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Post by allthingshorror on Aug 27, 2008 17:36:51 GMT
Well - Norwich has been a very surprising city today: All of these books for a great price. Dem if you want cover scans for any of them, just give me the nod.
Macabre Stories from Fear on 4 - ed by The Man In Black (BBC Books)
65 Great Spine Chillers - ed by Mary Danby (St Michael)
Shivers For Christmas - ed by Richard Dalby (M O'Mara Books)
Ghost Omnibus - ed by Kurt Singer (NEL 4 Square Horror)
Terror by Night - Bernhardt J Hurwood (Lancer)
The Ravine - Kendal Young (Pan)
The Great White Space - Basil Copper (Sphere)
The Twisters - Vern Hansen (Digit)
The Unexpected - ed by Leo Marguiles (Pyramid Books)
And then - all of these Peter Tremayne books:
Dracula Unborn (corgi)
The Revenge of Dracula (magnum)
Dracula My Love (magnum)
Angelus (granada)
Nicor (sphere)
The Morgor Rises! (sphere)
Zombie! (sphere)
Ravenmoon (mandarin)
Island of Shadows (mandarin)
Raven of Destiny (methuen)
The Buccaneers of Lan-Kern (methuen)
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Post by dem on Aug 27, 2008 18:12:07 GMT
Well - Norwich has been a very surprising city today: All of these books for a great price. Dem if you want cover scans for any of them, just give me the nod. Thanks for the offer, John. If you get the chance, I could certainly use scans of Macabre Stories from Fear on 4 and BJH's Terror by Night. It can only be a matter of time before we kick off a serious Lancer retrospective in American Gothic. Congrats on the instant Tremayne library! Enjoyed your interview with the great man and was hugely relieved to find that he isn't one of those fellows who refuse to even acknowledge their early full-on pulpy stuff. |
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Post by benedictjjones on Aug 30, 2008 19:51:27 GMT
'dark forces' £2.50 (under waterloo bridge again)
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Post by allthingshorror on Sept 2, 2008 15:56:49 GMT
From a Church Hall Fete this afternoon:
Dennis Wheatley - The Devil and all his Works (Hutchinson 1971)
ed. by J A Cuddon - The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Nigel Kneale - Quatermass 2 (Penguin 1960)
Robin Cross - The Big Book of B Movies - or how low was my budget. (Frederick Muller 1981)
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Post by carolinec on Sept 2, 2008 16:46:33 GMT
From a Church Hall Fete this afternoon ... The Devil and all his Works Why do I find that funny? Think I must have a warped sense of humour!  |
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Post by benedictjjones on Sept 22, 2008 14:00:43 GMT
m r james 'ghost stories of an antiquary' (penguin)
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Post by dem on Sept 22, 2008 18:02:53 GMT
This should keep me out of trouble for a while ..... Brian James - Zombie Blondes (Feiwel & Friends, NY 2008)  Sas ChristianInside cover blurb: From the moment Hannah Sanders arrived in town, she felt there was something wrong.
A lot of houses were for sale, and the town seemed infected by an unearthly quiet. And then, on Hannah's first day in classes, she ran into a group of cheerleaders - the most popular girls in school.
The odd thing was that they were nearly identical in their appearance; blonde, beautiful, and deathly pale.
But Hannah wants desperately to fit in - regardless of what her friend Lukas is telling her. If she doesn't watch her back, she's going to be blonde and popular and dead - just like all the other zombies in this town ... |
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Post by carolinec on Oct 10, 2008 18:38:34 GMT
I'm chuffed to bits with my latest acquisition - from those lovely people at Fantastic Literature (their eBay shop). I don't normally spend over £20 on a paperback, but this was worth it ...
It's a SIGNED copy of the Thomas Disch short story collection "Getting Into Death And Other Stories". This is the Pocket Books paperback edition rather than the original hardback, but it's in excellent condition for the year (1977).
I wish I could show you the cover - you'd love it! It shows a naked Death about to seduce a naked young lady under the American flag - class!
And did I mention it's SIGNED ...?
;D ;D
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Post by dem on Oct 10, 2008 20:35:35 GMT
I wish I could show you the cover - you'd love it! It shows a naked Death about to seduce a naked young lady under the American flag - class! I see what you mean .. You'll have to talk us through this one, Caroline, as I couldn't find a contents list. I've read Death And The Single Girl but is The Roaches in this one? Anyhow, i can tell you're dead pleased and good luck to you. There's nothing quite like that feeling when you finally locate a book you've been after for ages, is there? I nearly burst into tears when KC sent me Eat Them Alive!, though that was probably due to the terrible realisation that I was gonna have to read it.  |
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Post by franklinmarsh on Oct 11, 2008 10:05:03 GMT
Nice one Caroline!
I'm a tad chuffed that the bookstall at the hospital where I work on Saturdays seems to have given up trying to become an upmarket charity shop and has gone back to stocking some tatty, dog-eared tomes.
This morning I scarfed up Donald Hamilton's The Removers a vintage Matt Helm adventure from '61 (in a Hodder Fawcett '66 paperback), an odd corgi antho from '64 The Masque Of The Red Death And Other Tales Of Horror - a nice pic of Vincent Price and Jane Asher on the back - it's not a Poe collection - the other tales feature Ray Bradbury, J B Priestley etc. I'll try to put the cover and contents up later.
Also, for the Hell of it - Agatha Crustie's Cat Among The Pigeons and Richard Laymon's Night In The Lonesome October.
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Post by dem on Oct 11, 2008 12:36:48 GMT
You're not big on Laymon, are you, FM? By coincidence, I paid a visit to the library this morning and loaned his Friday Night At The Beast House, which, clocking in at a 154 pages of largeish print, at least has its heart in the right place. Also Kevin Lyons' novelisation of Van Helsing and, best of all, Chris Priestly's Uncle Montague's Tales Of Terror!
You certainly don't work at the Royal London, that's for sure. I first noticed the book section in their shop back in February and I swear, other than the few paperbacks i picked out, the selection hasn't changed since, nor will it (J. Archer, etc.).
Ooh, and a scan and contents for Masque Of The Red Death And Other Tales Of Horror would be most welcome if possible!
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Post by carolinec on Oct 11, 2008 14:18:18 GMT
You'll have to talk us through this one, Caroline, as I couldn't find a contents list. I've read Death And The Single Girl but is The Roaches in this one? I'll start up a new thread for this one (Disch's "Getting Into Death") as I reckon it's worth one of its own. Won't have time to read it and say anything about it for ages as I'm really busy with things at present. Also, just had the morning from hell, but that's another story ...  |
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Post by franklinmarsh on Oct 11, 2008 14:29:14 GMT
You're not big on Laymon, are you, FM? Ooh, and a scan and contents for Masque Of The Red Death And Other Tales Of Horror would be most welcome if possible! When I first read him (thanks to your good self) I was blown away and thought him a genius (if a little near the knuckle). I think I later read something like three of his books on the trot, and certain quirks of his really grated and I OD'd. I've been steadily stockpiling a few with a view to a return as it's been a while now. (Did read one good one since - about people being kept prisoner in cages in total darkness?) Will see what I can do - NB just been up there again and picked up another antho - Masques edited by JN Williamson (Futura '88 - though it dates back to '84) with a host of familiar names Ray Bradbury again, Charles L Grant, Robert R McCammon, Bloch, Lansdale etc - have we done this one? It seems familiar. Oh, and Eddie Brimson's Top Dog. |
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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 11, 2008 14:55:38 GMT
Got these from one charity shop in Ipswich. Dem - any scans needed?
Macabre Military Stories - compiled and edited by Ronald Holmes (Leo Cooper 1979)
Haunted Travelers - edited by Denys Val Baker (William Kimber 1985)
The Gentlewomen of Evil- An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies - edited by Peter Haining (Robert Hale 1967)
The Midnight Ghost Book - A Bumper Collection of Ghost Stories - edited by James Hale (Barrie and Jenkins 1978)
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Post by dem on Oct 11, 2008 15:03:48 GMT
Yeah, there's some stubs for three of the Masques. They certainly have their moments and, if you've not done so before, try McCammon's Nightcrawlers! MasquesMasques IIBest Of Masques I know what you mean about Laymon. I think I've read all but two of the novels now and he can be plenty samey. Sometimes he's the literary equivalent of Friday 13th: Part 207 or some other sorry teen slash movie, but i've found him worth sticking with for the Funland's, Midnights Lair's and The Cellar's of the piece. It's the same thing with his patchy short story collections. Got these from one charity shop in Ipswich. Dem - any scans needed? Thanks for the offer, John, but we're Ok for them four. Bleedin' good haul, that! |
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