Search Results: Authors starting with H from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

Harrisburg, PA: A Superior Reprint published by The Military Service Publishing Co., [1945]. First edition. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with some separation to the lamination along the upper edge. The jacket is a later add on by Bantam Books. (26782). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Superior Reprint M656. Collects twenty-four short stories selected from his various collections.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (7008). Octavo, Hardcover. Third in the Chief Bushyhead series.

New York: St. Martin's, 1990. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (394). Octavo, Hardcover. The second Chief Bushyhead mystery.

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1989]. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (4632). Octavo, boards. The first Chief Bushyhead novel.

London: Longmans & Co., 1894. First edition. An attractive nearly fine copy, slight fading to spine. (1843). Octavo, cloth.

London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., n.d., [c. late 1920s]. Later printing. Text paper browning as usual, a nearly fine copy in a bright, very good or better dust jacket with a small closed tear to upper left front panel with a tiny chip at upper right corner of spine panel, two tiny closed tears to lower front panel, large chip with creases and tear to upper left rear panel. (30876). Small octavo, original decorated maroon boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Popular mass reprint edition. This edition of the title includes a two page editor's note commenting on the death of Haggard (May 14, 1925) and some biographical and bibliographical information. The Readers Library was established in 1924 to bring well known novels at the cheapest price to readers.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. First U.S. edition. Early owner's signature dated 14 December 1893 on the front free endpaper. Slight spine lean, some spotting and soiling to front cover, spine panel just a bit spotted, else a very good copy. Scarce. (#169513) (30135). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii-viii [ix] x [1] 2-328 + [8]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, 24 inserted plates with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen, original apple green cloth, front panel stamped in brown, spine panel stamped in brown and gold. Published in November 1893 (announced in Publishers Weekly 11 November 1893) and may have preceded the British edition published 13 November 1893. McKay assigns priority to this U.S. edition. Both Scott and Whatmore, in error, describe a later printing with title page dated 1894 and copyright statement erroneously dated 1892 on copyright page. Bleiler (1978), p. 90. Reginald 06554. McKay 19. Scott 20A. Whatmore F16.6.f.

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1981. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $10.95 on the front flap. (#169274) (29937). Octavo, boards. Unlike most Doubleday books, this first edition (first printing) does not have the statement "first edition" on the copyright page, nor does it have a printing code. Reginald 06591.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. First edition, U.S. issue. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29445). Octavo, boards. Anthology collecting twenty-one tales from the pulps, from ARGOSY and BLACK CAT through AMAZING STORIES and WEIRD TALES. Collects fiction by Stephen Crane, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Cummings, A. Merritt, Sinclair Lewis, Dashiell Hammett, H. P. Lovecraft, C. L. Moore, Ray Bradbury, and others. Includes introduction, historical notes, selection of pulp illustrations, bibliography, and essay, "The Bloody Pulps," by Charles Beaumont.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First edition. Upper rear corner bruised, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corners. (29347). Octavo, boards. Anthology collecting twenty-one tales from the pulps, from ARGOSY and BLACK CAT through AMAZING STORIES and WEIRD TALES. Collects fiction by Stephen Crane, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Cummings, A. Merritt, Sinclair Lewis, Dashiell Hammett, H. P. Lovecraft, C. L. Moore, Ray Bradbury, and others. Includes introduction, historical notes, selection of pulp illustrations, bibliography, and essay, "The Bloody Pulps," by Charles Beaumont.

[London]: Severn House, [1986]. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16516). Octavo, boards. Issued earlier as a Target Books paperback titled Zombie! Stories of the Living Dead (1985). Collects twelve stories by Lafcadio Hearn, Henry S. Whitehead, Vivian Meik, August Derleth, Charles Birkin, Thomas Burke, and others.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1973. First U.S. edition. Remainder spray to bottom edge, sticker to front paste-down, near fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket. (8629). Octavo, cloth. Classic tales by Le Fanu, Poe, Shelley, James, Lovecraft, etc.

[New York]: Viking, [1985]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169460) (30087). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Haldeman's second collection of short fiction. Collects eleven stories including the novella "Seasons" and three poems, with introduction, afterword and story notes by Haldeman. Includes the novella "You Can Never Go Back" (Amazing, November 1975), "a watered-down version of which became the central sequence of his novel THE FOREVER WAR, a wide variety of other shorts, and some poetry." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 92.

New York: The Viking Press, [1983]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169424) (30054). Octavo, boards. Second book of the "Worlds" trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-482. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 417.

New York: Ace Books, [1997]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (28606). Octavo, boards. Novel of war in which the soldiers are linked by virtual presence to soldier robots. "Like Haldeman's earlier novel, THE FOREVER WAR, this well-written book serves as a powerful indictment of both humanity's greed and its proclivity for fouling its own nest. - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Hugo Award for best novel, 1998. Nebula Award for best novel, 1999.

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1976]. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, slight wear to extremities. (2623). Octavo, boards. Hugo award nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-364. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1407-12.

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1976]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169498) (30122). Octavo, boards. Brief signed inscription by Haldeman to "Dan" on title page. 1977 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-364. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1407-12.

New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, [1977]. First edition. Mild edge rubs, a fine unread copy. (25141). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Inscribed and signed on the title page on on the next page which has a quote he has crossed off the printed entry and correctly attributed it to J.B.S. Haldane.

New York: Ace Books, [1997]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (26450). Octavo, boards. Novel of war in which the soldiers are linked by virtual presence to soldier robots. "Like Haldeman's earlier novel, THE FOREVER WAR, this well-written book serves as a powerful indictment of both humanity's greed and its proclivity for fouling its own nest. - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Hugo Award for best novel, 1998. Nebula Award for best novel, 1999.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1987]. First edition. Publisher's review slip and promotional flyer laid in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25924). Octavo, cloth backed boards. "Nail-biting thriller about a secret agent who has invented a technological gizmo which compels others to do as he commands." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 383.