A FAMILY AFFAIR
A superlative and scarce Avon Satanic Gothic by the legendarily accomplished Banis as "Lynn Benedict".
A superlative and scarce Avon Satanic Gothic by the legendarily accomplished Banis as "Lynn Benedict".
Handsomely illustrated signed limited first edition of Bloch's Lovecraftian homage, quadruply signed by the book's author, illustrator, cover artist, and designer.
Association copy of the first printing of Barbara Cartland's exclamation-laden fever-dream of health tonics and daily affirmations, worshipfully inscribed to the "lovely" Margaret Thatcher, who is also profiled in the book.
Scarce first US edition of this ghost adventure by the pseudonymous writing team of Adelaide Manning, formerly of the War Office, and her neighbor, British intelligence officer Cyril Coles.
Rare first edition of Cullinan's great American horror novel of familial corruption, self-delusion, and the sins of an undead national history.
Signed first printing of the best-selling serial-killer thriller, first in a continuing series starring detectives Lincoln Rhymes and Amelia Sachs.
First printing of the famed Dell edition, with the landmark gothic cover that anticipates the "woman running from the house" designs of the gothic romance wave a decade later.
First paperback edition of this genre-crossing double pastiche, originally published in 1978 and reprinted as part of the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series.
Signed limited edition of this surreal gothic story of a man who becomes sexually entangled with a woman and her mother — in striking and blingy dust jacket.
Signed first printing of this collection of six of du Maurier works, including THE BIRDS and DON'T LOOK NOW, with atmospheric illustrations by Michael Foreman.
Limited first English-language edition of Green's Poe-like nested narrative of a student's psychological disintegration.
First printing of the modern thriller, following FBI trainee Clarice Starling's increasingly chilling interviews with Hannibal Lecter while in search of a serial killer.
First edition of the fifth of King's novels to be published under his own name, one of his most successful works and the basis for a film adaptation by David Cronenberg.
Signed first edition of King's foray into one of the darkest reaches of human suffering, inscribed by King to the owners of venerable independent bookstore Bookshop Santa Cruz.
First edition of King's sprawling and terrifying coming-of-age epic, set in Derry, Maine, where friendship is forever if the clown in the drains doesn't get you.
Deluxe signed limited edition of this retrospective collection of Leiber's short fiction, including his classic "The Girl With the Hungry Eyes," and "Two Sought Adventure," the first of his sword and sorcery stories.
First printing of this collection of Moore's early stories, starring the iron-souled Jirel of Joiry and the roguish wanderer Northwest Smith.
First Centipede Press edition, one of 200 numbered copies signed by Moser, McGrath, and Alfrey.
Lurid novelization of the Hammer Horror film based on the life of Elizabeth Bathory.
Scarce, lovely first edition of Penrose's neo-gothic epistolary novella.
First English-language paperback edition of LA COMTESSE SANGLANTE, re-titled to coincide with the release of the Hammer horror film based on Penrose's singular gothic historical fantasia.
Rare first printing of this selection of Poe's tales, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
Uncommon and stylish French edition of the ur-Gothic novel, with the finest paperback cover illustration ever offered to Ann Radcliffe in any language.
First edition in book form of these three Golden Age weird tales: The Radium Pool, The Phantom of Terror, and The Red Dimension.