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Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Brief signed inscription by Leiber to author/editor/anthologist Marvin Kaye on the front free endpaper: "For Marvin Kake, / With best wishes / Fritz Leiber / Oct. 29, 1982." The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. A very good copy in poor dust jacket which is chipped at edges and separated along the front spine fold. (#167981)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House, 1947.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS, Arkham House, 1947, first edition, light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s, considerable off-setting to the end-papers and paste-downs no doubt due to the publishers choice of paper and paste, else fine in like bright dust-wrapper. His first book. Author's SIGNED bookplate laid in.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz Jr.. Night's Black Agents (Signed). Arkham House, Sauk City, 1947.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Author's first book, 3000 copies printed, vg in vg dust jacket. Nice dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. Signed "Fritz Leiber 1979". (see pictures)
Seller: W. R. Slater - Books, Grants Pass, OR, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. Night's Black Agents. Arkham House, 1947.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. First edition of the author's first book, signed by the author on the front free endpaper without inscription and dated Sept. 2, 1956. Dust jacket shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber (First Edition) Signed Tight copy. Sharp with exception of mild edgewear. Some minor fading to gilt. Two-inch tear to front cover. Minor wear. Minor tanning. Clear protective cover. Not price-clipped. First Edition. 237 pgs. $3.00 price point. One of 3084 copies printed. Gilt on spine. Black cloth cover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed on the title page by Leiber to a long time science fiction fan and bookseller, "For Dick Spelman, With best wishes. Fritz Leiber." The author's first book. "Leiber was the most stylish of all the Weird Tales writers." Barron: Horror Literature, 3-126. 3084 copies printed. Bumped at the heel of the spine, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light rubbing and corresponding bump and tiny tear at the heel of the spine panel.
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Fritz Leiber, Jr. Night's Black Agents. Arkham House, 1947.
Price: US$337.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Shelf 1112 Clean and tight; paper lightly browned, a bit more so to end papers; corners very lightly bumped; signed by author with inscription, " Dear Damon, May we all grow young.but not too young. Fritz Jan. 10, 1964"; A very important association copy; signed to Damon Knight, author, editor, critic; Hugo Award Winner, founder of SFWA, co-founder of Clarion Writers Workshop and a Grand Master, inductee to SF Hall of Fame 2003; purchased from Scott Edwards at Odyssey Shop who was selling his Damon Knight collection; DJ has wear to surface, edges and corners including browning, areas of rubbing, small chips at top and bottom of front flap fold and top of rear flap fold, quarter inch closed tear to top edge of front, very small chip and rubbing at top of spine strip, one inch closed tear to top of rear near spine strip, areas of rubbing to bottom of spine strip, half inch closed tear to top of rear flap fold, one eighth inch closed tear to top edge of rear flap fold; two pencil tip sized holes and a thin half inch long hole on front near bottom edge; Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder.
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Fritz Leiber. Night's Black Agents. Arkham House, 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Horror collection. Author's first book. SIGNED and inscribed "For Tony, very best wishes". VGF; light offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers; in price-clipped jacket; light wear to head, heel and tips; slight soiling to white back cover.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Leiber on the front free endpaper. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects eight weird tales and two heroic fantasies, both featuring Fafhred and the Grey Mouser. The seven stories featured in "modern horrors," include "Smoke Ghost," "The Automatic Pistol" and "The Hound," three classics of urban horror, a sub-genre that Leiber helped shape. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Endpapers darkened, else a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a couple of mild rubs to black background ink at corner tips and uniform tanning to rear panel. Presents well overall. (#162642)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Leiber on the title page. The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects eight weird tales and two heroic fantasies, both featuring Fafhred and the Grey Mouser. The seven stories featured in "modern horrors," include "Smoke Ghost," "The Automatic Pistol" and "The Hound," three classics of urban horror, a sub-genre that Leiber helped shape. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. Some darkening and spotting to paste-downs, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket (priced $3.00 on the front flap) with dust soiling to rear panel. (#172804)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Leiber, Fritz. NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Leiber to influential F&SF critic, editor and publisher David G. Hartwell on the front free endpaper with a short creepy quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth: "Good things of day begin to droop and drowse." The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects eight weird tales and two heroic fantasies, both featuring Fafhred and the Grey Mouser. The seven stories featured in "modern horrors," include "Smoke Ghost," "The Automatic Pistol" and "The Hound," three classics of urban horror, a sub-genre that Leiber helped shape. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with rubbing along spine folds and front flap fold and some tanning and dust soiling to rear panel. An attractive copy. (#154702)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.