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1915036273New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vi 329 Pp 8 Pp Ads At Rear. Light Blue Cloth Lettered In Gilt And Decorated In Pinkish-Cream And Blackish Blue. First Printing One Of 13 021 Copies. Slight Rubbing Gilt Brilliant Hinges Tight No Stains Former Owner's Name On Front Pastedown; Would Be Near Fine But Front Endpaper Removed Small Crack To Hinge Near Gutter Edge Of Front Pastedown Crack Down Entire Length Of Rear Hinge On Rear Pastedown Near Gutter Edge. Binder's Fault On Spine Gilt Title Improperly Applied And Has Smeared Onto Black And Blue Backgrounds Binder Let Gold Sheet Apply To This Particular Book Too Long And It Came On To Area That Was Not Supposed To Be Stamped In Gilt Not Identified As An Issue Point. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1950024147Reading: Fantasy Press 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue-green Cloth. Fine/Fine. 310 Pp. Blue-Green Cloth Spine Stamped In Gold. #194 Of 500 Subscribers' Copies With An Inserted Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author This One Also Inscribed By Williamson "Most Cordially". <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
2013047070East Yorkshire England: PSArtbooks 2013. First U.K. Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Colour panels. Colour illustrated wrappers are clean and without wear. Bindings square and not creased. Small quarto: 26 x 18cm. Originally published in magazine form by Harvey Publications Inc. Complete set in five volumes. Volume One - Issues 1-5. Volume Two - Issues 6-10. Volume Three - Issues 11-16. Volume Four - Issues 17-22. Volume Five - Issues 23-28. <br/> <br/> PSArtbooks paperback
1927021915Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1927. Photos upon request. Good condition. Only a couple tiny spots to the original gilt-stamped red cloth binding. Spine lettering a little dull. Hinges are NOT cracked. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown endpaper. A few pages show small brown spots foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. First Printing of the First Edition with NO statement of printing on the copyright page but with the publisher's acorn device as called for by Currey. NOTE: This is true first edition published February 1927 NOT the First Reprinting from March 1927. Zeuschner 381. Heins OT #1 page 170. Currey p. 91. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. vi 298pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. C. McClurg & Co Hardcover
1994016150Bucuresti Bucharest 1994-: Nemira 1993 1994 1994. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 12 " Tall. Color and b/w Original Illustrations. 47 Issues Of The Romanian Sf Weekly Journal "The Only European Science Fiction Weekly" With Original Articles And Stories In Romanian And English. The Original Magazine Art Is Very Detailed Very Fantastic And Usually Surreal Well-Done But Printed On Newspaper Stock; Most Of This Has Never Been Seen Outside Of Romania. A Long Run Missing A Few Issues. From The Library Of Forrest Ackerman Sf Agent And Uber-Fan Whose Collection Of Sf Material Will Likely Never Be Surpassed The Only True Sf Completist Circa 1930-1995 With Vast Holdings Of Sf Now Dispersed. <br/> <br/> Nemira 1993 1994 unknown
1964036526Chicago: Metropolis Map Co / Damrell & Upham / The Old Corner Bookstore 1964. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 104 Pp. Grey Cloth Gilt. The Scarce Hardcover Issue. One Of The Author's Copies Inscribed By A E Van Vogt To A Friend Who Was A Long Time Sf Fan. Book Fine No Wear Or Foxing. Dust Jacket Very Near Fine Narrow Rubs On Fore-Edge Only. <br/> <br/> Metropolis Map Co / Damrell & Upham / The Old Corner Bookstore hardcover
1941015216New York: Better Publications 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. A bright clean copy beginning to chip along cover overhang on front and rear covers with several 1/8" to 1/2" short closed tears at edges 1/4" x 1/2" chip front cover very light dampstaining over a few square inches on edges on covers extending in up to 1/2" from edges but mostly one large mark near lower left corner of rear cover. <br/> <br/> Better Publications unknown
1937000417London: Jonathan Cape 1937 1937. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Jacket. 447 Pp. Catalog At End. First Edition. An Exceptionally Nice Copy Of A Fantasy/Science Fiction Classic. Green Boards With Gold Lettering On Spine Dust Jacket Priced 7S.6D. Net. Some Bumping To Spine Some Foxing To Edges Of Page Block. In A Bright Near Fine Dust Jacket Without Any Chipping And Virtually No Wear No Fading At All A Few Spots Of Foxing To The Inside Flaps Some Wrinkling To The Rear Flap And Some Light Dust On The Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 hardcover
1962024495Pacific Grove / Glendale: Roy A Squires and Clyde Beck 1962. First Edition . Quarter Cloth / Boards. Near Fine. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8. 48 Pp. Quarter Black Cloth Author's Name In Gilt On Spine Plain Buff Paper Covered Boards. A Collection Of All The Uncollected Poems That Smith Wanted Published; Later Collected In Arkham's Collected Poems. Chalker & Owings State That The Actual Limitation Was 65 In Trade Paper 100 In Half-Cloth Actually Quarter Cloth As Here And 15 In Full Cloth. Scarce; 24 Copies In Worldcat But Seldom Offered In The Trade. This Example Unworn No Wear To Cloth Or Paper But With A Few Tiny Irregular Losses Of The Surface Of The Paper On The Front Cover. <br/> <br/> Roy A Squires and Clyde Beck hardcover
1951032122Reading: Fantasy Press 1951 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition Stated #446 Of 500 Subscribers' Copies With An Inserted Numbered Limitation Page Signed By The Author This Copy With A Long Inscription To A Contemporary Sf Fan.Blue Cloth Gilt. A Lightly Worn Copy Spine Cloth Faded But Gilt Lettering All Readable Light Damp Staining To External Covers Small Magic Marker Spot Covering An Old Price 10 With 1" X 1/2" Damp Stain At Lower Right Corner Of Limitation Leaf No Damp Staining Elsewhere On Endpapers Or Pages. In A First Issue Dj Three Titles Described On Rear Panel Cover Title As "Grey Lensman" Price Clipped And With The Publisher's Corrected $3.00 Price Rubber-Stamped On Front Flap As On All Copies. Dust Jacket With Wear Small Losses And Tears At Edges Not Affecting Lettering Slight Foxing To Front Panel More Pronounced Foxing To Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951 hardcover
1948036536Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. Fpci 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing One Of 1000 Copies Which Include All The Interior Plates Reprints In 1949 And 1952 Omit The Interior Plates. Light Blue Cloth Gilt Lighter Blue Endpapers. A Bright Clean Example Nicely Inscribed On Title Page By A. E. Van Vogt To A Friend And Sf Fan And Dated In 1980 Also Nicely Inscribed On The Following Blank Page A Joint Enterprise--Destination Unknown--Journey Almost Forgotten" And Signed "A E Van Vogy And With All Good Wishes E Mayne Hull". This Is One Of The Author's Copies With The Original Outer Tissue Jacklet Intact And With A Clean Duat Jacket Protected By The Tissue Dust Jacket. Tissue And Paper Dust Jackets With Light Wear At Ends Of Spine Very Small Chip At Top Of Rear Spine Edge And A 1/4" Tear At Top Of Front Panel With 1/4" V-Chip In The Tissue Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. ( Fpci) hardcover
006292Ace 3 book set UNAUTHORIZED or PIRATED edition published before the Ballantine editions browning pages soiled yellow printers ink on edges tears/nicks/creases/bumped/& worn edges/corners/& head-heel of spine Vol. 1 A-4 is very poor with red cover & broken spine at back & several sections that have been reglued with edges worn & uneven with worn spine edges // Vol. 2 A-5 is good with yellow cover & faded spine // Vol. 3 A-6 is poor with blue cover & numerous nicks and tears on worn uneven edges plus a reglued section at back. We do not break sets but please e-mail as we may have an individual copy. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price. Pre-1965. Mass Market Paperback. Very Poor to Good. Illus. by Gaughan Jack. Ace Paperback
19791253New York: Baronet Publishing Company 1979. First Baronet Printing. Paperback. Good plus. Illustrated wraps 8vo 8-1/4 inches tall pp. 278 stated first printing inscribed and signed on the title page "to John - Orson Scott Card". Volume with some edge wear and light creasing trace of soil and a small stain to text block edge. A signed copy of the author's first book not issued in hardcover. Preceded by Ace 09136 earlier in 1979. Baronet Publishing Company paperback
200400064New York N. Y. U. S. A.: Easton press 2004. First edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. Beautiful full leather collectible signed limited edition. Sealed in original shrink wrap Like New. <br/><br/> Easton press hardcover
1948024195Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. F.P.C.I. 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 184 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Third Fpci Book. Book With Touch Of Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine. First Issue Dj Complete Unfaded Not Price-Clipped Very Slight Wear 1/2" Closed Tear Bottom Of Front Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel 1/8" Tear With 1/8" Loss Of Surface Of Paper At Top Rear Spine Edge Rear Panel With A Few Small Areas Of Dustiness. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. (F.P.C.I.) hardcover
1948009581Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 231 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. Limited First Edition #390 Of 500 Signed Numbered Copies. Attractive Near Fine. Dust Jacket Near Fine With Slight Edgewear And A Little Rubbing. With The Fantasy Press Prospectus For This Book Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1948027946Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. 1/3497 Copies. Red Cloth Gilt. Correct First Binding With One Final Leaf And One Final Free Endpaper And With Publisher's Name On Spine Measuring 3Mm In Height. Fine Book No Wear Or Fading No Names Or Marks. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped Light Wear Two Short Under 1/8" Tears At Top Of Front Panel With 1" Light Connecting Crease 1/8" Chip At Bottom Rear Flap Fold Minute Losses At Other Tips Some Fading Of Red Title On Spine Now Pink. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1935017182New York: Science Fiction Digest Company 1935. Teacher's Edition . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. Description: Printed Wrappers. Near Fine Book. First Edition. Important early SF fanzine noted for some original stories including the SF satire by Bloch in this issue. Movie reviews also. A near-fine example. <br/> <br/> Science Fiction Digest Company unknown
1950035904Reading: Fantasy Press 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. Pp. 308. Blue Cloth Gilt. A Fine Book No Wear Very Light Offsetting On Endpapers As Usual. Inscribed To An Early 1950'S Fan "To ----------- I'm Mighty Glad To Meet You Again And Look Forward To Meeting You At Many More Of These Etings Sic In The Future. Edward E. Smith Phd". Dj Is First State Four Titles On Rear Panel Not Price-Clipped Lightly Worn 1" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Fold 1/2" X 1/8" Chip At Bottom Of Front Panel Small Losses At Corners 1/8" V-Chip At Bottom Of Spine Panel Four 1/4" To 1/2" Closed Tears At Top And Bottom Of Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1952009574Reading: Fantasy Press 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine Jacket. 254 Pp. Red Brown Cloth Gilt. Fine As New In Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition Of A Sf Novel By Eric Taine Bell California Institute Of Technology Professor And Early Sf Pulp Writer. #140 Of 300 Issued With A Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author. As New Book And Dj. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
198278632New York: James Warren 1982. Wraps. 23 issues: 1-9 11 13-21 23-24 and 26-27. Standard magazine size bound with staples. Some minor wear; otherwise very good overall.<br /> <br /> Nearly complete run of the American science fiction comic magazine which changed its name from 1984 to 1994 starting with issue #11 to comply with a request by the estate of George Orwell. Advertised as an adult fantasy magazine it featured very mature subject matter by the standards of the time. To compete with rivals such as Heavy Metal it contained many stories about sex and other controversial subjects. Infamously issue #3 included the satirical story "The Harvest" by Bill DuBay which imagined a future where white people hunted black people for sport and ate them.<br /> <br /> From the library of Howie Pyro dubbed the "Patron Saint of the Weird" by Village Voice. Pyro born Howard Kusten 1960-2022 was a veteran of the New York punk and underground scenes best known for his work with D Generation and Danzig. James Warren unknown
1996051517-KLondon United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton 1996. Book. Illus. by Author. Very Fine. Hardcover. Author Inscribed. 1st Edition. 1st. UK. Edition 1st. Printing 1996 Black cloth hardcover in the dust jacket 560 page book with some black & white line drawings . This copy is inscrbed by Mr. Aldin in the title page . Condition : Very Fine . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
1977022119New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House 1977 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed presentation copy by Ray Bradbury to a theater actor directly on the front endpage. Author's second book of poetry. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease near spine fold of upper front cover and mild edge wear. Alfred A. Knopf / Random House hardcover
2004003842Forest Hill: Cemetery Dance Publications 2004 Deluxe edition limited to 26 lettered and signed copies this being the letter L. Signed by Hugh B. Cave directly on the colophon page. Book dust jacket and tray case in fine as new condition. Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover
192030499New York: Dodd Mead 1920. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very good. de Bosschere Jean. 1st ed. 8vo full yellow cloth printed in red and black. 179pp. 8 tissue guarded color plates and 76 b&w drawings many full page. Strange and macabre illustrations starring creatures of the most bizarre city ever. Probably his best work. Soiling to back panel binding slightly cracked between frontis and title page fraying to tips without previous owner's marks. Dodd, Mead hardcover
