Stories Darkness Dread (27 results)

very good - fine jacket only, NO BOOK.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Wrapper artwork by Denis Tiani (illustrator). 1st Edition. Limited to 4000, reportedly, actually 4138 copies. Collects 18 stories. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 47]. Condition: Near Fine with a trace of wear in like jacket. See photos clphE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. near fine near fine jacket minor spotting.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket 1973, small droplet marks on the top sheets.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Denis Tiani (illustrator). First Edition. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1973. Black Hardcover First Edition with DJ, 173 pp. Limited to 3472 First Edition printings. Collects 17 stories and a proem by one of the finest and most literate, albeit neglected, writers of 20th century horror and fantasy. The DJ has very light toning on spine, slight rubbing, and a half-inch tear ar the bottom right corner edge (between front and flap). These defects are not very noticable and the book is tight, square, and never been read.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Collection of 18 Weird/Ghost stories. Fine in VG jacket; age-toning; tiny curl oat head of spine.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket 1973, slight bumping,

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine book in a fine dust jacket 1973, ,

First edition. 173 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A new, unread copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 173pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, one of only 4138 copies printed. (Jaffery, Horrors & Unpleasantries, pg. 108). Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($6.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Design by Denis Tiani. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 173pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, one of only 4138 copies printed. (Jaffery, Horrors & Unpleasantries, pg. 108). Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($6.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Design by Denis Tiani. A gorgeous collectable copy.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 3472 copies printed. Collection of eighteen stories. [Reference: Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a small damp stain to upper left rear corner. (22811).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dust Wrapper artwork by Denis Tiani (illustrator). First Edition. Title: Stories of Darkness and Dread Author: Joseph Payne Brennan Format/Binding: Hardcover in Jacket Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine JacketEdition: First Edition Limited Edition Author's Edition #9/100 copies Signed Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City WI Date Published: 1992 Pages: 173 Sauk City: Arkham House 1973. First Edition. Hardcover Copy #9/100 numbered copies of the "Author's Edition" signed by the author and created jointly by Joseph Payne Brennan and Stuart David Schiff. Limited to 4000, reportedly, actually 4138 copies. Collects 18 stories. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 47]. Condition: Near Fine copy with significant bumping to the spine heel, a thin vertical line, appears to be a to cloth on the rear board, and a very light bottom edge bump to the front board in Fine dust jacket. LR2/4E.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused copy. The black board and gold inlay printing do show a speck of wear. This copy could have been printed yesterday. The 6.00 jacket has some light rubbing wear, some light tanning else fine. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Property of Hal Crawford to reverse of front board covered by jacket flap. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Arkham House, 1973. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Arkham House, Pub., Sauk City, WI., 1973; 1st edition; very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket; limited to 4000 copies; Joseph Payne Brennan; Modern First Editions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Denis Tiani (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, 173pp., collection of 18 horror stories; limited to 4000 copies and only 100 copies uniquely signed and numbered by the author, this being number 83 signed by Joseph Payne Brennan on front free endpaper, along with the initials "A.E." for "Author's Edition." Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Denis Tiani (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good hardcover (8vo) bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering on the spine. Bumping to head of front corner. Minor bumping to both spine ends. Binding is square and tight, with firm hinges. Text block clean and free of markings. Jacket near fine. Minor bumping to spine ends. Small creasing related to bumping on upper front corner. Clean and bright. Not price clipped. A beautiful copy of Brennan's weird fiction short stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 4138 copies printed. Joshi EIGHTY YEARS OF ARKHAM HOUSE #123. SIGNED by Brennan on front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust wrapper. Story collection that, per Joshi, has not been reprinted. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $6.00 on the front flap. (#178717).

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $6.00 on the front flap. (#168959).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#128470).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#11581).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#11591).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Limited to 4,138 copies. Signed by Joseph Payne Brennan on a label affixed to the front pastedown. Eighteen short stories by the writer Stephen King called "a master of the unashamed horror tale". Small octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Brennan. 4138 copies printed. Collects seventeen short stories and a prose poem. "Brennan's forte was the small-town horror story . New England towns where characters are swallowed up by the gulf separating an antiquarian past from a soullessly modernized present. Many of the stories presciently anticipate the dark fantasy movement of the 1970s through the horrors the arise out of fears and concerns of ordinary lives." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-50. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#162707). Signed.