The Spear, The Jonah, & The Survivor (Centipede Press Editions)

A$450 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

A collection of three Centipede Press editions of James Herbert's works. The Spear - Signed, limited edition This new edition of James Herbert’s The Spear comes with a dustjacket, endpapers, and a few interiors by David Ho, and story illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. It also features an essay, “The Curious Case of the Spear,” by Jo Fletcher, and James Herbert’s original prologue to the book, reprinted here for the first time since 1979! This is a fine new hardcover edition of this classic that mixes horror, zombies, occult lore, and a Robert Ludlum-inspired espionage plot, one of Herbert’s most engaging and offbeat books. - Centipede Press Limited to 300 copies (this one number 8), signed by Jo Fletcher, David Ho, and Rodger Gerberding, with a facsimile signature by James Herbert. First edition thus. Colorado: Centipede Press, 2021. 8vo. Original publishers cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket. pp.391, [ii]. Fine. Pristine condition. The Jonah - Unsigned trade edition In The Jonah , Herbert once again strays from his horror roots to focus on his latest love: supernatural fiction. Blessed with an eye for detail, he takes the methodical police procedural and breaks with its conventions, infusing his concoction with the bizarre, the preternatural, the introspective, and a little good-natured popcorn entertainment. However, for those who yearn for the Herbert of old, there’s still plenty of that ghostly and ominous foreshadowing to shock your socks off. It may be a turning

• Binding: Hardcover

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