New York: Pyramid Books, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Pyramid A3799; a collection of short stories by one of the grand masters of mystery, suspense and horror, including his 1974 Edgar Award-winning short story, "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs." Paperback Original, First Printing of the True First Edition. Lightly age-tanned text is clean, tight, with a slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers show rubbing along bottom edges, particularly on the back cover, o/w only minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable. Scarce.

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Tired of the everyday grind? Got a lousy tension headache? Having crazy thoughts about tossing your boss out a window, feeding your old man through the blender, bricking up your wife in the basement? Need an escape before you do something nasty? Here's a book that may help for a few minutes, long enough to catch your breath. Sixteen stories of mayhem and panic, fear and fantasy by the writer the Louisville Courier-Journal & Times says "is currently the leading craftsman in the literature of terror and dread": Harlan Ellison winner of the Mystery Writers of America award for Best Short Story (included here). This book will at least reassure you: even looneytune paranoids really have enemies.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002978
Title: NO DOORS, NO WINDOWS
Author: Ellison, Harlan
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus to Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0515037990
ISBN 13: 9780515037999
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: HORROR, FIRST EDITION, SUSPENSE, TERROR, SHORT STORIES, VINTAGE PAPERBACK,
Bookseller catalogs: Science Fiction; Crime; Horror;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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