Return by Walter Mare: First Edition (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Like new condition.

Horror Paperback First thus. Dover edition with near fine introduction. New Introduction by J. T. Joshi.

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series; Penguin Books. no. 38. Physical description; 254 pages, 18 cm. Subjects; Reincarnation ; Fiction. Identity (Psychology) ; Fiction. Identity (Psychology). Reincarnation. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Revue Copy. Brown cloth boards; bumped corners; slight wear round edges; brown mark on spine; title in gilt on front with an orange decorative border above & below; title in blue on spine with an orange decorative border above & below; pbl logo blind stamped on back. top cut edge in faded red, slightly scratched; other edges deckled & tanned. Endpapers lightly tanned; 2 cm tear to bpdep at top near spine; 2 stickers on fpdep; pencil annotation on ffep. Text block tight; pages very lightly tanned, clean; List of other works by de la Mare on back of half-title page. No jacket.…

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series; Penguin Books. no. 38. Physical description; 254 pages, 18 cm. Subjects; Reincarnation ; Fiction. Identity (Psychology) ; Fiction. Identity (Psychology). Reincarnation. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First this edition hardback with dustjacket Pink and blue paper dustjacket is very rubbed and chipped to spine, also some chipping to corners. A little grubby to blue board edges. Light foxing to page edges. Internally clean. Very good / fair condition. …

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. Reprinted from the 1945 revised edition. Internally in nice condition BUTsome noticeable cover wear and page edges are browned.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. Reprinted from the 1945 revised edition. Internally in very good condition BUTsome noticeable cover wear and page edges slightly browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1954 Pan Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression (vintage Pan No 270 ) . Very good clean tight binding.

Paperback. Condition: nrVG. No DW. 1st Thus. This first printing exists in two states (1) dated 1935 and (2) dated 1936. This is the 1935 edition. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 365, [4] p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Young women Fiction. Difference (Psychology) Fiction. Circus performers Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial grey cloth stamped in black and white. 8vo. 354pp plus 4pp ads. First American edition. A supernatural novel by the British poet, novelist and children's writer. A bright copy with some light spotting to the covers and some tip wear to the spine. A few page margins have some light spotting else the text is very good and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Former owner bookplate to pastedown, light soil to cover, tightened at front hinge and shaken at rear, else textblock clean and tight. Good or better.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 365, [4] p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Young women Fiction. Difference (Psychology) Fiction. Circus performers Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-312. Scarce first issue without the catalogue to the rear. Spine dulled, light offsetting, mild spotting to preliminary leaves. Clean pages and a tight binding. a very good plus, bright copy of the scarce first issue, first state. Signed via a laid in short typed letter with an autograph from the author to a correspondent. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Number 241 in a signed limited edition of 250 copies only. Octavo, pp. [6], 309, [1]. Publishers' grey quarter buckram with paper-covered boards; gilt titles to grey leather spine label; fore-edge and lower edge uncut. Cloth lightly foxed, with surface scuff to lower board; spine tips and corners a little rubbed. A hint of sunning to top edge of upper board. Minor foxing to text-block edge otherwise contents clean and crisp with MacAulay armorial bookplate to front paste-down bearing the motto "Tha Cunnarton Mils" which translates as "Dangers are Sweet" from Scottish gaelic. A very good copy. Second of only two full-length supernatural novels by prolific poet and author Walter De La Mare (1873-1950), these supernatural novels and his eerie short stories were admired by master of the macabre H. P. Lovecraft. Ashley, Mike: Who's Who in Horror & Fantasy Fiction, pp 65-6; Tuck, Donald H: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume I p 133.…

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-312 + 8-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original dark green cloth, front panel stamped in white, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Second issue with inserted publisher's catalogue. Supernatural novel. Spine lean, a little spine fade, light spotting to first couple of pages, a VG copy. …

Hardcover. First edition thus (& 1st printing). Supernatural novel, first published in 1910, this edition revised. ''First published in 1910. Revised Edition, 1922'' on copyright page. Publishers' grey quarter buckram with paper-covered boards; gilt titles to grey leather spine label; fore-edge and lower edge uncut. LIMITED EDITION: 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is no 117. Covers marked and dust-soiled, a VG copy. Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. In RARE dust jacket, Near Fine, top edge lightly soiled, prior owner blindstamp front end page, in Very Good dust jacket, front flap lower corner price-clipped, spine a bit darkened and dulled, small chips at spine ends and folds. One of de la Mare's finest occult stories, a tale of Walter Lawford, who after napping in a cemetery becomes trapped between the two worlds, two different realities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Very Good. A scarce inscribed copy of the first issue (without the ads in the rear) of uncommon De La Mare title. Inscribed in ffep: "Walter de la Mare with best wishes". Slight discolouration at the head and tail of spine, some unravelling / splitting of cloth around top of the spine. Several dealer notes in the front of the book in pencil, slight lean, foxing on edges and minor foxing internally. VG book. "A metaphysical novel about personal indentity and spirtual freedom. - Bleiler 499", Barron 3-58. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection. Signed. …