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HERSEY John.
My petition For more S p a c e.
Hamish Hamilton 1975. Double cr.16mo; two blanks at end; bright light blue boards blocked with publisher’s device and lettered gilt down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. First English edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116664
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BLISH James.
The warriors Of Day.
Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #16. Selected and re-published by The Galaxy Publishing Corp. Publishers of Galaxy Science Fiction & Beyond Fantasy Fiction. Galaxy Publishing Corp. 421 Hudson Street New York 14 N.Y. 1953. Lge.32mo wire-stabbed and pasted into wrappers cut flush printed on front in full colour on back in yellow and black down spine in black; issued without half-title or end-papers. Near-fine copy. Currey p.44 saying ‘No statement of printing on copyright page’. This copy bears on the copyright page the legend: ‘Copyright 1951 by Wings Publishing Co. Inc. Republished 1953 By Arrangement with the Publisher.’ The 1951 printing was in a periodical; this is the first edition in book form presumably preceding the issue noted by Currey. Published at 35c. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116432
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CASTANEDA Carlos.
The Fire From Within.
Century Publishing London 1985. Tall extra cr.8vo format perfect bound; blank before half-title three blanks at end; pp.ii296vi; maroon fine linen-grain boards blocked with publisher’s initial between two short rules and down-lettered gilt on spine. Virtually fine copy in dust-wrapper. Alternative science! All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116505
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CABELL James Branch.
Domnei: A comedy of woman-worship By James Branch Cabell With an introduction by Joseph Hergesheimer.
John Lane The Bodley Head Limited London 1927. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Frank C. Pape; 4pp. integral advertisements at end; pp.2viii218iv; bright deep sky-blue rough buckram blocked and lettered black on front cover and spine; t.e. yellow. Slight barely noticeable foxing to fore-edges; otherwise a brilliantly fine copy in a very slightly frayed dustwrapper with an additional illustration by Pape just a trifle darkened on the spine. The first English and possibly first illustrated edition of a book originally published in America in September 1913 as ‘The Soul of Melicent’ and republished there in 1920 in an extended form including suppressed passages from the author’s manuscript and the addition of Hergesheimer’s Preface: apparently to capitalise on the success of ‘Jurgen’. The early American editions were not illustrated. Includes a four-page Bibliography of Cabell’s source material. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118750
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OAKES Philip.
Experiment At Proto.
A novel of science and suspense. Coward McCann & Geoghegan Inc. New York 1973. Blank at front and back; green coated textured card wrappers paper label on front wrapper. Some ballpoint scoring and marginal notes in text ballpoint notes on final blank; otherwise a fine copy. Uncorrected Proof Copy of the first American edition described as ‘galleys’ on the front wrapper though not obviously so. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
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BENSON EF.. E. F.
Spook stories.
Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 34 - 36 Paternoster Row London E.C.4 N.D. 1928. Demy 8vo; two blanks precede half-title serving as end-papers; illustrated title-page by N. Wallace skeleton in rags on way-side gibbet; printer’s imprint leaf at end blank on verso; pp.286 including end-papersii; horizontally-streaked dull-blue rough buckram lettered and pictorially blocked black a different gibbet scene on front cover lettered black on spine; poor quality back end-papers. Minor restoration to cloth at head of joints back cover lightly damp-stained and some very slight fading to cloth chiefly of spine; front end-papers very slightly chipped at gutters and with small repair; some foxing to first and last few leaves; back end-papers embrowned at edges. A good copy nonetheless of a difficult and sought-after title. The correct first edition English issue: the Colonial Edition in a differently coloured cloth with grey lettering is a good deal commoner as well probably as later: the second edition was in the colonial cloth. Twelve ghost stories including some of the most famous among Benson’s work ‘The Face’ ‘â€And No Bird Singsâ€â€™ ‘Naboth’s Vinyard’ ‘The Corner House’ etc. here first collected in book form. Bleiler Guide 145; Bleiler 1948 p.48; 1978 p.21; Reginald 01135; Clute & Nicholls 1993 p.109 adding a ‘k’ to Benson’s ‘Frederic’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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GRAY Alasdair.
Poor things: Episodes from The early life Of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish public Health officer.
Edited by Alasdair Gray. Bloomsbury Publishing London 1992. Med.8vo; numerous illustrations in text; pp.xvi317i blankii illustration verso blank; slate grey cloth-textured boards ruled lettered and elaborately blocked silver on sides and spine black and white head- and tail- bands yellow silk marker; purple end-papers. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. The second impression coded 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 on verso of title-page. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116626
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ANTHOLOGY.
New Writings In SF 23 Edited by Kenneth Bulmer.
Sidgwick & Jackson 1973. Sm.cr.8vo format perfect bound; last page blank; pp.191i; dark blue fine linen grain boards blocked with publisher’s device ruled and lettered silver on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Includes stories by Keith Roberts E.C. Tubb Brian W. Aldiss Charles Partington Barrington J. Bayley etc. and a Foreword by Bulmer. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116358
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BERRY Adrian.
The next Ten thousand Years.
A Vision of Man’s Future In the Universe. Jonathan Cape 1974. Demy 8vo; three blanks at end; white wrappers printed in pink and black. Fine copy. Uncorrected Proof Copy. The blank leaves at the end are presumably intended for the Index which is not here present. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116416
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HOUSMAN Laurence.
The cloak of Friendship.
London John Murray Albemarle sic Street W. 1905. Sm.f’cap 4to; title printed in red and black; pp.viii192; coarse light olive brown buckram blocked with a design by Housman on front cover and spine lettered gilt on spine; a.e. uncut. Some insignificant fading of covers; very slight foxing of prelims.; otherwise a fine copy. First state of text with the redundant comma on the title-page following ‘Albemarle’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116691
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WRIGHT S. Fowler.
The witchfinder.
Books of Today Limited 44 Great Russell Street London W.C.1 on imprint leaf: 1945. Sm.f’cap 16mo; blank befgore half-title; printer’s imprint leaf at end blank on verso; pp.218ii; pinkish-red rough buckram lettered with short rule black on spine. Fine copy in very slightly frayed dust-wrapper. A scarce title. Collects ten stories most with crime and mystery themes but several including the title story with fantastic content. “The Temperature of Gehenna Sue†and “Original Sin†were reprinted in THE THRONE OF SATURN Arkham House 1949. Bleiler 1948 p.291; Bleiler 1978 p.213; Currey p.561; Locke ‘Spectrum’ III p.87; Hubin 1994 p.881; . All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118744
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MOORE CL.. C. L.
The Best of C.L.
Moore. Edited and with an Introduction by Lester del Rey. Nelson Doubleday Inc. Garden City New York 1975. Demy 8vo format; final blank; pp.viii309iii; maroon pigskin textured boards lettered old mustard on and down spine; blue and white headband; fore-edges uncut. Nice copy. Currey p.377 All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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WYNDHAM John ie. John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. i. e.
Chocky.
Michael Joseph 1968. Lge.double cr.16mo; pp.184; dark charcoal boards blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Currey p.221; Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.237 recording a proof copy. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117099
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KING Stephen and STRAUB Peter.
The Talisman.
Viking Harmondsworth Middx. 1984. Lge.med.8vo format perfect bound; leaf bearing Viking symbol precedes title-page; half-title not called for; Epilogue/Conclusion leaf at end; title-page and fly-titles to the several parts printed in black and grey; pp.x646; black boards printed gilt across and down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Published September 17th this English edition precedes the American one which was not published until November. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116736
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VONNEGUT Kurt.
Palm Sunday.
An autobiographical Collage. Jonathan Cape 1981. Wide double lge.post 16mo; teak brown cloth blocked gilt on front cover blocked with publisher’s monogram device and lettered gilt down spine. Fine in dust-wrapper. First edition English issue. Printed in America. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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RUSSELL Bertrand.
Satan In the suburbs And other stories.
Illustrated by Asgeir Scott. The Bodley Head 1953. Tall double cr.16mo; integral advertisement leaf at end E8 the last leaf of the final gathering being pasted down beneath the back end-papers and E2 being a singleton its conjugate blank having been excised before binding; black boards ruled and lettered white on spine. Faint pressure mark on front board but a virtually fine copy in dust-wrapper. The second issue the first being ruled and lettered gilt and with two integral blanks present at the end serving as end-papers. When it was decided to supply the present issue with true back end-papers it was evidently determined to suppress the blanks in order to retain full exposure of the advertisement leaf. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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BURROUGHS Edgar Rice.
Thuvia Maid of Mars.
By Edgar Rice Burroughs Author of “Tarzan of the Apesâ€. Methuen & Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street W.C. London 1921. Single inset half-title with advertisements on verso this title being the last listed; pp.vi218; publisher’s inserted 8pp. catalogue at end not listing this title; deep scarlet fine-linen-grain cloth ruled and lettered black on front cover blocked and lettered black on spine. Spine a little darkened and with pin-head sized hole in front joint; very slight dust-marking to sides; poor quality paper lightly embrowned throughout and two or three leaves with fox-spots or similar small marks; a near-nice copy nonetheless. The first English edition dated a year later than the American edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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SHIEL MP.. M. P.
The Lord of the Sea.
London Grant Richards 1901. Blank before half-title; pp.viii496; light and lighter tan linen-patterned cloth blocked milk-chocolate and black lettered black-outlined milk chocolate on front cover lettered black on spine. Large corner of front cover flexion-creased this being visible as a faint but hard raised line on both the cloth and the end-paper; faint marginal marks or fox-spots at some half-dozen openings: only at one point at all significant; otherwise and in effect an unusually nice crisp copy. Bleiler ‘Science-Fiction: the Early Years’ 2026; Locke ‘Spectrum’ p.196; Morse 1980 revision pp.93-101. Morse’s first issue and first state of text with the initial blank present that was excised in later copies and with the word ‘DANGER’ spelled correctly in the advertisement on the verso of the half-title. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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PEASE Howard.
Border Ghost stories.
Erskine Macdonald Ltd. London W.C.1 1919. Pp.xvi303i printer’s imprint; apple-green fine-linen-grain buckram ruled blocked and lettered white on spine; t.e. green; end-papers printed with double-spread wood-engraved illustration after R.J.S. Bertram. Nice copy. Also known in dark red buckram ruled blind on front cover the spine ruled blocked and lettered gilt identically with the present copy and the top-edges brown. The red cloth binding looks the more expensive and might for that reason appear to claim precedence but given that the book was first issued during the period of stringency following the First World War when gilt was in short supply and that many books produced in that year had a cloth-grain similar to this it is impossible without other evidence to assign precedence. Mixed collection of Border tales Northumbrian and Scots including “The Warlock of Glororum†a monstrous carnivorous plant hidden in a secret chamber. Others are traditional ghost stories. Heavy dialect pieces set variously around the Tyne Northumberland and the Scottish border. Bleiler 1948 p.219 1978 p.155 ‘Guide to Supernatural Fiction’ 1295; Wilson ‘Shadows in the Attic’ p.407; Reginald 11264; not in Locke’s ‘Spectra’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118406
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MANNES Marya.
They.
Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1969. Lge.16mo; final blank; light brown boards blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Fine in dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116813
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THYNN Alexander.
The King is Dead.
The Longleat Press 1976. Sm.double demy 16mo; two blanks precede half-title two at end serving as end-papers; pp.iv215v; black cloth blocked with publisher’s armorial device and lettered on and down spine gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Review copy with the typed review slip loosely laid in. Earth invaded by a colony. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117007
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STAPLEDON Olaf.
The Flames.
A Fantasy. Secker and Warburg London 1947. Double cr.16mo; pp.84; quarter black coarse linen blocked and lettered gilt down spine red boards marbled in black. Fine copy in minutely frayed dust-wrapper. Currey p.467; Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.204. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116986
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GASKELL Jane.
Strange Evil.
Hutchinson of London 1957. Post 8vo; pp.256; very dark brown boards ruled blocked and lettered gilt on spine; pale green end-papers printed with drawing by the author and facsimile page of the ms. in purple. Generally nice copy only. The author’s first book published when she was fourteen. This title not in the Locke collection. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116616
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WILSON Colin.
Man without A shadow: The Diary of an Existentialist.
A novel by Colin Wilson. Arthur Barker Limited 20 New Bond Street London W1 1963. Double cr.16mo; blank before half-title; two blanks at end serving as end-papers; pp.ii266iv; very dark brown cloth textured boards ruled and lettered gilt on spine. Slight foxing of edges; otherwise a very nice copy in slightly frayed and very slightly rubbed price-clipped dust-wrapper. A sequel to ‘Ritual in the Dark’ involving a good deal of black and white magic. Drugs including cocaine play some part in the plot. This title not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. In our experience one of the most difficult of Wilson’s novels to find - probably because of its unappealing title! All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
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MERRIT A..
Cover title: Thru the Dragon glass.
The ARRA Printers Jamaica New York N.D. 1932. 24pp. sm.roy.16mo format folded as a single gathering unsewn as issued; prelims. and end-papers not called for; large loose light rich brown paper wrappers printed on front and inside front wrapper in black; fore-edges uncut. Wrappers chipped at all corners and a little delicate; text nice. Hubin p.366; Locke ‘Spectrum’ pp.155 and 156: ‘a rare pamphlet’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116830
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SIMAK Clifford D..
Why call them back From heaven
London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1967. Extra double cr.16mo; pp.160; scarlet cloth-textured boards down-lettered and blocked gilt on spine. Very slight foxing of top-edges but a virtually fine copy in dust-wrapper. Published the same year as the American edition listed by Currey on p.448. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116965
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PRIOR Ann.
Mirror image.
1969 Chatto & Windus London. Extra cr.8vo; final blank; pp.vi215iii; grey-green cloth-textured boards blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Very nice copy in dust-wrapper. A very curious non-generic fantasy: sword and. madness - or possibly second sight. An interest in T.E. Lawrence is evident in the characterisation of the book’s absent hero. The second novel by a New Zealand born author published when she was twenty. From the publisher’s File Library so rubber stamped on the front end-paper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116916
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LAINEZ Manuel Mujica.
The Wandering Unicorn.
Translated by Mary Fitton. Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press London 1983. Extra cr.8vo format perfect bound; blank before half-title blank at end; pp.xii322ii; glazed white card wrappers cut flush printed outside in black and full colour. Fine copy. A beautifully written and translated mediæval fantasy by one of Argentina’s most distinguished writers. First English edition softcover issue: originally published in Canada in 1982. Includes a Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. paperback
Bookseller reference : MRT116749
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VAN VOGT AE.. A. E.
The Secret Galactics.
Prentice-Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs New Jersey 1974. Wide lge.post 8vo; leaf bearing blurb precedes title-page; half-title not called for; white card wrappers cut flush printed in purple and yellow on front cover and spine in purple on back cover; issued without end-papers. Top corner of front wrapper slightly bruised; otherwise a fine copy. Presentation copy with the author’s signed holograph inscription on the title-page: “Intended to be the first of a series . . . “. Currey p.494. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
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CHRISTOPHER John.
The Lotus Caves.
Hamish Hamilton 1969. Double demy 16mo; two blanks at end; pp.156iv; pale sea-green boards blocked with publisher’s initials device ruled and lettered down spine all gilt. Fine copy in nicked dust-wrapper. Currey p.567. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116515
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ANTHOLOGY.
Cities of wonder.
Dennis Dobson 1968. Lge.16mo; two blanks before half-title two at end serving as end-papers; dark brown linen grain boards lettered silver on spine. Fine in dust-wrapper. Walter M. Miller Jr. Kutner Heinlein Blish Kornbluth Aldiss etc. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116343
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PRIEST Christopher.
A Dream of Wessex.
Faber & Faber 3 Queen Square London 1977. Extra double cr.16mo; blank before half-title; pp.viii199i blank; iron grey cloth-textured boards ruled and lettered gilt on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Currey p.412. The American edition was issued a few weeks later under the title ‘The Perfect Lover’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT118281
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KING HALL Stephen.
Post-war pirate.
Methuen & Co.Ltd. 1931. Publisher’s inserted 8pp. catalogue at end dated ‘531’; pale bluish lilac linen grain cloth ruled and lettered black on front cover blocked and lettered black on spine; lower-edges rough trimmed. Minor faults but in general a near nice copy. Uncommon. Not in Locke. A gas which causes progressively sneezing weeping and unconsciousness but leaves no after effects delivered by means of a submarine to incapacitate shipping for the purposes of robbery . . . All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116740
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IGGULDEN John M..
Breakthrough.
Chapman & Hall 37 Essex Street London WC2 1960. Extra cr.8vo; final blank; pp.vi240ii; charcoal cloth-textured boards blocked down-lettered and lettered pale green lettered white on spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. The author’s scarce first book. A political thriller of the future later to be described by Ian Fleming as “one of the outstanding thrillers of 1960â€. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116380
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Hollow lands: Volume Two of a Trilogy “The Dancers at the End of Timeâ€.
Harper & Row Publishers New York Evanston San Francisco London 1974. Double lge.post 16mo; blank before half-title three blanks followed by leaf bearing printer’s code numerals on verso at end; quarter pink cloth black boards lettered black and pink through outline black down spine; mulberry end-papers; fore-edges uncut. Fine copy in slightly creased dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page with slight offsetting on to facing blank. Currey p.370. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116845
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ANTHOLOGY.
Out of this world 2.
An anthology of science fiction Chosen by Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen. Blackie: London and Glasgow 1961. Lge.cr.8vo; two blanks at end; blue boards lettered gilt up spine; t.e. orange. Nice copy in frayed dust-wrapper. Aldiss Vance McIntosh del Rey Kippax James M. White Kapp Presslie. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116360
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FARMER Philip Jose.
The Lovers.
A Del Rey Book: Ballantine Books New York 1979. Sq.post 8vo format perfect bound; quarter white cloth bluish violet boards blocked and lettered silver on front board and down spine; blue and white head and tail bands; fore-edges uncut lower-edges rough trimmed. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page. Probably Farmer’s most important book for a much shorter version of which he was awarded a Hugo in 1953. An expanded text was published in paperback in 1961 V. Currey p.185. The present 1979 text is however ‘definitively revised’. The first hard-cover edition and the first appearance of this final text. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116593
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The Blood Red Game.
Sphere Books Limited 30/32 Gray’s Inn Road London W.C.1 1970. F’cap 8vo format perfect bound; half-title bearing blurb and fly-title bearing dedication on verso precede title-page; 6pp. publisher’s advertisements at end; white glazed wrappers printed in red and colours cut flush; issued without end-papers. Corner of upper wrapper flexion-creased; poor quality paper lightly embrowned in margins; otherwise a very nice copy. Currey p.368. The first edition under this title. Otherwise published as ‘The Sundered Worlds’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116837
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SILVERBERG Robert.
Next stop The stars.
Dennis Dobson 1979. Two blanks at end serving as end-papers; black boards lettered silver down spine. Label removed from front end-paper leaving slight damage slight thinning on title-page and lower margin of final leaf of text where rubber library stamps have been removed; otherwise a fine copy in dust-wrapper. As a reading copy. First English and probably first hardcover edition. Published in America in wrappers in 1962 by Ace books as one half of a ‘double’ and republished by them in 1977 with a new Introduction included also here. The following typographical errors have been noted in the present volume: p.28 l.21 ‘cme’ for ‘come’; p.134 l.17 ‘ot’ for ‘of’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116961
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WILSON Snoo.
Inside Babel.
Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press London 1985. Extra double cr.8vo perfect bound; pp.208; glazed white card wrappers cut flush printed outside in colours; issued without end-papers or dust-wrapper. Fine copy. Also issued simultaneously in hard-cover. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT117088
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BISHOP Michael.
A Funeral For the Eyes of Fire: A novel by Michael Bishop With a new introduction By the author and an Afterword by Ian Watson.
Kerosina Books 1989. Double demy 16mo; pp.255i blank; scarlet fine diaper pattern boards blocked with publisher’s initial device and lettered gilt down spine. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. First English and first hard-cover edition of the author’s first novel published originally by Ballantine Books in America as a paperback in 1975 the present text following the extensively re-written version issued as a Pocket Books paperback also in America in 1980. The lengthy Introduction and the Afterword are both here first printed. Of a total printing of 1026 copies this is one of an issue limited to 750 copies forming the Trade Edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116422
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ANTHOLOGY.
The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Fantasy and Science fiction Selected by the Editors of The Saturday Evening Post.
Souvenir Press 1964. Lge.16mo; dark brown boards lettered gilt down spine. Nice copy. Stories by Heinlein Richter Benet Household Kersh Wylie etc. The first English edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116363
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WELLS HG.. H. G.
The autocracy Of Mr. Parham: His remarkable Adventures in this Changing world By H.G.
Wells Assisted pictorially By David Low. William Heinemann Ltd 1930. Blank before half-title; ten double page half-tone plates; blank at end; pp.xii370ii; brick red linen effect buckram blocked with publisher’s device blind on back cover ruled blind on front cover blocked and lettered gilt on spine. Light foxing of edges and a few margins; otherwise a fine copy in torn and minutely chipped dust-wrapper designed by David Low protected by a loose paper-backed plastic chemise. Locke’s ‘Spectrum’ p.225; Currey p.516. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117067
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MOORCOCK Michael.
The land leviathan: A New Scientific Romance.
Quartet Books 1974. Tall narrow lge.post 8vo format perfect bound; leaf bearing blurb precedes title-page; half-title not called for; two blanks at end; blue very thin boards cut flush applied spine lettered white on sides and down spine; issued without end-papers. Slight flexion creasing of spine and front board; otherwise a fine copy in card dust-wrapper. Currey p. 371. Midway issue. Review copy with the publisher’s review slip loosely laid in. The book was scheduled for publication on 20th May 1974. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116846
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HODDER WILLIAMS Christopher.
Fistful of Digits.
Hodder and stoughton 1968. Light blue boards blocked with publisher’s device and lettered red down spine; buff end-papers. Fine copy in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116675
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MOORCOCK Michael.
Count Brass.
The Chronicles of Castle Brass: Being a sequel to the High History Of the Runestaff Of which this is the first volume. Mayflower 1973. Pocketbook format; two advertisement leaves at end; glazed wrappers printed in colour. Front wrapper creased; otherwise a near-fine copy. Currey p.369. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116842
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ROSE F. Horace.
The maniac’s Dream: A novel of the atomic bomb.
Duckworth 3 Henrietta Street London W.C.2 1946. Sm.cr.8vo; final blank; pp.237iii; pale blue-green cloth lettered very dark green on spine; fore-edges mainly trimmed. Very slight fading of spine and extreme top- and lower- edges of covers; very slight foxing of top- and fore- edges; otherwise a fine copy in slightly frayed dust-wrapper internally repaired with tissue on back panel. Claimed by the blurb to be “the first novel about the atomic bomb.†Bleiler p.72; this title not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT116934
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TOLKIEN JRR.. J. R.
The Silmarillion.
Edited by Christopher Tolkien. George Allen & Unwin 1977. Demy 8vo; blank before half-title; large folding map tipped in at end; midnight blue cloth blocked and lettered gilt on spine; t.e. dark green; dust-wrapper with purple ground after designs by the author. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Currey p.477. The second of Currey’s three simultaneously issued editions the printing of which apparently precedes that of the first American edition. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117014
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LOVECRAFT Howard Phillips.
An epistle To Francis Ld.
Belknap With a Volume of Proust presented to him by his aged Grandsire Lewis Theobald Jun. Christmas MDCCCCXVIII An Epic Poem By Howard Phillips Lovecraft Annotated by R. Alain Everts. A MadCon Publication Of The Strange Company No Place 1987. Demy 4to; title leaf of yellow paper printed in black and scarlet and six leaves of pale grey paper printed on rectos only loosely laid into buff paper wrappers printed on front wrapper in black; frontispiece leaf. Fine copy. One of an issue of 150 numbered copies of a total edition of 200. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : MRT116789
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STRONG LAG.. L. A.
By the author of Dewar Rides: The jealous ghost By L.A.G.
Strong. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 14 Henrietta Street Covent Garden 1930. Pp.288; black buckram lettered tan on spine. A few leaves lightly foxed but a nice copy of a scarce title. A ghost story not rationalised - though the ghost has also a symbolic function. Not in Locke’s ‘Spectrum’. In this copy at l.7 on p.163 the ‘t’ in ‘another’ has printed so faintly as to be virtually absent. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated. hardcover
Bookseller reference : MRT117000
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