Land Laughs by Jonathan Carroll, First Edition (46 results)

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus. [London]: Legend [1989]. Good. 1989. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0099392607 . First edition thus. The author's first novel. 241 pages. Good or better copy [some spine/cover/upper corner creasing, cheap text paper starting to tan]. .

Horror First Paperback Edition. "Minor edgewear and scuffing. 2" crease at lower right front cover corner. Spine is mildly creased from having been read. Interior wraps are tanned but pages are clean.", , First printing.

1st Paperback Printing. Ace Books, 1983, 1st paperback printing, US fantasy horror paperback, wild surreal horror, great Walter Velez cover art, decent copy, moderate wear to edges and corners, minor wear to spine, still VG. Vintage Paperback.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. David Mattingly (illustrator). First Paperback. Small scratch on spine.

Paperback. first edition. near fine, unread paperback,

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth over red boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket. There is a previous owner's light stamp to bottom of front end paper and a date on the rear end paper. Overall, a tight, bright copy of the first edition of the author's classic first book. 241 pp. Priced accordingly.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First/first (U.S.) in dustjacket with mild edgewear. Not price clipped. Original price $10.95 on front flap. Quarter bound: blue cloth spine, gold lettering with rust red paper covered boards. Board edges beginning to fade with mild dark staining. Textblock top edge has some dust stains & foxing. A few small tan spots fore-edge. Sound binding. Clean, unmarked internal text. No underlining. No side-notes. This was Jonathan Carroll's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover first edition in excellent shape. Jacket shows very subtle edge wear but is wholly in fine condtion. Jacket is now in mylar. The book itself shows light shelf wear to boards, some faint smudges to textblock.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket. First Edition. Touch of soiling to top edges, former owner's stamp (WHS) to lower corner of front flyleaf, else an apparently unread, fine copy of the author's first book, in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, sun fading to the head with faint toning to the page edges, and light bumps to the spine ends. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has light bumps with mild creasing to the spine ends and corners, sunning to the spine, and some slight rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. First Edition. One tiny dampstain to back corner of book (and underside of dustjacket). It does not affect the integrity of the book nor the dust jacket. One erasure mark to the top of the front free endpaper. Overall, a most acceptable copy of the first edition of the author's classic first book. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition of author's first book. A fine copy in a near fine DJ with a nick at bottom of spine now in archival mylar wrapper. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #45.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 241 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine maroon with light yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$10.95". Minor shelf wear. Interior pages clean. Inscribed by Carroll on title page. Shelved Hardcover Science Fiction. 1390570. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Original wraps. uncorrected proof SIGNED sss08/22/19 VG some spine fading and staining(?) on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition hardcover flat signed by the author, with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket design by Mel Brofman. Jacket is slightly scuffed, and page block is lightly blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Signed by Author. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, signed by Carroll on title page. A fine copy in a near fine DJ with a hint of fading to the spine, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #144. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 241 pages. Cntents very tight, clean, without marks. Cloth is very clean, sharp & square. A short, very narrow bit of fade to top edge near right corner. Top edge has pale partial discoloration, (mino rin visibility). Unclipped dustjacket is bright & clean. FLAT SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY THE AUTHOR. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. One of 300 limited edition copies. Signed by Jonathan Carroll, Michelle Lopes, David Mattingly and Ryder Carroll. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Carroll, Ryder; Lopes, Michelle; Mattingly, David (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus, Limited, Signed. First edition thus, hardcover sealed in shrink wrap, signed by the author (Carroll) as well as the artists (Carroll, Lopes & Mattingly), and marked limited no. 67/300. The book has a tiny skew to the binding, and a touch of shelfwear to the spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, unopened Very Good+ copy in a Near Fine dust jacket, which has a hint of minor wear to the corners. Additional images are available upon request.

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. The author's first book. Obsessed with the works of Marshall France, a deceased reclusive children's author, Thomas Abbey travels to Galen, Missouri, the small town where France lived much of his life, in order to research and write France's biography. Abbey soon discovers that Galen and its inhabitants are intimately connected to France's writings in disconcerting ways. "Strongly characterized and beautifully paced, THE LAND OF LAUGHS combines elements of fantasy and horror into a piece of modern American Gothic which is ultimately sui generis." - Christopher Evans in Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 82. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-61. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 70. Winter list, p. 268. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#158365).

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-61. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: The 100 Best Books 82. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 70. Winter list, p. 268. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#128484).

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Fantasy/sf novel, the author's first book. In Pringle Modern Fantasy 100 Best: #70. and in Jones, Newman Horror 100 Best: #82. SIGNED AND DATED (5/9/87) IN BLUE INK BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED AND DATED IN RED INK BY THE AUTHOR ON THE SAME PAGE/''This laugh is for Neil at Mexicon - thank you for the support, Jonathan Carroll 28/5/89''. Note: Mexicon 111 was a UK Convention held in Nottingham, UK in May 1989 (I was there selling books). Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of wear along bottom spine edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 241pp. Beautiful First edition, Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear save perhaps a touch of softness to the crown but quite minor. Equally attractive clipped dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front end-paper to clearly someone more important than just a casual reader. "For Ruth in Vienna in 1981 - If you like this book half as much as I like you, then it is a very great success. My love, Jonathan". A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition of Author's First Book. Octavo. Decorated maroon dust jacket. Near fine, light residue front sticker removal at front panel, very minor edge wear, pages very slightly agetoned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition , first printing , NY 1980. A fine bright book in the publishers original binding. Clean with contents excellent. In a very near fine bright dust jacket with slightest edge rubbing at the rear top edge of the jacket. Not price clipped. A lovely book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition. Very fine in very fine dust jacket having a tiny bit of bumping at top and bottom of spine.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition Edition. Author's First Book. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket over boards. Near fine, half inch closed tear on front coverat botton corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Ed./1st Printing HARDBACK. SIGNED by JONATHAN CARROLL & Inscribed:'A land and laughs for Bill - Boston, 1993." DJ INTACT, no bumps. Softening at spine ends, trace of discoloring top edge. NO remainder mark. "For schoolteacher Thomas Abbey there was no writer to equal Marshall France, a legendary author of children's books who hid himself away in the small town of Galen and died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four. Tom and his girlfriend Saxony, wanting to write France's biography, arrive in Galen, where they discover the writer's fiercely protective daughter Anna is waiting for them. Before long, they realise that this idyllic little town and its inhabitants - both human and animal - are not quite what they seem: France's magic has spread beyond the printed page ." | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First US Edition. Foxing to the top edge and (much less so to the fore-edge) otherwise a near fine (or better) copy in a D/W that would be fine except for some foxing to the verso which does not show through to the front of the D/W. SIGNED & DATED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE: "Jonathan Carroll/ 3/9/87" (written above the title) and "This laugh is for/ Bob, to complete/ the set of Carrolls,/ almost./ My Best/ Jonathan/ 25.10.88/ Andremeda". Signed by Author.