Fantastic Literature

THE UNDEAD

Dickie James (editor) · 1971

£33.95 (€40.66 | $45.66 | ¥7,215)

Neviller Spearman 1st edition. This is a literary collection of horror stories all dealing with vampires. Most of the stories are around a century old, some older, some newer. The editor did a fantastic job of picking stories near fine hardcover in a very good dustwrapper

THE HIDDEN ADVENTURES OF SHERLCOK HOLMES - signed and dated

Paxton Bill · 2000

£26.95 (€32.28 | $36.25 | ¥5,727)

Omnibus Enterprises 1st edition. SIGNED and dated copy. The hidden adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains 2 short stories and a novel. The novel is "The stolen Treasure of Knights of Malta." The short stories are "The mysterious Key" and :Wart's Dilemma." very good hardcover c...

THE BEST TALES OF TERROR OF ERCKMAN-CHATRIAN

Erckmann-Chatrian, Lamb Hugh (editor) · 1981

£23.95 (€28.69 | $32.21 | ¥5,090)

Millington 1st edition. Stories that engulf darkness and mystery from the two 19th century French writers. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper. Spine shows sunning to the red letters of the title

KEEP OUT THE NIGHT - signed, limited edition

Jones Stephen (editor) · 2002

£46.95 (€56.23 | $63.15 | ¥9,978)

PS Publishing 1st edition.SIGNED, 500 limited edition. The first volume of the "Not At Night" series. Collects 12 stories by Ramsay Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith,and others. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Edward Miller, dustwrapper. British Fantasy Award for B...

DARK OF THE NIGHT

Jones Stephen (editor) · 1997

£27.95 (€33.48 | $37.59 | ¥5,940)

Pumpkin Books 1st trade edition. Modern masters of the macabre as Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, Stephen Laws, Douglas E Winter, Richard Christian Matheson and others show you what it is like to loose control--of your mind fine hardcov...

JOHN THE BALLADEER

Wellman Manly Wade · 1988

£27.95 (€33.48 | $37.59 | ¥5,940)

Baen 1st printing. Collection of 17 short stories (written in two chronological periods, 1951-58 and 1979-86) plus a few ultra-short vignettes written in 1962-63, presented in the order they were written, and all set in Appalachia near fine mass market paperback, Steve Hickman...

WAKING NIGHTMARES

Campbell Ramsey · 1991

£57.95 (€69.41 | $77.95 | ¥12,315)

Little Brown 1st UK edition. This is a collection of short horror and supernatural fiction published between 1980-89 and prefaced by a short introduction in which the author outlines the circumstances in which they were written. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

STRANGE TALES FROM THE STRAND

Adrian Jack (editor) · 1991

£19.95 (€23.89 | $26.83 | ¥4,240)

Oxford 1st edition. Containing twenty-nine stories of the weird and uncanny, all originally published in the Strand , this collection is an enthralling mix of horror and the supernatural, unnatural disasters, madness, and revenge. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Mick Brownfield...

SEVEN TALES OF SEX AND DEATH

Duncker Patricia · 2003

£10.95 (€13.12 | $14.73 | ¥2,327)

Picador 1st edition. Seven Tales of Sex and Death is a gripping, haunting read, with an edgy tone reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe at his most dazzling and thought-provoking. Its dark, disquieting images linger long after the book itself is finished. fine hardcover copy in a fin...

SHADOWS AT MIDNIGHT: Ten ghost stories - signed by both

Maynard L H & Sims M P N · 1979

£87.95 (€105.34 | $118.30 | ¥18,691)

William Kimber 1st edition. SIGNED by both. In this masterly collection of tales, the authors take us into that unquiet land, in the witching time of night, where malign presences seek to entwine the unwary in their web of evil. near fine hardcover copy in a near fine, Ionicus...

WEREWOLF

Haining Peter (editor) · 1987

£46.95 (€56.23 | $63.15 | ¥9,978)

Severn House 1st edition. An anthology collecting fifteen stories by Robert E. Howard, Algernon Blackwood, Oliver Onions, Guy Endore, and others. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Trevor Newman, dustwrapper

UPON THE MIDNIGHT: An anthology of sixteen ghost and horror stories

Bull R C (editor) · 1957

£43.95 (€52.64 | $59.12 | ¥9,340)

Macdonald 1st edition. To the task of compiling a truly original and gripping collection of tales of the uncanny, Randolph Bull brings a knowledge of his subject - and a taste for the bizarre - at once unique and enormously appealing. very good hardcover copy in a very good du...

TALES OF WITCHCRAFT

Dalby Richard (editor) · 1992

£10.95 (€13.12 | $14.73 | ¥2,327)

Michael O'Mara 1st edition. An anthology of stories about witches (mostly) and witchcraft (occasionally), noteworthy for having a recently (1991 date of publication) discovered Montague Rhodes James story that had only appeared one other place before this. fine hardcover copy ...

THE ZIMIAMVIA: A TRILOGY

Eddison E R · 1991

£47.95 (€57.43 | $64.50 | ¥10,190)

Dell 1st edition. Each of the books in this unique trilogy is an epic complete in itself. Read together, they form one of the greatest imagined worlds in fantasy literature. This new Dell edition contains recently discovered fragments of The Mezentian Gate fine b-format paperb...

HAUNTED CASTLES: The Complete Gothic Stories

Russell Ray · 2016

£7.95 (€9.52 | $10.69 | ¥1,690)

Penguin 1st printing. Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of 'Sardonicus', 'Sanguinarius', and 'Sagittarius'. near fine b-format paperback

LONDON'S GLORY

Fowler Christopher · 2015

£23.95 (€28.69 | $32.21 | ¥5,090)

Doubleday 1st edition. In every detective’s life there are cases that can’t be discussed, and throughout the Bryant & May novels there have been mentions of some of these such as the Deptford Demon or the Little Italy Whelk Smuggling Scandal. fine hardcover copy in a near fine...

ENGLAND'S FINEST

Fowler Christopher · 2019

£23.95 (€28.69 | $32.21 | ¥5,090)

Doubleday 1st edition. The Peculiar Crimes Unit has solved many extraordinary cases over the years, but some were hushed up and hidden away. Until now. fine hardcover copy in a near fine, Max Schindler, dustwrapper

TALES OF THE TATTOOED: An Anthology of Ink

Miller John (editor) · 2019

£7.95 (€9.52 | $10.69 | ¥1,690)

British Library 1st edition. Featuring previously hidden works from the pages of rare literary magazines such as "The Starfish Tattoo" alongside such classics of the genre as Tanizaki's "The Tattooer" and Saki's "The Background," fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

SPIRITS OF THE SEASON: Christmas Hauntings

Kirk Tanya (editor) · 2018

£27.95 (€33.48 | $37.59 | ¥5,940)

British Library 1st edition. Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting the best Christmas ghost stories from the 1860s to the 1940s fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

THRILLING WONDER STORIES December 1949

Merwin Samuel (editor) · 1949

£17.95 (€21.50 | $24.14 | ¥3,815)

Standard Magazines 1st edition. Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, James Blish and Murray Leinster very good pulp magazine