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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Pennyroyal Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, xiv, 254 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black and gray with red and white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$29.50." Minor shelf wear. Creasing along edges of dust jacket, with rubbing to rear cover. Small closed tear to top right hand corner of front cover. Interior pages clean. Signed flat by Moser on title page. Shelved on Front Table. 1374010. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Tyrannosaurus Press, 1978. Loose art plates. Berni Wrightson. 1978 Signed Limited Edition of 2,000 restricted run published by Tyrannosaurus Press. Contained in a printed portfolio envelope that is hand signed and numbered by Berni Wrightson. This is No. 745 out of 2000. Six plates included along with the original Tyrannosaurus Press release letter. Each plate measures 11" x 15.75." Some light wear to the portfolio outer envelope with some overall foxing and flap to the envelope has some wrinkles to it. The art plates are in fantastic condition and ready for framing with faint foxing along the edges. The plates are clean and bright with very light corner wear, negligible. Accompanied by publisher issued plastic folder that shows one area of chipping. These art plates were featured in the Dodd, Mean & Company Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a 1983 published special edition that featured Wrightson as the artist and Stephen King with the introduction. This is the second Frankenstein portfolio by Berni… Read More

NY: Dodd Mead & Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First printing of this special Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Stephen King, who wrote the four-page introduction, and artist Berni Wrightson. This is number 226. Exterior covers are clean and unmarked. Foxing to text block and scattered throughout. Musty smell. Slip case is soiled, rubbed and scuffed. Scarce original glassine jacket is present with chips, creasing and toning. Pictures available upon request.

Rome, 6 April [1843]. Letter. Mild crease from mailing. Near Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5," dated 6 April [1843]. A rough translation: "Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I feel ashamed thinking about all the inconvenience that you are experiencing due to that annoying matter [strikethrough] of Tozzetti, but I am pleased that he is not obtaining all he was looking for. He deserved nothing. Thank you for the letter -- maybe others will come for us either sent to your address or simply to Florence. Would you graciously send someone to the post office to ask for our letters and send them here. My debt I would come and pay. I hope it is not too big to be a burden on my conscience, and I will find a way to repay it. [strikethrough] I hope that the weather has improved and that Nerina feels better. I would really love to see you and Nerina again. And who knows if I… Read More