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HARDBOILED CTHULHU

A US trade paperback edition.  There is some minor creasing to bottom right-hand corner of the front cover, and the rear cover has two indentations visible when held in the light.  Some age tanning to insides of covers.

Edited by James Ambuehl.

SYNOPSIS:  “Over 20 hard hitting, hard edged, hardboiled stories that take Lovecraftian Mythos to places where only the toughest ....

ALL THE RAGE

This is a UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  The covers are showing some signs of wear to the extremities and there are some indentations on the front cover.  Some light tanning to pages.

SYNOPSIS:  “It’s 1981, and the nation is going Eurovision-crazy.  A young band, Things Fall Apart, are the British hopefuls with their catchy hit, Let’s Be Famous.  Despite th....

THE WOMAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Signed)

This is a trade paperback edition of this title which was originally published by Tartarus in 2024 as a limited edition hardback.  Faint crease at top edge of rear cover caused in transit.  Unread.

SIGNED by R B Russell on the title page.

SYNOPSIS:  “When a body falls on to the roof of Tanya Sewell’s house in the middle of the night, the world’s media arrives, dem....

HEAVEN’S HILL (Signed)

This is a trade paperback edition.  The title was originally published by Zagave Press in 2022.  Very light crease across the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover and the first few pages, caused in transit.  The crease isn’t really showing up in the photo.  Unread.

SIGNED by R B Russell on the title page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Ruth Pritchard’s childhood friend, Oli....

MYSTERY AT THE STATION HOTEL

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First Edition.  Price still on dust jacket.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine.  The dust jacket has creases to match the bumps.  The book was damaged in transit.  Unread.

The Railway Detective Series Book 23.

SYNOPSIS:  “Shrewsbury, 1866.  At the Station Hotel, staff struggle in vain to rouse Mr Julian Lockyer who request....

MYSTERY AT THE STATION HOTEL

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First Edition.  Price still on dust jacket.  Minor bump to head of spine and a more substantial bump to the top of the rear board (see photo).  The dust jacket has creases to match the bumps.  The book was damaged in transit.  Unread.

The Railway Detective Series Book 23.

SYNOPSIS:  “Shrewsbury, 1866.  At the Station Hotel, st....

THE TREE OF SACRIFICE (Limited Edition)

This is a first UK limited edition hardback (limited to 333 copies only).  Published without a dust jacket.  UNREAD.

SYNOPSIS:  “Available in English for the first time, Per Faxneld’s The Tree of Sacrifice comprises forty-four Swedish folk-Gothic tales.   Each of the forty-four short tales included is beautifully illustrated by artist Mimmi Strinnholm.

The book is....

THE LAST WORD IS DEATH

A first UK edition hardback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket..   Minor bump to head and tail of book spine caused in transit.  Small creases on dust jacket to match the bumps.   Read once very carefully.

Book Two in the Val and Arbie mysteries.

SYNOPSIS:  “Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift arrives at Da....

TALES FROM THE COMING WAR (Limited Edition)

A first Limited edition hardback (limited to 300 copies only).  Beautiful boards.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “One day, we will read the last book we will ever read; listen to the last record. We will run down the street, laughing, drenched to the bone by the last rainstorm. Far from the crumpled clothes in the hall, we will feel under the sheets for the last time that familiar heart-be....

TALES FROM THE COMING WAR (Limited Edition)

A first Limited edition hardback (limited to 300 copies only).  Beautiful boards.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “One day, we will read the last book we will ever read; listen to the last record. We will run down the street, laughing, drenched to the bone by the last rainstorm. Far from the crumpled clothes in the hall, we will feel under the sheets for the last time that familiar heart-be....

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES (Signed)

A UK paperback edition.  Originally published in this edition in 1993, this is a later re-print from 1996.  Age tanning to pages making them rather brown and foxing to top of pages not affecting text. Bumped at head and tail of book spine.  The covers are showing signs of wear to the extremities and they have some staining to the rear panel and some minor creasing.  The covers are more yell....

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DARK RECKONING

A paperback edition.  Some light tanning to pages.  Faint crease across the top right-hand corner of the front cover.

SYNOPSIS:  “Holmes notices a crowd gathered inside Hyde Park at the scene of a murder. He forces his way through the crowd and discovers a decapitated body. As the mystery starts to unfold, he begins to suspect that his presence at this scene was no coincidence. ....

DHOULA BEL: Or, The Magic Globe (Limited Edition)

A first limited edition hardback (330 copies only) with a stated First Edition.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “Dhoula Bel  has long been considered the great “lost novel” of Paschal Beverly Randolph, who was one of the greatest of all occult authors. Though the novel, very likely, was never actually published in book form, it did appear, under the byline “The Ro....

UPUAUT (Limited Edition)

A first limited edition hardback (230 copies only) with a stated First Edition September 2024.  Unread.  the dust jacket is a sand colour – the photo makes it appear blue.

SYNOPSIS:  “Upuaut  is the story of an Italian masseur who, enshrined in his villa at the foot of the Alps, near the castle of the long-dead Baron Racalli, is subjected to occult influences, of the fore....

BENDIGO SHAFTER

A US paperback edition re-issued in 2005.  This is a later, undated printing of that re-issue.  Some age tanning to pages.  Covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  The photo makes the covers appear a brighter green than they actually are.  Appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “You can take the boy out of the mountains, but…

At what point does a gr....

KILRONE

A US paperback edition originally published in this edition in 1996.  This is a later, undated printing.  Age tanning to page.  The insides of the covers are very heavily tanned.  On the rear cover, a small patch of laminate (half-an-inch x quarter-of-an-inch) is missing where a label has been removed. The book is tightly bound and square.

SYNOPSIS:  “When Major Frank Paddock ....