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Frontispiece and ?Puck on Pegasus? title page device by Beardsley. First edition, second issue. 8vo, original red cloth, lettered in gilt. London: Leonard Smithers, Spine very slightly faded, and the slightest of wear to the extremities of the binding: title page foxed from the tissue.

A Book of Bargains by Vincent O'Sullivan (First edition) Aubrey Beardsley A firm copy with moderate wear and sunning. Some foxing to textblock edges and margins of pages. First Edition, first binding. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering; all edges untrimmed. Frontispiece illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Collects seven stories.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-185 [186: blank] [187: printer's imprint] [188: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with black and white illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, original maroon buckram, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Collection of morbid studies, written under the shadow of Poe but distinctly fin de siecle in their sin-soaked diabolism. The after-death nightmare "When I Was Dead" is a minor masterpiece. Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), American-born writer, long resident in Europe, was "a central figure of the English Decadent Movement, his early books of (mostly fantastic) verse -- POEMS (1896) and THE HOUSES OF SIN (1897) -- being among the movement's key documents, as was his first story collection, A BOOK OF BARGAINS (1896)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 738. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1285. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 170. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 316. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 11051. Hubin (1994), p. 621. Owner's signature on front paste-down. Hairline crack along upper portion of inner front hinge, still a tight, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. A nice copy of a scarce book. (#136501)

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-185 [186: blank] [187: printer's imprint] [188: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with black and white illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, original maroon buckram, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Collection of morbid studies, written under the shadow of Poe but distinctly fin de siecle in their sin-soaked diabolism. The after-death nightmare "When I Was Dead" is a minor masterpiece. Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), American-born writer, long resident in Europe, was "a central figure of the English Decadent Movement, his early books of (mostly fantastic) verse -- POEMS (1896) and THE HOUSES OF SIN (1897) -- being among the movement's key documents, as was his first story collection, A BOOK OF BARGAINS (1896)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 738. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1285. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 170. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 316. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 11051. Hubin (1994), p. 621. 1901 Christmas gift inscription on front free endpaper. Several mild fox marks to title leaf, tissue guard missing (apparently never present in this copy), a very good, bright copy. Quite a nice copy of a scarce book. (#128284)

Frontispiece and ?Puck on Pegasus? title page device by Beardsley. First edition, first issue. 8vo, original red cloth, lettered in gilt. London: Leonard Smithers, Beardsley and O'Sullivan's friendship suffered slightly in the production of this book, the frontispiece of which caused Beardsley some problems. At one stage he demanded that his name be removed from the title page (see Zatlin, Beardsley) but Smithers ignored him, and the good relations of author and artist resumed. Beardsley violated his normal claim of never reading the books he was illustrating, and said he was ?much struck by O'Sullivan's stories, I believe they will be a success.? In his memoir of Wilde, O'Sullivan refers to this title as a ?book of very youthful stories written to burlesque the variety of Terror stories then somewhat in fashion? but the book crossed the blood-brain barrier between parody and art and launched O'Sullivan as a macabre fantasy author. George Locke in his Spectrum of Fantasy memorably says of the stories ?some but not all genuine fantasy.? Nelson, LS, 1896.1; Sims, A.2; Lasner, AB, 109. Spine just faded, but a very good copy indeed.

First edition, apparent second binding with "Leonard Smithers and Co. 1896" at foot of spine. Frontispiece by Beardsley. Octavo. Plum cloth gilt. Morbid and startling supernatural stories by an American living in London, an associate of Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, and others of decadent London society. *MSL 109*. Very scarce.

First edition, apparent second binding with "Leonard Smithers and Co. 1896" at foot of spine. Frontispiece by Beardsley. Octavo. Plum cloth gilt. Morbid and startling supernatural stories by an American living in London, an associate of Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, and others of decadent London society. *MSL 109*. Very scarce.

First edition, first state. With a frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley. Contains: "The Bargain of Rupert Orange, " "My Enemy and Myself, " "The Business of Madame Jahn, " "A Study in Murder, " "Original Sin, " "When I was Dead, " and "Hugo Raven's Hand." Bound in burgudy cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the front and spine. Some rubbing at edges and corners. Solid and square. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Some pencil notes from previous sellers on ffep and small bookstore sticker on back pastedown. The interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear. Pages: (8) 185 (3) Dimension: 8 x 5½ x ¾.

First edition, first state. With a frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley. Contains: "The Bargain of Rupert Orange," "My Enemy and Myself," "The Business of Madame Jahn," "A Study in Murder," "Original Sin," "When I was Dead," and "Hugo Raven's Hand." Bound in burgudy cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the front and spine. Some rubbing at edges and corners. Solid and square. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Some pencil notes from previous sellers on ffep and small bookstore sticker on back pastedown. The interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear. Pages:(8) 185 (3) Dimension:8 x 5½ x ¾ .

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-185 [186: blank] [187: printer's imprint] [188: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with black and white illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, original maroon buckram, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Collection of morbid studies, written under the shadow of Poe but distinctly fin de siecle in their sin-soaked diabolism. The after-death nightmare "When I Was Dead" is a minor masterpiece. Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), American-born writer, long resident in Europe, was "a central figure of the English Decadent Movement, his early books of (mostly fantastic) verse -- POEMS (1896) and THE HOUSES OF SIN (1897) -- being among the movement's key documents, as was his first story collection, A BOOK OF BARGAINS (1896)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 738. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1285. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 170. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 316. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 11051. Hubin (1994), p. 621. Owner's signature dated 1904 on front free endpaper. Touch of rubbing to buckram at spine ends and corner tips, light sunning to spine panel, mostly along outer joints, several small fox marks to frontispiece and title leaf, still a near fine, bright copy. A nice copy of scarce book. (#95527)

First edition, apparent second binding with "Leonard Smithers and Co. 1896" at foot of spine. Frontispiece by Beardsley. Octavo. Plum cloth gilt. Morbid and startling supernatural stories by an American living in London, an associate of Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, and others of decadent London society. *MSL 109*. Very scarce.

First edition, first state. With a frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley. Contains: "The Bargain of Rupert Orange, " "My Enemy and Myself, " "The Business of Madame Jahn, " "A Study in Murder, " "Original Sin, " "When I was Dead, " and "Hugo Raven's Hand." Bound in burgudy cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the front and spine. Some rubbing at edges and corners. Solid and square. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Some pencil notes from previous sellers on ffep and small bookstore sticker on back pastedown. The interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear. Pages: (8) 185 (3) Dimension: 8 x 5½ x ¾.