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1951006743New York: Gnome Press 1951. An exceptional and RARE set all three books having been SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Isaac Asimov to the same lady in the most intriguing and charming manner - "Foundation" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a passionate Southern gal Isaac Asimov" "Foundation and Empire" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a persistent Southern gal Isaac Asimov" and "Second Foundation " SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a married Southern gal Isaac Asimov". Ah to have been a witness to THAT book signing where the sparks were obviously flying ! All three books stated Gnome Press First Editions "Foundation" in dark blue boards with red lettering at spine thinner and narrower paper and with dust jacket too large for this thinner book although stating First Edition 1951 on CP is actually the 1954 2nd Edition. Book is Very Good pages browning slight toning to edges of end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket priced $2.75 front flap small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. "Foundation and Empire" 1952 is First Edition First State in original red cloth in Second Issue dust jacket in blue tones. Book is Very Good pages uniformly browning. In Near Fine dust jacket small chips top and bottom edges rear panel at spine. "Second Foundation" 1953. is First Edition First State in original light blue boards spine stamped in brown Very Good cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends light toning to end pages at edges top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket 1/2" chip top edge front panel at spine light edge wear and soiling. Overall a Very Good set with unique Asimov inscriptions of this towering classic of the science fiction genre that continues to remain fresh and current. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Editions. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Kyle Edd Carter and Ric Binkley . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Gnome Press Hardcover books
1839006294Philadelphia: William E. Burton 1839. Very Good Plus and handsomely bound in later red cloth with gilt titles and rules top edge gilt marbled end pages 332 pp.with six tissue-guarded plates. gilt initials P.L. front board. complete with all illustrations lacking only the tissue guard for the month of September. Bound without the original wrappers. Cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends. Contains the First Printing of Poe's classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher" basis for several movies and TV shows including the 1960 classic "House of Usher" starring Vincent Price and with the screenplay by Richard Matheson. Also includes several other Poe stories and poems including "To Ianthe in Heaven" "The Man that was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign" "William Wilson: A tale" basis for several TV episodes "Morella: A tale" also filmed 1999 and "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion". . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William E. Burton, Hardcover books
1911008664Munchen: Georg Müller 1911. Achtzehnte Auflage 18th edition stated at half-title page SCARCE in any early German edition. In original mustard decorative cloth Art Deco geometrical decorative end papers double illustrated title page 460 pages 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ribbon marker. text in German. Very Good Plus small tear to cloth at spine light soiling to boards. From the library of noted German conductor Helmuth Wolfes former conductor of the Berlin State Opera his signature in ink at half-title page. Basis for 5 films between 1918-1952. The 2nd book in the Frank Braun trilogy in which " Braun uses artificial insemination to breed from the dregs of society - by impregnating a whore with the semen of an executed criminal - the eponymous soulless female whose name reflects in German her likeness to a mandrake root and whose vampirical powers prove almost fatal to the Ubermensch experimenter". SFE - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. . Eighteenth Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Georg Müller Hardcover books
194800006556New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 10 242 4 pp. Navy cloth with teal lettering on the spine and a teal decoration of a spaceman on the front board. Price of $2.50 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by Clifford N. Geary. Ahearn APG 003a. Currey 234. An attractive copy of Heinlein's second novel difficult to find in collectible condition. A Near Fine book with faint offsetting to the flyleaves in a Very Good dust jacket with traces of edge wear including a small tear and wrinkle to the rear panel. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1900006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover books
1896003496London: John Lane 1896. First British Edition First Issue with catalog at rear dated 1896. In light brown decorative cloth boards spine titles gilt red decorations and title front board and red key decoration spine and rear board along with 1896 date. Pagination error on title page 26 pages of ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Small booksellers sticker bottom edge rear pastedown that of J.L. McCallum Surrey. About 1/4" of cloth loss at head of spine not affecting title. Contents are clean tight and free of any foxing whatsoever. Edges of pages just starting to brown SCARCE in the true British First Edition and in quite collectible condition. First British Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. John Lane Hardcover books
31115NY1962: Doubleday First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpage. "Nan! Jessie! Merry Christmas! 1962! and Love! from Ray Bradbury." The inscriptee's small Hollywood address label has been affixed on an angle on the page and partially covers the date. Touch of shelfwear mostly at the spine ends lower board corners lightly bumped beginning toning on the endpages; dustjacket with wear at the corners and spine ends tiny chips and wrinkling on the topedge. A bright and tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Bradbury;s eighth story collection. Contains two previously uncollected storeies. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1905003495London: Ward Lock and Co. Ltd. 1905. First Edition and quite SCARCE in collectible condition. In decorative yellow cloth frontis illustration and 2 others by Henry Austin. Author's name misspelled "Sheil" on title page. Lettering a bit rubbed front board red decoration at spine faded but still showing some red.Prior owner name front pastedown small Brentano's sticker bottom edge rear pastedown. Endpages and tissue guard for frontis foxed and a bit of light internal foxing. Binding is sound. Overall a Very Good copy of a very SCARCE book. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Austin Henry. Ward Lock and Co., Ltd. Hardcover books
1930008761Chicago: Everyday Mechanics Publications Inc. 1930. SCARCE> Three issues from Vol. 2 Nos. 5 6. and 8 including the November issue featuring a space ship on the front cover and article on space flight by Hugo Gernsback the "Father of the Pulp". Near Fine. some light soiling to covers. Everyday Mechanics was published by Gernsback starting in 1929 and changed to Everyday Science and Mechanics as of the October 1931 issue. . First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Everyday Mechanics Publications, Inc. Paperback books
1953004930Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1953. Near Fine slight discoloration to light blue cloth in spine gutters and along top edge in a Near Fine dust jacket small chips at the spine tips and front flap clipped top corner with pencilled price of 2.50. Jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg. Part of the classic Winston Science Fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. This title SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Kenneth Fagg. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover books
1998A35143London England: Voyager / Harper Collins. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. True First Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; True First Edition - published in the UK prior to the US edition. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright but have some very beginning toning. The top edge of the text block has some toning as well. Both front and rear inner hinges have noticeable glue residue from the binding process. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In 1991 Martin briefly returned to writing novels. He had grown frustrated that his TV pilots and screenplays were not getting made and that TV-related production limitations like budgets and episode lengths were forcing him to cut characters and trim battle scenes. This pushed Martin back towards writing books where he did not have to worry about compromising the size of his imagination. Admiring the works of J. R. R. Tolkien in his childhood he wanted to write an epic fantasy though he did not have any specific ideas. This would eventually turn into his epic fantasy series: A Song of Ice and Fire which was inspired by the Wars of the Roses The Accursed Kings and Ivanhoe. Martin originally conceptualised it as being three volumes. It is currently intended to comprise seven volumes. The first A Game of Thrones was published in 1996." . Voyager / Harper Collins hardcover books
006578Vermont: The Artist No Date circa pre-1976. "Saddleback" lithograph print pencil SIGNED by artist lower right # 159/260 copies printed. Print size 19 3/4" x 24 1/4" image size 13 5/8" x 18" taped in mat at top edge mat size 21" x 25 3/4". Near Fine faint marginal creases visible from verso hidden by mat from the front. Mel Hunter was best known for his science fiction illustrations for Isaac Asimove and Robert A. Heinlein and a successful career in scientific illustration. Hunter moved to Vermont in 1967 and began creating lithographs of the surrounding Vermont countryside. In 1976 after accidental damage to his limestone lithographic drawing Hunter began using mylar as a medium for his lithography. thus dating this print from 1967-1976. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Print . Near Fine. 19 3/4" x 24 1/4". The Artist Paperback books
200110367Cleveland: Hamilton Press 2001. First edition thus. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by artist Barry Hoffman on the limitation page. This is copy #15. Contains twenty-four full-page engravings; text printed letterpress on Rives Lightweight and hand-bound; the cover is a hand-printed lithograph. Issued without dustjacket. Publisher's announcement laid in. Unread copy in Fine condition . Signed by Artist. Hardcovers. Illus. by Barry Hoffman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.<br />the image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Hamilton Press hardcover books
2000008023Centreville VA: Shadowlands Press / a Subsidiary of Bereshith Publ. 2000. # 122 of 500 copies printed Stories and artwork based on sculptures of Lisa Snellings. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. SIGNED by Lisa Snelling Edward E. Kramer Harlan Ellison Caitlin R. Kiernan Charles De Lint Neil Gaiman Robert J. Sawyer Chet Williamson John Shirley Michael Bishop Gene Wolfe Jack Dann Janeen Webb Edward Bryant S.P. Somtow Nancy A. Collins Nina Kiriki Hoffmann Brad Linaweaver Fred Olen Ray Richard Lee Byers David Niall Wilson Darrell Schweitzer and Peter Crowther. SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Printin. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Shadowlands Press / a Subsidiary of Bereshith Publ. Hardcover books
1928007584London: Duckworth 1928. #54 of 110 copies in this Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. In original yellow cloth top edge gilt other edges untrimmed Near Fine toning to end pages in a Near Fine dust wrapper spine a touch darkened. A quite handsome copy of this critically acclaimed author's science fiction story of ".a Lord Beaverbrook figure and his entourage in their complex lives and later after a huge cataclysm hurtling through space on a chip of rock which is all that remains of Earth." Science Fiction Encyclopedia. A SCARCE SIGNED Limited Edition particularly so with such a fresh dust wrapper. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Limited Edition. Duckworth Hardcover books
197812178Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1978. First Franklin Library limited edition. Signed by Vonnegut as issued. "Special Message" by Vonnegut for this edition. Illustrated by Alan E. Cober. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker tissue guard laid-in for signature page as issued. Limitation uinspecified. "Notes from the Editors" 22 pp illustrated booklet included as issued. Book and booklet are unread and in Fine condition. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franklin Library Hardcover books
1961008443Mundelein Illinois: Palmer Publications Inc. 1961. The complete run of 16 magazines A-1 through A-16 published 1961-1964. A-1 Very Good abrasions to rear wrapper uniform browning to pages. The rest Near Fine to Fine. Raymond A. Palmer was editor at Amazing Stories in 1943 when he began publishing the stories of Richard Shaver dubbing it "The Shaver Mystery". Shaver claimed to have telepathic abilities which made him realize there were aliens living in caverns deep within the earth. The initial and subsequent publications of Shaver's stories dramatically increased the subscription of Amazing Stories while at the same time generating much discussion and controversy within the science fiction community. By 1948 Amazing Stories discontinued Shaver's stories due to loss of circulation. Palmer went on to publishing more occult and pseudoscience launching such magazines as Fate Mystic Magazine Search Other Worlds Imagination Universe Science Fiction and Science Stories. His last publication was Hidden Worlds 16 magazines containing 3200 pages and roughly 2 million words. SCARCE as the complete set. First Printing. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Palmer Publications, Inc. Paperback books
1884006246Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1884. Bellamy's third novel preceding "Looking Backward 2000-1887" by 3 years and SCARCE especially so in collectible condition. In original brown cloth stamped at front cover and spine with black decorations and gilt titles. Copyright page states 1884 title page1885. Very Good cloth rubbed at the edges and corners end pages toned prior owner inscription front paste down. Binding solid contents are clean and unmarked. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover books
19790050241979. SIGNED on title page by Terry Carter who played Colonel Tigh. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. 61 pages plus title page pronunciation and definition key and cast and set page. The final page is numbered 60 but there are pages numbered 2 and 2a. Three holes punched no brads present all pages white with white cardstock rear cover. Near Fine title page a bit wrinkled rear cover sticker removal rub. This episode appeared on U.S. television on 18 Feb. 1979. SCARCE. SIGNED. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". unknown books
1971A35139New York: Dodd Mead & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. First American Trade Edition following a mimeographed stapled limited edition. This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of light sunning to the spine and spine joints. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Blish spent 19421944 as a medical technician in the United States Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His writing career progressed until eventually he gave up his job to become a full-time writer. He is credited with coining the term gas giant in the story "Solar Plexus" as it appeared in the anthology Beyond Human Ken edited by Judith Merril. The story was originally published in 1941 but that version did not contain the term; Blish is thought to have added it in a rewrite done for the anthology which was first published in 1952. From 1962 to 1968 Blish worked for the Tobacco Institute. Then in 1968 Blish left his native United States and moved to Henley-on-Thames England. From 1967 to 1977 Blish worked on a series of books for the Star Trek franchise. He died before the series was completed and the final volume Star Trek 12 was co-credited to his wife." ; Signed by Author . Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
2010008054Ulverton Cumbria England: PS Publishing 2010. Deluxe Traycased Limited Edition #179/200 copies SIGNED BY GENE WOLFE AND TIM POWERS at Limitation Page. Fine in Fine dust jacket and Fine publisher's custom clamshell case. There was also an edition of 300 copies signed only by Wolfe. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. PS Publishing Hardcover books
199721960<p>NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Trifle corner bump on rear board upper corner with corresponding tiny wrinkles on the dustjacket; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were only a few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages which preceded the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p><p>The images are of the book described and not stock photos.</p> Putnam hardcover books
1893008057London: Tylston and Edwards 1893. xxi iii 243 5 pp. 16 plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Ernest Griset. Volume V of Memorial Edition of Works of Burton. Bound in publisher's original decorated black cloth with gilt spine top edge dyed red. Bookplate of noted bookplate collector Arthur K. Brewer front paste dowan and The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research their unique bookplate front end page and Kinsey's call letters bottom edge of spine. Near Fine creases to cloth rear board offsetting from Brewer's bookplate front end page. A copy with a unique and interesting provenance. . Memorial Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tylston and Edwards Hardcover books
199351410NY: Simon & Schuster 1993. 40th Anniversary edition first prnt. Signed and dated "5/19/93" by Bradbury on the front free endpage. Foreword by Bradbury for this edition. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Bradbury's first novel following by three years The Martian Chronicles which consisted of previously published inter-related stories. Signed & Dated by Author. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anniversary Edition. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
1938007728Hamburg ; Paris ; Bologna : The Albatross 1938. SCARCE. In a Fine unsigned mid-20th century binding of half crushed morocco over appropriately imitation snakeskin giving one an eerie feeling just by holding the book. Marbled end pages. Copyright page shows date of 1935 however the 1st English language edition was 1938 according to Worldcat. Albatross Modern Continental Library vol. 277. Very Good Plus rubs to the half morocco front cover light foxing end pages only. . First Edition in English. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Albatross Hardcover books
