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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page.

London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Original anthology collecting short novel, "The Mist," by Stephen King (Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1040-43) and twenty-two short stories by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch...

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Wesso (Hans W. Wessolowski), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Part 3 of "Galactic Patrol" by E.E. Smith. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science...

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Octavo, boards. First edition. A Jan Darzek novel. "This further chapter in the adventures of Jan Darzek and the Galactic Synthesis Council (see The Darkening Universe, 1975) also...

New York: HarperPrism, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. A Discworld novel.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1956]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Caidin, "To Ward: / With my hopes / for a few sleepless / nights -- / Martin." Dated in the author's...

New York, Evanston... Harper & Row, Publishers, [1976]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Winner of 1977 Hugo award. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-497. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2469-73]...

London: Century, [1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Davis on the title page. Mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.

New York: The Century Co., 1899. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 1-235 [236: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], 21 inserted plates with illustrations by Reginald B. Birch, original pictorial green cloth, front...

Arlington, Virginia: Carrollton Clark, 1975. Large octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First edition. All published. Contributors include Robert Aickman (a reprint of "The Wine-Dark Sea"), Brian Aldiss, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert E. Howard, and H....

[Lakewood, CO]: Centipede Press, [2020]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bob Eggleton (artist). Facsimile signature of Blackburn. Copy number 1. Horror thriller involving werewolves...

New York: Avon Books, [1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Promotional material from the publisher laid in. "This complex and ambitious cyber-thriller, which begs comparison with Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, features half a dozen well- conceived plot...

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...

Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Milton Luros, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Reaching for the Moon" by S[alvatore]. A[lberto]. Lombino, who would change his name to Evan Hunter and...

[New York]: Dutton, [1990]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U. S. edition. Collection of six stories and seven brief pieces. Includes "Blue Rose" "The Juniper Tree" (both linked to KOKO and MYSTERY) and "Mrs. God."...

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1945. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-175 [176: blank], cloth. First edition. The second Gervase Fen novel. Murder in a small English town, perhaps involving a coven of witches or German spies. "...if...

Hampton Falls, NH, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1990]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. From the front flap copy: "...a semi-autobiographical novel centering around Howard's friends and acquaintances and the towns in which he lived." "The...

Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of the limited editions signed by Vance on the limitation page, this is one of approximately 35 copies stamped "Presentation Copy." Book two of...

London: Faber and Faber, [1966]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection. Ten stories including "The Saliva Tree," winner of the 1965 Nebula award for best novella. The "notable" title piece, "a centenary tribute to H....

[Bath, Avon]: Morrigan Publications, 1988. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. "...the first volume of what may be called the Digging Leviathan world, is set in a modern Los Angeles, beneath which is a giant Underground...

New York: Mason and Lipscomb, [1974]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery and first to feature Jacob Asch. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his...

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1934. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Cover painting by Howard V. Brown. Feature novel is The Skylark of Valeron by "Doc" Smith (part 1), other stories...

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Octavo, boards. First edition. "With its sure pace and crisp prose, The Doomsters belonged with the best of the previous Archers. What was new was its more complex view...

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1907. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-2] 3-184 [185] [186: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], six inserted plates, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in...

Kokomo, IN: Fictioneers, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Lawrence, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by John D. MacDonald, with two, the second by John Wade Farrell, an Asimov reprint and others. [Reference: Tymn...

Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1996. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade issue, signed by Anderson.

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-315 [316: blank] [317: ads] [318-320: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled...

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1990]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Author's first novel which introduces Easy Rawlins. Filmed in 1995 with Denzel Washington in the title role.

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1940. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Virgil Finlay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy...

Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects four stories. The title story "The Night Face" was first published LET THE SPACEMEN BEWARE! (1963).

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A novel featuring the adventures of Retief, galactic diplomat.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962. Octavo, boards. First British hardcover edition. Alternative to the quite scarce Ballantine hardcover edition, the English edition is also somewhat uncommon. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first...

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-312 [313: ads] [314-318: blank] [last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue...

New York: William Godwin, Inc., [1934]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 7-288, publisher's blue cloth stamped in black, top edge stained orange. First edition, U.S. issue. The American issue comprising the UK sheets with Godwin...

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head/NY: John Lane Company, 1908. Octavo, cloth. First edition thus. Translated by Frederic Chapman. This volume is from The Works of Anatole France in an English Translation. First publication of...