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SCREAMS: Three Novels of Suspense: The Will to Kill, Firebug, the Star Stalker
by Bloch, Robert
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0887330797
- ISBN 13
- 9780887330797
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
San Rafael, CA / Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, Inc., 1989. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCREAMS marks the first hardcover publication of three unusual tales of psychological suspense: The Will to Kill, Firebug, and The Star Stalker. The anguished protagonists of The Will to Kill and Firebug struggle (often unsuccessfully) against the dark and repressed elements of their own psyches. The Star Stalker shares a somewhat similar plot: an anguished killer haunts the protagonist and his social circle. But instead of those earlier novels' guilt-ridden, intensely internal focus, The Star Stalker's narrative is more concerned with the outer world--in this case Hollywood in the Golden era. Bloch's thirty year career as a screenwriter (most famously for PSYCHO) lends an authenticity to this behind-the-scenes novel, the coming of age of a young screenwriter. Bloch established a uniquely mordant approach to the macabre. His writing has influenced the modern psychological horror novel. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in red cloth boards, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] MLBS1
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18999
- Title
- SCREAMS: Three Novels of Suspense: The Will to Kill, Firebug, the Star Stalker
- Author
- Bloch, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0887330797
- ISBN 13
- 9780887330797
- Publisher
- Underwood-Miller, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- San Rafael, CA / Lancaster, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror;
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Los Angeles, California
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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