Horror Novels

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943 First printing of the first edition. One of 1,217 copies printed, Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. The companion novel to The Outsider and Others.

Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication announcement card and a subsequent information card, as well as a letter from Derleth verifying an order for copies of Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block is faintly age toned, but clean, unmarked, and tight in binding. Scarce dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine head and tail and at corner tips. Overall near fine to fine condition.

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers 1st Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860.[2], 260, [4, ads] pp. Publisher's brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with elaborate blind stamped Harper and Brothers cartouche on front and back boards. Ads state B. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. Used. Good- Condition. Our copy lacks it's spine. Some water-spotting noted. Please see our photos. States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Both pairs of chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. First American edition, second state, with first page of rear ads headed "By Miss Mulock," listing eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.] A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, a smash success upon publication. Has become rare, like the author's gift for spellbinding tales. This book is acknowledged as creating and popularizing the detective/mystery genre in Victorian Great Britain. Will ship from Oregon.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING & PROFESSIONALLY AUTHENTICATED BY PSA/DNA. Includes their ironclad certificate of authenticity. Also nicely inscribed and dated as shown. Lovely near-fine condition: the book appears unread and there's only mild blemishes on the boards and dust jacket. Extremely scarce with authenticated signature. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

Doubleday, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Emanuel Schongut. First edition/printing. Book is in Near Fine condition with very minor wear and the dust jacket (in a protector and unclipped) is in Fine condition! Translated from the French by Francis K. Price. The classic novel of psychological horror that was made into the 1976 Roman Polanski film. A very sharp copy of this very scarce book, with different jacket art than the (equally scarce) first U.K. edition.

PSA AUTHENTICATED & SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING. Includes ironclad PSA full Letter of Authenticity. Also inscribed as shown. Complete & uncut edition, later printing, with Holdorf cover. Outstanding condition: appears unread, so text pristine; boards have sharp corners and bright lettering; DJ only mild blemishes and now protected with new mylar. In my opinion, a breathtaking presentation, completely unmatched anywhere given professional authentication. Expedited shipping is welcome; international buyers please request a shipping quote before purchase. Signed by author.

The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance; C. Arthur Pearson LTD; London, 1897. FIRST EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; Half-title; title pp in orange and black with p"2" numbering 1st. page, and integral advertisement leaves at end. (A few small stains to a few leaves). Half bound (with rebacking & recorning & endpapers renewed) in gilt-ruled crushed red morocco; original red cloth front/back covers in publisher's red cloth gilt. A handsome copy of a classic horror novel written by a "father of modern horror/sci/fi" H.G. Wells. Veering from the first person narrative perspective of his previous novels, "The Time Machine" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau", Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view The novel is considered influential for its time, and helped establish Wells as the "father of science fiction"[1]. One of the main inspirations for Wells when writing The Invisible Man was Plato's Republic, which impacted him significantly when he read it as an adolescent. The legend of the "Ring of… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of Stephen King's first book. First Edition stated on copyright page, with P6 code printed in the gutter of p. 199 of the text indicating the first state. A great copy, which I will try to describe thoroughly to prospective buyers. This is a bright and square copy in maroon cloth that has a few minor spots of rubbing/soil remnants, perhaps as if the book was handled a bit outside of the jacket. The book seems too tight to have been read. The gilt titling to the spine is bright, with a few small rubbed imperfections in "Carrie". Light rubbing to cloth at bottom of boards, but not nearly worn through. Rear paste-down has a small, 5mm defect at the corner, where it is torn but still pasted down. Original, price-clipped dust jacket is bright with some edgewear, crinkling at lower front flap fold, with a piece of scotch tape also having been applied to the inside… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977 First printing of the stated first edition, first issue with the publisher’s code “R49” printed in the gutter of p. 447; in original first issue dust jacket. Basis for the 1980 Stanley Kubrick adaptation starring Jack Nicholson. Book with light rubbing to spine ends and a tiny crimp to the bottom front corner, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and flap margins, faint crimping to upper spine end, very faint crease to upper front corner, and light wear to extremities, primarily at the edge of bottom spine, else fine. an exceptional copy indeed.

New York.: Walker, 1970. First hardcover edition.. Publisher’s white cloth, black spine title, top edge stained blue.. Near fine, cover edges lightly toned, in a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket.. 21.5x14 cm.. Signed by the author on the title page. weight: 0.7 lb.

Fred De Fau & Company. New York. 1902. LIMITED EDITION. One of 1,000 numbered sets, this number 942. 10 volumes. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.5 inches). Finely bound by Brentanos in contemporary half tan morocco. Each spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments multi ruled and lettered in gilt and with blind tooled centre decorations. Marbled paper on boards. Gold on grey marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt, the others untrimmed and a few gatherings still unopened. Illustrated with decorative head and tail pieces, vignettes in the text and multiple full page black and white illustrations by F. S. Coburn throughout. Each frontis plate protected with a printed descriptive tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Pages nice and clean throughout. There is some minor bumping and rubbing to the corners of the bindings and a couple of small scratches to the lower board of volume 9 but overall this is a near fine, handsome set in excellent condition that looks wonderful on the shelf.

First Suntup Edition first printing of this horror novel that became the 1976 movie of the same name. Starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens. This is the Artist edition limited to 750 copies signed by the artist Juliana Kolesova. Then SIGNED by Harvey Stephens who played Damien in the movie on the half title page. As far as I know this is the only copy Stephens has signed. Signed by Stephens at the 2022 Frightmare in the Falls festival in Niagara Falls. Will include a program from the show and a copy of my ticket to the show. In fine / fine unread condition.

New York: Viking. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Faint foxing on side text block edge. ; Handwritten dedication by King to author William Burroughs on title page. ; Signed by Author .

First edition first printing of this novel that became one of the best horror movies of all time. SIGNED and lined by Eileen Dietz who was the face of Pazuzu the demon in The Exorcist and possessed Regan ( Linda Blair's Character). Performing scenes that were deemed too scary or violent for Linda Blair, on the title page. Rear free end page has two tape stains to it. Button of Eileen as Pazuzu included. In near fine / near fine condition.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING directly to the title page and not personalized. Mr. King's autograph has been professionally authenticated by Beckett and includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity. Book club edition. Autograph obtained in person in October 2017 after a speaking engagement. Book is near fine with with clean bright text, unblemished boards, and a very attractive dust jacket, now with a new mylar cover; appears unread. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING and professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA; includes their ironclad full Letter of Authentricity. NOT inscribed or personalized to anyone but dated as shown; extremely scarce thus. Gutter code Y4- (2nd digit covered) so printed some weeks after Y38 1st edition. Book is near fine with clean text and remarkably nice boards but DJ has wear at spine extremities. Price ($15.95) is intact and cover image remains attractive and looks quite appealing with a new mylar cover. EXTREMELY SCARCE AUTHENTICATED - this is the only one in the world. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.