Russell Serpents

Pronzini, Bill (editor) (Cornell Woolrich; W. B. Seabrook; Carl Jacobi; Henry S. Whitehead; John Russell; Mary Elizabeth Counselman; Tennessee Williams; Talmage Powell; C. M. Eddy; Sir Hugh Clifford; Stephen King; Robert Bloch; Robert Louis Stevenson): TALES OF THE DEAD: Papa Benjamin; Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields; Digging at Pistol Key; Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope; Powers of Darkness; Seventh Sister; Vengeance of Nitocris; Charlie; The Loved Dead; The Ghouls; Gray Matter; Mother of Serpents, New York Bonanza Books 1981
ISBN: 0517618184 Very Good Dennis Luzack;

711 pp. First Thus. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper left of the front panel. Dj art by Dennis Luzack. This contains: Papa Benjamin by Cornell Woolrich; Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields by W. B. Seabrook; The Digging at Pistol Key by Carl Jacobi; Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope by Henry S. Whitehead; Powers of Darkness by John Russell; Seventh Sister by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams (originally as by Thomas Lanier Williams - published in Weird Tales Magazine - August 1928;) Charlie by Talmage Powell; The Loved Dead by C. M. Eddy; The Ghouls by Sir Hugh Clifford; Gray Matter by Stephen King; Mother of Serpents by Robert Bloch; The Isle of Voices by Robert Louis Stevenson; Exu by Edward D. Hoch; The Devil Doll by Bryce Walton; Kundu by Morris West; The Candidate by Henry Slesar; Lot No. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe; Monkeys by E. F. Benson; Bones by Donald A. Wollheim; The Mummy's Foot by Theophile Gautier; The Eyes of the Mummy by Robert Bloch; The Weekend Magus by Edward D. Hoch; The Princess by Joe R. Lansdale; The Eagle Claw Rattle by Ardath Mayhar; The Other Room by Charles L. Grant; Revelation in Seven Stages by Barry N. Malzberg; The Edinburgh Landlady (verse) by Aubrey Davidson; The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson; Indigestion by Barry N. Malzberg; The Chadbourne Episode by Henry S. Whitehead; Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Quietly Now by Charles L. Grant; Corpus Delectable by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; and Memento Mori by Bill Pronzini. Scans are available for all books. First Printing Very Good Hard Cover 8vo

[SW: hard boiled detective; weird tales; supernatural literature;]

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Pronzini, Bill (editor) (Cornell Woolrich; W. B. Seabrook; Carl Jacobi; Henry S. Whitehead; John Russell; Mary Elizabeth Counselman; Tennessee Williams; Talmage Powell; C. M. Eddy; Sir Hugh Clifford; Stephen King; Robert Bloch; Robert Louis Stevenson): TALES OF THE DEAD: Papa Benjamin; Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields; Mother of Serpents; The Digging at Pistol Key; Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope; The Isle of Voices; Powers of Darkness; Exu; Seventh Sister; The Devil Doll; Kundu; Candidate; Monkeys, New York Bonanza Books 1981
ISBN: 0517618184 Very Good+ Dennis Luzack;

711 pp. Light gray boards with black lettering on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped. Dj art by Dennis Luzack. This anthology contains: Papa Benjamin by Cornell Woolrich; Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields by W. B. Seabrook; The Digging at Pistol Key by Carl Jacobi; Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope by Henry S. Whitehead; Powers of Darkness by John Russell; Seventh Sister by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams (originally as by Thomas Lanier Williams - published in Weird Tales Magazine - August 1928;) Charlie by Talmage Powell; The Loved Dead by C. M. Eddy; The Ghouls by Sir Hugh Clifford; Gray Matter by Stephen King; Mother of Serpents by Robert Bloch; The Isle of Voices by Robert Louis Stevenson; Exu by Edward D. Hoch; The Devil Doll by Bryce Walton; Kundu by Morris West; The Candidate by Henry Slesar; Lot No. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe; Monkeys by E. F. Benson; Bones by Donald A. Wollheim; The Mummy's Foot by Theophile Gautier; The Eyes of the Mummy by Robert Bloch; The Weekend Magus by Edward D. Hoch; The Princess by Joe R. Lansdale; The Eagle Claw Rattle by Ardath Mayhar; The Other Room by Charles L. Grant; Revelation in Seven Stages by Barry N. Malzberg; The Edinburgh Landlady (verse) by Aubrey Davidson; The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson; Indigestion by Barry N. Malzberg; The Chadbourne Episode by Henry S. Whitehead; Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Quietly Now by Charles L. Grant; Corpus Delectable by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; and Memento Mori by Bill Pronzini. Scans are available for all books. Second Printing Very Good+ Hard Cover 8vo

[SW: supernatural literature; weird tales; arkham house;]

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Buffon, M. De and with later writers. Buffon's System of Natural History. Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadruped, Birds, Fishes, Shell-Fish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects, and Vegetab, Russell and Allen, Manchester 1811

Two 5-600pp large octavos. 80 charming copperplates [ one damaged ] Original calf with gilt morocco lettering labels.Slight wear, erosion to one backstrip, some dampstaining. Scarce

[SW: natural history copperplates]

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