Fantascienza e fantasy

The Princess and Curdie

GEORGE MACDONALD · 1925 · Marion Pitman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London & Glasgow, Blackie. Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: Helen Stratton (?). Book, No date, but between 1925 and 1930. B/w illustrations in text, with HS monograph. Brown cloth, embossed on front, worn edges and corners, staining to spine and back, spine split at front joint for a...

Incandescence

GREG EGAN · 2008 · Marion Pitman Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

London, Gollancz. 2008, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 9780575081635) Soft cover. Book, Trade paperback. Few small dents to cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

Spaceship Medic

HARRY HARRISON · 1970 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Faber & Faber. 1970, First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, ex-library with stamps and labels; dustwrapper in protective cover taped to boards. One or two marks in margins, otherwise text clean and sound. Good/Good.

The War in the Air

H. G. WELLS · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London & Edinburgh, T. Nelson & Sons. Reprint. Hardcover. Book, No date, early 20tth century. Small format, red cloth. Binding worn, hinges cracked, some page corners creased - reading copy, but has a fabulous monochrome frontispiece of airships in battle, which is in very goo...

Actions and Reactions

RUDYARD KIPLING · 1942 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Macmillan. 1942, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Pocket Edition, burgundy leather, gilt decoration and top edge. Name on flyleaf, corners a bit worn. Very Good/No Jacket.

Wee Willie Winkie and other stories 2 Vols

RUDYARD KIPLING · 1914 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Macmillan. 1914, Service Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small format, blue cloth with gilt spines. Slight wear to bindings, edges a little brown, name on flyleaf. Also includes the Phantom Rickshaw, Under the Deodars, and the Man who would be King. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

GERALD DURRELL · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, William Collins Sons & Co. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 000216731x) Hardcover. Book, Six short pieces, including at least one supernatural horror story. Edges of dustwrapper a little marked and discoloured. Near Fine/Good.

Ragnarok: the End of the Gods

A. S. BYATT · 2011 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Edinburgh, Canongate. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781847670649) Hardcover. Book, one small dent in front cover and jacket, scarcely noticeable. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Akin to Poetry, Observations on Some Strange Tales of Robert Aickman

PHILIP CHALLINOR · 2010 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Baton Rouge, Gothic Press. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780913045190) Soft cover. Book, Few very slight marks on cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Robert Aickman: An Introduction (Gothic Chapbooks)

GARY WILLIAM CRAWFORD; ROBERT AICKMAN · 2003 · Marion Pitman Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Baton Rouge, Gothic Press. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0913045101) Soft cover. Book, very slight marks to back cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James

RAMSEY CAMPBELL, SELECTED & INTRODUCED · 2001 · Marion Pitman Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Boston Spa and London, The British Library Publishing Division. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712311254) Hardcover. Book, Some very slight creasing to dustwrapper. Stories from James's precursors, contemporaries and successors; bibliography by Rosemary Pardoe. Near Fine/Very Good.

The Lovecraft Letters Vol 1: Mysteries of Time & Spirit: Letters of H.P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei:

H. P. LOVECRAFT; DONALD WANDREI · 2002 · Marion Pitman Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

San Francisco & Portland, Night Shade Books. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1892389509) Soft cover. Book, Edited by S T Joshi and David E Schultz. Very small mark fore-edge, very small crease one corner. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Felaheen (Arabesk)

JON COURTENAY GRIMWOOD · 2003 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Earthlight / Simon & Schuster. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0743461177) Hardcover. Book, Page edges lightly tanned; dustwrapper a little creased on edges, and laminate damaged on back by label removal. Very Good/Good.

Signs and Wonders

J. D. BERESFORD · 1921 · Marion Pitman Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, Golden Cockerel Press. 1921, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, The rather fragile backstrip has been quite neatly covered / replaced with a strip of wallpaper, with the spine title attached. Boards a bit worn and discoloured, gift inscription on f...

Critical Essays

GEORGE ORWELL · 1946 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Secker & Warburg. 1946, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Covers rather darkened, few spots of foxing on flyleaf. Essays on Charles Dickens, Boys' Weeklies, Wells, Hitler & the World State, Donald McGill, Kipling, Yeats, Dali, Koestler, Raffles & Miss Blandish, Wodeh...

Mouse Guard: Autumn 1152

DAVID PETERSEN · 2007 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Titan Books Ltd. 2007, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 1845766601) Hardcover. Ill.: David Petersen. Book, very slight wear to edges of dustwrapper. Hardback graphic novel. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The Invisible Man

H. G. WELLS · 1926 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Ernest Benn. 1926, Collected Essex Edition. Hardcover. Book, Volume 4 in the Collected Essex Edition of Wells's works. Brown cloth gilt, 180 pages. Spine a bit dull, worn on edges; corners a little bruised. Very slight spine lean. Very Good/No Jacket.

Skeleton Crew Issue 1

DAVE HUGHES, EDITOR · 1988 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Wickford, Essex, Skeleton Crew. 1988, First. Soft cover. Book, "the magazine of modern horror literature". Crease at top right corner. Articles on Stephen King; fiction by Geoff Pass, D. F. Lewis; book reviews. Card covers, 38 pages; illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

The Complete Short Stories, 2 Volumes

J. G. BALLARD · 2011 · Marion Pitman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, HarperCollins. 2011, New Edition. Soft cover. Book, Some yellow to outer page edges; vol. 1 has small piece - presumably name - cut from top corner of flyleaf. Published 2006 and 2011, different imprints of HarperCollins but uniform covers. Heavy - may need extra shipp...

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

M. BARNARD ELDERSHAW (FLORA ELDERSHAW AND MARJORIE BARNARD) · 1948 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Phoenix House (in Association with Georgian House, Melbourne). 1948, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Brown cloth, bit worn, spine darkened and leaning, front hinge weak, two leaves creased. Novel set in Australia of 24th century, much of it comprising an historical ...