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Candlenight -
Phil Rickman
1991 - Duckworth, London - First Edition
Author’s first novel. A gothic horror, based in 1980’s Wales, when Welsh homes were being taken over by wealthier English inhabitants. Scary.
Perhaps best described in the reviews:-
'Grimly sinister. Written with blood-curdling aplomb' - Sunday Telegraph.
'Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff.' - The Times.
'Crisp prose, excellent dialogue and a real sense of mounting evil' - Time Out.
'A brooding first novel... credibly fuses Celtic myth with contemporary Welsh politics' - The Sunday Telegraph.
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Price HK$ 800
1991 - Duckworth, London - First Edition
Author’s first novel. A gothic horror, based in 1980’s Wales, when Welsh homes were being taken over by wealthier English inhabitants. Scary.Perhaps best described in the reviews:-
'Grimly sinister. Written with blood-curdling aplomb' - Sunday Telegraph.
'Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff.' - The Times.
'Crisp prose, excellent dialogue and a real sense of mounting evil' - Time Out.
'A brooding first novel... credibly fuses Celtic myth with contemporary Welsh politics' - The Sunday Telegraph.
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Price HK$ 800
‘The Invisible President’ A Fu Manchu Series, Complete in Twelve Parts in Collier's Magazine -
Sax Rohmer (pseudonym of Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward)
February 29 - Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield - First Editions
Dr. Fu Manchu finds the time ripe to reach out for America - beginning the most startling of all the master-criminal's singular adventures.
A scarce near fine set of twelve issues containing the complete Fu Manchu Series The Invisible President, illustrated by C.C. Beall, and later published in book form as President Fu Manchu
In magnificent condition, as if they had just been placed on the doorstep of Mr. Chas Skinner of Watkins Glen, New York (the original recipient). Illustrations, stories, articles, cartoons, and advertisements, all wonderfully evoking a bygone era.
‘President’ Fu Manchu! Does the extent of his fiendish ambition know no bounds?
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Price HK$ 9,800
February 29 - Crowell Publishing Company, Springfield - First Editions
Dr. Fu Manchu finds the time ripe to reach out for America - beginning the most startling of all the master-criminal's singular adventures.A scarce near fine set of twelve issues containing the complete Fu Manchu Series The Invisible President, illustrated by C.C. Beall, and later published in book form as President Fu Manchu
In magnificent condition, as if they had just been placed on the doorstep of Mr. Chas Skinner of Watkins Glen, New York (the original recipient). Illustrations, stories, articles, cartoons, and advertisements, all wonderfully evoking a bygone era.
‘President’ Fu Manchu! Does the extent of his fiendish ambition know no bounds?
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Re-Enter Dr. Fu Manchu -
Sax Rohmer (pseudonym of Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward)
1957 - Herbert Jenkins, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the thirteenth Fu Manchu adventure containing all of the required archetypes; square-jawed hero, fiendish oriental skullduggery and that particular fascination of Mr. Rohmer, the woman whose main value lies in her ability to fascinate and ensnare ANY man.
One can only assume that such women lead a very busy life of constant stress, and being taken under the shadowy wing of the arch-nemesis of western civilisation can only come as a relief. If nothing else it'll filter out all those guys called Chet who are 'only in town for the weekend', gather in sinister gangs in hotel bars and who have strangely pale patches where their wedding rings should be. (thanks to the legendary Jonathan Kearns for this description).
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Price HK$ 4,000
1957 - Herbert Jenkins, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of the thirteenth Fu Manchu adventure containing all of the required archetypes; square-jawed hero, fiendish oriental skullduggery and that particular fascination of Mr. Rohmer, the woman whose main value lies in her ability to fascinate and ensnare ANY man.One can only assume that such women lead a very busy life of constant stress, and being taken under the shadowy wing of the arch-nemesis of western civilisation can only come as a relief. If nothing else it'll filter out all those guys called Chet who are 'only in town for the weekend', gather in sinister gangs in hotel bars and who have strangely pale patches where their wedding rings should be. (thanks to the legendary Jonathan Kearns for this description).
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Three Down Vulnerable. A Beau and Pogy Murder Mystery -
Z. H. Ross
1946 - The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis - First Edition
A fine example of the first murder mystery by Zola Helen Ross.
Featuring Beau and Porgy in ‘the dark mountains of Nevada’ and ‘Lost Canyon Camp, a collection of thirteen shacks that a philanthropist has turned over for the use of actors out of work’.
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Price HK$ 2,400
1946 - The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis - First Edition
A fine example of the first murder mystery by Zola Helen Ross.Featuring Beau and Porgy in ‘the dark mountains of Nevada’ and ‘Lost Canyon Camp, a collection of thirteen shacks that a philanthropist has turned over for the use of actors out of work’.
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Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set - 7 volumes -
J. K. Rowling
1999-2007 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.
Presented here is a complete and fine and stunning seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe editions, superior to the trade editions, being larger, with quality cloth and gilt lettered covers, the artwork inlaid to the upper panels, silk bookmarks, and all edges finished in gilt.
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1999-2007 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.Presented here is a complete and fine and stunning seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe editions, superior to the trade editions, being larger, with quality cloth and gilt lettered covers, the artwork inlaid to the upper panels, silk bookmarks, and all edges finished in gilt.
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The Long Corridor - Inscribed -
Kenneth Royce (Pseud. K. R. Gandley)
1960 - Cassell, London - First Edition
Inscribed by Kenneth Royce ‘For Jay & Jon, who have provided a delightful & stimulating change from those this side of “down under.” Kenny Royce.’
First edition in uncommonly fine dust jacket. A cold war novel of espionage set in Czechoslovakia and London.
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1960 - Cassell, London - First Edition
Inscribed by Kenneth Royce ‘For Jay & Jon, who have provided a delightful & stimulating change from those this side of “down under.” Kenny Royce.’First edition in uncommonly fine dust jacket. A cold war novel of espionage set in Czechoslovakia and London.
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Venus in Furs -
Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch Von Lemberg
1947 - Privately printed for the Sylvan Press, New York - The First American Trade Edition
First trade edition in English of Von Sacher-Masoch’s classic novel. Although not approved of by Sacher-Masoch, the terms Masochism and Sadomasochism (together with the Marquis de Sade) are derived from his name.
‘Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me’ [Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground, 1967]
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Price HK$ 3,000
1947 - Privately printed for the Sylvan Press, New York - The First American Trade Edition
First trade edition in English of Von Sacher-Masoch’s classic novel. Although not approved of by Sacher-Masoch, the terms Masochism and Sadomasochism (together with the Marquis de Sade) are derived from his name.‘Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me’ [Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground, 1967]
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A Trilogy of Epic Historic Poems - Marmion; The Lady of the Lake; Rokeby -
Sir Walter Scott
1808 - Archibald Constable & John Ballantyne, Edinburgh - Fourth, Twelfth, and Second Editions respectively
An early trilogy of three of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular epic historical poems, uniformly bound in contemporary tan tree-calf.
‘Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field’ – ‘Marmion was Walter Scott’s second historical romance and one of his most popular epic poems. The chivalric tale of love, betrayal, loyalty and honour ends with the English victory over James IV of Scotland at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.’
‘The Lady of the Lake, A Poem’ – ‘Scott’s Highland poem concerning the struggle between King James V and the powerful clan Douglas. Composed of six cantos, and set in the Trossachs of the Scottish Highlands in the 16th century, it mines Gaelic history to retell a well-known legend of graceful, feudal heroine, Ellen Douglas, and the contest between three young men to win her love.
A huge critical and commercial success at the time of its first publication, breaking all records for the sale of poetry, and cementing Scott’s fame and reputation as a poet in both Britain and the United States.
‘Rokeby; A Poem’ – ‘After the monumental success of his Highland poem The Lady of the Lake (1810), for his next historical epic poem, Walter Scott moved the setting to England, perhaps to appease his increasing English readership. Set in County Durham during the English Civil Wars, in the immediate aftermath of the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644.’
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1808 - Archibald Constable & John Ballantyne, Edinburgh - Fourth, Twelfth, and Second Editions respectively
An early trilogy of three of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular epic historical poems, uniformly bound in contemporary tan tree-calf.‘Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field’ – ‘Marmion was Walter Scott’s second historical romance and one of his most popular epic poems. The chivalric tale of love, betrayal, loyalty and honour ends with the English victory over James IV of Scotland at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.’
‘The Lady of the Lake, A Poem’ – ‘Scott’s Highland poem concerning the struggle between King James V and the powerful clan Douglas. Composed of six cantos, and set in the Trossachs of the Scottish Highlands in the 16th century, it mines Gaelic history to retell a well-known legend of graceful, feudal heroine, Ellen Douglas, and the contest between three young men to win her love.
A huge critical and commercial success at the time of its first publication, breaking all records for the sale of poetry, and cementing Scott’s fame and reputation as a poet in both Britain and the United States.
‘Rokeby; A Poem’ – ‘After the monumental success of his Highland poem The Lady of the Lake (1810), for his next historical epic poem, Walter Scott moved the setting to England, perhaps to appease his increasing English readership. Set in County Durham during the English Civil Wars, in the immediate aftermath of the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644.’
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Price HK$ 5,000