![Starblood [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Dean R. Koontz](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Lancer Books, 1972. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Koontz loosely laid in at front. 16mo. 157 pages. Illustrated wraps. Early science fiction novel from Koontz, originally published by Lander in mass market paperback format. Wraps rubbed around edges with some general toning. Binding is..... More
New York: Lancer Books, 1973. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Koontz loosely laid in at front. 16mo. 192 pages. Illustrated wraps. Early science-fiction title from Koontz in its original mass market publication format. Light edgewear and general spotting / rubbing to wraps with one long vertical..... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. 191 pages. Black and white illustration of Moby Dick to early leaf. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Patterned orange endpapers. Screenplay for the 1956 John Huston film, which Bradbury had been known to call the "polar star" of..... More
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1972. FIrst Edition. Signed by Ray Bradbury on title page without inscription. Octavo. 43 pages. Printed wraps. Sheet music commissioned for the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Society for their diamond anniversary. Wraps toned with some light wear to edges. Binding is sound and..... More
[Glendale, CA]: Roy A Squires, 1974. Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which this is #181. Octavo. Unpaginated. Brown string-tied stiff card wraps stamped in black. A poem concerning the influence of Shakespeare upon Herman Melville and the inception of Moby Dick. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper..... More
![Bradbury Stories: 100 Of His Most Celebrated Tales [Signed]. Ray Bradbury](/pictures/thumb/8551.jpg?v=1611751509)
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Signed by Ray Bradbury on title page without inscription. Large thick octavo. 893 pages. Printed dust jacket. Red and white boards stamped in blue. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed at top of flaps. Boards show light edgewear. Binding is..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. STated First Edition. Octavo. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Basis for the 1965 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth. Dust jacket rubbed with..... More
London: T.V. Boardman & Company Limited / American Bloodhound, 1955. First UK Edition. Octavo. 189 pages + advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange boards stamped in black. Basis for the Stanley Kubrick 1956 noir film The Killing, with Jim Thompson writing the screenplay. Unclipped dust jacket is worn..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Ionicus-illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped and creased at extremities with small neat tape repair to jacket verso near top of spine. Light staining to rear panel and verso. Slight lean..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition with "A" to copyright page. Octavo. 313 pages. Red cloth stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Only mystery written by Lambert, promoter of Listerine and avid yachtsman. Boards lightly worn at extremities with brief exposure. Light general staining..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 262 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.00 price present. Brown-orange boards stamped in black. Connington's pen-ultimate publication, featuring Viking gold, death prophecies, and lethal psychic forces. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and toned along edges..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First U.S. Edition, presumed later issue without "Braunworth & Co" statement at bottom of copyright page. Octavo. 357 pages. Color frontispiece with tissue guard and four color full-page illustrations by Castaigne. Original embossed red cloth with yellow lettering. No dust jacket. Shallow chip at..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1928. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Beige boards stamped in black. Lacks the scarce dust jacket. Originally published in 1924 as Hardis-Gras ou le fils des trois pères. Boards worn at extremities with exposure, with heavier fraying and loss to..... More
![Dandelion Wine [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Ray Bradbury](/pictures/thumb/8543.jpg?v=1611697418)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Thus. Bookplate signed by Bradbury loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 269 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Orange topstain. Unclipped dust jacket is worn with some creasing along edges. Boards show some light toning to edges and..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 559. Folio (31cm.); publisher's blue cloth-backed pictorial gilt paper-covered boards stamped in blue, gilt-lettered spine, matching paper-covered slipcase, spine lettered in blue; viii,[4],275pp.; blue line illustrations throughout, silkscreened gilt and blue initials based..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Bradbury loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 255 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange and yellow boards stamped in black. Unclipped dust jacket is worn and spotted along edges with some light chipping and heavy creasing at..... More
Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1997. Limited Edition of 500 copies, 100 of which were signed by Bradbury, this being #12. Octavo. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket as issued. This reprint of Peacock's 1816 satirical novella includes Bradbury's introduction, "Immovable Feasts at Headlong Hall." Boards a...... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition. Signed by Ray Bradbury at his short story contribution, "The Meadow." Octavo. 308 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Red and black boards stamped in gilt. A series of fantastical short stories inspired by some central aspect of Hollywood or the movies. Contributors..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Clarke loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 303 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt, blue, and green. Yellow endpapers. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and one of Clarke's most enduring works..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 248 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.95" price present. Blue boards stamped in dark blue. Dust jacket worn along edges with some with patchy scuffing to front and spine. Toned along edges. Spine ends a...... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014. Advance Reading Copy. Octavo; [xiv], 375pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers crisp with very light rubbing to corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Slim octavo (24cm.); publisher's deluxe full limp blind-ruled calf, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, glassine dust jacket, housed in original mottled blue paper-covered lidded box, printed paper inlays to lid and bottom panel; xii,[2],50pp.; color frontispiece..... More
Anchorage, AK: Salmon Run Press, 1995. Limited Edition of 100 copies, this being #12. Octavo. 8 unnumbered pages. Illustrated string-tied wraps. Hand-made paper endpapers. Scarce posthumously-published work. 10th in the Salmon Run Pamphlet Series. Wraps lightly worn at edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. Limited Edition of 250 copies, of which this is #142. Signed by Williams and Leavitt on limitation page. Quarto. 168 pages. Numerous black and white photographs and illustrations and 16 in color. Illustrated dust jacket. Tan boards stamped in gilt. Light brown slipcase. Errata..... More
London: E. Johnson, 1770. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Improved. Octavo; [2] ads, [x], [i]-xxxiv, 180pp, 5pp index, +1 ads. Engraved frontis. Contemporary sheep with title card to spine. Joints and hinges recently repaired solidly with great cosmetic discretion. Corners exposed with rubbing along panel edges and general scuffing and..... More