Recent Arrivals from William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop

Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 1981.. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated. A fine copy in a faintly worn dust jacket, enclosed in a brodart. Historical Society of Alberta Publication Vol. IV. Quite scarce.

Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art / R. Rock Enterprises, 2013. First edition. . Glossy white boards printed in red and black. Faint edge wear, fine condition. A large hardcover volume with many colour images. This book served as the catalogue for the show PUMP ME UP at the Corcoran Gallery of art & for the release of the… Read more about this item

London: Everett, 1901. First edition.. Pictorial stiff wrappers in the yellowback style. The spine has perished, covers and the first leaf are detached, quite loose, basically very good otherwise. A graphic of a hypodermic needle graces the front cover. A humorous and satirical work about horse racing. Very scarce.

London: Amalgamated Press, 1911 - 1914.. Two large bound volumes of Amalgamated Press comics and story papers. Old quarter-calf, unlettered. Floral end papers. Discoloration to upper covers, some light chipping, very good condition. The contents quite browned, with a few small flaws, but generally quite nice. Printed on very fragile paper. The first volume is comics, containing: Illustrated… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition.. Grey boards designed in gilt, white cloth spine lettered in gilt. Green end papers. A fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket, some tiny tears at edges and some noticeable rubbing to the spine. Inscribed and signed from Kinsella on the half-title page, dated 1984. A collection of five stories, the first… Read more about this item

[Halifax: Royal Print and Litho, 1931]. First edition. . 8vo. Vellum, the front cover decorated and titled in brown and black. Map end papers. Frontispiece & 9 illustrations. Covers bowed, short tears at the hinge ends from the bowing, a nice clean copy in very good condition. Apparently 500 copies were printed, of which this is one of 250… Read more about this item

NY: Scribners / Toronto: Presbyterian News Company, 1890. Advance Salesman's copy of the first American edition.. Brown morocco, covers ruled in black, front cover lettered in gilt. Marbled end papes. All edges gilt. Rubbing to the spine, and some moderate discoloration to covers, a nice clean copy in very good condition. The corner of one leaf has been clipped,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Haight Publishing Company, [1968]. 16pp. A tabloid-style newspaper. Once folded. Tiny chips to edges, very nice condition. Copies were issued with a color psychedelic poster inserted, but it is not present here. Softcore cover, great ads and news about doings in the Haight.

Hamburg: Overseas Publishing Co., 1921. Fifth Edition.. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Front cover designed in red and lettered in black. 48pp. Some light chipping to edges, a very good copy. Rubber stamp to inner front cover, indicating that this is a complimentary copy from the author. The Doyle contribution consists of the text of a short letter sent to… Read more about this item

London: Friends of Europe, [1936]. First edition.. White printed wrappers, stapled. 32pp. Staples rusty, light wear to tips, a clean very good copy. Chesterton's foreword comprises a little over two pages. Issued as "Friends Of Europe" Publications No. 13. A scarce pamphlet on the subject of national socialism. Sullivan: Chesterton Continued, 408a.

London: Burroughes & Watts, [c.1920]. Revised Edition.. Slate pictorial cloth, designed in black and white. 72pp. Six photographic plates on three double-sided leaves. A nice clean copy. Ad for billiard balls on inner front cover. Ad leaf for chalk at the rear. Printed at The Arden Press. An uncommon title.

London: William Smith, 1847.. 4to. Original green cloth, spine and front cover designed in gilt. Yellow coated end papers. Sixty hand-coloured lithographic plates, most with the tissue guards intact. The binding is rough, with old repairs to the outer front hinge, as well as the inner hinges; tape residue on the inner front hinge, back cover dampstruck. Plates are… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Chambers, 1856. First edition.. Half-calf, spine titled in gilt on a burgundy panel. Green coated end papers. Frontispiece plus ten maps and plates in colour, and many illustrations in the text. Tear in blank leaf at the front, some wear to the leather spine and tips, a very good copy, internally clean. Armorial bookplate on inner… Read more about this item

Hollywood, California, 1949 - 1951.. Three issues of POINSETTIA, the yearbook from Hollywood High School. Embossed cloth. Very good condition. Carol Burnett attended Hollywood High School, and her picture appears in all three yearbooks. In the 1949 she is in the Class of Summer 1951 picture, also in the Board of Control picture; in 1950 she is in the… Read more about this item

NY: Manhattan Press, (1903). First edition.. Green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 16 maps and many illustrations. Some wear to tips of binding and spine ends, blank front end paper excised, front hinge a bit loose, a bright very good copy. A scarce guide to the plants of New York's Central Park.

Exeter: W. Roberts, 1861. First edition.. Original cloth, title on printed paper label on front board. 88pp. Yellow coated end papers. Ownership signatures on front end paper, some repair to the upper spine, a nice clean copy. Originally printed in Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, this book edition was produced by that same newspaper. Basically an alphabetical directory of places… Read more about this item

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). First edition, signed issue.. Gray-blue paper boards, cream cloth spine with printed paper label. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red & black. A nice clean copy, about fine, in a worn and repaired slipcase which is missing the top. The printed spine label is yellowed and has some discoloration, BUT the extra spine… Read more about this item

Pretoria: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1905.. Original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Some repair to the spine, old staining to the lower edge, generally a very good copy. Large folding map of The Transvaal Colony (Revised, August 1904) is present at the front, some light wear to edges. An additional map of Africa is laid in.… Read more about this item

NY: Dial Press, 1929. First edition.. Dark blue cloth lettered in yellow, publisher's device in blind on front cover. Previous owner's name on the front end paper, faint edge wear, a very clean and attractive copy in the pictorial dust jacket. The dust jacket has a small piece from the base of the spine, some wear to the top… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Paterson, 1907. Second Edition.. Original tan cloth, designed and lettered in red and black. Frontispiece and seven inserted plates. Notes on the front flyleaf by a prior owner, also a page of holograph notes pasted in at page 154. One marginal tear at page 233, small mark to binding along front hinge, a very good copy. Laid in… Read more about this item