Heroes and Horrors
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Near Fine
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Whispers Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Near Fine. Signed. #189 of 300 signed, numbered, limited first edition copies. Signed at the limitation page by author Fritz Leiber, editor/publisher John Jakes, Stuart Schiff, and Tim Kirk on the limitation page, at colophon. Additionally signed by Leiber at the title page. Brown cloth with gold spine titles, fine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket near fine in Mylar. Interior clean and bright, unmarked. In maroon cloth slipcase, very good with light shelf wear.
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-2015036
- Title
- Heroes and Horrors
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Whispers Press
- Date Published
- 1978
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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