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VAMPIRE CHILD.
[New York]: Zebra Books, [1990]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Ruby Jean Jensen was one of the stable of writers of horror fiction for Zebra. See Grady Hendrix, Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction, p. 228.
THE DEADLY DUO.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1959]. Small octavo, cover by Freeman Elliot, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell A194. Paperback original. Filmed in 1962 with noirish elements.
THAT'S WHERE THE CAT'S AT, BABY.
New York: Paperback Library, [1970]. Small octavo, cover by Mitchell Hooks, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback Library 64-388. Paperback original. The third volume in the Superspade series. Richard Spade, former football player and Viet-Nam war vet is a troubleshooter. A character in the fashion of John Shaft, except this series is written by a African-American writer. Hubin, p. 445.
PLANET OF LIGHT.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Once thought to be an advance issue or uncorrected proof, this paperwraps issue is possibly prepared for use at U.S. Military base libraries or perhaps a simple low cost remainder issue. The book is made up of first edition sheets complete with the illustrated Schomburg end papers enclosed in stiff paper wrappers which has the dust jacket pasted to them. The jacket is a later state jacket with 29 titles listed on the rear panel instead of 20 that are listed on the first. This is an uncommon issue.
CRY, FLESH.
New York: Lion Books, Inc., [1953]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion #132. Paperback original. Female serial killer, hardboiled crime.
HARDMAN.
New York: Lion, [1953]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion #119. Paperback original. Hardboiled crime.
HARDMAN.
New York: Lion, [1953]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion #119. Paperback original. Hardboiled crime.
THE BIG KISS-OFF.
[Hasbrouck Heights, NJ]: Graphic Books, [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Graphic # 75. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery.
JOY HOUSE.
New York: A Lion Book, [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion #210. Paperback original. Hard boiled. Scarce title, especially in condition.
SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL.
New York: Lion Books, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Lion #204. Paperback original. Hard boiled.
THIS IS MURDER, MR. HERBERT: AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Avon Publishing Company, Inc., [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The author's first book. Collection of four hard boiled stories. A just about fine copy, mild rubbing to corners,spine edge.
TOO BLACK FOR HEAVEN.
New York: Zenith Books, Inc., [1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Zenith #ZB-31. Paperback original.
WORLD WITHOUT WOMEN.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Disaster novel in which a plague attributed to nuclear testing has killed all but a handful of women on earth.
THE HUMAN TERMITES: A 1929 SCIENCE FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA.
[New Orleans: P.D.A. Enterprises, 1979]. Wrappers. First edition. Paperback original, pictorial wrappers. Chapbook format. Volume Two of The David H. Keller Memorial Library. Edited by Patrick H. Adkins, illustrated by Dixie Adkins. This is a complete unedited offset reprint of a novel which was serialized in Science Wonder Stories starting in 1929. It also includes the Frank R. Paul illustrations.
THE LAST MAGICIAN: NINE STORIES FROM WEIRD TALES.
[New Orleans: P.D.A. Enterprises, 1978]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Volume One of The David H. Keller Memorial Library. Edited by Patrick H. Adkins. Nine stories offset from the original Weird Tales appearances with the original illustrations.
STARSHIP INVINCIBLE: SCIENCE FICTION STORIES OF THE 30s ...
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1979. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Collects "Crater 17, Near Tycho," "Starship Invincible" and "The Radium World, all first published in ASTOUNDING." Kelly "was a noted writer in the SF field in the early 1930's, when he wrote some 10 stories while in his late teens." - Tuck (1974), p. 252. Trade paperback format.
THE MURDERER WHO WANTED MORE.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1950]. Small octavo, cover by Rafael De Soto, pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. First separate publication of this novel.
THE BLONDE AND JOHNNY MALLOY.
New York: An Eagle Book, Popular Library, [1958]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Eagle Books# EB104. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery.
ON AN ODD NOTE: SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1958]. Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine 268. Paperback original. Collects thirteen stories. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-190.
SILK.
[New York]: ROC, [1998]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. This award winning author's first novel. "Despite its title, there's nothing smooth or sexy about this skin-crawling debut from Kiernan, an author with one helluvan imagination and a startling lack of inhibition. At the center of this modern gothic horror story is Spyder Baxter, a deeply troubled young woman haunted by terrifying memories of childhood and her insane, abusive father. But his transgressions were so heinous that the demons aren't just in her head anymore; they've taken on a life of their own and are taking over Spyder's house, crawling out of the basement and into everything and everyone she cares about. Caught in Spyder's web of bad karma are a motley crew of disenfranchised Gen Xers all living on the edge and trying to heal various psychic wounds of their own." - Publisher's Weekly.
GAUNTLET: EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF FREE EXPRESSION (Issue no. 2, 1991).
[Springfield, PA: Gauntlet, Inc., 1991]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Trade paperback format. Stephen King special issue. Also includes some Ray Bradbury material.
DISCOVERING STEPHEN KING.
Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 1985. Wrappers. First edition.
STARMONT READER'S GUIDE TO STEPHEN KING.
Mercer, WA: Starmont House, 1982. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE GREEN MILE PART ONE: THE TWO DEAD GIRLS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART TWO: THE MOUSE ON THE MILE [with] THE GREEN MILE PART THREE: COFFEY'S HANDS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FOUR: THE BAD DEATH OF EDUARD DELACROIX [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FIVE: NIGHT JOURNEY [with] THE GREEN MILE PART SIX: COFFEY ON THE MILE.
[New York]: A Signet Book, [1996]. Small octavo, six volumes, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printings of all six parts. Signet Fiction AE9049; Signet Fiction AE9052; Signet Fiction AE9054; Signet Fiction AE9055; Signet Fiction AE9056; and Signet Fiction AE9057 A novel published published in six self-contained monthly paperback installments. Made into a fine feature film in 1999, directed and screenplay by Frank Darabont. It starred Tom Hanks in the lead role with David Morse, Bonnie Hunt and Michael Clarke Duncan. The film was nominated for numerous awards including four Oscar nominations. "A Depression-era prison novel, as hauntingly touching as it is just plain haunted ... One of his freshest and most frightening works to date." - Tom De Haven.
CITIES OF WONDER.
[New York]: A Macfadden-Bartell Book, [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Macfadden Books 75-183.. Collects eleven stories.