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BLACK UNICORN.
New York: Atheneum, 1991. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantasy novel.
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD AND THE WINTER PLAYERS: TWO NOVELLAS.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. and First combined editions. Two fantasy novellas aimed toward the youger audience. "Lee's books for children, in fact, have a clarity and directness which make them among the very best of her works" - Pringle (ed.): St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, p. 351-53.
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD AND THE WINTER PLAYERS: TWO NOVELLAS.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. and First combined editions. Two fantasy novellas aimed toward the younger audience. "Lee's books for children, in fact, have a clarity and directness which make them among the very best of her works" - Pringle (ed.): St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, p. 351-53.
DARK DANCE.
[London]: Macdonald, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. First book in the "Blood Opera" sequence.
DARKNESS, I.
London: Little, Brown, 1994. Octavo, boards. First edition. Book three in the Blood Opera series.
DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF TANITH LEE.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty-three stories. "...Lee's stories brim with darkly artful twists and conundrums persuasively fleshed out with patient, limpid detail. Sometimes, though, the detail grows overdense and unwieldy, swamping the least robust plots. The themes here demonstrate Lee's impressive eclecticism both in time and space, from straight science fiction (the last woman on Earth receives an android alien visitor; an immortal guardian who psychically roams the galaxy; disembodied mentalities stored in a computer until a body becomes available) to fantastical creatures (gorgons, silkies, vampires, tigers, mermen, werewolves). Elsewhere: a splendid Jack Vance pastiche (Lee is one of the very few writers who could carry it off) that turns into rather good Jack Vance; ""Cinderella"" recast as a bloody tale of black-magical vengeance; an eerie city populated by automata; a haunted seaside hotel room; a Carthagenian black sorceress; plus: murderous queens, human sacrifices, astral/time travel, ghosts, avatars, demons, and more. A substantial collection, then, in bulk as well as content, thoughtful, controlled, often rewarding, and consistently above average." - Kirkus Review, 18 August, 1986.
DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF TANITH LEE.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty-three stories. "...Lee's stories brim with darkly artful twists and conundrums persuasively fleshed out with patient, limpid detail. Sometimes, though, the detail grows overdense and unwieldy, swamping the least robust plots. The themes here demonstrate Lee's impressive eclecticism both in time and space, from straight science fiction (the last woman on Earth receives an android alien visitor; an immortal guardian who psychically roams the galaxy; disembodied mentalities stored in a computer until a body becomes available) to fantastical creatures (gorgons, silkies, vampires, tigers, mermen, werewolves). Elsewhere: a splendid Jack Vance pastiche (Lee is one of the very few writers who could carry it off) that turns into rather good Jack Vance; ""Cinderella"" recast as a bloody tale of black-magical vengeance; an eerie city populated by automata; a haunted seaside hotel room; a Carthagenian black sorceress; plus: murderous queens, human sacrifices, astral/time travel, ghosts, avatars, demons, and more. A substantial collection, then, in bulk as well as content, thoughtful, controlled, often rewarding, and consistently above average." - Kirkus Review, 18 August, 1986.
DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF TANITH LEE.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty-three stories. "...Lee's stories brim with darkly artful twists and conundrums persuasively fleshed out with patient, limpid detail. Sometimes, though, the detail grows overdense and unwieldy, swamping the least robust plots. The themes here demonstrate Lee's impressive eclecticism both in time and space, from straight science fiction (the last woman on Earth receives an android alien visitor; an immortal guardian who psychically roams the galaxy; disembodied mentalities stored in a computer until a body becomes available) to fantastical creatures (gorgons, silkies, vampires, tigers, mermen, werewolves). Elsewhere: a splendid Jack Vance pastiche (Lee is one of the very few writers who could carry it off) that turns into rather good Jack Vance; ""Cinderella"" recast as a bloody tale of black-magical vengeance; an eerie city populated by automata; a haunted seaside hotel room; a Carthagenian black sorceress; plus: murderous queens, human sacrifices, astral/time travel, ghosts, avatars, demons, and more. A substantial collection, then, in bulk as well as content, thoughtful, controlled, often rewarding, and consistently above average." - Kirkus Review, 18 August, 1986.
EAST OF MIDNIGHT.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.
ELAPHANTASM.
[London]: Headline, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition.
EVA FAIRDEATH.
[London]: Headline, [1994]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Dystopian novel.
A HEROINE OF THE WORLD.
London: Headline, 1989. Octavo, boards. First edition.
LOUISA THE POISONER.
Berkley Heights, NJ: The Wildside Press, [1995]. Octavo, illustrated by George Barr, cloth. First edition. One of 300 copies signed by Lee. Historical fantasy.
MADAME TWO SWORDS.
West Kingston [RI]/Hampton Falls [NH]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Incorporated, [1988]. Octavo, illustration by Tom Canty, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 numbered copies signed by Lee and the illustrator Thomas Canty.
MADAME TWO SWORDS.
West Kingston [RI]/Hampton Falls [NH]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Incorporated, [1988]. Octavo, illustration by Tom Canty, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies signed by Lee and the illustrator Thomas Canty, this is one of a small number of extra copies, unnumbered copy and marked "Publisher's Copy."