New Arrivals


The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth

New York: Viking Press, 1971. 6 x 8 3/4". First US edition, first printing. Dust jacket with some creasing and rubbing, small enclosed tear on bottom of front cover, price clipped, very good condition. Red paper boards with grey cloth on spine, red blind-stamped design on cover, red letting on spine, top edge stained red, in near fine condition.

Frederick Forsyth (1938 - ) is an English novelist and journalist. He is well know for writing thrillers and this is probably his best known novel. It won the Best Novel Edgar Award in 1972 and is historical fiction.

Viking Press
$ 210.00 USD

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1965. 414 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8". First edition, fourth printing. Dust jacket in fine condition with front illustration still bright and colorful; Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, crisp and clean, in fine condition. (Curry, p. 321)

This is a collection of H.P. Lovecraft's letter fiction, collected and presented in chronological order. The introduction is by August Derleth. Also included is Lovecraft's long essay, "Supernatural Horror in Literature". Although Lovecraft was only 47 when he dies, he gained a wide audience through the publication of his stories in magazine and an even wider appreciate of his talents with the publication of the first collection of his tales.

Arkham House
$ 115.00 USD

Instant Lives

Instant Lives

Howard Moss (author), Edward Gorey (illustrator)

New York: Saturday Review Press/Dutton, 1974. Approximately 6 x 9 1/2". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket and book illustrations by Edward Gorey, some extremely minor edge wear, slightly toned, not price-clipped, store sticker on inside front flap, in very good+ condition. Orange paper boards with tan cloth on spine, orange stamped lettering on spine, illustrated, very clean, in fine condition. (Toledano B58b)

Howard Moss (1922 - 1987) was an American poet, critic, and dramatist. He is credited with discovering a number of major American poets while being the poetry editor of The New Yorker. This book contains many vignettes about famous people but told in an amusing way - sometimes as biographies or made up stories in the type of language that author might have used. Dust jacket and 25 illustrations by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000), an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

Saturday Review Press/Dutton
$ 50.00 USD

Three Hearts and Three Lions

Three Hearts and Three Lions

Poul Anderson (author), Edward Gorey (illustrator)

New York: Doubleday Science Fiction, 1961. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket by Edward Gorey, some creases, small nicks mostly to spine ends, minor rubbing, original price of $3.95 intact, in very good + condition. Red cloth over boards with gold stamped design on cover and gold/black stamped lettering and designs on spine, top edges red, really minor edge wear, slight corner bumping,small pen marks on rear cover, otherwise, in very good + condition. (Toledano D-Anderson)

Poul Anderson (1926 - 2001) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was awarded three Nebula Awards and seven Hugo awards. This book is listed in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels by Pringle as number #25. Dust jacket is illustrated by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000), an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

Doubleday Science Fiction
$ 190.00 USD

The Stone Arbor

The Stone Arbor

Roger Angell (author), Edward Gorey (illustrator)

Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., 1960. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8". First edition appearance of all thirteen short stories, dust jacked illustrated by Edward Gorey, some edge wear rubbing and small nicks, darkening of spine and small insect holes, unclipped jacket with $4.00 price intact, bookstore sticker on rear cover, in very good condition. Book has paper over boards, cloth spine which is fading on ends, some edge wear, small amount of spotting to top edges, otherwise in very good condition. (Toledano D-Angell)

Roger Angell (1920 - 2022) was an American essayist and fiction writer. He was The New Yorker's first fiction editor. This is his first book which is a collection of short fiction pieces and personal narratives. Dust jacket is illustrated by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000), an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

Little, Brown & Co.
$ 95.00 USD

Faerie Tale

Faerie Tale

Raymond E. Feist

New York: Hill House, 1988. 421 pp. Approximately 6 1/4 x 9 1/2". Deluxe Limited First Edition of 500 copies, this being #75. Illustrated dust jacket in fine condition with minor edge wear; Red cloth over boards with gilt decoration and lettering on spine, inscribed on the limitation page by the author Feist, the interior illustrator Lela Dowling, and the jacket artist Don Maitz, in fine condition, all housed in red cloth slipcase which has a minor amount of wear.

Raymond E. Feist (1945 - ) is an American author of fantasy fiction, best known for his series of novels called The Riftwar Cycle. Starting with beautiful cover art by Don Maitz, the supernatural thriller follows the Hastings family, whose move back to their hometown brings them into the conflict of the compact between the Faerie world and human world. A bestseller that still entertains, and haunts, to this day.

Hill House
$ 190.00 USD

More Than Human

More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. 233 pp. Approximately 5 1/4 x 8". First edition, first printing. Illustrated dusk jacket in very good condition with some stains on the inside, previous tape repairs, some chipping and creasing, price clipped. Red paper over boards black fabric on spine with white lettering, some age toning, in near fine condition.

Theodore Sturgeon (1918 - 1985), born Edward Hamilton Waldo, was an American fiction author, whose genre mainly included fantasy, science fiction and horror. This novel was the winner of the 1954 International Fantasy Award for Best Novel, which is about 6 people with strange powers who are able to come together and act as one.

 

Farrar, Straus and Young
$ 95.00 USD

Watchers

Watchers

Dean Koontz

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2007. 352 pp. Approximately 6 1/2 x 9 1/2". Illustrated jacket in very good condition with some rubbing, a tiny tear to the top of the back cover, some minor edgewear, not price clipped. Black paper over boards with black cloth spine that has crisp gilt lettering, full number line from 1 to 10, signed on the half-title page "To Diane -- Woof! Arf! Wuf-wuf!. Woooooof. Dean Koontz. 2/19/98." the Diane in this case refers to Diane Peterson, also known as "The Book Lady" - a well-known antiquarian book dealer in the California Bay Area, in fine condition.

Dean Ray Koontz (1945 - ) is an American author who writes primarily suspense thrillers with elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery. He has sold over 450 million copies of his books. This story is credited as being one of the better known books to have established him as a best-selling author. It was loosely adapted into film in 1988 starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman.

G. P. Putnam's Sons
$ 95.00 USD

A Darkness at Sethanon

A Darkness at Sethanon

Raymond Feist

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1986. 426 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". Illustrated dust jacket crisp and clean with only minor wear, unclipped wrapper with price of $17.95 intact, in near fine condition. Blue paper boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine is sharp, some spotting to top page edges, map endpapers, inscribed on the title page, "For Diane - Keep fighting the darkness. Best. Raymond E. Feist", the Diane in this case refers to Diane Peterson, also known as "The Book Lady" - a well-known antiquarian book dealer in the California Bay Area, in near fine condition.

Raymond E. Feist (1945 - ) is an American author of fantasy fiction, best known for his series of novels called The Riftwar Cycle, this being the finale of that series. As stated on the dust jacket, "This thrilling finale is high fantasy at its very best -- alive with enchantment, romance, and the heady clash of steel on steel."

Doubleday & Company
$ 95.00 USD

The Story of Word Pictures

The Story of Word Pictures

Mark W. Lewis

Santa Cruz, CA: The Good Book Press, 1984. 14 pp. Approximately 2 x 2 1/8". LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, the first fifty are hand-painted and bound in leather, this being #197 of the regular printing. Pale green paper wrap with design and title on cover and spine in fine condition. Green boards with design on front cover, printed on a hand-operated printing press on Peter's handmade paper, one minor foxing spot on rear endpaper, numbered on the colophon, in near fine condition. (Bradbury, Peter and Donna Thomas 11).

Peter and Donna Thomas, well-known book artists, authors, and paper-makers, have been operating their private press since 1976. This is a lovely little book with elfin maidens and wizards and words by the author on how to gather pictures in your own head.

The Good Book Press
$ 210.00 USD