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Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstacy In Literature.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2019.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 45552

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

First published in 1902. This new edition includes Machen's 20-page ''A Note On Poetry'' (first published in 1943), a new twelve page introduction by D. P. Watt and a 20 page afterword (''Arthur Machen: Ecstasy And Epiphany'') by Nicholas Freeman.
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The Terror And Other Stories: The Best Weird Tales Of Arthur Machen Volume Three.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Chaosium Inc.: CA.: 2005.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 44113

ISBN: 1568821751

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Third volume: edited and with an introduction by S. T. Joshi. First Chaosium printing from April 2005. 330 pages.
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The London Adventure, Or The Art Of Wandering.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2017.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 43034

ISBN: 190578497X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) with errata slip laid in.

Expanded contents. First published in 1924, The London Adventure is often considered to be Arthur Machen’s third volume of autobiography, but its alternative title, The Art of Wandering, differentiates it from Far Off Things and Things Near and Far. The term ‘wandering’ refers not only to Machen’s many and various journeys around the unconsidered byways of London, but also to the curiously meandering construction of the book. Machen plays a fine game with the reader, discussing what his book might be about, how he should begin it and where it might end. The result is a curiously up-to...
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The Terror (Fantasy Classics no 1).

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Fantasy House: North Hollywood, CA.: 1973.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 07295

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Fantasy Classics - 1. First in a short-lived series of Fantasy Classics publications reprinting full length classic pulp novels. As well as the title story, this issue reprints Richard Garnett's short story ''The Elixir of Life''. Colour cover art by John Pound.
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The Autobiography Of Arthur Machen. Far Off Things, Things Near And Far.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2017.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 42167

ISBN: 1905784929

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

310 pages: collects together Machen's two volumes of autobiography, FAR OFF THINGS (1922) and THINGS NEAR AND FAR (1923), plus a new introduction by writer/comedian Stewart Lee.
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Machenology: Tributes To The Master Of Mystery.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £40.00

Publisher: The Friends Of Arthur Machen: UK.: 2007.

Edition: First edition.

Seller ID: 42399

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

48 pages. Limited to 300 copies. Very uncommon booklet.
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The Cosy Room And Other Stories.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2016.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 41204

ISBN: 1905784813

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

A collection of essays, mystically poetic fragments, and supernatural tales, first published by Rich & Cowan: London in 1936. This new edition adds a 14-page introduction by James Machin.''a collection of Arthur Machen’s short stories curated by John Gawsworth (aka Fytton Armstrong) in 1936. As well as exhuming some very early tales published in the first half of the 1890s, Gawsworth included Machen’s decadent prose poems from Ornaments in Jade, and later work commissioned by Lady Cynthia Asquith for collections such as The Ghost Book (1926) and Shudders (1929). Among other curio...
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The Cosy Room And Other Stories.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £195.00

Publisher: Rich & Cowan: London.: 1936.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 41202

Condition: Green lettering on spine dulled, cloth a a little marked and soiled, fore-edges a little browned, a VG copy (lacking the dustjacket).

''First published March 1936'' on the copyright page. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-267 [268], original pink-brown cloth, spine panel lettered in green, top edge stained green. A collection of essays, mystically poetic fragments, and supernatural tales. A very uncommon UK hardcover.''a collection of Arthur Machen’s short stories curated by John Gawsworth (aka Fytton Armstrong) in 1936. As well as exhuming some very early tales published in the first half of the 1890s, Gawsworth included Machen’s decadent prose poems from Ornaments in Jade, and later work commissioned by Lady Cynthia Asqui...
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The Children Of The Pool And Other Stories.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2015.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 39351

ISBN: 1905784767

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

First published in 1936. New 16-page introduction by Mark Valentine.
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The Secret Glory.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £110.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 1998.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 00679

ISBN: 1872621368

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Reprints for the first time the full text, including chapters five and six. (the original edition of 1922, and subsequent editions, all have only four chapters): new three page preface by Godfrey Brangham.
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The Hill Of Dreams (350 numbered copies).

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 1998.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 15903

ISBN: 1872621317

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

First published in 1907. This first Tartarus Press printing contains for the first time all three of the Sidney Sime illustrations (specially tipped-in for this edition) originally intended (but not used) for the book's first publication (1907), plus the two known introductions written for later editions by the author, plus a new six-page introduction by Mark Valentine. LIMITED EDITION: 350 numbered hardcover copies printed. This is no 168.
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A Few Letters From Arthur Machen: Letters To Munson Havens.

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The Aylesford Press: Wirral, Cheshire.: 1993.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 15896

Condition: Light stain at top corner of front cover, else a fine copy as issued in a paper dustjacket (as new).

40-page booklet. From a total printing of 333 numbered copies, this is one of 250 paperbound copies.
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Chapters Five And Six of The Secret Glory (250 numbered copies).

By: Machen, Arthur

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: East Sussex.: 1991.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 14388

ISBN: 1872621058

Condition: Fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket with one 4cm closed tear along bottom edge of front panel.

First publication of the final two chapters of Machen's novel THE SECRET GLORY. 250 numbered copies printed. This is no 82.
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The House Of The Hidden Light.

By: Machen, Arthur (& A. E. Waite)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2017.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 42181

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

First published in 1904 (in an edition of just three copies). Followed by a Tartarus Press hardcover edition (300 copies) in 2003. With a twenty-five page introduction by Waite scholar R. A. Gilbert.
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Kings Of Horror.

By: Machen, Arthur (& Robert W. Chambers)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ken Krueger, publisher: CA.: 1975.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 10076

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy, spine wear.

Collects The Inmost Light by Machen, together with The Mask by Chambers. Colour cover art by (sf writer) Greg Bear. Fantasy Reader #6. 21cm x 10 cm booklet.
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The Centipede Press Library Of Weird Fiction: Arthur Machen.

By: Machen, Arthur (ed. S. T. Joshi)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Centipede Press: Lakewood, CO.: 2017.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 44107

ISBN: 1613472064

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

720 pages: edited and with an introduction by S. T. Joshi:. This volume features a large quantity of Machen’s best fiction, early and late. Also included are some of Machen’s provocative introductions to his books, along with bibliographical information on all the works included.
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Arthur Machen's 1890s Notebook.

By: Machen, Arthur (ed. The Friends Of Arthur Machen)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2018.

Edition: First paperback edition.

Seller ID: 44176

ISBN: 1912586037

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

348 pages. First published in hardcover in 2016 by Tartarus Press and The Friends Of Arthur Machen: that edition was available only to members of the Arthur Machen Society, and not generally available for sale (there is no price on the dustjacket). Now reprinted as a trade paperback.
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Arthur Machen's 1890s Notebook.

By: Machen, Arthur (ed. The Friends Of Arthur Machen)

Price: £250.00

Publisher: Tartarus Press/Friends Of Arthur Machen.: 2016.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 42292

ISBN: 190578483X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

348 pages. Co-published by Tartarus Press and The Friends Of Arthur Machen. This volume was available only to members of the Arthur Machen Society, and not available for sale (there is no price on the dustjacket).
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