Desperation ( Signed by Ron Perlman ) de King, Stephen - 1996

Grosset & Dunlap , NY, 1928. HBDJ, in an excellent FACSIMILE DUSTJACKET which replicates the original jacket, 1928, 1st Edition,1st Printing, VG+/Fine, SOLD AS-IS, , Green Emboseed Cloth Lettered in Black, Titles are Nice & Bright , Light Cover Rub, Interior nice tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 261 pgs + 4 pgs of publ. ADS, mild darkening to spine.Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent Tod Browning directed film starring Lon Chaney Senior in the first American vampire film. London After Midnight is the most famous of all "lost films" - films which there is no known surviViNG print. Directed by Todd Browning, and starring Chaney in a dual role as Scotland Yard Inspector and his only appearance as a vampire! Illustrated with eight stills reproduced on coated stock inserts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

Peter Nevill Limited. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1949. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 426 pages: 6 x 8 in.: 1.8: Signed by Author: KB#010205: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Algernon Blackwood) under his photograph frontispiece. No dustjacket included. Boards are dark green with gilt lettering on spine; corners are lightly bumped and spine is slightly cocked. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name at top of front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Collects twenty-two short stories: The Doll * Running Wolf * The Little Beggar * The Occupant of the Room * The Man Whom the Trees Loved * The Valley of the Beasts * The South Wind * The Man Who Was Milligan * The Trod * The Terror of the Twins * The Deferred Appointment * Accessory Before the Fact * The Glamour of the Snow *The House of the Past * The Decoy * The Tradition * The Touch of Pan *… Leer más

First edition hardback, a Very Good copy with a long crease running down the middle part of the spine and traces of wear to cloth, front hinge just starting at bottom, slight bumping at head and heel and page blocks dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket with faint soiling to front and rear, a 1/2″ x 1/8″ chip at rear heel join, shallow chipping at head, and crease to top front corner. Inscribed twice by Smith (the first apparently with a fountain pen, the second with a ballpoint): "Clark Ashton Smith/Auburn, Cal/Nov. 27th, 1912" then "For Harry Rosenberry/with sincere compliments/of Clark Ashton Smith/Apr. 14th, 1961," which was exactly four months before his death. Poetry collection, and Smith's first book. Joshi/Schultz/Conners, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography A.1.a. Bleiler Checklist (1978), page 181. Sidney-Fryer, Emperor of Dreams, page 128. Note: The line of white at the bottom of the dj scans is glare from the dust jacket protector, not any loss of material.

Hutchinson & Co., Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition of English essayist, poet and academic Arthur Christopher Benson's Basil Netherby, a collection of two posthumously published horror stories discovered by his brother Fred after A. C.'s death. In the context of his main body of work, Benson's two stories are joltingly anomalous, perhaps especially so given that his father was Edward White Benson (1829–1896), Archbishop of Canterbury. Scantily reviewed in its first appearance, "Basil Netherby" and its companion story, "The Uttermost Farthing" made little noise in British literature but through the years "Basil Netherby" especially has evolved into a work celebrated for its brilliance. Noted horror critic R. S. Hadji included Benson's "Basil Netherby" on a list of "unjustly neglected" horror books. Per Hutchinson's practice for designating first editions, no statement of edition is present.… Leer más

St. Martin's Press, 1988. Book Club. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY THOMAS HARRIS directly to the half-title page. NOT inscribed to anyone. A highly appealing book club edition in VG+ condition with clean text and beautiful boards (one bumped corner). Dust jacket has edgewear but still looks very attractive with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

Grosset & Dunlap , NY, 1928. HBDJ, in an excellent FACSIMILE DUSTJACKET which replicates the original jacket, 1928, 1st Edition,1st Printing, VG+/Fine, SOLD AS-IS, , Green Emboseed Cloth Lettered in Black, Titles are Nice & Bright , Light Cover Rub, Interior nice tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 261 pgs + 4 pgs of publ. ADS, mild darkening to spine.Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent Tod Browning directed film starring Lon Chaney Senior in the first American vampire film. London After Midnight is the most famous of all "lost films" - films which there is no known surviViNG print. Directed by Todd Browning, and starring Chaney in a dual role as Scotland Yard Inspector and his only appearance as a vampire! Illustrated with eight stills reproduced on coated stock inserts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1964 First printing of the first edition. Author's first book. A collection of ten short stories. Signed and inscribed by Ramsey Campbell directly on the title page: "For Bruce-- / Some youthful indiscretions! / all the best-- / Ramsey Campbell." A tiny crimp/bump to upper back corner, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.

London, England: MacMillan and Co., Limited. Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1909. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 258 pages: 5.5 x 7.5 in.: 1.4: KB#009957: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Extremely Bright Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and embossed scrollwork/drawings on spine and front board, no marks or writing found anywhere, pages are clean, bright white, tightly bound, and square cornered. Binding feels "unread", it is so tight. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. A beautiful copy of a classic novel. This is the author's first full-length novel and is considered to be "one of the best of Blackwood's studies of the peculiar horrors and ecstasies of childhood". .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 First printing of the first edition, with Scribner's 'A' on the copyright page, in first issue dust jacket with the 2.50 price on front flap, 222pp. Offsetting to endpapers, faint toning to spine and endpapers, a few pages faintly creased, and a few small stains to interior, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine, folds, and inside flaps, light rubbing to folds, and moderate edge wear to spine ends and corners, else fine.

First edition hardback, a Very Good copy with a long crease running down the middle part of the spine and traces of wear to cloth, front hinge just starting at bottom, slight bumping at head and heel and page blocks dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket with faint soiling to front and rear, a 1/2″ x 1/8″ chip at rear heel join, shallow chipping at head, and crease to top front corner. Inscribed twice by Smith (the first apparently with a fountain pen, the second with a ballpoint): "Clark Ashton Smith/Auburn, Cal/Nov. 27th, 1912" then "For Harry Rosenberry/with sincere compliments/of Clark Ashton Smith/Apr. 14th, 1961," which was exactly four months before his death. Poetry collection, and Smith's first book. Joshi/Schultz/Conners, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography A.1.a. Bleiler Checklist (1978), page 181. Sidney-Fryer, Emperor of Dreams, page 128. Note: The line of white at the bottom of the dj scans is glare from the dust jacket protector, not any loss of material.