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A LONG TRIP TO TEATIME

This is a first printing of the  US trade paperback edition.  The title was originally published by Dempsey & Squires (London) in 1976.  This edition marks a return to print of a book which has been unavailable since the late 1970s.  Unabridged.  It features the charming original illustrations by artist Fulvio Testa and was newly republished in the centennial of Burgess’s birth.<....

THE HOMETOWN BOOKSHOP

A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:  “Actress Charlotte has it all: a starring role in a West End show, a glittering social life and an equally high-flying boyfriend.  But when her perfect existence abruptly falls apart, she retreats to her hometown on the North....

NUDE – WITH A VIEW

This is a UK mass market paperback edition from 1966 (the title was first published in 1965) published by Four Square in the UK.

The covers which are generally grubby, are showing signs of wear to the extremities; chips to head and tail of spine and along the spine itself and rubbing to edges.   (The photo makes the white on the front cover look much brighter than it actually is).   ....

HALF-MAST FOR THE DEEMSTER

This is an undated hardback book club edition circa 1953.  The title was originally published in 1953 by John Gifford.

The book is generally grubby, especially the page edges.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine and to corners.  The pages are heavily tanned, especially the rear end papers.  Previous owner’s name written on front end paper.  The dust jacket has numerous sma....

BRITISH GANGSTER & EXPLOITATION PAPERBACKS OF THE POST WAR YEARS

This is a first UK edition trade paperback.  This slim volume (104 pages) is in very nice condition for its age.  No signs of damage and the pages are clean and bright.

The book covers paperbacks from the USA and UK (Vol 2).

Packed weight 300gms.  IN STOCK READY FOR DESPATCH

DR BLOODMONEY or How We Got Along After The Bomb

This is a mass mass market US paperback (Ace 15670) from 1976.  The title was previously published by Ace in 1965.

There is a remainder mark across the bottom edge of the pages.  The covers are generally grubby and there is some creasing at the top right-hand corner of the front cover and a crease across the top left-hand corner of the rear cover.  Some scuffing to rear cover and some....

THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES **PC COPY**

This is a Publisher’s Copy (PC) of the signed numbered limited edition hardback produced by SST with a stated first edition June 2023 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. UNREAD.

The title was previously published by Quirk Books in 2020. Includes extra bonus material.

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

LOVECRAFT’S DISCIPLES ISSUE #7

A  first limited edition (100 copies only) chapbook.  Rainfall Chapbooks are A5 sized publications with photocopied pages, laminated covers and stapled together.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Issue #7 in a series of Lovecraft tribute chapbooks containing stories and poems edited by John B Ford and Steve Lines.

SIGNED by co-editor John B ....

LOVECRAFT’S DISCIPLES ISSUE #7

A  first limited edition (100 copies only) chapbook.  Rainfall Chapbooks are A5 sized publications with photocopied pages, laminated covers and stapled together.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Issue #7 in a series of Lovecraft tribute chapbooks containing stories and poems edited by John B Ford and Steve Lines.

SIGNED by co-editor John B ....

GOBLIN: A Novel in Six Novellas (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first UK signed numbered limited edition hardback (500 copies only) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence and a stated First Edition December 2025.

(The title was previously published by Orion in the UK in 2024 and in the USA by Earthling in 2017).

Cover artwork and 6 interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin.

This is book #485 of 500 and is SIGNED by Josh Malerman and Ben Bal....

ROAD FROM HELL (Signed)

This is a first US edition trade paperback edition with a stated first edition.  UNREAD.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

The book is +SIGNED+ by Gerard Houarner.

SYNOPSIS:  “Max The Assassin is in Hell. Tormented by vengeful spirits and his secret self, the demonic Beast, Max suffers for the pain he caused when he lived and for losing his chanc....

MISS HOMICIDE PLAYS THE FLUTE (Signed Numbered Limited)

This is a UK signed numbered limited edition hardback (200 copies only) and a stated published November 2013.  UNREAD.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Book #50 of 200.  SIGNED by Brendan Connell on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Serena Plievier, flautist by profession, superlative decadent by tendency, must subsidise her income with the mel....

CASTLE SKULL

This is a first printing of the British Library re-issue B format paperback (130 x 198 mm). Introduction by Martin Edwards. The title was originally published by Harper Brothers in 1931.  Read once very carefully.

The book also contains an early rare Inspector Bencolin short story – the Fourth Suspect.  This was originally published in The Haverfordian in January 1927.

SYN....

THE KID FROM OZONE PARK & Other Stories Limited Edition Booklet + Aunt Fritzi

This is a small-sized stapled Limited Edition paperback booklet with a print run of 400 copies only with a stated First Printing August 1987.

Described as very good only because the staples have rusted a little.  The pages of the booklet are clean and there is no creasing.

A collection of short stories.  The stories are:  *Harry Protagonist, inseminator General;  *Fair Morsel;....

MIDLISTERS, DISPOSAL, MONKEY LOVE Signed Numbered Limited Novellas (Matched Set)

This is a matched set of Biting Dog’s three novellas, Midlisters, Disposal and Monkey Love published in 2007.  UNREAD.

Each book was produced as a signed, numbered limited edition (400 copies only of each book produced) with each of the books in this set being numbered #156.

Midlisters is signed by Kealan Patrick Burke

Disposal by Jeff Strand

Monkey Love by Jo....

A BLOOD OF KILLERS **Signed**

A first US edition trade paperback with a stated first trade paperback edition 2009.  UNREAD.  Described as very good because a small patch of laminate has lifted on the front cover (see photo)  and pages 51-70 have a tiny crease at the bottom corner of the pages (caused in transit).

The book is SIGNED by Gerard Houarner.

SYNOPSIS:  “In A Blood of Killers, prolific horro....