Stephen Fabian Illus (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. #99 of 250 signed by the author, illustrator . Excellent, unread, like-new condition in like-new dust jacket in slipcase. Ships in a box packed with care.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. FINE in FINE dust jacket; color dj and b/w interior artwork by Stephen Fabian. Introduction by E Hoffman Price.

Illus. by Stephen Fabian, 9.25 x 6", cloth, 155pp, hinges a little loose else a nice, fresh copy in a nice, clean dustjacket and lightly rubbed slipcase. LIMITED TO 50 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ROBERT WEINBERG, AND THE ILLUSTRATOR, STEPHEN FABIAN, ON A BOOKPLATE INSIDE THE FRONT COVER. Weird Tales Library.

Octavo; hardcover; 267pp. Mild wear; random spotting to the text block edges, Slightly scuffed dustwrapper with light wear to edges and corners; a few spots on inner flaps of dustwrapper; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Limited edition of 1500, of which 150 are numbered and signed in ink by the author and artist - this being No 18.

First edition, first printing. Presentation copy from the publisher, Oswald Train. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by Stephen Fabian, who also provides illustrations within. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright. In the bright, clean dustwrapper, which has a couple of small tape repairs to the verso: a previous owner has tried to disguise a couple of scuffs to the spine and front panel with red ink (now faded); the tape seems to have been applied to avoid any staining to the cloth. Not price-clipped ($10.00 to the upper edge of the front flap). A lovely copy, with an intriguing association. There is an extended inscription from the publisher, Oswald Train, written in green ink to the front endpaper: "Again, for Margaret with love. This one is my latest, and it has a long and interesting history behind it. And I wager it is unlike anything you have ever read before. Sincerely, Ossie". Oswald Train (1915-1988) "was involved in the nascent Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, attending the first (highly informal) Convention in 1936. A significant Small-Press publisher, he was the main figure behind Prime Press. In 1968 he founded his eponymous publishing company, which specialized in detective fiction, although it also released work by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, A. Merritt, P. Schuyler Miller and Olaf Stapledon" (adapted from The (Online) Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Seabury Quinn (1889-1969) was an American lawyer who published a large number of 'weird' stories. He was the most prolific contributor to the journal 'Weird Tales' during its 31-year life-span (the introduction to 'Alien Flesh' is provided by fellow contributor, E. Hoffman Price). 'Alien Flesh' was his only novel and was published posthumously. The author was (according to the Encyclopedia) the unnamed writer figuring in an anecdote related by Kingsley Amis in his 'New Maps of Hell' (1960), of "a science-fiction writer, [who,] happening to visit a New Orleans bordello, found his works so popular with the staff that he was asked to consider himself their guest for the evening" (Amis, pp. 59-60). 'Alien Flesh' is described on the jacket as "the odyssey of a man trapped in woman's flesh by Oriental necromancy". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.