronicles of Amber fantasy series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. APPARITIONS AND GHOSTS: A Modern Study.
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth boards and gilt titles to the spine, with the Tom Simmonds illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge red. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with a little rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, that has a short closed tear, with associated creasing to the top left of the rear panel. Not price clipped (£1.75 net to the front flap) Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper 'To Barbara / with Best Wishes / Andrew MacKenzie / Friday August 13, 1971'. A collection of almost fifty accounts of modern experiences with apparitions, the parapsychologist (and author of detective fiction) Andrew Mackenzie arguing that these are from reliable witnesses and not just products of a vivid imagination. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. EYE OF CAT
First edition, first printing. Original blue paper-covered boards with a navy cloth spine bearing green titles, in the Sonja Lamut and Nenad Jakesziv illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents, with a little spotting to the top edge of the text block, are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has a tiny closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped ($13.95 to the front flap). A futuristic science fiction tale of a hunter and a telepathic-shape shifting alien. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. COLLECTED POEMS: 19451990.
First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine, in the M. E. Eldridge illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents sharp and clean throughout. The lower spine tip is lightly bumped and rubbed, with a single tiny nick. In the dustwrapper, showing the merest shelf wear and a tiny area of loss (c. 4 x 2 mm) to the upper edge of the rear panel (disguised by the matching blue of cloth and panel). Not price-clipped (£25.00 net to the front flap). A nice copy. Published to mark the poet's eightieth birthday, this remains the standard collected R. S. Thomas, including the contents of individual volumes from 'The Stones of the Field' (1946) through to 'Experimenting with an Amen' (1986). "This is a book I've been waiting for. Lorca said: 'The poem that pierces the heart like a knife has yet to be written.' But has anybody come closer to it than R. S. Thomas? And not merely once, in his case, but again and again." (Ted Hughes, from the jacket). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE And Other Poems of the XVIII Century.
First edition, first printing. Original burgundy titles and elaborate decorations in gilt to the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Hugh Thomson. A very good copy, the binding firm, the spine with a slight lean. The contents, with offsetting to the endpapers and some foxing primarily early and late, are otherwise clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. A beautifully illustrated collection of poems by the English author and essayist Austin Dobson (1840-1921). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. ROADMARKS
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original brown cloth covered boards with a cream cloth spine, gilt titles to the spine, blind stamped title to the upper board, in the Darrell K. Sweet illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and tight, the spine a little spotted. The contents, also spotted to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased original dustwrapper. Not price clipped ($8.95 to the front flap). Signed by the author Roger Zelazny in black ink on the title page. A science fantasy novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. MINGLED WITH VENOM
First edition, first printing. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Graham Rogers illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine with a slight lean. The contents, with a little light spotting at the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and toned original dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (£4.25 on the front flap). A Mrs Bradbury detective novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. DEATH OF A DELFT BLUE
First edition, first printing. Original blue paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Broom Lynne illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm with a slight lean to the spine. The contents, with some spotting to the text block edge, light creasing to the front free endpaper and a small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which is a little toned to the spine and has a couple of very short closed tears at the edges. Not price-clipped (18s on the front flap). A Mrs Bradbury detective novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.