halloween
1981.
new york: bantam books. isbn: 0-553-14036-1. 4 x 7 inches.166 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: reading crease. toning throughout. creasing to pages 59 and 60. cockled. shelfwear throughout. good++.
horror & thriller
tales of science and sorcery
british mass market paperback edition, 1976.
london: panther books. 7 x 4.25 inches. 223 pages. softcover. bound by paper wrappers. book condition: toning to block. shelfwear and edgewear throughout. very good.
and the darkness falls
first edition, 1946.
jacket design by leo manso.
contributors include: paul verlaine, ivan turgenev, ambrose bierce, arthur conan doyle, algernon blackwood, w. somerset maugham, william yeats, edgar allen poe, charles baudelaire, nikolai gogol, joseph conrad, and h.p. lovecraft.
clevland, ohio: world publishing company. 6 x 8.75 inches.....
the secret history
first edition, 1992.
new york: alfred a. knopf. 5.5 x 9.5 inches. 523 pages. hardcover. bound in pictorial paper-covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription to pastedown, light bumping to spine. near fine. jacket condition: light scratches throughout. unclipped($23.00). near fine-.
darkly dreaming dexter
advanced reading copy, 2004.
new york: anchor books/ doubleday. isbn: 038551123x. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 240 inches. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.
amphigorey
first edition, 1972.
new york: g.p. putnam's sons. unpaginated. 8 x 11 inches. hardcover. bound in illustrated boards. book condition: bumping to edges, a few small stains to back board, large scratch to front free endpaper. dust jacket absent.
the sundial
first uk edition, 1958.
during her life the prolific horror and mystery writer shirley jackson published some six novels, two memoirs, and over two hundred short stories. this novel describes the experiences of twelve people in a mansion at the end of the world. jackson's book was first published.....
the stand
first edition, 1978.
post-apocalyptic novel by america's most celebrater horror and science fiction writer. explores clashes between good and evil in the aftermath of a deadly global pandemic. king initiated this writing project with the intent to create an epic similar to lord of the rings.
new.....
the secret history
first edition, 1992.
a group of classics students at a liberal arts college in rural vermont grapple with the death of their friend under unusual circumstances.
tartt's debut novel was a quick bestseller. it is by-and-large considered the inspiration for the "dark academia" internet trend of the.....
elizabeth: a novel of the unnatural
first edition, scarce. 1976.
a supernatural horror story told from the perspective of fourteen-year-old elizabeth. this debut novel was first published by ken greenhall under his mother's maiden name. "elizabeth" was reissued in 2023.
new york: random house. 5.75 x 8.5". isbn: 0394498755. 153 pages. hardcover. book.....
Out of stock
appointment with death
reprint edition, 1938. scarce.
new york: grosset & dunlap. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards with red stamping. book condition: some soiling to head of block. some offsetting of jacket to front board. some shelf-wear. very good-. jacket condition: notable shelf-wear. chipping to spine.....
the velvet room
third printing, 1971. scarce.
illustrated by alton raible.
new york: scholastic book services. 4.25 x 6.25 inches. 303 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: very light shelf-wear. slight reading crease. very good plus.
the pale horse
first edition, 1961.
london: collins crime club. 5 x 7.5 inches. 256 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato cloth-covered boards. jacket condition: clipped.
the shuttered room & other pieces
first edition thus, 1959. limited to 2500 copies.
compiled by august derleth.
sauk city, wisconsin: arkham house publishers. 5 x 7.5 inches. 313 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: some toning. near fine--. jacket condition: fading to spine. notable toning to rear panel. chipping throughout.....
the dunwich horror and others
1963 printing.
selected by august derleth, with texted edited by s.t. joshi and an introduction by robert bloch.
sauk city, wisconsin: arkham house publishers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 433 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. both hinges starting. floxing to head of block. very good--. jacket condition.....
the moons at your door
first edition, 2016. out of print edition.
"thirty hallucinatory tales selected by david tibet."
london: strange attractor press. isbn: 978-1907222429. 6 x 8.5 inches. 450 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.
we have always lived in the castle
first mass market paperback edition, 1963.
new york: popular library. 4.25 x 7 inches. 173 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: reading creases to spine. lightly edgeworn. very good-.
the consumer and other stories
first paperback edition, 1994.
los angeles: 2 13 61. isbn: 1880985268. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 237 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: shelf-wear throughout. light creasing to rear panel. faint soiling to head of block. very good.
the dead zone
first edition, 1979.
a clairvoyant has just woken from a five year coma.
often considered one of stephen king's finest novels: an example of the author at the height of his powers, just before he achieved literary fame and cultural relevance.
new york: the viking press.....
burning your boats
first us edition, 1995.
gathers carter's early short stories, many written before her breakthrough work, the bloody chamber. in this collection we hear her emergent voice, a blend of dark fantasy and social commentary. in stories like "the man who loved flowers" carter twists the familiar into the grotesque.....
the scapegoat
book club edition, [1950s]. scarce with dust jacket.
london: the book club. 7.5 x 5 inches. 311 pages. hardcover. bound in yellow cloth-covered boards. book condition: slight lean. very good ++. dust jacket condition: two small chips to spine. light soiling commensurate with age. very good.
child of god
first edition, 1973.
the haunting tale of lester ballard was described in 1974 by a new york times critic as "an essentially sentimental novel that no matter how sternly it strives to be tragic is never more than morose" and recently on reddit as "a poisoned chalice."...
frankenstein: or, the modern prometheus
first edition thus, 1949.
a seminal text and a landmark of gothic literature, shelley's novel was published anonymously in 1818 when the author herself was just 18. the novel was initially met with mixed reviews, though its profound exploration of creation and mutation has since earned it a......
the haunting of hill house
fourth printing, 1959.
jackson's gothic horror novel is full of thrills and fears. a doctor montague invites himself and a few guests to stay in a supposedly haunted house. frightening events ensue.
in a 1959 new york times teview, critic edmund fuller wrote: "with her 'conceit' of.....
dracula
first thus, 1965.
perhaps the most well-known gothic horror novel of all time. epistolary in form, the narrative is communicated through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. positive reviewers appreciated the use of horror, while negative reviews found the tale too frightening. the novel has been adapted for.....