The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort, First Edition (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Reprint; First Printing. Light reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear, paper edge toned with light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block, original dealer sticker for the Robert Fludd bookshop in Southsea to front endpaper. ; First printing in this edition, 1973. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design uncredited. ; 320 pages; Originally published in 1919 and one of the first works to deal with the paranormal. Records over...

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Soft Cover Edition. Ace Star H-24. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, trade paperback, has mild bow with a touch of skewing to the binding, slight bumps to spine ends and corners, very slight edgewear with faint rubbing to the covers, a previous seller's sticker to tail of back cover, and a hint of smudging to edges of text block with a light remainder line to tail of text block at binding, otherwise a solid, bright VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A sturdy but worn copy with some flecking to the black cloth of the binding; soiling to the boards which feature the title in bright gilt lettering. The gilt lettering on the spine has been obliterated. Internally very clean and tight except for a touch of occasional foxing. From the library of Ted Shane, author and humorist, written on the front endpaper in ink after his stroke. Note: Ted Shane, author and...

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 298 pps, hardbound, 3rd printing, 8vo, G+/none, light soiling to boards, loss of maybe 1/4" to spine toe, front cover titling bright but spine is a little faded, first 3 pages are clipped (that includes title page) of 2"-3" (in area), offsetting to front eps, light foxing, light amt of underlining first 45 pps, binding strong -- NOT EXLIB.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. King, Alexander (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "Third Printing, March 23, 1931." Just a month following the first on February 9, 1931. Smooth, light maroonish coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, spine, corner wear. Pages very good; no writing. Bind good, square; back hinge reinforced. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans, and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys; back endpaper partially...

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. In Good Condition. 198 Page With No Index, Hardcover. 1919 Edition. New York Boni And Liveright. Pages Are Yellow From The Age. No Additional Printings Stated First Edition. Cover Are Red, Stain White Sections At The Rear Front And Spine. Not A Reprint This Is A First Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. King, Alexander (Wrapper Art) (illustrator). First Edition. 1931 at title page; no other dates, indications. First printing; no other printings stated. Scarce UK first edition. Bright orange cloth boards, bright gilt spine titles, light shelf, spine wear. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Small antiquarian bookstore label with corner chip at back pastedown: "The Aragat Booksellers, 1517 N. Clark St., Chicago." This British first is simply the unexpurgated printed word by...

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. King, Alexander (illustrator). First Edition. First printing; no other printings stated. Smooth, brown coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub. Pages very good w/attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys. Classic, humorously odd illustration by Alexander King throughout. Twelve full-page plates startle with...

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. King, Alexander (illustrator). First Edition. First printing; no other printings stated. Smooth, brown coated cloth boards, blindstamped spine design and titles, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub. Pages very good w/attractive toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Endpaper art of five volcanic-like monstrosities w/faces grimacing down on an odd bunch of humans and hear no, see no, speak no, monkeys. Classic, humorously odd illustration by Alexander King throughout. Twelve full-page plates startle with crazed miasmic imagery....

First edition. First edition. 298 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Darkening to spine lettering, a few minor blemishes to cloth, else Fine. Contents clean and bright. Lacking extremely scarce dust jacket, but otherwise a superb copy. The American compiler of the absurd and inexplicable's very first book, quite rare, especially in such nice shape. A major yet still largely sub rosa influence on science fiction as a genre and the study of the paranormal. Fort...