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PHANTOMS.
London: W.H. Allen, 1983. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
PHANTOMS.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1983]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...Phantoms is extremely well written and set the tone for Koontz's later big bestsellers..." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-188. Filmed in 1998 from a screenplay by the author.
THE SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT.
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. hardcover edition. First issue as Dean R. Koontz, issued originally under the `Leigh Nichols' pseudonym.
THE SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT.
Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by Koontz and artist Phil Parks. Issued originally under the 'Leigh Nichols' pseudonym.
SHADOWFIRES.
Arlington Hgts: Dark Harvest, 1990. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Koontz and artist Phil Parks. First published as a paperback original under the "Leigh Nichols" pseudonym, first hardcover a book club edition.
SOLE SURVIVOR.
London: Headline, 1997. Octavo, boards. First edition. Precedes the U.S. issue.
STRANGERS.
New York: Putnam, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review materials and author photo laid in. "...his skill in the manipulation of the intricate plotting and diverse characterizations, whitle maintaining a high level of intensifying suspense is impressive." - Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-190.
STRANGERS.
New York: Putnam, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-190.
STRANGERS.
New York: Putnam, 1986. Wrappers. First edition. Advance readers (proof) copy.
STRANGERS.
London: W.H. Allen, 1986. Octavo, boards. First British edition.
THE VISION.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "A tightly focused, increasingly suspenseful book." Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-192.
WARLOCK.
New York: Lancer Books, [1972]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
WINTER MOON.
London: Headline, 1994. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Updated and revised version of the paperback original INVASION (written under the pseudonym Aaron Wolfe).
THE DEAN KOONTZ COMPANION.
London: Headline, 1994. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Material by and about Dean Koontz and his writing. Includes a lenghty interview, information about film and television work, reprints his first published short story, etc.
THE WALL OF MASKS.
Indianapolis / New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1975]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Third novel by Koontz published under the "Coffey" pen name and the third of the his caper novels featuring Mike Tucker, successful art dealer and professional thief. Hubin, p. 174.
A DARKER HERITAGE.
New York: Magnum, 1972. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second printing. Paperback.
PRISON OF ICE.
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A suspenseful technothriller by Koontz, his only title under this pseudonym.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO ADD?: STORIES ABOUT SECRET PLACES AND MEAN MEN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Son's, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's third collection of short fiction. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 574-78. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-622.
FOURTH MANSIONS.
London:Dennis Dobson, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. "Nowhere is Lafferty's devout Catholicism more evident than in this strange mélange of a novel, which incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction while being indefinable as either. The book's madcap characters and bizarre settings are typical Lafferty, as is the uncertainty about whether the wild plot, essentially a secret history of the world, amounts to a complete allegory or simply a crazy game -- or perhaps both. No matter, since the result is also typical Lafferty in being highly entertaining and absorbing." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-217. The earlier American paperback original was published as part of the highly regarded Ace "Specials" series. 1970 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-621. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-157. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 45.
FOURTH MANSIONS.
London:Dennis Dobson, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. "Nowhere is Lafferty's devout Catholicism more evident than in this strange mélange of a novel, which incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction while being indefinable as either. The book's madcap characters and bizarre settings are typical Lafferty, as is the uncertainty about whether the wild plot, essentially a secret history of the world, amounts to a complete allegory or simply a crazy game -- or perhaps both. No matter, since the result is also typical Lafferty in being highly entertaining and absorbing." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-217. The earlier American paperback original was published as part of the highly regarded Ace "Specials" series. 1970 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-621. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-157. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 45.
NINE HUNDRED GRANDMOTHERS.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Collects twenty-one stories. "The first and best of Lafferty's collections ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-622. Includes two utopian stories, "Primary Education of the Camiroi" and "Polity and Custom of the Camiroi." Also has a robot AI story, "All the People," and "What's the Name of That Town?," an Eipktistes story. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 300; 304.
THROUGH ELEGANT EYES: STORIES OF AUSTRO AND THE MEN WHO KNOW EVERYTHING.
Minneapolis: Corroboree Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies, this is one of 970 numbered and signed by Lafferty. Collects fifteen Barnaby Sheen stories, one original to this collection, two revised.
NINE HUNDRED GRANDMOTHERS.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1975]. boards. First British and first hardcover edition. Collects twenty-one stories. "The first and best of Lafferty's collections ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-622. Includes two utopian stories, "Primary Education of the Camiroi" and "Polity and Custom of the Camiroi." Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 300; 304.
ACT OF LOVE.
London: Kinnell, 1989. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition.
COLD IN JULY.
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Crime novel. Made into a feature film.