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Harlan Ellison's Personal Collection Heavy Metal

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Harlan Ellison's Personal Collection Heavy Metal
<B>Harlan Ellison's Personal Collection of <I>Heavy Metal</B></I></B></I> <B>Magazine.</B></I> Stored in six large white <I>Heavy Metal</B></I> archival three-ring binders. Ellison has signed at the top of the front cover of each three-ring binder and written underneath his signature on each volume as follows: binder 1: "<I>ARCHIVE FILE #1 DO NOT REMOVE!</B></I>"; binder 2: "<I>ARCHIVE FILE #2 DO NOT REMOVE ON PAIN OF DEATH!</B></I>"; binder 3: "<I>ARCHIVE FILE #3 DO NOT REMOVE, I'M NOT KIDDING!</B></I>"; binder 4: "<I>ARCHIVE FILE #4 DON'T TOUCH!</B></I>"; binder 5:"<I>ARCHIVE FILE #5 DON'T REMOVE! THIS MEANS YOU!</B></I>"; binder 6: "<I>ARCHIVE FILE #6 OFFICE COPIES, DO NOT REMOVE!</B></I>". The collection contains a complete run of <I>Heavy Metal</B></I> between its debut issue of April 1977 to March 1984 (with one additional issue from 1993). Also, each binder has a signed Harlan Ellison bookplate affixed to the inside front cover. A wonderful assemblage of the most popular and influential fantasy magazine of the late 1970s and early 1980s owned by a science fiction and fantasy legend. The collection here includes a number of Ellison stories published in <I>Heavy Metal,</B></I> namely: "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" (November 1977 ), "Croatoan" (September 1978), "Flop Sweat" (March 1979), "Santa '79: An Introductory Update a Decade Later" (December 1979), and "Fear Not Your Enemies" (March 1981). A one-of-a-kind opportunity to obtain a large collection of <I>Heavy Metal</B></I> owned by Ellison himself.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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