gerda koontz (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 1970 Aware Press. Trade size paperback in glossy green and black card covers lettered in white. First and only edition of this scarce literary and counter-cultural curiosity. Although credited to Dean Koontz and his wife Gerda, the book was substantially rewritten without his approval by the publisher from a manuscript Koontz submitted in 1969. Koontz has since publicly disavowed the published version, stating it bears little resemblance to his original work and that Gerda did not contribute. A fascinating artifact of late-1960searly-1970s underground publishing culture and an unusual footnote in Koontz's early bibliography. This soundly bound copy shows a mild shelf lean and some reader creasing to the spine, with general edge rubbing and some superficial stress creases to the covers. Prior owner name penned top edge of the front endpage. Contents clean and unmarked. G++ to VG-.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Black and green printed covers with white lettering. This copy is a few degrees shelf-cocked, with some scuffs and bumps, but overall still tightly bound and solid. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated only 1970. 192 pages. Woodstock, pot, body painting, groupies. Koontz has written more than 100 books under his various pen-names over the last 50 years. This was among the first and, curiously, is not listed on the bibliography on his own website. He was on his 20s when he wrote this one - and was just breaking into the industry writing paperback originals. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.

FIRST EDITION, paperclip mark at head of Contents page, crease at bottom corner of prelims, one pencil annotation, pp. 186, [5], foolscap 8vo, original wrappers, slightly rubbed, a couple of creased to bottom corner of front cover, good. A countercultural tract from early in Koontz's long career, later disowned; it takes a sensationalist line on the threat of the Nixon Administration to civil liberties - declaring America to be on the road to becoming a 'fascist nation'. The contemporary 'Science Fiction Review' (October 1970) describes the book as having been withdrawn after only a handful of copies had been sold - having been 'distributed to the porno stores'.