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Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 1998. Limited Edition. Cloth. As new/as new. Vince Natale. An as new (Fine) limited, SIGNED edition in an equally fine dustjacket and a very good plus leather traycase. Letter "O" of 26 lettered copies. Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather and Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker. Traycase rear top corner bumped.Number 3 in the Cemetery Dance Novella series. 127 pp. Octavo. Kaitlin had it all — a good man, good job, good friends. She had a pretty wonderful life... until a tragic car accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. And then she lost almost everything. The love of her life left her, her friends deserted her, her self-confidence vanished...Now, two years later, Kaitlin is finally becoming adjusted to her new life. The horrible nightmares are still frequent visitors, but they're not as bad as they once were. The wheelchair is beginning to feel like a part of her body, and in a… Read More

New York: Doubleday / Nan A Talese, 2000. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/near fine. A fine first American edition, as stated, in a fine jacket. Complete number line. Pages are clean and bright, appears unread. Octavo. The work was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2000 and the Hammett Prize in 2001. It was also nominated for Governor General's Award in 2000, Orange Prize for Fiction, and the International Dublin Literary Award in 2002. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2000 and included it in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923." --- Wikipedia

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 2001. First Edition; Signed edition; Deluxe edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first hardcover edition, SIGNED and limited to 1000 copies in a fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Black cloth boards with red endpapers. 453 pp. Octavo. ...this crude generation-gap shocker from British author Clark (Darkness Demands) will thrill the adolescent audience for which it's unashamedly intended. A wild premise—on a "Saturday night in April, every adult human being on this planet" goes mad and begins murdering everyone under 19—ensures almost constant action. Those kids lucky enough to escape their insane, zombie-like elders, labeled "creosotes" or "kaybees" for "crazy bastards," gather in communes in an obvious nod to Golding's The Lord of the Flies. After finding his brother dismembered by their parents, narrator Nick Aten (rhymes with Satan) observes, "adults seem to be actually afraid of their children...whom they feel… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine, signed first edition in an equally fine dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. 294 pp. Octavo. TV writer and novelist Robert Ward takes readers on a wild ride through L.A.'s hottest neighborhoods. Daredevil DEA agent Jack Walker cruises down Hollywood Boulevard into the best unscheduled party of his career. When he saves a sexy, former B-movie bombshell from a car-jacking, he wins a lottery ticket straight from hell--a chance to get inside her husband's drug-smugling empire." -- Google books

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2012. First Separate Edition. Boards. As new/as new. Rowling's first book wirtten for adults, in a fine first American edition simultaneously published in the UK. As new in a fine dust jacket. Complete number line and stated first edition. Black paper-covered boards with LB embossed on cover and gold foil title stamping on spine. 503 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 & 1/2 inches tall. So look, here's the thing: This. Is. Not. A. Children's. Book. If you're looking for what made Harry Potter magical – Wizards! Spells! Flying Broomsticks! -- you're not going to find it. If you're looking for what makes JK Rowling magical – emotion, heart – you will. ... [The] ability to bring her characters to their emotional life was a hallmark of the Harry Potter series – it didn't become a global phenomenon just because it was an exciting adventure, but because there was a real heart to it, characters who had both strengths and weaknesses, who… Read More

New York: Viking, 1981. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A near fine book club edition in a fine dust jacket. Brown paper boards under black quarter cloth spine with "SK" embossed on front cover. Text is clean and bright. Fold crease to page 252, otherwise fine. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 319 pp. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall. King goes non-supernatural this time--and the result, despite the usual padding, is a tighter, more effective horror novel. We are once more up in Castle Rock, Maine, ayuh, where the natives are striving to survive some earlier King visitations of the unspeakable. Recent arrival Vic Trenton, who has brought a big ad account with him from New York, is having a hard time hanging onto both the Sharp cereals campaign and his wife Donna, who has just severed an affair with a filthy-poet/furniture-stripper. Meanwhile: Joe Camber, an alcoholic auto mechanic, is angry at wife Charity for wanting to take their son Brett… Read More

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. A very good plus/near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. Previous owner's name and note on front pastedown, otherwise fine. FPT on dust jacket. Laid in is a newsclipping on a separate theory of the hijacking. 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Octvao [NB: This is Gunther's unproven hypothesis, still unsolved according to the FBI -ed.] D. B. Cooper is a media epithet for an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, the hijacker told a flight attendant he was armed with a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,400,000 in 2022) and requested four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, the hijacker instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft and begin a… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a perfect, fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Black paper boards over black quarter cloth spine. SK in gold foil on cover, title in gold foil on spine. Purple endpapers. First published by Viking Press and complete number line 1-10. Dust jacket shows $21.95 US price. Dust jacket is pristine and flawless. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover.. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. This is not the first time that Stephen King has written a dark allegory of the fiction writer's situation. ''Misery'' (1987) is a parable in chiller form of the popular writer's relation to his audience, which holds him prisoner and dictates what he writes, on pain of death. Mr. King's new novel, ''The Dark Half,'' is a parable in chiller form of the popular writer's relation to his creative genius, the vampire within him, the… Read More

Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer, 1995. First Trade Edition. Cloth. As new/as new. Lee Brown Coye. An as new First Trade edition -- one of 1900 published, unsigned. In an as new dust jacket. Appears unread. 569 pp. Octavo. ForewordIntroduction, by Karl Edward Wagner"Modern Nero""Death’s Loving Arms""The Crawling Ones""The Pain Room""The Flame Fiend""Unholy Night!""Dark Slaughter""The Corpse Crypt""Mistress of the Dead""Terror Island""Satan’s Mistress""Tomb for the Living""Death Holds for Ransom""My Pupil—The Idiot!""Death Calls from the Madhouse""Death’s Door""Death Stalks the Night

New York: Crown Publishers, 1996. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/fine. A very near fine, signed, first American Edition, first printing, in a fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Red and grey boards. Minor spotting to fore edge. 347 pp. Octavo. “Another deviously construction Inspector Morse mystery from the masterly hand of Colin Dexter.”—The New York Times Book ReviewWhy would a sniper shoot suburban physiotherapist Rachel James as she sips her morning coffee? Inspector Morse's hunt for answers kicks off with a tabloid journalist, winds through the strip clubs of Soho, then returns to Oxford, where two senior dons and their wives battle for a plum promotion. Then, on the personal front, Inspector Morse receives intimations of his own mortality.And while Morse muses on life, he reveals his first name at last. . . .Praise for Death Is Now My Neighbor“An excellent writer . . . Dexter's mysteries featuring… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2013. First Trade Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. First Trade Edition, as stated, published after the limited edition. Complete number line 1-10. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Binding strong and square., uclipped. Hardcover, Octavo. Sequel to "The Shining.""He-e-e-e-r-e’s Danny!Before an alcoholic can begin recovery, by some lights, he or she has to hit bottom. Dan Torrance, the alcoholic son of the very dangerously alcoholic father who came to no good in King’s famed 1977 novel The Shining, finds his rock bottom very near, if not exactly at, the scarifying image of an infant reaching for a baggie of blow. The drugs, the booze, the one-night stands, the excruciating chain of failures: all trace back to the bad doings at the Overlook Hotel (don’t go into Room 217) and all those voices in poor Dan’s head, which speak to (and because of) a very special talent he has. That “shining” is a matter of more than… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993. First Edition. 1/4 cloth . Fine/very good +. A fine first edition in a very good plus dustjacket. Appears unread. Blue quarter cloth over red paper boards. Gilt title stamping on spine. Pages are clean and bright. Dustjacket is unclipped and sticker residue. 348 pp. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches tall, medium octavo. Seeking two truckers hauling a drum of lethal chemicals, San Diego detective Finbar Finnegan joins forces with two strong-willed female cops to investigate a deadly toxic waste scam." -Google books“A frolic, a joy, a hoot, a riot of a book.”—The New York Times Book Review/Penguin Random House“Raunchy and often hilarious . . . [Joseph] Wambaugh is at the top of his form here.”—Publishers Weekly/Penguin Random House

New York: Viking Press, 1980. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Near Fine/fine. Ver good plus/Near Fine 1980 contemporary Book Club Edition in black paper boards with black quarter cloth spine. Black and gold stamping on spine. "SK" stamped in gold foil on spine.Spots on top edge. In a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 371 pp. Octavo, 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall.

New York: Viking , 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. A near fine first edition, first state in a fine dust jacket. Black quarter cloth under black paper boards. SK in gold on front cover, title in gold on spine. Orange endpapers. Binding square and sturdy. DJ shows $22.95 US price. Complete number line. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 763 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. A double-double Whopper hot from the grill of "America's literary boogeyman," as he puts it in his introduction: four sizzling horror novellas sandwiched within the theme of "Time. . .and the corrosive effects it can have on the human heart." Sure, they're dripping with excess wordage and high-calorie sentiment, but cut away the fat and there's still more steak here than in any other horror book of the year. The premium cut sits on top: "The Langoliers," whose wildly original premise--that a group of airline passengers… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Very good first edition, second state in a very good plus dust jacket. All my copies from different sources show endpapers overglued to front flyleaf, so I assume this was a publishing run error and not a repair. There is a neatly inked gift inscription (1990) on FEP. Binding a bit soft. Jacket shows shelfwear at top edge, but no fraying or tatters. Black cloth boards with embossed SK, title in gold on spine. Orange endpapers. DJ shows $22.95 US price. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 763 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. A double-double Whopper hot from the grill of "America's literary boogeyman," as he puts it in his introduction: four sizzling horror novellas sandwiched within the theme of "Time. . .and the corrosive effects it can have on the human heart." Sure, they're dripping with excess wordage and high-calorie sentiment, but cut away the fat and there's… Read More

New York: Penguin Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. As new/near fine. An as new first edition, first printing with full number line.in an a near fine dust jacket. Jacket shows a scrape over last two letters in the word "novel." 553 pp., Octavo. Freddy and Fredericka are a British royal couple similar to Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. The two are sent to America on a comic adventure to fulfill a quest to achieve Freddy's destiny. The novel was named by National Review to be one of the ten great conservative novels written by Americans since the 1950s. The New Yorker said "at its best, the novel achieves genuine lightness," and the New York Times found it "great silly fun—a rowdy, rambunctious read that's part acid farce, part bittersweet fairy tale," --- Revolvy

New York: Scribner, 2002. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. As new/as new. A near fine Book club edition in an as new dust jacket. Complete number line. Blue quarter-cloth overwhite paper boards. A collectible copy for the Stephen King fan. Octavo, 6 1/2 inces x 9 1/2 inches tall. King, we learn in an author's note, hashed out the plot of this gripper while driving from western Pennsylvania to New York. The first draft took two months to write. That's quick work, and it's reflected in the book's simplicity of plot and theme; unlike King's chewy last novel, Dreamcatcher, this one goes down like a shot of moonshine, hot and clean, much like Cujo, say, or Gerald's Game. In 1979, an odd man drives what at first glance looks like a 1954 mint-quality Buick Roadmaster up to a service station in rural Pennsylvania, then vanishes, leaving behind the car. The state police of Troop D deposit the vehicle in a shed near their barracks, where, up to the present, it remains a secret from all… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. As new/as new. An as new/fine first editon in an as new dust jacket. Complete number line and unclipped dust jacket showing price of $28.00. Blue quarter-cloth overwhite paper boards. A collectible copy for the Stephen King fan. Octavo, 6 1/2 inces x 9 1/2 inches tall. King, we learn in an author's note, hashed out the plot of this gripper while driving from western Pennsylvania to New York. The first draft took two months to write. That's quick work, and it's reflected in the book's simplicity of plot and theme; unlike King's chewy last novel, Dreamcatcher, this one goes down like a shot of moonshine, hot and clean, much like Cujo, say, or Gerald's Game. In 1979, an odd man drives what at first glance looks like a 1954 mint-quality Buick Roadmaster up to a service station in rural Pennsylvania, then vanishes, leaving behind the car. The state police of Troop D deposit the vehicle in a shed near their… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Tight, very good copy, seventh printing. Signed by author, "George Burns | My Best." Missing dustjacket. Light grey paper boards with black quarter cloth spine. B/W photos throughout.187 pp. plus 4 pp. photos. Duodecmo, 5 x 8 inches tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1994. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/near fine. A very good Book club edition, first printing in a very near fine dust jacket. Grey paper boards over white quarter cloth spine. SK in red foil on cover, title in red foil on spine. White endpapers. First published by Viking Press and complete number line 1-10. Dust stains to top edge and fore edge. This massive book has been carefully read. Dust jacket shows no price and numbers 1094 on innner front panel. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover.787 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. A small town in Maine again serves as King's (Nightmares and Dreamscapes, 1993, etc.) setting in this deft, steady tale, in which two lovable geezers travel through hyper-reality to balance the books of human existence, or something to that effect. Since his wife's recent death, Ralph Roberts, age 70, has been beset by insomnia and hallucinations. These hallucinations appear as auras, terminating in… Read More