Bernard Heldmann (43 results)

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated. Pictorial cloth gilt. Spine faded, minor wear to the extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presumed First. No Date Stated But M/S "June 1909" On Ffep, Green Cloth With Black/Orange Pictorial Decoration Of A Boy On A Ship Gazing At Another Ship, 342 Pages, B/W Frontis. Covers A Little Worn And Binding Weakening But Still Intact. Not Ex Library.

Hardback in Pictorial boards. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Moderate wear to extremities else very good condition.

reprint 342pp+ads. VG+ (red cloth w.blue/white/black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.soiled o/w clean and tight) nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Rubbed, cocked, some gutters a little strained, prize presentation plate dated 1917 to front pastedown, pages clean and bright. Size: 8vo.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. Collects eighteen stories with introduction by editor Richard Dalby. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#130848).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1910. Tight, firm, very lightly used copy. No D/J. Boards (as depicted) have some shelfwear/rubbing, discolouration with gilt slightly worn. Inscription on ifc & school prie plate on ffep. The lightly tanned pages are in very good condition being annotation free, although various amounts of chipping to some of the few untrimmed pages, very ocassional light marks, one corner crease to back & spots of foxing. A good solid copy. If you have any queries please contact us by e-mail. Images of items also available on request. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week. (4-470).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fronticepiece and Title Page Illustration (illustrator). No Date. Authors name on cover is spelled Heldman and on title page Heldmann, blue cloth, decor, fading on spine, shelf wear S1 4.

8vo, pp. 126. Half-bound marble boards, half-title bound in, original front wrapper pasted to front pastedown. Printed in double columns. Spine label. Contents browned, portion of (later) spine label missing, but a well preserved copy. Rebound popular edition. First published by Methuen in 1902. The prolific 'Richard Marsh'/Richard Heldmann [1857-1915] wrote in a wide variety of genres, but is now best remembered for his weird and supernatural fiction -- he was the author of The Beetle (1897), a best-seller published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula. His grandson was the modern master of weird fiction, Robert Aickman. The Twickenham Peerage is one of Marsh's more conventional tales: an impoverished aristocrat needs money to enable him to marry. Scarce in this cheap and flimsily made edition.

A clean,tight ,sound copy of the First Edition in original publishers cloth,lettered in white to the front board but with spine lettering erased original black coated endpapers, Crown 8vo.vi.317pps.+2pp advert leaf. Tissue guarded frontispiece and one other plate by Harold Copping. Neat inscription to half title dated Xmas 1903 Heldmanns writing career, encouraged by G.A.Henty came to an abrupt end in 1883 when he was sucessfully charged and prosecuted for forgery. He re-emerged as Richard Marsh and famously went on to write "The Beetle" and many other novels & short stories. [See Minna Vuohelainen's VFR Guide No35].

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-336 + undated 12-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in red, black, white and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, top edge plain, other edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing, U.S. issue with cancel title leaf. A collection of short fiction, at least half of which are crime stories. Hubin (1994), p. 554. Lending library label affixed to front paste-down and library stamp on the title page. Spine ends and corner tips lightly worn, spine ends soft, small stains at upper edge of rear cover, a sound, good copy. The first printing is uncommon. (#172400).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-336 + undated 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in red, black, white and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing. A collection of short fiction, at least half of which are crime stories. Hubin (1994), p. 554. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, spine panel darkened, cloth spotted, tanned, and dust soiled, hairline crack along inner rear hinge, still a sound, good copy. The first printing is uncommon. (#156901).

Large 16mo, original pictorial wrappers, side stapled. First U.S. edition. "The Adventure Library," number 104. A mystery novel first published in England (by Ward, Lock) in 1897 as THE MYSTERY OF PHILIP BENNION'S DEATH. Besides a good deal of weird atmosphere, the story also contains a small whiff of genuine magic that is, however, essential to the plot. With its notion of murder-as-a-fine-art, the novel summons up a fin-de-siécle mood of decadence that strays from the author's more usual Victorian manner. Hubin, p. 554. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992) or Day, Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature. The bottom corner of the rear cover is folded and improperly trimmed (the paper is present but overhangs the margins of the book). Dust soiling to covers, negligible chipping to spine ends, a very good copy of an uncommon book. The pulpy paper is browned but quite supple and in no danger of chipping. (#145524).

An undated early 1900's "Cheap" Reprint. 8vo.(7"x5") 314 pps. red blind stamped bds. (Click on illustration) Inscription to paste down dated 1944 no endpapers as issued final leaf of text forming the paste down. A clean sound copy of a scarce title. (This edn not listed in COPAC.).

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [7-8] 9-382, original decorated purple cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition, U.S. issue with cancel title leaf with "Brentano's" imprint on verso, binding with imprint "T. FISHER UNWIN" at base of spine panel. Marsh's posthumously published penultimate novel. Hubin (1994), p. 554. Slight spine lean, spine panel sunned (nearly inevitable with this purple cloth), a clean, tight, very good copy. An uncommon book. (#95407).

James Nisbet & Co London nd c 1893. Illustrated cloth, illistrated, 238pp + publ catalogue. School presentation inscription, light foxing o/w a good copy. Australian Tax on Low Value Imported Goods (LVIG) exempt.

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1] 2-394 [395: printer's imprint] [396: blank] [first leaf is a blank] + 40-page publisher's catalogue dated "February 1903" inserted at rear, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Borderline supernatural novel. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 354. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 554. Cloth lightly worn at upper spine end, spine panel a bit darkened, front free endpaper missing, a good copy. A scarce book seldom found in nice condition. (#171060).

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] [1] 2-316 + 8-page and 32-page publisher's catalogues dated "Spring 1914" and "27/1/14" respectively inserted at rear, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of eleven stories including several mysteries and at least one fantasy, "The Touchstone of Fortune," a long story about converting matter, including people, into gold. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 151. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Not in Wilson. Hubin (1994), p. 554. Some patchy fading around edges of front and rear covers, more so to the latter, spine panel a bit sunned, a very good copy. Scarce. (#130382).

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-336 + undated 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in red, black, white and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. A collection of short fiction, at least half of which are crime stories. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 554]. Cloth edges rubbed and a bit darkened, spine cloth faded with gilt fairly bright and ends a bit worn, a good to very good copy. The first printing is uncommon. (27977).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's catalogue at end. Original blue cloth. The adventures of one of Marsh's most intriguing characters, Miss Judith Lee, a young teacher of deaf pupils whose lip-reading ability involves her with mysteries that she solves by acting as a detective. Spine a little dulled and rubbed, minor marking, overall a very good copy. The adventures of one of Marsh's most intriguing characters, Miss Judith Lee, a young teacher of deaf pupils whose lip-reading ability involves her with mysteries that she solves by acting as a detective. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth hard covers, with gilt titles and borders to front and spine. The first edition. Moderate soiling, handling and shelf-wear to covers; edges toned. Mild foxing to endpapers; front hinge cracked at endpaper, but holding. Otherwise, clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. 303pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's catalogue at end dated March 1905. Original red cloth blocked in gilt. One of the obscurer titles by the author of The Beetle. Hubin-listed. Covers slightly mottled, otherwise a very good copy. One of the obscurer titles by the author of The Beetle. Hubin-listed. Book.

Ninth impression of the 1897 first edition. Publisher's original red cloth with an illustration of The Beetle in black and green and titles in black and gilt to the upper board, and titles in black and gilt to the spine. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontispiece and three further full page black and white plates by John Williamson. Single page of publisher's adverts at the rear. A very good copy, the binding firm with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, the cloth with a few minor marks and some fading to the slightly rolled spine. The contents, with a previous owner's name in pencil, and a Christmas 1905 gift inscription in ink to the half title, are otherwise clean with just the odd finger mark or isolated foxing spot to the margins. An early supernatural mystery novel, first published in the same year as Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and, like 'Dracula', developing a vein of gothic terror first popularised by Ann Radcliffe's 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' and later by Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers, all edges speckled red, white endpapers. Contents clean, a few light reading marks, extremities rubbed, minor discolouration to spine. Very good. An important volume of the Strand Magazine, including this famous Sherlock Holmes short story, which did not appear in a book-form edition for a further four years (His Last Bow, 1917). Also contains excerpts from Captain Scott's diaries, which later appeared in full in 'Scott's Last Expedition' (1913), an early contribution from Wodehouse, and numerous short pieces by various authors.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-312 [note: first leaf is a blank] + 40-page publisher's catalogue dated "February 1900" inserted at rear, original pictorial salmon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, cream and black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of mystery and weird tales; several effective psychological horror stories including "The Mask," featuring a vampiric homicidal maniac, also "An Experiment" and "A Silent Witness," nightmarish tales of hypnotically induced haunting and catalepsy, respectively. Marsh's tales are shot through with a peculiarly vivid streak of cruelty, nowhere more so than in this collection, which underscores his relentless fatalism very effectively. ". there was a lot more to Marsh than THE BEETLE . Marsh is an unfairly neglected writer who will repay the effort of getting his books." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 283. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 56. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 353. Bleiler (1978), p. 134. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 333. Hubin (1994), p. 554. Spine lean, light wear to spine ends, small circular spot on front cover, corner tips bumped, endpapers tanned, a very good copy. A scarce book; Marsh's most elusive collection of short fiction. (#165345).

[Literary Magazine] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Handsomely bound in brown half morocco, with raised bands, twin green title labels lettered in gilt, matching cloth over boards, t.e.g., other edges speckled. Contents a little toned as expected else clean, covers unmarked. Attractively presented in a recent leather binding. A significant collection, containing all thirteen parts of Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' and all twelve parts of Nesbit's 'The Phoenix and the Carpet.' Also featuring a selection of short pieces by Jacobs, Mason, Meade, Pemberton, Pain, Nesbit, Maugham, Marsh, and Morrison, and a vision of the tank from Wells more than ten years before it was deployed on the battlefields of France.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Plates. (illustrator). First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. The first edition of Marsh's horror novel in which a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian entity exerts a hypnotic influence over his victims, leading to a series of strange and terrifying events in 1890s London. The novel unfolds through four narrators, each recounting their harrowing encounter with "the Beetle." The novel is often cited as a quintessential example of fin de siècle Gothic fiction, embodying the era's anxieties and. narrative innovations. Upon release, it was a sensation, and by 1913 it had gone through fifteen printings. Minor toning to margins; some rubbing and bumping to edges, cloth slightly softened at head of spine. Book.

Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii 9-326 [327] [328: ad], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Oscar Wilson, publisher's bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. Collection of short fiction including criminous and weird tales. Includes one supernatural story, "The Haunted Chair." "A relic of the Borgias" is a sensational story of a poisoned ring which causes the death of a young woman in modern England. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 353. Hubin (1994), p. 553. Mild stain on front cover, endpapers foxed, else a bright, tight, internally clean, very good copy of a scarce book. (#178247).