Introduction by Shepard Lucius (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in stapled card covers. 1 of 200 copies signed by Blaylock, Parks, Shepard and Cynthia and Mark Ziesing. 42pp 8vo. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. Limited, signed first edition. A collection of four novellas, of damnation and dark revelation, of epiphany and redemption, winner of the 2005 World Fantasy Award. Included are "Cleopatra Brimstone", a dark horror tale; "Pavane for a Prince of the Air" the shortest of the stories and the least fantastic and winner of an International Horror Guild Award; the short novel "Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol", the story of an early 60s children's special, long since believed destroyed, which holds a cherished place in the memories of the two lead characters; and finally "The Least Trumps" set on an island off the Maine Coast where the daughter of a children's book writer makes a living as a tattooist. Issued only as a limited edition, this is #88 of 500 copies SIGNED by Hand on a special limitation page. Introduction by Lucius Shepard and Story Notes by the author. 296 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is limited to 750 copies signed by the author, the illustrator and the introducer. This book is number 293. Laid in are three 3x5 sized cards in blue cardstock with illustrations. This book is in Near Fine condition , has a Near Fine dust jacket and a Near Fine slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "James Paul Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. Blaylock has cited Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens as his inspirations. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author & Illustrator. Illustrated by Dennis Loughner (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Walt gets cranky when Lew stops keeping his donut shop open all nite; he and his wife spat over shoes. Blaylock was one of a small group of California writers mentored by Philip K. Dick. Deluxe edition of this short story, #156 of 224 hardcover copies, SIGNED by all contributors. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, near fine, some cockling from the four real photos glued in. Size: Octavo. Viki Blaylock, Phil Parks (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

First edition. Publisher's original illustrated boards, with titles in red and white to both boards, and in red, orange, and yellow to the spine. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a small bump to the tail of the spine, the binding bright and fresh. The contents, with a little spotting to the bottom edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Presented in dos-à-dos format, this mind-bending science fiction double volume by French bilingual author and academic Sébastien Doubinsky features striking cover art by Chris Roberts. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…