1906Best.-Nr. 007310New York: Bobbs Merrill 1906. First Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 400 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Gilt Not Yellow! And Black. First Printing With "March" On Copyright Page. . Decorated Red Cloth. A Dystopian Novel Of Atlantis. A Bright Clean Very Attractive Copy Only A Touch Of Wear To Gilt No Wear To Clothn No Marks Or Damage. Bobbs Merrill hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 024806Philadelphia: 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 The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 017196Hollywood circa 1960's: Preminger / Stuart Agency 1965. First Edition . Loose Sheets Brads/ Wrappers. Very Good. Original script outline by Ray Russell for film "X- The Man With the X-ray Eyes" early generation Preminger studio copy in Studio wrappers. With two page original handwritten pencilled sequence/ special effects / production notes. With Preminger's label on outside of covers with address pre-zip-code and pre-area-code with original typewritten title and author's name. Preminger / Stuart Agency unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 000722London: Methuen 1932 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good. Viii 312 Pp. 8 Pp Publisher's Catalog Dated 932. Blue Cloth. Very Good First Edition. First State Near Fine Copy With First Issue Catalog September 1932; Unlike Many Other Copies Spine Gilt Is Especially Thick And Heavy But Same Design And Typeface Top Edges Of The Pages Have Publisher's Purple Topstain And There Is Purple Coloring In The Small Space Between The Gilt Lines At Both Top And Bottom Of Spine. Outer Covers Entirely Covered With A Clear Lacquer-Like Coating Which Is Wearing Off With Apparently No Detrimental Lasting Effect On Cloth Underneath. The Gilt Is As Bright As New. London: Methuen, 1932 hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 018865London: Methuen 1941 1935. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good . Cover Design By Olaf Stapledon Illustration By Eric Fraser. 282 Pp. First Edition First Impression Fifth Issue. Binding 185 Cm Tall Softcover In Wrappers With Front Of Original Dustjacket Used By Publisher For Front Panel Spine Printed In Black With 2 Shilling Price No Ads Using First 1935 Impression Sheets. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.5 First Edition First Impression Sheets Fifth Issue Binding First Paperback. Publisher's Binding Of Dj On Card With Cover Illustration In Blue Pink White Tan And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. A Very Good Tight Copy. Book Lightly Aged Front Panel Complete Fairly Bright And Unfaded. London: Methuen (1941) unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 036544Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1956. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/4" Tall. 192 Pp. Gray Boards Stamped In Black. First Edition Indicated On Copyright Page. Price $3.00 At Top Of Front Flap Not A Book Club Book Or Dj. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Tiny Nick At Top Of Spine. Inscribed By Author To A Neighbor Friend And Long Time Sf Fan And Dated In 1980. Shasta Publishers hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 036551New York: Doubleday & Company 1965. First Edition . Grey Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Jacket Design By Peter Rauch. 213 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Blue-0Green. First Edition Stated. One Of The Author's Personal Copies Near Fine And Unread Book With Proper Code 35G On P211 Slight Rubbing To Book And Dj. Dj Priced$4.50. Inscribed To A Sf Dealer "For ---- Lorenz & Fitzgerald Authors Of The Time Contraction Theorem Are Probably Turning Over In Their Space-Time Suits Sometimes Called Graves. But Where They Are They Have My Best Wishes As Do You A E Van Vogt Aug 1981". Doubleday & Company hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 024223New York: Greenberg 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 220 Pp. Green Boards Stamped In Dark Green. First Book Publication Thus Revised From The Original Appearance In "Astounding Science Fiction" And From The First Book Edition Of 1000 Copies Published By Hadley In 1947. A Lightly Used Book Pages Crisp Light Wear At Top And Bottom Of Spine At Tips And Along Part Of Lower Edge Of Boards. Inscribed By A E Van Vogt On Title Page To A Fan "For ------Sincerely Lydia And A E Van Vogt July 15 1989". Jacket Is Clean And Attractive Very Slight Fading To Color On Spine 3/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Fold 2 1/8" Closed Tears And Wear At Top Of Spine Minute Nick At Bottom Of Spine Minute Losses At Tips. Exceptionally Clean And Not Dusty Or Foxed Not Price-Clipped. Greenberg hardcover
1960Best.-Nr. 09040931Scripts Australia 1960. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 129 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Scripts Australia 1960. CONDITION: This book is in fair condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 09040931. Scripts paperback
1991Best.-Nr. 15993London: Aurum Press Ltd 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised and Updated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Arum Film Encyclopedia offers critical accounts of and complete statistical information on over 1450 Science Fiction Films. Aurum Press Ltd Hardcover
2001Best.-Nr. 403PM8L_d1d14af4-732c-4Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 2001-02-12 Residual Price Label Adhesive. See our Terms of Sale for a detailed description of condition notes. Paperback. Like New - Except As Noted. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 00006317New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1980 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 6 1-582 4 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $12.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Near Fine book with a moderate concavity to the spine in a dust jacket with sunning to the spine. Grosset & Dunlap (1980) hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 21080027Buccaneer Books New York 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 204 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Buccaneer Books New York 1975. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Faint cup ring on front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0899683061. ISBN/EAN: 9780899683065. Inventory No: 21080027. 9780899683065 Buccaneer Books hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 222291Bluejay Books Inc. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Bluejay Books Inc. hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 025217Buffalo: W. Paul GanleyPublishers 1995. Book. Illus. by Jim Pianfetti. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read as new copy. This copy signed with generis inscriptions by both the author and illustrator on special Ganley bookplates as issued. This being copy 62 of 300 issued. First hard cover edition of material originally published in 1979. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. W. Paul Ganley,Publishers Hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 025218Buffalo: W. Paul Ganley Publishers 1995. Book. Illus. by Linda Michaels. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read as new copy. This copy has been signed by the author and the illustratoy on special Ganlet book plates as issued. This copy is number 62 of 300 issued. This is the first hard cover edition of material originally published in 1978. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. W. Paul Ganley, Publishers Hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. 103593Necro Publications. Fine with no dust jacket. 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1889186783 . Hardcover. Book is in FINE condition. 2009. Necro Publications. 168 pages plus art illustrations in back. SIGNED by David G. Barnett and Edward Lee. This is copy "D" of a Lettered Edition of 26 copies. This is one of hundreds of Like-New condition Limited Editions "Mostly Lettered" recently acquired from a major Collector of Fantastic Dark Fantasy and Horror Literature. Presses include Centipede Gauntlet PS Publishing Bloodletting Cargo Cult Biting Dog Night Shade Subterranean Cemetery Dance Delirium Overlook Connection Borderlands Dark Regions Earthling Publications Necro Publications and Charnel House. Inquiries Welcome. ; 8.20 X 5.20 X 0.90 inches; 168 pages; Signed by Author . Necro Publications hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 007125London UK: Curtis Warren Ltd. 1952. 1st Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ray Theobald. VG. Slight rubbing at edges small tear and slight loss at spine ends interior pages toning. Written by Denis Hughes as by Ray Barry Curtis Warren Ltd. paperback
2009Best.-Nr. 104005PS Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9781906301361 . Hardcover. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition. 2009. PS Publishing. 88 pages. SIGNED by Terry Bisson. This is copy "N" of a Limited Edition of 100 copies. This is one of hundreds of Like-New condition Limited Editions "Mostly Lettered" recently acquired from a major Collector of Fantastic Dark Fantasy and Horror Literature. Presses include Centipede Gauntlet PS Publishing Bloodletting Cargo Cult Biting Dog Night Shade Subterranean Cemetery Dance Delirium Overlook Connection Borderlands Dark Regions and Charnel House. Inquiries Welcome; 8.35 X 5.91 X 0.63 inches; 88 pages; Signed by Author . PS Publishing hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 105027Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0810917058 . Hardcover. 1982. Harry N. Abrams. 191 pages. Book is in Very Good Plus condition. Dust Jacket some edgewear else Very Good condition. SIGNED and Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Robert McCall. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages; Signed by Artist . Harry N. Abrams hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 107077Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1993. Leatherbound. Easton Press publisher. 564 pages. Book is in FINE condition. Hubbed spine. All page edges in gilt. A couple small belmishes on gold gilt FINE condition. Bound in ribbon marker. Silk moire endpapers. SIGNED by the Author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 564 pages; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 005040London: Hodder and Stoughton 1969 First printing of the first British/hardcover edition black boards with gilt-lettered spine 187pp the debut Max Curfew thriller. Brunner's copy with his personalized bookplate laid-in to front endpaper and personal stamp to front-free endpage; additionally signed and inscribed by Brunner on the front-free endpage: "With lots of love / from John & Marjorie-- / 1969." Bottom corners bumped small stain to upper fore-edge tiny stain to top-edge and front board slightly splayed else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine creasing to corners/spine ends faint sticker ghost near price on front flap and mild edge wear. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 003719London: Hale 1970 price clipped DW has rubbing to edges etc which shows as white to the cover design short tear along the bottom of the lower joint faint foxing or dust soiling to closed edges tidy copy 192pp . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Hale hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. A42641Chicago IL: A. C. McClurg & Co. Very Good-. 1920. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends bottom edges and corners of the book covers have some edge wear rubbing and light but noticeable fraying. The covers of the book has some light ground-in dirt and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean though beginning to tone due to the acid content of the paper. The endpapers have noticeable generalized toning. There is a previous owner's radio call sign name and address inked on the front endpaper and also an inked name on the front pastedown page. Illustrated throughout with 10 full page illustrations by J. Allen St. John including the frontispiece. The front hinge between the frontispiece and title page is starting. "Aiming his work at the pulps Burroughs had his first story Under the Moons of Mars serialized by Frank Munsey in the February to July 1912 issues of The All-Story under the name "Norman Bean" to protect his reputation. Under the Moons of Mars inaugurated the Barsoom series and earned Burroughs US$400 $9927 today. It was first published as a book by A. C. McClurg of Chicago in 1917 entitled A Princess of Mars after three Barsoom sequels had appeared as serials and McClurg had published the first four serial Tarzan novels as books. Burroughs soon took up writing full-time and by the time the run of Under the Moons of Mars had finished he had completed two novels including Tarzan of the Apes published from October 1912 and one of his most successful series." from Wikipedia . A. C. McClurg & Co. hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 2582New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. The second book in the Earthseed series. Black hardcover with silver spine titles first edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with crimping at the spine tips and a remainder mark at the bottom textblock edge. Pencilled letter L minutely to the rear endpaper and a bit of soil along the front edge. Clean and solid. Unclipped jacket is also very good with the mistaken ISBN print on the rear cover 1st state dustjacket 1888363762 and a darkened spot where the covering sticker with the correct ISBN has fallen off - sticker is laid in at front. 365 pp. lightly read. A relevant and terrifying dystopian novel. Seven Stories Press hardcover
