Search Results: Titles starting with V from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, 2001. Book. Illus. by Todd Lockwood;. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 332 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings. Dj art by Todd Lockwood..

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. Book. Illus. by Chris Moore;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 500 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Chris Moore. Illustrated with a map. A young archer sets out to avenge his family's honor on the battlefields of the Hundred Years' War and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. 1347 is a year of war and unrest. England's army is fighting in France, and the Scots are invading from the North. Thomas of Hookton, sent back to England to follow an ancient trail to the Holy Grail, becomes embroiled in the fighting at Durham. Here he meets a new and sinister enemy, a Dominican Inquisitor, who, like all of Europe, is searching for Christendom's most holy relic. It is not certain the grail even exists, but no one wants to let it fall into someone else's hands. And though Thomas may have an advantage in the search - an old notebook left to him by his father… Read More

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1895. Book. Illus. by Harold Piffard;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 416 pp. Red cloth lettered in black on the front panel and spine; illustated with 16 half-tone plates by Harold Piffard. Light wear at the corners with a bit of rubbing on the panels; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. This is from the book collection of editor and author, Gerry de la Ree and contains a dropped-in letter, signed by de la Ree and penned on his personal letterhead with the Virgil Finlay drawing, explaining why he was giving this particular copy of the first edition to his friend..

New York: DAW Books, 2002. Book. Illus. by Jody A. Lee;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (x) 497 pp. Trade paperback format. DAW Collectors Book 1119. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Jody Lee. This anthology contains: Girl Meets Horse - Sort Of - an essay by Mercedes Lackey; A Herald's Journey - a novella by Mercedes Lackey; An Interview with Mercedes Lackey by Denise Little; A Traveler's Guide to Valdemar and the Surrounding Kingdoms - an essay by Kerrie Hughes; The Music of Valdemar: Balladeers, Buskers and Bards - an essay by Michael Longcor; Born in Song - an essay by Teri Lee; A Discography of the Songs of Valdemar - an essay by John Helfers; A Conversation with Betsy Wollheim by Denise Little; The Valdemar Novels by Kristin Schwengel and Denise Little; Virtual Valdemar - an essay by Russell Davis; Maps of Valdemar - art by Larry Dixon and Daniel Green; and The Valdemar Concordance - an assay by Teri… Read More

Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 246 pp. Blue cloth decorated in black on the front panel and spine; headband. Some chipping at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks and short tears around the edges; previous owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper. On their way to witness the demonstration of an atomic ray, they learn the inventor has been kidnapped and it is up to them, along with the inventor's daughter, to solve the mystery of his disappearance and preserve the secret of the atomic ray....

New York: Ace Books, 1964. Book. Illus. by Ed Emshwiller;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 156 pp. Ace F-297. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Ed Emsh..

New York: Bantam Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by Robert Gould;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 262 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art and interior drawings by Robert Gould..

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2000. Book. Illus. by Luis Royo;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 416 pp. A Science Fiction Book Club original. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Luis Royo. This anthology contains: The Other Side of Midnight - a novella by Kim Newman; Some Velvet Morning - a novelette by Nancy Collins; Sheena - a novella by Brian Stableford; Vanilla Blood - a novella by S. P. Somtow; In the Face of Death - a novella by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; and The Isle is Full of Noises - a novella by Tanith Lee..

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 308 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Entombed for almost a century in the body of the Titanic at the bottom of the icy north Atlantic, the vampire is finally released by a treasure-hunting expedition... that never makes it back alive..

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2000. Book. Illus. by Luis Royo;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (x) 416 pp. Science Fiction Book Club original. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Luis Royo. This anthology contains: The Other Side of Midnight - a novella by Kim Newman; Some Velvet Morning - a novelette by Nancy Collins; Sheena - a novella by Brian Stableford; Vanilla Blood - a novella by S. P. Somtow; In the Face of Death - a novella by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; and The Isle is Full of Noises - a novella by Tanith Lee..

London: Corgi Books, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 222 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; store stamped. Illustrated with black and white plates..

New York: Kingfisher Books, 1998. Book. Illus. by Nick Hardcastle; Mark Edwards;. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. 221 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Mark Edwards; interior drawings by Nick Hardcastle. This anthology contains: The Werewolf - A French Legend by Barbara Leonie Picard; The Vampire of Kaldenstein by Frederick Cowles; Freeze-up by Anthony Masters; Drink My Blood by Richard Matheson; Dayblood by Roger Zelazny; Terror in the Tatras by Winifred Finlay; Getting Dead by William F. Nolan; The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire by Arthur Conan Doyle; Mama Gone by Jane Yolen; Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi; Gabriel Ernest by Saki (H. H. Munro); The Horror at Chilton Castle by Joseph Payne Brennan; Count Dracula by Woody Allen; The Werewolf by Angela Carter; The Drifting Snow by August Derleth; Howl by Alan Durant; Dracula - an extract by Bram Stoker; and The Werewolf - an extract by… Read More

New York: Avon Books - Harper Collins, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 373 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings..

Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 171 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Theatrical Vampires: Passion Play; Theater of Cruelty; Metadrama. Erotic Bloodsuckers: Dark Seduction; The Game; The Hungry Living Dead; Vampire Lovers. Mythological and Historical Revenants: In Memory Of; Memories of el Dia de los Muertos; The Mountains Waits. Bats with Bite: The Shaft; Teaserama; Virtual Unreality. And The Unquiet Dead: Farm Wife; Root Cellar; UV; Sustenance; I Am No Longer; and Leesville, LA..

New York: DAW Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by Jill Bauman Versandi;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 365 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Jill Bauman. This anthology contains: One for the Road by Stephen King; She Only Goes Out At Night by William Tenn; Heredity by David H. Keller; Clarimonda by Theophile Gautier; The Cloak by Robert Bloch; For the Bood Is the Life by F. Marion Crawford; The Last Grave of Lill Warran by Manly WAde Wellman; When It Was Moonlight by Manly Wade Wellman; The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber; Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne; Restless Souls by Seabury Quinn; The Drifting Snow by August Derleth; Luella Miller by Mary Wilkins Freeman; Dress of White Silk by Richard Matheson; Red As Blood by Tanith Lee; and Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu..

New York: Disney - Hyperion Books, 2009. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 369 pp. Quarter-bound in gray on black boards; lettered in red on the spine; gray endpapers. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..

Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver Historical Society, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 127 pp. Blue boards lettered in dark blue on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket with rubbing on the panels; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Joseph Collins Lawrence; From Goteborg Every Friday; The Swedish Success Story; From Lomma to Ladner; Near the Old Maple Tree; The Church that Swedes Built; Poverty, Illness and Death; Temperance and Good Times; Rudolph Verne, Newspaperman, Sportsman; Paul Axel Boving; Skogsarbetaren - The Logger; Gruvarbetaren - The Miller; Skogsarbetarna and the Union; Three Letters from an Immigrant; Nothing to Lose; Svenskhet and the Swedish Press; Carl Mander Gravell, G.C.; Practical Visionaries; E. A. Alm; E. A. Alm Letters; and Our Home, Our Native Land; followed by Appendix and Index..

New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 212 pp. First Book Club printing. Dark green boards lettered in yellow on the spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings..

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1964. Book. Illus. by Nancy B. Perkins;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 365 pp. Beige cloth decorated with black on the front panel; decorated with black and silver on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Nancy B. Perkins. The Chapters are: Grandfather and Grandmother Moulton; The War Remembered; The House; Aunts and Uncles; Sarah Marie Moulton; Father and Mother and the Farms; Woman's Work; Strange Images of Death; Growing Up; Pleasures and Places; The Ways of Churches; Christmas; Festivals and Picnics; Easter and Mortality; From Summer Calico to Red Flannel; Sickness and Health; A Barn is Built; Miniatures; The Banquet; Elocution and Plain Talk; Father; Votes for Women; and Last Caucus..

London: The Scientific Book Club - Faber and Faber, 1961. Book. Illus. by R. W. Woolley;. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 232 pp. Blue boards lettered in black on the spine. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks around the edges; no interior markings. Dj art by R. W. Woolley. The Chapters are: The Problem of Fauna Preservation; Controlled Exploitation: A Population Problem; Conservation National Parks and Nature Reserves; Preservation in Captivity; The Sea Otter and the Fur Seal; The Last Wild Horse; The Problem of Asia's Rhinos; Antelopes on the Danger List; Pere David and His Discoveries; The Okapi: Sole Relative of the Giraffe; American and European Bison; Carnivores in Need of Protection; The Preservation of Rare Birds; The Island Survival of Primitive Reptiles; The Chinchilla and the Golden Hamster; and Australia's Danger Species; followed by an epilogue and an index..