About this title: This is a collection of short stories by Leiber, most of which were written in the 1940s and appeared originally in either "Weird Tales" or "Unknown" magazines.
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1978
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. One spine crease, light edge wear and light cover wear. Interior clean, unmarked, binding tight, pages crisp. No ISBN number, SBN 425036693, Berkley Medallion Book. 275p.; 18 cm. This collection originally published: Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947; Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1975. read more
Edition: 1st Sphere Edition; First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sphere, London
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780722154762ISBN:0722154763
Description: Very Good+ 0722154763. 240 pages; Very Good Plus condition. No creases. Just a bit of shelf rub to cover edges. Solid, clean. Classic fantasy and horror stories from the master of fantastic fiction. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing/ Medallion, NY
Date Published: 1978
Description: Very Good. White, clean, solid softcover, foxing to preliminary pages otherwise, a sharp copy. All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin
Date Published: 1947
Description: First edition. Foredge and boards soiled, tiny holes in front gutter, a good copy in good only dustwrapper with a large tear, and a large but faint stain on the front panel. read more
Description: No Dustjacket as Issued. Near Fine. No Jacket as issued. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, reprints the Arkham House edition, a wee bit of foxing to the text block but a nice copy overall, this contains: The Sunken Land; The Girl with the Hungry Eyes; A Bit of the Dark World; Diary in the Snow; The Hound; Dreams of Albert Moreland; The Hill and the Hole; The Inheritance; Smoke Ghost; Automatic Pistol; The Man Who Never Grew Young; Adept's Gambit, any image ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisc.
Date Published: 1947
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. This book has a black and gray dj with gray spine lettering and black-and-white cover illustration. DJ has ittermittent, mild soil, and some edgewear. Book itself is very clean, with only mild soil/wear to cover/page edges. Leiber's first book, this is a collection of short stories. 237 pages; approx. 5"x7". read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good in Good jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Limited to 3000 [reportedly actually 3084] copies. 230 pages. Small holes in cloth at gutters, and edge of the rear cover stained, else Very Good copy in price clipped Near Fine Dust Wrapper with a 1/2" hole along the spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1947
Description: Octavo, Ronald Clyne. cloth. First edition. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 for story "Adept's Gambit. " A near fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with mild rubbing to corners and spine ends and some age-darkening ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good in Fair jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Limited to 3000 [reportedly actually 3084] copies. 230 pages. Tape/glue staining to endpapers [and Dust Wrapper flaps], but not an ex-library copy, else Near Fine copy in a Dust Wrapper that has been trimmed to fit an old style Dust Wrapper protector. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Limited to 3000 [reportedly actually 3084] copies. 230 pages. Small label to the rear paste-down else VG+ copy in price clipped and edge-browned VG+ Dust Wrapper with some wear/fraying to the spine head. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Limited to 3000 [reportedly actually 3084] copies. 230 pages. Bookplate else solid VG+ copy in edgeworn [especially spine ends] Dust Wrapper with several short tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1947
Description: Octavo, Ronald Clyne. cloth. First edition. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 for story "Adept's Gambit. " A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some slight rubbing at edges. (#126696) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1947
Description: Octavo, Ronald Clyne. cloth. First edition. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 for story "Adept's Gambit. " Lower front corners gently bumped, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to lower corners. ( ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1947
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with 15mm closed tear at bottom edge of front panel and some light age-darkening, mostly ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1947
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 for story "Adept's Gambit. " A fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild rubbing along front flap fold, small rub spot to front spine panel fold. A very nice ... read more
Edition: 1st edition. 1st Printing.
Binding: HC in dust jacket.
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: Author's first book, 3084 copies printed. Previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpage. Some offsetting to the front and rear endpages. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1947
Description: First edition. 8vo. 237pp. Publisher's black gilt decorated cloth, slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Dusty top-edge. Clean, crisp and unfaded dustwrapper with almost non-existent shelf wear to the lower edge. A lovely copy made even more interesting by the addition of an inscription from Mr. Leiber: "For Byron Warner / who, I know, is / well acquainted / with the mysterious / terrors of the / upper air. / Fritz Leiber Jr. " As we always do when receiving a book with an inscription, we ... read more
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