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THE STORY WRITER and Other Stories: The Best of Richard Wilson Volume 1

A trade paperback edition originally published in 2011.  This is a later printing.  In very nice condition.  Light crease to top edge of rear cover.

A book in the John Pelan Presents Series.  John Pelan presents Classics of SF and Fantasy Volume 2:  The Story Writer and Other Stories The Best of Richard Wilson Volume 1.  Includes an introduction by John Pelan and an Afterword by Ri....

A HOUSE FULL OF WINDSOR

This is a US trade (larger-sized) paperback edition.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:  “Spanning from 1980s London to a present-day reality TV show, A House Full of Windsor explores how one woman’s messy past shapes her family’s future and how long-buried secrets and resentment must come to the surface for them to move on.

Debbie Windsor was always fascinat....

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

A first UK edition paperback in good condition for its age.  The pages are heavily tanned by remain eminently readable.  The covers are showing signs of shelf wear to the extremities and are a little grubby.  Crease across rear cover.  Some indentations to front cover.

SYNOPSIS:  “The spy who loved me was called James Bond, and the night on which he loved me was a night of scr....

WE CAN SEE YOU

A UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a 4 to 10 number sequence indicating a 4th printing.  Covers showing some signs of wear and there are some indentations to the front and rear  cover.  Reading crease down front cover, adjacent to the spine.

SYNOPSIS:  “You have it all.  Success.  A beautiful home.  A happy family.  And then in a heartbeat, it’s all g....

THE HITCHHIKING EFFECT (Signed Numbered Limited)

A signed numbered limited edition hardback (100 copies only). Published without a dustjacket.  Unread.  Bought new at publication from the publisher and stored carefully ever since.

Book #38 of 100.  SIGNED by Gene O’Neill on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS: “This fine retrospective collection brings together some of Gene O’Neill’s best known fiction. The....

THE HITCHHIKING EFFECT (Signed Numbered Limited)

A signed numbered limited edition hardback (100 copies only). Published without a dustjacket.  Unread.  Bought new at publication from the publisher and stored carefully ever since.

Book #36 of 100.  SIGNED by Gene O’Neill on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS: “This fine retrospective collection brings together some of Gene O’Neill’s best known fiction. The....

BLOODSTONE

A first UK edition published by Creme de la Crime an imprint of Severn House Publishers with a stated “First world edition” Price still on dustjacket. Pictorial boards.  Unread.

A Brother Athelstan historical mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King’s....

THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD IV: JUDGEMENT DAY

A UK edition hardback with a 2 to 10 number sequence indicating a second printing.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  Some age tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price but is showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, sees Terry Pratchett, Professor Ian Stewart and Doctor Jack Cohe....

SPHINXES AND OBELISKS

A UK edition trade paperback (152 x 230 mm).  Unread.  Originally published as a limited edition hardback by Tartarus Press in 2021.

SYNOPSIS: Why did Queen Victoria demand to see the disembodied head of a talking sphinx? Why will you never find the fabulous art deco book In That Look the Unicorn Stood? What was the slight flaw in the idea of racing cheetahs at the White City? What wa....

DAMAGE (Signed)

A UK edition trade paperback (152 x 230 mm).  Unread.  Originally published in hardback by PS Publishing in 2016.

SIGNED by Rosalie Parker on the title page.

SYNOPSIS:  “The stories are:  *Homecraft; *Random Flight; *A Correpondence; *Beth – Harvest Home; *Walking Tour; *Siren; *Damage; *Selkie – A Scottish Idyll; *A Life in Cars; *The Monument; *Th....

SONGS OF THE NORTHERN SEAS – An Anthology

A first UK edition hardback.  Published without a dust jacket.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “Edited by Mark Beech, this is an anthology of thirteen tales of the Arctic north, twelve of which were written especially for this volume and appear here for the first time.

These are tales cast up in dangerous latitudes, hooked on the cardinal points of traitorous compasses. They are dark....

THE CHIANTI FLASK

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 in 1935 by William Heinemann.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:  “An enigmatic young woman named Laura Dousland stands on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her elderly husband Fordish.  It seems clear that the pois....

THE FATAL POOL

A first UK edition hardback.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine and minor bump to all four corners of the boards.  Previous owner’s label attached to ffep.  Age tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is definitely showing its age.  There are some pieces missing at the head and tail of the jacket spine.  It is generally grubby, especially the rear panel, and has rubbing, creasing, ni....

Master of the Moors SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED

A first US signed numbered limited edition hardback (450 copies only). Stated First Edition. Unread. Price still on dust jacket. Bought new at publication and stored carefully every since.

Book #282 of 450. SIGNED by Kealan Patrick Burke on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS: “Sixteen year old Jane Mansfield and her blind brother Neil live in a manor on the edge of the Brent Prio....

THE SORROW KING (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first signed numbered limited edition hardback (150 copies only).  Published without a dust jacket.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Book #66 of 150.  SIGNED by Andersen Prunty on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “The papers call it “The Suicide Virus.”  The teenagers of Gethsemane, Ohio, are killing themselves at an alarming rate....

THE SORROW KING (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first signed numbered limited edition hardback (150 copies only).  Published without a dust jacket.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Book #65 of 150.  SIGNED by Andersen Prunty on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “The papers call it “The Suicide Virus.”  The teenagers of Gethsemane, Ohio, are killing themselves at an alarming rate....