Benson E Dward F Rederic (47 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Part V/2nd Printing. 318 pp. Part V issue only! Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external, but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Smooth covers. Mildly or minimally shelf worn. Moderate discoloration/browning/tanning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Moderately creased and slanted spine. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Part VI/1st Printing. 317 pp. Part VI issue only!! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Lightly creased spine. Moderate foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Part IV. 382 pp. Part IV issue only! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Front cover and center bent. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 317 pp. Part VI issue only!! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Lightly creased spine. Some tears on back cover. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 382 pp. Part IV issue only! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased and slanted spine. Front cover bent. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 318 pp. Part V issue only! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Lightly warped covers. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 318 pp. Part I issue only! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased and slanted spine. Top right corner of front cover bent. Bottom left corner of back cover bent. Marie Michal (Cover Illustration); Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-208, illustrations, boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#134285).

Octavo, boards. First edition, British issue. Mixed collection of twenty-seven stories published between 1896 and 1932, most previously uncollected, grouped by topic -- crank stories, society stories, cruel stories, odd stories, spook stories, etc. Selected with introduction by Jack Adrian. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 67. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#8926). …

Octavo, boards. First edition. Mixed collection of thirty-one stories published between 1894 and 1931, most previously uncollected, grouped by topic -- the further diversions of Amy Bondham, crook stories, sardonic stories, society stories, crank stories, and spook stories. The three spook stories are "By the Sluice," "Atmospherics" and "Boxing Night." Selected with introduction by Jack Adrian. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 67. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#132095).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 2nd Edition. Second American Edition. 8vo.364, title page dated 1906 , 3 p. adverts to the rear. Original blue cloth with, title and decoration to front panel. Cloth slight dulled, spine rubbed to top and base. Internally clean pages and tight binding. Some dulling and spotting to the edge of the text block.…

Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Text offset from a later printing of the 1928 Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd. edition with text ending on page [288] rather than page 286. Collects twelve stories. Excellent ghost stories juxtaposing nature mysticism with graphic horrors to striking effect; including classics "The Face," "Naboth's Vineyard," and "And No Bird Sings." A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#176889). …

First US edition. Bookplate on front pastedown and slight slant to spine, else very good without dust jacket.

Beige hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with partial ring mark. Offsetting to fep. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 286pp. Early reprint.

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-8] 9-273 [274-278] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks used as front and rear free endpapers and paste-downs], original decorated brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. A satire. One of the society novels, with recurring characters, for which Benson was best-known during his lifetime. A bright, clean, very good copy. (#116952). …

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. Second of five projected volumes in the Ash-Tree Press "Collected Spook Stories of E. F. Benson" series. Collects fourteen stories, all first published between 1912 and 1921, with introduction by Jack Adrian. All of the stories appeared in earlier collections of Benson's Fiction: THE ROOM IN THE TOWER (1912), THE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARE (1920), MORE SPOOK STORIES (1934) and THE FLINT KNIFE: FURTHER SPOOK STORIES (1988). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#156955).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. Second of five projected volumes in the Ash-Tree Press "Collected Spook Stories of E. F. Benson" series. Collects fourteen stories, all first published between 1912 and 1921, with introduction by Jack Adrian. All of the stories appeared in earlier collections of Benson's Fiction: THE ROOM IN THE TOWER (1912), THE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARE (1920), MORE SPOOK STORIES (1934) and THE FLINT KNIFE: FURTHER SPOOK STORIES (1988). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#156954).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. First of five projected volumes in the Ash-Tree Press "Collected Spook Stories of E. F. Benson" series. Collects fifteen stories, all first published between 1899 and 1911, with introduction by Jack Adrian. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#156957).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. First of five volumes in the Ash-Tree Press "Collected Spook Stories of E. F. Benson" series. Collects fifteen stories, all first published between 1899 and 1911, with introduction by Jack Adrian. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#156958).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. First of five projected volumes in the Ash-Tree Press "Collected Spook Stories of E. F. Benson" series. Collects fifteen stories, all first published between 1899 and 1911, with introduction by Jack Adrian. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#130825).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-255 [256: blank], publisher's pictorial brown cloth, front panel stamped in tan, gray, black and white, spine panel stamped in white. First U.S. edition. Murder mystery by an author better known for society comedies and supernatural horror tales. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 146. Hubin (1994), p. 66. Small stain on rear cover, a very good copy. (#174544).…

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 600 copies. Collection of sixteen stories first published 1922-23. The third volume in the projected five volume collection of Benson's stories. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33664).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 600 copies printed. The fourth of five volumes of Benson's supernatural tales. This volume has stories from December 1923 to November 1927. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33666).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 600 copies printed. The last of five volumes of Benson's supernatural tales. This volume has stories from 1927-40. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (14706).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 600 copies printed. The last of five volumes of Benson's supernatural tales. This volume has stories from 1927-40. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33665).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 600 copies. The second of five projected volumes of Benson's supernatural tales. This volume has stories from 1912-1921. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33663).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 600 copies. First volume in a projected five volume series of Benson's supernatural tales. The stories from this volume date from 1899-1911. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (33662).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 600 copies. First volume in a projected five volume series of Benson's supernatural tales. The stories from this volume date from 1899-1911. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (11393).

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7-316 [317-318: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained yellow, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. This novel "features a family curse -- engendering the birth of monsters -- and a protagonist tempted by perversion." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 146. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 68. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01131. Ink mark to front paste-down, a nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with a 26 mm closed tear at bottom edge of front panel, several tiny tears at upper edge of front panel, wear to spine ends, small chip at lower spine end, and some general dust soiling. (#156668).…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7-316 [317-318: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained yellow, yellow coated endpapers. This novel "features a family curse -- engendering the birth of monsters -- and a protagonist tempted by perversion." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 106. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 146. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 68. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01131]. Ink mark to front paste-down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a 26 mm closed tear to lower left front panel, several tiny tears to upper front panel, shelf wear to spines end with a small chip at the base of the spine panel and some overall dust soiling to the jacket. (20409).…