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195016106THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES: 1950 Fell 1950 first edition base of spine lightly bumped else fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with a tiny chip missing from the base of the dust-wrapper spine. Contributions by Ray Bradbury Fredric Brown Henry Kuttner Theodore Sturgeon Clifford Simak Wilmar Shiras Murray Leinster John D. MacDonald et.al. Inscribed by both editors to another science fiction writer. Nice association thus. Frederick Fell unknown
31395New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1869. Hardcover. 4to 28cm 400p. engraved frontis title page vignette & 100 engraved plate illustrations in the original elaborated full blind decorated brown morocco blind ruled raised bands blind decorations in the panels portrait oval gilt decorated titles inserted in elaborated blind boards on both boards bevelled boards inner gilt dentelles inner linen hinges french marbled endpapers a.e.g. bookplate some slight edge wear expertly re touched a very good to fine copy in attractive contemporary publishers elaborate Victorian binding Ds1. ~ Around 200 poems by authors Tennyson Byron Shelley Longfellow Pope Goldsmith Keats Scott Browning Goethe Thackeray and many more. Artists include Turner Boxall Leutze Corbeaux Richards and many others. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1869 hardcover
Johansson, Britt-Inger anIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1924239477New York: Harper & Brothers 1924. First edition NO. 27 of 250 COPIES signed by Willcox. Seven color plates by Elizabeth Shippen Green and others. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine spine a bit dulled. First edition NO. 27 of 250 COPIES signed by Willcox. Seven color plates by Elizabeth Shippen Green and others. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Harper & Brothers unknown
18702015Philadelphia: James S. Claxton Successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien 1870. JUVENILE. Publisher located at: 1214 Chestnut Street. 12mo; xii iii 8-309pp; maroon cloth over board blind-stamped fillet gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; brown eps; hand-colored engraved fp 11 plates; hand-colored pictorial half-title; small engravings in text; binding tight; light shelf wear to boards; near fine. OCLC locates only 7 copies. An anthology of children's poetry and hymns popular during the mid-19th century is presented divided into two parts: Religious and Miscellaneous. The text features lovely engravings and hand-colored plates. James S. Claxton, Successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien unknown
1783WB16445London: Sold by J. Debrett. and Richardson and Urquhart 1783. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes 8vo 175 x 110mm. Pagination: 263pp.; 278pp. 1 errata. Contemporary tree calf ruled in gilt spine gilt in six compartments with red and green morocco labels joints starting light edgewear marginal staining on pastedowns and endleaves only otherwise good and sound copies. Stated Second Edition; first published in 1788. <br/><br/> Sold by J. Debrett... and Richardson and Urquhart hardcover
PJH52944Stanbrook Abbey Press 1957. Near Fine in full limp parchment showing some oxidisation to surface with green silk bands laced through to backstrip. One of 400 copies printed in black and red with Initials in those colours and one in Gold by Margaret Adams. Reprint of title first published the preceding year. Stanbrook Abbey Press 1957 unknown
20081-001022008-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. paperback
200413266SOMETIMES SMALL STATEMENTS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE Downtown for Democracy 2004first edition fine in printed cardboard box. A collection of 11 SIGNED broadsides by Jonathan Safran Foer Michael Cunningham Paul Auster Jennifer Egan Jonathan Franzen Gary Indiana Jhumpa Lahiri Joyce Carol Oates Susan Sontag Wendy Wasserstein and Colson Whitehead. Created as an incentive for those who donated a certain amount of money to the Democratic Party at a fundraiser during the 2004 election. Never offered were for sale. Downtown for Democracy unknown
195219047THE ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY Simon & Schuster 1952 first edition fine in near fine pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by: John Campbell Robert Heinlein Jack Williamson A. E. Van Vogt L. Sprague De Camp Isaac Asimov Lewis Padgett Murray Leinster Eric Frank Russell William Tenn Theodore Sturgeon Clifford Simak James L. Schmitz Lester Del Rey H. Beam Piper et.al. Inscribed by Van Vogt to me stating that this volume contains his first published short story. Simon & Schuster unknown
194619042The Best of Science Fiction Crown 1946first edition vg in vg-dust-wrapper with some shallow chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Along with ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE the first important science fiction anthology to be published after WW2. Contributions by Robert Heinlein 4 to be exact Lewis Padgett Clifford Simak Ted Sturgeon David Keller Ralph Milne Farley Edgar Allan Poe Arthur Conan Doyle H. G. Wells Donald Wandrei A. E. Van Vogt Murray Leinster Isaac Asimov Frank Belknap Long Anthony Boucher John Campbell et.al. The Asimov contribution is noted with this inscription to one of his minor publisher's thus: "For David this copy of The Best of Science Fiction containing my first story to be placed twixt cloth BLIND ALLEY. Isaac Asimov. Crown hardcover
192913435THE LONDON APHRODITE Franfrolico Press 1929 first edition modest bump / crease to the upper right corner of the spine else a just about fine copy in vg or better dust-wrapper. Illustrated. This hardbound copy is made up of the sheets from the original 6 individual bound copies in wraps issued between August 1928 & June 1929. Contains primary contributions by: Norman Douglas Robert Nichols Aldous Huxley Sacheverell Sitwell Karel Capek Rhys Davies Liam O'Flaherty T. F. Powys et.al. Franfrolico Press paperback
195616126SF: THE YEAR'S GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY Gnome Press 1956 first edition fine in just about fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by Orson Welles Isaac Asimov Damon Knight Algis Budrys Theodore Sturgeon Zenna Henderson Steve Allen Mark Clifton Jack Finney. James Gunn Henry Kuttner C. L. Moore Walter M. Miller Jr. E. C. Tubb et.al. The first book in the long running series. And also a candidate if not the winner for the heaviest book published by Gnome Press. Gnome Press unknown
18866824Edinburgh: Imprinted at the University Press by T. & A. Constable Printers to Her Majesty the Queen. 1886. 16mo pp. xvi 240 16 plates. Ruled in red throughout title-page printed in red and black. Later crushed black morocco by Bayntun boards bordered with a gilt rule enclosing gilt dot cornerpieces spine divided by raised bands gilt compartments bordered with a gilt rule 2nd and 4th compartments lettered direct in gilt other compartments tooled centrally in gilt edges gilt turn-in gilt marbled endpapers. Just a touch of spotting. Ownership inscription to flyleaf dated 31st January 1952. A beautifully-bound anthology which includes work by Robert Browning Andrew Lang J.M. Barrie Geoorge MacDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson among others. Prideaux 3.3. Imprinted at the University Press by T. & A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty the Queen. hardcover
DUN0249Michael Joseph Ltd. London 1952-1958 and Hutchinson London 1960-1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions first printings. 8vo. A little light spotting to occasional edges and some toning to the free endpapers of ten volumes. Inked former owner names or inscriptions to the free endpapers of six volumes. Two volumes 'New Poems 1955' and 'New Poems 1958' review copies with the publisher's review slips laid-in although the slip for the 1955 volume has been ripped in two with the top half now absent. Also includes an uncorrected proof copy of 'New Poems 1971-72' in addition to the standard published issue. One volume 'New Poems 1967' enhanced with the signatures of nine of the contributes Edmund Leo Wright W.H.Petty Peter Porter Peter Scupham Richard Furlong Michael Spinks Carol Rikker Henry Woolf and John Cotton. A very good set in very good dust wrappers five of which are price-clipped. A veritable who's who of a quarter of a century of predominantly British and Irish verse with contributors including Walter de la Mare Edwin Muir Edmund Blunden C.Day Lewis Anne Ridler A.S.J.Tessimond Louis MacNeice W.H.Auden Lawrence Durrell David Wright George Lamming John Montague Herbert Read Stephen Spender Dylan Thomas Kathleen Raine Robert Graves Hugh MacDiarmid Stevie Smith Vernon Watkins Laurie Lee R.S.Thomas W.S.Merwin Elizabeth Jennings Muriel Spark Charles Causley John Lehmann Alan Ross John Hewitt Thomas Blackburn Thom Gunn Philip Larkin Edwin Morgan Kingsley Amis Geoffrey Hill Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath Siegfried Sassoon Patricia Beer George Mackay Brown Harold Pinter John Betjeman Thomas Kinsella A.Alvarez G.S.Fraser Tony Harrison Jenny Joseph Mervyn Peake Brain Patten D.M.Thomas Fleur Adcock Kevin Crossley-Holland Ian Hamilton Iain Crichton Smith Douglas Dunn James Fenton Michael Longley Derek Mahon Seamus Heaney David Harsent Clive James Paul Muldoon Charles Tomlinson Alan Sillitoe W.S.Graham C.H.Sisson Tom Paulin Andrew Motion Stewart Conn D.J.Enright Craig Raine &c &c &c. The full set comprises the following volumes: 'New Poems 1952 New Poems 1953 New Poems 1954' 'New Poems 1955' 'New Poems 1956' 'New Poems 1957' 'New Poems 1958' 'New Poems 1960' 'New Poems 1961' 'New Poems 1962' 'New Poems 1963' 'New Poems 1965' 'New Poems 1967' 'New Poems 1970-71' 'New Poems 1971-72' 'New Poems 1972-73' 'New Poems 1973-74' 'New Poems 1975' 'New Poems 1967-77' and 'New Poems 1977-78'. Please note: volumes were not issued for the years 1959 1964 1966 1968 or 1969. Michael Joseph Ltd., London 1952-1958 [and] Hutchinson, London 1960-1977. Hardcover
1932ARC95095Cobden-Sanderson Ltd. London 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. A presentation copy inscribed by one of the contributors: "For Auntie with love from James Laver. Xmas 1932". 8vo. 124pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. The cloth darkened at the backstrip and margins of the upper and lower boards and with just a touch of light wear to several extremities. Some very light toning to the free endpapers and the half-title and one unprinted concluding leaf somewhat more toned. A very good copy in a splendidly preserved example of the uncommon pictorial dust wrapper designed by Rex Whistler non-price-clipped and just lightly spotted at the rear panel with a touch of toning to the spine panel. Contributors include John Betjeman Lord Berners Harold Nicolson Dorothy Wellesley Lord Alfred Douglas Edmund Blunden James Laver Sylvia Pankhurst H.J.Massingham Rose Macaulay Robert Byron Nina Hamnett J.B.Morton Evelyn Waugh V.Sackville-West E.M.Delafield Raymond Mortimer J.C.Squire and twelve others. James Laver contributes a five-page reminiscence of the two-year period he and his sister lived with their maternal grandmother following the death of their mother although whether his familial presentation inscription enhances the value is perhaps open to debate. Cobden-Sanderson Ltd., London Hardcover
1934ANTHOLOG106683The Students' Representative Council Newcastle upon Tyne. 1934. First edition. Octavo 94 pages. Kenneth Allott contributes ten poems. Francis Scarfe contributes eight poems. Guy Allott presumably the brother of Kenneth contributes five poems. There are three other contributors. Wood-engravings by Leonard Rosoman and William Stobbs.One of 17 numbered clothbound copies signed by the contributors. Loosely inserted is an Autograph Postcard Signed postmarked 16th. July 1934 from Leonard Rosoman to the editor referring to the wood-engraving: ''.I can't get another block done. You can use the old one if you like.P.S. To be written underneath block - Wood Engraving by L.H. Rosoman.''. Loosely inserted also is a printed sheet advertising the book.Near fine. Not issued in dustwrapper. The Students' Representative Council, Newcastle upon Tyne. hardcover
2010214<p>This is a collection of crime and detection short stories by members of the Crime Writers' Association. It is edited by the chair person Martin Edwards.</p><p>This is the deluxe lettered state being one of only 16 copies. It contains 21 signautures including the publisher author of an essay on three time Gold Dagger winner Lionel Davidson 1922-2009. The most well known writers in the volume are: Simon Brett Ann Cleeves Sophie Hannah Reginald Hill Peter Lovesey Rick Mofina Barbara Nadel Zoe Sharp Andrew Taylor Charles Todd twice and Laura Wilson.</p><p>A great volume for the detection and crime collector. New</p> Scorpion Press hardcover
Line Jensen, Erik Vagn JeJacket is shelf-worn but book is in very good condition. unknown
195813478Highlands NC: Jargon Society 1958. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A "New York Portfolio" with poems by Paul Blackburn Bob Brown Edward Dahlberg Max Finstein Allen Ginsberg Paul Goodman Denise Levertov Walter Lowenfels Edward Marshall E. A. Navaretta Joel Oppenheimer Gilbert Sorrentino Jonathan Williams & Louis Zukofsky; poets' portraits by Fielding Dawson. Jargon 31. Jaffe B1. Signed by Dawson on the envelope. Fine copy. DAWSON Fielding. 8vo loose sheets in folder portraits by Fielding Dawson original printed envelope. Fine copy. Jargon Society) unknown
1973207184New York: Macmillan 1973. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. 8vo 268pp; blue cloth. A generous selection of fiction written by poets compiled by the poetry editor of The New Yorker including contributions from John Berryman Elizabeth Bishop Kenenth Koch James Merrill W.S. Merwin Frank O'Hara Sylvia Plath Anne Sexton James Schuyler and many others. This copy has been signed by editor Howard Moss on the title page and by contributor Elizabeth Bishop at the beginning of her story on p. 9. Macmillan unknown
195553979Munich: Brüder Auer Verlag 1955. First edition. 4tos. 39 1 pp. gatefold table of photographs and 111 plates from b&w photographs. Publisher's black cloth titled in white ink in the photo-illustrated dust jacket housed in the publisher's card slipcase with printed title label on the spine. Other than a thin one inch long line at the top of the first blank flyleaf a fine as new copy. Laid in is a presentation card from Otto Steinert. Didactic by design this is the second volume of the outgrowth of exhibitions organized by Steinert. With texts by Steinert Franz Oh and others in German French and English. Photos by René Groebli William Klieg Rail Houseman Keeled Helmer-Petersen Otto Steinert Heinz Hajek-Halke Rune Johnson Harry Callahan Edouard Bout Irving Penn Martian Coupons Fluvial Rioter Lynn Bullock Yasuhiro Ishimoto Minor White et al. Brüder Auer Verlag unknown
192412076ET CETERA -A COLLECTORS SCRAP-BOOK Pascal Covici 1924 first edition fine in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Previous uncollected works by such luminaries as: Richard Aldington W.C. Bryant Stephen Crane Floyd Dell Ernest Dowson Lord Dunsany Lafcadio Hearn Joseph Hergesheimer Martin Hewlett Laurence Housman Rudyard Kipling Andrew Lang Arthur Machen Gustav Meyrink Richard Middleton George Moore W. C. Russell Edgar Saltus Carl Van Vechten Walt Whitman & others. 1/625 copies. Pascal Covici unknown
195015129MEN AGAINST THE STARS Gnome Press 1950 first edition upper front fore edge corner tip ever so slightly bumped some light dust-soil to the t.p.e.'s else fine in a very fine Edd Cartier pictorial dust-wrapper. Contains contributions by Isaac Asimov Hal Clement L. Ron Hubbard Murray Leinster E. Mayne Hull Lewis Padgett A. E. Van Vogt Manly Wade Wellman et.al. as well as the first appearance in print of any portion of THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY in book form by Isaac Asimov. Gnome Press unknown
195016105THE BIG BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION Crown 1950 first edition just about fine in like dust-wrapper with a faded dust-wrapper spine with easily readable text Contributions by Miles Breuer Lewis Padgett Murray Leinster Mack Reynolds Ted Sturgeon Eric Frank Russell Fletcher Pratt Lester Del Rey Clifford Simak Fred Brown Jules Verne H. L. Gold Ray Bradbury John D. MacDonald Fritz Leiber Cyril Kornbluth Damon Knight et.al. Crown unknown