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Alternative Futures: The Journal Of Utopian Studies Fall 1979 (vol 2 no. 4).

By: Abrash, Merritt (& Alexandra Aldridge, eds.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, NY.: 1979 (Fall).

Seller ID: 38193

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Fall 1979 (volume 2, number 4). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. 128 pages.
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Alternative Futures: The Journal Of Utopian Studies Summer 1979 (vol 2 no. 3).

By: Abrash, Merritt (& Alexandra Aldridge, eds.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, NY.: 1979 (Summer).

Seller ID: 38194

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Summer 1979 (volume 2, number 3). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. 128 pages.
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Alternative Futures: The Journal Of Utopian Studies Winter 1980 (vol 3 no. 1).

By: Abrash, Merritt (& Alexandra Aldridge, eds.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, NY.: 1980 (Winter)

Seller ID: 38195

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Winter 1980 (volume 3, number 1). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. 128.
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The Borley Rectory Companion: The Complete Guide To 'The Most Haunted House In England',

By: Adams, Paul (& Eddie Brazil & Peter Underwood)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: The History Press: Stroud, Glos.: 2009.

Seller ID: 43566

ISBN: 0750950676

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

384 pages.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Bibliography and Price Guide.

By: Adkins, P. H.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: P.D.A Enterprises: New Orleans.: 1974.

Seller ID: 36237

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy with some fading along edges of rear cover.

24 pages.
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The Attempted Rescue.

By: Aickman, Robert

Price: £37.50

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2013.

Seller ID: 36100

ISBN: 1905784597

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

Autobiography: 246 pages. Eight page foreword by Jeremy Dyson. Originally published in 1966, followed by a 1st Tartarus Press printing (red dustjacket) in 2001. This Tartarus reprint (in cream/yellow dustjacket) has some (minor?) revisions to the introduction.
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The River Runs Uphill: A Story Of Success And Failure.

By: Aickman, Robert

Price: £32.50

Publisher: Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire.: 2014.

Seller ID: 37316

ISBN: 1905784686

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

290 pages: the author's second volume of autobiography, following THE ATTEMPTED RESCUE (1966). First published in 1986, this Tartarus Press edition contains a new short introduction by Rosalie Parker. Limited to 350 hardcover copies.
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A Common Spring: Crime Novel & Classic.

By: Aisenberg, Nadya

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.: 1979.

Seller ID: 35574

ISBN: 0879721421

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

272 pages:''an insightful study of both detective fiction and 'serious' literature''
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The Loch Ness Monster.

By: Akins, William

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Signet Books: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 43994

Condition: VG copy.

When The Feast Is Finished: Reflections On Terminal Illness (from the author's own library)..

By: Aldiss, Brian W (& Margaret Aldiss)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Little, Brown: London.: 1999.

Seller ID: 03312

ISBN: 0316648353

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

An account of the last few weeks of his wife's life (Margaret Aldiss died of cancer in 1997): 230 pages. This copy is from the author's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss pasted in, stating/''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''.
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Item Eighty-Three: Brian W. Aldiss: A Bibliography 1954-1972.

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Nd (1973).

Seller ID: 03389

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Bibliographical checklist of fiction, nonfiction and edited works, compiled by Margaret Aldiss: revised and updated edition of the earlier 'Item 43'. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 266.
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Bury My Heart At W. H. Smith's: A Writing Life (signed/limited).

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Avernus: London.: 1990.

Seller ID: 00832

ISBN: 1871503043

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

Autobiography. LIMITED EDITION. 250 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author: this special edition contains six extra chapters not found in the Hodder trade edition, and also a ''unique memento'' of the author's writing career, in a card pocket affixed to the rear pastedown.
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The Twinkling Of An Eye or, My Life As An Englishman (inscribed by the author).

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Little, Brown: London.: 1998.

Seller ID: 05976

ISBN: 0316647063

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

Autobiography, with index: 484 pages.Autobiography.
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The Detached Retina: Aspects of Science Fiction and Fantasy (a copy from his library).

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Liverpool University Press.: 1995.

Seller ID: 06451

ISBN: 0853232997

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

224 pages: collects 23 essays plus index. This copy is from Brian Aldiss's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss affixed at the back of the book, stating/''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''.
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This World And Nearer Ones: Essays Exploring The Familiar.

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson: London.: 1979.

Seller ID: 10182

ISBN: 029777655X

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

262 pages: includes essays on Philip K. Dick, James Blish, Robert Sheckley, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, and Josef Nesvadba.
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The Detached Retina: Aspects of Science Fiction and Fantasy (a copy from his library).

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Liverpool University Press.: 1995.

Seller ID: 45105

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

224 pages: collects 23 essays plus index. Uncommon hardcover issue. This copy is from Brian Aldiss's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss affixed on the rear pastedown, stating/''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''.
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Trillion Year Spree: The History Of Science Fiction (from the author's own library).

By: Aldiss, Brian W. (& David Wingrove)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Atheneum: NY.: 1986.

Seller ID: 46673

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of spotting to front free endpaper.

512 pages. Greatly expanded and updated (mostly by Wingrove, I believe) from the earlier volume Billion Year Spree (1973, by Aldiss alone). Winner of a Hugo for best non-fiction. This copy is from Brian Aldiss's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss pasted in, stating/''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''.''Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (1973), a large survey of sf marked by iconoclasms,...
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SF Horizons : A Magazine Of Criticism and Comment: no 2 (the author's own copy).

By: Aldiss, Brian W. (& Harry Harrison, eds.)

Price: £30.00

Publisher: SF Horizons Ltd: Oxford.: 1965.

Seller ID: 46649

Condition: Staples rusting, a NF/Fine copy with a touch of browning along the stapled spine.

No 2 (Winter 1965). Second of just two issues published in total (each 64 pages) Spring 1964 and Winter 1965. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. This issue contains ''The Hallucinatory Operators Are Real'' by William Burroughs in which he discusses Science Fiction. A fine attempt to establish a popular magazine of SF comment and criticism. See Tymn and Ashley (ed.), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 841. This copy is from the author's own library, with a white printed label signed by Wendy Aldiss affixed on the inside rear cover, stating/''This book was a personal copy...
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Algol: The Magazine About Science Fiction no 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 32.

By: ALGOL, (ed. Andrew Porter)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: 1969-1978.

Seller ID: 46556

Condition: Near fine (NF) copies.

Six issues from 1969-1978. Long-running and important small-press sf magazine (early issues were mimeographed fanzines) with articles, reviews interviews and regular columns. 44 issues published 1963-1984. Issue 15 (Spring 1969) includes Norman Spinrad ''The Bug Jack Barron Papers'': issue 20 has a special section on Cordwainer Smith, issue 21 includes pieces by Ursula K. Le Guin, John Brunner, Gregory Benford, Alfred Bester, J. G. Ballard (''A New Metaphor For The Future''), Jack Williamson, Richard Lupoff and Ted White (the latter two regular columnists for the magazine). And much, muc...
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All Hallows The Journal Of The Ghost Story Society: all 43 issues published 1989-2007.

By: ALL HALLOWS, (all 43 issues published)

Price: £750.00

Publisher: 1989-2007.

Seller ID: 46346

Condition: A fine (unread) set.

All 43 issues: nos 1 - 14 were issued as stapled pictorial booklets with stiff covers, then as trade paperback originals from no 15 - 43. Mark Valentine was the editor for the first four issues, Colin Langeveld for no 5, Barbara Roden for no 6, and then Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden together edited the remaining issues.
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Science Fiction Reader's Guide.

By: Allen, L. David

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Centennial Press: Lincoln, Nebraska.: 1974.

Seller ID: 36614

ISBN: 0822016117

Condition: Page edges a little browned, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

300 pages. Title change: published the year before (1973) as SCIENCE FICTION: AN INTRODUCTION
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You're Next! Loss Of Identity In The Horror Film.

By: Ambrogio, Anthony (ed)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press: Baltimore, MD.: 2008.

Seller ID: 41132

ISBN: 1887664807

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

320 pages.
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Damned Art: Essays In the Literature of Witchcraft.

By: Anglo, Sydney (ed)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul: London.: 1977.

Seller ID: 27970

ISBN: 0710085893

Condition: Top of page edges a little dusty, else a fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

258 pages. Very uncommon hardcover.
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Catastrophe: The End Of The Cinema?

By: Annan, David

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Lorrimer Publishing: London.: 1975.

Seller ID: 30777

ISBN: 0856471011

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a little dust-soiling along top page edges.

112 pages: profusely illustrated in b/w and some colour. A look at the ''disaster movie'' genre.
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Cinema Of Mystery And Fantasy.

By: Annan, David

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Lorrimer Publishing: London.: 1984.

Seller ID: 30870

ISBN: 0856470015

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

136 pages: 200 b/w film stills and eight pages of colour. ''The origins of the cinema of mystery and fantasy is traced back to myths and dreams, machines and ancient fears and is a hallucinatory trip into the depths of the mind that are illuminated in the science fiction and horror movies of the past eighty years''.
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Cinefantastic: Beyond The Dream Machine.

By: Annan, David

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Lorrimer Publishing: London.: 1974.

Seller ID: 36886

ISBN: 0856470376

Condition: Top of page edges dust-soiled, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

132 pages: fantasy in the cinema, over 300 b/w stills.
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Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. HydeStarring Fredric March.

By: Anobile, Richard J. (ed.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Jupiter Books: London.: 1976.

Seller ID: 43608

ISBN: 0904041433

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

256 pages: 1931 horror film: ''over 1500 frame blow up photos shown sequentially and coupled with the complete dialogue from the original soundtrack''. This is the original 1975 US hardcover with a sticker affixed to the copyright page denoting it as the first UK edition.
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What Made Thunderbirds Go! The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson.

By: Archer, Simon & Marcus Hearn (THUNDERBIRDS)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: BBC Books: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 16138

ISBN: 0563534818

Condition: Fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket.

288 pages.
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Faces Of The Future: The Lessons of Science Fiction.

By: Ash, Brian

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Taplinger: NY.: 1975.

Seller ID: 07647

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

212 pages.
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The Complete Book Of Devils And Demons.

By: Ashley, Leonard R. N.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Robson Books: London.: 1997.First B

Seller ID: 41058

ISBN: 1861050410

Condition: Fine copy in a fine (unpriced but unclipped) dustjacket (as new)

280 pages: non-fiction.
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When Spirits Talk: The True Story Of 'Ghost Stories'.

By: Ashley, Mike

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Ghost Story Society (GSS).: 1990.

Seller ID: 05395

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

GSS Special Booklet #2. 32 pages: a look at the American pulp magazine GHOST STORIES (1926-1932): reprints two stories, plus a nine page introduction.
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The Mammoth Encyclopedia Of Modern Crime Fiction (inscribed to Hugh Lamb).

By: Ashley, Mike

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Robinson: London.: 2002.

Seller ID: 35579

ISBN: 1841192872

Condition: Page edges a little browned, a NF/Fine copy.

780 pages. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE EDITOR TO FELLOW UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB/''for Hugh, Lord of the Proofreaders, Mike Ashley 6/1/2005''. With Hugh Lamb's signature and date (7 Jan 2005) at the top corner of the front free endpaper, and his initials HL rubber-stamped on the inside rear cover.
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Who's Who In Horror And Fantasy Fiction (presentation copy to Hugh Lamb + annotations).

By: Ashley, Mike

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Elm Tree Books: London.: 1977.

Seller ID: 03418

ISBN: 0241895286

Condition: Corner tips bruised, a VG copy in a VG+ dustjacket.

240 pages. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AT TIME OF PUBLICATION FROM THE AUTHOR TO FELLOW UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB ON THE FRONT FREE EDPAPER/''For Hugh Lamb, our best Finder of Fear with many thanks, Mike Ashley 14/8/77''. Additionally with Richard Dalby's signature above. With Hugh Lamb's signature and date (1977) in top corner of the same page: Hugh has additionally written (a little smudged) below/''Annotated and kept up to date, Hugh Lamb''. And indeed throughout the text Hugh Lamb has added underlinings and (mostly) minor annotations to the entries, with various newspaper/magazine cli...
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Who's Who In Horror And Fantasy Fiction (inscribed by the author).

By: Ashley, Mike (ed.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Taplinger: NY.: 1988.

Seller ID: 45918

ISBN: 080088275X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for light wear along top spine edge.

240 pages. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Fantasy Readers Guide No 2: The File On Ramsey Campbell.

By: Ashley, Mike (ed.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cosmos Literary Agency: Tyne & Wear.: 1980.

Seller ID: 16709

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy.

64 pages. This is the second (and last?) Fantasy Readers Guide, published in March 1980 and includes pieces on Ramsey Campbell by T. E. D. Klein, Jack Sullivan, Hugh Lamb and the editor Mike Ashley, plus other material (including a hitherto unpublished story by Campbell ''Before The Storm'').
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Terry Nation's Blake's 7: The Programme Guide.

By: Attwood, Tony (BLAKE'S 7)

Price: £125.00

Publisher: W. H. Allen/Pinnacle: London.: 1982.

Seller ID: 40734

ISBN: 049102858X

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

192 pages. A very uncommon UK hardcover.
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Childhood's Pattern: A Study Of The Heroes And Heroines Of Children's Fiction 1770-1950.

By: Avery, Gillian

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: London.: 1975.

Seller ID: 35499

ISBN: 0340169451

Condition: Occasional spotting along page fore-edges, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

256 pages with index.
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Enterprising Women: Television Fandom And The Creation Of Popular Myth..

By: Bacon-Smith, Camille

Price: £20.00

Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press.: 1992.

Seller ID: 41004

ISBN: 0812213793

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

338 pages. A book-length examination of Star Trek fans and fandom.
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Binding the Devil: Exorcism Past and Present.

By: Baker, Roger

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Arrow Books: London.: 1975.

Seller ID: 43880

ISBN: 009911450X

Condition: Creased rear cover, a VG+ copy.

First published in hardcover in 1974.
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The Director's Cut: A Memoir of 60 Years In Film And Television.

By: Baker, Roy Ward

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Reynolds & Hearn: London.: 2000.

Seller ID: 46180

ISBN: 1903111021

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

186 pages with filmography and index. Autobiography of one of Hammer film's principle directors (though he also directed tv series such as The Avengers and The Saint).
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Clive Barker: Mythmaker For The Millenium.

By: Barbieri, Suzanne J.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: The British Fantasy Society (BFS).: 1994.

Seller ID: 37168

ISBN: 0952415305

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

64 pages: introduction by Pewte Atkins.
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Cliffhanger: A Pictorial History Of The Motion Picture Serial.

By: Barbour, Alan G.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: A & W Publishers, Inc.: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 34064

ISBN: 0891040706

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

248 pages: b/w stills throughout.
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Murder In Print: A Guide To Two Centuries Of Crime Fiction.

By: Barnes, Melvyn

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Barn Owl Books: London.: 1986.

Seller ID: 35502

ISBN: 0950905747

Condition: Owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

244 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (white label affixed to half-title page).
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A Brief History Of Secret Societies

By: Barrett, David V.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Robinson: London.: 2007.

Seller ID: 43222

ISBN: 184529615X

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

346 pages. First published in hardcover in 1997, this new edition is updated.
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Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide.

By: Barron, Neil (ed)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Garland Publishing: NY.: 1990.

Seller ID: 45014

ISBN: 0824031482

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

586 pages. With a few pencil annotations from the previous owner.''a comprehensive survey of Fantasy Literature from its earliest days until the present with bibliographic information on many well-known and rare titles and authors''.
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Batman Black & White: Volume Two.

By: BATMAN, (various)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: DC Comics: NY.: 2002.

Seller ID: 38018

ISBN: 1563898284

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

Volume 2. Collects the sixteen comics orginally issued as GOTHAM KNIGHTS 2000-2001. B/w art throughout on high quality paper.
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The Astounding B Monster.

By: Baumann, Marty

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Dinoship: NY.: 2004.

Seller ID: 44800

ISBN: 0972858547

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

240 pages, foreword by Fess Parker: ''personality profiles, interviews and reviews from the world's most popular cult-movie Webzine!''.
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Omegatropic: Non-Fiction and Fiction (signed by the author).

By: Baxter, Stephen

Price: £40.00

Publisher: BSFA.: 2001.

Seller ID: 06331

ISBN: 0954078810

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

Collects his non-fiction sf writings plus two rare short stories: 160 pages. LIMITED EDITION: 300 unnumbered (and unsigned) hardcover copies printed (there was also a simultaneous paperback edition). SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR/''Stephen Baxter, Eurocon 2007, 22/9/07''.
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James Cawthorn: The Man And His Art.

By: Bell, Maureen Cawthorn

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Jayde Design: London, England.: 2018.

Seller ID: 45529

ISBN: 0957576420

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

444 pages: foreword by Alan Moore and afterword by Michael Moorcock. Written and compiled by Maureen Cawthorn Bell, the artist's sister, ''with editorial additions by John Davey''. Contributors include David Britton, Michael Butterworth, James Cawthorn, John Coulthart, John Davey, Jon Farmer, Burne Hogarth, George Locke, D. Peter Ogden, Charles Partington, John Picacio and Frank Westwood. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout.
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Price And Reference Guide To Books Written By Edgar Rice Burroughs.

By: Bergen, James A.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Golden Lion Books: Oregon.: 1991.

Seller ID: 33420

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Covers hardcovers, pulps and paperbacks. But only US publications - there is no mention of British editions. 214 pages: 300 cover photos (all b/w). The prices are well out of date, but the book gives a good record (where apllicable) of each title's progression from pulp magazine serialisation to hardcover and later paperback printings.
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