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"Ingulphus" (Arthur Gray),: Tedious Brief Tales Of Granta And Gramarye. 22948
Ash-Tree Press. 2008.
First edition thus (& 1st printing).
Arthur Gray (1852 - 1940) was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1912 - 40, and it is Jesus College that acts as the backdrop for the series of stories collected as Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye, many of which first appeared in The Cambridge Review. Here are gathered the true history of the godless and dissolute Everlasting Club, whose members swore to meet annually on All Souls' Day, be they alive or dead, until the ghastly events of their final meeting; the story of the alchemist Anthony Ffryar, last survivor of the plague of 1551; the mystery of the death in 1643 of the mathematician and alleged necromancer Thomas Allen (who may have doubled as the first Jesus College cat); the tale of the theologian Matthew Makepeace who, disappointed in his academic career, discovered in 1604 the secret of how to transfer his soul into the body of a promising undergraduate; and many more. First published in 1919, this new edition from Ash-Tree Press includes all of the illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington Scales from the original edition, and also presents additional material, including two fascinating papers presented by Arthur Gray to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. New introduction by Rosemary Pardoe and Mark Valentine. 400 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1997. 02536
Ash-Tree Press. 1998.
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Collects four weird stories, ''A Wedding Day'' by Patricia Wentworth (1911), ''The Swaying Vision'' by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (1915), ''The Visitor'' by Carola Oman (1922) and ''The House of the Laburnums'' by Mollie Panter-Downes (1936), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1998. 01059
Ash-Tree Press. 1998.
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Collects six weird stories, ''Told in the Inn at Algeciras'' by William Somerset Maugham (1905), ''Post-Mortem'' by Arthur Ransome (1906), ''The Medium's End'' by Ford Madox Ford (1912), ''Exactly as it Happened'' by E. C. Bentley (1926), ''The Unpleasant Room'' by Hilaire Belloc (1928) and ''Ho! The Merry Masons'' by John Buchan (1933), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian.. 500 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1999. 01997
Ash-Tree Press. 1999.
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Collects six weird stories, ''The House That Was Lost'' by Tom Gallon (1908), ''Tight and Loose'' by Neil Gow (1932), ''The Man Who Was Tomorrow'' by Eric Ambrose (1933), ''Newsreel'' by W. J. Makin (1935), ''Time-Piece'' by Donald Showbridge (1939) and ''Last Act First'' by Laurence Meynell (1940), with introduction and notes by editor Jack Adrian. 500 copies printed. SALE PRICE (ex-Fantasy Centre stock).
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2000. 04747
Ash-Tree Press. 2000.
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Fourth in the annual series: collects nine ''forgotten'' ghost stories, never published in book form, by such masters of the macabre as E. Nesbit, S. Baring-Gould, Sax Rohmer and Julian Hawthorne. 500 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2001. 07743
Ash-Tree Press. 2001.
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Collects thirteen supernatural stories from the British fiction magazines of the 1920's and 1930's, only one of which has seen previous book publication. Seven page introduction by the editor. 500 copies printed. SALE PRICE (ex-Fantasy Centre stock).
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2002: Ghosts At The Cornhill 1920-1930. 10464
Ash-Tree Press. 2002.
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Collection of fourteen ghost stories from the pages of the Cornhill magazine (1920-1930), none of which have seen print since their original publication. 500 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2003: Ghosts At 'The Cornhill' 1931-1939. 12852
Ash-Tree Press. 2003.
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Collects fifteen supernatural stories all first publlished in The Cornhill magazine (of which only one has since been reprinted) with a ten page introduction by the editor. 500 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2004: The Last 'Queer Stories From Truth'. 16172
Ash-Tree Press. 2004.
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Collects thirty-one short supernatural stories, first published in the weekly ''Truth'', which as the editor states in his 32-page introduction, was primarily a ''political, financial, and muck-raking scandal sheet which ran from the mid-1870's through to the 1950's''. 500 copies printed.
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Adrian, Jack (ed.): The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2005: Haven't I Read This Before? 18920
Ash-Tree Press. 2006.
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Collects twenty (mostly not well-known) supernatural stories by a number of writers ''whose work appears either to have been influenced by, or been an influence upon, the work of others. In some of the stories, well-known writers have drawn on, and improved, earlier work: in others, less known authors have attempted their own variations on well-known stories''. In his 26-page introduction, the editor puts it a little more bluntly, and ''discusses the theme of plagiarism and literary (and musical!) theft''. 400 copies printed.
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Aldiss, Brian W.: Cracken At Critical. 00847
Kerosina: Worcester Park. 1987.
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Published the same in the US as 'The Year Before Yesterday': this Kerosina edition is significantly different from the US edition and is the authors preferred text.
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Aldiss, Brian W.: Sanity And The Lady. 15571
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2005.
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Short novel: introduction by Ian R. Macleod. 500 numbered trade hardcover edition signed by the author.
''''They're the reason why xenophobia was invented.'' So says Uncle Toby, renegade member of the Laurence family. The comfortable Laurence family lead a fairly traditional life. They have a manservant to look after them. The sea is nearby, as is the psychotherapist. Edgar Laurence is a well-known pianist. His grand-daughter, Laura Broughton, is a famous novelist. Of course, the family has its problems. There's an unmarried mother with a small child. There are mobs at the gates, divorces, illicit love affairs and a suicide - or is that two suicides? But life goes on. Until the night when a meteorite burns out in earth's atmosphere. It releases a number of microscopic beings. Well, if not beings, at least functions. They are a mystery, a challenge to human imagination. However, if you have one entering your brain, you may be able to communicate with it, perhaps to your advantage. Here is what humans have long wanted, a chance to study alien life. They do not like it when they get it. Laura Broughton defends the visitors while the world becomes more and more alarmed. That's what gets her into trouble. And finally, the visitors astonish us all''.
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Aldiss, Brian W.: Sanity And The Lady. 15572
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2005
First edition (& 1st printing).
Novel: introduction by Ian R. Macleod. LIMITED EDITION: 200 numbered slipcased copies, signed by both authors.
''''They're the reason why xenophobia was invented.'' So says Uncle Toby, renegade member of the Laurence family. The comfortable Laurence family lead a fairly traditional life. They have a manservant to look after them. The sea is nearby, as is the psychotherapist. Edgar Laurence is a well-known pianist. His grand-daughter, Laura Broughton, is a famous novelist. Of course, the family has its problems. There's an unmarried mother with a small child. There are mobs at the gates, divorces, illicit love affairs and a suicide - or is that two suicides? But life goes on. Until the night when a meteorite burns out in earth's atmosphere. It releases a number of microscopic beings. Well, if not beings, at least functions. They are a mystery, a challenge to human imagination. However, if you have one entering your brain, you may be able to communicate with it, perhaps to your advantage. Here is what humans have long wanted, a chance to study alien life. They do not like it when they get it. Laura Broughton defends the visitors while the world becomes more and more alarmed. That's what gets her into trouble. And finally, the visitors astonish us all''.
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Ashley, Mike (ed.): Phantom Perfumes And Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine. 03793
Ash-Tree Press. 2000.
First edition (& 1st printing).
244 pages: collects seventeen of the best supernatural stories to appear in the short-lived pulp magazine ''Ghost Stories'' (1926-1931). Foreword by Hugh B. Cave, 24 page introduction by the editor, plus complete index of issues published and checklist of authors and stories published. 600 copies printed.
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Atkins, Peter: The Wishmaster And Other Stories. 01070
Pumpkin Books: Nottingham. 1999.
First edition (& 1st printing).
272 pages: short story collection. Contains the original script for the film Wishmaster plus other stories: introduction by Ramsey Campbell. SIGNED AND DATED (6/11/99) BY THE AUTHOR AT TIME OF PUBLICATION.
''''Wes Craven presents 'Wishmaster,' written by Peter Atkins.'' The poster campaign for this Hollywood film credited the writer alonside the producer. ''Wishmaster'' became America's most successful independent theatrical feature of 1997. So here is your chance to read the original screenplay and to let your own directorial imagination work on the script. And alongside his imaginings for Hollywood, Peter Atkins writes short stories where genres overlap, and he sidesteps our expectations with a smile. In this collection he shows us: the strategies of a man for dealing with his fear of flying; how dangerous it may be to challenge the power of old fairy tales; the saturnine Doctor Arcadia at his work; and how a man may react to the shock of a new possession''.
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Atkins, Peter: The Wishmaster And Other Stories. 04440
Pumpkin Books: Nottingham. 1999.
First edition (& 1st printing).
272 pages: short story collection. Contains the original script for the film Wishmaster plus other stories: introduction by Ramsey Campbell.
''''Wes Craven presents 'Wishmaster,' written by Peter Atkins.'' The poster campaign for this Hollywood film credited the writer alonside the producer. ''Wishmaster'' became America's most successful independent theatrical feature of 1997. So here is your chance to read the original screenplay and to let your own directorial imagination work on the script. And alongside his imaginings for Hollywood, Peter Atkins writes short stories where genres overlap, and he sidesteps our expectations with a smile. In this collection he shows us: the strategies of a man for dealing with his fear of flying; how dangerous it may be to challenge the power of old fairy tales; the saturnine Doctor Arcadia at his work; and how a man may react to the shock of a new possession''.
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Atkins, Peter: The Wishmaster And Other Stories. 10084
Pumpkin Books: Nottingham. 1999.
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272 pages: short story collection. Contains the original script for the film Wishmaster plus other stories: introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to 750 hardcover copies. THIS COPY SPECIALLY SIGNED BY PETER ATKINS, RAMSEY CAMPBELL AND INTERIOR ILLUSTRATOR RANDY BROCKER.
''''Wes Craven presents 'Wishmaster,' written by Peter Atkins.'' The poster campaign for this Hollywood film credited the writer alonside the producer. ''Wishmaster'' became America's most successful independent theatrical feature of 1997. So here is your chance to read the original screenplay and to let your own directorial imagination work on the script. And alongside his imaginings for Hollywood, Peter Atkins writes short stories where genres overlap, and he sidesteps our expectations with a smile. In this collection he shows us: the strategies of a man for dealing with his fear of flying; how dangerous it may be to challenge the power of old fairy tales; the saturnine Doctor Arcadia at his work; and how a man may react to the shock of a new possession''.
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Aycliffe, Jonathan: The Talisman. 02544
Ash-Tree Press. 1999.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Weird novel. 600 copies printed.
''a statue, unearthed in ancient Babylon during the course of an archaelogical dig, is transported to London. Once there, it quickly exerts an evil influence over those with whom it comes into contact; an influence that threatens to spread throughout London and beyond''.
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Bailey, Dale: The Resurrection Man's Legacy. 12912
Golden Gryphon Press. 2003.
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Collects eleven sf stories with an introduction by Barry Malzberg: 332 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Bailey, Dale (& Jack Slay, Jr): Sleeping Policemen. 19059
Golden Gryphon Press. 2006.
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''High in the Smokey Mountains, in an instant of gut-wrenching horror, five lives are about to change forever. For Nick Laymon, that night begins like any other evening during his four years at Ransom College — with cold beer in the company of his closest friends, Finny Durant and Reed Tucker, followed by the sweet midnight promise of the girl he's always dreamed of, Sue Thompson. It will end nine hours later, when Nick and his friends run down a lone pedestrian on a stretch of deserted mountain highway. In the folds of the dead man's coat, Nick finds two items: a sheaf of hundred dollar bills and a mysterious key. The cash ignites ambitions Nick has barely dared admit before this moment. The key will lead him to a bus station locker and the homemade video tape that waits inside it. And the video tape, with its graphic depiction of the rape and murder of a missing teenage girl, will plunge them all into a nightmare''
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Baker, Frank: Miss Hargreaves: A Fantasy. 13913
Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire. 2004.
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Reprint of classic novel of the supernatural, first published in 1940: new five-page introduction by Glen Cavaliero. Limited to 300 copies printed. SALE PRICE (ex-Fantasy Centre stock).
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Baker, Kage: Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers. 12439
Golden Gryphon Press. 2002.
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Collection of fourteen stories, all part of the author's Company Dossiers series.
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Baldwin, Mrs. Alfred: The Shadow On The Blind & Other Ghost Stories. 06876
Ash-Tree Press. 2001.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Reprints all nine supernatural stories from the author's 1895 collection of the same title, plus one previously unpublished story ''The Ticking of the Clock'': also included are seven of J. Ayton Symington's illustrations from the first edition, and a six page introduction by John Pelan and Richard Dalby. 500 copies printed.
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Ballard, J. G.: Memories Of The Space Age. 01153
Arkham House: Sauk City, Wisconsin. 1988.
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Collection of the author's ''Cape Canaveral'' stories. Illustrated by J. K. Potter.
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Barclay, James: Vault Of Deeds. 24596
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2008.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Hardcover: fantasy novella.
''the status quo is being upset so much it feels distinctly queasy. You see, in the land of Goedterre, good always triumphs over evil. Or that's how it should be. But something is wrong. Across the land, invincible heroes are meeting their dooms at the hands of opponents who have clearly practiced beforehand. It simply will not do. Too many books are closing for good in the Vault of Deeds. Too many scribes are looking for new heroes. The spectre of invasion raises an ugly head on which altogether too much expectancy is plastered. Naturally, people want to know what's going on and eyes inevitably turn to the school that produces Goedterre's heroes. After all, without heroes, how on earth can you possibly defeat the forces of evil? Curiously, Principal Kettifer seems delighted with how his academy is running but Grincheux the Scribe is not. Something smells bad. Really bad. Worse than the latest hero eau de toilette, that's how bad. Student heroes are nervous and their scribes are watching the lifeblood flow from their once very lucrative careers. Literally. Grincheux, with his gangly student hero in tow, decides to investigate and in a way, he is right and courageous to take that decision. In every other way, but principally the ones involving mortal danger and loss of bowel control, it is a very stupid decision indeed''
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Baring-Gould, S.: Margery Of Quether And Other Weird Tales. 00522
Sarob Press: Wales. 1999.
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Edited with an introduction, by Richard Dalby: collects the title vampire story, plus five weird short stories and a poem. 250 numbered copies printed.
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Barrett, Jr., Neal: Perpetuity Blues And Other Stories. 03283
Golden Gryphon Press. 2000.
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Short story collection: introduction by Terry Bisson.
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Barrett, Jr., Neal: Prince Of Christler-Coke. 14285
Golden Gryphon Press. 2004.
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Sf novel.
''set in a future where the power of big corporations has reached unbelievable heights, this sardonic and humorous story traces the adventures of Asel Iacola, former head of the Christler-Coke corporation, who has been banished to a corporate prison after a hostile takeover. Undaunted, and with the help of fellow deposed corporate noble Sylvan Lee-McCree, Asel escapes with hopes of confronting his rival, Jackie-Cee of the Disney-Dow corporation. During his escape he learns to rely on himself as he is almost hung by the TechsMechs Rangers of Oklahomer, sold by the hustlers of Two-kum-curry to the Nones of Our Lady of Reluctant Desire, and befriended by a mechanical bear. Making his way across a nation ruled by big business, Asel is confronted by the country's forgotten poor, and discovers the enormous gulf between the haves and have-nots created by companies like Christler-Coke''.
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Baxter, Stephen: Riding The Rock. 09120
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2002.
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Paperback original.
Novella: introduction by Gregory Benford. From a total printing of 800 copies, this is one of 500 numbered paperback copies signed by the author.
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Baxter, Stephen: Starfall. 25311
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2009.
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Sf novella.
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Begbie, Harold: The Amazing Dreams Of Andrew Latter. 08900
Ash-Tree Press. 2002.
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64 pages: edited and with a 16-page introduction by Jack Adrian. Collects six weird stories first published in The London Magazine in 1904. Part of the Ash-Tree Press Occult Detective series. 500 copies printed.
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Benson, A. C. (& R. H. Benson): Ghosts In The House. 03037
Ash-Tree Press. 1996.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Edited and with an introduction by Hugh Lamb: collects twenty stories. 400 copies printed.
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Benson, E. F.: Mrs Amworth: The Collected Spook Stories Volume Three. 06877
Ash-Tree Press. 2001.
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Third volume in the series, edited by Jack Adrian. 600 copies printed.
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Benson, E. F.: Sea Mist: Collected Spook Stories Volume Five. 16229
Ash-Tree Press. 2005
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Edited by Jack Adrian: 342 pages. Final title in the five volume series, covering the stories written between 1927-1940. 600 copies printed.
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Benson, E. F.: The Face: The Collected Spook Stories Volume Four. 11283
Ash-Tree Press. 2003.
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This fourth volume in the (five volume) series covers the four year period between December 1923 and November 1927. Although the author's output of spook stories had slowed down somewhat from the heady days of 1922/23, he was still able to turn out shiver-inducing tales of the haunting and horrific, as in the menacing 'A Tale of an Empty House', the prophetic 'Corstophine', and one of the author's most masterly tales, the terrifying 'The Face'. Edited and with a 14-page introduction by Jack Adrian. 600 copies printed.
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Benson, E. F.: The Terror By Night: Collected Spook Stories Volume 1. 01064
Ash-Tree Press. 1998.
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First of a five volume series collecting together all the author's supernatural fiction: edited and with an introduction by Jack Adrian, this first volume contains stories written between 1899-1911. 600 copies printed.
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Bernobich, Beth: Ars Memoriae. 26912
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2009.
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Introduction by Kage Baker.
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Bestwick, Simon: A Hazy Shade Of Winter. 14423
Ash-Tree Press. 2004.
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Collection of weird and ghost stories by a contemporary writer, with an introduction from Joel Lane. 500 copies printed. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Bierce, Ambrose: An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge And Other Stories. 24216
Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire. 2008.
First edition (& 1st printing).
The complete supernatural stories, with an introduction by S.T. Joshi: 256 pages. Perhaps best known as a journalist and the author of the sardonic The Devil's Dictionary, Bierce ranks alongside Poe as one of the fathers of American supernatural fiction. As a young man he served in the Federal army during the American Civil war, participating in some of the most horrific battles, and this closeness to the horrors and excitement of war informed both his famed cynicism and his fiction. And Bierce's precise, pared down writing style provides a perfect foil to the Gothic content of his tales. His own death remains an enduring mystery: the septuagenarian Bierce went missing during a trip to Revolutionary Mexico late in 1913, and no trace of him has ever been found. 300 copies printed.
''the element that fuses Bierce's tales . . . is the focus on what might be called the psychology and physiology of fear. . . . Bierce is relentless in dissecting the precise succession of emotions that transforms a sane, normal man . . . into a gibbering lunatic'' (S. T. Joshi, from the introduction).
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Birkin, Charles: A Haunting Beauty. 04073
Midnight House: Seattle, CA. 2000.
First edition (& 1st printing).
450 copies printed. With the signature (and dated September 2000) of editor Hugh lamb on the front free endpaper. LAID IN IS A CHRISTMAS CARD SIGNED BY CHARLES BIRKIN.
''In the 1960's one author was almost solely responsible for keeping the horror genre alive in Britain, Sir Charles Birkin. In the years from 1964 to 1971 the author produced a string of powerful collections including The Kiss of Death, Spawn of Satan, and The Smell of Evil. In the early 1980's the author and editor Mike Ashley undertook the preparation of a retrospective showcase of the author's work. Efforts to market the volume were curtailed by Birkin's death in 1986 and the collection, A Haunting Beauty has remained lost -- until now. With a special introduction by Sir Charles Birkin nearly two decades after the author and editor began work on it. In this volume the full range and diversity of the author's work is demonstrated by tales that run the gamut from the eerie supernatural thriller ''Ballet Negre'' to the poignant ghostly tale ''Little Boy Blue'' and the grotesqueries of ''Lords of the Refuge''. Also included are a pair of fine examples of stories based on the author's war-time experiences, ''The Mouse Hole'' and a story that has to rank as a masterpiece, ''Waiting for Trains''. While best-known for his disturbing tales of psychological horror, Birkin was also adept at the supernatural tale of terror as is amply demonstrated by this collection''.
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Bishop, Michael: A Funeral For The Eyes Of Fire. 00841
Kerosina: Worcester Park. 1989.
First edition (& 1st printing).
First published in the US as a paperback original as EYES OF FIRE, this first hardcover edition is heavily revised and with a new introduction by the author, plus an afterword by Ian Watson.
''his first novel, A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire, is written ostensibly within the terms of hard sf, though laced with splashy Gothicisms (most of them removed as part of the extensive revision): on an alien planet, the protagonist must perform wonders or be sent back to a despotic Earth'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF).
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Bishop, Michael: A Reverie for Mr. Ray - Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction 15381
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2005.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Edited by Michael Hutchins: collects nearly seventy essays from four decades of the author's career as a dedicated practitioner and observer of the sf and fantasy fields: introduction by Jeff Vandermeer. 500 numbered hardbound copies signed by Michael Bishop.
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Bishop, Michael: A Reverie for Mr. Ray - Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction 15382
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2005.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Edited by Michael Hutchins: collects nearly 70 essays from four decades of the author's career as a dedicated practitioner and observer of the sf and fantasy fields: introduction by Jeff Vandermeer. LIMITED EDITION: 200 numbered copies signed by the author and both contributors, and slipcased.
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Bishop, Michael: Brighten To Incandescence: 17 Stories. 11735
Golden Gryphon Press. 2003.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Introduction by Lucius Shepard and a ten page afterword (''Notes About The Stories'') by the author. 294 pages.
''seventeen of writer Michael Bishop's favorite stories were handpicked from his previously uncollected works to create this compelling collection, providing an excellent overview of a career that includes award-winning science fiction, horror, fantasy, satire, space opera, and mystery. In ''A Tapestry of Little Murders,'' a murderer attempts to escape along a literal road to self-destruction. A medical missionary, tortured by government thugs, reveals her dying wish in ''With a Little Help from Her Friends.'' In ''The Procedure,'' an operation to remove a tumorous growth will hopefully excise from the patient's mind and body all tendencies toward faith and superstition. From futuristic mystery and Vietnam-era dark fantasy to theological speculation on Christ's death, a variety of lyrical voices speak through these haunting stories. An essay by the author divulges the genesis of each story''.
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Bishop, Michael: Who Made Stevie Crye? 18028
Arkham House: Sauk City, Wisconsin.
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With photographic illustrations by J. K. Potter.
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Bishop, Michael: Within The Walls Of Tyre. 07507
Kerosina: Worcester Park. 1989.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Card wrappers.
Screenplay: based on the story of the same title first published in Weirdbook magazine (#13, 1978). 350 paperbound numbered copies printed.
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Bishop, Michael (& Steven Utley, ed.): Passing For Human. 26668
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2009.
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Reprint anthology: 500 numbered copies signed by both editors. Contents: The Other Celia by Theodore Sturgeon, Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim, The Man Upstairs by Ray Bradbury, Neutrino Drag by Paul DiFilippo, Nights at the Crimea by Jessica Reisman, The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg, Once by Jack Slay, Jr,Linkage by Barry N. Malzberg, Apprenticeship by Howard Waldrop, Cooking Creole by A. M. Dellamonica, Under the Hollywood Sign by Tom Reamy, All the Kinds of Yes by James Tiptree, Jr., Judgment Call by John Kessel, A Spaceship Built of Stone by Lisa Tuttle, Detectives and Cadavers by Jeff VanderMeer, and Sex and/or Mr. Morrison by Carol Emshwiller.
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Bisson, Terry: Billy's Book. 26486
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2009.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Novella. Limited to 600 hardcover copies of which this is one of 500 unsigned copies bound in pictorial boards and issued without a dustjacket.
Fine copy in pictorial boards, as issued without dustjacket.
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Bisson, Terry: Billy's Book. 26487
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2009.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Novella. Limited to 600 hardcover copies of which this is one of 100 signed copies issued with a dustjacket.
Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
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Bisson, Terry: Dear Abbey. 10631
PS Publishing: Harrogate. 2003.
First edition (& 1st printing).
Novella: introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. LIMITED EDITION: 300 numbered hardcover copies signed by both authors. Published at £25. .
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