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CUTTING EDGE.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a good dustjacket (small chip, short closed tear and a bit of rubbing to dj, now protected by an archival cover).
Book ID: 59103More details Price: $40.00 -
FANTASY TALES: Volume 2, Issue No 3, Spring 1991.
Edition: First US printing, a trade paperback original.
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.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 55351More details Price: $16.00 -
SUCKERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atheneum, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A modern satire combining "vanity, megalomania and vampires" as it follow the fortunes of Dora, a savvy businesswoman, and her bloodsucking nemesis, Violet, from London's glass towers to its mean streets. In 1993, Billson was named one of Granta's 'Best Young British Novelists.' Review copy with publisher's promotional brochure and photograph of author laid in. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-68912189X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 75684More details Price: $17.50 -
ANTIGODDESS: The Goddess War, Book One.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series by this young adult author - "a riveting and chilling thriller which deftly blends ancient legends with modern horrors." SIGNED on the title page with the words "Old Gods never die." 333 pp. ISBN: 9780765334435.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 58179More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GATES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atria, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The Gates of Hell are about to open. Want to peek?" A novel about "the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy. It is about a quirky and eccentric boy who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power." SIGNED on the title page with a small doodle. 293 pp. ISBN: 978-1439172636.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 70070More details Price: $25.00 -
MIDNIGHT GRAFFITI.
Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing.
New York: Warner, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of cutting-edge horror fiction, with stories which originally appeared in the Hugo Award nominated Midnight Graffiti magazine. Features the first book publication of "Rainy Season" by Stephen King. Other contributors include Dan Simmons, Nancy Collins, Harlan Ellison, Neal Gaiman, John Shirley, David Schow and more. 365 p
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the dj spine)
Book ID: 88103More details Price: $18.50 -
THE ACCURSED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in the early years of the twentieth century - 1905-1906 - in Princeton New Jersey, this combines historical fiction with supernatural elements. SIGNED on the title page. 667 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0062231703.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81150More details Price: $30.00 -
THE ACCURSED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ecco Press, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the early years of the twentieth century - - 1905-1906 - in Princeton New Jersey, this combines historical fiction with supernatural elements. 667 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0062231703.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76960More details Price: $18.50 -
THE COLLECTOR OF HEARTS: New Tales of the Grotesque.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Twenty-seven stories of the forbidden. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-525-944451.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57397More details Price: $35.00 -
THE PORTAL.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Black Opal Books, (2011). SIGNED - A paranormal thriller for young adults - "Cody isnÕt like other little boys...he sees things he shouldnÕt. Vivian Carmichael has been hiding in the San Bernardino Mountains for more than a year now. Far from cell towers and video cameras, she's finally found a safe place to raise her four-year old son Cody. " SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 978-1937329136.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75846More details Price: $25.00 -
DARK SIGHT.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Black Opal Books, (2014). SIGNED - A paranormal thriller for young adults - "As the only black student at an all-white school, Monique Robinson has always had to prove herself. When her best friend, Victoria is left brain dead, Monique fights to bring her back. But she soon realizes that blurring the lines between life and death has its own price." SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp. plus an excerpt from 'The Portal.'. ISBN: 978-1626941137.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75845More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.). First edition - The second book in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp.
Condition: Good+ in printed blue wrappers (crease on front cover, some curling to the corners, binding tight, contents clean.) An uncommon advance issue,
Book ID: 46685More details Price: $65.00 -
THE GOLDEN COMPASS: His Dark Materials, Book One. (original title: Northern Lights.)
Edition: First printing (stated and with a number line beginning in '1' as required.)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) Basis for the movie of the same name. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679-879242.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61584More details Price: $65.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book (and the hardest to find in the first edition) in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Near fine in very good- dust jacket (prev owner's seal on front endpaper, short tear to dj near top of spine)
Book ID: 52700More details Price: $50.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book (and the hardest to find in the first edition) in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. An attractive straight and tight copy.
Book ID: 51238More details Price: $75.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket (crinkling from dampness to the outer margins of some pages, some soiling to the edges of the textblock.)
Book ID: 41538More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PURE: Book Three of the Oz Chronicles.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Middlebury House Publishing, (2007). SIGNED first edition - The third installment in this series: "Oz awakes in a mental institution. He spends his days trying to come to terms with the murders he's committed and his nights hiding from the dead who watch him. J." SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated 05/31/08. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-9792067-23.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60740More details Price: $18.50 -
THE VAMPIRE WITHIN: New Blood.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
Booksurge, (2007). First edition - The second book in the The Vampire Within trilogy, set in Triton City, California, "where there aren't any homeless to be seen for miles...any homeless who are alive anyway. Now the city that prided itself on beauty, strength, and power is at the epicenter of a genetics game between two doctors battling to play God, and a group of college students has discovered they are the game's unwilling pawns." SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp. Promotional postcard for the next book in the series laid in. ISBN: 1419667794.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60751More details Price: $16.50