Short Story Collections

U.K: PENGUIN, 1961. COLLECTS SATAN IN THE SUBURBS OR HORRORS MANUFACTURED HERE, THE CORSCIAN ORDEAL OF MISS X, THE INFRA-REDIOSCOPE, THE GUARDIANS OF PARNASSUS, BENEFIT OF CLERGY. FEATURES A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR. NOTE SOME PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY CURLED.. First PENGUIN. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by ASGEIR SCOTT. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SHORT STORY COLLECTION. more information

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NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY AND COMPANY, 1978. First edition and first printing of this short story collection. Science Fiction, fantasy and horror stories. Wear and small tears on dust jacket edges. A small part of the bottom edge of the DJ spine/back of DJ bottom edge is missing. There is a small piece missing from the top edge of the back of the DJ. Black boards. Slight wear on board edges. Rough edged pages(part of the book's design). Small folds on the tips of one or two pages. Slight foxing/tanning on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. DJ has not been price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: OCTOPUS BOOKS, 1980. Anthology of short stories. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated boards. Wear/bump damage on board edges. Creasing and top edge tears on several pages. Pages are partially tanned. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. REPRINT. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by ROGER FEREDAY. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: PANDORA PRESS, 1990. Anthology short story collection. Sixteen writers consider the implications of the word 'Green' in different ways. Authors featured are Fay Weldon, Mary Flanagan, Rose Tremain, Candia McWilliam, Patricia Eakins, Maggie Gee, Deborah Levy, Margaret Erhart, Anne Leaton, Sara Maitland, Salwa Bakr, Helen Slavin, Robin Walton, Sue Townsend, Carole Hayman, Emma Tennant. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NEW YORK: ACE BOOKS, 1991. Short story collection. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned. NB: This book is a remainder. A hole has been punched through the front cover and the first three pages(up to the copyright page). No story pages are affected. Collects 'The Ghost Light, Coming Attraction, A Deskful of Girls, Space-Time for Springers, Four Ghosts in Hamlet, Gonna Roll the Bones, Bazaar of the Bizarre, Midnight by the Morphy Watch, Black Glass. Black and white illustrations by John Jude Palencar, Brian Humphrey, JoEllen Trilling, Pat Ortega, Thomas Canty, David Wiesner, Robert Gould, Steve Leialoha, Paul Rivoche. With an autobiographical essay by Lieber.. First Ace Printing. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by JOHN JUDE PALENCAR(Cover Art). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1976. First printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Slight fading/discolouration on DJ edges. Green boards. Slight marking on boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Short story collection. Title story plus 'A taste of Blood, The Love Letters of Mrs Maitland, The Lap of Luxury, Loss of Pride, The Proposal, The House by the River. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by RICHARD REID(JACKET ART). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SHORT STORY COLLECTION. more information

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U.K: SERPENT'S TAIL, 1989. Short story collection. Slight wear/creasing on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by SARA SCHWARTZ(COVER ART). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. NOVEL. more information

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LONDON: SLOW DANCER PRESS, 1996. Short story anthology featuring stories by Liza Cody, Stella Duffy, Rosanne Cash, Walter Mosley, Ian Rankin. Slight wear on cover edges. Slight peeling on cover turning points. Slight damage to the side edges of a few pages(no text affected). Lightly tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by KEENAN(COVER DESIGN). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: MILLENNIUM (ORION PUBLISHING GROUP), 1993. First printing. No printed price on Dust jacket, DJ has not been price clipped. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Brown boards. Science fiction and fantasy short story collection.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by CHRIS MOORE (JACKET ART). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: ORBIT (FUTURA PUBLICATIONS). Mass market paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of 'The Mists of Avalon' and the Darkover series. Edition details page has been removed. Slight wear on cover edges. Small folds on the first two pages. Top edges of pages are slightly foxed/age tanned. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, 1906. Short story collection. Blue cloth boards. Embossed image on front board. Gold gilt illustration and titles on exterior board spine. Top edges of book's pages are gold gilt tipped. Very slight foxing on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Previous owner inscription on the top of the title page.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: GOLLANCZ, 1978. First printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ex-library book. Clear plastic cover over the dust jacket which is beginning to peel on the edges. Not price clipped. Front flap is partly taped to pastedown. Residue of issuing form and withdrawn stamp on the front free endpaper. Blacked out prices on the fep and the back pastedown. Coding stamp on copyright page. Slight marking/soiling on some pages. Tanned pages. Seven short stories on fantasy, horror and detective fiction themes by the author of 'Cranford'. Never before collected in one volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SHORT STORY COLLECTION. more information

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LONDON: WATTS & CO, 1931. Hard cover. Light brown/beige boards with an illustration on the front board and board spine. Narrow crack along the back edge of the board spine, the board spine can be lifted but is secure. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 150 pages approx. Short stories set in different historical eras and locales. Minoan Crete, Nineveh, Classical Greece etc. With 10 black and white illustrations(including frontispiece). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: PENGUIN, 1975. Collects the author's popular short novels 'The Day of the Locust, The Dream Life of Balso Snell, Miss Lonelyhearts, A Cool Million which were first published in the 1930s. Slight wear on cover edges. A flat crease on the front cover. Tanned pages. A small tear on the top edge of the contents page(no text is affected). Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by DAVID PELHAM(COVER DESIGN). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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U.K: VINTAGE, 1995. SHORT STORY COLLECTION FEATURES 'GOOD ADVICE IS RARER THAN RUBIES, THE FREE RADIO, THE PROPHET'S HAIR, YORICK, AT THE AUCTION OF RUBY SLIPPERS, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND OUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN CONSUMNATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP(SANTE FE, AD 1492), THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES, CHECKOV AND ZULU, THE COURTER.'. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Illus. by CHRIS CORR(COVER PAINTING). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SHORT STORY COLLECTION. more information

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LONDON: PIATKUS, 1988. Short story collection. Stotries by Robert Wood, Arthur Thrippleton, Pamela M. Pennock, Ted Hayball, Monica Goddard, Heather Johnson, Kate Greenwood, Barbara Roberts, Pat Earl, Katherine Parry, Ivor Middleton, Eve Lomas, Iris Taylor, Glynne Jones, Nell Arch, Bruce Cameron Firth, Mallie Aarstad. Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: VOYAGER (HARPERCOLLINS), 1997. First printing. Science fiction short story collection. Stories set in the 'Xeelee' universe. Ex-library copy. Clear cover over dust jacket. Coding sticker on DJ spine. Residue of issuing form and coding sticker on the front free endpaper. DJ flaps taped to front and back pastedowns. DJ has not been price clipped. Tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.. First UK EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by CHRIS MOORE (JACKET ART). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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LONDON: VINTAGE, 1996. Short story collection. Mesmerising stories of transformation and enchantment. First printing. Signed on the half title page by the author. Slight wear on cover edges. Pages are slightly tanned. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions apart from the author's signature.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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