Re: a little off-topic re: Dumas' Wolf-Leader
Posted by:
Gavin Callaghan (IP Logged)
Date: 20 September, 2006 07:14PM
I'm still waiting for affordable reprints of:
AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL AND OTHER TALES [The Devil or Nothing] by X. L. [pseudonym for Julian Osgood Field].
$275.00
Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB London: Methuen & Co., Hardcover Octavo, January 1895. Frontspiece by Aubrey Beardsley. "Mixed collection of criminous and two notable supernatural tales; the title story concerns fin-de-siecle diabolism, enjoyed success de scandale as supposedly describing actual practices by same circles Huysmans frequented during research for La-Bas; "A Kiss of Judas" peculiar variant of vampirism, undercurrents of anti-Semitism and trans-sexual eroticism. Work demonstrates originality and imagination."- Robert Knowlton. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-28. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1747. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 237. Bleiler (1978), p. 213. Reginald 05397. Hubin (1994), p. 479. Three corner tips bruised, front free endpaper replaced, partial hairline crack along inner rear hinge, early owner"s signature at top edge of title page, a very good copy.
Stenbock, Yeats and the Nineties by Adlard, John.
$190.00
London: Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1969 Cloth. Biographical exploration of the man described by W.B. Yeats as "Scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men." Includes an unpublished essay on Stenbock by Arthur Symons and a bibliography by Timothy d"Arch Smith. Limited to 750 copies, this copy not numbered. First Edition Near Fine/Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo.,113pp. Limited to 750 copies, this represents the review copy, with cards laid in. With five pages of llustrations. Includes unpublished essay on Eric Stenbock, and Stenbock bibliography. Book and dust jacket are clean. Very rare.
Of course, even if they ARE ever republished, it will be as $75.00 limited editions that I STILL won't be able to afford.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 20 Sep 06 | 07:18PM by Gavin Callaghan.