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Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature

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Our fall sale of fine books & manuscripts focuses on rare horror and mystery first editions, scarce pulps and zines, manuscripts, and more by the most famous authors of modern works in the genres of horror and mystery. Among the highlights are the true first edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other cornerstones of the genre.
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Lot 372

WALDROP, Howard (1946-2024). Trio of First, Signed Limited Editions. [V.p., 1987-2005].

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WALDROP, Howard (1946-2024). Trio of First, Signed Limited Editions. [V.p., 1987-2005]. 8vos. Illustrated. Publisher's bindings, dust jackets, slipcases or boxes. FIRST SIGNED, LIMITED EDITIONS OF THESE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS, SIGNED BY WALDROP AND DIVERS CONTRIBUTORS. Titles include: All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past (#46/574 signed by Waldrop and Don Ivan Punchatz, Gardner Dozois, Lewis Shiner, Robert Haas, Tim Kirk, and 5 others); Night of the Cooters (#221/374 signed by Waldrop and Chad Oliver, Janet Aulisio, Karen Barnes, Terry Lee, and 5 others); Heart of Whitenesse (copy "O" one of 26 lettered copies, signed by Waldrop and Doug Potter). 

Waldrop received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2021. Night of the Cooters is a pastiche of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, with an extraterrestrial invasion as seen by a small-town Texas sheriff (similar to actor Slim Pickens). 

Condition

Fine.

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