Description: Hugo Award Harlan Ellison Deathbird Stories 1st 1975 US w/ DJ Signed Fine First edition, first printing. Publisher: New York Harper and Row Publishers, 1975 Signed on the title page by author. Stated "First Edition". 8vo [xv] [ii] 3-334pp [1 quote from Ambrose Bierce] Original black cloth with publisher's emblem in gilt on front cover. Purple spine with gilt lettering. Top and bottom edges trimmed. Fore edges untrimmed. Unclipped dust jacket ($8.95). Book and Dust Jacket are in Mint condition. Looks unread. A Hugo Award–winning novelette. Deathbird Stories collects eighteen provocative tales exploring the futility of faith in a faithless world as ancient gods fade and new deities rise to appease the masses—gods of technology, drugs, gambling, materialism—that are as insubstantial as the beliefs of those who venerate them. Stories include:“Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars”“The Whimper of Whipped Dogs”“Along the Scenic Route”“On the Downhill Side”“O Ye of Little Faith”“Neon”“Basilisk”“Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes”“Corpse”“Shattered Like a Glass Goblin”“Delusion for a Dragon Slayer”“The Face of Helene Bournouw”“Bleeding Stones”“At the Mouse Circus”“The Place with No Name”“Paingod”“Ernest and the Machine God”“Rock God”“Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W”“The Deathbird”
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Location: Arlington, Texas
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed
Author: Harlan Ellison
Publisher: Harper And Row
Topic: Horror
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Modified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1975
