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DARK ENTRIES.
London: Collins, 1964. Octavo, boards. First edition. Aickman's first solo collection of short fiction. Collects six stories. [Reference: Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-2].
THE WINDSCREEN WEEPERS AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR SUSPENSE AND FANTASY.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed presentation copy by Aiken to her brother and sister-in-law. This collection of twenty-four stories is the major repository of Aiken's tales of horror and suspense for adult readers.
AMAZING STORIES.
Dunellen, NJ: Teck Publishing Corporation, 1932. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Leo Morey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes a John W. Campbell, Jr. story "The Last Evolution." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49].
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding of light blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Signed front free end paper by both Dickson and Anderson. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-9].
OPUS 100.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A collection of fiction and nonfiction selected from previously published books.
ANVIL OF STARS.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Century A Legend Book, [1992]. Octavo, "This special limited edition of two hundred / copies first published in Great Britain / on 13 February 1992 ..." on copyright page. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Bear. Sequel to THE FORGE OF GOD (1987).
A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2004. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 500 copies printed. Introduction by Joel Lane. Collection of horror fiction.
JUDGEMENT OF DEATH.
New York: Walker, 1989. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition.
BLOODED ON ARACHNE.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1981]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first story collection. "Atmospheric SF, including such standouts as the title story and 'The White Otters of Childhood.' Bishop is one of the more stylish and intellectual writers of American SF ..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 44. "Infatuated with strangeness." - Brian Stableford. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-123].
STOLEN FACES.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1977]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition.
THE LISTENER: AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-350 [351-352: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front stamped in blind and red, spine stamped in gold, publisher's device stamped in blind on rear cover. First edition. This book is found with and without publisher's catalogues inserted at rear, this copy bound without a catalogue. Blackwood's second book and his second collection of short fiction, containing "The Willows," one of the most powerful of all supernatural tales; "The Woman's Ghost Story," an early instance of pity replacing fear in a ghostly encounter; "Max Hensig...", about a confrontation with a diabolical murderer in which alcohol plays a quasi-mystical role; and six other stories. [Reference: See Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-26. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #176. ].
A STAB IN THE DARK.
New York: Arbor House, [1981]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Matt Scudder novel, the first in American hardcovers.
A HANNES BOK TREASURY.
Novato, CA/Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, [1993]. Octavo, quarter leather with boards. First edition. This is copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed on a special limitation page by the editor Stephen Korshak and Ray Bradbury who wrote the introduction. This is the deluxe leatherbound edition. Retrospective of the artists work with 45 full color and 50 black and white illustrations including previously unpublished works.
DUSTY AYRES AND HIS BATTLE BIRDS.
[San Diego: Corinth Publications:, 1966]. Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Corinth number CR141. Book 3 in the paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. The author of this series was a flyer with the R.A.F. in the latter stages of WWI, he wrote numerous aviation stories starting in the 1930s. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 194-196].
DEATH IN THE FIFTH POSITION.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's uncommon first mystery.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. [Reference: Hubin, p. 93].
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1989]. Large octavo, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. One of an unknown number of copies signed by Bradbury. Introduction by Damon Knight. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3].
BRADBURY: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE, A JOURNEY TO A FAR METAPHOR.
[New York: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2002]. Large octavo, boards. First edition. Traces the author's career through art and illustration of his work and his interests. [Reference: Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (2004) 10-30].
MURDER CALIFORNIA STYLE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Anthology featuring stories from the Southern California chapter of the M.W.A.
ROUND THE CLOCK AT VOLARI'S.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #s1145. Paperback original. Crime novel. Hubin, p. 120.
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-336 [337] [338-340] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 19,500 copies printed. The third Tarzan novel. Tarzan searches for Jane and his kidnapped son. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 317. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 105. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02272. Heins BTa-1. Zeuschner 43].
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY ...
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-312 [313: ads] [314-316: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by John Coleman Burroughs, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough-trimmed. First edition. [Reference: Heins DS-1].
LOST ON VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Second book of the Venus series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-29. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02293. Heins LV-1].
A PRINCESS OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xii [xiii-xvi] 1-326 [327] [328: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover, original dark brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange. First edition. The first book of the Mars series. Burroughs' first published story (written in 1911) and his only story to originally appear under a pseudonym. The story first appeared under the byline "Norman Bean" (he had intended that pen name be "Normal Bean") as a six-part serial "Under the Moons of Mars" in a Munsey magazine, THE ALL-STORY, February-July 1912. This novel preceded the first publication of "Tarzan of the Apes," published in the October 1912 issue of THE ALL-STORY. This popular novel inspired numerous writers and influenced the space faring sword and raygun stories as well as influencing scientists and filmakers. "...this pioneering account of John Carter's magical transmission to the the planet Mars and his subsequent baroque adventures established a new template for fiction set on other planets, developing such imaginative spaces as arenas for exuberantly uninhibited tales of exotic derring-do ... Although it hardly qualifies as science-based speculative fiction, Burroughs's account of Barsoom was enormously influential in pulp SF, standing at the head of a rich subgenre of 'planetary romances' whose evolution was carried forward by such writers as C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, and Ray Bradbury." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-194. Made into a feature film in 2012 as "John Carter." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-31; (1981) 1-31; (1987) 1-17; and (1995) 1-17. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 304. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 25. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 115. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1720-25. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02307. Heins PM-1].
TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1929-30]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-346 [347-348: ads], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black. Later edition. Tenth of the Tarzan series. [Reference: Heins AM-3. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TAM-6. Jacket variant 1g].