The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram - 1896

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First UK printing. Illustrations by John Lawrence. Olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, Sunned at the backstrip and along the edges of the covers, lightly toned block. Pushed at the tail but the corners are sharp and the book fairly tight and square. Free from owner names etc, a nice clean copy, VG. The dustjacket is price-clipped and rubbed at the corners. Slightly colour-faded at spine, a few little scrapes to the laminate along the top edge. VG dustjacket.

The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1993. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Jill Bauman. Issued w/o dj. Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. AEG. Bound in full (genuine) red leather with hubbed spine. Text block is bright and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on spine, front, and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn. Concealed muslin joints. Permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!

Ash-Tree. First Edition. hardcover. Roden, Barbara and Christopher [eds] : At Ease with the Dead. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2007. First edition, limited edition, one of 400 copies. ISBN 978-1553100942. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj, illustration by Jason Van Hollander. Plain white endpapers. Viii pp prelim material, 375 numbered pp, plus one blank. Editors' introduction, thirty tales, sources, bios acknowledgements. Condition notes: A lovely, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Light wear to dj, a faint smudge to tail edge, a few faint scratches to front board. Else unmarked. A handsomely bound anthology of contemporary storytellers of the macabre. Of this collection, the dustwrapper says "In these tales, the dead and the living meet in landscapes that are at once familiar, yet terrifyingly strange, where ordinary rules do not apply, and where the dead are sometimes the fortunate ones."… Read More

The Bride of Frankenstein (Sequel to Frankenstein), Egremont Michael (Maurice Desmond Rohan; Pseudonym Michael Harrison). Published by Bookfinger, New York, 1976. Introduction by George Locke. (i-v)., 252pp. with half title, title, publisher, table of contents. Reprint of the 1936 original Queensway Press Edition of The Readers Library Publishing Company of London. Issued without a dustjacket. Black boards with gilt spine titles. In fine, unread condition with a tiny dust mark lower outer edge and a tiny crease at head of spine.
The novel was based on the James Whale film "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) starring Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff. After the movie was completed, Michael Harrison was commissioned to produce a novel from the original film script. Given only three weeks to produce a finished work, Harrison (Egremont) ultimately abandoned the script and produced what "was to all intents and purposes original fiction."
Michael Egremont was a one time only pen name for UK detective and… Read More

Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales, Lewis, L. A. Published by Ghost Story Press, London, 1994. One of 300 numbered copies, this being No. 172. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 264pp. Introduction by Richard Dalby: "The Quest For Lewis." Dust wrapper artwork by Steven Stapledon; Frontispiece by Andrew King. Crimson cloth boards. Volume is in fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket.
Stories: Lost Keep; Hybrid; The Tower of Moab; The Child; The Dirk; The Chords of Chaos; The Meerschaum Pipe; Haunted Air; The Iron Swine; Animate In Death; The Author's Tale. First published in 1934 by Philip Allan, this new edition adds both Dalby's introduction and the last story "The Author's Tale." This is the only book Lewis published.
Squadron Leader Leslie Allin Lewis (1899-1961) was a veteran of both world wars, writing these stories between wars. His stories were later recognized and revived by leading anthologists such as Hugh Lamb and Richard Dalby. His 'The Tower of Moab' about the… Read More

Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 1993 First printing of the first edition, Author's first collection of short stories. Signed by Poppy Z. Brite on the title page, and also signed by Dan Simmons on the title page of his contributing piece, scarce thus. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. SIGNED on title page + Photo. Signed in person by the late Anne Rice directly on the title page, NOT signed to anyone. Photos of Anne Rice at her book signing event will be included with the signed book. Barnes and Noble First Edition Thus, later printing. Leatherbound, gold gilt block, Hard cover with silk marker. No dust jacket as issued. Book is NEW and UNREAD in pristine condition, opened only for signing. This is a beautiful RARE autographed book. Makes a great gift.

DUTTON ,, 2009. HBDJ, 1st U.S, edition , 1st Printing, 2009, #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE,Signed in the presence of the seller. Unread. Fine in Fine Jacket., by the author Bram Stoker's great Grandnephew DACRE , Dracula Historian ,The story begins in 1912, 25 years after the events described in the original novel. Dr. Jack Seward, now a disgraced morphine addict, hunts vampires across Europe with the help of a mysterious benefactor. Meanwhile, Quincey Harker, the grown son of Jonathan and Mina, leaves law school to pursue a career in stage at London's famous Lyceum Theatre. The production of Dracula at the Lyceum, directed and produced by Bram Stoker, has recently lost its star. Luckily, Quincey knows how to contact the famed Hungarian actor Basarab, who agrees to take the lead role. Quincey soon discovers that the play features his parents and their former friends as characters, and seems to reveal much about the terrible secrets he's always suspected them of harbouring. But, before he can confront… Read More

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2004. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Comes in a felt-lined slipcase which has light bumping at corners. Signed and lettered edition, letter UU of 52 copies.Includes a hardcover chapbook, In the Shadow of the Master, also signed by Morrell.By the author of Rambo.In each of the stories in this collection there is a theme: obsession and determination. A character gets an idea in his head, a hook on his emotions, a need that has to be fulfilled, and he does everything possible to carry through, no matter how difficult. Written with the haunting emotional intensity and lightning pace that has made David Morrell the master of high-action suspense writing, this collection of stories will leave you dazzled.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980, hardcover, 210 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tiny black spot to bottom edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge nicks, touch of sunning to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. A brilliant and striking piece by an emerging author and winner of the National Book Award for First Novel. An eccentric young woman whose large plot of land is a refuge for a diverse collection of wild animals, passionately surrenders to a young schoolteacher of blind adolescents. ISBN 9780394510217