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FLOATING DRAGON
by Straub, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A few tiny stains to front free end paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the head of the spine pa
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First edition. A few tiny stains to front free end paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the head of the spine panel. (21445). Octavo, jacket art by the Dillons, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Straub and dust jacket artists Leo and Diane Dillon, this is copy number 1. "Two evils, one modern and one ancient, systematically decimate the city of Hampstead, Connecticut." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-350. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-285.
Synopsis
Peter Straub is one of America’s foremost authors of supernatural and suspense fiction. He is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels, including the horror classic Ghost Story and The Talisman , which he cowrote with Stephen King. His latest novel, Black House —also written with King—is a #1 New York Times bestseller. A past president of the Horror Writers of America and multiple award winner, he lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21445
- Title
- FLOATING DRAGON
- Author
- Straub, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - A few tiny stains to front free end paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the head of the spine pa
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Underwood-Miller
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Horror . Signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Octavo
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