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1817025441London: John Murray 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. I 210; I Viii 214. Quarter Calf 6 Compartments Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition With Fifth Edition Of The First Part Third Edition Of The Second Part Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part First Printed Here In This Third Edition Of Part Ii. Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards With Preliminary And Final Blanks No Ads No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges Joints And Hinges Solid Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition With The First Printing Of The Appendix Is Quite Scarce. <br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
1817025442London: John Murray 1817. 1st Edition . Original Quarter Calf. Good. 9 3/8" Tall. I Viii 214. With Preliminary And Final Blanks In Original Blue Boards Spine Mostly Perished But With Most Of Original Paper Spine Label Intact. Uncut Deckled Edges Note Height Of Book Is 9 3/8". Boards Worn Frayed Through Along Most Of Edges. Edges Of Pages Dusty Contents Immaculate And Fine. <br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
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
200830837Grass Valley: Underwood 2008. Limited edition. Leather. As New. Frazetta Frank and Brom. Artist's Proof signed by Brom and editor Tim Underwood. Full black leather stamped in gilt. One of 100 copies. Very handsome cloth clamshell box with a magnetic opening stamped in gilt with color cover plate by Brom and a color frontis by Frank Frazetta. Full color endpapers map of The Hyborian Age colored specially for this edition by George Barr.<br /> <br /> A collection of eight of the finest Conan stories including Queen of the Black Coast People of the Black Circle and Red Nails. Arnie Fenner writes an 8–page introduction "Whispers of Immortality" describing REH's creation of Conan and illustrating the original pulp and book appearances of this work. Afterword by H.P. Lovecraft.<br /> <br /> This edition was limited to 500 numbered cloth-bound copies plus these 100 leather-bound clamshell boxed copies. Signed by artist and editor. Underwood unknown
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
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
37329Sauk City: Arkham HouseNeville Spearman 1946. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. small folio full black cloth with gilt spine titling cover art by Hannes Bok introduction by August Derleth and appreciations by H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman Price. A complete novel as well as 21 stories Howard's rare article "The Hyborean Age" and two of his poems. Light toning to pages ink name to font pastedown near fine in edgeworn price-clipperd dj. Arkham HouseNeville Spearman 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
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
