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1920140553Munich: Dreilander Verlag 1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy horror and early science fiction stories. Text in German. <br /> <br /> One of the world's first fantasy periodicals alongside the Swedish "Hugin" "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature largely French including works by Victor Hugo Guy de Maupassant Voltaire Charles Dickens Edgar Allan Poe Joseph Capek H.G. Wells and many others. The magazine also made forays into the proto-science fiction genre as seen in Vol. 2 No. 4 entitled "Phantastik der Technik." <br /> <br /> A true product of the Weimar era's cultural blossoming the magazine also features stunning illustrations both with its two- and three-color cover art and its woodcut reproductions throughout: sinister yet elegant visions of anthropomorphic flowers religious idols Grim Reapers and gory deaths. "Der Orchideengarten" featured the work of Gustave Dore Otto Linnekogel Karl Ritter Alfred Kubim Carl Rabus Otto Nuckel and many more. <br /> <br /> This archive contains the following largely sequential issues: Vol.1 Nos.1-18 16 and 17 published as a combined issue; Vol.2 Nos.1-6 8 10-16 18-24. <br /> <br /> 9 x 12 inches saddle stapled. Very Good to Near Fine condition. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Dreilander Verlag unknown
193334594Elizabeth New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig 1933-1935. Bound in brown buckram titled in gold on the front and spine panels with "F. Lee Baldwin" stamped on the upper cover retaining the original wrappers where so issued. Overall the issues are in excellent condition which is not usually the case as they tend to be quite fragile when encountering single issues. A unique set of this uncommon and important publication. Complete sets are rare. 34594. Octavo 18 issues printed or self wrappers bound in cloth. Label affixed to front paste down with a presentation inscription from editor Charles D. Hornig to noted fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree. A contributor's complete set of this amateur magazine the first important weird fiction fanzine and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. This set belonged to F. Lee Baldwin whose name is stamped in gold on the upper cover of the binding. "Franklin Lee Baldwin 1913-1987 corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft 1933-1936. "Baldwin first wrote HPL in the fall of 1933 proposing to issue 'The Colour Out of Space' as a booklet. HPL revised the tale slightly for the prospective publication but the plan never materialized. In early 1934 HPL put Baldwin in touch with Duane W. Rimel who by coincidence lived in the same small town Asotin Washington. The two took turns reading HPL's letters to each of them. Baldwin wrote two columns of news notes for the FANTASY FAN: 'Side Glances' April May September 1934 and 'Within the Circle' June July August October November 1934 January February 1935 much of the information for which was derived from HPL's letters to him as was the significant early article 'H. P. Lovecraft: A Biographical Sketch' originally scheduled to appear in the FANTASY FAN but following the magazine's demise published in FANTASY MAGAZINE April 1935. Baldwin later revised the article as 'Some Lovecraft Sidelights' FANTASY COMMENTATOR Spring 1948" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 14-15. In 1989 Baldwin's copy was presented to early fantastic fiction fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree by Charles D. Hornig the editor of THE FANTASY FAN.<br /> Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond" Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death" "The Ghoul" "The Kingdom of the Worm" and "The Primal City" as well as tales by Robert Bloch August Derleth Robert E. Howard David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news articles stories poems and miscellany. Hornig however made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft Forrest J. Ackerman Clark Ashton Smith and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' October 1933-February 1935. However the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' November 1933 and 'From Beyond' June 1934 as well as reprints from amateur papers of 'Polaris' February 1934 and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' October 1934; it also published 'The Book' October 1934 'Pursuit' October 1934 'The Key' January 1935 and 'Homecoming' January 1935 from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ a forum for the expression of fan's views and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 90-91. "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time . Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" Moskowitz The Immortal Storm pp. 18-20. ". one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s . an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ." Tymn and Ashley eds. Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 822-23. According to Hornig writing in 1988 "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica New York hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue 500 copies there were only 250 printed and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue Well I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies and that was B. K. Gores of Austin Texas. I never heard from him before or since never knew him in fandom and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere there should be stacks of TFF unless they're destroyed." Reference: See Kenneth W. Faig Jr. ed. Within the Circle: In Memoriam F. Lee Baldwin Moshassuck Press 1988. Pavlat and Evans Fanzine Index 1965 p. 37. Charles D. Hornig unknown
193331883Elizabeth New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig 1933-1935. Darkening to cheap paper but pages quite supple the full set is attractively bound a full leather binding with front and spine stamped in gold. Complete sets are rare. 31883. Octavo 18 issues printed or self wrappers. The first important weird fiction fanzine and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. For two years it published news and fiction related to the genre.<br /> Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond" Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death" "The Ghoul" "The Kingdom of the Worm" and "The Primal City" as well as tales by Robert Bloch August Derleth Robert E. Howard David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news articles stories poems and miscellany. Hornig however made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft Forrest J. Ackerman Clark Ashton Smith and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' October 1933-February 1935. However the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' November 1933 and 'From Beyond' June 1934 as well as reprints from amateur papers of 'Polaris' February 1934 and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' October 1934; it also published 'The Book' October 1934 'Pursuit' October 1934 'The Key' January 1935 and 'Homecoming' January 1935 from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ a forum for the expression of fan's views and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 90-91. "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time . Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" Moskowitz The Immortal Storm pp. 18-20. ". one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s . an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ." Tymn and Ashley eds. Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 822-23. According to Hornig writing in 1988 "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica New York hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue 500 copies there were only 250 printed and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue Well I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies and that was B. K. Gores of Austin Texas. I never heard from him before or since never knew him in fandom and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere there should be stacks of TFF unless they're destroyed."<br /> Reference: Joshi I-B-ii-232. Pavlat and Evans Fanzine Index 1965 p. 37. Charles D. Hornig unknown
1963008316New York: Viking Press 1963. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. Oblong 8vo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - " For Dana Ericson - best wishes Ezra Jack Keats". Stated Second printing February 1963 with Caldecott Award medal front panel $3.00 price with Caldecott mention front flap and lovely snowflake decorated end papers. Near Fine slight bow to front board in a Near Fine dust jacket hint of a crease and trace of wear at head of spine. SIGNED copies of this groundbreaking and award winning children's book are RARE in any printing and particularly so in such lovely condition. Viking Press Hardcover
1963010179New York: Harper & Row 1963. Book. Good. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Oblong 4to. First Printing with Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 and 1963 copyright printed on the title page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"April '65 For Myra - Maurice Sendak". Good lacking the dust jacket and the decorative front end paper boards soiled and worn at edges rear hinge cracked. Uncommon as an unsophisticated copy of this enduring Sendak classic SIGNED AND INSCRIBED directly in the book to a child who obviously adored the book and read it countless times much like a well-worn blanket or stuffed animal. Basis for the 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze a 1984 TV movie and several short films. Harper & Row Hardcover
19228809Chicago IL: A.C. McClurg & Co 1922. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 277 PP 279-282 ads. Original first printing of the first book in his series about the fictional "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar. TRUE FIRST PRINTING FROM MCCLURG WITH A VERY SCARE ORIGINAL COMPLIMENTARY COPY SLIP. Signed "To / John Coleman Burroughs / with much love / from / Papa - Edgar Rice Burroughs / Tarzana Ranch / Aug 6 1922" directly on the FFEP. The book includes a letter detailing the provenance of the book signed by Linda Burroughs the wife of Danton Burroughs John Coleman's son. Original grey cloth binding with "McClurg" slug on spine as called for. A few loose pages and a torn corner to rear flyleaf. In addition to the McClurg slip and the letter from Linda Burroughs the book also includes the original library bookmark from Danton Burroughs own library. Housed in a facsimile DJ. While this book does have some condition issues as described it is complete and is quite possibly the finest association ever offered for sale. <br /> <br /> Edgar Rice Burroughs the legendary creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars shared more than a familial bond with his son John Coleman Burroughs; their relationship was deeply intertwined with creative collaboration and mutual respect. As Edgar's literary empire grew John-an accomplished artist in his own right-became instrumental in visually shaping his father's imaginative worlds. Beginning in the 1930s John illustrated many of Edgar's later publications breathing life into iconic characters and scenes with a visual style that complemented his father's adventurous prose. Beyond the pages their partnership symbolized a generational bridge with Edgar's vivid storytelling and John's striking illustrations merging to create a legacy that spanned both literature and art. Their relationship was not merely that of father and son but of two artists whose visions converged to captivate readers across generations. A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover
195276366San Diego:: Science-Fantasy Writers of America 28 June 1952. Fine. 10-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. The aims of the organization are stated on the recto and accepted by twenty-two signatories with their addresses on the verso. Science-Fantasy Writers of America, unknown
193403470FANTASY MAGAZINE -a collection of 22 consecutive issues save for the September 1935 issue beginning with January 1934 the first issue -undergoing a name change from Science Fiction Digest and ending with January 1937 each in first edition good to vg copies with contributions by: Forrest Ackerman Francis Flagg Edmond Hamilton Ray Palmer Julius Schwartz Ralph Milne Farley P. S. Miller S. M. Peek David Keller H. P. Lovecraft Donald Wollheim John Russell Fearn Abraham Merritt Will Jenkins Donald Wandrei S. Fowler Wright Seabury Quinn Ray Cummings Stanley G. Weinbaum Robert Bloch C.A. Smith C. L. Moore Eando Binder Jack Williamson Ray Gallun Festus Pragnell George Allen England et.al. From the library of Lloyd Eshbach. Very scarce and certainly most desirable thus. Ruppert unknown
1935010676New York: Walt Disney Enterprises/ Published Monthly by Hal Horne Inc. 1935. Magazine. Good. Self Wrappers. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Volume 1 No. 2 the first issue of Mickey Mouse Magazine in this magazine size format measuring 8 1/2' x 11 1/2" priced at 10 cents and featuring "Cowboy Mickey" twirling a lasso. Vol. 1 No.1 was the first newsstand issue published by Hal Horne in June of 1935 as an oversized quarterly 13" x 10" and priced at 25 cents. Good the front cover detached 1" chip bottom corner small triangular chip at spine 2" closed tear bottom edge with 3 smaller closed tears corner creases. Interior clean unmarked and unblemished. 41 pages featuring early Disney comics and stories along with puzzles art and activities and a $5000 Contest. Goofy presents his own variations on famous nursery rhymes. Horace Clarabelle Mickey and Goofy pose for a photo. Plus a connect-the-dots featuring Hollywood legend George Arliss !. Donald Duck's Scream Test; B-Men; Minnie the Book-Keeper; Mickey's Slate for School; Otto Octopus Original One-Man Band; Mother Goof's Nursery Rhymes; Liramickeys; The Last Ground-Up; and Bring 'em Back a Laff. RARE. . Walt Disney Enterprises/ Published Monthly by Hal Horne, Inc. Paperback
2000010348New York: Knopf 2000. First American edition of book 3 of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy; A most acceptable copy; 518pp. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Knopf Hardcover
1936007846Novara Italy: Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini 1936. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. Small 4to. RARE. First and only edition of this children's alphabet book published specifically for Italian children living abroad intended to indoctrinate them in the strength and glories of Mussolini's Fascist government. Very Good foxing to blank paste downs boards rubbed at edges. Foreword by Piero Parini director for the Fascist flagship newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and coordinator of Fascist organizations of the Italian diaspora. 88 pp. With striking modernist and cubist-inspired full-color illustrations every page by the poster artist C.V. Testi and poems by Vincenzo Fraschetti. RARE given the intended audience and the postwar drive to eliminate Fascist material especially from librairies. Worldcat shows 3 institutional holdings 2 in the US and 1 in Germany. Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini, Hardcover
195015817ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY & BEYOND THIS HORIZON CORRESPONDENCE FILE being 4 Fantasy Press checks SIGNED by Lloyd Eshbasch to Lurton Blassingame Heinlein's agent 2 each for ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY & BEYOND THIS HORIZON; a TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated 6/27/1983 being about 140 words from Eshbach to Heinlein concerning permission to quote from OF WORLDS BEYOND the purchasing and/or reading of EXPANDED UNIVERSE & FRIDAY the sending of a copy of "Doc" Smiths SUBSPACE EXPLORER for Heinlein's comments etc.; a typed letter carbon dated 6/29/1979 being about 130 words from Eshbach to Heinlein concerning the sending of a Heinlein genealogy the marvelous development of science fiction stating that both he and Asimov "are sitting on top of the world" that his Eshbach's wife died and that he has started writing SF again "studying Heinlein of course to see how it should be done"; a typed letter carbon dated 12/19/1955 being about 110 words from Eshbach to Heinlein's agent Lurton Blassingame regarding royalty payments for ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY; a typed letter carbon dated 11/22/1954 being about 200 words from Eshbach to Truman Talley of New American Library apologizing for not providing publicity material and reviews for ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY because he did not have any of the former while the latter were not any good mentioning that the sales figures show that NAL's sales of this title appear to be fine without his help that now the paperback is out he expects to hear from Heinlein shortly regarding additional royalty payments asking if he Talley is interested in seeing a terrific manuscript he just received from George O. Smith tentatively entitled DESIGN FOR DOOM etc.; a TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated 10/12/1953 being about 90 words from Truman Talley of New American Library to Eshbach asking about the receipt of copies of the Fantasy Press edition of ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY as well as looking forward to seeing the manuscript for Murray Leinster's OPERATION: OUTER SPACE; a TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated 4/13/1974 being about 100 words from Virginia Heinlein to Eshbach on her husband's stationary thanking him for payment covering sales of OF WORLDS BEYOND mentioning that they are looking forward to seeing the Dobson edition that they have had to sue Dobson several times in English court to collect royalties due that her husband is happy to know that he Eshbach enjoyed reading CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY; 3 typed letters SIGNED dated 11/14/1955 3/7/1966 & 10/23/1976 respectively each being about 80 words from Lurton Blassingame to Lloyd Eshbach concerning royalty payments of both ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY & BEYOND THIS HORIZON; a royalty statement dated 6/30/1955 from New American Library detailing payment to Fantasy Press of 1¢ a copy for their paperback publication of ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY; 2 typed letters SIGNED dated 10/29/1954 & 11/23/1954 respectively each being about 40 words from Neenah Burgess & Richard Koenig of New American Library regarding the sending of 12 copies of their paperback edition of ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY as well as forwarding a payment of $1000 to cover the royalty advance; 2 other minor pieces. FANTASY PRESS paperback
199838962New York New York U.S.A.: Scholastic Press 1998. 1st US . Hardcover. As New/As New. Grandpre Mary. 1st US Larger book fine green cloth spine dark blue boards with diamond pattern bright silver lettering on spine red inside covers and adjacent end papers 341 pages. DJ heavy paper colorful illustration of Harry with phoenix. DJ beneath mylar and book both As New. <br/> <br/> Scholastic Press hardcover
1970653301970. Very Good. Barr's rendering of the monument by Torleif S. Knaphus. 17 inches by 11 inches. Drawn on paper mounted to thick card stock. Signed by George Barr in the bottom right corner. Small stain along with some barely perceptible damp staining to bottom edge; corners gently bumped. On the reverse: light soiling; tape residue along the edges; a previous owner's inscription and dedication. George Barr's rendering of the Mormon Handcart Pioneers.<br /> <br /> George Barr born in 1937 is a sci-fi & fantasy artist from Utah. He began his art career in 1960 and by the 1970s was producing hundreds of pieces of art for sci-fi & fantasy digests and fanzines. Barr along with Tim Kirk and Alicia Austin was an artistic darling of the sci-fi & fantasy fandom of the 1970s. He was heavily influenced by Hannes Bok and Maxfield Parrish. unknown
1939010180New York: Simon & Schuster 1939. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. True First Edition with 1939 date at bottom of title page and "They went home and broke their bread" illustration. Very Good Christmas gift inscription dated 1939 in pencil at illustrated front end page browning at front and rear gutters light rubbing at edges. In a Very Good minus dust jacket bottom corner front flap price-clipped large chips at bottom edge front panel and top edge rear panel smaller chip at bottom edge front flap and two long closed tears front panel. Internally clean and bright a presentable copy of Bemelman's enduring childrens classic. Basis for the 1989-2001 TV series with Christopher Plummer and Tracey Lee Smythe. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
195016455Science -Fantasy 1950 thru 1958 / Nova Publications THE FIRST 28 CONSECUTIVE VOLUMES first editions vg to near fine copies in full color pictorial wraps. Also contains issues 44 & 45 from 1960 & 1961. The companion volume to New Worlds. Edited soon by John Carnell it featured the usual stable of British writers: Arthur C. Clarke John Brunner Ken Bulmer Brian Aldiss John Christopher William Temple et.al. Nova Publications paperback
194734546New York: Avon Book Company later Avon Book Company Inc. Avon Publishing Co. Inc. and Avon Novels Inc. 1947-52. Mild toning to cream pages some lamination separation from front cover of first issue no peeling nicks at corners of a number of issues tape to several issues at rear corners a bright nearly fine to fine set. Above average. House in clamshell boxes. 34546. Small octavo 18 issues pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. A complete set of the Avon Fantasy Reader which consists of 18 issues. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisherJoseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine an anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. The story selection came from a wide range of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales All-Story and Argosy Thrill Book Astounding and Amazing as well as stories from hardcover book publications. Authors included William Hope Hodgson Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith H. P. Lovecraft Robert E. Howard M. R. James Ambrose Bierce A. Merritt Algernon Blackwood C. L. Moore Fritz Leiber and many more. A few original stories were printed including A. E. Van Vogt Carl Jacobi A. Merritt Robert Bloch Robert E. Howard and most notably "Ylla" by Ray Bradbury part of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines p. 124-132. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 124-132. Avon Book Company (later Avon Book Company, Inc., Avon Publishing Co., Inc., and Avon Novels, Inc.) unknown
1929009098Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1929. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Spanish born American novelist's first book a book for children. Felipe Alfau's novels are Locos: A Comedy of Gestures 1936 and Chromos written in the 1940s but left unpublished until 1990 the latter being nominated for the National Book Award in 1990. RARE in dust jacket Near Fine tiny bump top corner in a Very Good dust jacket soiling small chips particularly at spine ends and edges and first two words in title at head of spine a bit rubbed yet still legible. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. Hardcover
1911008492Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printings. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Six Volumes 32mo 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905 the rest 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set lacking the original slipcase spines a bit rubbed contents clean and unmarked hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Reilly & Britton, Hardcover
1950008952New York: McCall Corporation 1950. Magazine. Very Good. Magazine. First Printings. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 1.3.4.5.6.7 and 9 that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story overall Very Good wear with paper loss at spine ends some with tears at spine folds toning some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950 Vol. 95 No.2 "Gustav the Goldfish" p. 48-51; Aug. 1950 Vol.95 No.4 "Tad and Todd" p.56-58; Sep. 1950 Vol. 95 No. 5 "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59 Oct. 1950 Vol. 95 No.6 "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950 Vol. 96 No.1 "Steak for Supper" p. 44-46; Dec.1950 Vol.96 No.2 "The Big Brag" p.46-47; Feb. 1951 Vol. 96 No.4 "The Rabbit the Bear and the Zinniga-Zanniga" p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957 Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav the Goldfish" was the basis for the book A FISH OUT OF WATER by Helen Palmer Seuss' first wife. The 2 stories are identical in plot while Helen's book does not rhyme and is illustrated by P.D. Eastman. Six of the seven stories were featured in two Random House books of "lost" Seuss stories The Bippolo Seed and Other Stories 2011 and Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories 2014 both with forewords by Charles D Cohen. Individually and collectively these magazines are SCARCE in current commerce with few individual copies ever showing up at auction. A RARE opportunity for the dedicated Dr. Seuss collector. McCall Corporation Paperback
194716686AVON FANTASY READER Avon Books 1947 thru 1952 first edition 18 volumes complete near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Robert E. Howard Gelett Burgess William Hope Hodgson Hugh Cave Algernon Blackwood Edust-wrapper ard Lucas White James Francis Dwyer G. K. Chesterton Frank Owen Ray Bradbury Anthony Boucher Nelson Bond E. Hoffman Price H. P. Lovecraft Sax Rohmer Manly Wade Wellman M. R. James Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith Seabury Quinn Francis Flagg Doanld Wollheim Malcolm Jameson Amelia Reynolds Long Fritz Leiber Robert Bloch Donald Wandrei Ambrose Bierce C. L. Moore Abraham Merritt Frank Belknap Long David Keller Jack Williamson Edmond Hamilton Henry S. Whitehead Carl Jacobi William F. Harvey C. M. Kornbluth S. Fowler Wright Murray Leinster August Derleth H. G. Wells H. R. Wakefield et.al. Along with AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER all 3 volumes near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Avon Books paperback
193834265London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Mild tanning to text paper some mild edge rubbing a fine set. 34265. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon John Russell Fearn Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 254-56. Published by George Newnes Ltd. unknown
1996010064NY: Knopf 1996. A great set of the first three novels in the author's Dark Materials series. All are the first U.S. editions in un-price clipped dustwrappers and with no remainder marks. Much more reasonable than the first British editions of these popular novels. Scarce in the first editions and in this protected condition. The first book in the series "The Golden Compass" has a signed bookplate affixed to the second free endpaper. Nice matching trilogy of first U.S. editions. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Knopf Hardcover
1943010666New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1943. Book. Illus. by Slobodkin Louis. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition First Printing of this beloved children's classic. All four jacket corners clipped pencil price of 2.00 front flap War Bonds ad rear flap "I" at copy right page. Very Good mug stain front board in the shape of a moon in a Very Good dust jacket faint red circular stain front panel spine darkened 2" closed tear rear panel. small chips and edge tears. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1944 Many Moons was also made into an opera by American composer Celius Dougherty in 1962; into a play adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning in 1946; and in 1966 an animated adaptation was produced by Gene Deitch as part of the animated film Alice of Wonderland in Paris. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
19295528<p><strong>The only book by Susan Glaspell published in Russian. </strong>One of 5 200 copies printed.</p><p>Susan Glaspell 1876–1948 was an American novelist and the first significant modern female playwright in the United States. Her third novel '<em>Fidelity</em>' was originally published in 1915. In 1931 her play '<em>Alison's House</em>' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.</p><p>This Russian translation was completed by Adel' Polotskaia-Volina 1880–1944. She studied at the University of Geneva from 1901 to 1904 and upon returning to Russia worked as a translator for various magazines and publishing houses. During the Soviet era she was employed at the National Library in Leningrad.</p><p>We couldn't trace any copy via OCLC.</p> Mysl' paperback
