Heroes and Horrors
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0918372038
- ISBN 13
- 9780918372031
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Whispers Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed. Inscribed by Leiber at FFEP to a previous owner; additionally signed and dated at title page by editor Stuart Schiff. Maroon cloth with gold titles and decoration, fine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good with light edgewear at spine foot and fore-edge corners; DJ protected in Mylar. Tiny stain at copyright page. Text bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
Heroes and Horrors is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by Fritz Leiber, edited by Stuart David Schiff and illustrated by Tim Kirk. It was first published in hardcover in December 1978 by Whispers Press, and in paperback in August 1980 by Pocket Books. The paperback edition omits the illustrations. The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by the author, together with an introduction by Stuart David Schiff and an essay by John Jakes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2017058
- Title
- Heroes and Horrors
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0918372038
- ISBN 13
- 9780918372031
- Publisher
- Whispers Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 9x6x0
- X weight
- 20 oz
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...