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Volume 28 - 1st printing. "The Tiger in Winter!"

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Painted cover and interior art by Yoshitaka Amano.

D is a vampire hunter-and he's just been paid ten times his asking price to do exactly that: an assignment to destroy Duke Van Doren, administrator of the northern Frontier. Among the complications is that no less than three other groups, each with their own agenda, are headed for the Duke themselves . . . and D's supposed to hang back from striking until his target has eliminated all three! The question is, will the Duke oblige the terms of the contract-or does he actually want to be destroyed?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 29 - 1st printing. "Noble Front!"

Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Painted cover and interior art by Yoshitaka Amano.

Out on the Frontier, the killers called the "Nameless" have no wanted posters-because everyone they go after winds up dead.

Now D must measure his sword against these grotesque and deadly freaks! Hired by the mayor of Schwartzen to stop a corrupt political ploy that would sacrifice human lives to appease the local Noble, Grand Duke Bergenzy, the vampire hunter arrives in town to find his client has himself dropped dead under suspicious circumstances.

His widow, wanting no more bloodshed, begs D to simply forget the job-but D's interest in the job is just beginning . . .

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS

Cover price $11.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Volume 30 - 1st printing. "Gold Fiend: Part 1 and 2!" Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Painted cover and interior art by Yoshitaka Amano. Marquis Verenis's a powerful Noble. He's in possession of antimatter technology... and he's three hundred million dalas in debt to Old El, the lender of last resort out on the Frontier! The vampire lord even put up his castle as collateral-and not a single collection agent dispatched by El has returned, so it's time to call in an outside consultant, named D! But the mooching Marquis isn't the only one who owes the financier big time and would rather kill Old El than pay up-and those debtors too mean deadly trouble ahead for D... even if they are only human! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 336 pages, Text with (B&W chapter illustrations). MATURE READERS Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. By Matsuri Hino. A collection of short stories based on the characters and world of Vampire Knight and featuring special illustrations by Matsuri Hino. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, Text. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. By Anne Rice. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and–night after night–watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him–in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces–sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him. But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren–vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Hardcover, 560 pages, Text Only.

2nd and later printings. By Anne Rice. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and–night after night–watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him–in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces–sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him. But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren–vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Hardcover, 560 pages, Text Only.

1st printing. By Anne Rice. Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rices enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling. Softcover, 512 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.00.

2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. By Anne Rice. Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rices enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling. Softcover, 512 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.00.

Innovation Edition - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Lestat (1989) #1-12. Based on the novel by Anne Rice. Adapted by Faye Perozich. Painted art by Daerick Gross. Learn the true story, in his own words, of arguably author Anne Rice's most beloved character. Softcover, 292 pages, full color. Cover price $25.00.

1st Printing. Written and Researched by Robert Marrero. Vampire Movies covers seventy-two years of the best, worst, most unusual and obscure vampire films ever made. Films range from the original silent classic "Nosferatu" (1922) and Bela Lugosi's "Dracula" (1931) to Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) and "Interview with a Vampire" (1994). From the slightly offbeat to the outlandish and bizarre, hundreds of vampire movies are covered in this lavish volume loaded with hundreds of movie photos, commentaries, cast and credits. Vampire Movies is the only complete and updated guide to vampire films. Softcover, 8.5" x 10.5", 176 pages, color/B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. In 1991, VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE changed the role-playing world by introducing mature themes, avant-garde design, and an unprecedented empasis on character. Since then, the story of the Kindred has grown through dozens of supplements, leaving the core rulebook behind. This beautifully illustrated preview features artwork, dossiers, and backstory for this macabre, dark world of vampires and those that walk in the night. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing.

Written by Daniel Pinkwater. Art and cover by Aaron Renier.

Welcome to the village of Blinsh, Pinksylvania, famous for the many vampires that call it home.

With a caring look at this town not so different from our own, we hope the reader will get to know more about vampires and see that they are not so different from you or I. It is true, a certain amount of biting happens, but a nip on the neck may just be a vampire's way of saying, "Hello, let's be friends."

This story features spooky (but fun!) vampires, and culminates on Halloween night, with tongue-twisting names and playful illustrations throughout.

Hardcover, 10-in. x 9-in., 40 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. By John Steakley. A razor-sharp thriller about the modern day vampires and the men who hunt them. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 358 pages, Text Only. NOTE: This is the story that inspired the cult classic film John Carpenter's Vampires. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

1st printing. Renowned American Artist Greg Hildebrandt presents his incredible talent for painting the beauty of the female body in his first ever pin-up collection. Though known internationally for his work on The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, Greg's creative focus is now on his American Beauties series of retro 40s-50s pin-ups in the tradition of the great illustrators like Gil Elvgren, Greg brings his own visions to life influenced by the world of pulp and crime noir. This volume collects his blackboard pin-ups. Enjoy these detailed renditions of gorgeous femme fatales, luscious glamour girls and pulp heroines. Greg Hildebrandt is an artist at the peak of his creative work and his American beauties will appeal to any lover of the female body. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.99

Add to cart Near Mint $14.99

1st printing. By John Polidori and Sheridan Le Fanu. Cover by Sofia Bonati. Foreword by V. E. Schwab. Introduction by Nick Groom. The first vampire short story and novella, which came before Dracula, together in one Penguin Classics hardcover, a Penguin Speculative Fiction Special, with a foreword by #1 New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab. The first vampire short story in English, The Vampyre by John Polidori, and the first vampire novella, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, are published together in one volume. The Vampyre, first published in 1819, features Lord Ruthven, a deathly pale yet fatally charismatic nobleman who preys on women of high society and is generally considered as the first fully developed vampire narrative in English literature. It is here accompanied by Alaric Wattss introduction, with which it was published throughout the nineteenth century, and which contains important supplementary material on vampire beliefs. Carmilla (1871–2) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a nineteenth-century Gothic novella featuring a protagonist who typifies the long line of female and lesbian vampires in literature, movies, television series, and artwork. In a castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura, a young woman, leads an isolated life with her father. A horse-drawn carriage crashes and an unexpected guest, the mysterious and seductive Carmilla, enters their lives. An early, sophisticated, and influential vampire novel, Carmilla predates Bram Stokers Dracula by twenty-five years and the film Nosferatu by fifty. Penguin Speculative Fiction Special is a hardcover series of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and more published by Penguin Classics. Featuring custom endpapers, specially commissioned cover art, and introductions by scholars and notable figures, these collectible editions celebrate classics that invite us to ask, What if? and that, through bold imagination, alternative visions, and magical realms, transform our perception of our world. Hardcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, Text. Cover price $22.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

1st printing. In this interactive book, Dr. Van Helsing journeys to Transylvania in search of his brother, who has mysteriously disappeared. In his travel, Van Helsing explains everything you need to know about vampyres - or does he? Interjections form Van Helsing's assistant add an ironic layer of discovery in this multi-faceted book. Hardcover, 10-in x 12-in., full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By Tim Greaves, Jose Larraz, and Brian Smedley-Aston. A Tribute to the Ultimate in Erotic Horror Fiction. Softcover, B&W. Mature Readers

1st printing.

By Neil Zlozower. Foreword by David Lee Roth.

From the 1978 release of their debut record Van Halen through their multi-platinum album 1984, Van Halen indisputably ruled the world. With dynamic frontman David Lee Roth, revolutionary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, and the powerful rhythm section of Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass, the original classic Van Halen line up sold millions of records, shook stadiums, and had fun doing it. Luckily, photographer Neil Zlozower was there to capture it all.

This visual history of Van Halen collects more than 250 live, session, candid, and backstage photos of the band along with testimony from the rock pantheon paying homage to Van Halen, including members of Led Zeppelin, Guns N Roses, Alice Cooper, Slipknot, Def Leppard, KISS, Motley Crue, and many, many more!

Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 232 pages, full color.

Cover price $35.00.

2nd and later printings.

By Neil Zlozower. Foreword by David Lee Roth.

From the 1978 release of their debut record Van Halen through their multi-platinum album 1984, Van Halen indisputably ruled the world. With dynamic frontman David Lee Roth, revolutionary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, and the powerful rhythm section of Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass, the original classic Van Halen line up sold millions of records, shook stadiums, and had fun doing it. Luckily, photographer Neil Zlozower was there to capture it all.

This visual history of Van Halen collects more than 250 live, session, candid, and backstage photos of the band along with testimony from the rock pantheon paying homage to Van Halen, including members of Led Zeppelin, Guns N Roses, Alice Cooper, Slipknot, Def Leppard, KISS, Motley Crue, and many, many more!

Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 232 pages, full color.

Cover price $35.00.

1st printing.

By Stephen Sommers.

Illustrated with over 140 movie stills, concept sketches, line drawings, and original art, this fascinating pictorial moviebook is the official companion to the new Universal Pictures from the maker of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, Text Only. (with PC/PB&W illustrations and photos).

1st printing.

By Stephen Sommers.

Illustrated with over 140 movie stills, concept sketches, line drawings, and original art, this fascinating pictorial moviebook is the official companion to the new Universal Pictures from the maker of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, Text Only. (with PC/PB&W illustrations and photos).

Cover price $19.95.

1st Printing - Includes Dust Jacket. Written by Jeffrey Lloyd Castle. This is the story of a voyage into nothing - no land, no air, no water, no gravity, no friendly warmth - Only burning heat and cold. And NO SOUND! It is the fabulous account of Sir Hugh Macpherson, the pioneer of space travel, the first among mortals to be suspended in free orbit around the Earth. Alone amid the myriad revolving stars, yet rushing incredibly through soundless space, it was he who first set on the long trail to other words. it was he who would be the Vanguard to Venus! Hardcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 214 pages, Text Only

1st Printing - Does NOT include Dust Jacket. Written by Jeffrey Lloyd Castle. This is the story of a voyage into nothing - no land, no air, no water, no gravity, no friendly warmth - Only burning heat and cold. And NO SOUND! It is the fabulous account of Sir Hugh Macpherson, the pioneer of space travel, the first among mortals to be suspended in free orbit around the Earth. Alone amid the myriad revolving stars, yet rushing incredibly through soundless space, it was he who first set on the long trail to other words. it was he who would be the Vanguard to Venus! Hardcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 214 pages, Text Only

1st printing.

By Jon Tuska.

Take a look back at the4 Golden Age of Hollywood and the once mighty Mascot Pictures.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 216 pages Text (with B&W Photos).

1st printing.

By Jon Tuska.

Take a look back at the4 Golden Age of Hollywood and the once mighty Mascot Pictures.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 224 pages Text (with B&W Photos).

A hard bound collection of the first 26 issues of Vanity Fair. Saucy political and social satire from the 19th century. B&W, 8-3/4" x 11-1/4".

1st Printing. By Alberto Vargas and Reid Austin. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. The life story and art of the famous South American painter Alberto Vargas. Hardcover, 128 Pages, Full Color, 9" x 12". Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $13.00

1st printing. By Nigel Hawkes. The fascinating stories behind the creation of the world's most marvelous machines and their remarkable journeys and adventures. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

"Confessions of a Carnival Dancer" by Gene Harvey. Tommy Deal and Lynn Denis find the love of their lives in each other, that is until Lynn's past comes to light. 5.5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

No. 115. 5.25" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.