various items for sale


The items below marked "John Pelan Collection" are all wrapped in plastic. All used books are in new condition unless otherwise noted, wrapped up in a nice clear bag. All paperbacks and hardcovers listed are either first editions or first printings. John had excellent taste and when he bought a book in new condition, it stayed in new condition. Please be confident that you are getting top-flight books in excellent, although probably a tad less than perfect, shape!

John Pelan Collection
Jack Snow
  
Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales
Herald, 1947. Very good in very good dustjacket. $20.



John Pelan Collection
James Blish
  
So Close to Home
Ballantine paperback. Fine. $10.
John Pelan Collection
John Shirley
  
City Come A-Walkin
Dell paperback. Fine. Signed by John Shirley. $25.
John Pelan Collection
Norman Spinrad
  
The Solarians
Paperback Library 50cent paperback. Signed by the author. Fine. $15.



John Pelan Collection
Melanie Tem
  
Wilding
Dell Abyss paperback. Fine. $5.

John Pelan Collection
The Years Best Horror Stories
  
The Years Best Horror Stories
Seventeen volumes. Volume 1 through 17 complete. The first volume is a little worn but all the others are fine. Very very hard to find all of these in one set. $650 for the set.


John Pelan Collection
A. Merritt
  
Les Habitants Du Mirage
French trade paperback of Dwellers in the Mirage, well printed with all of the Finlay illustrations. $5.


John Pelan Collection
Stephen Gallagher
  
Valley of Lights
Tor paperback. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Ed. Parke Godwin
  
Invitation to Camelot
Ace paperback. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Leonard Cline
  
The Lady of Frozen Death
Necronomicon Press, 1992. First edition. Fine. $20.

John Pelan Collection
Fredric Brown
  
Before She Kills
Dennis McMillan paperback. Fine. $10.

John Pelan Collection
David Garnett
  
Lady Into Fox
Penguin old paperback. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Norman Spinrad
  
Bug Jack Barron
Avon 95 cent paperback. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Elizabeth Scarborough
  
Song of Sorcery
Bantam original paperback. Fine. Signed by the author. $10.

John Pelan Collection
C. L. Moore
  
Doomsday Morning
Avon 35¢ paperback. Fine. $5.

John Pelan Collection
John Wyndham
  
Jizzle
New English Library paperback very good. $3.

John Pelan Collection
John Wyndham
  
The Seeds of Time
Penguin paperback fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Arthur Leo Zagat
  
Graveyard Honeymoon [and] The Man From Hell
Two paperbacks. $20 for both.

John Pelan Collection
Gordon Eklund
  
The Eclipse of Dawn
Ace paperback, 1971. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Gordon Eklund
  
A Trace of Dreams
Ace paperback, 1970s. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
J. T. McIntosh
  
Snow White and the Giants
Avon paperback, 1960s. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
  
The Worlds Desire
Ballantine paperback. Fine. $3.

John Pelan Collection
Hugh Walpole
  
The Killer and the Slain
Doubleday Doran. Fine in very good dustjacket. $15.

John Pelan Collection
Manly Wade Wellman
  
Twice In Time
Galaxy paperback. Fine. $10.


Gene Simmons figures Two nice Gene Simmons oversize figures. One I think is from McFarlane Toys. Gene, 1975. And Gene, 1979 Dynasty era. No boxes. $20 for both.


Dr. Strange #176 Marvel Comics. CGC Graded 9.0 Very nice. $175.


Graphis Book Design Graphis Press, 1996.. First edition. Fine in dustjacket. Very handsome oversize book. $30.


Weird Fiction Review Issues 8 and 9. $500. I am selling these for a customer.


Weird Fiction Review Issues 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Seven issues in all. $1500.


George Orwell 1984. Suntup Press. Numbered edition. Fine in dustjacket and slipcase. Selling for a customer $900.


Karl Edward WagnerIn a Lonely Place. Scream Press, 1984. 1st editionÊLimited #187/ 250 Fine in slipcase.ÊÊ Signed by Wagner, Val Lakey Lindahn, and Ron Lindahn. $500.


McCoy Tyner Six original Impulse jazz LPs on four CDs with an unreleased session. Today and Tomorrow, Plays Ellington, others. $10 .

Peter Straub  
Floating Dragon
Putnam, 1983. 6th printing. Fine in dustjacket. $20.


The Horned Manby James Lasdun. Norton. First edition. Fine in dustjacket. $10.


The Club Dumas slipcaseThese are extra slipcases that I have for The Club Dumas. New in shrinkwrap. $20.


Dune Messiah slipcaseThese are extra slipcases that I have for Dune Messiah. New in shrinkwrap. $30.


Philip K. Dick slipcaseThese are extra slipcases that I have for the three Philip K. Dick novels I did a couple of years ago: The Cosmic Puppets, VulcanÕs Hammer, Dr. Futurity. New in shrinkwrap. $35.


Waltz Into Darkness Cornell Woolrich. Centipede Press. #VIII. Fine in dustjacket and shrinkwrap. $250.


The Director Shouldve Shot YouClassic book by Alan Dean Foster. Clearance priced. New in shrinkwrap. Not signed. $20.


We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson. Unsigned copies. We have a few with dented slipcases but otherwise fine. $350.


The Books in My Life Henry Miller. New Directions trade paperback, $3.


The Awakening of Intelligence J. Kirshnamurti. HarperCollins trade paperback, 9th printing. Fine. $3.


Cinemaphagy on the films of Tobe Hooper Scout Tafoya. Miniver Pess, 2021. Fine. $20.


Down and Dirty Pictures Peter Biskind. Bloomsbury, 2004. Fine in dustjacket. $10. Great film book.


Book Art Object Published by the Codex Foundation, 2008. Huge, heavy, oversize book. Fine in dustjacket. $95.


Palatino: The Natural History of a Typeface Robert Bringhurst. David Godine, 2016. Fine in dustjacket. $35.


Printers Devil: The Life and Work of Frederic Warde Simon Loxley. David Godine, 2013. Fine without dustjacket as issued. Great gift. $20.


Type Revivals Type Revivals. David Godine, 2019. Fine in dustjacket. Great gift. Handsome oversize book. $30.


Kirby King of Comics Mark Evanier. Abrams, 2008. Fine in Mylar wrapped dustjacket. $35.

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