New York: Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; xii, [xiii-xiv], 15-301pp. Illustrated dust jacket; book in black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Housed in custom bluish-purple cloth-covered slipcase. Price-clipped dust jacket amateurly restored by prior owner with full backing in archival tissue and occasionally clumsy color fills and touch-ups..... More
New York: The Sun Dial Press, [1936]. Reprint of the 1934 Crime Club / Doubleday edition. Octavo; [x], 301pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black lettering and illustration to spine. Green topstain. Jacket shows a number of short tears and shallow chips at edges of folds, with rubbing..... More
New York: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [x], 301pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; bound in dark navy / nearly-black cloth with green lettering and illustration to spine. over green cloth with black lettering and illustration to spine. Green topstain..... More
New York: Liveright Inc Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 295 pp. Black boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards edgeworn and spine heavily dulled with some faint staining. Boards give a little but overall holding soundly. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. More
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House, 1959. First Edition (1044 copies printed). 12mo; publisher's decorative staplebound card wrappers, yapp edges; [4],xlii pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. "[B]eing an examination of certain myths, together with an explanation about unfinished manuscripts left by Lovecraft..... More
![Item #10088 Frankenstein Unbound [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Brian Aldiss](/pictures/thumb/10088.jpg?v=1625681030)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Aldiss loosely laid in at front. Octavo; 184pp. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Price-clipped jacket shows a closed inch tear at top front near spine, with some light scuffing along folds and spine ends. Boards are square..... More
Jefferson: McFarland and Company, 1996. Tall octavo; x, 518pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket, as issued. Boards are sturdy and square with only very faint shelfwear and a few light superficial scuffs to cloth. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an..... More
Paris: Éditions Garnier Frères, [1961]. First Thus. Thick 12mo (18.25cm.); publisher's green gilt-embossed cloth, pictorial plate mounted to upper cover, original mylar dust jacket; [6]xxiii,[1],944pp.; four leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, additional text illus. throughout, including many full-paged. Tiny soil spot to rear cover, a few chips..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount, 1930. Sixth Printing. 12mo; 256pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Boards edgeworn, with cracking down both joints, vertical creasing down spine with a chip at head, and some general smudging and scuffs to surface. Spine cocked. Front hinge cracked at title page. Pages toned and..... More
Saddle River: Gerry de la Ree, 1973. Limited First Edition, numbered 314 of 600 copies on limitation notice at front. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"); 40pp. Illustrations throughout. Side-stapled illustrated card wraps. Covers show a couple light bumps at top corner and head of spine, with a bit of fading along..... More
New York: Epic Comics, 1991. First Printing, stated, with full numberline. Small quarto; unpaginated. Illustrated card wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn, with no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![Item #12292 The Thing in the Cellar [Signed]. David H. Keller, Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger,...](/pictures/thumb/12292.jpg?v=1644436562)
Millheim: The Bizarre Series, [1940]. First separate publication. Signed by the author without inscription on half title. 16mo (6" x 4.5"); 32pp. Side-stapled paper wraps. Covers lightly toned along edges with a tiny spot at bottom front edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Number 2 in Richard..... More
![Item #12141 Odd Hours [Signed]. Dean Koontz](/pictures/thumb/12141.jpg?v=1642712229)
[New York]: Bantam Books, 2008. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],352pp.; illus. Front rear corner rather heavily bumped, else a Near Fine copy. Signed and dated by the author in year of publication on half title page. More
![Item #12136 One Door Away from Heaven [Signed]. Dean Koontz](/pictures/thumb/12136.jpg?v=1642710465)
New York: Bantam Books, 2001. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],606pp. A hint of shelf wear, else Near Fine. Signed and dated (1/18/02) by the author on half title page. More
![Item #12139 Seize the Night [Signed]. Dean Koontz](/pictures/thumb/12139.jpg?v=1642711226)
London: Headline Feature, 1998. First U.K. Edition, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],408pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, front hinge starting to crack but holding, textblock very lightly toned at margins, else Very Good and sound overall. Signed by the author on title page..... More
![Item #14143 Cold Fire [Signed Limited Edition]. Dean R. Koontz](/pictures/thumb/14143.jpg?v=1663761668)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 748 of 750 specially bound copies on limitation notice at front. Tall octavo (9.5" x 6.5"); 382pp. Illustrated dust jacket over deep purple cloth with bronze lettering to spine. Housed in illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Jacket..... More
![Item #9347 The Dark Symphony [Inscribed and Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Dean R. Koontz](/pictures/thumb/9347.jpg?v=1619116720)
New York: Lancer Books, 1970. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained purple; 205,[3](ads)pp. Textblock and wrappers a bit toned, especially along spine, light shelf wear, topstain a shade sunned, else Very Good and sound with spine uncreased and unbroken. Bookplate signed and inscribed ("Boo!")..... More
![Item #12640 Nightmare Journey [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Dean R. Koontz](/pictures/thumb/12640.jpg?v=1646752744)
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [6],217pp. General edge wear to jacket extremities, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Dystopian science fiction novel set a hundred thousand..... More
![Item #13936 The Servants of Twilight [Signed by Koontz and Parks]. Dean R. Koontz, Phil Parks,...](/pictures/thumb/13936.jpg?v=1661371890)
Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988. First Trade Hardcover Edition. Signed by Koontz and Park on either side of half title with brief inscriptions to previous owner. Octavo. 327 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along..... More
![Item #10402 King Kong [Photoplay Edition; Signed by Fay Wray]. Delos W. Lovelace, Edgar Wallace,...](/pictures/thumb/10402.jpg?v=1628191301)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First Edition; Photoplay Edition. Signed by Fay Wray with brief dedication on front free endpaper. Octavo; [vi], 249pp +1 ads. Publisher's green cloth with black lettering. Black topstain. Photo montage endpapers. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with a small puncture to middle of..... More
New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. Reissue. Octavo; xv, 264pp. Beige printed dust jacket with $7.50 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn with a few faint smudges but no chips or tears. Light bump to bottom corners of boards, nudging to spine..... More
Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer, 1997. First Edition. 2000 copies printed. Octavo; [xvi], 394pp. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with $29.00 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light shelfwear, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is..... More
![Item #10719 The Uninvited [Alt. title: "Uneasy Freehold"]. Dorothy Macardle](/pictures/thumb/10719.jpg?v=1630956703)
New York: Literary Guild of America, 1942. Book Club Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; viii,[2],342pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped and worn with some subsequent creasing, small soil spot to upper jacket panel, corners bumped, offsetting to endpapers and redacted ownership signature to front free endpaper; overall Very..... More
![Item #11674 Ghost Stories [Flaxman Low]. pseud. of Hesketh V. Prichard, Kate O'Brien Ryall...](/pictures/thumb/11674.jpg?v=1638219796)
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1916. Reissue of the 1899 Edition (sometimes seen described as a Second Edition or Impression), containing only the first six of that edition's twelve stories. 12mo; 117pp + publisher's imprint & 2pp ads. Publisher's blue-gray cloth with dark blue/black lettering, Boards heavily rubbed and pushed along..... More
Ashcroft, CA: Ash-Tree Press, 2000. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Octavo. 223 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges. Boards show a hint of wear to bottom corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More