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1953011459Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. 250 pages. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Jacket has a few small chips and tears and some finger smudges. Vertical stain to front endpapers. The jacket price is intact. One of the high spots of '50s SF. <br/> <br/> Shasta Publishers hardcover
1949028300Reading: Fantasy Press 1949. First Edition . Purple Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. Donnell. First Edition first binding per Currey purple cloth near fine in an as-new bright fine DJ with an inserted limitation plate #5 of 250 copies signed by Campbell one of the scarcer Fantasy Press limited editions; Campbell is said to have refused to sign more than 250 copies and the remainder of the 500 copies were issued with unsigned limitation plates. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1951029003New York: Scribner And Sons 1951. First Edition . Black Cloth. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page First Dj With $2.50 Price On Front Flap. Book Is Clean And Solid No Marks Or Damage Small Area Just Beginning To Fray At Top And Bottom Of Spine At Two Lower Tips Pages Beginning To Age. Dust Jacket Is Not Price-Clipped $2.50 Is First Issue Only Rocket Ship Galileo Space Cadet Red Planet And Farmer In The Sky On Rear Panel Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With Small Losses At Four Tips And 1 1/4" X 3/4" Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Rear Panel; Spine Panel Is Not Faded; Clear Tape Reinforcement On Inside Of Spine And One Flap Fold With No Show-Through. <br/> <br/> Scribner And Sons hardcover
1991540440London: HarperCollins Publishers 1991. First UK edition hardcover signed by the author with unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Peter Gudynas in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket page block is somewhat tanned and a few of the upper leading page edges are bumped. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. HarperCollins Publishers Hardcover
1965609350London: Frederick Muller Limited 1965. First edition hardcover in very good condition with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Illustrated by John Wood. Jacket is scuffed marked and foxed with some surface colour loss noted. Edges are creased and nicked including a few small tears. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is cocked and page block is tanned and blemished. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Wood John. Used. Frederick Muller Limited Hardcover
1939223811939. Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction archive 1939 documents a central moment in American science fiction publishing when pulp magazines helped consolidate the genre's Golden Age through technologically oriented storytelling serialized fiction scientific essays and editorial emphasis on rational problem solving. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science-Fiction in late 1937 and remained associated with the magazine through its later identity as Analog making these 1939 issues part of the editorial period most closely linked to the rise of hard science fiction and the professionalization of modern speculative fiction. The archive supports research into pulp publishing prewar technological imagination serialized genre fiction and the early publication context for writers including Clifford D. Simak L. Sprague de Camp Manly Wade Wellman and Theodore Sturgeon.<br /> <br /> Astounding Science-Fiction. Vols. XXII-XXIV. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. Five issues. Archive of five pulp magazine issues from January March April June and September 1939 with pictorial wrappers serialized novels novelettes short fiction scientific articles cover art and reader-oriented genre material. The issues appear during the magazine's Campbell editorship and show the cultural sphere of late-1930s science fiction through adventure plots scientific speculation alien contact technological conflict planetary engineering future war anxieties humor and experiments in scale that linked pulp entertainment to scientific literacy.<br /> <br /> 1 Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction. Vol. XXII No. 5. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. The January issue includes "The Blue-Men of Yrano" by Warner Van Lorne "Maiden Voyage" by Vic Phillips short fiction by L. Sprague de Camp Malcolm Jameson Arthur J. Burks and Norman L. Knight and a science article comparing photographic and telescopic observation. With cover art by John Frew the issue shows Astounding's mix of adventure fiction technical explanation humor and speculative treatment of contact and invention.<br /> <br /> 2 Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction. Vol. XXIII No. 1. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. The March issue includes "Cloak of Aesir" by Don A. Stuart Campbell's pseudonym alongside "Children of the 'Betsy B'" by Malcolm Jameson work by H. L. Gold and Part 2 of Clifford D. Simak's "Cosmic Engineers." The issue is useful for tracing Campbell's dual role as editor and writer and for documenting how Astounding combined alien-human tension technologically mediated emotion youth-centered rebellion and large-scale cosmic engineering within a single issue.<br /> <br /> 3 Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction. Vol. XXIII No. 2. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. The April issue features "Worlds Don't Care" by Nat Schachner "Revolt" by A. M. Phillips fiction by Eando Binder and Harry Walton and the concluding installment of Simak's "Cosmic Engineers." The issue's plague exile revolt and working-life motifs place scientific speculation in relation to social strain showing how late-1930s pulp science fiction used adventure forms to process crisis labor and planetary risk.<br /> <br /> 4 Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction. Vol. XXIII No. 4. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. The June issue includes Clifford D. Simak's "Hermit of Mars" Harl Vincent's "The Morons" Nat Schachner's "When the Future Dies" and L. Sprague de Camp's science feature "Design for Life" with cover art by Graves Gladney. Its contents bring together Martian conflict dehumanization future collapse and speculative biology illustrating how Astounding paired fiction with scientific commentary in the same editorial environment.<br /> <br /> 5 Campbell John W. ed. Astounding Science-Fiction. Vol. XXIV No. 1. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1939. The September issue includes "Forces Must Balance" by Manly Wade Wellman "Masson's Secret" by Raymond Z. Gallun "Atmospherics" by Victor Valding and Theodore Sturgeon's "Ether Breather" with cover art by Hubert Rogers. "Ether Breather" is identified by bibliographic sources as Sturgeon's first published science fiction story giving this issue particular importance within the archive as evidence of a major writer's entrance into the field through Campbell's Astounding.<br /> <br /> Typical pulp toning modest edge wear and some spine wear with interiors complete; good to very good overall. Substantive five-issue 1939 run of Astounding Science-Fiction showing Campbell-era editorial direction prewar hard science fiction serialized genre experimentation and an early appearance by Theodore Sturgeon within one of the defining American science fiction magazines of the twentieth century. unknown
1952021240Circa 1952: Unpublished 1952. Mimeographed Paper . Stapled Sheets. Very Good. Three Page Typed Paper By Henry Kuttner For English 591 Dr. Lionel Stevenson Here Reproduced In Mimeo From The Library Of Forrest Ackerman. The Latest Bibliographic Reference Is Dated 1951. Henry Kuttner 1915 - 1958 Was An American Author Of Science Fiction Fantasy And Horror Who Worked With And Was Admired By Many Of The Greatest Early Sf Writers. His Work Is Obscured By His Use Of Many Pseudonyms And That Makes This Graduate School Paper Central To His Work As A Writer. Kuttner Spent The Mid-1950S Getting His Master's Degree But Died Of A Heart Attack In Los Angeles In 1958. Per Wikipedia Arthur Lionel Stevenson Frsl 1902-1973 Was A North American Writer And Lecturer. A Leading Authority On The Literature Of The Victorian Period He Published Biographies Of William Makepeace Thackeray And George Meredith As Well As A Panoramic Study Of The English Novel. At The University Of Southern California He Was Made An Associate Professor In 1941 And Promoted To Professor In 1944. In 1955 He Accepted Appointment As James B. Duke Professor Of English Literature At Duke University Remaining In This Role Until 1972 When Made Professor Emeritus And Serving As Chair Of The University's English Department From 1964 To 1967. Following Retirement From Duke He Became Visiting Professor At The University Of Houston 1973 Having Previously Held Visiting Professorships At The Universities Of Illinois 1952-53 And New York 1967-68 And A Visiting Lectureship At Oxford 1960-61. He Had Also Taught In The Summer Sessions At San Francisco State College And The University Of Colorado <br/> <br/> Unpublished unknown
1926004932London : Hutchinson & Co Publishers Ltd. 1926. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good. 284 Pp. 24 Pp Catalog At Rear Dated Spring 1926. Dystopian Novel Of The Future. Scarce Only 4 Copies Shown In Worldcat In Institutional Holdings One Of Which Is In The Us. . Slight Wear Beginning To Fray At Upper Left Corner Of Spine 4 Small Spots On Spine Spine And Cover Black Lettering And Design All Strong Some Fading To Spine Cloth Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> Hutchinson & Co (Publishers), Ltd. hardcover
1952000293New York: Scribner And Sons Scribner's 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /Very Good . Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. First Edition. Dust Jacket Is Bright And Attractive Would Be Near Fine Except For A 1/2" Squarish Chip At Upper Left Corner Of Front Panel Not Affecting Text Or Illustration. Dj Is Price Clipped But Appears To Be The Original Dust Jacket For This Book Three Titles On Rear Panel Trail Of The Iron Horse Great Venture And Two And The Town And Dj Has Been With The Book For Many Decades. <br/> <br/> New York: Scribner And Sons (Scribner's) hardcover
1952024118New York: Gnome Press 1952 1952. First Edition stated . Light Green Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Kelly Freas Dustwrapper. Green Boards Stamped In Darker Green. First Edition. An Exceptional Book And Dj. Book With Tiny Rubs At Bottom Corner Edges Of Spine. Dj With No Wear At All Except A Thin Line Of Rubbing Along Top Front Spine Edge And Tiny Rub At Top And Bottom Of Front Flap Fold Bright And Clean No Names Or Marks Small Area Of Light Foxing In 2" X 1/8" Area On Free Endpapers. <br/> <br/> New York: Gnome Press, 1952 hardcover
1994011521-XEdition Phantasia 1994. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 1st. Limited numbered Edition Gray cloth hardcover in the slipcase Limited to 250 copies 108 page book with black & white illustration by J.K. Potter . This is a Bilingual book in Both English & German . Signed twice by both the Author Ramsey Campbell and Artist J.K. Potter . Signed on the German Tile page and the English title page . A very scarce publication and signed by both . Condition : NEW Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Edition Phantasia Hardcover
1996010576Los Angeles: Snowfield Inc. 1996. Book. Near Fine. Loose Leaf. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. White paper printed in black three holes punched two with original brads. Cover dated August 8 1996. Front cover bottom left : Property Of: Snowfield Inc. 8111 Beverly Blvd. #201 Los Angeles CA 90048. 98 pages printed single side rectos only. Near Fine tiny bottom corner creases. Based on the 1983 Dean Koontz horror novel and adapted by Koontz for the film. The 1998 film starred Peter O'Toole Rose McGowan Joanna Going Liev Schreiber Ben Affleck Nicky Katt and Clifton Powell. RARE earliest draft of this screenplay. A single script located for sale online showing earliest date of Sept. 6 1996 with 9 revisions in different color papers between Sept. 17 1996 and Feb. 17 1997. Snowfield, Inc. unknown
199132808West Plains: Russ Cochran 1991. Limited edition. Williamson Al. #478 of 2500 copies 3 folio volumes in bevel-edged slipcase. collects the Star Wards comic strips drawn by Al Williamson signed by Williamson. In original shrink wrap with hand addressed shipping box from Al Williamson. As new. Russ Cochran unknown
1946010495Sauk City Wi: Arkham House 1946. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition with matching dates to Title and Copyright pages. One of 3000 copies printed by The Collegiate Press George Banta Publishing Company Menasha Wi from Intertype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. Collects four novels The House on the Borderland The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' The Ghost Pirates and The Night Land with an introductory essay by H. C. Koenig. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering/ design to the spine. This copy is Near Fine in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. A couple of finger smudges to front cover. Prior owner bookplate on front end paper. Lightly toned hinges. Tiny top corner bumps. Dust jacket has chipping at spine ends partially affecting "House" at bottom edge Chips at top front edge and spine joint. Top back edge with additional modest chipping. The House on the Borderland has been adapted in other formats including: as a graphic novel by Richard Corben in 2000 by Vertigo an imprint of DC Comics and as a 2023 animated film directed by Paul Huenemann and produced by Right Purdy Animation. Currey p. 242. Arkham House Hardcover
1934010124Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1934. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"To Henry W. Marshall Sr. from Thomas Temple Hoyne April 20 1934" with typed slip above signature tipped in -"Publication Date April 20". Hoyne's science fiction novel "in which a primitive hierarchical gangster-run capitalist society is riven by discontent among the lower orders and is eventually overthrown."SFE THe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. ASSOCIATION COPY Henry W. Marshall Sr.is known for being the founder of the Lafayette Indiana Journal & Courier Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and acting president of Purdue University. Lacking the dust jacket Near Fine light wear at spine ends. No other SIGNED copies of Hoyne's books found in commerce as of 01/2024. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-26; 1981 2-42; and 1987 2-45. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 118. Reilly & Lee Hardcover
19700018617Ballantine 1970. yellowing pages pictorial cover with black ltrs faded yellow printers ink on edges corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are nicked introduction by Lin Carter clean & tight. As sturdy as a painting by Brueghel as delicate as the breath of a hummingbird's wing this book is a delight an enchanting discover for lovers of fantasy. Ballantine Adult Fantasy. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Gallardo Gervasio. Ballantine Paperback
1911HDA19NY: Frederick A. Stokes 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1st American printing from UK sheets 1911. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine; 320pp. "Arguably Pain best short story collection. The work includes several imaginative & sophisticated macabre tales." Wilson Shadows in the Attic p.401. Gilt lettering on spine faded but legible; gilt lettering on cover bright; top edge dust-soiled; mild tanning; else nice. Frederick A. Stokes Hardcover
1946021294Los Angeles: Pathfinder / Forrest Ackerman 1946. Original Typescript . Single Sheet. Near Fine. Single Typed Sheet On Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Stationary A 24 Line Press Release In Carbon Copy Mentioning His Guest Of Honor Speech At The World Science Fiction Convention Summarizing His Novels And Quoting Aevv Regarding Coming Atomic War "Because Human Beings Have Not Yet Learned To Understand Themselves" The Central Concern Of Van Vogt Leading To His Work On The Development Of Dianetics With L Ron Hubbard And His Own Later Founding And Proprietorship Of The International Dianetic Society. With Typed Note At Top From Forrest Ackerman "28 July 46 - Van: Thank For Your Quick Cooperation On The Pic. As A Result The Article Is Already On Its Way To American Magazine. Fja". The American Did Not Pick It Up Van Vogt Replying With A Handwritten Note On The Back "Dear Forry: I Thought That Was Splendid - Could Hardly Believe It Was About Me Though. Sorry American Said "Nix!" Be Seeing You. Good Luck. /A Written By Van Vogt With A Wilted "Null"." A Handwritten Annotation From Ackerman Indicates This Was Eventually Published In Pathfinder On November 4. Handwritten Material From Van Vogt In 1946 Or Earlier Prior To The Book Publication Of "Slan" Is Quite Scarce And Is Almost Entirely Absent From His Personal Archives. <br/> <br/> Pathfinder / Forrest Ackerman unknown
1950024156New York: Doubleday 1950 1950. First Edition stated . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. First Edition Inscribed By The Author To An Active 1950'S Fan "For ------ With Best Regards Judith Merrill" And With The Recipient's Small Ownership Signature Dated 1955 At Top. Book With Touch Of Wear At Corners Unfaded Spine Lettering Strong But Beginning To Fray Along Bottom Edge Of Spine. Dj With Just A Touch Of Wear At Corners Not Price Clipped Bright And Unfaded. No Foxing. <br/> <br/> New York: Doubleday, 1950 hardcover
1911018149Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Fair. Front Endpaper Lacking; 3 Pp Of Ads Blank Verso; Half Title With Printed Quotation From By The Fireside On Verso; Title Verso Blank; Dedication Page With Publishing History Of These Stories Two First Published Here; Contents Verso Blank; 1 2-306; 64 P Blackwood's Catalogue At Rear. Edmund Candler 1874-1926 Was An English Journalist Novelist Educator And Served For Two Years As Director Of Publicity For The Government Of The Punjab 1919-1921 Until Retiring To England. Candler Was An Acquaintance Of E M Forster In India. Candler Was Also A Long Time Correspondent And Friend Of Joseph Conrad; In October 1918 He Wrote To His Brother Henry Candler "I Lunched With Conrad Yesterday. He Is A Real Friend. He Knows And Remembers Every Story In 'The General Plan.' !" His Second Novel Abdication 1922 Was Praised In The Edinburgh Review As One Of Two Novels Published That Year That Opened Up A New Era Of Anglo-Indian Literature The Other Being A Passage To India By E M Forster. This Copy With Ownership Information On Title Page Dated 1935 In Paris Of Kermit Roosevelt Grandson Of President Theodore Roosevelt And Famous In His Own Right For His Role In The Oss Including Leading Operations To Overthrow Mossadegh In Iran In 1953 . Contents Clean But Binding Quite Worn; Spine Is Re-Backed It Was Browned And The Left 1/3 Detached But Present With Some Loss Including Left Half Of Publisher's Name At Foot. However The Book Itself Has Become Scarce Possibly Being Bought Up And Destroyed; I Have Not Been Able To Identify Any Reprints. <br/> <br/> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1947027398Reading: Fantasy Press 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 257 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. One Of 2008 Copies Of The First Printing With 1947 Date And All Interior Illustrations Present "First Edition" Stated On Copyright Page Of Which 300 Had An Inserted Numbered Plate This One Being #58. The First Book From Fantasy Press. This First Issue Copy In The Proper First Issue Dust Jacket With Only Four Titles On Back. Book With Light Rubbing To Spine All Gilt Present And Bright But Not As Brilliant As When New. Dj With Light Wear At Corners Wear And 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel Minute Losses At Ends Of Spine And At Tips Two 1/8" Deep Tears At Top Of Spine. The Bibliography Of This Book Is Complex: A Reprint Of 1000 Copies In 1947 Dropped The Interior Illustrations But Not The Date And A Later 1949 Reprint Of 2510 Copies Also Lacked The Interiors Except For 985 Bound With Only The Frontispiece. All Later Issue Dust Wrappers List Eleven Titles On The Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1980548580London: New English Library 1980. First UK edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and edges are a little creased. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Pages are otherwise clear binding is sound and boards are clean. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. New English Library Hardcover
2000706london: Bantam 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed First Edition publisher: Bantam Press UK London First Edition Immaculate unread copy of wonderful novel in pristine boards and spine virginal unread pages and a flawless dustjacket. A new David Gemmell novel was always a treat and he is missed. AS NEW and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Greenhithe Kent UK United Kingdom 9th book of Drenai series - 11 in all. Dustjacket has a crease down spine. Dust jacket is now protected in a Brodart archival cover - some small crease to top edge of DJ. David Andrew Gemmell 1 August 1948 28 July 2006 <br/><br/> Bantam hardcover
1962005220London: Faber and Faber 1962 1962. First Edition . Blue Wrappers. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 253 Pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof In Light Blue Wrappers Slight Wear And Fading To Covers Tiny Losses Of Paper At Spine Corners. <br/> <br/> London: Faber and Faber, 1962 unknown
1950030974New Yor: Scribner And Sons 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 216 Pp. Blue Cloth.First Edition With Scribners Seal And "A" On Copyright Page. Nice Copy Slight Wear Lower Spine End Of Book With Shallow Bumping A Little Surface Roughness At Bottom 1" Of Front Panel No Loss Of Color Or Cloth. Very Good First Issue Dj Priced $2.50 With Wear And Small Losses At Corners. <br/> <br/> Scribner And Sons hardcover
