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Burbank, CA: Dark Progress, 1996. Ephemera. Near fine. A calendar with each month illustrated with a photograph of a horror writer. This is one of 250 copies signed by each writer. The writers are Yvonne Navarro, Peter Straub, William F. Nolan, Dougless Clegg, and others. This was a joint publication of Dark Delicacies and The Fool's Progress. A near fine copy. Signed on the limitation page.

London: Orbit, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A dystopian crime novel. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by Claire North on the title page.

Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications / EDGE Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A tale, by Matheson, set long ago in Persia. Designed like an early 20th century adventure book, with eight color plates and many drawings printed in black by Stout. The covers are stamped in gilt with a color onlay illustration. This is one of 350 numbered copies signed by Matheson and Stout. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This is no. 292 of 350 signed by the author and illustrator.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 12012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 40th anniversary edition of this novel of murder and mayhem in Houston. This edition includes a short story featuring one of the characters in Act of Love as well as an interview with the author. This is one of 200 numbered copies, signed by Lansdale on a tipped in page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the publisher's slipcase, which is also fine.

London: Gollancz, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first book in the Memory of Flames (dragon) series. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy (top of spine slightly bumped) in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Deas on the title page.

London: Goldsboro Books / Gollancz, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first book in the Memory of Flames (dragon) series. This is one of 150 numbered copies signed by Deas and housed in a slipcase. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and a very near fine slipcase with minor shelfwear. Signed by Deas on the limitation page. This is copy 132 of 150.

Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An anthology of short pieces including articles from Gaiman's website, introductions and afterwords from books; and periodical appearances. Published in an edition of 2000 copies. 288 pages. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Lexington, KY: Apex Publications, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 189 pages. Short stories. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the contributors on a tipped-in sheet.

London: Gollancz, 2010. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third volume in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. This UK edition was published nine days after the American. 772 pages. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on a series bookplate mounted to the title page.

New York: Viking Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sequel to Akata Witch, the newest trilogy from this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Nigerian American writer. This is the story of an albino Nigerian American girl with magic powers. It won the Locus Award for best young adult novel in 2018. Okorafor is one of the best known Africanfuturism writers (a term she coined because she did not like Afrofuturism). First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed on the title page, and scarce thus.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A collection of sixteen short stories, including "the classic werewolf story 'Tarnhelm'; the oft-anthologized 'The Little Ghost'; 'The Snow', a chilling story of vengeance from beyond the grave; and perhaps the highlight of the collection, 'The Silver Mask', which one critic has called 'a masterpiece, a classic example of how a tale can be truly terrible and ghostly with no ghost and only the wispiest hint of the supernatural.'"-quoted from the current Valancourt Books edition. ix, [1], 369, [1], 2 pages. First edition (first printing with 1933 date on title page and no later printings on copyright page). A very good copy (slight spine lean) in a very good dust jacket priced at 7/6 net. Somewhat musty.

Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. An anthology based on the question, "What do you think would have happened if the alternate bid for certain Worldcons had won?" 127 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. A signed edition, based on the 10th anniversary edition, which was expanded by 12,000 words. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker awards for the original text. A fine leatherbound copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Signed by Gaiman, with the certificate of authenticity and the publisher's "note" card. Still sealed. There is a scratch on the back, splitting the shrinkwrap and just affecting the leather. It's hard to see, but if you are very particular about such things, this copy isn't for you.

New York: William Morrow, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Set in the same world as the author's best selling novel American Gods. 336 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Gaiman to "Danny" on the dedication page, as usual with this title.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. A novel set in the same world as the Author's best selling novel American Gods. This copy is bound in full leather stamped in gilt; it is signed by Gaiman on a tipped in page at the front. Fine copy (still sealed). Signed by Gaiman.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. Four short plays, set in Ireland. With an afterword by Bradbury. 159 pages. Apollo Editions, A-75, with a $1.95 cover price. First edition (first printing, paperback issue; there was a simultaneous hardcover). A good to very good copy, with the remnants of a label on the upper front cover. Signed by Bradbury on the title page and dated in 1996.

London: Head of Zeus in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 250 copies, signed and numbered by Liu on a limitation page. Liu first published a story with this title in 2010; this is the first English-language edition of the expanded version of this satirical novel. Translated by Elizabeth Hanlon. 249 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is copy 201 of 250 copies, signed by Liu.

London: Head of Zeus, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Liu first published a story with this title in 2010; this is the first English-language edition of the expanded version of this satirical novel. Translated by Elizabeth Hanlon. This is one of an unspecified number of copies issued signed by the author on a tipped in page. 249 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Liu.

1973. Ephemera. Very Good. An archive of 19 typed notes and letters, signed (TNS and TLS) and 6 typescripts by Piers Anthony, a prolific science fiction author staring in the 1960s. He is best known for his series of Xanth novels. This group of letters also includes 10 retained carbons of letters from Richard Geis to Anthony. Geis was a prolific writer of soft-core pornographic novels, which for many years was his main source of income. As a hobby, he published several fanzines, the best-known of which was Science Fiction Review (SFR). According to the Fancyclopedia 3, Geis's various fanzines were among the most influential in science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s. Geis was nominated for 30 Hugos in the fanzine category and won thirteen. Most of Anthony's letters are densely typed, with narrow margins. The paper is often low quality and tanned. All items are ribbon copies, unless noted. Many of the letters have lines in the margin made by Geis, perhaps for editorial purposes. Many of the letters… Read More

London: Harper Voyager, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The complete Ashen Torment fantasy series, from the issue of 100 signed copies with an embossed limitation stamp on the title page. First editions (first printings of all three volumes, each with a "1" on the copyright page). All three books are fine in fine dust jackets. This is a matched set, with all three volumes numbered 3 of 100 and signed by the author. Scarce complete and with such a low number.