Fiction

 
Malcolm Smith, Smith, Malcolm, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1951, 1st, 7.75 inches, 19.5 inches, two-color, English

A pristine unfolded dustjacket from the archive of Shasta Publishers. A beautiful example of mid-century design and printing. A first printing dustjacket...

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Malcolm Smith, Smith, Malcolm, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1951, 2nd, 7.5 inches, 19.5 inches, color, English

Original movie tie-in dust jacket for the film The Thing From Another World from 1951. This accompanied a quite scarce second printing from Shasta...

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Chandler - Large Edition
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Steranko, Steranko, Very Good+ (bump to the top of the spine with two creases to that corner from front to back, otherwise mild wear to edges of covers, no thumbdents, moderate toning to the edges, very flat, tight, clean), Pyramid, New York, 1976, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 128 pages, color, softcover, wraps, English

A very sound copy of Steranko's graphic novel from 1976 which has never been reprinted. A pastiche of the hard-boiled detective genre. Told with two large...

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The Revenge Of The Hound
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Steranko, VF/VF, Hardwick, Michael, Steranko, Villiard, 1987, cloth, English

"The Revenge Of The Hound is set on June 1902, only months after the publication of the most popular mystery of all time, The Hound of the Baskervilles ....

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The Emerald Wand Of Oz
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William Stout, VF/VF, Smith, Sherwood, Stout, William, HarperCollins, 2005, 1st, boards, English

An original Oz novel illustrated by Stout.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
  $75.00
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Near Fine (slight shelfwear otherwise Fine), Charles Vess, Shakespeare, William, Vess, Charles, Donning, 1988, 1st, 0898657105, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, x, 93 pages, 12 color plates, 2 color illustrations, 9 full-page black & white and 14 text illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Scarce.

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Robert E. Howard, John Watkiss, Howard, Robert E., Watkiss, John, Very Fine, Ballantine, New York, 2011, 1st, 9.25 inches, 6.25 inches, xxiv, 552 pages, 1 color and 7 full-page and over 30 smaller black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Eighteen short stories and poems illustrated by John Watkiss. One of the later collections in the Complete REH series, this volume sadly did not get the...

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Allan Gross, Mark Wheatley, Frank Cho, Al Williamson, et al., Gross, Allan, Wheatley, Frank Cho, Al Williamson, et al., Mark, Signed on the cover by artists Mark Wheatley, Frank Cho, and Al Williamson, and by writers Allan Gross and Gary Henry, Very Fine, Baltimore, Insight Studios Group, 1998, 1st, 1889317039, 10.125 inches, 6.625 inches, 192 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

A pristine copy of this pulp magazine signed on the cover by five contributors: artists Mark Wheatley, Frank Cho, and Al Williamson, and writers Allan...

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David Michael Wieger, Terryl Whitlatch, Wieger, David Michael, Whitlatch, Terryl, Very Fine, Los Angeles, Design Studio Press, 2019, 1st, 978-1-62465-0-437, 10 inches, 11 inches, 188 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A new revised edition of Terryl's 2004 original. From the dustjacket: The Katurran Odyssey is an epic tale of faith, hope, and selfless heroism of a...

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David Michael Wieger, Terryl Whitlatch, Wieger, David Michael, Whitlatch, Terryl, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild rubbing to dustjacket edges), New York, Simon and Schuster, 2004, 1st, 9780743225007, 10.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 192 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The first printing of the original edition from 2004. This is the only hardcover edition. From the dustjacket: The Katurran Odyssey is a remarkable...

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Fish Girl
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Donna Jo Napoli, David Wiesner, Napoli, Donna Jo, Wiesner, David, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Clarion Books, New York, 2017, 1st, 10.25 inches, 7.6 inches, 188 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: The triple Caldecott winner David Wiesner brings his rich visual imagination and trademark artistry to the graphic novel format in a...

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Weird Tales #300
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Gahan Wilson, VF, Bloch, Robert, Wilson, Gahan, 1991, 1st, wraps, English

"Special Robert Bloch Issue" with a color cover and nine black & white illustrations by Wilson. A great issue.

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Lore Premiere Edition
  $150.00
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T. P. Louise, Ashley Wood, Louise, T. P., Wood, Ashley, Very Fine, San Diego, IDW Publishing, 2008, 1st, 9781600102196, 12.75 inches, 8.25 inches, 288 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. Collects Lore (2003) #1-6. Written by Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise. Art and cover by Ashley wood. About 50% comics and art, 50% prose, plus an...

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Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, T. P. Louise, Ashley Wood, Louise, T. P., Wood, Ashley, War Rat Books, 2017, 1st, 9.2 inches, 6.2 inches, 118 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The beautiful 10th Anniversary Edition of Isobelle Pascha World Safari. Isobelle Pascha's first adventure. Join Isobelle Pascha as she takes you on...

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Frankenstein - Hardcover First
  $275.00
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Berni Wrightson, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Wrightson, Berni, Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (all corners sharp, pages bright, unrea, Dodd Mead, New York, 1983, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 192 pages, 42 full-page illustrations and 1 double-page illustration, hardcover, cloth spine, English

An attractive copy of the original 1983 hardcover edition of Wrightson's most famous work. It was published simultaneously in a softcover edition published...

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Airframe - Signed 1st
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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Signed by the author on the title page, Very Fine/Very Fine, Knopf, New York, 1996, 1st, 9.5 inches, 7 inches, 352 pages, hardcover, cloth, English

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By The Gun
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Very Fine/Very Fine, Richard Matheson, Matheson, Richard, Evans & Co., 1993, 1st, 171 pages, Hardcover, boards, English

An Evans Western. "Matheson excels at the depiction of one man alone locked in a desperate struggle against a force bigger than himself." --Stephen King

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Carter Beats The Devil - Signed
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Signed by the author, Fine, Glen David Gold, Gold, Glen David, Hyperion, 2001, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

A novel signed by the author. An advance reading copy from the uncorrected proofs - the true first edition.

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Challenge To Lassie
  $60.00
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VG/VG- (vintage printed Sunday school attendance prize label on front end paper, lightly shelf worn, Ward Lock, nd (c1940s), cloth spine, pictorial boards

A children's storybook of the 1949 MGM film starring Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks and Reginald Owen.

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Avi
Crispin: The Cross Of Lead
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Avi, VF/VF, Avi, Hyperion, 2002, 1st, pictorial boards, English

From the dust jacket: “'Asta’s Son' is all he’s ever been called. The lack of name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor...

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Doc Savage Double #10: Dust of Death / The Stone Man
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Kenneth Robeson, Robeson, Kenneth, Near Fine (light wear to the corners, spine tight and unbroken), Sanctum Press/Nostalgia Ventures, Encinitas, 2007, 1st thus, 10 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: The legendary pulp superman battles evil in two expanded novels by Lester Dent and Harold A. Davis writing as Kenneth Robeson,...

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Kenneth Robeson, Robeson, Kenneth, Near Fine (light wear, spine tight and unbroken), Sanctum Press/Nostalgia Ventures, Encinitas, 2007, 1st thus, 10 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: The pulp era's greatest superman battles evil in two exciting 1936 thrillers by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as Kenneth...

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Kenneth Robeson, Robeson, Kenneth, Very Good+ (diagonal cover crease, corners rubbed, spine tight and unbroken), Sanctum Press, San Antonio, 2009, 1st thus, 10 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

Out of print. From the publisher: Historical essays by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. Plus The Society Amazonia (a lost radio thriller) by Edward...

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Doc Savage Double #4: Land of Always Night / Mad Mesa
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Kenneth Robeson, Robeson, Kenneth, Very Good+ (mild rubbing to the corners, spine tight and unbroken), Encinitas, Sanctum Press/Nostalgia Ventures, 2007, 1st thus, 9781932806281, 10 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: The pulps' legendary superman returns in two of his greatest adventures. In Land of Always-Night, a strange being who kills with the...

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Kenneth Robeson, Robeson, Kenneth, Very Good+ (mild wear to the covers, spine tight and unbroken), San Antonio, Sanctum Press, 2012, 1st thus, 9781608770915, 10 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

Out of print. Includes: The Flaming Falcons by Dent/Robeson; Intermission by Will Murray; The Too-Wise Owl by Dent/Robeson; and Supersnipe Smashes a...

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Earthbound (Signed)
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Richard Matheson, Inscribed by the author, VF/VF, Matheson, Richard, Robinson, 1989, 1st British, boards, English

Inscribed by the author. This is the first hardcover printing of a paperback original published in 1982 under the pseudonym Logan Swanson.

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Eaters of the Dead - Signed 1st
  $300.00
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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Signed by the author on the title page, Fine/Near Fine (light impression of previous owner's blindstamp on FFEP, two 1/4-inch closed tears at the top of the dustjacket), Knopf, New York, 1976, 1st, 8.7 inches, 6 inches, 194 pages, hardcover, cloth, English

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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Signed by the author on the title page, Fine/Near Fine (1/4-inch closed tear at the top of the dustjacket), Knopf, New York, 1970, 1st, 8.7 inches, 6 inches, 233 pages, hardcover, cloth, English

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Jack Ketchum, Ketchum, Jack, One of 750 numbered copies signed by the author, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Baltimore, Cemetary Dance, 2017, 1st, 978-1-58767-549-2, 9.25 inches, 6.5 inches, 192 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English

Out of print. From the publisher: The late, great Jack Ketchum's last new short story collection, full of the horror and terror we've come to love and...

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Very Fine, Walter Kaylin, Robert Deis, Wyatt Doyle, Kaylin, Robert Deis, Wyatt Doyle, Walter, New Texture, 2013, 1st, 9 inches, 6 inches, 288 pages, about 100 black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

An illustrated prose collection. From the publisher: "Walter Kaylin, come back!" -- Mario Puzo, author of THE GODFATHER "He looked like a divinity...

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#162 of 600 copies signed by Richard Matheson, Dean Koontz, and Richard Christian Matheson, VF in a VF slipcase, Richard Matheson, Matheson, Richard, Gauntlet, 1996, 1st thus, Hardcover, leather, English

#162 of 600 copies signed by Richard Matheson, Dean Koontz, and Richard Christian Matheson This special signed edition, limited to 600 numbered copies,...

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Hour of the Dragon
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Robert E. Howard, Howard, Robert E., Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Chenault & Gray Publishing, Little Rock, AR, 2023, 1st, 8.75 inches, 6 inches, 298 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English

A limited hardcover printing of the classic REH pulp novel. For Robert E. Howard"s only Conan novel, he revisited several scenarios from his earlier...

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Richard Matheson, Inscribed by the author, Very Fine/Very Fine, Matheson, Richard, Evans & Co., 1991, 1st, cloth

Inscribed by the author Richard Matheson. "An Evans Novel of the West." "Matheson excels at the depiction of one man alone locked in a desperate...

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Lori (Signed)
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Robert Bloch, Inscribed by the author, VF/VF, Bloch, Robert, Tor, 1989, 1st, cloth

Inscribed by the author. A horror novel by the author of Psycho.

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McSweeney's #8 - Signed 1st
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Dave Eggers, Paul Maliszewski, Eggers, Paul Maliszewski, Dave, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, New York, McSweeney's, 2002, 1st, 9780971904712, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 336 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Our copy is signed by author and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers and dated 6/12/02. The eighth issue of the eclectic literary quarterly. The volume...

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Very Fine, Robert Deis, Bill Cunningham, Deis, Bill Cunningham, Robert, 2021, 1st, 10 inches, 8 inches, 156 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: A new 156-page, full-color anthology that reprints stories and illustrations from men's adventure magazines published in the '50s,...

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Very Fine, Robert Deis, Bill Cunningham, Deis, Bill Cunningham, Robert, 2021, 1st, 10 inches, 8 inches, 156 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

MAQ #2 focuses on James Bond-style Cold War spy stories and artwork. From the publisher: Espionage is the theme of the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY, Vol....

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Now You See It...
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Richard Matheson, VF/VF, Matheson, Richard, Tor, 1995, 1st, cloth, English

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One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Jack Ketchum, Ketchum, Jack, Dark Regions Press, 2017, 1st, 978-1-62641-206-4, 10.25 inches, 7.5 inches, 256 pages, five full-page interior illustrations by Tomislav Tikulin and a color wraparound dustjacket artwork by David Stoupakis, Hardcover, leather, English

Out of print. From the publisher: Jack Ketchum's debut novel Off Season made a huge impact on the horror scene with its initial publication in 1980....

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Psycho House (Signed)
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Robert Bloch, Inscribed by the author, VF/VF, Bloch, Robert, Tor, 1990, 1st, cloth

Inscribed by the author. A horror novel by the author of Psycho.

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Robert E. Howard, Howard, Robert E., Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Chenault & Gray Publishing, Little Rock, AR, 2023, 1st, 8.75 inches, 6 inches, 464 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English

A limited hardcover printing of seven classic REH Conan pulp stories. This collection of Conan the Cimmerian includes one of his most poignant tales,...

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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Inscribed by the author and dated 5/31/94 on the title page, Very Fine, Knopf, New York, 1992, 1st, 9.5 inches, 7 inches, 355 pages, Softcover, color wraps, English

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Shock! (B195)
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Richard Matheson, NF, Matheson, Richard, Dell, 1961, 1st, wraps

"Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify." A paperback original collection of the horror/fantasy master.

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Sphere - Signed 1st
  $150.00
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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Signed by the author on the title page, Very Fine/Very Fine, Knopf, New York, 1987, 1st, 8.7 inches, 6 inches, 386 pages, hardcover, cloth, English

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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Signed by the author on the title page, Very Fine, Knopf, New York, 1987, 1st, 8.7 inches, 6 inches, 386 pages, Softcover, color wraps, English

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The Andromeda Strain - Signed 1st
  $600.00
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Michael Crichton, Crichton, Michael, Inscribed by the author and dated 5/31/94 on the title page, Fine/Near Fine (mild wrinkle at the top of the dustjacket), Knopf, New York, 1969, 1st, 8.7 inches, 6 inches, 296 pages, hardcover, cloth, English

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Jimmy Starr, Starr, Jimmy, Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Florence, With Best Wishes, Jimmy Starr. May 4, 1944", Near Fine, Murray & Gee, Inc, Hollywood, 1944, 2nd, 8.5 inches, 6 inches, 254 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English

A Hollywood murder mystery by the famous film columnist. This book is from the estate of Dave Stevens (1955-2008) artist and creator of The Rocketeer.

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William Peter Blatty, Blatty, William Peter, One of 750 numbered copies signed by the author, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Cemetery Dance Publications, Baltimore, 2010, 1st, 8.75 inches, 5.75 inches, 552 pages, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

"Featuring two classic William Peter Blatty novels in one beautiful volume for the first-time ever, this oversized deluxe special edition is a must-have for...

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