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Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Not price clipped (8.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. A delightful collection of mirthful remarks and risible reasons to be glad you are getting older . Second printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine condition. 315pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1986. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean and tight. Sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh, crisp and unmarked - apparently never read/opened. 1986. First Edition. Starmont Reference Guide No. 8. Bound in the original yellow card wraps, stamped in red.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. (vi), 176pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2002. As New condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine with no creases. Trade Paperback. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First Printing, with complete number row (123456) on copyright page. Contents: JUST ONE TASTE by Randy D. Ashburn; DRIVING A BARGAIN by Robert J. Sawyer; DARKNESS by Edmund Plante; IN YOUR DREAMS by Mark A. Garland; O SILENT KNIGHT OF CARDS by Ed Greenwood; IN THE SHADOWS by Michael Kelly; VIRTUALLY FRIENDS by Loren L. Barrett; WASTING AWAY by Sheri White; PLAYING THE GAME by Tanya Huff; THE GHOSTS OF PETROSKA STATION by David Nickle; TO THE LONELY SEA AND SKY by Tom Piccirilli; THE NIGHT IS YOURS ALONE by Michael Rowe; MONSTER ON HIS BACK by Michael Arruda; and GIRLS' NIGHT OUT by Edo van Belkom. Original pictorial wraps.. First Edition (Paperback Original - PBO). Softcover. As New condition. Illus. by… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1978. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Appears unread. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Horror/science fiction. A bone-chilling tale of DNA manipulation for evil. Not price clipped (1.75). . 1st printing of First Softcover Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine condition. 175pp + 5 pages of ads. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1973. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and unmarked - apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. The standard Arthur Machen bibliography. This is a full dress, fully descriptive bibliography in the Soho and Pittsburgh style. 1973 reprint of the 1965 original that was limited to only 500 copies. Illustrated with a few photos of Machen, book covers and title pages. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth.. 1973 reprint of the 1965 original. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 180pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: TOR Horror, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1989. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Appears unread. Still shiny. Not price clipped (3.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. A Paperback Original (PBO). A Diana Tregarde investigation. From the rear cover: "Something is stalking Dallas. First it attacked cattle, leaving bloody mutilated corpses. Now it's going after people: men, women, even children - dozens at a time... Diana Tregarde. Romance novelist. Investigator of unnatural events. Practicing witch. If anyone can determine what malevolent power is loose in Dallas, she can. Power calls to power. Will Diana be an avenging angel or a willing sacrifice?" . First Printing of the First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine condition. Illus. by Maren (cover art). 314pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Avon Books, 1990. 5" wide by 8" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No spine crease. Not price clipped (7.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A Paperback Original (PBO). Illustrated with 26 small photo portraits. Includes the text of interviews with 26 contemporary Masters of the Macabre: Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Gary Brandner, Ramsey Campbell, Les Daniels, Dennis Etchison, John Farris, Charles L. Grant, James Herbert, Stephen King & Peter Straub, Dean R. Koontz, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Laymon, Graham Masterson, Richard Matheson, Robert R. McCammon, David Morrell, Anne Rice, John Saul, John Skipp & Craig Spector, Whitley Streiber, Chet Williamson, J. N. Williamson, and Gahan Wilson. Also has a conversation with the interviewer (Stanley Wiater) by Philip Nutman. From the rear cover: "Premier Maestros of the Macabre share their secrets, their goals, their… Read More

Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, 2003. Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket Jacket (protected by a removable Brodart sleeve). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. With Dust Jacket art, endpaper illustrations, and 12 full-color plates by Bernie Wrightson. "First Trade Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's black cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (35.00). Illus. by Wrightson, Bernie. 8vo. xvi, 714pp. .

Nashville, Tennessee: Albatross Funnybooks, 2021. A beautiful copy of the first printing. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. First Printing of the First Edition with "First Printing August 2021" so stated. Graphic novel with illustrations by Eric Powell. Bound in the original pictorial boards. Complete with pristine dust jacket. From the rear cover: " DID YOU HEAR WHAT EDDIE GEIN DONE? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspired such films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter and Powell's true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms of exploitation and gives the… Read More

New York: Scholastic, Inc. , 2001. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No spine creases. Appears unread. Not price clipped (4.50). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. #1 in the Universal Studios Monsters series. . First Printing of the First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine condition. 215pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. A beautiful copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($17.95). No chips or tears. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. By the author of the acclaimed Riftwar Saga (Magician; Silverthorn; and A Darkness at Sethanon). From the Dust Jacket: "Clive Barker, Whitley Straub, Peter Straub... Now Raymond Feist joints the ranks of these illustrious grand masters with a modern tale of exquisite terror, a spellbinding work about an ordinary world hellishly transformed." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 420pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Nashville and New York : Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers , 1977. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (6.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. British author's third book. Tale of ghosts and time travel for readers age 11 and up. From the Dust Jacket: "It was just an old whip-top stick, but he soon found it had strange powers. By holding it in his hand, he could visit the past... A sense of creeping menace carries the reader deep into this spine-tingling novel, which tells a realistic adventure in fantasy and horror." . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/VG jacket (light edge wear). 8vo. 143pp.

[Bloomington, Indiana]:: 1stBooks Library, 2001. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. Fine condition. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Flat spine. No creases. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. This is the 2001 1stBooks Library edition (author subsidized?), NOT the 2003 Biting Dog reprint. Laid-in is a letter submitting the book for IHO award consideration. Author's debut novel. From the book's website: "John Paul Allen's first novel compels its readers into a world in which death may only delay the inevitable. GIFTED TRUST encompasses the journey of one soul through three lives to its final confrontation with the evil that has chosen it as his own. Separated by seven decades, a literary agent, a convicted murderer, and a school teacher are connected through Virago, an indestructible entity manifested within each... On a Saturday afternoon in 1931, Max Belote kisses his wife goodbye before… Read More

[Kent, Ohio]: The Kent State University Press, 1981. Brand New, in PERFECT condition (just removed from the publisher's shrink wrap so we could write this description). Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. Excellent bibliography of first and later printings of H. P. Lovecraft's books and periodical appearances. This is a full dress, fully descriptive bibliography in the Soho and Pittsburgh style. Works about Lovecraft are also listed. Serif Series : Bibliographies and Checklists, No. 38. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-108. Barron. Horror Literature 8-60. "One of the finest single-author bibliographies ever produced in fantastic literature ..." -- Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 370.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxxiv, 473pp. Great… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Fine condition in a Fine Dust Jacket (only very lightly rubbed at the high points). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped ($7.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owners' name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Spooky, full wrap-around jacket art by Judy Clifford. Bound in the original pale yellow boards, with a salmon-color cloth spine lettered in shiny silver. First printing of the First Edition with "First Impression" so stated on the copyright page. Summary: "Following the murder-suicide of the Von Dursts, 16-year-old Alex, hired to house-sit their estate, is haunted by two forces, one leading him to discovery, and the other trying to kill him.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Clifford, Judy (jacket art). 8vo. 158pp.

New York: An Onyx Book, New American Library, 1989. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Not price clipped (3.95). No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A Paperback Original (PBO). Horror. From the rear cover: "Evil before Eve. Adam had a wife before Eve. Lilith was her name, and she was all that was evil. A myth? Tell that to her worshippers. Tell that to her lovers. Tell that to the entire world that is coming under her satanic sway as the supremely seductive twins who bear her beauty and her brand vie for victims and struggle for ungodly power. The female of the species is so much more devilishly deadly!" . First Printing of the First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine condition. 303pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Onyx Books / New American Library, 1989. Appears unread. Fresh and crisp. Bright and shiny. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Not price clipped ($3.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. First Printing of the First Edition A Paperback Original (PBO). Horror novel. From the rear cover: "Adam had a wife before Eve. Lilith was her name, and she was all that was evil. A myth? Tell that to her worshippers. Tell that to her lovers. Tell that to the entire world that is coming under her satanic sway as the supremely seductive twins who bear her beauty and her brand vie for victims and struggle for ungodly power." . First Edition - Paperback Original (PBO). Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine condition. 303pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Metuchen & London: The Scarecrow Press, 1988. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. Contains essays about Summers and selections from his writings including THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT; THE VAMPIRE, HIS KITH AND KIN; THE WEREWOLF; THE GOTHIC QUEST; A GOTHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY, etc. Also featured is an 88 page annotated bibliography that describes 348 works by Summers. The Great Bibliographers Series, No. 7. Bound in the original gilt-stamped reddish-brown cloth.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xviii, 278pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Owen Phelan, 1834. First or Early American edition. 1834. Fair condition. Light scattered foxing. Most of black leather spine label has perished. Chip at top of spine. Evidence of "bio-predation" (some creature has gnawed along one edge of the leather cover -- about two inches). Small marginal worm hole (text is not affected). Lacks front flyleaf. Better than it sounds. Binding is square and tight. Hinges/joints are perfectly sound. The full leather binding is contemporary "sprinkled" calf (i.e. intentionally, and in this case attractively speckled, to achieve a marbled paper-like effect). First published in 1777 as THE CHAMPION OF VIRTUE, the book has been frequently reprinted under the present title. Although early London printings are available in abundance, early United States printings appear to be exceedingly scarce. "A Gothic novel derivative from Horace Walpole's THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO... includes some supernaturalism in the haunted chambers… Read More

Sag Harbor, New York: The Permanent Press, 1995. NEW in a NEW dust jacket. Near PERFECT condition. The jacket shows just a tiny bit of mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($22.00). Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Bound in the original green cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Taking a night-shift job in Austin, Texas, in the hopes of rekindling a relationship, Philip Kenan confronts the surreal phantoms of his past and present employment situations, and seeks help from an unorthodox therapist.". First Edition (so stated, 1000 copies). Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. 212pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.