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1981001409New York: Elsevier / Nelson Books 1981. Very Fine condition in bright shiny Very Fine Dust Jacket protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. Fresh and crisp apparently never read. A beautiful copy of a book tough-to-find in Very Fine collectible condition. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped $12.50. No chips tears scuffs creases or rubbing. Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. "First edition" is so stated with complete number row 10 987654321 on copyright page. Scarce anthology of 11 science fiction stories on baseball: THE CELEBRATED NO-HIT INNING by Frederick Pohl; THE WORD OF BABE RUTH by Paul Gallico; THE MIGHTY CASEY by Rod Serling; THE HEAVENLY WORLD SERIES by Frank O'Rourke; THE EINSTEIN INSHOOT by Nelson Bond; STAR SLUGGER by William Morrison; HALF PAST ALLIGATOR by Donald Colvin; ON ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini; etc. Great wrap-around Dust Jacket illustration by Bradley Clark features aliens and a robot playing baseball. One of the aliens has three sets of arms and a baseball glove on each of three hands. Original blue boards. From the Dust Jacket: "What is the effect of baseball on alien beings new to the game How will the game change when human-shaped machines become capable of playing it Is it fair play for an outfielder to levitate hundreds of feet into the air to catch the ball Fascinating problems are explored in eleven science-fiction stories about America's most popular sport. here are baseball tales that will amuse provoke and enlighten. This unusual anthology will take baseball fans and lovers of science fiction and fantasy far out to some thrilling ball games." McCue p. 73. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Clark Bradley jacket art. 8vo. vi 210pp. Elsevier / Nelson Books Hardcover
199035102Lancaster PA: Underwood-Miller 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. Woodroffe Patrick. #65 of 250 signed by both author and artist on the limitation page. 1st ptg. tall 8vo full blue cloth with gilt spine titling soft color illustrations by Patrick Woodroffe about a lonely boy and his genetically restored prehistoric companion. Fine in fine unclipped dj with plain blue cloth-covered slipcase no previous owner's marks. Underwood-Miller hardcover
196858359Science Fiction Book Club London 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 192 pp. Binding firm. Endpapers partially browned text block clean. Dust Jacket marked. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Boards bowed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 58359. . Science Fiction Book Club hardcover
1952036539New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 309 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Gilt. Inscribed For A Friend And Fan "Of All My Shorter Novels I Prefer "Asylum": In This Collection A E Van Vogt" With The Friend's Ownership Name And Date December 1952 Above. Book Is Near Fine Spine Gilt Brilliant. Dj Lightly Used Clean Spine Background Colors With Some Fading 3/16" V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Pellegrini & Cudahy hardcover
1952024231New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 309 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Gilt. One Of The Author's File Copies Not Signed But With His Inventory Card With His Handwritten Description "Pellegrini & Cudahy 1952 Away And Beyond / Pellegrini Died In The Early 1950'S" And His Old Hawthorn Address Label Both Laid In Loosely. Book Is Near Fine Spine Gilt Brilliant. Dj Lightly Used Small Losses At Corners Three 3/16" Tears At Bottom Of Front Panel With 2" Connecting Crease Yellow On Spine Faded To Gray-Green. <br/> <br/> Pellegrini & Cudahy hardcover
1983018449Metuchen New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press Inc. 1983. Fine condition. Bright square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies No. 59. Index. Bound in the original canary yellow cloth lettered in black. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket as issued. 8vo. xxvi 229pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 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
198535508Sauk City: Arkham House 1985. Hardcover. Corrected 6th printing 8vo full black cloth with gilt titling selected by August Derleth introduced by James Turner. Texts edited by S.T. Joshi. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Arkham House hardcover
1985032316Sauk City : Arkham House 1985. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Black Cloth. Fine/As New. First Printing Of The Final Corrections "Corrected Fifth Printing". As New Never Read In As New Dj. <br/> <br/> Arkham House hardcover
1942mon0003408548Street & Smith Publications Inc 1942-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7283 8.4291 5.8504. Shows minor wear tear tanning. Street & Smith Publications Inc paperback
1938mon0000147163Street & Smith Publications Inc 1938T. paperback. Acceptable. in x in x in. Rougher shape with some loss to the cover on both sides. Binding is holding. Street & Smith Publications Inc paperback
1937017223New York: Street & Smith 1937. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . First issue under editorship of John W Campbell. <br/> <br/> Street & Smith paperback
1937017222New York: Street & Smith 1937. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A beautiful example with a particularly spectacular cover. <br/> <br/> Street & Smith paperback
1939mon0000147164Street & Smith Publications Inc 1/1/1939 12:00:00 AM. paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. MIld rubbing to the edges. Handsome specimen. Street & Smith Publications Inc paperback
1940asc4006London: Atlas Publishing. G : in good condition. Wear to cover. Page edges browning. 1940. First UK Edition. Paperback. 240mm x 170mm 9" x 7". 80pp. UK edition. . Atlas Publishing paperback
1950016076New York: Street & Smith 1950. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Digest. Color Covers and b/w Interior Illustrations. A File Copy Of Science Fiction Writer A E Van Vogt Appointed In 1950 As West Coast Administrator Of The Dianetics Organization When It Went Bankrupt. <br/> <br/> Street & Smith paperback
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
1987035389New York: Arbor House Pub Co 1987. First Hardbound Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 296 Pp. Grey Cloth Over Black Boards. First Hardcover Printing. A Near-Future-War Novel Not Sf; Central Asians Obtain Nuclear Weapons And Us Surrenders Rather Than Lose Cities The Afghanistan And Iraqi Wars In Reverse And Decades Befor Them. Fine In Fine Dj Not Price Clipped Slight Browning To Text As Usual Low Paper Quality And Very Slight Browning Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Flaps. Given The Poor Management Of American Cities And The Brutal Misery Of The Occupation Are Cities Worth Saving Per Wikipedia Mary Jane Engh 1933 - 2024 Was An American Science Fiction Author And Roman Scholar Born Mary Jane Gholson In Mcleansboro Illinois On January 26 1933. In 2009 Engh Was Named Author Emerita By The Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America. She Is Best Known For Her 1976 Novel Arslan About An Invasion Of The United States. She Also Wrote In The Name Of Heaven: 3000 Years Of Religious Persecution And Femina Habilis: A Biographical Dictionary Of Active Women In The Ancient Roman World From Earliest Times To 527 Ce Co-Authored With Kathryn E. Meyer And Other Works. <br/> <br/> Arbor House Pub Co hardcover
1977539762London: Dennis Dobson 1977. First UK and hardcover edition with unclipped dust jacket designed by Richard Weaver in very good condition. Jacket is slightly sunned and marked and edges are creased. Page block is lightly tanned. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Dennis Dobson Hardcover
1976542201London: Millington Books Ltd 1976. First UK edition hardcover with mylar covered unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket and page block are sunned and small bump noted on front upper board corner and jacket fore-edges near this corner. Binding is sound and pages are clear throughout. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Millington Books Ltd Hardcover
19890016467Del Rey & Ace 1989. 7 book set nicks on edges and corners yellowing edges & pages yellow printers ink on edges of #3/4/5/& 6. #2 is 0-345-33632-1 1985 13th printing / #3 is 0-345-33637-2 1985 9th printing / #4 is 0-441-64465-1 1988 1st printing / #5 is 0-441-73118-x 1989 1st printing / #6 is 0-441-84563-0 1990 1st printing / #7 is 0-441-66263-3 1991 1st printing. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price. We do not break sets but please e-mail as we may have an individual copy. 13th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Morrill Rowena. Del Rey & Ace Paperback
1967538059London: Herbert Jenkins 1967. First edition hardcover with mylar covered unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Page block head is lightly discoloured. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Herbert Jenkins Hardcover
1940024806Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference 1940. Original Mimeo Announcement . Single Sheet. Very Good. Full Page Announcement With Detachable Reply Coupon At Bottom No Names Or Marks Some Edge Wear. Forrest Ackerman's Copy Although Not Marked As Such <br/> <br/> The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference unknown
1992019758Seattle Washington: Mathew D. Hargreaves 1992. Signed by the author and by Anne McCaffrey on the half-title page. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First Edition. Limited 500 copies. A descriptive bibliography well-illustrated with photos of her first edition novels short story collections short fiction non-fiction published interviews etc. Copper-color endpapers. Bound in the original copper-stamped green cloth. Photograph of Anne McCaffrey mounted on the front cover as issued. Signed by the author and Anne McCaffrey. First Edition Limited 500 copies. Hardcover. New/No jacket as issued. 8vo. viii 338pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Mathew D. Hargreaves Hardcover
1971log171New York: Condé Nast Publications Inc. G: in good condition with some torn and chipped covers. Pages browning. 1971. First Edition. Illustrated card covers. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 2136pp. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Condé Nast Publications Inc unknown
