About this title: There's a traveling man the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung on his guitar. In his wanderings John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him. Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. For the first time the Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects all of John's adventures published throughout ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9781601251886ISBN:1601251882
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1980 Dell paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean, lightly tanned pages with some reading wear, store stamp on 1st pg., creased spine, light edgewear, some cover scuffing & chipping. 238 p. Glued binding. Planet Stories. Illustrations. read more
Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Star
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780352300652ISBN:0352300655
Description: Very Good. Books is square and solid with faintly worn spine and shiny wraps. Protected by archival mylar bag. You'll feel the caress of stardust on your hands when this beauty arrives at your door! read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books [1964], New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good. Signed First edition thus. Ballantine U2222 with 50 cents cover price. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. Collects 11 stories. 186 pages. VG+ copy [shallow upper corner crease to the front cover, cheap paper tanned] with a small tear to the spine heel. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House First Edition
Date Published: 1963-01-01
Description: Very Good. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tight binding, very clean pages. No marks or highlighting. Dust jacket in nice condition with some very light rubbing and edgewear. Excellent condition! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers,
Date Published: 1963
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2058 copies printed. Collection of short fiction featuring John, the wandering ballad-singer of the Southern mountains. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-316. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1671. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1094. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-222. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#76707) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers,
Date Published: 1963
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2058 copies printed. Collection of short fiction featuring John, the wandering ballad-singer of the Southern mountains. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-316. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1671. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1094. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-222. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with light rubbing at bottom spine end and lower front corner tip. A nice copy. (#112750) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed First edition. This copy has been generically inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Limited to 2000 [reportedly, actually 2058] copies. 213 pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper [three very minute spots/specks of wear else a brilliant As New Dust Wrapper]. Signed copies of this edition are uncommon. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books [1964]
Date Published: 1964-01-01
Description: Good. Nice unmarked, unused copy with a few small cover tears, tanned pages. Free, automatic1st class upgrade for books under 14 ounces. Free Priority upgrade to all domestic orders over $20.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Very Good. Arkham House. Sauk City, 1963. Cloth. 12mo. Book is Very Sound. D-j is Sound. Limited Edition. 213pp. Bumped. Light wear to the cloth with some rubbing on rear board. Rubbed. Folds, edges, and corners of the jacket rubbed and cracked; yet sound. Several crease marks to the lower right corner of the jacket; otherwise, leaves are crisp and all is sound. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. 1963 edition, no statement, don't know if its first edition or not. Cloth hardcover. Good Book/Fair Jacket. Ex-library. 7.5 * 5.3. 213 p. Washmarks on most of the pages and most of them are marginal, wrinkles & bents on some pages; minor scratches, bumps, bents, library tags, and moderate edges' creases, bumps, bents, chips, wears on the jacket, jacket covered in Brodart & taped to cover, part of front & back flap of jacket been trimmed by library, black smears drawn ... read more
Description: Octavo, cloth. Barron (ed. ): Horror Literature 4-316. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #1671. Fine, a hint of darkening to text block, in a fine dust jacket with a light vertical crease near spine fold (probably a dust jacket later added, folded in shipping). read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Date Published: 1963
Description: 2058 copies published. Attractive dust cover illustration by Lee Brown Coye. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, #100. Barron: Horror Literature, 4-316. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with only a light fade to red lettering on spine panel and light crease along top of the front panel. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin
Date Published: 1963
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author First Edition. One of 2058 copies. Inscribed by the author to his brother, Paul I. Wellman: "To Paul who appreciates the other natural men still alive in this unnatural world---Contra Campa, Manly " and "...upon a summer morning I heard my brother say 'Let's go upon Hark Mountain to pass the time away..." Paul Wellman was a successful author of numerous western novels including "The Comancheros" which was the basis for ... read more
Description: Octavo, cloth. Excellent association copy! Inscribed presentation copy from the author to the co-founder of Arkham House, Donald Wandrei: "To/ Donald Wandrei/ with/ great admiration/ Manly Wade Wellman/ "...and the times are past/ that we have seen..." A collection of Silver John stories. Barron (ed. ): Horror Literature 4-316. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #1671. A very good copy, covers have been moisture stained, most noticeable to the upper rear cover, in a very good dust ... read more
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