APPRECIATIONS OF THE MASTER

New York: Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, 1995. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 382 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by Ricia Mainhardt; An Appreciation by Douglas E. Winter; Our Bob by Frederik Pohl; The Cloak - introduced by Peter Straub; Beetles - introduced by Gahan Wilson; An Appreciation by Andre Norton; An Appreciation by Christopher Lee; I Do Not Love Thee Dr Fell - introduced by William F. Nolan; Enoch - introduced by Richard Matheson; Sweets to the Sweet - introduced by Hugh B. Cave; That Hell Bound Train - introduction On Robert Bloch by Philip Klass (William Tenn); The Final Performance - introduced by David J. Schow; The Pin - introduction Robert Bloch - A Personal Appreciation by Randall D. Larson; The Animal Fair - introduced by Joe R. Lansdale; Earthman's Burden (screenplay); and The Plot is the Thing - introduction Bob We Barely Knew Ye... The Hokas, Hollywood, and Development Hell by Jeff Walker; Yours Truly Jack the Ripper - introduced by Harlan Ellison; The Good Old Days - an appreciation by Julius Schwartz; A Toy for Juliette - introduction Lessons by Melissa Ann Singer; An Appreciation by Arthur C. Clarke; All on a Golden Afternoon - introduction More Than Most by Philip Jose Farmer; An Appreciation by Brian Lumley; Notebook Found in a Deserted House - introduced by Ramsey Campbell; The Clown at Midnight - introduced by Bill Warren; Four in the Back - an appreciation by Mick Garris; A Good Knight's Work - introduced by William Peter Blatty; The Yougoslaves - introduction A Chip Off the Old Bloch by Sheldon Jaffery; An Appreciation by Steven King; The Dead Don't Die - introduced by Stephen Jones; An Appreciation by Neil Gaiman; Warning: Death May Be Injurious to Your Health - introduced by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones; Remembering Bob Bloch - an appreciation by Ray Bradbury; and The Pied Piper Fights the Gestapo - introduced by Richard Matheson and Ricia Mainhardt..