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FIREBUG.
Evanston, IL: Regency Books, [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Ellison wrote the first part of this novel.
FIREBUG.
Evanston, IL: Regency Books, [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Regency Books RB#101. Paperback original. Signed by both Bloch and Ellision with a terrific inscription above the title by Robert Bloch-"Harlan wrote the / good part-the / first 1200 words! / Robert Bloch" signed again by Bloch under the title and signed by Ellison. A unique copy.
ATOMS AND EVIL.
London: Robert Hale & Company, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Collection of 13 stories. Originally published as a paperback original in 1962.
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALS) to Dirk Mosig, 1973-1975. 16 letters, 23 page.
Group of 16 handwritten letters to Dirk Mosig from Bloch dated July 17, 1973 to February 12, 1975. Some are on Bloch's letterhead, some on plain paper. Content includes answers to queries about Lovecraft and his writings, Lovecraft in relation to Bloch (one of Bloch's comments - "I was influenced by HPL, not Dunsany" 7/2/74), Bloch's comments on current events and those who manipulate others, his own writings and more. Dirk Mosig is an important early Lovecraft scholar of the modern period. S. T. Joshi has written, "Dirk Mosig is the key transitional figure in Lovecraft studies; and if the history of this field is ever written, he will have to occupy a central role..."
BLOOD RUNS COLD.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of seventeen short stories, mostly crime, but including several horror stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 211.
BLOOD RUNS COLD.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of seventeen short stories, mostly crime, but including several horror stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 211.
THE DEAD BEAT.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. Octavo, boards. First edition. Mystery thriller, a injured young man is taken in by a couple and will not leave.
DRAGONS AND NIGHTMARES: FOUR SHORT NOVELS.
Baltimore: Mirage, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Signed by Bloch. Collects "A Good Knight's Work," "The Eager Dragon," "Nursemaid to Nightmares" and "Black Barter." Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-39.
THE EARLY FEARS.
Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer, 1994. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirty-nine stories, thirty-six first published between 1935 and 1958 and collected in THE OPENER OF THE WAY (1945) and PLEASANT DREAMS-NIGHTMARES (1960) and three previously uncollected stories first published in 1991. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-38.
FIREBUG.
London: Corgi, 1977. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First British edition.
FLOWERS FROM THE MOON AND OTHER LUNACIES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publisher, Inc., 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty stories first published in WEIRD TALES, STRANGE STORIES, and ROGUE.
FLOWERS FROM THE MOON AND OTHER LUNACIES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publisher, Inc., 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty stories first published in WEIRD TALES, STRANGE STORIES, and ROGUE.
HORROR-7.
New York: Belmont Books, [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Belmont #90-275. Paperback original. Collection of short fiction from his Arkham House collections.
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND.
New York: Curtis Books, 1971. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE KIDNAPER.
New York: Lion Books, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion Books #185. Paperback original. "...one of the author's own favorites among his work, is THE KIDNAPPER, another first person narrative of a psychopath, cold, clinical, and unsparingly honest in treatment." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 82-84.
THE LIVING DEMONS.
New York: Belmont Books, [1967]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Belmont B0-787.. Paperback original. Signed inscription by Bloch to a well known mystery bookseller and publisher on the inside front cover. Collects twelve stories of horror.
LOST IN TIME AND SPACE WITH LEFTY FEEP.
Pacifica, California: Published by Creatures at Large, [1987]. First edition. First of a projected three volume set collecting all the Lefty Feep stories. This volume collects the first eight from FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, plus one original to this collection. Introduction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and interview with Bloch conducted by editor John Stanley.
ONCE AROUND THE BLOCH: AN UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
New York: Tor, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Bloch on the front free endpaper to a mystery publisher and bookseller.
THE OPENER OF THE WAY.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book, preceded by a 40-page booklet printing four stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-29. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 209. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-30.
PLEASANT DREAMS - NIGHTMARES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects fifteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-45. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 210. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-31.
PLEASANT DREAMS - NIGHTMARES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects fifteen stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-45. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 210. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-31.
THE SCARF OF PASSION.
New York: Avon Novels Inc., [1948]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Avon Monthly Novel #9. Digest size format. Signed by Bloch on the title page.
THE SCARF.
New York: The Dial Press, 1947. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page: "Best wishes-Robert Bloch."
SCREAMS: THREE NOVELS OF SUSPENSE.
San Rafael, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First combined edition. Collects The Will to Kill (1954), Firebug (1961), and The Star Stalker (1968). First hardcover edition for all titles (all first printed in paperback). The Will to Kill "tells of a Korean War veteran searching to the secret of his periodic mental blackouts"; "Firebug was the story of a murderous pyromaniac"; "The Stark Stalker, an evocative novel set in Hollywood during the last days of silent movies." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 82-84.
SCREAMS: THREE NOVELS OF SUSPENSE.
San Rafael, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First combined edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bloch. Collects The Will to Kill (1954), Firebug (1961), and The Star Stalker (1968). First hardcover edition for all titles (all first printed in paperback). The Will to Kill "tells of a Korean War veteran searching to the secret of his periodic mental blackouts"; "Firebug was the story of a murderous pyromaniac"; "The Stark Stalker, an evocative novel set in Hollywood during the last days of silent movies." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 82-84.