{"id":17632,"date":"2018-09-05T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=17632"},"modified":"2018-09-04T20:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T01:45:35","slug":"library-additions-two-dean-r-koontz-charnel-house-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=17632","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Two Dean R. Koontz Charnel House Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a huge Dean R. Koontz fan, but I do like Charnel House books, and I saw these two from a dealer I knew almost cheap enough to pick up on a whim. I made an offer, we haggled, and I eventually got the following for $150 total, plus a couple of trade books. <\/p>\n<li>Koontz, Dean R. <b>The Darkest Evening of the Year<\/b>. Charnel House, 2007. First limited edition hardback, #26 of 350 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest-730x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"631\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest-730x1024.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest-768x1078.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Charnel-Darkest.jpeg 1979w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2402-336x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2402-336x1024.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2402-768x2339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2402.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Koontz, Dean R. <b>Dean Koontz&#8217;s Frankenstein<\/b>. Charnel House, 2005. First edition hardback, #209 of 750 numbered copies, a Fine- copy (the Japanese Silver Wave silk the book is bound in appears darker on the spine than the rest of the book; that may be sun fading, or just air exposure the rest of the slipcased book did not get) in a Fine slipcase. A original script for a TV pilot that the network evidently so butchered that Koontz had his name taken off the production.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Frankenstein.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Frankenstein-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"598\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Frankenstein-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Frankenstein-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Koontz-Frankenstein-768x1020.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>Not a bad score, since I think both original sold for about $150 each&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a huge Dean R. Koontz fan, but I do like Charnel House books, and I saw these two from a dealer I knew almost cheap enough to pick up on a whim. I made an offer, we haggled, and I eventually got the following for $150 total, plus a couple of trade books. 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