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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.

New York: Random House, 1973. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The second DKA file novel. "...an excellent private eye procedural." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 307-08.

Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1979. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Emphasis of this volume on Finlay's post-1945 illustrations. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73...

New York: Putnam, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-190.

[San Diego: Corinth Publications:, 1966]. Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Corinth number CR141. Book 3 in the paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. The author of this series...

Chicago: Sun Publications, June, 1939. Octavo, single issue, cover by M. Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Feature story by Johnston McCulley.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Gold Medal s1036 First published as GM Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all...

Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [11-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-252 [253-254: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original burgundy cloth, front and spine...

Lakemont, GA: Fictioneer Books Ltd, 1975. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen Fabian, cloth. Second edition. Two western novelettes, one first published in SMASHING NOVELS MAGAZINE, the other first printed here. Afterword by Glenn Lord.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's final collection, stories from Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Amazing and other sources. This includes two macabre mystery stories which feature Judge Peck. Tymn...

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-322, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. Mystery thriller...

New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., Publishers, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Science fiction novel in which after applying a scientific formula, grass starts growing uncontrollably, and mankind cannot stop it. "Good satire." - Anatomy...

Jamaica, New York: Radio-Science Publications, Inc., 1931. Octavo, single issue, cover by Morey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Includes "The Birth of A New Republic," by Jack Williamson and Miles J. Breuer in which...

[Mountain Ash, Wales]: Sarob Press, 2001. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. One of 250 copies (not numbered). Reprints Can Such Things Be? or The Weird of the Beresfords, first published 1889, a Victorian weird thriller...

Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover by Walter Baumhofer, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Norbert Davis, Carroll John Daly and others. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 168-170.

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1943. Octavo, single issue, cover by Margaret Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Ray Bradbury's third Weird Tales appearance, "The Crowd." Also fiction by August Derleth, Frank Owen, Seabury Quinn and...

[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1996]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects nine stories including the well regarded "The Water Bringer," a dyspotian novelette.

[London]: Picador Published by Pan Books, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Volume one of "The Border Trilogy."

London: Frederick Muller, 1955. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Second novel in the Picaroon series. Signed inscription by Cassells to the dedicatee Leo Margulies. Hubin, p. 146.

New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Octavo, original blue green cloth, front and spine stamped in black and yellow, top edge stained dark green. First edition. The twelfth Nero Wolfe mystery. "Archie is the center...

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Second Claire Malloy novel.

Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction...

London: Longmans & Co., 1894. Octavo, cloth. First edition.

New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1951]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #186. Paperback original.

[New York]: Avon Eos, [1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Novel started by Zelazny and completed by Lindskold after his death. Story of an immortal demon who was bannshed and came to earth with others others...

[Los Angeles: Dream Press, 1989]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Matheson. Retrospective collection of eighty-six stories in chronological order of the author's short fiction. Includes the contents from BORN...

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1963]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. A novel of the King Arthur legend.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1941. Octavo, single issue cover painting by Hubert Rogers, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Theodore Sturgeon (with two pieces-the other as "E. Waldo Hunter)," Harry...

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., Publishers, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-281 [282: blank], original salmon cloth, spine stamped in black, fore-edge rough cut. First edition. The only novel by this pair using this pseudonym...

New York: Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 1956. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Frank Cozzarelli, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of only three issues published. Contemporary crime and murder stories. From the publishers...

New York: Simon and Schuster, [1946]. Octavo, illustrations by William Steig, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Hodgins dated in 1947 on the upper corner of the front free endpaper. Made into a classic film...

New York: Scribner's, 1969. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A Superintendent West story. "...a competent picture of life and relationships at Scotland Yard, good examples of detection and pursuit." "Creasey produced some quite excellent West...

New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1964]. Small octavo, cover by Frank Frazetta, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Ace F-282. Contains "Beyond the Farthest Star" and "Tangor Returns", both first published in book form in TALES...

New York: Experimenter Publishing Company, 1929. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Contains "Metal Man" by Jack Williamson, the author's first published story.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. The correct first printing with "first edition" on copyright page, printing code "P6" on page 199, and dust jacket priced...

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., n.d., [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-255 [256] [note: first two leaves are blanks used as front paste-down and free endpaper], true endpapers at rear, original orange cloth, front and...