Browns Mills, NJ: Whispers Press, Date: 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 237pp. Limited to 3500 copies. Trade edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated by Tim Kirk. Previous owner's name stamp on front fixed endpaper. Jacket spine is faded. 1978. Whispers Press ISBN 0918372038 9780918372031 [US]

Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.: Whispers Press, Date: 1978. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Fine/Very Good. 6" x 9. Kirk, Tim. 237 Pages. Dust jacket price $12.00 is unclipped. No noted defects to book. Dust jacket has some rubbing and a bit of wear at corners and spine. Buckram cloth and acid-free paper. Contents: Preface by Stuart Schiff, Introduction An Appreciation by John Jakes, HEROES - Sea Magic and The mer She. HORRORS - A Bit of the Dark World, Belsen Express, Midnight in the mirror World, Richmond Late September 1849, Midnight by the Morophy Watch, The Terror From the Depths, and Dark Wings. From the Introduction by John Jakes: Writing is a theatre of the mind and Fritz Leiber is one of the most accompllished of this kind of theatre. leiber's stories are rich with the pleasure and power of language. In every tale in this collection, you'll encounter proof of Leiber's ability to turn utilitarian words into strings of enchanted beads. Leiber's stories can always be read not merely for their surprises, their tongue-in-cheek romanticism, their chills, but for the sheer joy of their prose. Here are nine of Leiber's best. 1978. Whispers Press ISBN 0918372038 9780918372031 [US]