Fantasy
MELINDA.
[Kraków, Poland, Ossining, NY]: Hill House, Publisher, [2004]. Large octavo, pictorial cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed, this is one of 1000 numbered copies signed by Gaiman. (400 copies reserved for the author, 100 for the artist). Illustrated poem of a young girl in a dystopian landscape.
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE.
[New York]: William Morrow, [2013]. Octavo, boards. First edition.
ON CATS & DOGS: TWO TALES...
Minneapolis, MN: DreamHaven, [1997]. Small octavo, illustrated by with sculptures by Lisa Snelling, stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Booklet which collects two stories, "The Price" and "Only the End of the World Again." First publication for "The Price." "Only the End of the Word Again" is a werewolf story with Larry Talbot the main character. This was printed to help benefit The Comic Book Legal Defense fund.
GOOD OMENS: THE NICE AND ACCURATE PROPHECIES OF AGNES NUTTER, WITCH.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. Octavo, boards. First edition. Review slip laid in press release note and promotional materials included. A comedic novel in which an angel and a demon who are living comfortable lives watch over the son of Satan so the end-times to not occur. 1991 World Fantasy Award nominee. Basis for a current television series.
ADVENTURES IN THE DREAM TRADE ... Edited by Tony Lewis and Priscilla Olson.
Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2002. First edition. Of 2000 copies this is one of 1700 numbered and not signed. A miscellany of mostly short nonfiction and poetry, including five short short stories.
AMERICAN GODS [with] AMERICAN GODS READER'S COPY.
[Ossining, NY]: Hill House Publishers, 2003. Octavo, two volumes, cloth. Limited and expanded edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Gaiman with a separate reader's copy has matching number but not signed. This edition adds 12,000 words cut from the original publication. "The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things." - Wikipedia. Nominated for virtually all the major genre awards it won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Bram Stoker awards. Now a major cable television serial.
AMERICAN GODS.
[New York]: William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. One of 5000 (un-numbered) signed copies by Gaiman on a special inserted limitation page. "The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things." - Wikipedia. Nominated for virtually all the major genre awards it won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Bram Stoker awards. Now a major cable television serial.
AMERICAN GODS.
[London: Headline Book Publishing, 2001]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed by Gaiman on the title page. "The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them (a type of thoughtform). Immigrants to the United States brought with them spirits and gods. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people's beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America's obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things." - Wikipedia. Nominated for virtually all the major genre awards it won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Bram Stoker awards. Now a major cable television serial.
ANANSI BOYS.
[New York]: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Part of a publisher's limited edition (quantity not specified) signed by Gaiman on a tipped in limitation leaf. Winner of the 2006 August Derleth Award for best novel.
ANANSI BOYS.
New York: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Part of a publisher's limited edition (quantity not specified) signed by Gaiman on a tipped in limitation leaf. Not a direct sequel to AMERICAN GODS this novel does feature the character of Mr. Nancy who appeared in it. Winner of the 2006 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for best novel, winner of the Locus Award, 2006. The U.S. and British editions were simultaneous.
ANANSI BOYS.
[Ossining, NY: Hill House Publishers, [2007]. Large octavo, quarter leather and cloth. Limited edition. 750 numbered copies signed by Gaiman and artist Dagmara this copy is marked "PC." Not a direct sequel to AMERICAN GODS this novel does feature the character of Mr. Nancy who appeared in it. Winner of the 2006 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for best novel, winner of the Locus Award, 2006.
ANANSI BOYS.
[New York]: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. While not a direct sequel to AMERICAN GODS this novel does feature the character of Mr. Nancy who appeared in it. Winner of the 2006 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for best novel, winner of the Locus Award, 2006. The U.S. and British editions were simultaneous.
MURDER MYSTERIES: A PLAY FOR VOICES.
No place: Biting Dog Press, 2001. Octavo, wood engravings by George Walker, illustrated cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gaiman and artist George Walker. Script for the audio play of MURDER MYSTERIES adapted from the short story.
SNOW GLASS APPLES: A PLAY FOR VOICES.
No place: Biting Dog Press, 2002. Octavo, wood engravings by George Walker, illustrated cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gaiman, Jack Zipes (introduction) and artist George Walker. Script for the audio play of SNOW GLASS APPLES adapted from the short story.
STARDUST (with original drawing).
New York: William Morrow, [2012]. Octavo, cloth. First limited edition. Of of 2000 signed and numbered copies signed by Gaiman this copy is one of five copies sent to artist Charles Vess, marked PC. The copies Vess received omitted the color frontispiece so he did an original signed drawing on the title page. This edition includes a revised introduction and a new postscript by Gaiman. Also includes a story not in the original edition, "Wall: A Prologue." Basis for the 2007 film with Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
STARDUST.
[New York: Spike / Avon Books, Inc., 1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. This is the novel without the Vess illustrations. Basis for the 2007 film with Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
STARDUST.
[New York: Spike / Avon Books, Inc., 1999]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Gaiman on the title page. This is the novel without the Vess illustrations. Basis for the 2007 film with Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
GAMMA. (Five issues, all published).
North Hollywood, CA: Star Press, Inc., [1963-1965]. Small octavo, five issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. A short run magazine that published some very good fiction but could not work out its identity. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, A. E. Van Vogt, Dorothy Hughes, Robert Sheckley, Patricia Highsmith, Dennis Etchison and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 313-315.
HARILEK: A ROMANCE. By "Ganpat" [pseudonym].
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xi [xii-xiii] xiv [1-3] 4-336 [337-338: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Ganpat's first novel. A lost race adventure story set in Sakaeland, an unknown region somewhere in the middle of the great deserts north of the Himalayas. "Arcadian utopia realized in Gobi desert." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 148. "Ganpat" wrote a number of adventure novels set in India and vicinity, including several lost race novels. Bleiler (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, p. 198) observes that his work was "more authentic than Talbot Mundy's work, but inferior as fiction." Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 324. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 79. Reginald 05750.
GRENDEL.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's third novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 4-255. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-112. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 67. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 48. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 675-79. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 87.
BANTAN'S ISLAND PERIL.
Boston: Meador Publishing, 1959. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Bantan #5 (Tarzan type pastiche).
ELIDOR.
London: Collins, 1965. Octavo, boards. First edition. Four children visit the parallel world of Elidor, they aid the unicorn Findhorn and save that world from evil. "Stimulating, well-written narrative contains still fresh handling of transition between primary and secondary worlds..." - Barron: Fantasy Literature 4B-50. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 4-56.
ELIDOR.
London: Collins, 1965. Octavo, boards. First edition. Four children visit the parallel world of Elidor, they aid the unicorn Findhorn and save that world from evil. "Stimulating, well-written narrative contains still fresh handling of transition between primary and secondary worlds..." - Barron: Fantasy Literature 4B-50. "draws extensively upon Arthurian legend and upon a vast spectrum of myth in general, all to impressive effect." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-133. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 4-56. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 402. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 472-74. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 89.
THE MOON OF GOMRATH.
London: Collins, 1963. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second novel and the sequel to THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN (1960). "...formulaic good/evil conflict narrative is enriched by extensive allusions to Nordic-British Legend and effective interplay between the placid surface and the ominous undercurrents." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4B-53. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy #403, Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature V, pp. 2087-89. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 88-9.
LORD DARCY INVESTIGATES.
New York: Ace Books, [1981]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace SF 49141-3. Four stories with Lord Darcy, occult detective.