Edited Introduction William Nolan (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; paperback original. "First Avon printing December 1965" statement to the copyright page, .50c price and code 416369 printed to the front cover. A superior anthology of twelve stories of the future--some of them horror tales--by deep-thinking science fiction and horror authors including Charles Beaumont, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Kris Neville, Charles E. Fritch, Ray Bradbury, George Clayton Johnson, Robert Sheckley, Hugh Hood, Chad Oliver, Ray Russell, Ron Goulart, and William F. Nolan. Nolan prefaces each story with a short article about the author and their writing. Some age-toning to the spine and cover borders as usual, else very tight, unread and very nearly fine in glossy stiff-card wraps with a supreme example of intellectually surreal cover art by Richard Powers; original printed .50c price and code G1278 still intact to the front cover. Mass market paperback original.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1999. "Fourth Printing, November 1999" (stated) of the First (1st) Edition. (First published September 4, 1999.) As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The binding is gray half cloth to black boards, colors uniform throughout, with bright silver title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and fully intact with the original prices partially clipped on the front flap. See photos. xvii, 396, [iii] pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". A collection of twenty (20) short stories, long unavailable, that previously were published only in magazines. Included are "The First Thin Man" and three Sam Spade stories: "A Man Called Spade", "Too Many Have Lived", and "They Can Only Hang You Once." Introduction by William F. Nolan and edited by Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. ISBN 10: 0375401113 / ISBN 13: 9780375401114.

First edition Fine and bright blue boards with silver titles in like dustjacket with clean bright text. Nicely illustrated with vintage photographs. Has become scarce. Nicely inscribed and signed by one of the editors, Jane Easton and dated on the publication date May 29, 1992 to the opening flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed slight tearing on dust jacket.