Flame Flower, First Edition (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, January 1998. Some minor marks on front and back cover. Light wear marks on spine bottom and edges. Sticker with "Autographed Copy" on it in front bottom-left corner. Black marker on top of pages. Signed by author. Yellow cover with black lettering. 101 sonnets by the author. Approximately 101pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Mooradian, Deran(drawings of nude women) (illustrator). First. Boards in red cloth, near fine. 114p., poems, short fiction pieces and dramatic scenarios. Illustrated w/ drawings of mostly nude women. The author was owner of a women's apparel shop, that distributed this book. This writing is erotica, crude, unintentionally humorous. Off-beat, weird, Californiana. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover CLOTH. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A.D. Rahn (frontispiece) (illustrator). First Edition. ****PICTURE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL UPON REQUEST. 318 pages; red cloth with black lettering and illustration. Cover and corners show wear. Hinge weak.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 285 pages with many delightful illustrations by the author. In original green cloth, wear to head and tail of spine, but otherwise sound and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG black pictorial softcover. 2007. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on dedication page. Mild edge/corner wear. Pages all clean/unmarked. Poetry throughout. Covers clean. Binding solid. Unpaginated. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. A good copy, published October 1922, believed 1st edn. Purple cloth with illustration on front cover. po inscription on front pastedown. Minor wear to spine top & tail and cover corners. Foxing to fore edge, top and tail, eps and a little throughout. A few pages uncut, page edges unevenly cut. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Xii, 285 Pp. Green Cloth, Elaborately Gilt, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. 100 Illustrations By Author. First Printing, 1896 Date At Bottom Of Title Page. Bookplate Of Larry Mcmurtry [Part Of His Fine Collection Of H. G. Wells' Books]. Covers Lightly Used, No Fraying Or Stains Or Damage, No Fading To Spine, All Gilt Bright And Complete, And Scarce Thus. Parody Of Wells' "Island." On Pp 183-234.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Red boards with a spine that is slightly cocked. Some spot fading to the front board. Frailing at the top and bottom of the spine. Previous owners inscription in pencil on the flyleaf. Minimal spotting. Has a purple stamp on the back board with some numerical code. Dust jacket is present and unclipped. It has heavy wear and tear around the sides and the spine. Still intact.

Presumed First Edition. A romance story set around a young woman trying to redeem her family's honor. Near Fine with contemporary movie magazine clippings pasted on front free endpaper and title page in Very Good dustjacket with front panel edge wear and discoloration to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Printing of Russian-language version of her 1972 novel The Flame and the Flower. Translated by Jaroslava Novotna. Fine in illustrated boards without dustjacket, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers green cloth lettered and decorated gilt on spine and cover. pp 285. Illustrated throughout. Short stories, some fantastic / supernatural including a parody of the Island of Dr. Moreau. In Bleiler. Pages uncut. slight rubbing, spine slightly tanned, slight wear at hinges else sound close vg. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on front endpaper reading Ôfile copy' and a note that it was priced at 5 shillings.

Presumed First Edition. A romance story set around a young woman trying to redeem her family's honor. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some loss at top rear panel, modest wear.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sullivan, Jas. F. (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1896. Very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 285 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 285 pages. Subjects; Fairy tales. Adventure stories. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. First Edition. B2 3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers green cloth lettered and decorated gilt on spine and cover. pp 285. Illustrated throughout. Short stories, some fantastic / supernatural including a parody of the Island of Dr. Moreau. In Bleiler. Pages uncut. Lacks front endpaper, very slight rubbing otherwise VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1896 J. M. Dent Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with green cloth boards. Illustrations by Author.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 285 pages. Subjects; Fairy tales. Adventure stories. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Jas. F. Sullivan; [James F. Sullivan] (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this entertaining anthology of short stories, written and illustrated by James Sullivan. The first edition.An anthology of six entertaining short stories, written and illustrated by James F. Sullivan.Including 'The Lost Idea', 'The Flame-Flower', 'Old Primrose', 'Bob Robinson's Baby', 'The Island of Professor Menu', and 'Tommy Twister's Discovery'.'The Island of Professor Menu' is a comical parody of H. G. Wells' tale 'The Island of Doctor Moreau'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-three plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Bookplate of James Hoy to the front paste down. Hoy was the Lord Mayor of Manchester. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light discolouration and marks to the boards and spine, marks a little heavier to the front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Good. book.

First Edition. A. D. Rahn dustjacket art. Adventurous novel of a man's vendetta. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few minor creases to covers, few edge nicks and light wear.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Jas. F. Sullivan (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this collection of stories, illustrated and written by Jas. F. Sullivan. The first edition.Illustrated by the author with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and twenty-three monochrome plates. Collated complete.This collection of fiction stories was written and illustrated by Jas. F. Sullivan, a UK author and cartoonist. Sullivan often created satirical works, with this collection including a novella called 'The Island of Dr Menu', which is a parody of H. G. Well's science fiction novel 'The Island of Dr Moreau'. The work also contains stories such as; 'The Lost Idea', 'The Old Primrose' and 'The Flame Flower'.In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with light fading to the spine and slight shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with occasional light spotting. Very Good Indeed. book.

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xii [1-2] 3-285 [286: printer's imprint] [287-288: blank], numerous illustrations in the text by the author, title page printed in red and black, original pictorial yellow green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. A collection of tales of fantasy, humor and whimsy including "The Island of Professor Menu," a 50-page parody of Wells's THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU (1896). "A close point-by-point parody . following through plot motifs, as in the original story . A good parody with good period illustrations." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2139. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 208-09. Bleiler (1978), p. 189. Reginald 13855. Touch of rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, spine a bit darkened, endpapers foxed, a bright, a very good copy. An uncommon book seldom found in nice condition. (#111247).

1st Edition. Full vellum binding, painted with colour illustrations, gilt ruled lines, covers a little soiled. Although not stated, the binding design is almost certainly executed by the artist who is known to have produced similar bindings.

With illustrations by the author. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt binding design. London: J. M. Dent and Co.; Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott Co., Seven stories with ?a hundred illustrations by the author" some of which occupy a full page. Some illustrations are humorous, others romantic with an art nouveau tinge ?a versatility of style recalling J. D. Batten. The stories are humorous and include a parody of Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) entitled ?The Isle of Professor Menu" featuring such fearsome creatures as the ?porcupinapple." Sullivan, 1853-1936), was a regular contributor to The Strand Magazine and the less celebrated Fun (a cheap alternative to Punch) in which his most successful feature was a long running series of strip cartoons called "The British Working Man, by Someone Who Does Not Believe in Him".  But for wear to lower corner at foot of spine, a very good copy.