Confessions of a Scream Queen (Signed by Author and several "Scream Queens")
by Beckoff, Matt
Albany, GA: BearManor Media, 2010. Soft cover. Fine. Wraps 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition of this collection of interviews of some of the more notable actresses of the genre. Square tight and clean throughout with just a hint of a shallow corner crease but barely noticeable. Fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Inscribed and signed by the author, who conducted the interviews, to a fan on the title page. Also inscribed by Bob Burns who... Read More
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An Embarrassment of Corpses (Signed Association Copy)
by Beechey, Alan
New York: St Martins Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 265pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. This is the true first printing with pages 204-233 numbered properly but bound in the wrong order. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear . Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed & Inscribed by the author to Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder... Read More
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Max's Nineties
by Beerbohm, Max
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine First Edition of this retrospective of Beerbohm's drawings from the 1890's. With an Introduction by Osbert Lancaster. 10 pp. of text plus 45 full page black and white illustrations. Decorative paper covered boards with maroon cloth spine with gilt titles.Virtually no wear to the book. Square, tight and clean throughout. Equally attractive unclipped pictorial dust wrapper has tanned some, more so... Read More
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Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., Wraps 294 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. light toning to spine and edges. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Mr. Sammler's Planet
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 313pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in light blue cloth over a darker blue paper-covered boards. with titles in black on spine and the author's initials in black on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear, toning or spotting. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A simply gorgeous collecgtable copy at a great price.... Read More
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More Die of Heartbreak
by Bellow, Saul
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 335pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout save some scattered spotting to the fore-edges. A touch of softness to the spine ends. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($17.95) has a touch of surface rubbing and toning to edges. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great... Read More
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Memoirs
by Ben-Gurion, David
New York: World Publishing Company, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 116pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Tiny black dot on top page edges. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($6.95), has a touch of surface rubbing but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very sharp collectable cipy.
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The Unknown 5
by Bensen, D.R.; Editor
New York: Pyramid, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. John Schoenherr. Vintage Paperback. PBO Pyramid R-962. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original Anthology. January, 1964. $.50 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of edge-wear and some light crinkling at the top corners. mild toning to interior edges. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Includes the first publication of Isaac Asimov's "Author! Author!". A very pretty collectable copy at... Read More
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Trent's Last Case (W/Two Hand-Written Letters)
by Bentley, E.C. (Edmond Clerihew)
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo., 375pp. Solid First Edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, which haycraft considered the first "Modern" detective story. (Murder For Pleasure p.113). Bound in dark blue cloth with lettering in gilt on spine and blind-stamped on frond board. Embossed borders and decorations on front board and spine. Illustrated end-papers. Full-color frontispiece. Published in the US with the title "The Woman in Black". Tight and clean throughout save... Read More
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The Woman in Black (Trent's Last Case)
by Bentley, E.C. (Edmond Clerihew)
New York: The Century Company, 1913. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., 300pp. Solid First American Edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, which haycraft considered the first "Modern" detective story. (Murder For Pleasure p.113). Bound in black cloth with lettering in gilt on spine and frond board. Published originally in the UK with the title "Trent's Last Case". Square, tight and clean throughout save faint water-staining to the fore-edge and a thin strip of the edge of... Read More
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Signed)
by Berendt, John
New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 388pp. Beautiful later printing with number sequence to "6". Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($23.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Made into the fine1997 film starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.... Read More
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The Mystery of the Louvre
by Bernede, Arthur
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 12mo., 252pp. Beautiful Photo-Play Edition and First Edition in English, #268 in the Readers Library Crime Series. Bound in maroon cloth with titles and ornate borders in gilt on front board and spine. Four plates with eight stills from the 1927 French film. Square and solid with mildly toning interior page edges. Mild edge-wear. Spine starting to split at the crown but holding. Spine a... Read More
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The Demolished Man
by Bester, Alfred
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 250pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, bound in quarter blue cloth over maroon paper-covered boards with gold spine titles. Square, and tight with just a touch of off-setting to end-papers. Bump in the bottom edge of the front board which impacts the first several pages. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has a couple of tiny nicks at the crown and some mild wear to the top edge.... Read More
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The Quitters
by Beyerle, Lincoln, H.
Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 261 pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in red cloth with titles stamped in white, black-bordered letters on front board and in black on spine. Author's name and scenic vignette stamped in black on front board . Four illustrates, including frontispiece, by Will Carqueville. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends and edges. Some mild soiling to edges. Heel toning.... Read More
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The Red and The Black
by Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to., 450pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this "Collector's Edition" from Easton's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Bound in full leather with titles and decorations in gilt. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Introduction by Hamilton Basso. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Still original Shrink-wrap. A simply gorgeous collectable copy.
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Thieves' Market
by Bezzerides, A.I.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 233pp. Sharp First Edition with publisher's seal and "A" on copyright page as called for. Basis for the classic 1949 Film Noir "Thieves' Highway" starring Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb. Bound in green/blue cloth with titles in maroon on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends and tips. No toning or foxing. Very... Read More
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
by Biggers, Earl Derr
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo., 408pp. Sharp First Edition of the Author's first mystery and a classic Bibliomystery. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Blind-stamped key motif repeated down the front board. Illustrations by Frank Snapp. Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing or toning. Moderate wear to spine ends and tips. A few tiny closed edge-tears to a few pages at the fore-edge.... Read More
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The Garish Day (Advance Reading Copy)
by Billington, Rachel
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 314 pp.. Beautiful Unread Advance Reading Copy. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A couple of faint smudges on the front panel. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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A Sort of Saga (Signed First Edition)
by Mauldin. Bill
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 301pp. Sharp Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to the spine ends. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50 with a short pen line through it), has a few tiny nicks at the spine ends but is fresh and bright with no creases or tears. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. A very pretty collectable... Read More
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Wild Justice
by Birmingham, George A.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 349pp. Beautiful stated First Edition, published the same year as the British Edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles stamped in black on front cover and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to edges and tips but quite minor. A few spots of soiling. A tiny pin-prick hole on the title page little or no wear. Clean, supple pages with... Read More
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The H.P. Lovecraft Institute (Signed Association Copy)
by Bischoff, David
Holicong, PA: Wildside Prres, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 386pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Bound in gray cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced dust-jacket, ($34.95 on the rear panel), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author on a pasted in bookplate on the title page of Sci-Fi & Fantasy author, editor and publisher,... Read More
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Cultural Atlas of the Renaissance
by Black, C. F.; Greengrass, Mark, et. al
New York: Prentiss hall, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio, 240pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in green cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt. Mapped end-papers. Maps and illustrations throughout. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket ($45.00), has a touch of surface wear but is fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. A gorgeous collectable copy. Please note: This is a... Read More
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A Wind of Death
by Black, Gavin
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 231pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of wear at the heel but quite minor. No other discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($4.95), has a tiny closed tear on the bottom edge of the front panel. Still fresh and bright with no creasing or chipping. A gorgeous collectible copy of a scarce title.
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The Beast Must Die
by Blake, Nicholas (Cecil Day-Lewis)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 260pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, (American) of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Published by Collins in the UK the same year. Bound in original yellow cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no interior toning or foxing. Very mild bumping to spine ends but quite well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00 on top of... Read More
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Two Views of a Cave Painting / Escape From Kathmandu (Signed Limited Editions)
by Blaylock James / Robinson, Kim Stanley
Seattle, WA: Axolotl Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 75(3)22pp. Dos-a-Dos. Beautiful Unread First Limited Edition Printing. #47 of only 300 numbered copies published that were bound in blue cloth. There were also 75 leather bound copies and 500 perfect bound copies published, plus 25 not for sale. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the... Read More
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