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1953022226Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing COmpany Inc. FPCI 1953. First Edition First Issue . No Binding. No Book Included/Fine Dustjacket. As New Unused Dj Never On A Book Never Folded. Uncut Margins 19 3/4" X 7 15/16" Suitable For Framing. Only 300 To 500 Copies Of The Book Which Were Bound By Fpci Using Sheets From Their Earlier Printings Of "Death's Deputy" And "The Kingslayer" And The Dust Jacket Is Quite Scarce. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Publishing COmpany, Inc. ( FPCI) unknown
1955024127New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey-Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Powers Dust Jacket Art. 167 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Edition. A Fine Book No Wear No Names Or Marks Usual Aging Of Pages. Dj With Just A Touch Of Wear At A Few Points 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold And Another At Top Of Rear Panel Small Bruise No Tears Or Creases Near Center Of Spine Not Price-Clipped. Small Bump To Upper Tip Of Front Board And Front Panel Of Dj. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
1931019547Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company 1931. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 7 1/2" High. 138 Clean Pages. Red Cloth With Spine And Cover Labels As Issued. Fine Covers Clean And Bright. Fine Dj Spine A Little Faded. ".A View Of What Mathematics Is All About And Of The Progress Of That Field Of Intellectual Endeavor During The Last Century." Written By E. T. Bell Professor Of Mathematics At The California Institute Of Technology Who Also Wrote Science Fiction Under The Pseudonym John Taine. This Example Is Near New And Inscribed To Another Professor A. D. Michal At Cal Tech And Dated Dec 1 1931. <br/> <br/> The Williams & Wilkins Company hardcover
1905003495London: Ward Lock and Co. Ltd. 1905. Book. Illus. by Austin Henry. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 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. Ward Lock and Co., Ltd. Hardcover
1987618403London: William Heinemann Ltd 1987. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Signed by the author. Jacket is sunned. Edges are a little creased. Lean to the spine with a crease along the length. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
198527097Allen W H 1985. Book. Illus. by Bennett Gail. As New. Hardback. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by the Author Gary Downie 17 July 1940 -19 January 2006 was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Allen W H Hardcover
1980008383New English Library 1980. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good//Very Good. 9x6x4. Robert A. Heinlein - The Number of the Beast - True First Edition. Black dj spine. UK first Edition True First for this title. the book was published in UK prior to the USA edition A Classic by the Grand Master of SF. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. New English Library hardcover
1977010309New York: Random House 1977 Stated first edition of the first Shannara book with publisher's number line starting at 2 which is correct for the first edition from Random House Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt in two full page black and white and one full colour folding plate at the centre of the book. Quarter black cloth over fawn papered boards with TB initial stamped on upper board by publisher unclipped DW has minor rubbing to edges not sunned or faded except to very edge of the upper joint export version and bears no publishers price nice bright copy SCARCE there is some slight faint scattered foxing to prelims and closed edges EXPEDITED SHIPPING REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hildebrandt. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Random House hardcover
1977006663New York: Random House 1977 Stated first edition of the first Shannara book with publisher's number line starting at 2 which is correct for the first edition from Random House Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt in two full page black and white and one full colour folding plate at the centre of the book. Quarter black cloth over fawn papered boards with TB initial stamped on upper board by publisher head and tail of cloth spine sunned to very edges where light crept under the wrapper and leached the pigment unclipped DW has minor edgewear with light rubbing to corners and a few small edge splits and bears no publishers price Light crease to front fold in flap. DW spine is sunned with the title now a pale blueish colour the background still deep black nice bright copy SCARCE EXPEDITED SHIPPING REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hildebrandt. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Random House hardcover
1972009297London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972 scarce first UK issue price clipped dust jacket with tiny split at top coner of front panel otherwise tidy name and address in biro to fep hinges split but holding but boards a little loose otherwise good copy Kubrick asked Clarke to rework his story 'The Sentinel' into a film script this book gives the different versions and evolution of Clarke's story into the basis of Kubrick's film classic 240pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1930008761Chicago: Everyday Mechanics Publications Inc. 1930. Magazine. Near Fine. Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Everyday Mechanics Publications, Inc. Paperback
1976036554London: Sidgwick and Jackson 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 196 Pp. Blue Boards Stamped In Silver. First Uk Edition And First Hardcover Edition. Very Scarce This Was Mainly A Softcover Issue With A Few Hardcovers For The Author And A Token Market Distribution. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket. One Of The Author's Own Copies Generically Inscribed For A Friend Neighbor And Long Time Sf Fan By The Author And Dated July 1989. <br/> <br/> Sidgwick and Jackson hardcover
1980010494New York : Simon & Schuster 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Printing with full number line 1-10 at copyright page. Volume 1 of the Book of the New Sun series. Light green hard cover with light green cloth spine.Orange gilt lettering to the spine and orange gilt facsimile author signature to front bottom board. This copy is Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Don Maitz. Dust jacket has a touch of rubbing/crinkling at edges. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
1976010516Sauk City Wi: Arkham House 1976. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete Five Volume Set. Volume I covers 1911 to 1924 published 1965 Volume II 1925 to 1929 published 1968 Volume III 1929 to 1931 published 1971 Volume IV 1932 to 1934 published 1976 and Volume V 1934 to 1937 published 1976 . Bound identically in Holliston Black Novelex with gilt lettering to the spine from Linotype Garamond on Winnebago Eggshell. First Edition as a Set. These copies are Fine lacking the dust jackets. Gray end papers. Prior owner bookplates on front end papers. Verso of Vol. I gray end page rubbed at hinge. . Arkham House Hardcover
1956024505NY: HARPER & BROS. two small closed tears to an unclipped dj. owner's label to front paste-down. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1956. HARPER & BROS hardcover
1972615302London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1972. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly scuffed and sunned edges have minor creases and nicks. The book is very good with only minor faults; spine end bumps slight cocking etc. Page block head is lightly dust-marked. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Victor Gollancz Ltd 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
1941015300New York 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1951: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. A Long But Incomplete Run Of 44 Issues 1941 - 1951 Mostly With Complete Bright Covers And Spines 1945 Issues With Spines Faded Light Edge Wear Usual 1/8" Tears And Longitudinal Creasing At Cover Overlap Some With Tiny Erased Pencil Marks And A Few With An "A" Stamp Or Mark Most Vg. 1940: June Good August Vg 1/4" Chip Rear Cover Sept Vg ; 1941: January Vg 1/4" Chip And 1" Tear At Foot Of Spine 1/2" Triangular Chip Lower Tip Rear CoverMay G Worn And 1 1/2" Closed Tear Rear Cover Few Faint Marks June G Faint Stamp Front Cover August Vg September Vg October Near Fine December Vg 1/4" Closed Tear Top Spine Edge Faint Creasing Near Spine But No Chipping 1942 January G February G Soiling 1/4" Chipping To Right Corner And Foredge X 1 1/2" April G 3/4" X 1/4" Chip Right Foredge November A Bright Vg Two Shallow Chips At Foredge Shallow Chip And 3" Split Along Rear Spine Fold Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design 1943 January Vg 1" Faint Spot Front Cover February Vg 1/8" Chipping Top And Bottom Of Spine March Vg 1" Splits Each Side Of Top Of Spine April Vg But Split Along 2/3 Length Of Rear Spine Fold May G Rear Cover Detached But Present June G Rear Cover Detached Smallhole At Lower Staple Of Front Cover July Vg October Covers Detached With Small Edge Chips And Tears. 1944 April G No Rear Cover Spine Taped; 1945 January 1" Tear Front Cover And Rear Cover At Edge April Vg July Vg Small Stamp On Cover October Vg 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Front Cover December Vg ; 1946 February Vg A Few Shallow Chips On Rear Cover May Vg July Vg September Vg November Vg ; 1947 January G 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Spine 1/8" At TopMarch G 1/2" Chip Below Top And Above Bottom Of Spine July Vg September Vg October Vg November Vg December Vg 1/2" Tear Rear Cover; 1948 October Very Good Fading To Spine Panel; 1951 January Vg 1/4" Chip Upper Right Corner Fair Spine Chipped Away. All From Science Fiction Writer Kris Neville's Library And A Nice Group. <br/> <br/> Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown
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
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
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
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
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
