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MIND IN MOTION: THE FICTION OF PHILIP K. DICK.
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1987]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Literary study of eight of Dick's novels.
THE SELECTED LETTERS OF PHILIP K. DICK: 1974.
Novato, CA, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Foreword by William Gibson. Chronologically volume 3 in the series of six books.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A. CONAN DOYLE.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Foreword by Graham Greene. The Definitive Doyle bibliography.
GANGLAND'S DOOM: THE SHADOW OF THE PULPS.
N.p. Robert Weinberg Publisher, 1974. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pictorial wrappers, original paperbound booklet. Signed inscription on the front cover by Walter Gibson, author the Shadow novels (also signed as Maxwell Grant).
THE UNIVERSES OF E.E. SMITH.
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1000 copies printed. Summary and detailed concordance for the Lensman and Skylark series. Introduction by James H. Schmitz and comprehensive bibliography by Al Lewis.
HARLAN ELLISON: UNREPENTANT HARLEQUIN.
San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Volume six of The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today.
HARLAN ELLISON: UNREPENTANT HARLEQUIN.
San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Signed inscription by Ellison to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Volume six of The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today.
THE HORNBLOWER COMPANION: AN ATLAS AND PERSONAL COMMENTARY ON THE WRITING OF THE HORNBLOWER SAGA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS BY SAMUEL BRYANT.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. "...a valuable guide to the wanderings of Forester's indomitable hero, and an indispensable adjunct to any Hornblower collection." (From jacket copy).
ARTHUR RACKHAM.
New York: Macmillan, 1976. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. Study of Rackham's work in an art context.
WHO'S WHODUNIT.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1969. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Pseudonym index for writers of detective, mystery and crime fiction.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. Gunn, award-winning SF author and respected literary scholar, devoted many years to collecting the often rare photographs that compliment the highly readable text. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEW INDEX 1974-1979.
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Volume two in Hall's series, the first covering the years 1923-1973. Research aid listing sources of book reviews.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS: THE NOVELS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT.
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Study of each of Hammett's novels as detective fiction and literature.
A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCES OF DASHIELL HAMMETT'S MAGAZINE WORK.
N.p. The Kent State University Press, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES COMPANION.
London: John Murray, 1962. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Comprises a who's who, plots of the stories, a sampler of quotations from the stories, and biographies of Holmes and Watson and their creator A. Conan Doyle.
THE NECRONOMICON FILES: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND.
[Mountain View, CA]: Night Shade Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Investigation of the history of the Necronomicon.
BAKER STREET BY-WAYS: A BOOK ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1959. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Published in the centenary year of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book traces the growth of the Sherlock Holmes legend. Profile of Holmes, illustrators, etc.
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RUNES OF AHRH EIH ECHE [cover title].
[Lamoni, Iowa: Jonathan Bacon, 1976.]. Large octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-38 [39-40] [note: pagination includes covers], pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy signed by Jonathan Bacon. Prints the texts of twenty-six letters by Howard as well as his article, "Ghost Camp of Colorado," the latter first published here in a book.
SELECTED LETTERS 1923-1930 and SELECTED LETTERS 1931-1936. Edited by Glenn Lord with Rusty Burke and S. T. Joshi. [Two volumes].
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1989 & 1991]. Octavo, two volumes, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First editions. Collects letters to Tevis Clyde Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and others.
SELECTED LETTERS 1923-1930 and SELECTED LETTERS 1931-1936. Edited by Glenn Lord with Rusty Burke and S. T. Joshi. [Two volumes].
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1989 & 1991]. Octavo, two volumes, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Collects letters to Tevis Clyde Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and others.
THE MISCAST BARBARIAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD (1906-1936).
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Of 900 copies this is one of 770 paperbound.
THE CONAN GRIMOIRE.
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1972. Octavo, jacket illustration by Berni Wrightons, illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel, George Barr, Tim Kirk and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
THE CONAN SWORDBOOK: 27 EXAMINATIONS OF HEROIC FICTION...
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1969. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the De Camps. Biography of Robert E. Howard.