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October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween
by Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum, Peter Straub, et al; Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, eds
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 1587670119
- ISBN 13
- 9781587670114
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. Stacy Drum, Glenn Chadbourne. A fine, signed limited edition in a fine leather clamshell slipcase. Letter "O" of 52 lettered copies. Signed by Dean Koontz and dozens of other horror writers on the first pages. Appears completely unread. Burgundy clamshell slipcase . Fine dust jacket. Burgundy cloth binding. Full color illustrations. Traycased Lettered Edition of 52 signed and lettered copies with a satin ribbon page marker, and also includes a separate, specially-commissioned Halloween Art Portfolio, featuring twelve full-pages of stunning artwork inspired by classic Halloween images. 660 pp. Folio. At more than 660 pages, this oversized volume is one of the best (and biggest) collections of Halloween material ever published! Contents include: 22 short stories of spooky Halloween fiction (eleven brand new, never-before-published tales specially-written for October Dreams and eleven classic reprints); dozens of authors and artists have contributed short pieces recalling their own favorite and very personal memories of Halloween; essays detailing the "history" of Halloween, Halloween in the movies, and Halloween in literature; special Halloween artwork scattered throughout the book; plus almost all of the contributing authors will autograph the signed editions; a total of several dozen autographs." ---publisher's website "The Black Pumpkin" by Dean Koontz "Lantern Marsh" by Poppy Z. Brite "Conversations in a Dead Language" by Thomas Ligotti "Yesterday's Child" by Thomas F. Monteleone "The Whitby Experience" by Simon Clark "In-between" a poem by Ray Bradbury "Gone" by Jack Ketchum "Yesterday's Witch" by Gahan Wilson "A Short History of Halloween" by Paula Guran "Mask Game" by John Shirley "Out of the Dark" by David B. Silva "Heavy Set" by Ray Bradbury "Boo" by Richard Laymon "Masks" by Douglas E. Winter "A Redress for Andromeda" by Caitlin R. Kiernan "The Circle" by Lewis Shiner "First of All, It was October" by Gary A. Braunbeck "Pay the Ghost" by Tim Lebbon "Buckets" by F. Paul Wilson "Orchestra" by Stephen Mark Rainey "Eyes" by Charles L. Grant "Deathmask" by Dominick Cancilla "Some Witch's Bed" by Michael Marshall Smith "The Trick" by Ramsey Campbell "Pork Pie Hat" by Peter Straub "Trick-or-Read" by Stefan Dziemianowicz Plus “My Favorite Halloween Memory" reminisces from: Elizabeth Engstrom Rick Hautala Steve Rasnic Tem Gary A. Braunbeck Jack Ketchum Hugh B. Cave Christopher Golden Alan M. Clark Poppy Z. Brite Tom Piccirilli Jack Cady Robert Morrish William F. Nolan Michael Cadnum Douglas Clegg Ray Bradbury Stanley Wiater Richard Laymon Yvonne Navarro Kim Newman Owl Goingback Dennis Etchison David B. Silva Kelly Laymon Simon Clark Kristine Kathryn Rusch Wayne Allen Sallee Edward Gorman Peter Crowthe
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1150
- Title
- October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween
- Author
- Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum, Peter Straub, et al; Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, eds
- Illustrator
- Stacy Drum, Glenn Chadbourne
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1587670119
- ISBN 13
- 9781587670114
- Publisher
- Cemetery Dance Publications
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 2000
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Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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