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THE SHADOW: A QUARTER OF EIGHT & THE FREAK SHOW MURDERS.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - First hardcover publication of two of the most popular novels from The Shadow pulp magazine, originally published in 1945 and 1944. Includes a new introduction by Gibson and a 4 page list of all the Shadow novels. xv. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-385134134.
Condition: Good only with glue remnants under dj flaps and on front endpaper, and a publishing flaw with some creased pages, in a very good dust jacket..
Book ID: 93136More details Price: $25.00 -
SIX-GUN IN CHEEK: An Affectionate Guide to the "Worst" in Western Fiction.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with a limited edition hardcover.
Minneapolis: Crossover Press, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Although full of examples of just how bad, bad Western fiction writing can get, this is also a knowledgeable and lively guide to the Western pulps and magazines and to the books which were so important a part of lending libraries in the 50's. Includes bibliography and index. SIGNED by Pronzini on the title page. One of only 1000 copies in trade paperback, out of a total edition of 1,250. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-9628870-21.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 18468More details Price: $21.50 -
SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY: An Illustrated History
Edition: First printing.
Portland, OR: Collectors Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science fiction - "with images of film posters, magazines, and books - many shown here for the first time [this book] offers an insider's view of the prophetic writers, illustrators and editors who made science fiction the most popular form of entertainment in the 20th century." SIGNED on the title page by both the author Frank Robinson and one of the illustrators whose work is featured in the book - Boris Vallejo. Large heavy folio. Index. 256 pp. ISBN: 1888054298.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped). While there was a fairly large signed limited edition of this title, signed trade editions are uncommon - especially with the additional signature of Vallejo.
Book ID: 56145More details Price: $150.00 -
SCIENCE FICTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY: An Illustrated History
Edition: First thus- a large trade paperback.
Portland, OR: Collectors Press for Barnes and Noble, (1999.). An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science fiction - "with images of film posters, magazines, and books - many shown here for the first time [this book] offers an insider's view of the prophetic writers, illustrators and editors who made science fiction the most popular form of entertainment in the 20th century." Large folio. Index. 256 pp. ISBN: 1888054298.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.
Book ID: 56631More details Price: $25.00
