Search Results: Horror from Astro Trader Books

[ALFRED HITCHCOCK]. ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S ONCE UPON A DREADFUL TIME. Dell, New York, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Dell # 6622 with the original 50 cents price on the front cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, micro-chips, micro-creases to extremities typical of vintage of paperbacks of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. Features stories from Lawrence Block, Hal Ellson, Donald E. Westlake and many more authors of the day. Classic Hitchcock vintage paperback collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[ALFRED HITCHCOCK]. ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S COFFIN CORNER. Dell, New York, 1969 (1970). First Edition, Third printing. Dell # 1323 with 75 cent price on the front cover. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, light scuffs, creases to covers, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Features stories by August Derleth, Hal Ellson, Talmage Powell, Donald Honig and many more authors of the day. Classic Hitchcock vintage paperback collectible. 220 pgs. 16mo.

[ALFRED HITCHCOCK]. MORE OF MY FAVORITES IN SUSPENSE. Dell, New York, 1962. First Edition, Second printing. First paperback edition, Dell # 3620 with the original 50 cent price on the front cover. Condition: Good-. Appears lightly read, with scuffs, indents, numerous creases to front cover, back cover has only a few creases, tanned pages, rubbing on spine edges, a few micro dog-eared pages, water stain to to top edge near head of spine otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Features seven stories from Jack Finney, Hilda Lawrence, Robert Arthur and many others. Jack Finney was author of the "The Body Snatchers" and Robert Arthur wrote stories published in pulp magazines Amazing Stories, Argosy All-Story, wrote screenplays for The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV shows and was a occasional ghost writer for many of Hitchcock's printed book publications. Hilda Lawrence wrote "Composition of Four Hands" published here and the basis for the original episode… Read More

[ALFRED HITCHCOCK]. ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MURDERS ON THE HALF-SKULL. Dell, New York, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Dell #6093 with the original 75 cent price on the front cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, light crease to back panel near spine, light soiling specks to top page edges, right edge of front cover otherwise pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A near fine copy. Features stories from Lawrence Block, Jack Webb, Jack Ritchie, Helen Nielsen, Murray Wolf, Arthur Porges, Richard Deming, C.B. Gilford, Henry Slesar and many more authors of the day. Classic Hitchcock vintage paperback collectible. 208 pgs. 16mo.

[CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO]. A CANDLE FOR D'ARTAGNAN. TOR Publishing, New York, 1989. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. DJ is unclipped and about fine. Third in the series featuring Olivia Atta Clemens. Cover art by Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente. Romance historical fiction horror novel, first edition collectible. 485 pgs. 8vo.

[CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO]. CRUSADER'S TORCH. TOR Publishing, New York, 1989. First Edition Thus. First printing in paperback form. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, faint crease to spine, micro-creases, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Second in the series featuring Olivia Atta Clemens. Cover art by Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente. Romance historical fiction horror novel, first edition collectible. 459 pgs. 16mo.

[CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO]. A FLAME IN BYZANTIUM. TOR Publishing, New York, 1987. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. DJ is unclipped and about fine. First in the series featuring Olivia Atta Clemens. Cover art by Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente. Romance historical fiction horror novel, first edition collectible. 470 pgs. 8vo.

[FREDRIC BROWN]. HONEYMOON IN HELL. Bantam, New York, 1958. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Bantam #A1812 with the original price of 35 cents on the front cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to spine, micro-chips to extremities, minor buckle to book, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A collection packed with 21 fantasy / science fiction novelettes, short stories many with first appearances in pulp magazines; Thrilling Wonder Stories, Amazing Stories, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Planet Stories, Astounding Science Fiction and many more. Cover art from 15th / 16th painter Hieronymus Bosch. Classic fantasy collection from a major author, collectible. 170 pgs. 16mo.

[SHELLY REUBEN]. JULIAN SOLO. (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY). Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Jacket is price clipped with light shelf wear. Cover art by Don Brautigam. Winner of the 1989 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Signed, dated on June 22, 1988 and inscribed on the title page by author Shelly Reuben to her nephew. Modern first horror novel, signed presentation copy, collectible. 216 pgs. 8vo.

THOMAS M. DISCH. THE M.D. A HORROR STORY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. First Edition. Condition: Fine /Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright with no markings, no foxing, no tears, no stains and binding tight. A about fine pristine copy. Dust jacket is unclipped with the original $22.00 price on inner flap. Dust jacket still has its original gloss with only mild shelf wear and micro ships to edges as to be expected for a vintage DJ of this age. Not ex-library, not a BCE (Book Club Edition), not a reprint and no remainder marks. Disch is praised by writers Steven King and Dean Koontz for this book on the dust jacket. Thomas Disch wrote the early novels; "The Genocides" and "Mankind Under the Leash" a Ace Double paperback, his work was also published in New Worlds Sci-Fi magazine with writer Michael Moorcock as editor in the mid 1960's. Cover art by Archie Ferguson. Uncommon classic horror title from Thomas Disch, collectible. 401 pgs. Large 8vo.

[FURMAN, A.L.] editor.THE MYSTERY COMPANION. Popular Library Paperback #130, New York, 1947. First Edition Thus in paperback. Condition: Near Fine. With the original gloss on cover protected for decades by the publisher's original cellophane wrap, only recently removed. With minor micro chips on edges, typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and bright, overall a solid fresh copy. Anthology, "14 Tales of Terror and Suspense" of some of the greatest pulp writers of the time including Robert Bloch, Edgar Wallace, Cornell Woolrich, Fritz Leiber Jr., and many others.

[ROBERT E. HOWARD, JACK WILLIAMSON, CLARK ASHTON SMITH]. WILLIAM H. DESMOND (EDITOR). STRANGE TALES. Odyssey Publications, Massachusetts, 1976. Softcover. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, edge wear, light rubbing to cover extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Anthology of fantasy, mystery, horror pulp fiction stories from the original 1932 January and June issues of the legendary pulp magazine Strange Tales. This is the very first edition of this anthology, includes the short story People of the Dark by Robert E. Howard, a novelette Wolves of Darkness by Jack Williamson, a short story The Door to Saturn by Clark Ashton Smith , a novelette Stragella by Hugh B. Cave and many more rare pulp stories. Cover art by H.W. Wesso with many interior illustrations.Scarce fantasy anthology pulp fiction, collectible.128 pgs. 12mo.

STEWART H. BENEDICT (EDITOR). TALES OF TERROR AND SUSPENSE. Dell Publishing, New York, 1963. First Edition, First printing. Laurel Leaf Library edition, Dell # 8466 with the original 45 cent price on cover. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. With mild shelf wear, micro chips to edges and mild creases on covers typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. 13 mystery stories from some of the greatest mystery writers of 19th and 20th century, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Ray Bradbury, E.T.A. Hoffman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many more. Neat owners inscription on front endpaper and neat notes to the biblio page of the Laurel Leaf Library collection all other pages unmarked. Classic mystery collection and collectible. 16mo. 288 pgs.