KILLED ON THE ROCKS.
DeAndrea, William L.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Matt Cobb.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Matt Cobb.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-330, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in dark green, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First edition. Collects the...
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1949]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's third novel and first mystery.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, [1926]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306], original light brown cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Later edition. Collects twelve stories. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 615-618. Queen, The Detective Short Story...
New York: Popular Publications, [1961]. Small octavo, cover by Barye Phillips, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Popular Library #G538. Paperback original. Crime novel. [Reference: Hubin, p. 120].
New York, NY: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1939. Octavo, single issue, cover by Graves Gladney, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Wizard of Crime" by Maxwell Grant. Includes a Steve Fisher writing as Stephen Gould short...
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Cover novel "The Sword Staffel" by Robert J. Hogan. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255].
Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 2017. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-seven stories published in the pulps in 1942. Introduction by Jack Seabrook.
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel, police mystery set in New York.
New York, NY: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1942. Octavo, single issue, cover by Emery Clarke, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "They Died Twice" by Kenneth Robeson. "Doc Savage was intended to be an adventure character...
New York: Lancer Books, [1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Hollywood set mystery novel.
New York: Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. (and first hardcover) edition. First hardcover edition, published in the U.K. as a paperback. The author's first book. First volume in his...
Wendover: John Goodchild Publishers, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First British hardcover edition. Five page introduction by Dave Wingrove. "America has fallen apart, and genetically engineered beastmen and others resist its reintegration." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1958]. Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine 268. Paperback original. Collects thirteen stories. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-190].
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "A well-spun yarn of the world of 1975 exhibiting familiar insanity. The explanation is that human irrational behavior is manipulated, inadvertently, by telepathic dreamers from another...
New York: St. Martin's Press, [2008]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance reader's copy. From the promotional sheets: "For the first time ever, an exploration of the complete work of internationally bestselling author and pop culture phenomenon...
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1991]. Octavo, illustrations by Pat Morrissey, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by Elizabeth Anne Hull. Part of this novel first appeared as a novella in ANALOG and won...
New York: Curtis Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Curtis Books 07277. Paperback original. The author's second book. Second Frank Nolan novel.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Octavo, boards. First edition. A sword and sorcery novel with Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-165].
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("Red Nails" p. 2 - Conan), Edmond Hamilton, G. G....
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1967]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Author's first book, published in England as SHADOW DANCE. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-35].
[Bath, Avon]: Morrigan, 1991. Octavo, boards. First edition. Trade issue.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1963]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Study of the mutiny of the Royal Navy frigate Hermione in 1797 and it's aftermath.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Octavo, [1-8] [1-2] 3-319 [320: blank], top edge stained brown, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough cut, yellow illustrated end papers, blue cloth backed reddish purple boards...
[London]: Severn House, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Issued earlier as a Target Books paperback titled Zombie! Stories of the Living Dead (1985). Collects twelve stories by Lafcadio Hearn, Henry S. Whitehead, Vivian Meik...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Octavo, illustration by Lee Manso, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed to long time fan Richard (Dick) Wald, "For Richard Wald / The first of two Null-A / stories...
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Last of the three novels using this pseudonym. About a killing spree by two young people in the southwest.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. Octavo, ten inserted plates with illustrations by Martin Justice, original pictorial brown cloth stamped in green, black and gold, color illustration pasted to front cover. First edition. A....
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Keith Parkinson, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Cherryh. Introduction by James Gunn. Second book of a fantasy series...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Linked post nuclear holocaust stories of mutant telepaths, the "Baldies." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-618].
New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. Story collection, all first appeared in Astounding magazine. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-784].
[London]: Bloomsbury, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed by Clarke on the title page. The U.S. edition preceded the UK edition by two weeks. Alternate world fantasy. Winner of the 2005 Hugo Award, the...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Involves a political boss and murder. The "patsy" framed for murder seeks to get even. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 119-120].
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Edmond Hamilton, Clark Ashton Smith, Paul Ernst, Everil Worrell, August...
New York: Nonstop Press, [2009]. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Collection of autobiographical writings from a writer who has spent over six decades writing. From the pulp era to present day. From the author's introduction...
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