Books by Chambers Robert

New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated,. 1938. original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and black.. A few light spots to cloth, a very good copy. (#134755). The "Memorial Edition." First printing with code "(1)" on page [274]. This memorial edition with six page foreword by Rupert Hughes was published five years after Chambers' death. First published in 1895, it was his second book and his first collection of short fiction. "One of the mo... more information

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company. 1938. First. First thus edition. Memorial edition. Very good with multiple tape offsetting on endpapers in good only price-clipped dustwrapper with taped edges. Consisting of nine stories such as: The Repairer of Reputations; The Mask; The Yellow Sign; The Demoiselle d'Ys; The Prophets' Paradise; The Street of the Four Winds; The Street of the First Shell; The Street of Our Lady of the Fields; Rue Barree. . ... more information

THE KING IN YELLOW, F. T. Neely, (1895), (later edition, state or printing in the publishers black and/or dark brown color cloth binding with the yellow red winged figure on the front cover, inserted frontispiece of the author painting, bright gold-gilt top page edges, sheets which bulk about 7/8" and one leaf of advertisement printed on both the recto and verso), a bright vg copy with the pictorial stamping and lettering mostly unworn save for some flaking to the lettering at the base of the spine. A... more information

Chicago, New York: F. Tennyson Neely Publisher,. 1895. original pictorial green cloth, front, spine, and rear panels stamped in brown, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed.. A fine copy. Copies of this book signed by Chambers are uncommon.. (#137607). First edition. Of the three printings with title pages dated 1895, this one is generally considered to be the second. These copies have an inserted frontispiece, page [318] has an ad for Anthony Hope's FATHER STAFFORD (published by Neely in 1895), publisher's... more information

Chicago, New York: F. Tennyson Neely Publisher,. 1895. original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed.. Neat early owner's signature on front free endpaper. A fine,. brilliant copy. Rare in this condition. (#101912). First edition. Of the three printings with title pages dated 1895, this one is generally accepted as the first. There is no inserted frontispiece, page [318] is blank, salamander design appears on front cover, and sheets bulk 1.5 cm. T... more information

Chicago & New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. First Edition, first issue binding. 12mo. [ii], 316, [1, ad (verso blank)] pp. Green cloth titled in brown, upper board with lizard design, t.e.g. Slightest traces of rubbing at foot. Fine, fresh copy. Bleiler, Science- Fiction: The Early Years 396; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49; Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59; Tymn (ed), Horror Literature pp. 3-49; Bleiler (1978), p. 41; Wright (III) 972 . A cornerstone of modern horror and fantasy a... more information

**** ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN  COPIES IN DUST-WRAPPER? ****THE KING IN YELLOW, F.T. Neely, 1895, first edition, (later state or printing in the publishers same green color cloth binding but with the publishers monogram stamped on the front cover and butterfly embossed on the rear, inserted frontispiece of the author painting, sheets which bulk 1/8" thicker and one leaf of advertisement printed on both the recto and verso), a bright vg+/near fine copy in a near very go... more information