Heroes and Horrors
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Whispers Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed. Signed proof. One of only 15 advance copies bound by metal clasp, issued as review copies. Signed at the back by editor/publisher Stuart Schiff, with a statement to this effect, and dated 1978. Also signed by Fritz Leiber at the back, dated 1982. Additionally signed by Leiber and by illustrator Tim Kirk (with sketch) at the title page. Pages very good, would have been fine except that glue from the clasp has stained the last page around the clasp site. Wrapped in a dust jacket for the eventual hardcover, near fine in Mylar. Text unmarked.
Synopsis
Heroes and Horrors is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by Fritz Leiber, edited by Stuart David Schiff and illustrated by Tim Kirk. It was first published in hardcover in December 1978 by Whispers Press, and in paperback in August 1980 by Pocket Books. The paperback edition omits the illustrations. The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by the author, together with an introduction by Stuart David Schiff and an essay by John Jakes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2015035
- Title
- Heroes and Horrors
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Whispers Press
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 9x6x0
- Weight
- 1.25 lbs
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The Book Bin
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Salem, Oregon
About The Book Bin
The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
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