Heroes Horrors by Leiber Fritz Edited Stuart Schiff (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Tim Kirk (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrations after drawings. Leiber's signature taped to the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First paperback edition, first printing. Publisher's book number 83225 with $2.25 cover price. Introduction by John Jakes. Collects nine of Leiber's stories. Cover illustration by Michael Whelan. A fine and bright copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First paperback edition. Publisher's book number 83225 with $2.25 cover price. Introduction by John Jakes. Collects nine of Leiber's stories. Cover illustration by Michael Whelan. A fine and bright copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xv, 237 Pp. One Of 3500 Copies. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dj, Signed By The Editor, Stuart Schiff (Only). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Tim Kirk (illustrator). 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Leiber on the half title page, with a personalized inscription. This copy has also been signed by Schiff , and Tim Kirk (with a picture of a dragon). This is a First Trade edition - following a limited, numbered edition. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The brown cloth book covers have some spots of light fading to the top edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition, with the exception of some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "Leiber was heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Graves, John Webster, and Shakespeare in the first two decades of his career. Beginning in the late 1950s, he was increasingly influenced by the works of Carl Jung, particularly by the concepts of the anima and the shadow. In the mid-1960s, he began incorporating elements of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. These concepts are often mentioned in his stories, especially the anima, which becomes a method of exploring his fascination with, but estrangement from, the female. Leiber liked cats, which are featured in many of his stories. Tigerishka, for example, is a cat-like alien who is sexually attractive to the human protagonist yet repelled by human customs in the novel The Wanderer. Leiber's "Gummitch" stories feature a kitten with an I. Q. Of 160, just waiting for his ritual cup of coffee so that he can become human, too. "(from Wikipedia) ; Signed by All Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Tim Kirk (illustrator). 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good to Near Very Good+ dust jacket. "Many of Leiber's most acclaimed works are short stories, especially in the horror genre. Owing to such stories as "The Smoke Ghost", "The Girl With the Hungry Eyes", and "You're All Alone" (later expanded as The Sinful Ones) , he is one of the forerunners of the modern urban horror story. Leiber also challenged the conventions of science fiction through reflexive narratives such as "A Bad Day For Sales" (first published in Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953) , in which the protagonist, Robie, "America's only genuine mobile salesrobot", references the title character of Isaac Asimov's idealistic robot story, "Robbie". Questioning Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, Leiber imagines the futility of automatons in a post-apocalyptic New York City. In his later years, Leiber returned to short story horror in such works as "Horrible Imaginings", "Black Has Its Charms" and the award-winning "The Button Moulder". " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Michael Whelan (illustrator). 1st Edition. First paperback edition/printing (1980 Pocket 83225). Near Fine condition with a small watermark top text edge (external only) - otherwise tight and nice.