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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport or aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill.Stephen King hates to fly.Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you.Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like - gulp! - a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before. but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger.Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, "ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents. Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight."Book a flight for this terrifying new anthology that will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination.Table of Contents:Introduction by Stephen KingCargo by E. Michael LewisThe Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard MathesonThe Flying Machine by Ambrose BierceLucifer! by E.C. TubbThe Fifth Category by Tom BissellTwo Minutes Forty-Five Seconds by Dan SimmonsDiablitos by Cody GoodfellowAir Raid by John VarleyYou Are Released by Joe HillWarbirds by David J. SchowThe Flying Machine by Ray BradburyZombies on a Plane by Bev VincentThey Shall Not Grow Old by Roald DahlMurder in the Air by Peter TremayneThe Turbulence Expert by Stephen KingFalling by James L. DickeyAfterword by Bev Vincent.…

Condizione: New. pp. 336.

Condizione: New. In English.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. dj. Octavo, Two volumes continuously paged: xxvi, 1625 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Spines are green with white print. Dust jackets have slight edge wear, toning to spines. Boards in green cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs, maps). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1413927. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good +. 1st Trade Paperback. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Lafcadio Hearn, M.R.James, F.Marion Crawford, August Derleth, Stephen King, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, Algernon Blackwood, Fritz Leiber, John Cheever, Joyce Carol Oates, C.L.Moore, Whitley Strieber, Richard Matheson, Leslie Roy Carter, Suzy McKee Charnas, Susan Casper,Hanss Heinz Ewers, E.F.Benson, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, Frederic Brown, Charles Beaumont, Woody Allen, Chelsa Quinn Yarbro, Anne Dice, Edward Bryant, Laura Anne Gilman. Lippincott, Gary (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. Later Printing. A solid spine with no flaws. The dustjacket9in new mylar wraps) has light edge rubbings no store stamp. Contents-:ALABAMA-An Occurrence at Owl Creek Ridge- Ambrose Bierce, :ALASKA-Lost Face-Jack London, : ARIZONA-Being-Richard Matheson, :ARKANSAS-One Happy Family-John S. Farland, :CALIFORNIA- A Return to The Sabbath-Robert Bloch, :COLORADO-The Autopsy,:CONNECTICUT-The Believers-Robert Arthur, :DELAWARE-A Teacher's Rewards, :DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-Chico Lafleur Talks Funny, : FLORIDA-The Legend of Joe Lee, :GEORGIA- Seventh Sister- Mary Elizabeth Counselman, :HAWAII-The Isle of Vioces- Robert Louis Stevenson, : IDAHO-One Man's Harp-Babette Rosmund, :ILLINOIS-Cannibalism in the Cars- Mark Twain, :INDIANA-The Smell of Cherries,: IOWA-Away- Barry Malzberg,: KANSAS-Twilla-Joel Townsley Rogers,: LOUISIANA-Desiree's Child-Kate Choplin :MAINE-The Children of the North-Richard Matheson, :MARYLAND-The Man Who Collected Poe-Robert Boch,:MASSACHUSETTS-Pickman's Model- H.P. Lovecraft,:MICHIGAN-The Screwfly Solution-James Tiptree Jr., :MINNESOTA-The Unpleasantness at Carver HouseCarl Jacobi, :MISSISSIPPI-Mute Milton- Harry Harrison, :MISSOURI-Dumd Supper-Henderson Starke, :MONTANA-Lonely Train A' Comin'-William F.Nolan, :NEBRASKA-Children of the Corn- Stephen King, :Legal Rites- Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl, :NEW HAMPSHIRE-The Devil and Daniel Webster-Stephen Vincent Benet, :NEW JERSEY-The Masters of the Hounds-Algis Budrys, :NEW MEXICO-The Devil of the Picuris-Edwin L. Sabin, :NEW YORK-The Garrison-Donald A. Wollhiem, :NORTH CAROLINA-The Desrick on Yandro-Manly Wade Wellman, -NORTH DEKOTA-Shaggy Vengeance-Robert Adams, : OHIO-The horsehair Trunk-David Grubb, :OKLAHOMA-The Curse of Yig-Zelia Brown Reed Bishop,:OREGON-Peekaboo-Bil Pronzini, :PENNSLYANIA- Bird of Prey- Nelson S. Bond,:RHODE ISLAND-The Haunter of the Dark- H.P.Lovecraft, : SOUTH CAROLINA-Song of the Slaves-Manly Wade Wellman, :SOUTH DAKOTA-The Eagle -Claw Rattle- Ardath Maynar, : TENNESSEE- Our Town- Jeromy Bixby, :TEXAS-Pervert- Whitley Strieber, :UTAH-The Goddess of Zion-David H.Keller,:VERMOUNT-His Goat So Gay- Sterling E. Lanier:WASHINGTON-Bigfish-Edward D.Hoch, :WEST VIRGINIA-Lonely Roads- Richard Wilson :WISCONSIN -Beyond the Thresold-August Derleth, : WYOMING- The Monster of Lake LaMerrie- Wardon Allan Curtis. Hector Garrido / Mendola (illustratore). …

Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes. Volume One: xxvi + 825 pages with frontispiece, illustrations, maps and diagrams. Volume Two: pages 829-1625. Index. Glossary. Illustrated. Introduction by L.K. Little.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. An anthology of turbulent tales edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport and aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Ste.

First Edition. Library copies. Very good cloth copies in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes; 26 cm. Contents: V. 1. 1868-1890 -- v. 2. 1891-1907. Subjects: Hart, Robert 1835-1911; Campbell, James Duncan 1833-1907; Chinese Maritime Customs; Customs administration China History Sources; Customs administration; China; China Commerce Great Britain History 19th century ; Sources. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Library copies. Very good cloth copies in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes; 26 cm. Contents: V. 1. 1868-1890 -- v. 2. 1891-1907. Subjects: Hart, Robert 1835-1911; Campbell, James Duncan 1833-1907; Chinese Maritime Customs; Customs administration China History Sources; Customs administration; China; China Commerce Great Britain History 19th century ; Sources. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Two volume set. 26 x 18.5 cm. xxvi 1625pp. Illustrated, maps. Bound into green cloth. Previous owner's name stamp to front and rear pastedowns as well as foredges. Portrait of Hart taped to front free endpaper.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport or aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill.Stephen King hates to fly.Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you.Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like - gulp! - a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before. but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger.Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, "ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents. Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight."Book a flight for this terrifying new anthology that will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination.Table of Contents:Introduction by Stephen KingCargo by E. Michael LewisThe Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleNightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard MathesonThe Flying Machine by Ambrose BierceLucifer! by E.C. TubbThe Fifth Category by Tom BissellTwo Minutes Forty-Five Seconds by Dan SimmonsDiablitos by Cody GoodfellowAir Raid by John VarleyYou Are Released by Joe HillWarbirds by David J. SchowThe Flying Machine by Ray BradburyZombies on a Plane by Bev VincentThey Shall Not Grow Old by Roald DahlMurder in the Air by Peter TremayneThe Turbulence Expert by Stephen KingFalling by James L. DickeyAfterword by Bev Vincent.…

2 Vols., 8vos, 1337pp. As new hardback set in shrink wrappers.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Stated at limitation page: "This signed numbered edition of He Is Legend is limited to 750 copies. This is number 'PC.'" PC apparently denoting publisher's copy. Beautifully signed by all seventeen contributors to this project including Stephen King at third signature page where his son Joe Hill has also signed. This marked the first collaboration of the father-son duo for their premiere piece "Throttle" inspired by Matheson's "Duel". Jet black bonded leather boards, bold silver metallic spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Bind fine, square. Pictorial endpapers depict shelf of Matheson titles w/oversize magnifying glass and shadowy facade in subtext. Seven tales open with adjacent full-page of haunting, near chiaroscura plates by Harry O. Morris. Pictorial dust wrapper, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel of wrapper presents overlapping sepia photo collage of Matheson's life and times with geometrical shining light through window in b.g. Pictorial card of front wrapper panel is set in back cover. Manufactured in the United States of America. 526 pages. Insured post. For more than fifty years Richard Matheson has been a giant of literary intrigue. A master of fantasy - "I Am Legend," suspense - "Duel," and virtually everything else - he's written celebrated Westerns - "Journal of the Gun Years," tv scripts - "The Twilight Zone," movies - "The Incredible Shriking Man," meditations - "The Path," and so on and on. This collection gathers an astonishing group of literary talents to honor him. Heading the list of stellar writers are Stephen King and Joe Hill. F. Paul Wilson delivers a sequel to "The Distributor," while Mick Garris presents a prequel to "I Am Legend". John Shirley takes "Somewhere in Time" in a surprising new direction. Matheson's son, Richard Christian Matheson, riffs on his father's "Legion of Plotters," and Joe R. Lansdale revisits a noted Zuni fetish doll in "Quarry," his sequel to "Prey". The lineup continues with Matheson inspired tales by Thomas F. Monteleone, Gary A. Braunbeck, William F. Nolan, Ed Gorman, Barry Hoffman, Nancy A. Collins, Whitley Strieber, John Maclay, and Michael A. Arnzen. Matheson himself collaborates with Charles Beaumont for "Conjure Wife". Ramsey Campbell begins the cavalcade with an insightful introduction, "Matheson the Master". Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Morris, Harry O. (illustratore). Signed by Authors.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Stated at limitation page: "This signed numbered edition of He Is Legend is limited to 750 copies. This is number '653.'" Beautifully signed by all seventeen contributors to this project including Stephen King at third signature page where his son Joe Hill has also signed. This marked the first collaboration of the father-son duo for their premiere piece "Throttle" inspired by Matheson's "Duel." Jet black bonded leather boards, bold silver metallic spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Bind fine, square. Pictorial endpapers depict shelf of Richard Matheson titles w/oversize magnifying glass and shadowy facade in subtext. Several tales open with full-page haunting, near chiaroscura plates by Harry O. Morris. Pictorial dust wrapper, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel of wrapper presents overlapping sepia photo collage of Matheson's life and times with geometrical shining light through window in b.g. Presented and preserved in beveled black leather slipcase with window panel mirroring wrapper in design. Manufactured in the United States of America. 526 pages. Insured post. For more than fifty years Richard Matheson has been a giant of literary intrigue. A master of fantasy - "I Am Legend," suspense - "Duel," and virtually everything else - he's written celebrated Westerns - "Journal of the Gun Years," tv scripts - "The Twilight Zone," movies - "The Incredible Shriking Man," meditations - "The Path," and so on and on. This collection gathers an astonishing group of literary talents to honor him. Heading the list of stellar writers are Stephen King and Joe Hill. F. Paul Wilson delivers a sequel to "The Distributor," while Mick Garris presents a prequel to "I Am Legend". John Shirley takes "Somewhere in Time" in a surprising new direction. Matheson's son, Richard Christian Matheson, riffs on his father's "Legion of Plotters," and Joe R. Lansdale revisits a noted Zuni fetish doll in "Quarry," his sequel to "Prey". The lineup continues with Matheson inspired tales by Thomas F. Monteleone, Gary A. Braunbeck, William F. Nolan, Ed Gorman, Barry Hoffman, Nancy A. Collins, Whitley Strieber, John Maclay, and Michael A. Arnzen. Matheson himself collaborates with Charles Beaumont for "Conjure Wife". Ramsey Campbell begins the cavalcade with an insightful introduction, "Matheson the Master". Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Morris, Harry O. (illustratore). Signed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. 2 vols.: xxvi, 825; vi, 829-1625 p. 26 cm. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjackets. Jacket spines faded and have perhaps the slightest of wear to edges. Former owner signatures on title pages. The weekly and fortnightly letters sent by Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General of China's Imperial Maritime Customs, to his London commissioner, James Duncan Campbell. Captures Hart's private thoughts, administrative struggles, isolation as an Englishman in Qing Dynasty Beijing. Introduction by L. K. Little.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Two Volumes.The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England. 1975. Two volume total: 1625pp. Photo Plates. 20 photographs. Introduction by L.K. Little. Label of previous owner: H.T. Wong. HIST DEPT. E WASH UNIV. CHENEY WA. 99004. Robert Hart's contribution to the commercial stability of China, through the efficient collection of taxes and duties, was outstanding. As Inspector General, he was in charge of Chinese Maritime Customs. Martin Lynn recounts the experiences of Robert Hart employed by the Chinese in the dying phases of the Qing Dynasty. This article first appeared in SACU's China Now magazine in 1988 Robert Hart was witness to many of the major events of late nineteenth century Chinese history, a period when the country was wrestling with the twin problems of foreign intervention and the need to modernise. He was to live through four foreign invasions of China, the Taiping Rebellion of 1852-64, the Boxer rising of 1900, the attempted partition of the country by the West and the eventual crumbling of power of the last of the great Chinese imperial dynasties, the Qing. An Ulsterman, born in Portadown in 1835, he arrived in China aged only 19 as an assistant and interpreter in the British consular service. After service in Hong Kong, Ningbo and Guangzhou (Canton) he resigned in 1859 and became Deputy Commissioner of Customs at Canton. For the rest of his career until his death at the age of 76 in 1911 he was to be an employee of the Chinese government. He received a Chinese peerage in 1889 and a British Knighthood in 1893. In 1863 Hart became Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, a position he was to hold for the next 48 years. The Customs Service grew out of the 'treaty port' system, with its foreign privileges and extra-territorial rights, that were imposed on China by the Western powers during the mid-nineteenth century. Its function was to regulate trading relations between China and the Western powers and to collect customs revenue for the Chinese government. Although a department of the Chinese government, the Customs Service was almost entirely staffed with foreigners in its upper echelons. Its Inspector General was always a Westerner. In collecting revenue for Beijing however, the Customs Service provided the government with a regular income independent of interference by the provincial authorities, thereby strengthening the dynasty's position against its rivals. But by the end of the century, China fell more and more into debt due to the indemnities it was forced to pay following defeats by foreign powers, as well as loans raised abroad. Much of the Customs revenue came to be pledged to outsiders for many years in advance. Custom-made post The Customs Service, and Hart's role in it, illustrates the West's influence in China in the late nineteenth century, with China's independence slowly being eroded by outsiders. But it also illuminates China's first steps in modernisation: it was the first department run on western lines. By the turn of the century it employed nearly 18,000 Chinese and 1,500 foreigners. It was also responsible for China's western-style Postal Service, established in 1896. The revenues of the Customs Service were used to pay for the modernisation of China's military forces and for the building of railways, arsenals and factories in the reform and 'self-strengthening' movements of the 1880s and 1890s. In many ways the Customs Service was Hart's own creation. Like it, he stood at the interface between China and the West, representing foreign influence in China, yet being used repeatedly by the Chinese government as its representative in dealing with foreign powers. He had, in the words of one historian, 'a profound sense of loyalty and obligation to the Chinese government'. Both volume in fine condition. Heavy book, extra postage likely. …

Ownership Inscription of Academic Andrew Taylor, VG bright set in publishers cloth in slightly scruffy edgeworn dustjackets. 1st edition, 1st issue. ISBN 0674443209.

2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. xxvi, [4], 1-825, [3]; vi, [4], 829-1625, [5]; original full green cloth; fine. "Robert Hart's forty-five year administration of China's customs service was a unique achievement. In these letters Hart speaks to us directly from a time long past in China, but a time that may seem only yesterday to a Western reader. The result is a primary source for the history of modern China and the era of foreign privilege there.".…

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Larger 8vo 2 volume set. book.

Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2022. Limited First PS Edition of 1000 copies, this being no. 964. Octavo (21.6cm); illustrated dust jacket over matching boards; [iv],732pp; b&w illus. throughout; housed in matching illustrated slipcase. Jacket lightly rubbed along top edge of rear flap. Boards sturdy and square. Light rubbing / scuffing to bottom edge of slipcase, but with no bumps or splits. Signed by illustrator John Coulthart on limitation page at front. Basis for the 1993 film of the same name starring Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, and Amanda Plummer. John Coulthart (illustratore).…