‎Fantasy‎

‎Greenberg Martin H.; Schimel Lawrence editors Charles de Lint; Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Rosemary Edghill; Jane Yolen; Nancy Spring‎

‎TAROT FANTASTIC - with - THE FORTUNE TELLER‎

‎New York: DAW Books 1997. x 314 pp. DAW Collector's BookS 1050 and 1064. Both books have light edge and corner wear; Tarot has a faint crease on the spine and Fortune has an uncreased spne; no interior markings. Both covers by Jean-Francois Podevin. TAROT FANTASTIC contains: Wild Horses by Charles de Lint; Articles of Faith by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; The Intersection of Anastasia Yeoman and Light by Rosemary Edghill; Song of the Cards by Jane Yolen; Elvis Lives by Nancy Springer; Tower of Brass by Teresa Edgerton; The Sixteenth Card by Susan Wade; Turn of the Card by Michelle Sagara West; Chattel by Lucy Taylor; In the Cards by Barbara Delaplace; The Gates of Joriun by Kate Elliot; Solo in the Spotlight by George Alec Effinger; Symbols Are a Percussion Instrument by Tanya Huff; The Court of the Invisible by Billie Sue Mosiman; New Beginner's Luck by Mark A. Garland; and House of Cards by Don Webb. And THE FORTUNE TELLER contains: The Vision of Men by Michelle Sagara West; May Eve by Rosemary Edghill; The Oracle Lips by Storm Constantine; Hexefus by Nancy Springer; The Cards Also Say by Tanya Huff; Reading the Entrails by Neil Gaiman; Bright Seeds in a Whirlwind by Bruce Holland Rogers; First Thing in the Morning by Billie Sue Mosiman; Playing with Fire by Mark A. Garland; Tomorrow Eyes by Peter Crowther; To Fit the Crime by Ed Gorman; When the Child Screams and Looks Back at You by Gary A. Braunbeck; The Soothsayer by Lawrence C. Connolly; True Collectors by Brian Stableford; Not Ours to See by David Langford; Those Who Know by Leslie What; and Beyond the Flames by Janni Lee Simner. First Editions. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Jean Francois Podevin;. Paperback Originals. DAW Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214419

‎Hazel Paul‎

‎THE WEALDWIFE'S TALE‎

‎New York: Avonova - William Morrow 1993. 295 pp. Quarter-bound in blue cloth on pale gray boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Kinuko Craft. The tale of good Wenceslas his heirs and his ancestors a great disaster of a family fated to eternally repeat the fatal mistakes of preceding generations. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Kinuko Craft;. 8vo. Avonova - William Morrow Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214426 ISBN : 0688121888 9780688121884

‎Bradbury Ray‎

‎DANDELION WINE‎

‎New York: Bantam Books 1959. 184 pp. Bantam Book A1922. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. In 1988 Ray Bradbury was presented with the Nebula Grand Masters Award for lifetime achievement. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 213941

‎Tilton Rafael‎

‎THE IMMORTAL DRAGON OF SYLENE - and other Faith Tales‎

‎Minneapolis Minnesota: Winston Press 1982. ix 113 pp. Cream boards lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; gold endpapers; headband. The dustjacket has some edge and corner wear with a small nick at the head of the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Troy Howell. This story collection contains: The Immortal Dragon of Sylene; Waliswende and the White Cow; Eutychia and the Red Wedding Scarf; Hebban Crosses the Deep River; Sigfried Child of the Forest; Feedwell the Hunting Hound and the Pilgrim Healer; The Bent Over One and the Bishop of Myra; Bridespeed the Dream Horse; and The Legends Behind the Stories. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Troy Howell;. 8vo. Winston Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 213919 ISBN : 086683656X 9780866836562

‎Frazetta Frank‎

‎FRANK FRAZETTA SPECIAL‎

‎Toronto: Memory Lane Publications 1969. 64 pp. Printed on newsprint in magazine format. Slightly darkened around the edges; no interior markings. A Captain George Presents publication. The front cover features one of the pieces that Frazetta did for Midwood Books. This contains the following comic-style stories illustrated by Frazetta: Rocky Rooster; Looie Lazybones two stories; Kathy; Talented Bear; Hucky Duck; Bashful Cricket; Dan Brand and Tipi three stories; The Scared Life Saver; and 3 Year Old Hero. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Frank Frazetta;. 4to. Memory Lane Publications Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 213915

‎Burroughs Edgar Rice‎

‎THE GIRL FROM FARRIS'S‎

‎New York: Charter Books 1979. 150 pp. Charter Book 28903-7. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by John Rush. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John Rush;. Charter Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 213943 ISBN : 0441289037 9780441289035

‎Cook Glen‎

‎SWEET SILVER BLUES - A P. I. Garrett Adventure‎

‎New York: Signet Books - New American Library 1987. 255 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing at the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Tim Hildebrandt. The first book in the P. I. Garrett series. Third Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Tim Hildebrandt; Greg Hildebrandt;. Paperback Original. Signet Books - New American Library Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 213917 ISBN : 0451150619 9780451150615

‎Baudino Gael‎

‎THE NATIL SEQUENCE: Adria Elves: Book 1 One: Strands of Starlight; Book 2 Two: Maze of Moonlight; Book 3 Three: Shroud of Shadow; Book 4 Four: Strands of Sunlight; Book 5 Five: Spires of Spirit: Charity; Lady of Light; A Touch of Distant Hands‎

‎New York: Roc - Penguin Books 1989. 371 351 352 399 301 pp. All five books have edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spines; Sunlight and Shroud have been store stamped; the rest have no interior markings. Covers by Thomas Canty. To be clear the books here are: Book One: Strands of Starlight; Book Two: Maze of Moonlight; Book Three: Shroud of Shadow; Book Four: Strands of Sunlight; and Book Five: Spires of Spirit containing six novelettes: Charity; Lady of Light; A Touch of Distant Hands; Elvenhome; Please Come to Denver in the spring; and The Shadow of the Starlight. First and Second Printings. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Thomas Canty;. Paperback Originals. Roc - Penguin Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 213912 ISBN : 0451452305 9780451452306

‎Beckett Galen‎

‎THE MAGICIANS AND MRS QUENT - A Novel‎

‎New York: Bantam Books - Spectra 2008. 390 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; black endpapers; headband. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The dustjacket features Nightfall on the Thames by John Atkinson Grimshaw courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries. Commissioned by a haughty aristocrat to write a biography of one of England's greatest painters J. M. W. Turner Hartright and his sister-in-law Marian take up an investigation that sends them across Victorian London in all of its staggering extremes. Together they encounter a kaleidoscopic array of the age's fantastic characters from the hardened street children of the city's poorest quarters to the tawdry women of the dockside brothels to the celebrated visionary of arts and letters John Ruskin. Soon enough disturbing evidence emerges of an artist's secret life and perverted passions in a masterpiece of noir. . Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Phillip Heffernan;. 8vo. Author's First Novel. Bantam Books - Spectra Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 213972 ISBN : 0553589822 9780553589825

‎Smith Julie Dean‎

‎A CAITHAN CRUSADE: Book 1 One: Call of Madness; Book 2 Two: Mission of Magic; Book 3 Three: The Sage of Sare‎

‎New York: Del Rey - Ballantine Books 1990. 311 324 339 pp. All three books have light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spines; no interior markings. Covers by Michael Herring. To be clear the books here are: One: Call of Madness; Two: Mission of Magic; and Three: The Sage of Sare. Magic had ravaged CAithe since ancient times striking unpredictably and creating men and women with powers they could neither understand nor control. Only the ritual slaughter of such mad wizards held the land safe from fire and destruction. Yet even in Caithe some magic was tolerated. Long before the King had been given such powers in a secret forbidden ritual by a renegade wizard. And so far his use of them had been beneficial to the kingdom. So far. First Editions. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Michael Herring;. Paperback Originals. Del Rey - Ballantine Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214005

‎de Camp L. Sprague‎

‎THE RELUCTANT KING: Book 1 One: The Goblin Tower; Book 2 Two: The Clocks of Iraz; Book 3 Three: The Unbeheaded King‎

‎New York: Del Rey - Ballantine Books 1983. 260 161 180 pp. All three books have light edge and corner wear with flat spines; both Goblin and Clocks have a faint crease on the spine the other does not; no interior markings. Covers by Dave Mattingly and Darrell K. Sweet. To be clear the books here are: One: The Goblin Tower; Two: The Clocks of Iraz; and Three: The Unbeheaded King. King Jorian was rather attached to his head. Hence he felt his promise to steal a treasure trove of ancient manuscripts on magic was little enough a price to pay for a chance to escape his own beheading. But when the quest pitted him against one peril after another he wondered if he'd made a good bargain. Later Printings. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Darrell K. Sweet; Dave Mattingly;. Del Rey - Ballantine Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214004

‎Howard Robert E. introduction by Joe R. Lansdale‎

‎ALMURIC‎

‎West Kingston Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant 1975. 217 pp. First Hardcover Edition. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dustjacket painting and interior line drawings by David Ireland. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket with a bit of fading on the spine; previous owner's name - retired radio personality Don Danard - on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Something rare from Howard a full length novel. Earthman Esau Cairn a fugitive on his native planet is transported to Almuric a barbaric and warlike planet of the remote solar system where he becomes Esau Ironhand. Here he is beset by apelike humans winged demons and a multitude of strange monsters. And his adventures are chronicled in the best Howard manner full of swift and savage action against an incredible background. First Printing - First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Ireland;. 8vo. Association Copy. Donald M. Grant Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214001

‎de Camp L. Sprague editor Robert E. Howard; Robert Bloch; Lord Dunsany; John Jakes; Henry Kuttner; H. P. Lovecraft; Michael Moo‎

‎THE FANTASTIC SWORDSMEN‎

‎New York: Pyramid Books 1967. 204 pp. Pyramid Book R1621. Edge and corner wear with a bit of creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Illustrated with fantasy maps. A great introduction to the writers who invented Sword and Sorcery this anthology contains: Preface: Tellers of Tales by L. Sprague de Camp; Black Lotus by Robert Bloch; The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany; Drums of Tombalku - Conan by Robert E. Howard and L. Spargue de Camp; The Girl in the Gem - Brak by John Jakes; Dragon Moon - Elak by Henry Kuttner; The Other Gods by H. P. Lovecraft; The Singing Citadel - Elric by Michael Moorcock; The Tower by Luigi de Pascalis; and Tellers of Tales by L. Sprague de Camp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Jack Gaughan;. Paperback Original. Pyramid Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214049

‎Doyle Sir Arthur Conan‎

‎THE LOST WORLD - being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor E. Challenger Lord John Roxton Professor Summerlee and Mr Ed Malone of the Daily Gazette‎

‎Middlesex England: Puffin Books 1981. 264 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the covers and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Peter Goodfellow; interior line drawings by Ian Newsham. Quite the departure from Sherlock Holmes. An expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America discovers that prehistoric animals - dinosaurs and other extinct creatures - still survive. After harrowing adventures they return to England where of course no one believes their story. Until one of them produces a young pterodactyl as proof. First Printing - First Thus. Paperback. Very Good-. Illus. by Peter Goodfellow; Ian Newsham;. Puffin Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214067 ISBN : 0140313850 9780140313857

‎Doyle Sir Arthur Conan‎

‎THE LOST WORLD - A Professor Challenger Adventure‎

‎New York: Perma Star Books 1954. 200 pp. Perma Star Book 279. Light edge and corner wear with a concave but uncreased spine; no interior markings. Dinosaur cover art by Richard Powers. Quite the departure from Sherlock Holmes. An expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America discovers that prehistoric animals - dinosaurs and other extinct creatures - still survive. After harrowing adventures they return to England where of course no one believes their story. Until one of them produces a young pterodactyl as proof. First Printing - First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Richard Powers;. Perma Star Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214068

‎Burroughs Edgar Rice with Joe R. Lansdale‎

‎TARZAN - The Lost Adventure‎

‎Milwaukie Oregon: Dark Horse Comics 1995. Four volumes in trade paperback format. Glossy card covers. Light wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Arthur Suydam. The story was expanded and completed by Joe R. Lansdale. These are: Tarzan - The Lost Adventure Volume 1 numbers 1 2 3 4 - January February March and April 1985. Issue One contains: Tarzan - The Lost Adventure - Part One illustrated by Thomas Yeates with John Carter of Mars illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Issue Two contains: Tarzan - The Lost Adventure Part Two illustrated by Thomas Yeates with An Interview with Danton Burroughs by Peet James and with Part Two of John Carter of Mars illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Issue Three contains: Tarzan - The Lost Adventure - Part Three illustrated by Gary Gianni with John Carter of Mars illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. And Issue Four contains: Tarzan - The Lost Adventure - Part Four the conclusion illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta; A Tarzan Chronology by Henning Kure; Letters including one from George T. McWhorter and one from Robert B. Zeuschner; and with John Carter of Mars illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Thomas Yeates; Charles Vess; Gary Gianni; Michael Kaluta; Arthur Suydam;. 8vo. Dark Horse Comics Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214066

‎Aldridge Alan; Boyett Steve‎

‎THE GNOLE‎

‎London: Mandarin Books 1991. 503 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated in colour by Maxine Miller and Harry Willock. Fungle is a Gnole: an intelligent mole-like creature living in the wilds of the Smoky Mountains. Fearing the ominous signs of human encroachment razed trees bulldozed land blasted mountains and given special urgency by a mission to stop a power demon from getting hold of a device that can destroy the earth Fungle embarks on a daunting quest. Find the device before the demon or the humans get to it. First Printing - First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Maxine Miller; Harry Willock;. 8vo. Mandarin Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214086 ISBN : 0749309903 9780749309909

‎Asimov Isaac‎

‎AZAZEL - Fantasy Stories‎

‎New York: Doubleday Foundation 1988. xiii 221 pp. Beige boards lettered in green on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Robert Goldstrum. Azazel just happens to be a demon conjured up by a guy named George. Not a very good or bad demon depending on your point of view. This story collection contains: The Two-Centimeter Demon; One Night of Song; The Smile That Loses; To the Victor; The Dim Rumble; Saving Humanity; A Matter of Principle; The Evil Drink Does; Writing Time; Dashing Through the Snow; Logic is Logic; He Travels the Fastest; The Eye of the Beholder; More Things in Heaven and Earth; The Mind's Construction; The Flights of Spring; Galatea; and Flight of Fancy. In 1986 Isaac Asimov was presented with the Nebula Grand Masters Award for lifetime achievement. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Robert Goldstrum;. 8vo. Doubleday Foundation Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214156

‎de Camp L. Sprague‎

‎THE GREAT FETISH‎

‎New York: Doubleday and Company 1978. 177 pp. Black boards lettered in orange on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Gary Friedman. The book is both an adventure story and a satire on the scientific dispute over Creationism. On a planet vaguely resembling Earth a young teacher is sentenced to jail for preaching anti-evolution. so his wife runs away with another man and he escapes jail to follow her across the border to the Strange Lands. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gary Friedman;. 8vo. Doubleday and Company Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214133 ISBN : 0385131399 9780385131391

‎de Camp L. Sprague; de Camp Catherine Crook‎

‎THE INCORPORATED KNIGHT - An Eudoric Dambertson Adventure‎

‎Markham Ontario: Baen Books 1988. 245 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Daniel R. Horne. Squire Eudoric Damberson of Zurgau in the kingdom of Locania wishes to wed Lusina the daughter of his former tutor the magician Doctor Baldonius. The price is attaining the status of knight and supplying the magician with a portion of dragon hide for use in his magic. Dragons are locally scarce so Eudoric and his trusty servant Jillo set out for Pathenia in the east to slay one. But once the two do manage to bring one down by accident they face legal complications for violating the local game laws. . First Printing - First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Daniel R. Horne;. Baen Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214132 ISBN : 0671654357 9780671654351

‎Howard Robert E. edited by Paul Herman‎

‎PEOPLE OF THE DARK - The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard‎

‎Rockville Maryland: Wildside Press 2005. 190 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Stephen Fabian. This story collection contains: Introduction: Howard - The Texas Phoenix Flames in Darkness by Joe R. Lansdale; Kings of the Night; Song of a Mad Minstrel; Children of the Night; The Footfalls Within; The Gods of Bal-Sagoth; The Black Stone; The Dark Man; The Thing on the Roof; The Last Day; Horror from the Mound; and People of the Dark. First Printing - First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Stephen Fabian;. 8vo. Wildside Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214150 ISBN : 0809556804 9780809556809

‎Howard Robert E. edited by Paul Herman‎

‎MOON OF SKULLS - The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard‎

‎Rockville Maryland: Wildside Press 2005. 190 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Stephen Fabian. This story collection contains: Introduction: The Gothic Orient by Mark Finn; Skull Face; Dead Man's Hate; The Fearsome Touch of Death; A Song Out of Midian; Shadows on the Road; The Moon of Skulls; The Hills of the Dead; Black Chant Imperial; and The Voice of El-Lil. First Printing - First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Stephen Fabian;. 8vo. Wildside Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214176 ISBN : 0809510847 9780809510849

‎de Camp L. Sprague‎

‎THE HONORABLE BARBARIAN - A Reluctant King Adventure‎

‎New York: Del Rey - Ballantine Books 1989. 179 pp. Blue boards lettered in yellow on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Darrell K. Sweet. Jorian ex-king of Xylar has had enough adventures to last a lifetime. But when his brother Kerin youngest son of Evor the Clockmaker commits an indiscretion with Adeliza a neighbor's daughter he is packed off on a hasty quest to uncover the secret of an advanced clock escapement for the family firm. A pragmatic cautious sort he preps for his journey with a crash course from his experienced brother in useful skills - swordsmanship and foreign tongues of course but also lying and burglary. He is hampered and sometimes aided by the sprite Belinka commissioned by the calculating Adeliza to ensure Kerin's faithfulness. . Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Darrell K. Sweet;. 8vo. Del Rey - Ballantine Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 214180

‎Tolkien J. R. R. text by Brian Sibley‎

‎THERE AND BACK AGAIN - The Map of the Hobbit Middle Earth‎

‎London: Harper Collins Publishers 1995. Presented in a folder containing a 24-page pamphlet There and Back Again text by Brian Sibley with illustrations by John Howe; along with the fold-out map 28" by 28" showing Wilderland the setting of The Hobbit. Light wear on the corners; no interior markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John Howe;. 8vo. Harper Collins Publishers Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214202 ISBN : 0261103261 9780261103269

‎Howard Robert E. scripted by Alan Zelenetz‎

‎STAN LEE PRESENTS KULL THE CONQUEROR - Volume 1 number 1 - December 1982‎

‎New York: Marvel Comics 1982. Unpaginated. Comic book. The first issue drawn by John Buscema. Light wear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John Buscema;. 8vo. Comics. Marvel Comics Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 214197