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1950154708Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-277 278-280: blank black boards lettered in silver. First edition. Signed by Merril on the verso of the half title leaf. Merril's first novel "the story of a nuclear World War Three told in effectively understated fashion from the viewpoint of a housewife; one of the very best stories of nuclear Holocaust it was televised as Atomic Attack." - The Encyclopedia of Science fiction online. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-760. Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 259. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 94. In 333. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear and several shallow closed tears at top and bottom edges some tanning mostly along folds and dust soiling to rear panel. #154708 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1950132033Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo black boards stamped in silver. First edition. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-760. Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 259. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 94. In 333. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges three small closed tears along top edge and mild tanning to rear panel. #132033 Doubleday & Company unknown books
19504849Garden City New York Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1950. 1950. First edition so stated. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Edward Kasper unclipped; rubbed. Very good. 277 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Currey p. 360. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. [1950]. hardcover books
195073830Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo boards. First edition. Merril's first novel "the story of a nuclear World War Three told in effectively understated fashion from the viewpoint of a housewife; one of the very best stories of nuclear Holocaust it was televised as Atomic Attack." - The Encyclopedia of Science fiction online. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-760. Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 259. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 94. In 333. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of wear at spine ends and along front flap fold mostly at corner tips. #73830 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1950WRCLIT29101Garden City: Doubleday 1950. Cloth. First edition of the critic/anthologist's first book. A near fine copy in a crisp dust jacket which apart from some light soiling to the rear panel would be near fine as well. Doubleday hardcover books
19507764.1Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. 1st edition. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. VG slight lean/average shelfwear/VG pc. 8 277 3 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Author's first book; a tale of atomic war survival. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
195044236New York: Doubleday 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner name on front fly ends of the spine lightly worn else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing to the ends of the spine and edges of the panels. Doubleday hardcover books
1960157973New York: Pyramid Books 1960. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pyramid Books G502. The author's second solo novel. A political thriller in which the knowledge of the only member of two American expeditions to Mars to return to Earth could be decisive in the East-West space race. A skillfully done first contact story featuring an ancient peaceful kindly Martian race with a hive mind that welcomes and absorbs the human visitors into their world. A fine copy. #157973 Pyramid Books unknown books
1960139713New York: Pyramid Books 1960. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pyramid Books G502. The author's second solo novel. A political thriller in which the knowledge of the only member of two American expeditions to Mars to return to Earth could be decisive in the East-West space race. A skillfully done first contact story featuring an ancient peaceful kindly Martian race with a hive mind that welcomes and absorbs the human visitors into their world. Covers lightly worn mostly spine ends a very good copy. #139713 Pyramid Books unknown books
1966158079New York: A Dell Book 1966. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 8611. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. Several small rubs to black background ink on covers a nearly fine unread copy. #158079 A Dell Book unknown books
1966158080New York: A Dell Book 1966. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 2241. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. A fine unread copy. #158080 A Dell Book unknown books
1966161811New York: Delacorte Press 1966. Octavo cloth. First edition. Collects thirty-six stories and poems by J. G. Ballard Fritz Leiber Thomas M. Disch Gerald Kersh David I. Masson and others. The scarcest volume in this series. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 3-220. Several small black ink stains to front free endpaper else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with tiny nick at lower spine end and clipped price. #161811 Delacorte Press unknown books
1963158077New York: A Dell Book 1963. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 9773. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. Just a touch of rubbing to covers a nearly fine unread copy. #158077 A Dell Book unknown books
1965158078New York: A Dell Book 1965. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 9775. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. Mild rubbing at spine ends small rub at upper edge of front cover a nearly fine unread copy. #158078 A Dell Book unknown books
1952115208New York: Random House 1952. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories by William Tenn Lewis Padgett James Blish Robert A. Heinlein John Christopher Fritz Leiber Theodore Sturgeon and others. Includes "The House Dutiful" by William Tenn a tale of a house animated by the will to serve its occupants "Pride" by Malcolm Jameson a story of the death of a good and faithful servant -- the old robot "Tom" "Solar Plexus" a story about a space ship run by a malevolent onboard computer and "The Wabbler" by "Murray Leinster a story about a sentient weapon a mine whose destiny is to seek and destroy an enemy ship; it destroys a battleship. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1148. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at edges and soiling to rear panel. #115208 Random House unknown books
195286529New York: Random House 1952. Octavo cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories by William Tenn Lewis Padgett James Blish Robert A. Heinlein John Christopher Fritz Leiber Theodore Sturgeon and others. Includes "The House Dutiful" by William Tenn a tale of a house animated by the will to serve its occupants "Pride" by Malcolm Jameson a story of the death of a good and faithful servant -- the old robot "Tom" "Solar Plexus" a story about a space ship run by a malevolent onboard computer and "The Wabbler" by "Murray Leinster a story about a sentient weapon a mine whose destiny is to seek and destroy an enemy ship; it destroys a battleship. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1148. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down a fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at edges. #86529 Random House unknown books
195386761London: Grayson & Grayson 1953. Octavo boards. First British edition. Collects fifteen stories by William Tenn Eric Frank Russell James Blish Robert A. Heinlein John Christopher Theodore Sturgeon and others. Includes "The House Dutiful" by William Tenn a tale of a house animated by the will to serve its occupants "Pride" by Malcolm Jameson a story of the death of a good and faithful servant -- the old robot "Tom" "Solar Plexus" a story about a space ship run by a malevolent onboard computer and "The Wabbler" by "Murray Leinster a story about a sentient weapon a mine whose destiny is to seek and destroy an enemy ship; it destroys a battleship. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1148. Light foxing to top and fore-edge of text block light age-darkening to endpapers else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with some wear at edges 10x8 mm from top edge of front panel and clipped price. #86761 Grayson & Grayson unknown books
19609018617New York: Simon & Schuster 1960. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in the publisher's original purple quarter cloth and grey boards spine stamped in gilt. Some soiling and fading to cloth and boards. Dust jacket is chipped and worn at the extremities particularly at the head and heel. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
195994467New York: Pyramid Books 1959. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First printing under this title. Pyramid Books G397. Reissue of GALAXY OF GHOULS 1955. Collects sixteen stories by Anthony Boucher Fredric Brown Theodore Sturgeon Fritz Leiber Ray Bradbury and others. Touch of shelf wear at head of spine panel owner's name in pencil on recto of first leaf a bright near fine copy. #94467 Pyramid Books unknown books
1959144043New York: Pyramid Books 1959. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. Second edition. Pyramid G-397. First published in 1955. Collects sixteen stories of fantasy and science fiction by leading genre authors of the day working fresh variations on such traditional motifs as vampires werewolves mermaids alien invaders and The Last Man on Earth. Reginald 10038A. Aside from one short crease on rear cover a fine unread copy. Cover art by Richard Powers. #144043 Pyramid Books unknown books
1957162603New York: Gnome Press 1957. Octavo cloth. First edition. Collects eighteen short stories by C. M. Kornbluth Algis Budrys Damon Knight Isaac Asimov J. G. Ballard Theodore Sturgeon and others. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #162603 Gnome Press unknown books
1959162605Hicksville New York: Gnome Press 1959. Octavo green boards with spine panel lettered in black. First edition. Probable second binding of green boards. The fourth volume of this important anthology series. Collects fifteen stories including a first publication in hardcover of a John Steinbeck story first published in PLAYBOY also fiction by Brian Aldiss Fritz Leiber Theodore Sturgeon and others plus nonfiction essays on science. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #162605 Gnome Press unknown books
195494466New York: Pennant Books 1954. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pennant Books P56. Collects twelve of the twenty-one stories published in the 1952 Random House edition. Contributors include William Tenn James Blish Robert A. Heinlein John Christopher Theodore Sturgeon and others. Includes "The House Dutiful" by William Tenn a tale of a house animated by the will to serve its occupants "Pride" by Malcolm Jameson a story of the death of a good and faithful servant -- the old robot "Tom" "Solar Plexus" a story about a space ship run by a malevolent onboard computer and "The Wabbler" by "Murray Leinster a story about a sentient weapon a mine whose destiny is to seek and destroy an enemy ship; it destroys a battleship. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1148. Several faint cover creases two very tiny stains to front cover a near fine copy. #94466 Pennant Books unknown books
195488086New York: Pennant Books 1954. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pennant Books P56. Collects twelve of the twenty-one stories published in the 1952 Random House edition. Contributors include William Tenn James Blish Robert A. Heinlein John Christopher Theodore Sturgeon and others. Includes "The House Dutiful" by William Tenn a tale of a house animated by the will to serve its occupants "Pride" by Malcolm Jameson a story of the death of a good and faithful servant -- the old robot "Tom" "Solar Plexus" a story about a space ship run by a malevolent onboard computer and "The Wabbler" by "Murray Leinster a story about a sentient weapon a mine whose destiny is to seek and destroy an enemy ship; it destroys a battleship. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1148. A fine copy. #88086 Pennant Books unknown books
1959156762New York: A Dell First Edition 1959. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell First Edition B129. The Dell edition was published simultaneously with the Gnome Press edition titled SF: '59. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-1394. Tiny rub at upper edge of front cover a fine unread copy. Cover art by Richard Powers. #156762 A Dell First Edition unknown books
