Introduction Langan John (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 306 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 5.50x0.70x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original grey cloth with red titles to the spine, in the Chris Nurse illustrated dustwrapper. Textured endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with fine pictorial dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped ($75 to the upper front flap). Issued in an edition of 235 numbered and 15 lettered copies, from which this example is numbered 190, and signed by Brian Evenson and John Langan in black ink on the limitation page. The 30th Anniversary Edition of prolific horror writer Brian Evenson's first short story collection (William Knopf Publishing, NY: 1994), retitled here as 'Altmann's Tongue', featuring 'Killing Cats', 'A Slow Death', 'Extermination', 'The Abbreviated and Tragical History of the Auschwitz Barber', 'Stung', 'My Possessions', 'Hey, Luciano!', 'Job Eats Them Raw, with the Dogs: An Undoing', 'Hole', the complete 'Boly Stories', 'Bodies of Light', and 'The Sanza Affair'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First American hardcover edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author, the illustrator and John Langan who provides an introduction. Publisher's original black cloth with colour printed label to the upper board and silver titles to the spine, in the Ben Baldwin designed dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Ben Baldwin. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright, original dustwrapper that has a scuff to the bottom corner of the upper panel taking some of the surface layer of paper. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies, this example is numbered 100 and signed by Bret Easton Ellis, Ben Baldwin and John Langan on the colophon. Originally slated for publication by Simon and Schuster, the American hardcover edition was cancelled and the novel published as a paperback original by Vintage. The British edition published by Picador is the true first hardcover edition. This Centipede Press edition is the first illustrated, and first American hardcover edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.