THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION: 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; THE

by LAFFERTY, Raphael Aloysius; introduction by SWANWICK, Michael; ELLISON, Harlan; WEBSTER, Bud; LUPOFF, Richard; KURLAND, Michael; GAIMAN, Neil; BRADFIELD, Scott; WOLFE, Gary K.; edited by PELAN, John:

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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. 2013; 2014; 2015; 2017; 2018; 2021; 2023; 2025.. Limited edition. Limited edition. Eight volumes. Signed by the author of the introduction, cover artist, and editor. Publisher s original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, with blind illustration stamped to the upper boards, in the Jacob McMurray illustrated dustwrappers. Satin ribbon page markers in every volume. With black and white photographs of the author featured in the introductions. A near fine set, the binding square and firm, the cloth mostly bright and fresh, with some mottling to the boards of volume I. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the closed text block of volumes I and III, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrappers; that of volume I, lightly rubbed, nicked and mildly spotted (to the underside) with a few light marks to the front panel and a couple of scuffs and punctures to the upper spine fold. The other seven dustwrappers, with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities of volumes VI and VII and a tiny nick to the rear flap fold of volume VII, are free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped. Issued in an edition of 300 copies, from which this set is numbered 48 across all eight volumes, and signed by the cover artist Jacob McMurray in volumes I-VI (in facsimile in volumes VII and VIII) and authors of the introductions Michael Swanwick, Harlan Ellison, Richard Lup

  • Publisher: Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. 2013; 2014; 2015; 2017; 2018; 2021; 2023; 2025.
  • Edition: Limited edition
  • Binding: hardcover

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