Fantasy
RHINEGOLD.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Aukland: Bantam Books, [1994]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The author's first book and an epic fantasy based on Siegrfried the Dragonslayer.
RHINEGOLD.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Aukland: Bantam Books, [1994]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The author's first book and an epic fantasy based on Siegrfried the Dragonslayer.
MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER ...
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii-viii [ix] x [1] 2-328 + [8]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, 24 inserted plates with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen, original apple green cloth, front panel stamped in brown, spine panel stamped in brown and gold. First U.S. edition. Published in November 1893 (announced in Publishers Weekly 11 November 1893) and may have preceded the British edition published 13 November 1893. McKay assigns priority to this U.S. edition. Both Scott and Whatmore, in error, describe a later printing with title page dated 1894 and copyright statement erroneously dated 1892 on copyright page. Bleiler (1978), p. 90. Reginald 06554. McKay 19. Scott 20A. Whatmore F16.6.f.
SHE...
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., n.d., [c. late 1920s]. Small octavo, original decorated maroon boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Later printing. Popular mass reprint edition. This edition of the title includes a two page editor's note commenting on the death of Haggard (May 14, 1925) and some biographical and bibliographical information. The Readers Library was established in 1924 to bring well known novels at the cheapest price to readers.
LAST SUMMER AT MARS HILL.
[New York]: HarperPrism, [1998]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. The author's first story collection with twelve stories, the title story was the 1995 Nebula Award winner for best novella, also included is "Prince of Flowers," her first published story. 1999 World Fantasy Award nominee for best collection. "What shines through nearly all of the 11 stories and one poem in this fine collection, besides the beautiful writing, are healthy doses of skepticism about the intrinsic goodness of both mystical phenomena and scientific progress." "Each story is appended by an afterword; pithy, but informative, they present an upbeat portrait of Hand's influences and explicate how some of the stories prefigured novels (Waking the Moon, etc.). Poignant and terrifying by turns, this collection isn't for the easily shocked, but it will satisfy readers who long for rich prose and deep, dark dreams." - Publisher's Weekly review 31 August, 1998. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
UNCLE REMUS HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS THE FOLK-LORE OF THE OLD PLANTATION ...
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street, 1881. Octavo, pp. [1]-231 [232: blank] [333-340]: ads, flyleaves at front and rear, eight inserted plates, other illustrations in the text, by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, butterfly design endpapers. First edition. BAL reports three states, probably printings; this one is the first, with "pesumptive," page 9, last line, and "New Books. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine ..." on page [233]. The author's first book and the first of his Uncle Remus books. Grolier Club, One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900 83. Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 56-7. BAL 7100. Not in Wright, American Fiction 1876-1900.
MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY AND WONDER.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Contains 38 selections from the last two centuries.
TANGLEWOOD TALES, FOR GIRLS AND BOYS: BEING A SECOND WONDER-BOOK ...
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-336 [note: first leaf is a blank] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "August, 1853" inserted at front, flyleaves at front and rear, engraved title and six inserted plates, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow endpapers. First U.S. edition. 3000 copies printed. A sequel to A WONDER BOOK (1851), retelling Greek myths, including "The Minotaur," "The Pygmies," "The Dragon's Teeth," "Circe's Palace," "The Pomegranate Seeds," and "The Golden Fleece." "There is something a little surprising at first glance about Hawthorne, the grim examiner of New England souls, spinning stories for children, but he was, by all accounts, a devoted husband and father, and this book, as well as its predecessor, testify to the softening influence that domestic life apparently had on him. The other ostensible surprise is that Hawthorne, one of the first major American writers to mine his native soil for literary material, should turn back to classical sources here, but he uses them as raw materials only, bringing his own personal and national sensibility to bear on them, freely changing settings, characters, events and -- most importantly -- tone. This technique, as Attebery points out (The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, p. 62), 'creates a fairyland which is neither Greece nor America, but linked to both: a meeting place of the modern and the magical' Hawthorne broke with the didactic fashion of children's literature, using motifs and methods of the fairy tale, then a controversial genre. He 'led the way for a great many American children's writers in the nineteenth century. Largely from his innovations, a tradition grew up of fairy tales that were not absolutely original or genuinely American, but not entirely derivative either' (ibid., p. 63). One might add that openly linking oneself to older sources is itself a deeply embedded aspect of the fairy tale in both its oral and written forms." - Robert Eldridge. Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, pp. 60-3. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 10. BAL 7614 (noted printing 1; catalogue B). Clark A22.2a.
THE FINNBRANCH TRILOGY: YEARWOOD, UNDERSEA & WINTERKING.
Boston / New York: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1980, 1982, 1985. Octavo, Hardcover. First editions. "Remarkably realistic trilogy set in the twilight days of the Celtic Bronze age." "Hazel's dark vision is a disturbingly powerful one..." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-134.
THE WEALDWIFE'S TALE.
New York: Morrow, 1993. Wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof.
WINTERKING.
Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown:, 1985. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Volume three of the Finnbranch trilogy. "Hazel's dark vision is a disturbingly powerful one..." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-134.
GLORY ROAD.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1963]. Octavo, illustration by Irv Doktor, cloth. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-200. Barron (ed): Fantasy Literature 4A-135. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #27.
GLORY ROAD.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1963]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Irv Doktor, cloth. First edition. Nominated for the Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-200. Barron (ed): Fantasy Literature 4A-135. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #27.
PILGERMANN.
New York: Summit Books, 1983. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition.
PILGERMANN.
New York: Summit Books, [1983]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-138.
FOOL'S ASSASSIN.
New York: Del Rey, [2014]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The first volume in the Fitz and Fool trilogy.
FOOL'S ERRAND...
[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Book one of The Tawny Man series.
THE GOLDEN FOOL...
[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Hobb on the title page. Book two of The Tawny Man series.
SHIP OF MAGIC...
New York, Toronto, Sydney, London, Toronto, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Book one of "The Liveship Traders."
DARK OF THE MOON.
New York: Atheneum, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second book, sequel to GOD STALK (1982). See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4B-72.
DARK OF THE MOON.
New York: Atheneum, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second book, sequel to GOD STALK (1982). See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4B-72.
OUT OF THE STORM: UNCOLLECTED FANTASIES ...
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1975. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen E. Fabian, cloth. First edition. Collects seven stories published here for the first time in book form. Edited and 109 page critical biography by Sam Moskowitz. Dust wrapper illustration by Hannes Bok.
OUT OF THE STORM: UNCOLLECTED FANTASIES BY...
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects seven stories published here for the first time in book form. Edited and 109 page critical biography by Sam Moskowitz. Dust wrapper illustration by Hannes Bok.
OUT OF THE STORM: UNCOLLECTED FANTASIES BY...
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects seven stories published here for the first time in book form. Edited and 109 page critical biography by Sam Moskowitz. Dust wrapper illustration by Hannes Bok.
POEMS OF THE SEA.
[London]: Ferret, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. Limited to 500 copies of which this is one of 50 numbered large paper copies. Collects The Voice of the Ocean (1921) and The Calling of the Sea (1920).