London: Allen Lane, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A very different novel by the author best known for 'Watership Down.' A love story with a steadily growing undertone of horror. It is ironical - in light of the fact that in the preface to this book, Adams says that he "cannot be sure of unravelling the experienced from the imagined" - that this novel was the subject of a libel suit, and the first printings were suppressed and the name of the main character - Kathe - was changed (this first issue printing still has the original name of Kathe) but it was produced for the Canadian market with the price - $12.95 - in Canadian dollars. 397 pp. ISBN: 0-713913452.

London: Allen Lane, (1980.). SIGNED first edition - A very different novel by the author best known for 'Watership Down.' A love story with a steadily growing undertone of horror. It is ironical - in light of the fact that in the preface to this book, Adams says that he "cannot be sure of unraveling the experienced from the imagined" - that this novel was the subject of a libel suit, and the first printings were suppressed and the name of the main character - Kathe - was changed (this proof copy is, of course, the first state with the original name.) INSCRIBED by Adams on the first page "To - yours sincerely." 397 pp.

Concord, CA: Dark Regions Press, 1991. SIGNED frst edition - A magazine of weird fiction in a trade paperback format. Includes fiction and poetry as well as an article in the writer's corner by Bruce Boston on small press publishing. SIGNED by Kevin J. Anderson at his story "The Dragon Business." Illustrated by Cheryl Mandus, Alan Jude Summa and Sandra L. Johnson.

New York: Ace Books, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Tales of birthdays with bite." A collection of vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, P. N. Elrod, Tanya Huff, and others. SIGNED by Charlaine Harris on the title page. 353 pp. ISBN: 978-0441015221.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology containing twenty original stories by Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Joe Haldeman, Marc Laidlaw, Roberta Lannes, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Nicholas Royle, Ray Russell, Whitley Strieber, Robert Bloch, W.H. Pugmire & Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Charles L. Grant, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Bryant, and Karl Edward Wagner. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories - Peter Straub, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Introduction by Dennis Etchison. xv, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-385-234309.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED and dated by Yarbro at her short story 'Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' and by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' by Yarbro, The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.

New York: Ace Books, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Tales of birthdays with bite." A collection of vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, P. N. Elrod, Tanya Huff, and others. SIGNED by Carolyn Haines at her story "The Wish." 353 pp. ISBN: 978-0441015221.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology of horror fiction which includes "Foreign Parts" a tale of sex and death by Neil Gaiman, Thomas Ligotti's "The Spectacles in the Drawer" and stories by Clive Barker, Kim Newman and others. SIGNED by William Nolan at his story "Gobble, Gobble." Illustrated. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-733X.

New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An all-new collection of urban fantasy stories - strange cases of death and magic in the city - by Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle. SIGNED twice by Joe Lansdale - on the table of contents and at his story "The Bleeding Shadow." Introduction by George Martin in which he describes urban fantasy as the "bastard stepchild" - the heroes have their roots in hardboiled mystery, while the villains are straight out of horror. xii, 478 pp. ISBN: 978-0441020744.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology based on the award-winning horror magazine - includes stories by Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Russell Kirk, Hugh B. Cave, William F. Nolan, Tanith Lee, Richard Christian Matheson and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: by David Drake at his story "The Dancer in the Flames" and by William Nolan at "Fair Trade." Wraparound dust jacket art by Stephen E. Fabian. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-385-149670.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1960). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #20 in this series in the front of the book and on the back cover. 184 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1960). Hardcover - Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Lists through #19 in this series in the front of the book and to #18 on the back cover. 184 pp.

New York: Avon, (1958). First edition - From the back cover: "I found Ralph's body in the chemistry laboratory. The policy called it suicide. But I knew better. It was murder - cold-blooded, calculated murder! The trouble was, though, that if I told the police what I knew it would make me SUSPECT NUMBER ONE. . . the mystery-writing debut of one of the great science fiction writers of all-time." Avon Book # T-287, cover price 35c, good girl cover art. 189 pp.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in twelfth-century Wales at the climax of the Middle Ages, a time when the Crusades, troubadours, Arthurian romance, castles, and Christian fervor are at their peak. 500 pp. ISBN: 0-060179651.

San Francisco & Portland: Night Shade Press, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of dark fantasy stories by the author of The Company novels. Includes an original novella featuring pirate captain Henry Morgan, 'The Maid on the Shore.' 231 pp. ISBN: 978-1597800518.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in "the parched, diseased, impoverished terrain of central Africa" where in front of the doctor struggling to bring water to the area, an apparent miracle occurs. As a tractor gouges the ground for an airstrip, "water bubbles to the surface, first a trickle, but soon a powerful flood. and a sizeable river seems to be forming." A combination of speculative and realistic fiction. 254 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-88619-1815.

New York: Holiday House, (2020). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a humorous new series for older children. "Tom can't help that he's hungry, howling and half dead. Thanks to a series of unfortunate bites, eleven-year old Tom is now part vampire, part werewolf and part zombie - just in time for the first day of middle school." SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with drawings by Mark Fearing. 295 pp.

New York: Ace Books / Putnam, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel "by the man Stehen King named as his own successor." 379 pp. ISBN: 0-399-132783.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - His second collection of short fiction - 4 pieces that have Stephen King saying that Barker is 'better than I am' 221 pp. Dust jacket by by Fred Marcellino,. ISBN: 0-671-626876.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - "A novel of many worlds." Set in Auckland, 100 years after the Reichs dominated the world. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-312-861184.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - "A novel of many worlds." Set in Auckland, 100 years after the Reichs dominated the world. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-312-861184.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller about a charismatic cult with a dark underside, SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-312-85708x.

New York: Hyperion Books for Children, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - The adventures of Peter Pan's friends on Mollusk Island. The second collaboration between these two authors, and the first written for younger children. SIGNED by BOTH authors - by Ridley Pearson on the half title page and by Dave Barry on the title page. Not illustrated. Disney editions. 115 pp.