from Brenner's Books - Rare & Collectable

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 311pp. Beautiful First Canadian and True First Edition, Square, tight and clean throughout with some mild wear to the spine ends else Fine. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($22.95), has a miniscule nick at the crown and some discoloration to th spine panel. Still, fresh and… Read more

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1970. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 99pp. Beautiful First Edition, one of only 2137 copies printed. (Jaffery, Horrors & Unpleasantries, pg. 100). Square, tight and clean throughout with little no wear. Perhaps a hint of genlt bump to the crown but barely. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has some fairly mild toning… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 193pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear or toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication… Read more

New York City: J.B. Lippincott, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 320pp. Beautiful Stated Third Impression bound in blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Square, tight and a clean throughout with no interior toning or foxing. Top edge has the bares hint of toning. Very gentle bumping to spine ends. Gorgeous unclipped stated "Second Printing", as is usual, dust-jacket,… Read more

New York City: Random House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Thick 8vo., 1080pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing of this huge anthology of classic 52 stories from a diverse lineup of authors such as Thomas Hardy, M.R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Machen and even Ernest Hemingway. Square, tight and a very clean interior with no toning or… Read more

New York City: Delacorte Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 285pp. Sharp Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95), has some minor edge-wear and s few shallow stress lines on the rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable… Read more

Boston: Boskone / The NESFA Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Slim 8vo., 96pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, #297 of only 500 copies printed. Square, tight and clean throughout with just some gentle bumping to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.95), has a touch of rubbing and the price on the front flap is faded, but is… Read more

Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.,227pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition in Currey's binding "A" with red cloth boards with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear, toning or foxing. Remarkably well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has minor edge-wear and rubbing to front fold. Fresh… Read more

Los Angeles, CA: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful First Edition in Currey's "A" binding of blue boards with black lettering. Presumably only 700 copies out of a total run of 1500 were bound in cloth. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a small blemish to the outer front… Read more

New York City: William Sloane Associates, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Minus/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 258pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. Square, tight and fairly clean throughout with just some mild page edge toning and off-setting to paste-downs. Mild wear to spine ends. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has a tiny chip to the front fold and mild… Read more

New York CIty: Gnome Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo., 344pp. Beautiful Re-Issue, a volume in Shasta's "Library of Classics. Bound in green cloth and titles in red. One of 500 unnumbered copies, out of a total run of 3500, signed by the author on the page opposite the half-title. Originally published by S. Collins of… Read more

New York City: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 174pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with just some gentle bumping to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($7.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Jacket art by Maxi Chan. A gorgeous… Read more

New York CIty: Avalon Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 191 pp. Beautiful First Edition of this Avalon reissue, part of the Darkness of Dawn serious originally published in a serial in 1912-13. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No toning or spotting. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has shallow dog-ears to… Read more

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1968. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo.,381pp. Beautiful Unread Second Printing Edition of this collection of Solomon Kane stories. Bound in gray-black cloth with titles in gilt on spine and though there is no statement of printing, (only the original 1968 date is on the copyright page), it is almost certainly the less… Read more

New York CIty: Doubleday, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. 8vo.,179pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear or toning, Only blemish is some light spotting to the top page edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($12.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of… Read more

New York CIty: Arbor House / William Morrow, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,310pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear, toning or foxing, Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy a… Read more

New York CIty: Arbor House, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo.,179pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear, foxing or toning, Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon… Read more

Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Cloth Edition, this being #31 of only 175 numbered copies of the Special Boxed Edition signed on the limitation by Williamosn. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($25.00), is fresh and bright with… Read more

Niles, IL: Dark Harvest, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. Gregory Manchess. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, this being #292 of only 300 numbered copies of the Limited Edition signed on the limitation page by all contributors including Gregory Manchess who provided the illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a… Read more

Niles, IL: Dark Harvest, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Robert Lavoie. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, this being #74 of only 300 numbered copies of the Limited Edition signed on the limitation page by all contributors including Robert Lavoie who provided the illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive… Read more