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#57702 Blish, James [Dust Wrapper painting by Judith Ann Lawrence, typography by Michael Horen] BLACK EASTER OR, FAUST ALEPH-NULL [A NOVEL] Garden City, Doubleday & Company Inc,
1968 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition [with the correct code J21 on page 165, and despite the lack of the publisher's usual First Edition statement on the copyright page]. 165 pages, text figures [by Judith Ann Lawrence]. Ex-library copy [usual flaws else would be a spine cocked VG copy] in price clipped but un-marked VG Dust Wrapper [toning especially to the spine, 1/2" creased tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel]. SUPERNATURAL FANTASY FICTION AFTER SUCH KNOWLEDGE TRILOGY
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$35.00
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#57719 Block, Lawrence WRITING THE NOVEL: FROM PLOT TO PRINT Cincinnati, Writer's Digest Books [1986],
1986 Later Printing, Trade Paperback,
Later [2nd paperback] printing. "A step-by-step guide from idea through outline to the final sale". 197+ pages. Fine copy. ISBN 0-89879-208-8 WRITING AUTHORSHIP REFERENCE NOVELS FICTION
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$5.60
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#57649 Block, Lawrence [Dust Wrapper design by Robert Aulicino, illustration by Scott Gordley, typography by Richard Nebiolo, author photo by Athena Gassoumis] A LONG LINE OF DEAD MEN: A MATTHEW SCUDDER NOVEL New York, William Morrow and Company Inc [1994],
1994 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. 285 pages. VG+ copy [spine cocked] in Fine Dust Wrapper. ISBN 0-688-12193-4 MATTHEW SCUDDER MYSTERY FICTION PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS NEW YORK SIGNED
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$9.80
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#57652 Block, Lawrence [Dust Wrapper design by Robert Aulicino, illustration by Earl Keleny, typrography by Richard Nebiolo, author photo by Gerard Rancinan] A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES New York, William Morrow and Company Inc [1992],
1992 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. 318 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. ISBN 0-688-10350-2 MATTHEW SCUDDER MYSTERY FICTION SIGNED
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$9.80
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#57697 Bova, Ben [read by Robert Lawrence] [Michael Page, director] [Lee Dreese, engineer] [cover art by Boris Vallejo] EMPIRE BUILDERS [ABRIDGED] Grand Haven, MI, Nova Audio Books / Brilliance Corporation,
1993 First Thus, Audio-book [cassette tapes],
Presumed first edition thus. This is a two cassette [abridged] audiobook [total running time about 3 hours] . Used set of two cassettes in publisher's original pictorial case [which a shallow notch to the bottom edge]. ISBN 1-56100-352-2 SCIENCE FICTION
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$2.80
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#57642 Braver, Gary (copyrighted by Gary Goshgarian) [Dust Wrapper design by Tony Greco, author photo by Kathleen Kreuger] GRAY MATTER New York, Forge / A Tom Doherty Associates Book [2002],
2002 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. This copy has been signed ["Gary Braver"] by the author on the title page. 400 pages. VG+ copy [spine cocked and lightly bumped at the ends] with owner's name and date to the bottom of the front free endpaper, in Near Fine Dust Wrapper [nick to the spine head, ding to the front panel near the spine]. ISBN 0-312-87613-0 MEDICAL THRILLER SUSPENSE FICTION CHILDREN LEARNING DISABILITIES SIGNED
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$9.80
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#57810 Brogan, Jan [Dust Wrapper design by Pete Garceau, photograph by Anthony Redpath, author photo by Lynn Wayne] YESTERDAY'S FATAL [A MYSTERY] New York, St. Martin's Minotaur [2007],
2007 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. 324 pages. Near Fine copy [spine heel lightly bumped] in otherwise Fine Dust Wrapper with a 1/2" tear to the spine heel front corner. ISBN 9780312359973 MYSTERY FICTION WOMEN GAMBLERS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING WOMEN JOURNALISTS WITNESSES
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#57669 Brown, Elizabeth Mills [preface by Edward A. Chittenden] THE UNITED CHURCH ON THE GREEN: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT [New Haven, CT], The United Church [The United Society] [1965],
1965 First Edition, Soft Cover,
First edition [no statement of printing]. "Published by the United Church on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Dedication of the Building". Pictorial wrapper [about 6" x 9"], saddle-stapled, [48] pages [last numbered page is 47], heavily illustrated. Errata ["correction"] leaf laid in. VG+ copy [light wear to the spine edge, two light spot stains to the rear cover]. THE UNITED CHURCH ON THE GREEN ARCHITECTURE HISTORY NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT
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#57779 Brown, George Mackay [Dust Wrapper photograph by Patrick Hughes, design by James and Ruth McCrea] POEMS: NEW AND SELECTED New York, HBJ / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc [1973],
1973 First Thus, Hard Cover,
First US edition. 96 pages. Ex-library copy [usual flaws plus the upper right corner of the front free endpaper has been cut off, but the text is tight and clean] in Dust Wrapper. ISBN 0-15-172265-X POEMS POETRY
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$14.00
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#57725 Caldwell, Taylor with Jess Stearn [Dust Wrapper by Jerry Pinkney, author photos by Varden Studio and Sharon Spear] THE ROMANCE OF ATLANTIS New York, William Morrow & Company Inc,
1975 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition of the author's [previously unpublished] first novel [originally written when she was twelve, and now revised for this first book publication]. 285 pages. Glue stain to the rear free endpaper [but no other markings apparent] else VG+ or better copy in edge-nicked and minutely chipped Dust Wrapper with staining around the edges [probably from an old style protector] which has cause some adhesion damage/transfer to some of the flat edges and the corresponding portions of the endpapers. ISBN 0-688-00334-6 FANTASY ROMANCE FICTION ATLANTIS
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$14.00
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#57670 Campbell, William TOUGH GUYS ARE POETS ...BECAUSE THEY CAN BE! [North Attleborough, MA], [Taliesin Publishers] [2003],
2003 First Edition, Trade Paperback,
First edition. "Here are poems for tough guys, written by a wrestler, boxer, football player, bouncer, skier and climber ... who has also survived thirty years in commercial broadcasting". Pictorial wrappers, 102 pages. Fine copy. ISBN 0-9729129-0-8 POEMS POETRY
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#57708 Carroll, Lewis (pseudonym of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) [introduction by Alexander Woollcott] [illustrations by John Tenniel] THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LEWIS CARROLL New York, Vintage Books / Random House [1976],
1976 First Thus, Trade Paperback,
Presumed first edition thus [no statement of printing] ["Reprint of the 1936 ed. published by Modern Library"]. Pictorial wrappers, [1294] pages [last numbered page is 1293], illustrated, index of first lines of verse. Good only copy [spine rolled and lightly creased, cover creasing, 1.5" tear to the upper left corner of the front cover, store stamp inside the front cover, brief notation and relatively small area of white-out to the half-title page, shallow upper corner creasing, cheap paper tanning; but all text is tight and clean]. ISBN 0-394-71661-2 COLLECTION FICTION STORIES POEMS POETRY PUZZLES ACROSTICS INSCRIPTIONS VERSE COLLEGE RHYMES ETC
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#57851 Cheuse, Alan FALL OUT OF HEAVEN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY Salt Lake City, Gibbs M. Smith Inc / Peregrine Smith Books,
1987 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. This copy has been signed [after lining through his printed name] by the author on the title page. This copy has also been inscribed, signed and dated in the year of issue ["9/19/87"] by the author on the half-title page. 308 pages, illustrated. Fine copy in Near Fine Dust Wrapper [upper corner crease to the front flap]. ISBN 0-87905-273-2 ALAN CHEUSE JOURNEYS SOVIET UNION AUTHORS AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL RUSSIAN AMERICANS SIGNED
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#57830 Chilson, Rob [cover illustration by Barclay Shaw] MEN LIKE RATS [New York], Popular Library / Warner Books [Questar Science Fiction] [1989],
1989 First Edition, Mass Market Paperback,
First edition. "They lived by stealth and stealing. But there was no hiding from humanity's ultimate nightmare...". 212 pages. Good or better copy [spine creased and cocked, light cover creasing, store stamps, cheap text paper tanning]. ISBN 0-445-20763-9 SCIENCE FICTION
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#57744 Chizmar, Richard T. (edited by) [all original stories by Jack Ketchum, John Shirley, David B. Silva] [Dust Wrapper illustration by Alan M. Clark] NIGHT VISIONS 10 [Burton], Subterranean Press 2001,
2001 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. Collects all original stories by Jack Ketchum, John Shirley and David B. Silva. Published in a format matching that of the previous nine volumes published by Dark Harvest. 293 pages. Ex-library copy [usual flaws plus the upper right corner has been torn off from the front free endpaper] in Dust Wrapper. Offered as a reading / filler copy. ISBN 1-931081-06-9 SUPERNATURAL HORROR FICTION SHORT STORIES
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#57645 Chizmar, Richard T. (edited by) [Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Laymon, John Shirley, Andrew Vachss, Nancy A. Collins, F. Paul Wilson, Chet Williamson, Ronald Kelly, Bentley Little, Rex Miller, Douglas E. Wi nter, Brian Hodge, et al] COLD BLOOD [NEW TALES OF MYSTERY AND HORROR] Shingletown, Mark V. Ziesing,
1991 First Edition, Hard Cover,
First edition. Collects 25 stories. 401 pages. Near Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. ISBN 0-929480-57-0 MYSTERY HORROR MACABRE FICTION ANTHOLOGY SHORT STORIES
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$21.00
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#57628 Choyke, Phyllis Ford (editor) [Harold L. Simon, cover poem] [Mark Amen, Myrtle Archer, Ronald Baatz, June Brindel, Alan Britt, randimeridithbrown, St. John Buttachi, Richard W. Calisch, Martin Neil Charet, Art Cuelho, Irene Dayton, John Dolan, et al] GALLERY SERIES IV [FOUR]: POETS (I AM TALKING ABOUT REVOLUTION) Chicago, Harper Square Press / Artcrest,
1973 First Edition, Soft Cover,
First edition [no statement of printing]. Printed wrapper [about 4" x 11"], saddle-stapled, 136 pages, illustrated. Poet Percival R. Roberts III has signed his name ["PRRobertsIII"] near the top of the contents page. Otherwise VG copy [creasing especially to the spine area, some cover rubbing] marred by staining to the lower left corner of the rear cover. POEMS POETRY
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$21.00
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#57834 Clarke, Arthur C. [Dust Wrapper design by Hal Siegel, author photo by Peter M. Castellano] RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA [A NOVEL] New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc [c.1973],
1973 Book Club (BCE/BOMC), Hard Cover,
Book Club edition with code O42 on page 213. 214 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. SCIENCE FICTION
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#57769 Clarke, Arthur C. [Dust Wrapper design by Lawrence Ratzkin] CHILDHOOD'S END [A NOVEL] New York, Harcourt Brace & World Inc [c.1953 but later],
1953 Book Club (BCE/BOMC), Hard Cover,
Book Club edition with code P05 on page 219. 220 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. SCIENCE FICTION
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#57833 Clarke, Arthur C. [Dust Wrapper painting by Michael Whelan, design by Anthony C. Russo] THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH New York, Del Rey / Ballantine Books [c.1986],
1986 Book Club (BCE/BOMC), Hard Cover,
Book Club edition [with code Q46 on page 239]. 241 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. SCIENCE FICTION
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