pelan john introduction (15 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. NEW UK PB: $ & Condition REDUCED for slight bumps to top & bottom right side corners, otherwise Mint. NO remainder mark. "Have you applied yet? In Tony Richards' world, horror exists everywhere: from the snow-covered landscape of Ontario to the dank back alleys of Hong Kong; from the dilapidated suburbs of London to the quixotic streets of Paris; from the sun-soaked bays of Jamaica to the rain-slashed cities of Japan. Terror will travel with you as you embark on a whirlwhirl tour of the globe; it will be at first an amiable companion; but as you roam the places you visit, it will gradually start to reveal itself.and you'll soon begin to realise that the terror may be in you, after all. Have you applied yet? Here is your Passport to Purgatory: please enjoy the journey; after all, it may be your last. 15 tales of horror from a master of the genre." | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustratore). First Edition First Printing. Reinvigorates the relatively unknown work of Chicago writer Anthony M. Rud, whose work mostly appeared in the pulps in the early decades of the 20th century; he was also the editor of "Adventure" magazine, one of his short stories was featured on the very first issue of "Weird Tales" in Feb. 1923. This new collection brings together 5 macabre tales, including his "weird menace novel," "The Stuffed Men," which introduced detective Jigger Masters. In 259 pages + 7 pages of other titles from this publisher in rear, & an Introduction by John Pelan, known to the world as "the Historian of Sci-Fi" & "the Prince of Pulp." Small quarto has deep blue cloth-covered boards, stamped with bright gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine in an equally Fine unclipped DJ (which has been protected in mylar cover by original owner). Completely clean & crisp, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, corners crisp. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustratore). 312 pages. 6.00x0.78x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. NEW UK HARDBACK. LIMITED Ed. of 250. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Slight bit of shelf wear on DJ, nicely mitigated by ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. 1st Edition. LIMITED Ed. of 500 copies. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. O'Keee, Gavin L. (illustratore). Limited Numbered Edition. This 2014 reprint of a collection first published in 1938 revives the short stories & novellas of popular 1920s-1930s British novelist Edmund Snell (1889-1972), best known at the time for his sci-fi, mysteries, & thrillers, often featuring Asian settings or villains. To introduce new generations of readers to Snell's work, the unique Dancing Tuatara Press/Ramble House has reissued this collection of 13 stories in this special numbered limited edition (of which this is #12, with a slip laid into front matter SIGNED by compiler John Pelan, who wrote the Introduction & is known to the world as "the Historian of Sci-Fi" & "the Prince of Pulp." Hardcover book is As New in like DJ, appearing never opened! Deep blue cloth-covered boards, stamped with bright gilt lettering to spine, in 234 pages + 7 pages of other titles from this publisher in rear. Completely clean, crisp, & unmarked; unclipped DJ is equally Fine & protected in mylar cover by original owner to stay that way! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; a bump to the bottom free corner of the page block has caused a pair of concentric creases at the corners of about a hundred pages, and the leatherette of the cover also shows surface wear at the bottom free corners, otherwise excellent. 343pp. Stories of love crossed by the Lamia, hunger in Kelpie country, old magic crossed by new technologies, mysteries solved with cleverness and salt.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustratore). Limited Numbered Edition. Collection of 7 novellas from this largely forgotten author who began writing horrors/thrillers for the pulps, where these stories were first published, 1934-1938. No 12 in this Limited, Numbered Edition series from 2010, it is SIGNED by the EDITOR, John Pelan ("the historian of horror fiction") on a tipped-in limitation notice before the title page. In 259 pages + listings for other titles by this publisher in rear. Small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") has blue cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is Fine in an equally Fine, unclipped DJ: as bright & crisp & clean as Brand New, protected since purchased new by original owner in nonreflective mylar cover. Flawless! ur photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Jason Van Hollander(Cover Artist) John Pelan(Introduction) (illustratore). More Tales of the Uneasy by Violent Hunt (Ash-Tree) LTD A beautiful copy. A pristine dust jacket. Limited, only 500 copies printed. Four stories with a preface by the Author. The second collection of Hunt's writings by Ash-Tree. New Introduction by John Pelan and cover artwork by Jason Van Hollander. First thus. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Jack Dann, George Zebrowski, and Jim & Ruth Keegan. Bound in cloth with dust jacket. Unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the editor. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Gavin L. O'Keefe illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight. The are a few tiny spots to the top edge of the closed text block, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Issued in a limited edition of 100 copies, this example is numbered 37 and is signed by John Pelan in green ink on a limitation plate that is tipped in on the front free endpaper (as issued). A collection of the best short stories of the British science fiction writer William F. Temple. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author and the illustrator. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Rodger Gerberding illustrated dustwrapper. With a colour frontispiece and 10 further full page black and white illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Issued in an edition of 220 copies (of which 200 were for sale), from which this example is numbered 120 and signed by the author Michael Reaves in black ink, illustrator Rodger Gerberding and author of the introduction Joe R. Lansdale in blue ink and author of the afterword John Pelan in green ink on the colophon. A collection of 24 short stories originally published between 1974 and 2015, two of which 'The Looking Glass' and 'Dead Air' are published here for the first time. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First and Limited Edition. First hardcover edition, one of 125 copies, octavo size, 101 pp., signed by Thomas Ligotti and Michael Shea. Per Wiki, Thomas Ligotti (b. 1953) "is an American horror author, lay philosopher, and writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres - most prominently weird fiction - and have been described by critics as works of philosophical horror, often formed into short stories and novellas in the tradition of gothic fiction. The worldview espoused by Ligotti in his fiction and non-fiction has been described as pessimistic and nihilistic. 'The Washington Post' called him 'the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction'." The nineteen stories in this collection are divided into eight sections: "Three Scientists", "Two Immortals", "Leading Men", "Gothic Heroines", "Loners", "Shut-Ins", "A Poe Anthology", and "The Works & Death of H.P. Lovecraft". ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards, decorated vertical rule along the left of the front board stamped in black, publisher's device on the back board stamped in black, red lettering on the front and spine, tipped-in tissue-guarded frontispiece, title page with wide decorative border, the Introduction by Michael Shea in poem form, each story opens with a four-line floriated initial, limitation statement at the colophon, this no. 61 of 140 hardcover copies, signed by both Thomas Ligotti and Michael Shea; binding octavo size (8 1/2" by 5 5/8"), pagination: [i-v] vi-[xiv] [1-2] 3-86 [1, colophon]. The dust jacket is unpriced (and unclipped), printed in black and red with the design matching that of the boards. ___CONDITION: Volume fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new, still with that "tight" unread feel. The jacket also fine, unclipped, clean and entirely free of edgewear. An outstanding example. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Limited edition. Eight volumes. Signed by the author of the introduction, cover artist, and editor. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, with blind illustration stamped to the upper boards, in the Jacob McMurray illustrated dustwrappers. Satin ribbon page markers in every volume. With black and white photographs of the author featured in the introductions. A near fine set, the binding square and firm, the cloth mostly bright and fresh, with some mottling to the boards of volume I. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the closed text block of volumes I and III, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrappers; that of volume I, lightly rubbed, nicked and mildly spotted (to the underside) with a few light marks to the front panel and a couple of scuffs and punctures to the upper spine fold. The other seven dustwrappers, with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities of volumes VI and VII and a tiny nick to the rear flap fold of volume VII, are free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped. Issued in an edition of 300 copies, from which this set is numbered 48 across all eight volumes, and signed by the cover artist Jacob McMurray in volumes I-VI (in facsimile in volumes VII and VIII) and authors of the introductions Michael Swanwick, Harlan Ellison, Richard Lupoff, Michael Kurland, Neil Gaiman, Scott Bradfield, and Gary K. Wolfe, respectively, in black and green ink on the colophon. Signed by the editor John Pelan in green ink in volumes I-VI, and in black facsimile on the colophon of the last two volumes. The complete collected short fiction of R. A. Lafferty, as of April 2026, comprises eight volumes of an expected 12 total, and marks the first ever publication of Lafferty's entire corpus of short stories. The project was initiated by editor John Pelan, a science fiction-horror author known for founding the publishing house Axolotl Press, who sadly passed away in 2021 before the series' completion. 'The Man Who Made Models' (volume I) and 'The Man with the Speckled Eyes' (volume IV) were nominated for the Locus Award for 'Best Collection' in 2015 and 2018, respectively. In a writing career spanning more than three decades R. A. Lafferty has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo (winning the 1973 Hugo Award for his short story 'Eurema's Dam') and seven Nebula Awards. In 1990 the author was the recipient of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. 'R. A. Lafferty is unique, in the old, unspoiled sense of the word. A genius as wild and joyful, delightful and unpredictable as his comes along but once in a lifetime. Cherish him. If there were no Lafferty, we would lack the imagination to invent him.' (Michael Swanwick). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).