Questionable Shapes by Howells, First Edition (18 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, with undated ads (BAL 9752; Bleiler Supernatural Fiction 865). Spine slightly toned, spine leans forward slightly, smudge and 1/2 inch ink mark on page base.8. 1903 Hard Cover. 219, [5] pp. Frontispiece and three plates. Three stories by the editor of Atlantic Monthly, who was nicknamed The Dean of American Letters. His best known work is The Rise of Silas Lapham. Includes: His Apparition; The Angel of the Lord; Though One Rose from the Dead.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Former owner book plate to paste down end paper.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 219 pages. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Light circular stain on front cover. Black fountain pen splatter spots (quite small) at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607736.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Red cloth gilt titles. Frontispiece tissue and single illustration loose and laid in, dampstain on top corners of pages, cloth rubbed, a good only copy.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. NEAR-FINE - CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH VERY MINOR WEAR. NO WRITING OR MARKS.

[6], 219, [7 (advertisements)] pp. 4 inserted plates. 7-1/2" x 5" Slight lean with light wear & light smudge to spine. A VG+ copy. Red cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Gilt signature facsimile to front board 1st Edition (BAL 9752; Bleirer, Revised, p. 104; Reginald 07501).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 219 pages, frontis in b&w. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's signature stamp on front fly leaf, light wear to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607717.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 219 pages, frontis in b&w. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's signature and bookplate on front end-papers, light wear to edges and slightly darkened spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607718.

First Edition. QUESTIONABLE SHAPES, Harpers, 1903, first edition, light spine soil but a tight vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Red cloth gilt titles. Some rubbing and worn edges else very good.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Three stories which introduce the psychologist Wanhope and the dinner club he belongs to in which he explains to the members ghost stories scientifically. [Reference: Clareson: Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s #432, Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-96, Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #865]. A very good copy, some marks to front boards. (444).

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, gilt lettering, black and white plates. Three supernatural tales; Bleiler, #865. Very Good, light shelf wear.

HOWELLS, William Dean. Questionable Shapes. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First edition. BAL 9752. A very good copy.

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-5] 6-219 [220: blank] [221-224: ads] [225-226: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], four inserted plates, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Three supernatural novellas; "His Apparition," "The Angel of the Lord," and "Though One Rose from the Dead." These stories introduce the psychologist Wanhope, who explains scientifically the ghost stories told by members of his dinner club. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-101. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-96. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 865. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 432. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07501. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-936. BAL 9752]. Private owner's bookplate affixed to the front paste-down, previous owner's stamp just below and also to rear paste-down. Some mild rubbing to cloth, spine a bit dull, a very good or somewhat better copy. (17388).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. In original red cloth. From the private collection of Judge Edward S. Delaplaine, noted Frederick County, Maryland jurist and author and inscribed to his wife. BAL #9752. Three short novellas. Near Fine.

Hardcover. First edition, variant binding. (presumably for the Tabard Inn Library.) 8vo., orig. maroon/wine cloth, 219, (4)pp.ads. A very good copy. BAL 9752.

Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-5] 6-219 [220: blank] [221-224: ads] [225-226: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], four inserted plates, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Three supernatural novellas; "His Apparition," "The Angel of the Lord," and "Though One Rose from the Dead." These stories introduce the psychologist Wanhope, who explains scientifically the ghost stories told by members of his dinner club. "For the connoisseur of ghost stories, 'His Apparition' is a sophisticated gem, being not so much about ghosts as about the telling of ghost stories, exploiting some of the conventions and turning others upside down."- Robert Eldridge. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-101. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-96. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 865. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 432. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07501. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-936. BAL 9752. Faint damp stain on front cover, top edge of text block dusty, a bright, tight, very good copy. (#75296).