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After Dark: Available Copies

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

near fine trace of bumping, jacket only, NO BOOK

Fine book near fine jacket, some spine fading,

Octavo, dark gray boards, 184 pages. Dust jacket spine sunned, light edge wear, still very good. 061508E

[A Novel of Silver John] Hardcover and dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Tears to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.

184 Pages; 305 Grams; Goodreads; Many eons ago a humanoid race with supernatural powers roamed the North American continent. But when vast hordes of Indians migrated across the Bering Strait land bridge, the Shonokins soon became a defeated people. The few remaining Shonokins were able to survive and evolve into an all-male race with man-like features except for cat-like eyes and an elongated third finger.; In a small southern mountain town, the Shonokins have resurfaced and are led by Brooke Altic, a recognized leading citizen. Altic is interested in recruiting Silver John, a young mountain man whom he meets at a local music festival. John and an old grizzly mountain farmer and his pretty daughter Callie Gray all get caught up in the Shonokin's effort to enlist John for their revolutionary plot. Michael Flanagan art on the DJ; "K 43" Publisher Code on page 183; Hardcover Book = FINE; Dust Jacket = VG, Small paper tears to cover edges; cover creasing; 1/2" paper tear to front cover, repaired with magic tape; shelf wear to covers;; Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. SMALL AMOUNT OF SPINE LEAN. SMALL TEAR IN DUST JACKET ALONG TOP EDGE. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Acceptable. This copy is the Book Club Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Binding is sound. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Book Club Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Boards and dust jacket show signs of wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. All pages are intact and otherwise clean, binding is sound. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. This copy is the Book Club Edition of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Stain on last page; interior pages with text absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages foxed, but absent any extraneous marks. Gutter code: K43. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Doubleday/SFBC hardcover book club edition, with first printing code "K43" (October 1980) on the bottom of page 183. This book is in very good condition, marred only by light wear on its spine ends, and three small faint stains on the right edge of its text block (extending slightly onto page faces.) Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good condition, marred only by a corner-clipped front flap, some faint soiling on its white back, and traces of wear to the ends of its spine and flap folds, but otherwise unmarked and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

First printing. Dark-grey paper boards with red-orange imprinting on spine. Very nice, clean and solid with very slight lean and two spine corners lightly bumped. NO chipping, scratches, dents, tears or soiling. NO markings throughout. DJ is moderately chipped with 3 short closed tears and minor yellowing. Price intact: $8.95.

fine book in a fine dust jacket 1980,

Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor stain on the edges. Minor damage to the interior boards. Binding is a bit exposed. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Gently read with several creases to front end page. Mild edgewear to dust jacket.; SFBC Catalog ID: 6376. Jacket art by Michael Flanagan.; 184 pages

A fourth book in the Silver John series. "The Silver John narratives offer a stimulating diversion for horror fiction readers." Barron; Horror Literature 4-317. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket with short tear and snag at the top of the rear flap fold.

very good hardcover copy in a very good. Michael Flangan, dustwrapper. 1st BC edition. Many eons ago a humanoid race with supernatural powers roamed the North American continent. But when vast hordes of Indians migrated across the Bering Strait land bridge, the Shonokins soon became a defeated people.

8vo. [8], 184 pp. Black boards, red lettering on spine (tape ghosting, shelfwear, & ex-lib markings), w/ d.j. cover art by Michael Flanagan (minor age toning, slight tape ghosting), still G/G copy. First edition, stated, of this 2nd Silver John occult mystery set against the backdrop of fighting the Shonokin revival in their attempts to reawaken on the North American continent after being defeated centuries before by the Indigenous Native Americans migrating across the Bering Strait land bridge.

3rd Silver John Novel.

Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket. dust jacket does show some signs of shelf wear and bottom edge of pages have a speckled looking discoloration related to age and handling.

Octavo, gray boards (hardcover), 184 pp. Near Fine in a like, mylare protected dust jacket. Photographs gladly provided upon request. From dust jacket: MAny eons ago a humanoid race with supernatural powers roamed the North American Continent. But when vast hordes of Indians migrated across the Bering Strait land bridge the Shonokins soon became a defeated people. The few remaining Shonokins were able to survive and evolve into an all male race with man-like features except for cat-like eyes and an elongated third finger. In a small Southern mountain town, the Shonokins have resurfaced and are led by Brooke Altic, a recognized leading citizen. Altic is interested in recruiting Silver John, a young mountain man whom he meets at a local music festival. John and an old grizzly mountain farmer and his pretty daughter Callie Gray all get caught up in the Shonokin's effort to enlist John for their revolutionary plot. An intriguing novel written in a unique mountain style by a master of the science fiction genre. Literature, Fiction. bxsli

FINE in a FINE dust wrapper, essentially as new; not remainder marked as often found.

First edition, hardcover, has a tiny skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, some mild shelfwear to the cover edges, and a touch of faint smudging to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in an unclipped Very Good dust jacket, which has light bumps with very small creases to the spine ends and corners, a short tear to the head of the spine, slight sunning to the spine, and some mild rubbing with a touch of edge wear to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Stated first edition hardcover. Spine has faint softening in one spot else tight and square, appears unread. The DJ in mylar is fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages

INSCRIBED! Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 184pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Near Very Good book. Very Good dust jacket. Small spot of dampstaining on top edge. Remainder spray on bottom edge. In protective mylar cover. (Science Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition stated with no indication of later printing; price present on dust jacket. Signed on a slip affixed to the front end-page by Wellman. This method of signing does not seem to be unusual for this author. Book is NF; jacket has one tiny corner bend and associated nick: also about NF.

After Dark by Manly Wade Wellman. Signed by author on cut signature pasted to front endpaper. Hardcover first edition published in 1980 by Doubleday & Company.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Second Silver John novel. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-317. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1744-48. Tymn (ed). Horror Literature 4-220. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket priced $8.95 on the front flap with a bit of rubbing at edges, mainly spine ends and along front flap fold. (#174562)