SF/FANTASY/HORROR Catalogue 1 (A-K) (WARNING LONG POST)
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Rocky and Jill Heck
11671 Ohio Avenue
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Specializing in Modern First Editions and Small Press
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We Buy Books
The following is the introduction to our snailmail catalogue. We
include it to give you an idea of who we are and what we do.
This posting only includes our sf/fantasy/horror books and
anthologies. E-mail a request for the complete catalogue and
we'll add you to our list. Hope we haven't broken any netiquette
rules here. We welcome any guidance, suggestions, requests -
even flames, provided they are interesting and imformative!
Thanks for your time.
"We spend more time working for our labor-saving devices
than they do working for us." - Edward Abbey.
We lead off with that particular quote as a partial explanation
for the tardiness of what was to be our Summer catalogue which
has since become our Autumn Catalogue. The sudden and unexpected
demise of our hard drive and the month-long series of computer
failures that followed are to blame for the delay. However, we
cannot lay the entire blame on technology. We must confess, we
have been distracted. Rocky is in the maddening process of
screenplay negotiations which includes rewrites, research and -
yes, yes, yes - "taking meetings." Other current technological
distractions are "Doom," "Taipei," "Dune2," and learning the
Internet!
There were other distractions as well. The Las Vegas Book Fair
and Horror Writers of America's Bram Stoker Awards were both very
enjoyable. The Donatos run a very pleasant fair and we met quite
a few friendly and helpful dealers there. Through the HWA, we
were fortunate enough to meet a delightful new writer, Robert
Devereaux, who has a frightening novel out titled "Deadweight,"
from Abyss. Dennis Etchison offered free lessons at the Craps
tables (we only lost forty dollars!). John Skipp pointed out how
wonderfully evil the town was and that he couldn't wait to get
home to report his findings to the faithful. We finally got to
meet the wonderful writer of "The Vampire Tapestry," Suzy McKee
Charnas. Suzy has a stage adaptation of the Floria Landauer
segment of the Tapestry which we attempted to produce in L.A. We
haven't given up on that one yet! Neither has Suzy! We picked
up a few interesting items in Las Vegas, some of which you'll
find in these pages. We also took a short jaunt to Seattle and
are seriously considering moving there very, very soon. If
anyone has any information about commercial-live-in rentals or
jobs in the interactive market in Seattle area, we'd appreciate a
call, a letter, or E-mail.
You will find a little more than dry description of condition in
this catalogue. We have included, in italics (note: much of this
refers to our snailmail catalogue), first lines, prefatory
dedications, review quotations, poems, and many other referential
lines from the books themselves. We intend, as the catalogue
grows, to do much more of this. We also intend to move slightly
away from the collectible, high-end books, and toward small press
books and books we genuinely like. We will always carry the
scarce and sought-after items, but we feel that there are not
enough outlets for the discovery of interesting books from such
presses as the Dalkey Archives, Coffee House Press, the gay and
lesbian presses, Ziesing, TAL, and Silver Salamander, as well as
all of the University presses.
Speaking of small press, our next step is publication! God help
us! We plan to publish Lisa Morton's story, "The Freeway," as
our first signed/limited chapbook, illustrated by the author.
Lisa wrote the screenplay for the cult film, "Meet The
Hollowheads," and her short stories will soon appear in "The
Mammoth Book Of Frankenstein Stories" and "After Hours." Look
for this first release sometime in October.
We will be at the following book fairs:
SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH - California Antiquarian Book Fair -
Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
OCTOBER 8TH AND 9TH - Antiquarian & Used Book Fair -
Anaheim Convention Center, Room B
NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH
California Antiquarian Book Fair -
Burbank Airport Hilton and Hotel
Come by and see us, we would love to meet you.
ORDERING INFORMATION
Books may be reserved by phone and will be held for 10 days
pending receipt of payment. An answering machine is available so
please feel free to call and leave a message regarding an order
or inquiry on the machine. Please leave your telephone number so
we can call and confirm your order.
SHIPPING & HANDLING
Shipment within the U.S. is 4th Class U.S. Mail (book rate).
Please add $3.00 for the first book and $1.00 for each additional
book. All orders are insured up to invoice price. First Class,
UPS, air mail, overnight mail, extra insurance, etc. available at
current rate.
TERMS OF SALE
All books are subject to prior sale. Payment by check or money
order must accompany order. California residents please add
8.25% on all orders. Books may be returned for any reason within
10 days. Please call us first before returning. Discounts
available to the trade except for books marked "Net."
ALEXANDER, KARL
1. Time After Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00
N.Y. 1979 Delacorte 1st F/F
Nicholas Meyer film based on this. H.G. Wells chases Jack
the Ripper through time!
ANTHONY, PIERS
2. Being A Green Mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
N.Y. 1987 Ballantine/Del Rey 1st F/F
Book Five of "Incarnations Of Immortality" series.
3. Juxtaposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
N.Y. 1982 Ballantine/Del Rey 1st VG/VG small bookseller's
label on endpaper, small piece missing from dw
Final volume in the "Blue Adept" series by the award-winning
author of the "Xanth" series.
4. On A Pale Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
N.Y. 1983 Ballantine/Del Rey 1st F/F
Book One of "Incarnations Of Immortality" series.
5. Unicorn Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00
N.Y. 1988 Ace/Putnam's 1st VG/VG
Book Six of the "Apprentice Adept" series.
ATTANASIO, A.A.
6. Beast Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $13.95
Willimantic 1984 Mark V. Ziesing 1st Trade VF/VF
Illustrated by Rick Demarco and Rich Schindler.
AUEL, JEAN M.
7. The Valley Of Horses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75.00
N.Y. 1982 Crown 1st F/F
Signed by author. Second volume of Earth's Children series.
BARRETT, NEAL JR.
8. Through Darkest America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
N.Y. 1986 Congdon and Weed 1st U.S. VF/VF
BLAYLOCK, JAMES P.
9. The Last Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $60.00
Willimantic 1988 Mark V. Ziesing 1st VF/VF in VF slipcase
Illustrated by Dennis Loughner. #522/750 copies signed by
author, artist, and Lucius Shepard who wrote introduction.
BRENNAN, JOSEPH PAYNE
10. Stories Of Darkness And Dread . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Sauk City 1973 Arkham House 1st NF/NF
BROOKES, OWEN
11. The Widow Of Ratchets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
N.Y. 1979 Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1st VG/VG
The first novel of this pseudonymous nonfiction author.
CADIGAN, PAT
12. Dirty Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $65.00
Shingletown 1993 Mark V. Ziesing 1st VF/VF in VF slipcase
Illustrated by Rick Berry. #177/300 copies signed by author
and Storm Constantine who wrote introduction.
13. Dirty Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $29.95
Shingletown 1993 Mark V. Ziesing 1st VF/VF
Illustrated by Rick Berry.
CASTRO, ADAM-TROY
14. Lost In Booth Nine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $35.00
Woodinville 1993 Silver Salamander 1st VF/VF
#201/300 clothbound copies signed by the author, Dean Wesley
Smith, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch who wrote the
introduction.
CHAPLIN, PATRICE
15. By Flower And Dean Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
London 1976 Duckworth 1st U.K. VG/VG
"The London sky was pale and hard and glistened like an ice
rink." Jack the Ripper is back!
COPPER, BASIL
16. From Evil's Pillow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
Sauk City 1973 Arkham House 1st F/F
COLSON, S. DARNBROOK
17. Snakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net $5.95
Leesburg 1992 TAL Publications 1st VF/in wraps as issued
Illustrated by Kim Colson. Signed by author. Limited
chapbook #103 and #104/500.
CORMIER, ROBERT
18. Fade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00
N.Y. 1988 Delacorte 1st Uncorrected Proof VG/in wraps
Uncorrected galley proof by the author of "The Chocolate
War."
CROWLEY, JOHN
19. Little, Big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45.00
N.Y. 1981 Bantam 1st VG in wraps minor rubbing and edgewear
True first of Crowley's highly acclaimed fantasy tale about
the life, love, and adventures of Smoky Barnstable.
D'AMATO, BRIAN
20. Beauty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
N.Y. 1992 Delacorte 1st ARC VG/in wraps
From uncorrected proof of author's first novel. Update of
the "Frankenstein" story.
DAVIS, WADE
21. The Serpent And The Rainbow . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
N.Y. 1985 Simon and Schuster 1st F/F
Supposed autobiographical story of a Harvard scientist's
journey into the secret society of Haitian voodoo.
Basis of film.
DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE
22. The Hand Of Zei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50.00
N.Y. 1963 Avalon 1st VG/VG minor creasing to fep, half,
and title pages, minor rubbing
23. The Tower Of Zanid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50.00
N.Y. 1958 Avalon 1st VG/VG minor rubbing
DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE AND PRATT, FLETCHER
24. Wall Of Serpents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00
N.Y. 1960 Avalon 1st VG/VG minor edgewear to top and bottom
of dw spine
DEE, RON
25. Dusk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
N.Y. 1991 Dell/Abyss 1st VF/in wraps as issued
Uncorrected page proof of Dee's vampire novel set in Dallas.
This was the third book in the Abyss line.
DISCH, THOMAS M.
26. The Silver Pillow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $10.00
Willimantic 1987 Mark V. Ziesing 1st Trade VF/VF
Illustrated by Harry O. Morris.
DOZOIS, GARDNER; DANN, JACK; SWANWICK, MICHAEL;
CASPER, SUSAN; AND HALDEMAN, JACK C. II
27. Slow Dancing Through Time . . . . . . . . . . . Net $22.00
Shingletown/Kansas City 1990 Mark V. Ziesing/Ursus 1st Trade
VF/VF
Illustrated by Arnie Fenner and Vern Dufford.
EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC
28. Mixed Feelings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
N.Y. 1974 Harper & Row 1st F/F
Short stories with an introduction by Theodore Sturgeon.
ELLISON, HARLAN
29. Angry Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.00
Boston 1988 Houghton Mifflin 1st F/F
30. Deathbird Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00
N.Y. 1975 Harper & Row 1st NF/NF
31. Ellison Wonderland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
London 1979 Millington 1st U.K. VG/VG
32. The Essential Ellison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65.00
N.Y. 1987 Nemo 1st VG/VG
33. Mefisto In Onyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $35.00
Shingletown 1993 Mark V. Ziesing 1st Trade VF/VF
Illustrated by Frank Miller. Signed by author.
34. Strange Wine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65.00
N.Y. 1978 Harper & Row 1st F/F
ELLISON, HARLAN, ET AL.
35. Partners In Wonder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65.00
N.Y. 1971 Walker and Company 1st VG/VG
Collaborations between Ellison and Robert Bloch, Ben Bova,
Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, and ten others.
(ELLISON, HARLAN) ELWOOD, ROGER (EDITOR)
36. Six Science Fiction Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00
N.Y. 1976 Pocket 1st VG/in wraps
Code #48766. First Pocket Books edition. Includes
"The City On The Edge Of Forever" by Ellison, the original
"Star Trek" teleplay. This is the first time it appeared
in its original, uncut, first draft version.
EULO, KEN AND MAUCK, JOE
37. Claw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22.00
N.Y. 1994 Simon and Schuster 1st VF/VF
"The hiss of the snake filled the classroom as its head
shot upwards, then flattened into a hood."
FORWARD, ROBERT L.
38. Starquake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
N.Y. 1986 Ballantine/Del Rey 1st F/F
Inscribed "To Don Mayer - With people like you around,
I'm sure I leave HRL in good hands! 1987". HRL is Hughes
Research Labs where Forward once worked.
HARDY, ROBIN AND SHAFFER, ANTHONY
39. The Wicker Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
N.Y. 1978 Crown 1st VG/VG previous owner bookplate
The basis of an eerie and effective film co-written by
the playwright best known for the play, "Sleuth."
HASTINGS, MICHAEL
40. The Nightcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
N.Y. 1972 Delacorte 1st F/NF 1 tiny, tiny closed tear and a
little wear on bottom spine
A prequel to "The Turn of The Screw," a film starring
Marlon Brando.
HODGE, BRIAN
41. Shrines And Desecrations. . . . . . . . . . . . .Net $5.95
Leesburg 1994 TAL Publications 1st VF/in wraps as issued
Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding and Dolly Nickel. Signed
by author. Limited chapbook #51 and #52/1,000. Part of the
TAL vampire trilogy which includes "Sex And The Single
Vampire" by Nancy Kilpatrick and the forthcoming "Sex &
Blood" by Ron Dee.
HODGELL, P.C.
42. Seeker's Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Net $60.00
Eugene 1994 Hypatia 1st Limited VF/in leather
Illustrated by author. #398/500 leatherbound copies signed
by the author and Charles de Lint who wrote the
introduction.
JACOBI, CARL
43. Disclosures In Scarlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
Sauk City 1972 Arkham House 1st NF/NF
3000 copies printed. Third collection by this popular
Arkham House author.
KILPATRICK, NANCY
44. Sex And The Single Vampire. . . . . . . . . . . .Net $5.95
Leesburg 1994 TAL Publications 1st VF/in wraps
Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding. Signed by author.
Limited chapbook #28 and #29/1,000. Three inter-related
vampire stories which are part of TAL's vampire trilogy.
"I'm looking for a man."
KING, STEPHEN
45. Insomnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net$75.00
Shingletown 1994 Mark V. Ziesing 1st Gift Edition VF/VF in
VF slipcase (unsigned)
Illustrated by Phil Hale Designed by Arnie Fenner
Only 3,750 printed.
KIRK, RUSSELL
46. Princess Of All Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
Sauk City 1979 Arkham House 1st F/F
KNIGHT, DAMON
47. One Side Laughing (Stories Unlike Other Stories). . $15.00
N.Y. 1991 St. Martin's 1st VF/VF
KOJA, KATHE
48. Skin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
N.Y. 1993 Delacorte 1st VF/VF
"We never know what is enough." - William Blake.
Watch this writer! I feel there are far too many writers
of little talent in the Horror field today but Koja looks
to be someone who may be able to transcend the genre.
This book has a few flaws but the flaws are easily
compensated for by imaginative characters and situations.
It is a dark and forbidding novel that explores the excesses
of the Modern Primitive Art movement and the limits to which
an artist will go to break boundaries and find new ground.
Add to that, two very strong female protagonists, and you
have an exciting new voice.
49. Strange Angels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.95
N.Y. 1994 Delacorte 1st VF/VF
"Her hair on the pillow; an empty white cup beside the bed."
The flaws I spoke of in the description of Koja's "Skin"
have been eradicated with this powerful novel of art,
madness, and obsession. Her style has been tightened.
Each sentence elicits an emotional response. This is a
breakthrough novel. It is being presented as a non-genre
novel to reach a wider audience - and it should. Koja has
taken all the elements of modern dark fantasy and
psychological terror and skillfully blended them into a
sweetly frightening brew that should be sipped but begs to
be swallowed hot and whole.
KOONTZ, DEAN R.
50. Dark Rivers Of The Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00
N.Y. 1994 Knopf 1st ARC/Uncorrected proof VF/in wraps
"With the woman on his mind and uneasiness in his heart,
Spencer Grant drove through the glistening night,
searching for the red door."
51. Dragon Tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50.00
N.Y. 1993 Putnam's 1st F/F
Inscribed "To David, Dragon Tears Can Break A Momma
Dragon's Heart! From a writer only half as strange as
his work. 4/3/93".
52. The Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00
N.Y. 1977 Putnam's 1st VG/VG «" closed tear, 1" closed
tear, and 1" scrape back panel
"'Gloves of blood.'"
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