New York: Henry Holt, 1987. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Quarter bound black cloth over grey paper on board. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 248 pp. First printing showing full number line. Dust jacket intact with price of $16.95 at top of front flap and "0387" at bottom. Stamped silver lettering.....
Clarkston, GA: White Wolf Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 271 pp. Association copy. Signed by author (4 Nov 96) on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "Hey, Joe! Yet again The Beast Collaboration surfaces… With love, yr. pal.....
New York: Bluejay Books, 1984. Bluejay Special Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 195 pp. First printing of this edition. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "As always, with love + chum-ness, to Joe." Color pictorial wraps.....
Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 1991. First (Limited) Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards. Signed flat by Ellison on tipped-in page. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 239 pp. Dedication copy. Number 424 of 1000 signed by author. Post-It laid onto front free endpaper with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author.....
New York/Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. xxvix, 303 pp. Association copy. First printing. Signed by author on title page (28 Sept 97, Los Angeles), with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "To my long-time pal, the most excellent writer.....
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 332 pp. Edition limited to 3,200 copies. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "For Honest Joe my old fishing hole buddy, with undiminished.....
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1985. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 180 pp. First printing showing full number line. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe Hensley - One of my.....
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 229 pp. Association copy. Proofread by Hensley's long-time friend and fellow author Harlan Ellison. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on front wrap: "Proofread for errors by Harlan Ellison 29 June – 3 August 1994." Inscribed and.....
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 240 pp. Quarter beige cloth over lime green paper-covered boards. Spine stamped with foil copper titles; top edge stained yellow. Pictorial glossy unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $13.95, has 4.5-inch crease on top-inside corner of back flap.....
New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 185 pp. Publisher's original dark green cloth-covered boards. Orange lettering on spine. Dust jacket intact with price of $4.50 on front flap. Very slight edge wear to top and bottom corners of spine, else tight, clean. Dust jacket.....
Vancleve, MS: Ramble House, 2001. First (Limited) Edition. Softcover. 24mo. 5.75 x 4 inches. 243 pp. Small softcover in stiff wraps in pictorial dust jacket. "000157" stamped on first front flyleaf. Text block square and tight; interior pristine. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Extremely scarce limited first printing of a......
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 305 pp. Association copy. First Printing. Signed by author on title page, “John D MacDonald Sept 1981,” with inscription to friend and fellow writer Joe L. Hensley on front free endpaper, “For Joe and Charlotte.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 275 pp. First printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Publisher’s quarter-bound buff cloth over cinnamon-colored (grin) paper-covered boards. Cinnamon-colored lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed (as advance copy) to fellow author, Joe Hensley and his wife.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition, “Second printing before publication”. Hardcover. Quarter cloth over paper on board. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. 311 pp, numbered alternately. Association copy. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in the year of publication to friend and fellow writer Joe L......
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Full red cloth over board. First Issue with correct date code of I-M (September 1962) on copyright page. (Reprints also state "First Edition.") Octavo. 8-1/2 x 6 inches. 597 pp, plus author bio. Publisher colophon stamped in gilt at lower.....
London: New English Library, 1988. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth on board. Signed. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 211 pp. First UK edition showing price of £11.95. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. Later printing. Hardcover. Original ribbed green cloth. Octavo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 442 pp. Decorative blind stamping and title stamped in white on front board and spine. Large halftone photograph of San Francisco before the earthquake mounted on front board. Endpaper cracked at.....
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982. First U.S. Edition, First Printing (review copy). Hardcover. Quarter-bound, cloth and paper over board. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 223 pp. Stated “First U.S. Edition” showing full number line. Dust jacket intact, showing price of $11.50. Quarter-bound purple cloth over pale green paper.....
New York: Random House, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Rust-red paper on board. Small quarto. 9 1/2 x 6 ½ inches. Spine stamped in gilt. Signed by the author on title page. Unclipped dust jacket shows price of $30.00 on front flap. 636 pp. In As New condition, unread.....
New York: Seaview, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 6 inches. 402 pp. Association copy. Embossed stamp of gifting owner at lower leading corner of front free endpaper: “Library of Harlan Ellison.” Inscription with signature on title page from Ellison to recipient, long-time friend and fellow author Joe.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. First Edition thus. First Printing. Softcover. Mass market paperback in pictorial wrappers. Tempo Books Edition, T10. Sextodecimo. 7 x 4.25 inches. 254 pp. Cover art by Jo Polseno. Edges dyed red. Text block square and tight. Minor rubbing and edgewear to wrappers. Slight browning.....
Jacksonville, IL: Harris-Wolfe & Co, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 294 pp. Association copy. First Printing. Signed by author on half-title, with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, “Joe, This one is my first baby. – Hugh Zachary”. Bound in orange cloth-covered.....
Chicago: Newsstand Library Magenta Books, 1961. Bonfils, Robert. First Edition (PBO), First Printing, U-158. Softcover. Mass market paperback. Illustrated wrappers. Sextodecimo. 6.25 x 4.25 inches. 192 pp. All edges stained orange. Racy pulp fiction cover art by Robert Bonfils. Inscribed by author to his friend and fellow author, Joe Hensley.....