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London: Michael Joseph... in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2017. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A YA SF novel; the first volume in the Nyxia Triad. This is one of 250 numbered and signed copies of the UK first edition. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Gorblimey Press, 1975. Fine. Two sheets of uncut fantasy bookmarks that together form a continuous image. 9-3/8 by 10-5/8 inches. Printed in two colors, one red and black, the other blue and black. Barry Windsor-Smith worked on the Conan the Barbarian comic book in the early 1970s. In 1974 he formed Gorblimey Press to market… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kinnell, 1990. First hardcover edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A vampire novel, first published in 1981 in paperback. This UK edition is the first hardcover (another hardcover edition was published by Dark Harvest the next year). First hardcover edition (stated). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The red lettering on the spine has faded just… Saber más sobre este artículo

Denver, CO: Gorblimey Press/Middle Earth, 1974. First Edition. Fine. This is it! The much sought-after portfolio of illustrations of Robert E. Howard's enduring character, Conan the Cimmerian, illustrated by Barry Smith. A limited edition of 1000 copies signed and numbered by Smith on the first print. Barry Windsor-Smith worked on the Marvel comic book Conan the Barbarian… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Baronet Publishing, 1978. Near fine. A portfolio of six black-and-white plates measuring 12 by 16 inches in a folding paper portfolio. The illustrations by Steranko are inspired by Ellison's short story. The first plate is numbered and signed by both Ellison and Steranko. Steranko is best known for his work on the Nick Fury comics… Saber más sobre este artículo

Detroit, MI: Christopher Enterprises, 1975. First Edition. Fine. Eight full-color plates in a printed paper folder. A limited edition of 2000 copies, numbered and signed on the inside front cover of the folder. 12 by 16 inches. Niño was one of the first Filipino comic artists to break into mainstream comics. He worked as an… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Gorblimey Press, Distributed by Blue Star, 1975. First Edition. Fine. This is a complete set of five full-color prints from Barry Smith's aborted suite of prints of key characters from the Robert E. Howard fantasy universe. The series was originally called "Robert E. Howard's 10 Greatest Characters Memorial Portfolio" but only the first five prints were… Saber más sobre este artículo

1953. Ephemera. Fine. This original pen-and-ink drawing appeared as a tailpiece on page 29 of the December 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction illustrating a story in de Camp's Pusadian series. It is signed on the mat by Le Sprague. The image is a rare example of male nudity in science fiction pulps. In this case, a… Saber más sobre este artículo

1953. Ephemera. Fine. This original pen-and-ink drawing, titled in pencil "The Crisis Was Over-Death Withdrew", appeared on page 119 of the December 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction pulp magazine, where it had the caption "You're from the past my friend! You've been frozen for centuries!" This drawing incorporates a classic Stevens illustration technique, a ghostly figure (in… Saber más sobre este artículo

1952. Ephemera. Near fine. An attractive pen-and-ink drawing of a woman used to illustrate a cult Golden Age science fiction pulp novel. The artwork was published on page 12 of the Spring 1952 issue of Fantastic Story Magazine. The story it appeared in was a reprint of Weinbaum's cult-classic story "Dawn of Flame", which was first… Saber más sobre este artículo

Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2020. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Allen Williams, the Artist Gift edition is limited to 1000 copies and features a dust jacket with cover art by Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006) from the original 1954 edition. It is a full cloth smyth-sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping, and printed endsheets. It is the only edition of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An anthology of short pieces including articles from Gaiman's website, introductions and afterwords from books; and periodical appearances. Published in an edition of 2000 copies. 288 pages. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Novato, CA and Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fine. Collecting The Year's Best Horror Stories, volumes XIII, XIV, and XV. Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, William F. Nolan, Ramsey Campbell, and other writers. This is one of 350 numbered copies signed by about 30 authors. 704 pages. First edition. Bound… Saber más sobre este artículo

West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1986. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first US hardbound edition of William Gibson's debut novel, a cyberpunk classic that won both the Nebula and Hugo awards as a paperback original in 1984. This edition includes a new, two-page introduction by the author that was published for the first time here. The UK… Saber más sobre este artículo

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 500 signed, numbered copies of the author's debut middle-grade novel about America's national pastime vs. the undead. 231 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 343 of 500 signed by Bacigalupi.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third Matthew Corbet novel. This is one of 274 signed and numbered copies. 445 pages. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. This is copy 268 of 274 signed by McCammon.

Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of ten previously published short stories of dark fantasy and horror. Each story is illustrated with newly commissioned artwork. The contributors include Stephen King ("One for the Road"), Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, David Morell, Peter Straub, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Kinnell, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A science fiction horror novel (featuring aliens in Texas); this is the first hardcover edition. First hardcover edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Willimantic, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Seventeen short stories that revisit George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Contributors include Romero, who contributes the foreword, Richard Laymon, Stephen King, Joe R. Lansdale, and Robert R. McCammon. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the contributors, including King, Laymon, and McCammon, but not Romero. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A vampire novel, first published in 1981. One of 1000 signed and numbered copies. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is copy no. 8 of 1000, signed by McCammon on the limitation page.