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MEAT
by Watson, Ian
[London]: Headline, [1988]. First edition. A fine copy. (#169233) (29902). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. A paperback original that has not been published in hardcover.
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€23.63
SEVEN SLAYERS
by Cain, Paul (pseudonym for George Carrol Sims)
Los Angeles: Blood & Guts Press, 1987. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30454). Octavo, cloth. One thousand copies printed, this is one of 250 numbered and signed by the author of the introduction William F. Nolan. This is copy number 11. Story collection, all hard boiled, all first published in Black Mask magazine.
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€70.89
HANGROPE TOWN.
by WHITTINGTON, Harry
FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Inside edges of cover beginning to brown - otherwise fine.
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€13.22
THE BRASS CUPCAKE
by MacDonald, John D
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1950. First edition. A fine unread copy, bookstore stamp to verso of front cover. (12429). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #124. Paperback original. The author's first book. Hardboiled mystery.
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€425.34
THE WALTZ OF DEATH
by Maxon, P. B
New York: Bartholomew House, Inc., [1944]. First paperback edition. Crease to lower right corner, some general soiling, a very good copy. (26680). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Bart House Mystery 9. First published as a serial in Wonder Stories, May to July 1935. Murder mystery with a science fictional element. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years 281.
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€23.63
DEATH COMES EARLY.
by COX, William R
FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Reading crease near spine, otherwise fine. Midnights.
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€17.00
THE MAGIC MAN: AND OTHER SCIENCE-FANTASY STORIES
by Beaumont, Charles (pseudonym of Charles Leroy Nutt)
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1965]. First edition. A fine copy, unread. (30313). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Fawcett Gold Medal d1586. Paperback original. Collect eighteen stories, introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Richard Matheson.
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€70.89
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE
by Woolrich, Cornell, writing as "William Irish
New York: Avon Books, 1945. First edition. Darkening to text block, near fine in wrappers, slight rubbing to edges, light rubbing to head and heel of spine panel. Front cover quite bright, an attractive copy. (6654). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #31. Paperback original, digest size. Collects six stories.
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€189.04
Panzers in the East
by Robert Michulec
72 pp, illustrated with b&w photographs, 8 pages of colour drawings showing vehicles in various colour schemes/camouflage patterns. Interior - clean and tight no markings, no visiable damage at all. Excellent condition
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€30.25
SHOOTING STAR bound with TERROR IN THE NIGHT: AND OTHER STORIES
by Bloch, Robert
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1958]. First edition. Some mild edge rubbing, mild crease to spine, a bright nearly fine copy. (16337). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Ace double D-265. Paperback original. SHOOTING STAR is a "a Hollywood private eye novel." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 82-84, TERROR IN THE NIGHT collects seven stories first printed in various digest sized mystery magazines.
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€236.30
ASSIGNMENT-LOWLANDS
by Aarons, Edward S
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. First edition. Mild age darkening to text paper, a fine unread copy. (26691). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal s1073. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001...
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€23.63
PLANET OF JUDGMENT
by Haldeman, Joe
New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, [1977]. First edition. Mild edge rubs, a fine unread copy. (25141). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Inscribed and signed on the title page on on the next page which has a quote he has crossed off the printed entry and correctly attributed it to J.B.S. Haldane.
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€70.89
CONVERGENT SERIES
by Niven, Larry
New York: Ballantine Books, [1979]. First edition. A fine copy, unread. (30323). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Collects twenty-one stories including several Draco Tavern stories. Introduction by Niven.
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€33.08
THEREBY HANGS A CORPSE
by Mullen, Clarence
New York: Parsee Publications, [1946]. First paperback edition. Age darkening to text paper, a nearly fine copy that appears unread. (26791). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Hangman's House 16. The author's first mystery novel.
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€70.89
MEMORY OF A SCREAM
by Manners, David X
New York: Parsee Publications, [1946]. First paperback edition. Age darkening to text paper, edge rubbing and spine creases, a very good copy. (26792). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Hangman's House 18. The author's first mystery novel.
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€33.08
MILLENNIUM
by Varley, John
New York: Berkley Books, [1983]. First hardcover edition. First printing with code "N45" on page 210. Base of spine bruised, a fine copy in a fine jacket slight bumps at base of spine and lower right front corner. (29316). Octavo, boards. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Clever time travel novel (1984 Hugo nominee) based on the author's story "Air Raid" (Nebula nominee 1977, Hugo nominee 1978). "Time travellers from a devastated future are in search of new blood to rebuild their society. They...
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€42.53
THE WORLDS OF JACK VANCE
by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. First edition. A touch of edge rubbing, a fine unread copy. (17644). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Ace 90955. Signed by Vance on the title page. Collects the contents of the previous titles: THE WORLDS BETWEEN AND OTHER STORIES and THE BRAINS OF THE EARTH and three stories from THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A44.
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€70.89
HEADSMAN'S HOLIDAY
by Hawkings, Dean
New York: Ideal Distributing Company, [1946?]. First paperback edition. Text paper age darkened, spine leaned, rubbing at extremities, a very good copy. (26759). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Green Dragon 28. Mystery novel.
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€23.63
TRIBAL SHADOWS
by Gottesfeld, Gary
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, [1994]. First U.S. edition. A fine unread copy. (16280). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Review slip laid in. Ancient Indian burial ground unearthed in Los Angeles reveals the bones of twin sisters, victims of a modern murderer.
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€23.63
THREE TIMES INFINITY
by Margulies, Leo (editor)
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1958]. First edition. Some mild edge rubbing, mild crease to front cover at spine edge, a nearly fine copy. (18273). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal Giant s726. Collects three novelettes. Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett, "Lorelei of the Red Mist", Theodore Sturgeon, "The Golden Helix" and Robert A. Heinlein "Destination Moon." First book publication for all three stories.
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€70.89
THE HOLMES-DRACULA FILE
by Saberhagen, Fred
[New York]: Ace Books, [1978]. First edition. A fine copy, unread. (31226). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Dracula teams with Holmes to fight The Giant Rat of Sumatra. Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 505-506.
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€42.53
THE NAMES AND FACES OF HEROES.
by PRICE, Reynolds
First Paperback Edition. Near fine with mark through cover price and mild foxing.
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€13.22
OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS ..
by Tenn, William (pseudonym of Philip J. Klass)
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. First edition. Edge rubbing, a fine copy, appears unread. (30328). Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Ballantine 99. The author's first book, preceded by an edited anthology. Collects seven stories with introduction "On the Fiction in Science-Fiction," an important statement on the genre. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1123. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1578. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2065-69.
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€33.08
PERFUMED bound with THE WILD WEEK
by [Frazetta, Frank]. Hytes, Jason
[New York: Tower Publications, Inc., 1963]. First thus. About fine, unread, mild soiling, crease to rear cover. (12510). Small octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, pictorial wrappers. Midwood #34-612. First combination of two previously published novels. Two novels bound together. 8 inserted full page ink illustrations by Frank Frazetta. Scarce.
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€189.04
THE DANCERS OF NOYO
by St. Clair, Margaret
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. First edition. A fine copy, unread. (30304). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Set in a post-holocaust California.
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€23.63
