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WEIRD BUSINESS
Edited by Joe R. Lansdale and Richard Klaw Austin, Texas: Mojo Press, (1995). Contains publisher's "first printing" statement to the copyright page. Black cloth with gilt embossed illustrations depicting a martini and a rose to the front cover, and with gilt embossed titles to the spine, sewn binding with black-and-white headband and tail-band, red end-papers; in dust jacket; original $29.95 printed price still intact to the front inner flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Finalist for the Eisner Award for best anthology. A collection of twenty three stories done graphic novel style by a premium assortment of illustrators, adaptation writers and artists, and authors. Each is preceded with an introductory biography/credits page of its creators. The story collection comprises classic stories including those by Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce and Robert Bloch, to Michael Moorcock and Roger Zelazny, and all the way up to current with original tales including those by Poppy Z. Brite and Joe R. Lansdale. The collection brags fifty-six total artists and author creators. Beautifully produced, each page is in striking black-and-white or brilliant color with high contrast. Quarto; 420 pages. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |