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The Man Who Walked Through Cracks: Available Copies

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The Man Who Walked Through Cracks - Unsigned Centipede Press edition
    by R.A. Lafferty

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781613472026
    Publisher: Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO (2019)


    Seller: Rare Books Honolulu (Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $315.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $320.50

Unsigned trade edition. The Man Who Walked Through Cracks. (The Collected Short fiction of R.A. Lafferty, Volume 5, ) Centipede Press 2019, Trade Hardcover. published in 300 signed numbered copies plus a number of unsigned trade hardcover copies. This one of the unsigned copies. The book appears new and unread. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. In a career that began in 1959 and continued until his death in 2002, R.A. Lafferty garnered the admiration of authors and editors including Robert A.W. Lowndes, Harlan Ellison, A.A. Attanasio, Gene Wolfe, Michael Swanwick and many, many others. His body of short fiction is comprised of well over 200 stories and, despite his vast popularity, there was never a concerted effort made to produce a comprehensive collection of his short fiction, until now. Welcome to the fifth volume of the Lafferty Library, a series that will run to a dozen volumes and collect all of R.A. Lafferty's short fiction. As with all previous volumes, this collection, assembled by series editor John Pelan, brings together a delightful blend of the familiar, the esoteric, the known and the obscure. In this volume you'll find his well-known characters, such as The Men Who Knew Everything; represented here by "Mud Violet" and "Barnaby's Clock"; the wondrous Argos Mythos (considered by many to be among Lafferty's finest works), are featured with a rare treat, the novella "How Many Miles to Babylon?", which has never previously appeared in any R. A. Lafferty collection. We even feature an appearance by that most venerable of think-tanks, The Institute for Impure Science, with the novelette "Flaming Ducks and Giant Bread." From the enthusiastic introduction by Michael Kurland and the titular novelette from 1978, and all the way back to Lafferty's second prose sale, "Adam Had Three Brothers," this volume also includes an interview conducted with Lafferty by Robert J. Whitaker and an afterword by series editor, John Pelan. There's bound to be something here for all Lafferty fans and plenty of material to create some new ones!

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The Man Who Walked Through Cracks: The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty, volume 5
    by Lafferty, R. A.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781613472026
    Publisher: Centipede Press (2019)


    Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore (Savannah, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $475.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $479.00

Black cloth in blue DJ illustrated by Jacob McMurray. #224 of 300 signed, numbered copies, signed by Michael Kurland introduction author, John Pelan afterword author, and artist Jacob McMurray.

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The Man Who Walked Through Cracks: The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty, volume 5
    by Lafferty, R. A.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781613472026
    Publisher: Centipede Press (2019)


    Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA (Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $500.00
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $503.99

One of 300 numbered copies signed by Michael Kurland (introduction), John Pelan (afterword), and Jacob McMurray (illuustrator). Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket. Unmarked.

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The Man Who Made Models / The Man with the Aura / The Man Underneath / The Man with the Speckled Eyes / The Man Who Walked Through Cracks / The Man Who Never Was : The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty, Volumes 1-6
    by Lafferty, R.A.

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO (2018)


    Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $1700.00
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $1706.50

6 Volume set. Limited Edition of 300 signed and numbered copies. This is a matching set, with all six volumes numbered 143. All volumes are signed, variously, by Michael Swanwick, John Pelan, Jack McMurray, Michael Kurland, Harlan Ellison, Richard Lupoff, Neil Gaiman. Minor shelfwear, some light scuffing along DJ edges. All volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition.

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The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty, Volumes One-Seven: The Man Who Made Models; The Man with the Aura; The Man Underneath; The Man with the Speckled Eyes; The Man Who Walked Through Cracks; The Man Who Never Was; Mad Man
    by Lafferty, R.A.; Pelan, John (Ed.); Swanwick, Michael (Intr.); Ellison, Harlan (Intr.); Webster, Bud (Intr.); Lupoff, Richard (Intr.); Kurland, Michael (Intr.); Gaiman, Neil (Intr.); Bradfield, Scott (Intr.)

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781613470466
    Publisher: Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO (2013)


    Seller: Fahrenheit's Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $2580.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $2587.00

First Centipede Press editions, seven volume hardcover set published between 2013-2023, with each marked as limited no. 17/300, and most signed by John Pelan (the editor) & Jacob McMurray (the cover artist). All volumes excluding Vol. 3 are also signed by their introduction author on the limitation page. All of the books have a very small lean or skew to their binding, and a touch of rubbing to their covers, while most of the books also have mild shelfwear to their spine ends, and very shallow bowing to their covers. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean and sharp, Very Good+ seven volume set in like dust jackets, half of which have slight bumps to either the head or tail of their spine, while the other half have mild wear to their corners. All of the jackets are wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available upon request. Vol. 7 is sealed in publisher's shrink wrap and remains unopened. ISBN: 9781613470466 (Vol. 1, 2013) 9781613471098 (Vol. 2, 2014) 9781613471647 (Vol. 3. 2015) 9781613471678 (Vol. 4, 2017) 9781613472026 (Vol. 5, 2018) 9781613472668 (Vol. 6, 2021) 9781613473368 (Vol. 7, 2023).

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