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Bloch, Robert. The Early Fears. Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, 1994.
Price: US$60.31 + shipping
Description: The Early Fears, Bloch, Robert. Published by Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, 1994. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 514pp. Black boards with gilt titles. In fine condition internally; a tiny dent lower edge front board with a corresponding dent to front panel of jacket which is otherwise in fine, unclipped condition. Released in 1994 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,400 copies. The collection reprints the stories from Bloch's two earlier collections published by Arkham House, The Opener of the Way and Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares with three additional stories. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown, Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Strange Stories, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Fantastic, Imagination and Swank. The collection includes Bloch's 1959 Hugo Award winning story, "That Hell-Bound Train." Robert Albert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Psycho and in 1994 he won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock.
Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bloch, Robert. The Early Fears. Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, MN, 1994.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo.,504pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, one of only 2300 unnumbered copies printed of the Trade Edition with another 100 copies printed of the Deluxe Edition. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a small bump to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($29.00), has a shallow crease on the front flap but still fresh and bright with no chipping, toning or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. THE EARLY FEARS. Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1994.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition, first printing, hardcover. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. 514 pages. Near fine with head/tail of spine bumped and small stain on front paste down near spine, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. "THE EARLY FEARS brings together for the first time all of the stories from his first two short story collections, both long out of print, plus three previously uncollected stories - thirty-nine stories in all."
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
Robert Bloch. The Early Fears. Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, 1994.
Price: US$89.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Trade Edition hardback of just 2,300 copies, 1994, with unclipped jacket (now proceed). In overall fine, unread condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Robert Bloch / (Jon Arfstrom). The Early Fears SIGNED by artist. Fedogan & Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Huge collection of early work (500+ pages). SIGNED by cover artist Jon Arfstrom. Fine in Fine jacket.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. The early fears. Minneapolis, MN : Fedogan & Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$104.73 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Book contains very minor light staining to page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 514 pages; Description: 514 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Short stories, American. Summary: Features 39 of the author's short stories, including all the stories from Bloch's first two short story collections plus 3 previously uncollected stories. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Bloch, Robert. The early fears. Minneapolis, MN : Fedogan & Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Book contains very minor light staining to page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 514 pages; Description: 514 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Short stories, American. Summary: Features 39 of the author's short stories, including all the stories from Bloch's first two short story collections plus 3 previously uncollected stories. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. The Early Fears. Fedogan & Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$181.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. Minor tear to top corner of jacket. 1994 Hard Cover. 514 pp. Early horror fiction by the author of Psycho. Includes: The View from 1993; The Cloak; Beetles; The Fiddler's Fee; The Mannikin; The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton; Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper; The Seal of the Satyr; The Dark Demon; The Faceless God; House of the Hatchet; The Opener of the Way; Return to the Sabbath; The Mandarin's Canaries; Waxworks; The Feast in the Abbey; Slave of the Flames; The Shambler From the Stars; Mother of Serpents; The Secret of Sebek; The Eyes of the Mummy; One Way to Mars; Sweets to the Sweet; The Dream-Makers; The Sorcerer's Apprentice; I Kiss Your Shadow--; Mr. Steinway; The Proper Spirit; The Cheaters; Hungarian Rhapsody; The Light-House; The Hungry House; Sleeping Beauty; Sweet Sixteen; That Hell-Bound Train; Enoch; The Bedposts of Life; The Grab Bag (with Henry Kuttner); The Creative Urge.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$189.95 + shipping
Description: ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Fine example, small smudge mark on the bottom edge of the text block, small mark on front fixed endpaper (from the printer/printing company )in a Fine dustjacket, unread, one of 2300 copies, signed by Bloch on the title page without inscription, one of the last signings Bloch ever did so there are not a lot of signed copies avialble, ---Collects thirty-nine stories - all from his first two short story collections (''The Opener Of The Way'' and ''Pleasant Dreams'', both published by Arkham House, 1945 and 1960 respectively), plus three previously uncollected stories, contents include: the View from 1993 (essay); the Cloak; Beetles; the Fiddler's Fee; the Mannikin; the Strange Flight of Richard Clayton; Yours Truly Jack the Ripper; the Seal of the Satyr; the Dark Demon; the Faceless God; House of the Hatchet; the Opener of the Way; Return to the Sabbath; the Mandarin's Canaries; Waxworks; the Feast in the Abbey; Slave of the Flames; the Shambler from the Stars; Mother of Serpents; the Secret of Sebek; the Eyes of the Mummy; One Way to Mars; Sweets to the Sweet; the Dream Makers; the Sorcerer's Apprentice; I Kiss Your Shadow; Mr Steinway; the Proper Spirit; Catnip;; that Hell Bound Train; Enoch; the Bedposts of Life; the Grab Bag (written with Henry Kuttner;) the Creative Urge; the Cheaters; Hungarian Rhapsody; the Light House; the Hungry House; Sleeping Beauty; Sweet Sixteen, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch )--- Size: 5.75w x 8.5h Inches
Seller: Leonard Shoup, BURLINGTON, ON, Canada
Robert Bloch. The Early Fears SIGNED. Fedogan & Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large collection of some of Bloch's earliest, and best, work. SIGNED on title page. Bloch died not long after this book came out so signed copies are quite scarce. Fine in jacket.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Bloch, Robert. EARLY FEARS. Fedogan and Bremer, 1994.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bloch died shortly after this book was issued so few trade copies were signed. A new, unread copy.
Seller: Tim's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Robert Bloch. The Early Fears. Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, MN, 1994.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, SIGNED, first edition. All book jackets in mylar wraps.
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.