Stephens Stephen Editor (7 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paul Bacon (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback, Canadian printing. A 485-page anthology with a self-explanatory title. Spine creases, edgewear, a VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to., 368pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence, of this anthology with stories by such a wide diversity of authors from Bram Stoker and Ray Bradbury to Sting and Woody Allen. Bound in red cloth with lettering and decoration stamped in black on the spine and front board. Illustration inset on front board. Illustrated within by Vince Locke. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Laid in is a signed, hand-written letter, signed by an Editor of Barnes and Noble, (assuming a relationship with the publisher Metro Books), to Otto Penzler, legendary editor and publisher, founder of the Mysterious Press and proprietor of the famed Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. The purpose of which is to solicit his opinion about the new published anthology. A gorgeous collectable copy of a very nicely produced title and a nice association.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 315 pages. 9.50x8.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Magazine. Condition: Good. Future Publications, July 1953 issue; 13.5cm x 18.5cm; 158pp., [2, ads]. Digest of hardboiled crime and suspense stories with one feature ("Dig My Grave", Harold Q. Masur), one novelette ("The Big Deal", Stewart Sterling), & nine short stories ("Hula Homicide", Will Oursler; "Easy to Kill", Dorothy Dunn; "Better Off Dead", Michael Avallone; "Booty and the Beast", Day Keene; "The Smell of Blood", Hunt Collins; "Vengeance", John Stephens; "The Dip Detail", C.M. Kornbluth; "Cheat", Sam Cobb; "Three's a Shroud", Bruce Walton), plus editorial, movie and book reviews. Cover by Allan, illustrations by Orban, Freas, Miller, and Berwin. Spine remains uncreased, stapled bind remains sturdy and intact; text is very good throughout; minor chipping at spine ends, wraps a little bit puckered over spine; gentle crease to front cover, else only minor rubbing, edgewear to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second Edition, original cloth, recased, covers soiled, pp441.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. Publisher Fisher Unwin, London, no date. Third edition. 1st ed. Fair condition. In orange boards with black lettering. Boards discoloured and stained. Corners bumped, wear to ends of spine. Spine binding fragile but all pages intact, no markings in text. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Printing. RARE, OCLC locates one holding , at New York Public Library. A semi-monthly magazine, first published Jul 1, 1929. 88 pages, 68 of which showing illustrations of designs and descriptions of patents and trade marks. Very Good Plus, small tear top edge front wrapper and several small tears bottom edge rear wrapper, majority of pages with uniform browning.