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NY: Free Press, 2008. Bound in purple and yellow boards, stamped in silver. In bright white dust jacket. The first U.S. edition of the author's Booker Prize winning novel. Laid in is five blurb sheets from the publisher announcing the publication of the book. 276 pp. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.… Read more

NY: Macmillan & Co., 1970. This is a review copy with review slip and blurb sheet from the publisher laid in. The follow up book to the author's first book - Custer Died for Your Sins. Some toning to page edges, but overall, a very decent copy of the author's second book. 227 pp. . First… Read more

Tel Aviv, Israel: The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, 1979. Vol. 1, No. 1 thru Vol. 3, No. 3; Autumn, 1979 to Summer, 1982 in 11 volumes; covers literature, interpretation, narratology, language, theory; near 1000 pages in total. . First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Periodical.

New York: Hyperion, 2001. 506pp. A tight, clean presumedly unread copy of this massive book of essays by the prolific writer. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Reviews of over 150 film classics; black & white photos; introduction by Bosley Crowther; critics include Frank Nugent, Mordaunt Hall, and Vincent Canby; 216pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Remainder mark on bottom edge; 376pp., Tight, clean, unread copy of this book of Essays. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Richardson, Tx.: The University Of Texas at Dallas, 1994. Literary articles, reviews, profiles, poems and such; interview with Martha King; 75pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG Only/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical.

New York: New American Library, 1987. Trade paperback edition produced by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller; covers films from "Carrie" to "Stand By Me", plus video releases and coming attractions; illustrated in color and black & white; 144pp.. First Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo-Illustrated.

New York: Knopf, 1930. Two volume set bound in black buckram with gold gilt lettering, sans DW's; previous owners name and date penciled on front paste down of vol. 1; 749pp. plus 13 page index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.

NY: Dutton, 1983. Signed by the author on ffep.; four digit number penned on ffep.; 212pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. NF/VG++.

Chappaqua, NY: Seven Bridges Press, 1998. Bound in Glossy Wraps. "The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions"; trade paperback size; articles and book reviews; 144pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Scarce "Little Blue Book No. 435" in quirky 1920's series; undated; not blue, but faded orange paper wraps; edited by E. Haldeman-Julius; 58pp.. First Thus. Original Wraps. VG+/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp., 1970. Volume 20, No. 8, Issue 151; digest size; Dean R. Koontz, T.J. Bass, Gene Wolfe, Piers Anthony, Arthur Sellings, Alan Rogers, Joseph Dickinson, Juanita Coulson, and Donald Franson; reviews by Lester Del Rey; cover art by Jack Gaughan; 192pp.. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

FLushing, NY: Ultimate Publishing Co., 1969. Volume 42, No. 5; digest size; new stories by Dean R. Koontz, David R. Bunch, Algis Budrys, John Wyndham, Henry Hasse, and Richard C. Meredith; articles by Robert Silverberg, Barry N. Malzberg; art by Jeff Jones, Dan Adkins; reviews by James Blish; small book store sticker on front panel; 146pp.. First Edition. Magazine. VG++/No… Read more

New York: Mercury Press, Inc., 1967. Volume 33, No. 6, Whole no. 199; digest size; cover by Jack Gaughan; short stories by Dean R. Koontz, David Redd, Stuart and Jennifer Palmer, Larry Eisenberg, Gahan Wilson, J.G. Ballard, and Leonard Tushnet; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; articles by Isaac Asimov and Ted Thomas; reviews by Judith Merril; index to volume 33; 130pp..… Read more

FLushing, NY: Ultimate Publishing Co., 1970. Volume 19, No. 3; digest size; new stories by Dean R. Koontz, Robert Bloch, David R. Bunch, L. Sprague de Camp, Piers Anthony, and a reprint by Don Wilcox; book reviews by Fritz Leiber; art by Jeff Jones, Michael Hinge; 146pp.. First Edition. Magazine. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by JONES, Jeff.

New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp., 1969. Volume 19, No. 6, Issue 139; digest size; Dean R. Koontz, Keith Laumer, Mack Reynolds, Perry Chapdelaine, Charles Nuetzel, Jack L. Alston, and Bruce McAllister; editorial by frederik Pohl; article by Lester Del Rey; art by Dan Adkins, George Barr, and Jack Gaughan; interview with Robert Bloch; 162pp.. First Edition. Magazine. VG++/No Jacket.

New York: Mercury Press, Inc., 1970. Volume 39, No. 1, Whole no. 230; digest size; cover by Ronald Walotsky; short stories by Dean R. Koontz, Sterling E. Lanier, Barry N. Malzberg, Neil Shapiro, Robert Silverberg, Gary Jennings, and Robin Scott Wilson; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; articles by Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp; reviews by Joanna Russ; verse by… Read more

New York: Mercury Press, Inc., 1969. One inch scrape to spine. Volume 3, No. 2; digest size; novel by Julius Fast; short stories by Dean R. Koontz, Edward Wellen, Larry Eisenberg, and Robert F. Young; article by F. E. Edwards; reviews by Ron Goulart; 1 1/2" scrape to spine; 130pp.. First Edition. Magazine. VG+/No Jacket.

New York: Mercury Press, Inc., 1970. Volume 38, No. 1, Whole no. 224; digest size; cover by Mel Hunter; short stories by Dean R. Koontz, Edgar Pangborn, Larry Eisenberg, Gene Wolfe, Jack Cady, Robin Scott, Bruce McAllister, and Doris Pitkin Buck; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Joanna Russ; 130pp.. First Edition. Magazine. VG+/No Jacket.