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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE APRIL 1978

This US magazine is in very good condition for its age.  The covers have been cut a little shorter than the rest of the pages of the magazine.  They are showing signs of wear and have creasing and some rubbing to the edges (especially adjacent to the spine),  The leading edges of the pages are grubby.  There is a light crease at the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover and all the su....

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....

DON’T FEAR THE REAPER **PC COPY**

This is a Publisher’s Copy (PC) of the signed numbered limited edition hardback produced by SST with a stated first edition August 2023 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.    UNREAD.  The title was previously published by Titan in 2023.  Contains bonus material not available in other editions.

A PC copy is a book that is identical to the Signed, Numbered....

DR PRIESTLEY INVESTIGATES

This is a first US edition from 1930 which lacks a dust jacket.  The book was published as Pinehurst in the UK.  The book lacks a dust jacket. In good condition for its age.

Stamped on the front pastedown is “Read-A-Book Library”.  Rough cut edges to pages (common in US titles).  Nicks to edges of the first 25 pages at leading edge.  Quite heavy age tanning to pages.  T....

FROM THE DEAD (Dark Tales) Limited Edition Hardback

A first limited edition hardback (300 copies only).  Beautiful boards.  UNREAD.

SYNOPSIS:  “Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) is principally remembered for her books for younger readers, among them Five Children and It and The Railway Children, all of which have been republished and represented to subsequent generations through a reassuring lens of Edwardian nostalgi....

THE ROOMING HOUSE (Limited Edition)

A first UK edition hardback limited to 400 copies only.  Published without a dust jacket.   Unread.

Edited by Mark Beech with illustrations by David Yates.

SYNOPSIS:  “This book presents ten unsettling, interconnecting stories by ten of our finest weird fiction writers, defining, in their mosaic fashion, a sort of map of a hitherto uncharted region of dark influence and ....

PEOPLE OF THE TALISMAN / THE SECRET OF SINHARAT

This is a first US edition paperback.  Heavy age tanning to pages and to insides of covers.   The covers, which are grubby,  are showing signs of wear to the extremities; some rubbing to edges.  Reading creases to spine.  Crease across the bottom left-hand corner of People of the Talisman cover.  Inch long light crease from the lower edge of the front cover in the centre of The Secret of....

VISIONS FROM YADDITH (Limited Edition Chapbook)

This is a first US limited edition chapbook – limited to 200 copies only.  This slim volume (8 pages) has stapled covers.  There is a small amount of rust on the two staples which has marked the rear cover slightly.

This is chapbook #127 of 200.  Facsimile signature of Lin Carter on the limitation page (page 8).  Introduction by Robert M Price.

SYNOPSIS:  “A colle....

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....

BODY UNIDENTIFIED

This is an un-dated trade paperback re-issue.  The book was originally published in 1937 in the UK as Proceed with Caution and in 1938 in the USA with the title Body Unidentified.   This re-print says originally published in 1938.   Other than that, there are no publication details.  Crease across bottom left-hand corner of front cover and at top of rear cover adjacent to the spine.

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....