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THIRD FROM THE SUN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1955]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam Books 1294. Thirteen stories of fantasy and science fiction, selected from Matheson's first story collection, BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN (1954). Includes "Blood Son" ("Drink My Red Blood," IMAGINATION, April 1951), a vampire tale.
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME.
New York: Putnam, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Matheson on the front free end paper. Metaphysical novel about a man who dies in a car accident and in his after-life tries to connect with his wife, who commits suicide from grief. Basis for a feature film with Robin Williams. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-177 and 4A-178. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 90-4 and V, pp. 2112-14.
SNAIL.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review slip laid in.
BROKEN ANGELS.
London: Gollancz, [2003]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Morgan on the title page. The second book in the Takeshi Kovacs series where he is a mercenary involved in suppressing an uprising on another planet. He is approached to be involved in a shady scheme involving recovery of archeological artifacts. "Here, Morgan has nicely expanded the scope of his series, giving a detailed look at the chaotic hodge-podge that interstellar discovery has turned a small section of the galaxy into, along with the Milosevic-like bureaucrats and soldiers jockeying for position in it. Occasionally overdosing on world-weariness, but nevertheless a thrilling cyberpunk actioner." - Kirkus review, 2003. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #69.
WOKEN FURIES.
London: Gollancz, [2005]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Morgan on the title page. The third book in the Takeshi Kovacs series where he returns to his home world, "...Kovacs must battle against the planet’s repressive, pseudo-Muslim religion; long ago, its fundamentalist misogyny led to the death of his one true love. Before long, he’s tangled with the local ruling class, the First Families. Then he meets Sylvie, who may be the reincarnation of a messianic figure from centuries past. She too is targeted by the First Families, who don’t want the power structure upended again, and the guy they send to dispatch Sylvie may be a copy of Kovacs himself—only younger and not quite as bright. Hammering cyberpunk action, with an occasional detour for a stirring speech against religious fundamentalism." - Kirkus book review, 2005. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #69.
NIGHT VISIONS 7.
Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 550 numbered copies signed by Laymon, Williamson, Bradner, Stanley Wiater (editor) and artists Wendy and Charles Lang. This is copy number 250. Original anthology with eight stories and an afterwords of each author's selections with a brief interview by Stanley Wiater. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-356.
ONLY SOME HAD GUNS.
London: Collins, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first novel. A mystery set in the Mediterranean.
COTTAGE SINISTER.
Philadelphia: Roland Swain Company, Publishers, 1931. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-279 [280-282: blank], original brown and black patterned cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery novel and the first using this pseudonym. "...a well crafted novel about a series of poisonings in a small English village." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), p. 864. Hubin, p. 629.
EYES OF A CHILD.
New York: Knopf, 1995. Wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof.
THE GOLD BUG VARIATIONS.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1991]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Author's second novel.
THREE FARMERS ON THEIR WAY TO A DANCE.
New York: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Author's first novel.
THE MEANDERING CORPSE.
New York: Trident Press, 1965. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Shell Scott mystery.
THE COMFORTABLE COFFIN.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Collection of stories from the Mystery Writers of America. Includes a Jack Finney story.
THE ORDEAL OF MRS. SNOW AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Random House, 1962. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twelve stories. "Anthony Boucher, in the New York Times, said, "Patrick Quentin is one of the truly great plotters in the field of suspense."" Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 864-65. Hubin pp. 661-662. Queen's Quorum 119.
PUZZLE FOR PILGRIMS.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Peter Duluth mystery novel. "Anthony Boucher, in the New York Times, said, "Patrick Quentin is one of the truly great plotters in the field of suspense."" Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 864-65.
CARLUCCI'S HEART.
New York: Ace Books, [1997]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Cybernoir thriller set in San Francisco of the 21st century. Third volume of a trilogy.
SHIP OF FOOLS.
New York: Ace Books, [2001]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. "A generation ship searching for inhabited planets is drawn by a beacon to a planet where all human residents have died violently; upon leaving, it encounters a mysterious giant ship of alien origin." - ISFDB online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-944.
THE WHORE'S CHILD: AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Russo on the title page.
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Mystery set in Hollywood when the stand in for an actor is murdered while the real star is away. The star assumes the life of the murdered man to solve the crime. Hubin, p. 714.
LAZARUS # 7.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A leper commits several murders in an attempt to prevent the discovery of the affliction. Science fiction element is doctor's successful experiments to revive dead animals and, for a short time, one of the murder victims. "Sale also wrote LAZARUS # 7 (1942), set entirely in Hollywood, which is as light and fast as PASSING STRANGE (1942), and may be the only mystery novel featuring leprosy." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 705-06. Hubin (1994), p. 714. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 2168.
LAZARUS # 7.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A leper commits several murders in an attempt to prevent the discovery of the affliction. Science fiction element is doctor's successful experiments to revive dead animals and, for a short time, one of the murder victims. "Sale also wrote LAZARUS # 7 (1942), set entirely in Hollywood, which is as light and fast as PASSING STRANGE (1942), and may be the only mystery novel featuring leprosy." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 705-06. Hubin (1994), p. 714. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 2168.
PASSING STRANGE.
[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1943]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Handi-Books #19.
THE BRAIN IN THE JAR AND OTHERS. Edited by Franklyn Searight.
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1992]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. The first of what was projected to be be a three-volume project collecting the fiction and poetry (most unpublished) of this veteran of the pulp years and friendly correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft. (Only one more volume appeared, THE SEALED CASKET.) The present volume includes five stories, a dozen poems, and an introduction by the author's son.
BUTCHER'S MOON.
New York: Random House, 1974. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Parker novel. Signed as Westlake and Stark on the title page. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 748-749.
THE SCORE.
New York: Pocket Books, 1964. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The fifth Parker.