Meade Robert Eustace Clifford Halifax (2 results)

Octavo, pp. [iii-vii] [viii] [1] 2-343 [344: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Sept. 1896" inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, publisher's decorated burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. Psychological thriller involving a family curse and psychic powers. Dr. Rumsey is a brain specialist. "Meade's bibliography exhausts the most enthusiastic bibliographers. In each of the genres she worked in she produced more than enough for several ordinary writers ." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 276. Hubin (1994), p. 566. Spine lean, cloth worn at edges and rubbed along outer joints, spine panel darkened and gold stamping dull, half title leaf missing if published with one, a sound, good copy. A very scarce book. (#170622).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-320, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Sidney Paget and Gordon Browne, original pictorial bevel-edged blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Series of six linked sensational crime stories, four first published in THE STRAND MAGAZINE. The stories are related by patients to a philanthropic doctor who operates Sherwood Towers, a sanatorium in rural England. Three of the stories, "The Man Who Disappeared," "Spangle-winged" and "The Blue Laboratory," are weird tales or science fiction. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1468. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 566. Formerly Frederic Dannay's copy, signed by him as "Barnaby Ross" and "Ellery Queen" on the half title page. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, front free endpaper missing, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. (#164429).