Category: Reference & Non-Fiction

Tie-in with the BBC series CRIME WRITERS, broadcast as six Further Education Television programmes from November 1978: contributors include Reginald Hill (on Sherlock Holmes), P. D. James (on Dorothy L. Sayers) and Julian Symons (on Dashiel Hammett).
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Whodunit? A Guide To Crime, Suspense & Spy Fiction.

By: Keating, H. R. F. (ed.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Windward/W. H. Smith: UK. : 1982.

Seller ID: 36268

ISBN-13: 9780711202498

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Bottom corner tips bruised, an almost fine copy in an almost fine price-clipped dustjacket.

320 pages.
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The Thrill Of Fear: 250 Years Of Scary Entertainment.

By: Kendrick, Walter

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Grove Press: NY. : 1992.

Seller ID: 36862

ISBN-13: 9780802132468

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: A little browning along top page edges, else a fine (as new) copy.

294 pages.

''why do millions of people spend so many hours scaring themselves? Books, films, television, advertising, toys and games for all ages, even children's breakfast foods depend cruciallly on ghouols, ghosts, and zombies climbing all too nimbly out of dark and moldy resting places. How has it happened that we are so fascinated by just the things we should run screaming from?''.
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Creeping Flesh: The Horror Fantasy And Film Book Volume 1.

By: Kerekes, David (ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Headpress: London. : 2003.

Seller ID: 33992

ISBN-13: 9781900486361

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

160 page: b/w illustrations.
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Iain M. Banks (inscribed by Paul Kincaid).

By: Kincaid, Paul

Price: £75.00

Publisher: University Of Illinois Press. : 2017.

Seller ID: 52787

Binding: Hardcover.

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

Book-length study by Paul Kincaid of the sf novels of Iain M. Banks. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PAUL KINCAID.
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Stephen King Collectibles: An Illustrated Price Guide (signed/limited).

By: King, Stephen (by George Beahm)

Price: £125.00

Publisher: GB Books: Williamsburg, VA. : 2000.

Seller ID: 51591

ISBN-13: 9781893914025

Binding: Hardcover.

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

384 pages: ''a quarter century of collectibles from CARRIE to ON WRITING''. Foreword (and afterword) by Stephen J. Spignesi. LIMITED EDITION: 300 numbered copies signed by George Beahm, Spignesi and other contributor David Lowell. This is no 244.
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Stephen King From A To Z: An Encyclopedia Of His Life And Work (signed by Beahm/slipcased).

By: King, Stephen (by George Beahm)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Andrews and McMeel: Kansas City. : 1998.

Seller ID: 51566

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

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

252 pages.LIMITED EDITION: 400 numbered copies signed by George Beahm (NOT King) and slipcased. This is no 330.
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Stephen King: America's Best-Loved Boogeyman (signed by Beahm/limited).

By: King, Stephen (by George Beahm)

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Andrews & McMeel: Kansas City/GB Publishing: VA. : 1998.

Seller ID: 51592

Binding: Hardcover.

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

236 pages: introduction by Stpehen J. Spignesi. LIMITED EDITION: 500 hardcover copies printed (including 52 lettered) of which this is one of 448 numbered copies signed by George Beahm and Spignesi. This is no 304.
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Reign of Fear: Fiction And Film Of Stephen King (26 copy leatherbound edition).

By: King, Stephen (ed. Don Herron)

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Underwood-Miller: USA. : 1988.

Seller ID: 06625

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy (as issued without dustjacket) in slipcase.

Collects 19 introductions, articles and essays: edited by Don Herron: 254 pages. LIMITED LEATHERBOUND 26-COPY EDITION: Letter ''W'' of 26 copies bound in leather, signed by the editor and 16 contributors, including Frank Belknap Long, Thomas M. Disch, Thomas Tessier, L. Sprague de cAmp, Dennis Etchison, Charles Willeford and others, and slipcased. Note: NOT signed by Stephen King.
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Reign of Fear: Fiction And Film Of Stephen King (signed/slipcased).

By: King, Stephen (ed. Don Herron)

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Underwood-Miller: USA. : 1988.

Seller ID: 41130

ISBN-13: 9780887330605

Binding: Hardcover.

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

Collects 19 introductions, articles and essays: edited by Don Herron: 254 pages. LIMITED EDITION: 500 numbered copies signed by the editor and 16 contributors, including Frank Belknap Long, Thomas M. Disch, Thomas Tessier, L. Sprague de cAmp, Dennis Etchison, Charles Willeford and others, and slipcased. Note: NOT signed by Stephen King. This is no 455.
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The Stephen King Companion (signed/slipcased + extra book).

By: King, Stephen (ed. George Beahm)

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Andrews & McMeel: Kansas City/GB Publishing: VA. : 1989.

Seller ID: 12400

Binding: Hardcover.

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

Includes a chronology of King's life; published books; books about King; Movies, TV shows, Audiotapes; Original screenplays and teleplays. King interviews, letters, and his ten favorite horror-fantasy novels. Articles by Donald M. Grant; Roger Zelazny, Clive Barker, Michael R. Collings; Christopher Spruce; Berni Wrightson; Joe Bob Briggs. Interviews with Harlan Ellison, Douglas E. Winter. Also a reference guide to specialty press publishers. LIMITED EDITION: 250 numbered copies signed by sixteen of the contributors (note: King himself did NOT sign this edition) and slipcased, with b/w print b...
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The Stephen King Companion.

By: King, Stephen (ed. George Beahm)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Macdonald: London. : 1990.

Seller ID: 26893

ISBN-13: 9780356192000

Binding: Hardcover.

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

364 pages. Includes a chronology of King's life; published books; books about King; Movies, TV shows, Audiotapes; Original screenplays and teleplays. King interviews, letters, and his ten favorite horror-fantasy novels. Articles by Donald M. Grant; Roger Zelazny, Clive Barker, Michael R. Collings; Christopher Spruce; Berni Wrightson; Joe Bob Briggs. Interviews with Harlan Ellison, Douglas E. Winter. Also a reference guide to specialty press publishers.
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The Stephen King Companion: Revised Edition (signed by Beahm/limited).

By: King, Stephen (ed. George Beahm)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Andrews and McMeel: Kansas City. : 1995.

Seller ID: 51580

Binding: Hardcover.

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

312 page: updated and revised from the 1989 edition. LIMITED EDITION: 200 numbered copies signed by editor Beahm. This is no 114.
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Kingdom Of Fear: The World Of Stephen King.

By: King, Stephen (Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, eds.)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Underwood-Miller: USA. : 1986.

Seller ID: 20762

ISBN-13: 9780887330179

Binding: Hardcover.

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

268 pages: ten-page introduction by Stephen King, plus 17 essays about him by various authors, including Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Whitley Strieber, Clive Barker, William F. Nolan, Ramsey Campbell and others. LIMITED EDITION: 500 numbered copies signed by all the contributors and slipcased. Note: NOT signed by Stephen King. This is no 91.
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Oak Leaves vol 1 no 5.

By: Kline, Otis Adelbert (OAK LEAVES magazine)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Modern Limited Publications: St. Michael, ND. : 1971 (Fall).

Seller ID: 36245

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: VG+ copy with label glue residue on front cover.

Issue five of the small-format fanzine OAK LEAVES dedicated to the pulp author Otis Adelbert Kline: 20 pages. At least 18 issues were published between 1970 - 1983.
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Oak Leaves vol 1 no 6: Special Maza Issue.

By: Kline, Otis Adelbert (OAK LEAVES magazine)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Modern Limited Publications: St. Michael, ND. : 1972.

Seller ID: 39527

Binding: Stapled wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Issue six of the small-format fanzine OAK LEAVES dedicated to the pulp author Otis Adelbert Kline: 20 pages. At least 18 issues were published between 1970 - 1983.
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Oak Leaves vol 1 no 7.

By: Kline, Otis Adelbert (OAK LEAVES magazine)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Modern Limited Publications: St. Michael, ND. : 1972 (Spring).

Seller ID: 36244

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Issue seven of the small-format fanzine OAK LEAVES dedicated to the pulp author Otis Adelbert Kline. This slim issue (12 pages, including covers) includes the piece ''Kline v Burroughs: Discussions'' by Sam Moskowitz, Frank Belknap Long and Darrell C. Richardson. At least 18 issues were published between 1970 - 1983.
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Into The Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale.

By: Kneale, Nigel (by Andy Murray)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Headpress: London. : 2006.

Seller ID: 27728

ISBN-13: 9781900486507

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

190 pages: biography of Nigel Kneale by Andy Murray (no, not THAT Andy Murray).
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The Dean Koontz Companion.

By: Koontz, Dean R.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Headline: London. : 1994.

Seller ID: 02949

ISBN-13: 9780747208303

Binding: Hardcover.

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

Edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman and Bill Munster: 314 pages. First published as a Berkeley trade paperback in the USA earlier in 1994. Includes pieces on Koontz by Charles de Lint, Matt Costello and David B. Silva, a fifty page interview with Koontz conducted by Ed Gorman, plus 25 pieces by the author collected from a variety of obscure places, and includes a complete annotated guide to all his books.

''Here for the first time is a fascinating, comprehensive look at his life, career and work - with more than 70,000 words from Dean Koontz himself.''
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Louis L'Amour: An Annotated Bibliography And Guide.

By: L'Amour, Louis

Price: £50.00

Publisher: McFarland & Co.: North Carolina. : 2003.

Seller ID: 52513

Binding: Hardcover.

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

302 pages:compiled by Halbert W. Hall.
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L'Incroyable Cinema: The Film Magazine Of Fantasy Imagination, No 4.

By: L'INCROYABLE CINEMA, (ed. Harry Nadler)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Orion Press: Salford. : 1971.

Seller ID: 33095

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Fourth issue. Five issues in total were published (1969-1971) of this early UK film fanzine/magazine (the first issue co-edited with Charles Partington). This issue includes a long piece on Alfred Hitchcock, plus Alan Dodd on The Vampire Lovers, and the article ''Scream Ann, Scream For Your Life...!'' B/w stills throughout.
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The Art Of The Matrix.

By: Lamm, Spencer (ed) THE MATRIX

Price: £200.00

Publisher: Newmarket Press: NY. : 2000.

Seller ID: 51994

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

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

488 pages: afterword by William Gibson.
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Monsters In The Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares (signed by the author).

By: Landis, John

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley: London. : 2011.

Seller ID: 46202

ISBN-13: 9781405366977

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

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

320 pages: illustrated throughout (mostly in full colour). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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John Landis (inscribed by John Landis).

By: Landis, John (ed. Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan)

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Milwaukie Press: Milwaukie, OR. : 2008.

Seller ID: 51990

ISBN-13: 9781595820419

Binding: Oversize pictorial covers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

336 pages: b/w stills (and some colour throughout). Include pieces on Landis by Guillermo Del Toro, David Cronenberg, Frank Oz, Sam Raimi, Costa Gavras, B.B. King, Dan Aykroyd, Aaron McGruder, Elmer Bernstein, Rick Baker, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Frayling, and Harold Ramis. BRIEFLY INSCRIBED BY THE JOHN LANDIS.
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'Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1890-1937: A Tentative Bibliography.

By: Laney, Francis T. (& William H. Evans)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: An Acolyte Publication: Los Angeles. : 1943

Seller ID: 46121

Binding: Stapled fanzine.

Condition: NF/Fine copy, a touch of browning along stapled edges of covers.

Mimeographed 16-page fanzine, produced by the author's for FAPA, Winter 1943. See L. W. Currey: SF & Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography Of First Printings Of Their Fiction p. 333.
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Pieces Of Langford: A Collection Of Short Essays.

By: Langford, Dave

Price: £10.00

Publisher: : 1998.

Seller ID: 37442

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

36 pages: edited by John Harvey and Eve Harvey.
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Platen Stories.

By: Langford, Dave

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Conspiracy '87. : 1987.

Seller ID: 37441

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Pieces of fan writing, published to coincide with the 1987 45th World SF Convention, held in Brighton England.
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War in 2080: The Future of Military Technology (signed by the author).

By: Langford, David

Price: £15.00

Publisher: David & Charles: London. : 1979.

Seller ID: 45053

ISBN-13: 9780715376614

Binding: Hardcover.

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

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

''and it came to pass that the book of the scribe was sold in considerably less than all the land. And when in after years the scribe came to look upon the David & Charles Catalogue which is the holy book of Newton Abbott, he saw that the name of Westbridge Books was without form, and void, and had utterly passed away from the face of the earth'' (From The Book of War).
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Reflections In A Glass Darkly: Essays On J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

By: Le Fanu, J. Sheridan (ed. Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill & Brian Showers)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hippocampus Press: NY. : 2011.

Seller ID: 31572

ISBN-13: 9781614980056

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

472 pages.

472 pages: first printing with ''1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2'' on copyright page.
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The Perfect Murder: A Study In Detection.

By: Lehman, David

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The Free Press: NY. : 1989.

Seller ID: 36285

ISBN-13: 9780029197707

Binding: Hardcover.

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

242 pages: ''A Guide To The Best Mysteries Ever Written''.
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Highcastle: A Remembrance.

By: Lem, Stanislaw

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace: NY. : 1995.

Seller ID: 48172

ISBN-13: 9780151402182

Binding: Hardcover.

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

Childhood memoir, translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel.
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Get Dutch! A Biography Of Elmore Leonard.

By: Leonard, Elmore (by Paul Challen)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: ECW Press: Ontario. : 2000.

Seller ID: 41005

ISBN-13: 9781550224221

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

182 pages: biography of crime writer Elmore Leonard by Paul Challen.
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PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography: Revised Edition.

By: Levack, Daniel J H (Philip K Dick)

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Meckler Corporation: Westport, CT. : 1988.

Seller ID: 24390

ISBN-13: 9780887360961

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new) with publicity material laid in..

156 pages: a revised version of the 1981 Underwood-Miller edition
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Cult TV: The Essential Critical Guide.

By: Lewis, Jon E. (& Penny Stempel)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Pavilion Books: London. : 1996.

Seller ID: 45727

ISBN-13: 9781857939262

Binding: Oversize pictorial covers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

288 pages.
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Image for The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters: Life On The Battlefield In The Words of The Ordinary Soldier,1775-1991 (presentation copy to Hugh Lamb).

The Mammoth Book of War Diaries and Letters: Life On The Battlefield In The Words of The Ordinary Soldier,1775-1991 (presentation copy to Hugh Lamb).

By: Lewis, Jon E. (ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Robinson: London. : 1998.

Seller ID: 45181

ISBN-13: 9781854878885

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

500 pages. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS PROOF-READER HUGH LAMB/''to Hugh Lamb, with gratitude and Best Wishes, Jon E. Lewis 8/9/2000''. Laid in is a short typed/signed letter by the author to Hugh Lamb. Additionally signed by Hugh Lamb at the top of the page
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SF Writers on SF Films: From Akira to Zardoz.

By: Lewis, Martin (ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: BSFA: UK. : 2009.

Seller ID: 46420

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (j52673as new) copy.

40 page booklet. British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Special Editions no 5. 16 sf authors discuss their favourite sf film, authors include Ian Watson, Gwyneth Jones, Neal Asher, Liz Williams, Adam Roberts, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter.
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Q: The Biography Of Desmond Llewelyn (signed by actor & author).

By: Llewelyn, Desmond (by Sandy Hernu)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: S. B. Publications: Seaford, East Sussex. : 1999.

Seller ID: 52290

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy but for spine fade.

168 pages: biography of the actor Desmond Llewelyn who played ''Q'' in many of the James Bond films. SIGNED BY LLEWELYN AND INSCRIBED BY HERNU.
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The Films Of Stephen King.

By: Lloyd, Ann

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Brown Books: London. : 1993.

Seller ID: 52337

Binding: Oversize hardcover.

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

96 pages with colour stills.
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Science Fiction First Editions: A Select Bibliography And Notes For The Collector.

By: Locke, George

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Ferret Fantasy: London : 1978.

Seller ID: 27060

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

96 pages. With addenda sheet laid in.
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Voyages In Space: A Bibliography Of Interplanetary Fiction 1801-1914.

By: Locke, George

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Ferret Fantasy: London : 1974.

Seller ID: 46091

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

80 pages. 500 copies printed (of which 28 were hardbound). Subtitled: ''Ferret Fantasy's Christmas Annual For 1974''.
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True Vampires: Blood-Sucking Killers Past And Present.

By: London, Sandra

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Feral House: CA. : 2004.

Seller ID: 40607

ISBN-13: 9780922915934

Binding: Trade paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

364 pages.
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Autobigraphical Memoir.

By: Long, Frank Belknap

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Necronomicon Press: USA. : 1985.

Seller ID: 38686

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

32 pages: four page afterword by Peter Cannon.
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Lovecraft Studies no 45.

By: LOVECRAFT STUDIES, (ed. S. T. Joshi)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Necronomicon Press: USA. : 2005.

Seller ID: 38572

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Issue 45.
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A Catalogue Of Lovecraftiana: The Grill/Binkin Collection.

By: Lovecraft, H. P (Mark Owings & Irving Binkin)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Mirage Press: Baltimore, MD. : 1975.

Seller ID: 44553

Binding: Hardcover.

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

72 pages: catalogued and annotated by Mark Owings & Irving Binkin: ''a catalogue of 667 lovecraft related items collected by Irving Binkin which includes some of the rarest amateur press publications from his early writings. A key Lovecraft bibliographic reference, with 22 pages of photos/plates''. Hardcover issue.
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Further Criticism Of Poetry.

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Eric Carlson: Duluth, Minnesota. : 1976.

Seller ID: 50885

Binding: Stapled printed wrappers.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy with light browning along edges of covers and several light splash stains on rear cover.

16-page booklet reprinting Lovecraft's non-fiction piece originally published (as a separate - rare - booklet) in 1932. 150 copies printed (as stated on inside back cover''One Hundred And Fifty Copies of This Publication Have Been Printed in November 1976 For The Fourth Mailing of The Necronomicon by Eric Carlson''.
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The H. P. Lovecraft Christmas Book.

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Necronomicon Press: USA. : 1987.

Seller ID: 08458

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

12 page booklet. Collection of Christmas greetings and Christmas poems by Lovecraft. ''Second printing - October 1987'' on the copyright page (the first printing was 1984).
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The Lovecraft Collector.

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Necronomicon Press: USA. : 1977.

Seller ID: 22839

Binding: Stapled printed wrappers.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

16 page booklet. Reprints the three issues of THE LOVECRAFT COLLECTOR originally published in 1949 ''and the first magazine to be devoted to the collecting of H. P. Lovecraft''. LIMITED EDITION: 500 numbered copies printed. This is 123, numbered in red ink.
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The Rainbow Vol 1 no 1, October 1921.

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Necronomicon Press: USA. : 1977.

Seller ID: 35359

Binding: Stapled pictorial wrappers.

Condition: Top edges of covers a little faded, a near fine (NF) copy.

16 page booklet. Facsimile of the October 1921 (volume 1, number 1) issue of this rare amateur magazine edited and published by Sonia H. Greene (the wife of H. P. Lovecraft). Includes the important essay ''Nietscheism and Realism'' by H. P. Lovecraft and ''Nietzsche As a Practical Prophet'' by Alfred Galpin. Liimited to 550 numbered copies. This is no 174 in red ink.
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