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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
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
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
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The twelfth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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
1951000594Shasta hardcover New York: Shasta 1951 A collection of stories comprising a "future history" of the earth. No remainder mark not price-clipped not ex-library. The front and spine of the dust jacket are nearly prisine but the rear of the jacket has a tear at the top approximately 12 mm 0.5 inches long and also has a moderate amount of soiling see photos. The bottom edges of the book are slightly bumped and the pages are somewhat faded but is otherwise in fine shape. Comes in a mylar protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours often on the same day they are received.
1935018863London: Methuen Circa 1940 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good- Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition First Impression Later Issue But No Indication Of Later Printing. Shorter Binding 18.3 Cm Tall Blue-Violet Cloth With Black Print Format Different Than First Binding No Ads Using First Impression Sheets. Dustjacket Is Identical To First Issue Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap Except It Is Trimmed To 185.6 Mm Considerably Taller Than This Issue Of The Book But Shorter Than The First Issue Dj And Has A Printed Paper Label "Offered At 2'- Net Ex-Libris" At Foot Of Spine Above The Publisher's Name. This Binding And This Labelling Of The Dustjacket Is Not Listed In Satty & Smith's Definitive Bibliography. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.4 First Edition First Impression Fourth Issue March 1939 555 Copies Has The First Issue Binding And Includes The Later Ads In A Dj With A New Price Of 2'6P Attached To The Front Flap; A6.1.1.5 1941 Is An Issue In Wrappers Without Ads Priced At 2 Shillings; This Issue Probably Occurred Between These Two Issues Perhaps In 1940. A Very Good Tight Copy. Book Lightly Foxed On First Few Pages A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing In Rest Of Book. Dj With Some Edge Wear Light Chipping At Corners And Front Flap Fold. Dustjacket In Blue Pink White Tan And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. <br/> <br/> Methuen, (Circa 1940) hardcover
1973010449London: Jonathan Cape 1973 SCARCE title price clipped DW under plastic sleeve minor chipping to spine ends short tear along the fold of at the bottom of the lower rear joint laminated illustrated upper layer of the DW has a surface split with minor chipping at the head of the upper joint book top edge is slightly dusty and very slight foixing to closed fore edge top 10mm of fep clipped off and a small area towards the corner of the half title has been neatly trimmed off as well about 5mm deep otherwise book and wrapper are tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
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
1971A35139New York: Dodd Mead & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039606325X . SIGNED EDITION. First American Trade Edition following a mimeographed stapled limited edition. This book is in Near 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
2003010930NY: Simon and Schuster 2003. Mint in mint jacket. SIGNED and Dated 2003 by Ray Bradbury. <br /><br />RARE thus. Not many have the 2003 date in them. I only have two or three left now from out stock of these. I was friends with Ray Bradbury for 28 years and we had many book signings at our store with him in Ventura. <br /><br />As new. FIRST printing of this 50th Anniversary edition of his best known work. COA comes with the book . The numbering starts with "1". The book is out of print in first edition. I personally presented this book to Ray Bradbury at his home in Los Angeles for his signature. Ray considered this his ONLY science fiction work by the way. Very collectible with the date 2003 in it in Ray Bradbury's hand-marking the 50th anniversary of this important book. A Letter of Assurance comes with the book for the signature. I personally presented this book to my friend of 27 years Ray Bradbury for his signature. VERY LIMITED SUPPLY and shrinking nearly daily of what we do have in stock now of authentic Ray Bradbury signed books which are available from Phantom Bookshop. This is the one signed Bradbury book you should get if you are seeking out a classic work. Look under our facsimile dust jacket section. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Thus. Hard Back. As New/As New. Simon and Schuster hardcover
197633937West Plains MO: Russ Cochran 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1159/2000 of the 3-volume set issued in 1976 1977 and the final volume with slipcase in 1984. Folio full cream cloth with leather gilt stamped title labels and color inset illustrations to front panel of each book. Volumes 1 and 2 each include the cover letter from Cochran explaining various points about the series. Artists include J. Allen St. John Hal Foster Burne Hogarth Frank Schoonover Roy Krenkel and Frank Frazetta as well as others who illustrated book and comics up through 1975. Light rubbing to gilt numbers at foot of each spine else fine and apparently unread in fine slipcase. Russ Cochran hardcover
1953004930Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1953. Book. Illus. by Kenneth Fagg. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 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. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover
193831915London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Tanning to text paper covers bright fine copies in a fine binding. 31915. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers bound in black boards with spine stamped in gold. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon John Russell Fearn Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 254-56. Published by George Newnes Ltd. unknown
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
006578Vermont: The Artist Print. Near Fine. No Binding. SIGNED BY ARTIST. 19 3/4" x 24 1/4". 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. The Artist unknown
1897HW03London: Jarrold & Sons 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1897. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in red and gilt on front and spine; publsiher's device in blind on rear. Paper has tanned especially end and following pages; bookplate removal; shelf wear wth a lower foredge bump to corner of the boards. Jarrold & Sons Hardcover
189836432London: Digby Long & Co 1898. Hardcover. 1st ed. stated 2nd ptg. on title page. 8vo pictorial blue-gray cloth printed in red orange black and silver publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel top and bottom edges untrimmed light green floral patterned endpapers tanned. 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "November 1896" inserted at rear inserted frontispiece with illustration initialed "C.H.S." title page printed in red and black. Period bookplate and sticker for Foyle's Bookstore Charing Cross affixed to front pastedown. Bumps to all corners mild foxing to preliminary pages. Digby Long & Co hardcover
1976SCFI0196München, Heyne 1970 - 1976. Harrison, Harry; Aldiss, Brian W.: Der Tag der Millionen. / Harrison, Harry: Die Barbarenwelt. // Tenn, William: Mögliche Welten. / Von Menschen und Monstren. Das Robothaus. // Cooper, Edmund: Die Herren des Kosmos. / Der letzte Kontinent. // Vance, Jack: Der Dämonen Prinz. / Der Mann ohne Gesicht. // Aldiss, Brian W.: Rau, Zeit und Nathaniel. / Die neuen Neandertaler. // Williamson, Jack: Antimaterie. / Antimaterie-Bombe. // Brunner, John: Bürger der Galaxis. / Die Zeitsonde. // Blish, James: Zeit der Vögel. / Der Gewissensfall. / Triumph der Zeit. // Buwert, Harald; Hahn, Ronald M.: Die Flüster-Zentrale. // Gaskell, Jane: Der Turm der Göttin. // Compton, David G.: Zerfall. // Dick, Philip K.: Eine andere Welt. // Moorcock, Michael: I.N.R.I. oder die Reise mit der Zeitmaschine. // Carter, Lin: Der grüne Stern. // Zelazny, Roger: Heute wählen wir Gesichter. // Laumer, Keith: Der Zwischenbereich. // Clarke, Arthur C.: 2001. Odyssee im Weltraum. // Roberts, Keith: Die folgenschwere Ermordung ihrer Majestät Königin Elisabeth I. // Derleth, August: Paradies II. // Ballard, J.G.: Die tausend Träume von Stellavista. // Blumm, Ralph: Der Simultanmensch. // Garnett, David S.: Das Rätsel der Creeps. // Avallone, Michael: Rückkehr zum Planet der Affen. // Sturgeon, Theodore: Parallele X. // Bloch, Robert: Das Regime der Psychos. // Dolinsky, Mike: Die PSI-Droge. // Koch, Eric: Die Freizeit-Revoluzzer. // Freedmann, Nancy: Joshua Niemandssohn. // Voltz, William: Quarantäne. // Herbert, Frank: Der letzte Caleban. // Blish, James; Knight, Norman L.: Tausendmilliarden glückliche Menschen. // Amis, Kingsley: Die Verwandlung. // McCaffrey, Anne: Planet der Entscheidung. / Ein Raumschiff namens Helva. / Die Suche der Drachen. // Strugazki, A. u. B.: Atomvulkan Colkonda. // Lange, Oliver: Vandenberg oder als die Russen Amerika besetzten. // Wylie, Philip: Das grosse Verschwinden. // Keene, Day; Pruyn, Leonnard: Welt ohne Frauen. // Pohl, Frederik; Kornbluth, C.M.: Eine handvoll Venus und ehrbare Kaufleute. // Aldiss, Brian W.: Der Sternenschwarm. // Geston, Mark S.: Das Sternenschiff. // Gillon, Diane u. Meir: Welt ohne Schlaf. // Compton, David G.: Leb wohl, gute Erde. // Anderson, Poul: Das letzte Sternenschiff. // Franke, Herbert W.: Zonne Null. // Wolfe, Gene: Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus. // Jefremow, Iwan: Das Mädchen aus dem All. // Oliver, Chad: Die Affenstation. // Niven, Larry; Pournelle, Jerry: Der Splitter im Auge Gottes. // Akers, Alan Burt: Die Menschenjäger von Antares. / Die Armada von Scorpio. / In der Arena von Antares. / Transit nach Scorpio. // Silverberg, Robert: Menschen u. andere Ungeheuer. / Es stirbt in mir. / Exil im Kosmos. / Schwingen der Nacht. / Das heilige Atom. // Farmer, Philip José: Das echte Log des Phileas Fogg. / Die synthetische Seele. / Der Sonnenheld. / Der Mondkrieg. / Der Steingott erwacht. // Leguin, Ursula K.: Planet der Habenichtse. / Winterplanet. / Die Geißel des Himmels. / Das Wort für Welt ist Wald. // Heinlein, Robert A.: Das geschenkte Leben. / Abenteuer im Sternereich. / Reise in die Zukunft. / Utopia 2300. / Die Leben des Lazarus Long. / Unternehmen Alptraum. / Der Mann, der den Mond verkaufte. / Farmer im All. // Leiber, Fritz: Ein Gespenst sucht Texas heim. / Schwerter gegen Zauberei. // Gaskell, Jane: Im Reich der Atlantiden. / Der Drache. // Disch, Thomas M.: Die Duplikate. / Camp Concentration. / Angouleme. // Herbert, Frank: Der Herr des Wüstenplaneten. / Der Wüstenplanet. // Anderson, Poul: Universum ohne Ende. / Jenseits der Unendlichkeit. / Höllenzirkus. / Rebellion auf Alpha Crucis. // Simak, Clifford D.: Mann aus der Retorte. / Marc Cornwalls Pilgerfahrt. // Keyes, Daniel: Charly. // Knight, Damon: Computer streiten nicht. // Weigand, Jörg (Hrsg.): Die Stimme des Wolfs. Französische Science Fiction-Stories. // Jeschke, Wolfgang: Science Fiction Story-Reader 2, 3, 4, 7, 8. OKart. Alle Bände in ausgezeichnetem Zustand, ohne Gebrauchsspuren, nur vereinzelt leichte Lagerspuren.
1968021935New York: Trident Press 1968 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Harlan Ellison directly on the title-page. Light bump to upper corner else book is in fine condition; dust jacket with mild edge wear creasing and light soiling else fine. Trident Press hardcover
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
