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HEROES AND HORRORS
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild color fade to spine panel, and cloth slipcase. (29383)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[Chapel Hill, NC]: Whispers Press, 1978. Advance review copy. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild color fade to spine panel, and cloth slipcase. (29383). Octavo, unbound signatures, metal clasped. One of 15 copies of the book's unbound signatures clasped together used for review purposes. Signed on the last leaf and noted as such by pubisher Stuart Schiff. A collection of nine stories that includes almost all of Leiber's most significant short horror fiction written in the 1970s. All but one of the stories appear here for the first time in a hardbound book published in the U. S. and "The Mer She" is original to this collection. Both "Sea Magic" and "The Mer She" are sequels to Leiber's RIME ISLE (1977). Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-165. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-144.
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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- Seller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 29383
- Title
- HEROES AND HORRORS
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild color fade to spine panel, and cloth slipcase. (29383)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance review copy
- Publisher
- Whispers Press
- Place of Publication
- [Chapel Hill, NC]
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Horror . Fantasy . SC . Signed
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Unbound
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- Advance Review Copy
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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....
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