Search Results: Authors starting with W from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1926. First edition. Inked name to front paste down, corners soft and rubbed, spine a bit darkened and ends a bit soft, a good to very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with professional repair for closed tears and patch-ins to spine ends. (28119). Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-252 [253: note to the reader] [254-256: blank] [note: pagination starts using the paste down], original brown cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. Western novel. First published book by Daly.

New York: Graphic Publishing, 1956. First edition. A very good to near fine copy. (7556). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Hardboiled.

Coralville, Iowa: Nostalgia Books, 1994. First edition. As new in wrappers. (8316). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Trade paperback format. Comprehensive listing of books with publisher data and market price estimates.

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition. A fine copy in a about fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing. (13971). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Mystery novel involving gambling, set in Mexico City.

New York: Atheneum, 1978. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30968). Octavo, cloth. Signed by Waggoner on the front free end paper. A guide to the study of modern fantasy fiction with 996 annotated entries of which about three-fourths are fiction and the remainder are biographical and critical works. In addition to the checklist, the main focus of the book, there are lengthy chapters defining fantasy and establishing subgenres, along lines suggested by Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" and Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism (1957), and a historical overview from George MacDonald to the 1970s. Appendixes include a fantasy chronology 1858-1975, illustrated essay on fantasy illustration, a list of fantasy fiction by subgenre keyed to the main listing, and a list of fantasy award winners. "The annotations are vigorously and clearly written, often acerbic, and effectively blend plot summary and intelligent evaluation. There are some bibliographic inaccuracies and omissions, but these are… Read More

[Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, 1989]. Advance uncorrected proof. A fine copy, unread. (29458). Octavo, printed wrappers. Collects three stories with an introduction by Wagner. Issued as Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Two, November 1989.

New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1981]. First edition. A fine unread copy. (25072). Small octavo, cover art by Michael Whelan, pictorial wrappers. DAW Books No. 445. Collects eleven stories by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, T.E.D. Klein, and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-421.

[Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, 1989]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25809). Octavo, cloth. Of 350 copies this is one of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Wagner. Collects three stories with an introduction by Wagner. Issued as Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Two, November 1989.

San Francisco & Portland: Night Shade Books, [2002]. First combined hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine first state dust jacket with the author's name spelled "Wanger" at the head of the rear flap. (28563). Octavo, cover art by Ken Kelly, boards. One of 150 copies limited copies signed by artist Ken Kelly. Collects BLOODSTONE (1975), DARK CRUSADE (1976) and DARKNESS WEAVES (1978; revised text), all first published as paperback originals.

Birmingham, England: Stephen Jones, 1981. A fine copy. (21112). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. Includes the Kane story "The Other One" by Karl Edward Wagner.

[West Kingston, RI]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1985]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (30377). Octavo, cloth. One of 425 numbered copies signed by Wagner and artist Jeff Jones. This book collects the complete short stories to feature his anti-hero Kane. Sixteen stories, two poems, essay by Wagner on the Origins of Kane and surviving text from a lost Kane novel.

[Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, 1989]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29172). Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Wagner. Collects three stories with an introduction by Wagner. Issued as Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Two, November 1989.

New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1986]. First edition. Crease to lower rear edge, a fine unread copy. (28483). Small octavo, cover by Michael Whelan, pictorial wrappers. DAW Books No. 688. Collects nineteen stories by Ramsey Campbell, David Schow, Tanith Lee, Simon Clark and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-421.

Huntsville, AL: Charles W. Melvin, 1977. A fine copy. (21124). Large octavo, pictorial wrappers. Amateur magazine. Includes a Kane story, "The Other One," which is signed by Wagner at the head of the story. First publication of this story.

Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1987. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and paper slipcase. (#169017) (29737). Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Wagner and artists Val Lakey Lindahn and Ron Lindahn. Collects eleven stories including "Lucunae" and "Lost Exits," that were not printed in the 1987 Tor edition, the latter first published here. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-381. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-310.

[New York]: TOR, [1987]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (20598). Small octavo, boards. Anthology of heroic fantasy, most first printed in pulp or amateur magazines. Authors include Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury, Manly Wade Wellman and Henry Kuttner.

[West Kingston, RI]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1985]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (28562). Octavo, cloth. One of 425 numbered copies signed by Wagner and artist Jeff Jones. This book collects the complete short stories to feature his anti-hero Kane. Sixteen stories, two poems, essay by Wagner on the Origins of Kane and surviving text from a lost Kane novel.

[West Kingston, Rhode Island]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1985]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#168895) (29675). Octavo, cloth. One of 425 numbered copies signed by Wagner and artist Jeff Jones.

New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1987]. First edition. Touch of edge rubs, a fine unread copy. (28484). Small octavo, cover by Michael Whelan, pictorial wrappers. DAW Books No. 724. Collects eighteen stories by Robert Bloch, Joe Lansdale, Charles L. Grant, Ramsey Campbell, and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-421.

Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Later edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (11378). Octavo, cloth. Limited to 500 copies. Reprint of the 1931 Philip Allan edition with "introduction" by Barbara Roden and afterword "H. R. Wakefield: Bibliographical Bafflements, " by Jack Adrian. Collects thirteen stories; "...a more varied collection whose best weird story is the haunted house story 'The Frontier Guards. '"-Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1643. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2275. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14766. Hubin, p. 419.