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Black boards with silver writing on spine; book issued with no dust jacket, only panels on front and back boards. Some very minor scratch dents on back panel, but tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $28.95, author pic and bio, and summary on back panel.Morrow First Edition, First Printing as indicated by complete number line on copyright page.Stephen King's son, this is Hill's first short story collection; The Black Phone story included has been made into a movie in 2021. Hardcover, but no dust jacket so book unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.

Dark-blue boards with gold writing on spine; book is in Fine condition. Slight shelf wear to top of dust jacket spine; price of $24.95 on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Gold Gryphon Press First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" on copyright page. Author's signature and inscription below image of a gryphon and number 34 on second interior page. Book's final page states only 3,000 copies printed. With a jacket painting by Bob Eggleton, MacLeod's collection of short stories includes "The Summer Isles", which won the World Fantasy Award and was nominated for the Hugo award. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Black boards with silver writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Small bumps to top and bottom corners of back board; slight wear and chipping to top and bottoms edges of front dust jacket, back dust jacket, and dust jacket spine. Wear and chipping to top and bottom of front and back dust jacket folds; back dust jacket fold has crease. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
W Paul Ganley First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" listed on copyright page. Author's signature and inscription on title page.A special short stories collection featuring Lumley's "Titus Crow" from various magazines and other printings, this is the first collection of all of the shorter "Titus Crow" stories. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Gray boards with gold writing on spine; book and dust jacket are both in Fine condition. Price of $28.95 listed on front fold of dust jacket; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.North Country Press First Edition; First Printing as indicated by no other years or printings listed on copyright page. Signed by author on title page with non-specific inscription of "With Best Wishes". Charles' stories about Maine "half a century ago ... his vignettes celebrate freedom, and honor those who risked their lives to preserve it." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Brown boards with gold writing on spine; author's name embossed in gold on front board. ISBN embossed in gold on back board; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; price of $21.95 on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Atheneum First Edition, First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Author's signature on title page.Price's collection of three stories is described as "[g]enerous, wise, rich with the details of very human lives." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Orange and green boards with silver writing on spine; top and bottom of spine board slightly rumpled. Top corner of back board bumped; green endpapers. Top and bottom of dust jacket spine shows very slight shelf wear; wear to back dust jacket near spine. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition; cover price of $12.99 on front dust jacket fold.Delacorte Press First Edition; Third Printing as indicated by "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3" number line on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.Blume's last children's book (out of four) that featured the sibling rivalry between a sister and a younger brother was published in 2008. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Slight creasing on paperback spine; edges of front and back boards slightly darkened. Yellow page edges; Pocket, 80926, and cost of $1.75 on dark blue cover; male and female nude bodies under an American flag and male body has skull for a head. Pages still look in excellent condition.Pocket First Printing as indicated by "POCKET BOOK edition published March, 1977" and no other paperback printings listed on copyright page. Copyright page does list a Knopf printing in 1976, but that was the hardcover edition.Disch's short story collection that includes The Asian Shore and Getting Into Death. Paperback now protected by archival Mylar bag.

Green boards with gold writing on spine; book is in Fine condition. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Southern Methodist University First Thus Edition, First Printing as indicated by no other printings or years listed on copyright page. Kinsella's collection of short stories about baseball, originally published as The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Blue boards with metallic-green writing on spine; author's name embossed in metallic-green on front board. Top of book spine slightly rumpled; bottom of book spine rumpled. Gold sticker stating "Signed Copy" on front dust jacket; slight wear to top corners where dust jacket meets inside flaps. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; cover price of $27.00 and 1019 on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Penguin Press First Edition, First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" listed on copyright page. Author's signature on publisher's tipped-in page.Smith's first short story collection that is "perfectly paced and utterly original". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Softcover with red and black boards with white writing on spine; book is in Fine condition. Book does have crease on front and back boards near spine, but that is how softcover was published. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Price of $15.95 and ISBN on back board.Feminist Press First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Printing May 2023" and no other years listed on copyright page. Author's signature and inscription on half-title page. Book is true first edition as this English version was not printed in hardcover earlier.Ampuero's collection of short stories, translated by Frances Riddle, takes a hard look at "machismo, inequity, and violence." Softcover not protected by archival Mylar cover.

Beige boards with black writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Picture of author on back dust jacket; ISBN and cover price of $40.00 on front dust jacket flap. Very slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Cemetery Dance First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION July 1999" on copyright page. Signed by author and Michael Marshall Smith, who wrote the introduction, on special tipped-in page by the publisher. This is also a Publisher's Copy (marked with "PC") of the 500 signed and numbered and 26 signed and lettered copies issued by the publisher. Crowther's collection of "[t]wenty-two stories, three poems and an extract from a novel in progress". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Purple and black boards with gold writing on spine; top of book spine slightly rumpled. Small black dot on bottom page edges; very slight shelf wear on bottom of dust jacket spine. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition; cover price of $16.99 and ISBN on back dust jacket.Harper Collins First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page.Gaiman's collection of eleven short stories for children "illuminate the real and the fantastic". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Red and black boards with red writing on spine; book spine slightly concave as is seen in larger volumes. Binding slightly pulled away from top of book spine; bottom of book spine rumpled. Shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $29.95 on front dust jacket flap.Viking Adult First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "American First Edition" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.Theroux's collection of numerous short stories described as "full of suspense and the unexpected". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Light-blue boards with silver writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine very slightly rumpled. Very small ding to front dust jacket near top of spine; very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Pages and binding still look in excellent condition; cover price of $18.95 on front dust jacket flap.Dark Harvest First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" on copyright page. Illustrated by Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn. A short stories collection of George R. R. Martin's foray into science fiction and horror with an introduction by Roger Zelazny. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Black boards with red writing on spine; book is in Fine condition. Very slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Southern Methodist University First Edition, FirstPrinting as indicated by no other printings or years listed on copyright page. Author's signature and inscription on first interior page.Kinsella's collection of short stories that follows a theme of "a stranger suddenly appearing in the main character's life". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

White boards with metallic-gold writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Crease at bottom of back dust jacket flap; front dust jacket flap price-clipped. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Scribner First Edition, First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page.Anthony Doerr's debut collection of short stories that "takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio." Hardcover and original price-clipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Green boards with gold writing on spine; very small wrinkles on edge of back board. Dust jacket is in Fine condition; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Southern Methodist University First Edition, First Printing as indicated by no other printings or years listed on copyright page. Kinsella's collection of ten short stories that are "equally divided between the real and the fantastic". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Turquoise and green boards with blue writing on spine; publisher's initials "wm" embossed on front cover. Small black dot on bottom page edges near spine; little bit of dirt in top right corner of front dust jacket. Very slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $27.99 and 0610 on front dust jacket fold. William Morrow First Edition; First Printing as indicated by complete number line on copyright page. Gaiman and Sarrantino have collected short stories from a wide range of authors like Lawrence Block, Jeffrey Deaver, Joe Hill, Joyce Carol Oates, Chuck Palahniuk, and Peter Straub. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Softcover Advanced Reading Copy of Koontz's novel in Fine condition. No creases on spine or front and back covers; star symbol on cover with "Advanced Reading Copy" and publication date inside. Price on back cover blacked out by publisher; pages are still bright white and in excellent condition.
Warner Books First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Printing: May 1995" and number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Rare Advanced Reading Copy of Koontz's novel. A collection of 12 short stories and two novels written by Koontz. Softcover unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.

Book issued without dust jacket; green boards with white writing and images in light blue on spine. Top of book spine slightly rumpled; cover price of $26.99 on bottom of back board. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Flatiron First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First U.S. Edition, 2021" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Author's signature on half-title page.Albert's short story collection that has been described as " inventive, enchanting collection reads like the fairy tales of old". Hardcover not published with dust jacket so unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.