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  Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.

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Powers of Darkness: Available Copies

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Powers of Darkness
    by Aickman, Robert; Valentine, Mark (Intr.)

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781905784332
    Publisher: Tartarus Press, North Yorkshire, UK (2014)


    Seller: Fahrenheit's Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $50.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $57.00

Second Tartarus edition, hardcover, has tiny skew to binding, hint of faint bowing to boards, and a touch of very slight shelfwear to spine ends and board corners, otherwise a sharp, clean, tight VG+ copy in Near Fine dust jacket.

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Powers of Darkness
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781905784332
    Publisher: Tartarus Press, North Yorkshire (2011)


    Seller: Ziesings (Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $60.00
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $63.75

North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press:, 2011. Hardcover, Second printing, Limited, New in dust jacket, 226 pp. "In this collection the reader is offered the experience of visiting a disused lead-mine, the Houses of Parliament, a séance in a dreary suburb, and a sun-drenched Greek island. The dust jacket for the first edition of Powers of Darkness (first published in 1966) stated '. . . in every case his readers will experience that authentic chill which is the hallmark of the supernatural.'" Hardcover, Second printing, Limited, New in dust jacket,

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Powers of Darkness
    by Aickman, Robert

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Fontana, London (1968)


    Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA (Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $65.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $69.95

Vintage Paperback. #1827 Sharp First Paperback Printing of this anthology of "strange stories". No month, 1968. 5/- Cover Price. . Square and tight with moderate page toning. Some rubbing and wear to edges. A couple of interior pages with a few tiny nicks. and clean throughout little or no wear. Some shallow creasing on rear panel. A solid collectable copy of a quite scarce title.

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Powers of Darkness
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781905784332
    Publisher: Tartarus Press, North Yorkshire (2011)


    Seller: Ziesings (Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $153.75

North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press:, 2011. Hardcover, First Tartarus printing, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 226 pp. A new copy that suffered some very minor damage in transit. Specifically, a modest bump to the upper corner of the front board. Hardcover, First Tartarus printing, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket,

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Powers of Darkness
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9789997534149
    Publisher: Collins (1966)


    Seller: The Bookman & The Lady (Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $160.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $166.00

First UK edition and first hardcover edition. Published by Collins, 1966. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Heavy sunning to jacket spine, Some tears and creasing to top edge, scuff to front jacket panel. Text is clean and unmarked, binding strong. Some foxing, particularly to top page edges. Very good book in a good jacket. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

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Powers of Darkness
    by Robert Aickman

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Tartarus Press, Leyburn (2011)


    Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB (Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $156.02
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $174.95

Leyburn, Tartarus Press, 2011. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine copy. One of 350 copies. Introduction by Mark Valentine. [8249, Hyraxia Books].

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POWERS OF DARKNESS.
    by AICKMAN, Robert.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collins,, London, (1966)


    Seller: Burwood Books (Wickham Market, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $325.04
    Shipping: $23.35
    TOTAL Cost: $348.39

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 253. Original publishers blue flecked cloth lettered gilt on spine. Front panel of jacket designed by Peter Barrett. Macabre stories. Preliminaries and endpapers slightly foxed, otherwise very good indeed in slightly used, price-clipped, near very good dust jacket. Jacket is slightly creased with a few closed tears, slight rubbing at corners and very slight surface wear.

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POWERS OF DARKNESS
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collins, London, United Kingdom (1966)


    Seller: Kelleher Rare Books (Naas, IE, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $327.91
    Shipping: $25.90
    TOTAL Cost: $353.81

First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 251pp. This is a true first UK edition, first printing (first impression) with 1966 and no statement of reprint on the copyright page. A very good clean copy, dusting to the top of the text block, light toning to the pages, in fair dust jacket that is not price clipped (18s - net) with chips/loss to the lower spine, corners, light staining to the rear panel, fade to the spine. An very decent copy of a scare book

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POWERS OF DARKNESS
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781905784332
    Publisher: Tartarus Press (2011)


    Seller: Rob & June Edwards (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $600.00
    Shipping: $4.13
    TOTAL Cost: $604.13

First edition thus. Fine/fine condition. 1 of 350 copies.

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POWERS OF DARKNESS
    by Aickman, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collins, London (1966)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $850.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $855.00

Octavo, boards. The author's second solo collection of macabre stories with six stories. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-7. Some age darkening to page edges, foxing to first few leaves, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with some mild edge wear, small 8 mm closed tear to upper front panel, slight fade to spine panel. Publisher's review slip laid in. (30693)

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