"Midnight Talks At The Club" de A. K. Fiske - 1890

Boston, Massachusetts: The Roberts Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Fine publisher's vignette to title page augment this cute little tome published by the inimitable Roberts Brothers in First Edition state, they having published the so-called "No-Name" or "Anonymous" series that favored women authors who wouldn't otherwise be published. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, bound in teal cloth over boards, moderately rubbed and with scuffed tips, but complete and sturdy, and gilt lettering to covers and spine and gilt illustration. Red-stained all around. Lightly toned throughout, gift inscription from Anna L. to Cousin Anna, August 22, 1888. The author Helen Jackson (Maria Fiske) was born in 1830 and lived 55 years, reared in her native Amherst, Massachusetts, and was born in the same year as her dear friend Emily Dickinson, who became the model for her anonymously penned novel Mercy Philbrick's… Leer más

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Popular Library Edition #G352, 1961, 1st Printing, 1961. -------------( 1st Printing of the First paperback Edition ) ---paperback, a solid Good copy, a bit of light wear, a bit of age tonming to paper, signed without inscription by Bloch on the title page, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Printing. Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

New York: N.Y./New York.: Avon # C800, 1947 (actually 1952 )), 1st Paperback Edition (with this title), First Printing( Canadian Imprint ), 1952. ----------( 1st Printing of this Edition ) ---paperback, a Good only example, overall wear and rubbing, cover and spine creases, a bit of age toning to paper, short tear at lower spine tip, flaking to edges, ---this is the 1st time this book was published in paperback as The Scarf ---previous issues of this book were released as The Scarf of Passion although the hardcover 1st edition was titled just, The Scarf", a scarce paperback, this is a Canadian imprint with the higher 35ø price (versus the US pb at 25ø ), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 4.25w x 6.25h Inches.

Norway : Oslo, Norway: Semic, 1981, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1981. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) --- slightly larger than a standard paperback, about 4.75 x 7 inches, Very Good+, a Norwegian edition released in North America as "The King of Terrors". wonderful skull and graveyard cover art, signed by Bloch on the half-title. scarce., all text is in Norwegian, the ISBN is 08253505914, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 4.75w x 7h Inches.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN.: Fedogan & Bremer / F&B, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing (collects the ARKHAM HOUSE Editions of The Opener of the Way and Pleasant Dreams Nightmares ), 1994. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Fine example, small smudge mark on the bottom edge of the text block, small mark on front fixed endpaper (from the printer/printing company )in a Fine dustjacket, unread, one of 2300 copies, signed by Bloch on the title page without inscription, one of the last signings Bloch ever did so there are not a lot of signed copies avialble, ---Collects thirty-nine stories - all from his first two short story collections (''The Opener Of The Way'' and ''Pleasant Dreams'', both published by Arkham House, 1945 and 1960 respectively), plus three previously uncollected stories, contents include: the View from 1993 (essay); the Cloak; Beetles; the Fiddler's Fee; the Mannikin; the Strange Flight of Richard… Leer más