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2022rif. 006116Tarzana CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. ERB 2022. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. New/New. Eggleton/Frazetta/Sanjulian et al. As new in blue leather clamshell case. Limited to 648 numbered/signed sets. This gorgeous new set is the seventh title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection Series. Book and clamshell box are handcrafted in blue leather with smyth-sewn binding and illustrated endpapers. This edition is signed by two artists; Bob Eggleton and Jaime Case in addition to Phil Burger Preface and William Stout Artists Preface. The book features a beautiful wrap-around dust jacket by Bob Eggleton; also features 24 tipped-in color plates featuring artwork by Frazetta St. John Sanjulian Stout Yeates Jusko Jones and many more. And 100 B & W Illustrations throughout the text. featuring artwork by Frazetta Brom Foster Manchess St. John Jones Adams Miller Arting Yeates Kubert Pettee Patrick Jusko Hogarth and more. Bonus items included with this edition only include: Each set includes an authentic metal printing plate designed for the publication of this edition. At the Earths Core Collector Portfolio with 10 items including replica letters notebook pages pulp excerpts the 1st newspaper serialization advertising standee two posters of artwork and the A. C. McClurg postcard and book contract. All inside the beautiful custom case. A fantastic collectible! PLEASE NOTE: Retailers and collectors were made aware after the books shipped that all lettered and numbered sets were printed with page 302 missing. This is the last page of the book and the second page of the Acknowledgments; but does not affect any of the novel's pages. ERB books has provided a letterpress printed pg. 302 matching the book's other pages; same size platemaker paper and printing press. The page is sized to easily slip in behind page 301 into the inside of the binding the gutter. Also in addition is a replica of a newly discovered letter from ERB to J. Allen St. John expressing his delight in the artists illustrations for the first edition of AtEC. NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK AND WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING TO YOUR DESTINATION. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. ERB hardcover
2002rif. 183301New York: Tor Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0312878079 . Book 1 has a black remainder mark on bottom edge. ; Signed by Author on Title Page. Dust jackets protected in new Brodart. Jacket art for Books 1 & 2 by Gary Ruddell. Jacket art for Books 3 4 & 5 by Romas. Books 1-4 are First Editions. Book 5 is a 2nd Printing. ISBN's: Bk 1 0-312-87807-9 Bk 2 0-312-87808-7 Bk 3 0-312-87809-5 Bk 4 0-312-87810-9 Bk 5 0-765-31246-8. Email for additional information. ; Winds of the Forelands; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; "Winds of the Forelands is a five-book epic fantasy series. The magical Qirsi race oppressed for a millenium by the far more numerous Eandi are poised to rise again with the advent of a powerful new Weaver and plunge the Forelands into war. In an unlikely alliance Tavis an Eandi prince and Grinsa a Qirsi shaper risk death to save the land they love." ; Signed by Author . Tor Books hardcover
1976rif. 022181New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1976 First printing of the stated first edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket red top-edge. Book with light rubbing to board edge and a an unobtrusive stain area to outer page edge else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear near the top and bottom front fold closed tear to upper back cover toning to inside flaps and moderate wear to spine ends. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2001rif. 001713Easton Press 2001 One of the great satirical novels of the 20th century in an elegant blue leather binding with a full color illustration by Richard Powers. A lovely copy. Does not have collector's notes. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders. Easton Press hardcover
1978rif. 223151978. Sci-FiAfrican AmericanLiterature Butler Octavia E. Mind of My Mind. New York: Avon 1978. First Avon Mass market paperback edition with striking psychedelic-style cover art depicting a green-skinned woman with glowing eyes and intersecting telepathic beams of light underscoring the novel's speculative and psychic themes. The second book in Butler's groundbreaking Patternist series Mind of My Mind centers on Mary a powerful telepath whose emergence signals a new evolutionary leap for humanity. Mary's narrative is deeply intertwined with African diasporic identity and the complexities of inherited power. As Mary asserts her own psychic authority she challenges patriarchal and racial legacies embedded in her father's centuries-long domination. The novel's intersection of speculative fiction and Black feminist thought marks Butler as one of the genre's most visionary figures. With its themes of collective consciousness reproductive agency and telepathic connection the book anticipates later scholarship on Afrofuturism and queer futurity. As literary scholar Sandra Govan noted Butler's Patternist series "presents a vision of a black future that transcends traditional genre boundaries" Govan 1986. Spine creased moderate edgewear and rubbing to wrappers some toning and corner creasing to rear. Text block uniformly toned but internally clean and unmarked. Overall very good condition. Mind of My Mind remains a pivotal work in Black speculative fiction exploring psychic liberation and the creation of a matriarchal future. unknown
1997rif. 204-3964New York: Knopf 1997. First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Dark blue boards quarterbound in navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 326pps. There is very mild rubbing to the lower board-edges and a small remainder dot atop the textblock otherwise clean tight square and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve is as new; the original price is intact. ".The universe has broken wide and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead she finds Will just twelve years old and already a murderer himself. He's on a quest as fierce as Lyra's and together they strike out into this sunlit otherworld. On this journey marked by danger Will and Lyra forge ahead. But with every step and each new horror they move closer to the greatest threat of all -- and the shattering truth of their own destiny." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist in your decision photos can be emailed upon request. ISBN: 0-679-87925-0. First American Edition. Hard Cover. FANTASY FICTION CHILDREN S JUVENILE GENERAL SCIENCE MAGIC LITERATURE SWORD AND SORCERY DAEMONS HIS DARK MATERIALS LYRA OXFORD ENGLAND PHILIP PULLMAN THE SUBTLE KNIFE FIRST EDITIONS. Catalogs: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Children's. Knopf hardcover
1989rif. 011225London: Chatto & Windus 1989 first edition hardback with a price clipped dust jacket 436pp. A reasonably early title when she could still excite the reader. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1954rif. 223831954. Magazines and PeriodicalsLiteratureSci-fi Five-issue pulp magazine archive of Startling Stories published by Better Publications and Standard Magazines 1954-55. The run includes work by notable authors such as Margaret St. Clair Judith Merril Richard Matheson Bryce Walton and Philip K. Dick. This period of Startling reflects pulp science fiction's evolving engagement with gender Cold War anxiety and postwar domesticity. Stories by women such as Margaret St. Clair Judith Merril and Miriam Allen deFord present unusual agency and narrative complexity for female characters within the male-dominated SF field of the era. 1 Startling Stories Vol. 32 No. 1 Summer 1954. Features "The Spiral of the Ages" by Fletcher Pratt a time-travel romance structured around male agency. Noteworthy contributions include "Finders Keepers" by Margaret St. Clair and "Stormy Weather" by Judith Merril-both rare instances of women-authored SF in a mainstream pulp. Merril's protagonist must telepathically track her missing son a complex female-centered narrative. St. Clair's story like much of her work blends domesticity with technological tension. 2 Startling Stories Vol. 32 No. 2 Fall 1954. Includes the full-length novel "Spacemen Lost" by George O. Smith and "Simple Psiman" by F.L. Wallace. Margaret St. Clair's "The Marriage Manual" returns with a satirical inversion of gendered advice culture: "If you can't beat the opposition join them." A rare example of feminist satire in a 1950s SF pulp. 3 Startling Stories Vol. 33 No. 1 Spring 1955. Includes Bryce Walton's "Too Late for Eternity" an aging-themed space opera with paternalist overtones and a novelet by William Morrison. Notable for short fiction by Philip K. Dick "Nanny" and Richard Matheson "Miss Stardust" the latter offering a proto-feminist beauty allegory. The issue's range also includes stories by Arthur Porges Roger Dee and Winston Marks. 4 Startling Stories Vol. 33 No. 2 Summer 1955. Contains three novelettes: "An Apple for the Teacher" by Robert F. Young "White Spot" by Murray Leinster and "Awakening" by Bryce Walton. "An Apple for the Teacher" is of particular note for its female educator protagonist whose students transcend earthly expectations. Also includes "Time Out for Redheads" by Miriam Allen deFord a prolific feminist and mystery writer whose tale involves female agency in matters of love and identity. Other contributors include Leslie Waltham and Gordon R. Dickson. 5 Startling Stories Vol. 33 No. 3 Fall 1955. Features "The Naked Sky" by James E. Gunn and "Jungle Doctor" by Robert F. Young. Margaret St. Clair contributes "Lazarus" a short about bodily resurrection and consent characteristic of her nuanced feminist themes. Leslie Waltham's "I Like a Happy Ending" offers psychological depth rarely given to women characters in pulp fiction. Includes seven short stories showcasing an unusual number of female-centered narratives. All issues exhibit moderate pulp toning and light edgewear with intact bindings and no major losses. Overall good condition. A compelling five-issue sequence within 1950s science fiction pulp culture including significant contributions by women writers. unknown
1965rif. 006067Moscow: Mir 1965. First Russian Edition . Beige Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. Black and White Drawings. 333 Pages. Modernist Color Dust Jacket. An Unauthorized And Probably First Russian Translation - Without Authorization Of American Author Or Publisher As All Translations In The Ussr Were. In Early 2004 Bradbury Himself Did Not Remember Seeing Any Copy Of This Before I Showed It To Him. Russian / Ussr Literature And Science Relied On Using The Intellectual Resources Of The World Without Fee An Incomparable Competitive Advantage For Government Sponsored Work But Showing No Support In Particular For Scientists And Authors In The Disadvantaged World Who Somehow Overlooked This In Their Own Support For The Ussr. Particularly Scarce In Dust Jacket Mir hardcover
1925rif. 035890New York: Macmillan 1925. First American Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Jacket. 408 Pp. Blue Cloth With Spine And Cover Labels Printed In Many Colors Red Lettering. First American Edition 1925 Date On Title And Copyright Pages. Bright Clean Almost New; In A Lightly Used Very Good Dust Jacket Price Clipped With Some Darkening/Discoloration To Yellow Spine 1/8" Chip At Lower Rear Tip Three 1/8" To 1/4" Closed Tears 1" Apart At Base Of Front Panel With Associated Wrinkling And Wear At Base Of Front Panel And At Adjacent Area Of Base Of Spine. Macmillan hardcover
1965rif. 031999New York: Simon & Schuster 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Turquoise Cloth / Navy Boards. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 245 Pp. Turquoise Cloth Over Green Boards. First Printing Stated. Book Just About Fine Tiny Rub At Lower Front Tip No Names Or Marks. Dj With Light Wear At Corners No Fading Not Price Clipped $4.95. Scarce In Such Condition; No Particular Reason For Its Scarcity Except People May Feel Attached To The Title's Articulation . Simon & Schuster hardcover
1956rif. 027956New York: Gnome Press 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 192 Pp. First Edition First Binding Of Beige Boards Lettered In Black. Book Is Near Fine No Wear Or Marks Slight Corner Bump At Top And Bottom Of Spine Pages With Average Browning. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped Some Fading Of Spine Background Color To A Lighter Blue No Chips Two Short Tears At Top Edges Of Spine Slight Rubbing At Top Edge And Lower Corners Of Spine And At Upper Front Tip Altogether Very Clean No Dust. Gnome Press hardcover
1954rif. 036511New York: Doubleday 1954. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 222 Pp. Black Boards Lettered In Yellow. First Edition Stated. Award-Winning Science Fiction Novel. Book Near Fine Bright And Clean Rubbing Along Bottom Edge Of Boards Only. Dust Wrapper Has Light Wear At Corners With A Little Rubbing To Parts Of Top And Bottom Of Spine At Tips And In Part Of Center Of Front Flap Fold; Fading To The Pink Doubleday Emblem On Spine; And A 1/4"Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel. A Very Attractive Copy Of This Classic Which Won The World Fantasy Award In 1955. Doubleday hardcover
1964rif. 028642Chicago: Advent Publishers 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xiv 224 Pp. Including Extensive Index At End. Grey Cloth Gilt. A Fine Book Inscribed By The Author Alva Rogers On Front Free Endpaper To A Friend And Fellow Sf Fan And His Wife. In A Very Good Or Near Fine Dj Not Price Clipped Light Browning To Spine And Edges Sliver Of Loss Along Bottom Of Spine 1/8" V-Chip At Bottom Front Flap Fold Thin 1/8" V-Shaped Loss At Upper Rear Spine Edge Tiny Losses At Other Corners. Advent Publishers hardcover
1943rif. 016140New York: Famous Fantastic Mysteries / Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. FPCI 1943. Manuscript . No Binding. Very Good. Pp9-113 Reproduced Pages From Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1943. Author's Agent's Copy Forrest Ackerman With New And Important "Politically Correct" Revisions In Ink And A Lot Of Yellow Marker To Prepare For The 1951 Fpci Hardcover Printing. Color Label Of The Forrest J Ackerman Science Fiction Agency. Not Signed But Obtained Directly From Mr. Ackermn. Famous Fantastic Mysteries / Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. FPCI unknown
1963rif. 036552New York: Doubleday 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 207 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Silver Gilt. Red Cloth Over Boards. Stated First Edition. First Edition So Scarce That In 1997 Van Vogt Told Me That He Did Not Have A Copy Himself. Inscribed On Title Page By Van Vogt. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.50. Doubleday hardcover
1952rif. 036541New York: Greenberg 1952. Revised Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 220 Pp. Green Boards Stamped In Dark Green. First Book Publication Thus Revised From The Original Appearance In "Astounding Science Fiction" And Again Revised 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 And At Tips. As. Inscribed By A E Van Vogt On Title Page "For Steve Peacefully Yours Lydia And A E Van Vogt" In A E Van Vogt's Handwriting Signed For Me Personally At A Convention. Jacket Is Clean And Attractive Very Slight Fading To Color On Spine Slight Rubbing At Corners With 3/16" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel Near Flap Fold. Greenberg hardcover
1949rif. 017360Belfast: Walter A. Willis / Slant 1949. First Edition . Black/White Illustrated Cover. Near Fine. Color Linoleum Cuts James White Art Editor. 20 Pp 2 Pp Text On Rear Cover. Original Illustrations Printed By Hand Set Type. A Collection Of Stories And Intelligent Comment. Important For Fine Writing And Fine Sf Linoleum Cuts. In This Issue The First Story Is A Ray Bradbury Parody By Clive Jackson. Scarce In Fine Condition. From The Estate Of Sf Collector And Editor And Writer And Fan And Agent And Actor And Everything Else Forrest Ackerman. Near Fine Slight Toning Around Staples. Walter A. Willis / Slant unknown
1979rif. 1253New York: Baronet Publishing Company 1979. First Baronet Printing. Paperback. Good plus. Illustrated wraps 8vo 8-1/4 inches tall pp. 278 stated first printing inscribed and signed on the title page "to John - Orson Scott Card". Volume with some edge wear and light creasing trace of soil and a small stain to text block edge. A signed copy of the author's first book not issued in hardcover. Preceded by Ace 09136 earlier in 1979. Baronet Publishing Company paperback
1997rif. 541558Milwaukee WI: Dark Horse 1997. New Madman Limited Edition Box Set Volumes 1and 2 in a silver embossed leatherbound slipcase. Plastic cover has been opened only to verify the particulars. This edition is limited to five hundred copies of which this is number 88 volumes one and two and are both signed by Michael Allred and Laura Allred. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New. Dark Horse Hardcover
rif. 26622-Gollancz 15 July 1971-. First edition UK hardcover 1971. Burgundy cloth gilt lettering. Fine in very good indeed dustjacket. Ask to see our other Philip K. Dick titles. Philip K. Dick Galactic Pot-healer 0575005963 -Gollancz (15 July 1971)- hardcover
rif. 26634-New English Library 1976-. First edition Uk and hardcover 1976. Blue cloth gilt lettering. Acid paper tanning as usual. Very good in edge-worn dustjacket with some small closed tears. Ask to see our other Philip K. Dick titles. Philip K. Dick Martian time-slip 0450029786 -New English Library (1976)- hardcover
1981rif. 001409New 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
1987rif. EW5067Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1987. Full bonded blue leather with gilt embossed front cover and spine. Textblock immaculate unread and tight. All edges gilt; Silk page marker sewn into the headband; Binding minimally edge and corner rubbed. Collector's notes and blank Easton press bulk plate laid in. 224p. From the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Collector's Edition. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Vincent DiFate. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover. The Easton Press Hardcover
1994rif. 016150Bucuresti Bucharest 1994-: Nemira 1993 1994 1994. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 12 " Tall. Color and b/w Original Illustrations. 47 Issues Of The Romanian Sf Weekly Journal "The Only European Science Fiction Weekly" With Original Articles And Stories In Romanian And English. The Original Magazine Art Is Very Detailed Very Fantastic And Usually Surreal Well-Done But Printed On Newspaper Stock; Most Of This Has Never Been Seen Outside Of Romania. A Long Run Missing A Few Issues. From The Library Of Forrest Ackerman Sf Agent And Uber-Fan Whose Collection Of Sf Material Will Likely Never Be Surpassed The Only True Sf Completist Circa 1930-1995 With Vast Holdings Of Sf Now Dispersed. Nemira 1993 1994 unknown