The Dark Blood of Poppies -by Freda Warrington ( sequel to A Taste of Blood Wine and A Dance in Blood Velvet ) by Warrington, Freda - 1995

First Edition. 1997. Fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. has some minor rubbing and shelf wear, no tears,nicks or worn corners. Hardcover has minor foxing on top edge pages. Tight binding, sharp and clean pages. No markings. Fine condition. 558 pages.

New York, Delacorte Press, 1980, hardcover, 150 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price. The popular and prolific author of more than one hundred books for both children and adults presents the story of a young boy who arrives at his cousin's house in England totally unprepared for the supernatural furor his presence unleashes. ISBN 9780440077466

New York, Rinehart and Co, 1960, hardcover, 245 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, text-block edges deeply tanned as is common with this book. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end, edge and corner nicks, two short closed edge tears to front panel, rear panel rubbed, in new Brodart sleeve. The classic modern novel, one of the earliest in the psychological thriller genre, and basis for the 1962 Robert Aldrich film, starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980, hardcover, 210 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner on the title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Tight and clean with no markings, slight spine lean. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, spine sunned, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A brilliant and striking piece by an emerging author and winner of the National Book Award for First Novel. An eccentric young woman whose large plot of land is a refuge for a diverse collection of wild animals, passionately surrenders to a young schoolteacher of blind adolescents. ISBN 9780394510217

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980, hardcover, 210 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tiny black spot to bottom edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge nicks, touch of sunning to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. A brilliant and striking piece by an emerging author and winner of the National Book Award for First Novel. An eccentric young woman whose large plot of land is a refuge for a diverse collection of wild animals, passionately surrenders to a young schoolteacher of blind adolescents. ISBN 9780394510217

Parnassus Imprints, , 1992. PBO, Decorated B/W illustrated WRAPS, 1992. Pictorial Wraps. No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. 12mo, 7 1/4 X 7 1/4 IN. Near fine in b/w wrap-around illustrated wraps. Minor wear (light soil on bottom page edge Corner, white spine Lettered in Black, Else FINE with tight, square spine and text block. SOFTCOVER, and morbidly humorous tales. His images are unforgettable, mysterious, and simultaneously burlesque and gloomy. _The Betrayed Confidence_ springs " from the pen of Dogear Wryde", the mysterious masked dog, who accompanies stark images with strange captions in this singular book. Gorey illustrated front and back covers, book is unpaginated but contains the Gorey illustrations for :scenes de ballet, menaced objects, alms for oblivion, interpretive series, neglected murderesses, tragedies topiares, whatever next?. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.

First Edition. 1997. Fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. has some minor rubbing and shelf wear, no tears,nicks or worn corners. Hardcover has minor foxing on top edge pages. Tight binding, sharp and clean pages. No markings. Fine condition. 558 pages.

The Touch by F. Paul Wilson Hardcover First Signed Limited Edition Grantham NH: Borderlands Press, 2003. 1/1000 copies signed by the author, this is copy no. 589. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket as new and unread.Media mail $6.00 or priority mail $9.50. NOTE: Pictures are of the actual book for sale not stock photos. Generally, all sales are FINAL.

Gemstone Publishing, 2006. 4 vols. in slipcase. Very Good in Good slipcase. Slipcase shows shelf and handling wear with rubbed corners, edge wear, and light soiling. Four volumes: Crime Illustrated (Adult Suspense Stories), Confession Illustrated (Adult Romances), Adult Tales of Terror Illustrated (Horror and Suspense), and Shock Illustrated (Adult Crime Stories). All four volumes show very minor shelf and handling wear to their covers with some minor abrasion to the spines as well. Interiors are all crisp, clean, and pristine with no marks. In the gutter of every volume in both the front and the back there is a long thin adhesive bleed-through from production. Overall a clean, solid set showing minimal signs of use. Photos are of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books.

The Pool of the Black One, Howard, Robert E.; illustrated by Hank Jankus. Published by Donald M. Grant, West Kingston, RI, USA, 1986. Volume 10 in Grant's Conan series. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 134pp. with six color plates, four double full page and three full page and black and white illustrations. Quarter burgundy over grey boards with gilt spine titles; grey paper jacket with small wood-cut illustration to front; housed in a clear acetate dustjacket. In fine, unread condition. A very scarce edition. Volumes 1-7 in this deluxe series is also available.