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Western And Hard-Boiled Western And Detective Fiction In America: From High Noon To Midnight.

By: Hamilton, Cynthia S.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: MacMillan Press Ltd: London.: 1987.

Seller ID: 35690

ISBN: 0333404955

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

200 pages, with index.
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Now Read On: A Collection Of Recent British Fanwriting.

By: Hansen, Rob (ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1987.

Seller ID: 37440

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: A near fine (NF) copy, staples rusting, rear cover a little marked.

Collection of fannish writing brought out for the 1987 45th World Science Fiction Convention held in Brighton: includes Kevin Smith, Lilian Edwards & Christina Lake, Linda Pickersgill, Greg Pickersgill, Roz Kaveney, Abi Frost, Anne Hamill, Owen Whiteoak and Bob Shaw: introduction by D. West.
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Vultures Of The Void: The Legacy (signed by the author).

By: Harbottle, Philip

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cosmos Books.: 2011.

Seller ID: 30970

ISBN: 1607011492

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

410 pages: a history of British sf paperback publishing, concentrating mainly on the 1950's. Completely rewritten and expanded from the original 1992 Borgo Press edition (which was only 128 pages). SIGNED BY PHIL HARBOTTLE.
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Vultures of the Void: A History of British Science Fiction 1946-1956 (inscribed by the author).

By: Harbottle, Philip (& Steve Holland)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Borgo Press: CA.: 1992.

Seller ID: 27759

ISBN: 089370315X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in pictorial boards, as issued without dustjacket (as new).

128 pages. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1993/''to Andy with best wishes, from Phil Harbottle 13/3/93''. A very uncommon hardcover (most of the print run was paperbound), though superceded by the much expanded (410 pages) - and much more affordable - 2011 Cosmos Books trsade paperback edition.
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How To Start Your Own Secret Society.

By: Harding, Nick

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pocket Essentials: Herts.: 2007.

Seller ID: 43199

ISBN: 1842432117

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

194 pages.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies.

By: Hardy, Phil

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Octopus Books: London.: 1986.

Seller ID: 14220

ISBN: 070642557X

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Revised and updated from the 1984 Aurum edition: 450 illustrations in colour & b/w: 408 pages.
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The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction.

By: Hardy, Phil

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Aurum Press: London.: 1984.

Seller ID: 43571

ISBN: 090605382X

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

Condition: Top corners bruised, else a fine copy in a near fine dustjacket.

400 pages: over 450 illustrations in colour and b/w
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Anne Inez McCaffrey: 40 Years Of Publishing, An International Bibliography (signed/limited).

By: Hargreaves, Mathew D. (Anne McCaffrey)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Mathew D. Hargreaves, Publisher: Seattle.: 1992.

Seller ID: 22972

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new).

Bibliography: 338 pages. LIMITED EDITION: 500 unnumbered copies signed by both Hargreaves and McCaffrey.
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The Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind The Legend.

By: Harms, Daniel (& John Wisdom Gonce 111)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Night Shade Books: CA.: 1998.

Seller ID: 38677

ISBN: 1892389002

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

332 pages.
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Hip Pocket Sleaze: The Lurid World Of Vintage Adult Paperbacks.

By: Harrison, John

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Headpress: London.: 2011.

Seller ID: 44148

ISBN: 1900486482

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

392 pages.
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The Encyclopedia Of The Loch Ness Monster.

By: Harrison, Paul

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: London.: 1999.

Seller ID: 43557

ISBN: 0709064616

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket.

224 pages.
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Fanfoodery: Or The Plain Fans Guide To Happy Eating, A Collection Of Fannish Food And Drink Recipes.

By: Harvey, Eve (& John Harvey, eds.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Conspiracy '87.: 1987.

Seller ID: 37444

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

60 pages: published to coincide with the 1987 45th World SF Convention held in Brighton, England.
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The Necronomicon, or The Book of Dead Names.

By: Hay, George (ed.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Corgi: London.: 1980.

Seller ID: 47873

ISBN: 0552980935

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy with clear tape affixed along edges of inner covers.

Introduction by Colin Wilson: researched by Robert Turner and David Langford. First published in hardcover by Souvenir Press in 1978.
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Image for Faiths And Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs, Past and Current, With Their Classical and Foreign Analogues Described and Illustrated Vol 1 and Vol 2.

Faiths And Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs, Past and Current, With Their Classical and Foreign Analogues Described and Illustrated Vol 1 and Vol 2.

By: Hazlitt, W. Carew

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Reeves & Turner: London.: 1905.

Seller ID: 42030

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: VG copies.

Two volumes. First edition thus: ''Largely Extended and Corrected, brought down to the present time and now first alphabetically arranged by W. Carew Hazlitt''. New Edition of ''The Popular Antiquities of Great Britain'' by Brand and Ellis, largely extended, corrected, updated to present time, and now first alphabetically arranged.
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The Hammer Story.

By: Hearn, Marcus (& Alan Barnes) HAMMER FILMS

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Titan Books: London.: 1997.

Seller ID: 21934

ISBN: 1852867906

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

192 pages: foreword by Christopher Lee.
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Elementum Bestia: Being An Examination Of Unknown Animals of the Air, Earth, Fire and Water.

By: Heinselman, Craig (ed)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Crypto: Peterborough, NH.: 2007.

Seller ID: 43371

Binding: Oversize paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

264 pages.
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Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction.

By: Hendrix, Grady (& Will Errickson)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Quirk Books: Philadelphia, USA.: 2017.

Seller ID: 43411

ISBN: 1594749817

Binding: Oversize pictorial covers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

254 pages.
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Keeper's Compendium: Blasphemous Knowledge & Forbidden Secrets (Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game).

By: Herber, Keith (CALL OF CTHULHU)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Chaosium Inc.: CA.: 1993.

Seller ID: 44213

ISBN: 1568820100

Binding: Oversize paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

78 pages: ''Rules Expansions, New Tomes, Notes on Mythos Races, Exotic Places and Secret Cuts''.
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Dark Romance: Sexuality In The Horror Film.

By: Hogan, David J.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: McFarland & Co.: North Carolina.: 1986.

Seller ID: 36875

ISBN: 0899501907

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Top of page edges a little dust-soiled, else a fine copy as issued without dustjacket.

334 pages.
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Killing The Sacred Cow: Questioning The Unquestionable And Thinking The Impermissable (inscribed & dated).

By: Hogan, James P.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Baen Books: NY.: 2004.

Seller ID: 41305

ISBN: 0743488288

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Non-fiction. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED(''October 2005'') BY THE AUTHOR.
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Electric Shepherd: A Likeness of James Hogg.

By: Hogg, James (by Karl Miller)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Faber & Faber: London.: 2003.

Seller ID: 36984

ISBN: 0571218164

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

402 pages: biography of James Hogg.
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The Power Of Gems And Crystals: How They Can Transform Your Life.

By: Holbeche, Soozi

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Judy Piatkus: London.: 1989.

Seller ID: 43267

ISBN: 0861888596

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

184 pages.
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The Mystery Lovers' Book of Quotations

By: Horning, Jane (ed.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Mysterious Press: NY.: 1989.

Seller ID: 36699

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy but for a touch of edge wear.

278 pages: ''a choice selection from Murder Mysteries, Detective Stories, Suspense Novels, Spy Thrillers And Crime Fiction''.
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Horrorstruck: The World Of Dark Fantasy Vol 1 no. 2.

By: HORRORSTRUCK, (ed. Paul F. Olson)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Carruth Bay Press: IL.: 1987.

Seller ID: 44968

Binding: Magazine.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Second issue (July/August 1987). News, reviews, interviews (no fiction). Bi-monthly news magazine covering the dark fantasy/horror field: nine issues were published between 1987-1988. This issue includes a profile of George R. R. Martin, and articles by Gene Wolfe, William F. Nolan and J. K. Potter.
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The House Of Hammer vol 1 no 7.

By: HOUSE OF HAMMER, (ed. Dez Skinn)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: General Book Distributors Ltd: London.: 1977.

Seller ID: 41959

Binding: Magazine.

Condition: VG copy.

Issue 7 (January-February, 1977). 30 issues of this UK horror comic were published in total, 23 between 1976 - 1978, with editor Skinn then resurrecting the magazine for seven further issues in the early 1980s. This issue includes an 18-page comic strip adaptation of the Hammer film TWINS OF EVIL.
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Understanding Runes: Their Origins And Magical Power.

By: Howard, Michael

Price: £5.00

Publisher: The Aquarian Press: London.: 1990.

Seller ID: 43127

ISBN: 1855380137

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: VG copy.

164 pages. Title change, first published as THE MAGIC OF THE RUNES (1980).
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The Conan Reader.

By: Howard, Robert E. (by L. Sprague de Camp & others)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Mirage Press: Baltimore, MD.: 1968.

Seller ID: 02522

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Owner's neat name and four-digit number in top corner of front free endpaper, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Collects thirteen of the best articles by L. Sprague de Camp on Robert E. Howard and swords and sorcery from Amra magazine: interior b/w illustrations by Roy Krenkel. 1500 numbered hardcover copies printed. This is 491.
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The Ultimate Guide To Howardia 1925-1975.

By: Howard, Robert E. (ed. Wayne Warfield)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hall Publications: MD.: 1976.

Seller ID: 46102

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

32 page booklet on the writings of Robert E. Howard, edited/published by Wayne Warfield, illustrated by various artists. 'Ultimate Guide', which this booklet obviously isn't (and wasn't even in 1976), I can forgive: but the term 'Howardia'? Never!
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The Howard Collector vol 3 no 4 (whole no 16).

By: Howard, Robert E. (THE HOWARD COLLECTOR)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Glenn Lord: Pasadena, TX.: 1972 (Spring).

Seller ID: 12472

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Issue no 16 (vol 3 no 4). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. 18 issues published in total between Summer 1961 - Autumn 1973 (vol 1, no 1 - vol 3, no 6): a major source for material by and about Robert E. Howard. Fiction, verse, letters, reviews, etc.
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The Howard Collector vol 3 no 5 (whole no 17).

By: Howard, Robert E. (THE HOWARD COLLECTOR)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Glenn Lord: Pasadena, TX.: 1972 (Autumn).

Seller ID: 12473

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Issue no 17 (vol 3 no 5). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. 18 issues published in total between Summer 1961 - Autumn 1973 (vol 1, no 1 - vol 3, no 6): a major source for material by and about Robert E. Howard. Fiction, verse, letters, reviews, etc.
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Play Up And Play The Game: The Heroes Of Popular Fiction.

By: Howarth, Patrick

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Eyre Methuen: London.: 1973.

Seller ID: 36909

ISBN: 0413261107

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: A little browning along page edges, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

178 pages: includes chapters such as Christian Socalism And Muscular Christianity, Penny Dreadfuls And The Ballantyne Boy, and Boy Heros And Imperial History.
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The True History Of The Elephant Man.

By: Howell, Michael (& Peter Ford)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: Harmondsworth, Middlesex.: 1980.

Seller ID: 34455

ISBN: 014005622X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Ink-stamp on contents page, else a fine (unread) copy.

Non-fiction.
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Cosmic Life-Force.

By: Hoyle, Fred (& Chandra Wickramasinghe)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons: London.: 1988.

Seller ID: 37506

ISBN: 0460047280

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Non-fiction.
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100 Favorite Mysteries Of The Century, Selected By The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

By: Huang, Jim (ed.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Crum Creek Press: Carmel, Indiana.: 2000.

Seller ID: 36697

ISBN: 0962580465

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

160 pages. First printing (''December 2000'' as stated on the copyright page).
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L. Ron Hubbards Pab's Book 11.

By: Hubbard, L. Ron

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 1956.

Seller ID: 42689

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Pages browning, a near fine (NF) copy.

Book 2. '' A Condensed And Corrected Version Of The Professional Auditors Bulletins, Numbers 16-30, Written And Selected By L. Ron Hubbard For Issuance To Dianetic And Scientology Auditors Throughout The World''. 96 pages: edited by Johann Tempelhoff..
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L. Ron Hubbards Pab's Book 111.

By: Hubbard, L. Ron

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 1956.

Seller ID: 42690

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Pages browning, else a fine (unread) copy.

Book 3. '' A Condensed And Corrected Version Of The Professional Auditors Bulletins, Numbers 31-46, Written And Selected By L. Ron Hubbard For Issuance To Dianetic And Scientology Auditors Throughout The World''. 96 pages: pages: edited by Johann Tempelhoff..
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L. Ron Hubbards Pab's Book 4.

By: Hubbard, L. Ron

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 1956.

Seller ID: 42691

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Pages browning, a near fine (NF) copy.

Book 4. '' A Condensed And Corrected Version Of The Professional Auditors Bulletins, Numbers 47-69, Written And Selected By L. Ron Hubbard For Issuance To Dianetic And Scientology Auditors Throughout The World''. 108 pages.
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L. Ron Hubbards Pab's Book 5.

By: Hubbard, L. Ron

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 1958.

Seller ID: 42692

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Page edges browning, a near fine (NF) copy.

Book 5. '' A Condensed And Corrected Version Of The Professional Auditors Bulletins, Numbers 70-80, Written And Selected By L. Ron Hubbard For Issuance To Dianetic And Scientology Auditors Throughout The World''. 104 pages: pages: edited by Johann Tempelhoff..
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Comic Book Movies.

By: Hughes, David

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Virgin Books: London.: 2003.

Seller ID: 16258

ISBN: 0753507676

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

296 pages.
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Dracula: The British Film Guide no 7.

By: Hutchings, Peter

Price: £10.00

Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Co.: London.: 2003.

Seller ID: 43225

ISBN: 1860647480

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

110 pages.
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The Best Of The Best Of Trek 11: From The Magazine For Star Trek Fans.

By: Irwin, Walter (& G. B. Love, eds.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: ROC: NY.: 1992.

Seller ID: 32738

ISBN: 0451451597

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

384 pages.
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The Centre for Fortean Zoology: Expedition Report 2006 - Gambia

By: James, Corinna (& Jonathan Downes, ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: CFZ Press: Bideford, Devon.: 2006.

Seller ID: 43563

ISBN: 1905723032

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

280 pages: with an introduction by Jonathan Downes and forward by Dr. Karl Shuker.

''The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is the only professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992, the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. In July 2006, The J.T.Downes memorial Gambia Expedition 2006 - a six-person team - Chris Moiser, Richard Freeman, Chris Clarke, Oll Lewis, Lisa Dowley and Suzi Marsh went to the Gambia, West Africa. They went in search of a...
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Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning Of The Maya Calendar End-Date.

By: Jenkins, John Major

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Bear & Co.: Rochester, Vermont.: 1998

Seller ID: 06388

ISBN: 0904507106

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

424 pages.
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Profondo Argento: The Man, The Myths & The Magic.

By: Jones, Alan ( Dario Argento)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Fab Press: Godalming, England.: 2004.

Seller ID: 33537

ISBN: 190325423X

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of edge wear.

336 pages: illustrated throughout. First printing hardcover.
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Horror: A Thematic History In Fiction And Film.

By: Jones, Daryl

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Arnold/Hodder Headline: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 35677

ISBN: 0340762535

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

220 pages, with index.
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The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide (inscribed to Hugh Lamb).

By: Jones, Stephen

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Titan Books: London.: 1994.

Seller ID: 04527

ISBN: 1852865245

Binding: Oversize paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine copy.

144 pages: hundreds of b/w, colour illustrations. Introduction by Boris Karloff. INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN JONES TO FELLOW UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB/''for Hugh, It'a Alive! It's Alive! Best, Stephen Jones Sep 2001''. With Hugh Lamb's signature and date (23/9/2001) at top corner of the same page and his initials rubber-stamped on the inside rear cover.
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The Illustrated Dinosaur Movie Guide (inscribed to Hugh Lamb)..

By: Jones, Stephen

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Titan Books: London.: 1993.

Seller ID: 11844

ISBN: 1852864877

Binding: Oversize paperback original.

Condition: Fine copy.

144 pages: over 500 movies reviewed. Introduction by Ray Harryhausen. INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN JONES TO FELLOW UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB/''for Hugh, Read this book - bronto! Best, Stephen Jones Sep 2001''. With Hugh Lamb's signature and date (23/9/2001) at top corner of the same page and his initials rubber-stamped on the inside rear cover.
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The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide (inscribed to Hugh Lamb)..

By: Jones, Stephen

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Titan Books: London.: 1993.

Seller ID: 18556

ISBN: 1852864494

Binding: Oversize paperback original.

Condition: Fine copy but for a touch of edge creasing.

144 pages: hundreds of b/w, colour illustrations. Introduction by Peter Cushing. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED TO FELLOW UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB/''for Hugh, one of my best and rarest books! From that pain in the knock, Stephen Jones 21/5/03''. With Hugh Lamb's initials rubber-stamped on inside rear cover.
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