VARIOUS AUTHORS: A. CONAN DOYLE, GRANT ALLEN, ARTHUR MORRISON, M. P. SHIEL, L. T. MEADE ETC

The Strand Magazine, Volume VIII (8), July - December 1894

London, George Newnes. 1894, First Edition. Hard Cover, [. Contains: Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison -- parts V - VII of serialisation. Short stories & article include: The Lord of Chateau Noir, The Medal of Brigardier Gerard & An Alpine Pass on Ski by A. Conan Doyle, The Dynamiter's Sweetheart & Dr Wardroper's Lie by Grant Allen, The Eagle's Crag by M. P. Shiel, A Horrible Fright by L. T. Meade, The Robbery at Foxborough by Mrs C. N. Williamson, The Star of the Grasmere by E. W. Hornung. Contemporary red cloth, lettered in gitl on spine. Spine dulled, a little foxing, good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage.

-- Richard Beaton

Book number: 01940

Catalogue: Periodicals

HOLMES, GORDON [PSEUDONYM OF LOUIS TRACY, POSSIBLY WITH M.P. SHIEL].

The Arncliffe Puzzle by Gordon Holmes [Pseudonym].

New York: Edward J. Clode, 156 Fifth Avenue. 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial gray cloth stamped in black, red and gold. 326 pp. Spine panel a bit tanned, but overall a very sharp copy, nearly fine.
¶ Detective fiction novel by Louis Tracy, who wrote under the "Gordon Holmes" pseudonym with M.P. Shiel; Shiel however denies being involved in writing this title. Near Fine .

-- Thompson Rare Books - ABAC/ILAB

Book number: 302973

Catalogue: SaleList

HOLMES, GORDON. [IE LOUIS TRACY AND PROBABLY NOT M.P. SHIEL].

The Arncliffe Puzzle.

New York, Clode 1906. Octavo publishers illustrated cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. Inner front hinge cracked but firm; a very good copy.
¶ First edition (probably - the closest thing to a bibliography places this before the London edition of the same year). Detective fiction by the journalist and writer of thrillers and sometime collaborator of Shiel. Tracy and Shiel collaborated as Holmes and as Robert Fraser but Shiel denied any involvement with this, the second Gordon Holmes novel.

-- Richard Neylon, Bookseller

Book number: 7964

Keywords: literature detective fiction thrillers c20th England mystery

SHIEL. M.P.

The Lord of the Sea.

1929. 320pp, lettered cloth, slight foxing, fine.

-- Best Buy Books & Records

Book number: 32756

Keywords: novels seas sailors sailing naval nautical

PALMER, TED, EDITOR; SHIEL, M. P.; VARIOUS AUTHORS

Famous Fantastic Mysteries; June, 1949; Vol. 10 No. 5

Chicago, All-Fiction Field, Inc. 1949. Soft Cover, Large 8vo. "The Purple Cloud" by Shiel. "Mirror Maze" by Mullen. Great color cover by Lawrence. Over-size cover rubbed along edges as usual. Near Fine.

-- Artis Books

Book number: 43857

Catalogue: Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror

RICE, ELMER; SHIEL, M.P.; SAYERS, DOROTHY L.; GABORIAU, EMILE; STRONG, L.A.G.; WOLFE, HUMBERT; AND OTHER AUTHORS,

Gollancz's Holiday Omnibus

Victor Gollancz, 1931. First Thus. A fine copy in a near fine d.w. small hole on spine adjacent 7/6 price, else a remarkably clean bright intact d.w. Scarce in such attractive state.

-- Collectors Treasury

Book number: 47391

Catalogue: MODERN FIRSTS

SHIEL, M. P.

Above All Else.

London, Lloyd Cole. 1943. Hard Cover. Small octavo. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1933. 126pp. Very browned, half-title has inch-long tear to fore-edge, bookplate, tape marks and traces of stamp to endpapers, good in cloth, spine worn. Good/No Jacket.

-- Toby English

Book number: 18874

Keywords: Fiction Fantasy

SHIEL, M. P.

The Best Short Stories of M.P. Shiel. Selected by John Gawsworth.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1948. First edition / First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a near fine + dust jacket. Collects twelve short stories by Shiel, as selected and with a foreword by John Gawsworth. Fine in a very near fine, though price-clipped, dust jacket slightly faded at spine but without wear.

-- Bloody Rare Books, LLC

Book number: 773

Catalogue: Book

Keywords: Literature Supernatural

SHIEL, M. P. SELECTED BY GAWSWORTH, JOHN.

The Best Short Stories of M.P. Shiel.

Victor Gollancz, London, 1948. 310 pp, minor damage at base of spine, 4cm loss at base of d/j spine, else very good copy in good d/j.

-- Camberwell Books

Book number: 178379

Keywords: detective fiction modern firsts

SHIEL, M.P.

Children of the Wind

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1923, First US Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some minor marks on spine and boards. Rare in any condition. Good/No Jacket.

-- Delectus Books

Book number: 001036

Catalogue: Literature and Poetry

Keywords: M.P. Shiel 1890s Decadence Gothic Fantasy English Literature

SHIEL, M. P.

CHILDREN OF THE WIND

New York City, Alfred A. Knopf 1923, 1st Amer. ed., hb. Bound in original pale lilac cloth. No dust jacket. 8vo, pp. 306. Extremities of boards rubbed. Some light soiling to cloth and foredge. Contents clean and tight: good+ to very good condition.

-- Greenfield Books

Book number: 034463

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Africa

SHIEL, M.P.

Cold Steel

London, Victor Gollancz. 1929, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical novel set during the reign of Henry VIII. Good/No Jacket.

-- Delectus Books

Book number: 001041

Catalogue: Literature and Poetry

Keywords: M.P. Shiel 1890s Decadence Horror Fantasy English Literature

SHIEL, M. P. [MATTHEW PHIPPS].

Cold Steel.

New York: Brentano's. 1900.. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original pictorial brown cloth, upper front panel depicting a scene of knights with lances in black, brown & light blue, titled in black and ruled in brown on front cover, gilt titles to spine. 372 pp. A few specks to the spine, really quite a nice copy, very good and clean.
¶ Historical novel, a swashbuckling tale set in the court and times of King Henry VIII. The text of the 1899 Grant Richards edition and the 1901 Brentano's editions are identical, the later, 1920's versions published by Gollancz and Vanguard and extensively re-written. Very Good .

-- Thompson Rare Books - ABAC/ILAB

Book number: 302514

Catalogue: SaleList

SHIEL, M.P.

Cold steel

London, Gollancz, 1929. VG hardback (no dustjacket). New ed.. Free end papers browned; page fore-edge foxed; pages otherwise clean in tight binding..

-- Cotswold Internet Books

Book number: BOOKS109243I

SHIEL, M. P.

Dr. Krasinski's Secret.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1929. First edition. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.25 inches). pp.337. Decorated green cloth, marked, browned to spine. No d/w. Several names and numbers in pencil to front free endpaper. Owners' bookplate to verso of front free endpaper: 'Elliott and Anna Daingerfield'. The bookplate depicts a grand house with portico and billowing clouds, with a griffin above a shield separating the forenames from the last name. Elliott Daingerfield was an eminent American artist (1859-1932) and his second wife was Anna Grainger (they married in 1895). Some numerals written in ink to title page. Endpapers trifle browned. O/w contents clean and bright. Binding firm and square. A Very Good copy. Association copy. Hardcover.

-- John Taylor Books PBFA

Book number: 11782

Catalogue: fiction

Keywords: NORTH CAROLINA ELLIOTT DANGERFIELD AMERICAN ARTIST BOOKPLATE

M.P.SHIEL

Dr. Krasinski's Secret.

"Vanguard Press, New York", 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. "The first book-form edition (precedes the UK edition, which Jarrolds published the following year). Spine and some edges of covers faded. A good copy. No dust wrapper.". Good/No Jacket.

-- Clearwater Books

Book number: 11092

SHIEL, M. P.

Dr. Krasinski's Secret.

New York, The Vanguard Press, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. A good copy. Preceded the UK edition. Publisher's decorated green cloth, but lacking dust jacket. A good copy, clean internally, but for owner's stamp on front pastedown and name and address in ink on front free endpaper. Boards a bit worn and faded, though still presentable. Spine a bit unhinged and cloth faded and age-worn, though titles and decoration still quite visible.

-- Bloody Rare Books, LLC

Book number: 5632

Catalogue: Book

Keywords: Science Fiction Fantasy

SHIEL, M.P.

The Dragon.

London, Grant Richards 1913. Octavo publisher's illustrated ochre cloth blocked in red and black. A couple of spots but a particularly good copy.
¶ First edition.

-- Richard Neylon, Bookseller

Book number: 8343

Keywords: literature fiction fantasy thrillers c20th England mystery

SHIEL, M. P.

The Evil That Men Do.

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1904. First edition / First printing. Cloth. Octavo. A near fine copy. First Issue in black cloth decoratively stamped in orange and green and with gilt lettering. "..The Evil that Men Do is one of the world's great if still undisovered romantic mysteries." Morse, The Works of M. P. Shiel, p. 68. Stamping on front cover fine and bright, spine dull. Small bookseller's label on front pastedown, former owner's name roughly erased from front pastedown, small piece from the front free endpaper has stuck to the front board creating a small hole in the free endpaper. Former owner's name and date (1905) on back of frontispiece. Corners lightly bumped.

-- Bloody Rare Books, LLC

Book number: 890

Catalogue: Book

Keywords: Mystery Mystery/Thriller

SHIEL M P

THE HOUSE OF SOUNDS and others

Hippcampus Press, 2005. 1st printing. A major selection of the works of M P Shiel. Paperback. 0974878960. fine trade paperback.

-- Fantastic Literature

Book number: FA12.595

Keywords: 0974878960

SHIEL, M. P.

The House of Sounds and Others Including the Purple Cloud

Hippocampus Press, 2005. Softcover. 8vo. 300 pp. Lovecraft's Library. All books in fine collectible condition unless otherwise noted. Orders are professionally packed and shipped promptly. B86. Fine .

-- Rain Dog Books

Book number: 54632

Catalogue: Literature

SHIEL, M.P.

How the Old Woman Got Home

New York, Vanguard Press. 1928, Third Printing. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Corner clipped from fep. Good/No Jacket.

-- Delectus Books

Book number: 001038

Catalogue: Literature and Poetry

Keywords: M.P. Shiel 1890s Decadence Gothic Fantasy English Literature

SHIEL. M. P.

How the Old Woman Got Home

Vanguard Press, 1928. 3rd printing, with owners stamp inside front and back covers. Some shelf wear and wear on cover edges. 7.7x5.5 434 pages paper covered boards with dark green cloth spine with gold gilt text and decoration.. Hardcover, Very Good/no DJ .

-- Kazoo Books

Book number: 14729

SHIEL, M. P. [MATTHEW PHIPPS SHIEL]

How the Old Woman Got Home (1926)

Bath, Cedric Chivers/Portway. 1968. Hard Cover. Reprint. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine: near fine. Original illustrated dustwrapper: near fine.

-- Richard Beaton

Book number: 01949

Catalogue: Miscellaneous

SHIEL, M. P.

How the Old Woman Got Home.

NY:: Macy-Masius : The Vanguard Press, 1928. F First American. edition.. Book. H Binding is Hardcover. . Green cloth spine with paper covered boards, 434pp. A somewhat scarce novel by one of Britain's grand old men of literature who delighted in causing an uproar and saying things many people wouldn't. Clean, tight sound copy. Spine faded with small tears at top & bottom. Little bit of discoloration in joints. Slight rubbing to covers. Wearing through along edges of boards and at corners. Some discoloration and speckling to top edge of page block. Interior clean and tight. Binding is Binding is Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.

-- Lazy River Books

Book number: sv480

Keywords: Fiction England London Mystery