SONGS THE DEAD MEN SING by Martin, George R.R - 1983

London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1986, 1st Paperback Edition, First Printing, 1986. ------------( 1st [and ONLY ] Paperback Edition, First Printing ) ---paperback, a solid Very Good example, very faint spine and cover crease, a bit of age toning to paper, faint black line on bottom edge of text block ---, this UK paperback is the only paperback edition (there was no US pb edition), this contains: The Monkey Treatment; For a Single Yesterday; The Needle Men; Meathouse Man; Sandkings; Nightflyers; Remembering Melody, ---this UK edition drops two stories from the US hardcover edition -Tower of Ashes /and/ In the House of the Worm, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (see description). Illus. by Steve Crisp Cover Art. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1986, 1st (and only) Paperback Edition, First Printing, 1986. ------------( 1st and only paperback edition ) ---paperback, a solid Very Good example, VERY faint spine and cover crease, a bit of age toning to paper, ---, this UK paperback is the only paperback edition (there was no US pb edition), this contains: The Monkey Treatment; For a Single Yesterday; The Needle Men; Meathouse Man; Sandkings; Nightflyers; Remembering Melody, ---this UK edition drops two stories from the US hardcover edition -Tower of Ashes /and/ In the House of the Worm, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (see description). Illus. by Steve Crisp Cover Art. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

London: Sphere, 1986. First UK paperback edition. Previously published in the UK in hard covers by Gollancz in 1985. Originally published in the US by Dark Harvest in 1983. A near fine copy with minimal wear and unread

Gollancz, 1985. First British Edition. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Near Fine/Near Fine. Used This first thus is the first printing from the UK. Some denting to the back of dust jacket, but the volume is in pristine condition.

DW. Not price clipped. Proof copy. Cood condition . DW a little crumpled on edges as its larger than the proof it cover.

Dark Harvest, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Fine/Fine. Used This slipcased first edition is one of 500 copies signed by the author. There is sun fading to the exterior of the slip case. Slip Cased

SONGS THE DEAD MEN SING, Dark Harvest, 1983, first edition., fine in like full color pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper and slip-case. 1/500 copies SIGNED by the author. The first book by this press.

Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1983. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and paper slipcase with mild fade to the edges. (#168676) (29497). Octavo, cloth. Number 137 of 500 numbered copies signed by Martin. Collects nine stories including "Sandkings" (a Nebula Award winner), "Nightflyers," and "In the House of the Worm." "Nightflyers" is a variation on the old-dark-house theme featuring a psychotic sentient interstellar spaceship systematically murdering it crew; "Meathouse Man," is set on a planet where cybernetic zombies are used for slave labor and entertainment. "The Needle Men" is a medial horror story involving black market organ harvesters. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-254. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-215.

Niles, Il: Dark Harvest, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 291p octavo, illustrated. 1/500 numbered copies, this copy #12 and signed by Martin. An exceptional copy as it is additionally inscribed on the half title to "Mike(Fitzsimmons) who was there at the start of my favorite Con, & even came to Dubuque - with fond memories of years & Arcons past, and anticipation of more to come George R R Martin ?? 8 7/27/84" Fitzsimmons with his wife Barb(mostly Barb) founded Archon Science Fiction Conference in the early seventies. George R R Martin, Joe Haldeman and others often stayed with them when they came through St Louis. Martin pays tribute to Fitzsimmins on his website. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in publisher's slipcase, offset to slipcase