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1950rif. 035904Reading: Fantasy Press 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. Pp. 308. Blue Cloth Gilt. A Fine Book No Wear Very Light Offsetting On Endpapers As Usual. Inscribed To An Early 1950'S Fan "To ----------- I'm Mighty Glad To Meet You Again And Look Forward To Meeting You At Many More Of These Etings Sic In The Future. Edward E. Smith Phd". Dj Is First State Four Titles On Rear Panel Not Price-Clipped Lightly Worn 1" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Fold 1/2" X 1/8" Chip At Bottom Of Front Panel Small Losses At Corners 1/8" V-Chip At Bottom Of Spine Panel Four 1/4" To 1/2" Closed Tears At Top And Bottom Of Rear Panel. Fantasy Press hardcover
1952rif. 009574Reading: Fantasy Press 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine Jacket. 254 Pp. Red Brown Cloth Gilt. Fine As New In Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition Of A Sf Novel By Eric Taine Bell California Institute Of Technology Professor And Early Sf Pulp Writer. #140 Of 300 Issued With A Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author. As New Book And Dj. Fantasy Press hardcover
1993rif. 036496New York 1953: Simon and Schuster 1993. First Edition Thus . Boards. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. With A New Eleven Pp Preface By Bradbury For This Edition And Including The 1966 Ten Page Introduction By Bradbury And Minor Editorial Revisions. Fine In Fine Dj As New. Signed By Bradbury On Front Endpaper And With His Signed Note To Forrest Ackerman Transmitting The Book. Bradbury And Ackerman Were Good Friends Since The Time In The Late 1930'S When Bradbury Rented A Typewriter At Ucla To Do His Writing And Ackerman Was Of Critical Assistance To Him; Ackerman Was Later His Agent For Some Time. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1951rif. 219121951. Mid-century pulp science fiction archive centering on Robert A. Heinlein's serialized first printing of "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" and Cold War-era narratives of space-age paranoia postwar individualism and futuristic political allegory. This archive offers a vivid look into the speculative anxieties and technological optimism of the 1950s and 1960s as imagined by some of the most influential voices in American science fiction. Robert A. Heinlein's serialized novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress a seminal libertarian narrative is represented here across multiple consecutive issues of Worlds of If magazine providing a nearly complete run of its first appearance in print. These pulps highlight the role of genre fiction in constructing narratives of rebellion authoritarianism and the limits of state control-core themes in American Cold War identity. Other major writers represented including John Brunner and Poul Anderson contributed to the racial geopolitical and gendered contours of American futurism during a moment of global unrest and rapidly advancing technology. Archive includes: 1Heinlein Robert A. "The Puppet Masters." Galaxy Science Fiction Vol. 2 No. 1. New York: Galaxy Publishing September 1951. A Cold War allegory of alien infiltration "The Puppet Masters" visualizes paranoia through body-snatching extraterrestrials-an early and potent example of anti-Communist subtext in sci-fi. Very good condition with bright cover. 2 Heinlein Robert A. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress." Worlds of If Vol. 15 No. 6. New York: Galaxy Publishing December 1965. The first installment of Heinlein's most overtly political novel introducing themes of AI consciousness penal colonies and libertarian revolt. Cover depicts Luna's underground world. Minor edge wear very good. This came out a year before the first edition first printing of June 1966. 3 Heinlein Robert A. The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. New York: Ace Books 1966. A reprint collection of Heinlein's short fiction exploring personal agency space colonization and post-nuclear dystopia. The collection includes stories first published in the 1940s and 1950s reflecting both Heinlein's evolving libertarian politics and the genre's response to atomic-age anxieties. Very good condition. 4 Heinlein Robert A. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress." Worlds of If Vol. 16 No. 3. New York: Galaxy Publishing January 1966 published out of order. This issue includes the third segment of the novel emphasizing lunar independence and collective identity. Also features "The Moonrakers" by Poul Anderson. Mild spine wear very good overall. 5 Heinlein Robert A. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress." Worlds of If Vol. 16 No. 1. New York: Galaxy Publishing February 1966. Second installment of the serialized novel featuring Heinlein's growing critique of Earth-centric authoritarianism. Minor toning very good. 6 Brunner John. "The Long Way to Earth." Worlds of If Vol. 16 No. 2. New York: Galaxy Publishing March 1966. Brunner's serialized novel is paired with shorter works from Keith Laumer and Heinlein. His tale reflects on alienation exile and homecoming mirroring 1960s countercultural themes. Minor creasing very good condition. 7 Laumer Keith and Brown Rosel G. Earthblood. Worlds of If Vol. 16 No. 4. New York: Galaxy Publishing April 1966. A collaboration between two of science fiction's most action-driven writers Earthblood explores interstellar race relations and power struggles in a crumbling empire. This issue also includes stories by Heinlein and Fred Saberhagen. Light wear to spine overall very good. All volumes retain their original illustrated covers with visual themes emphasizing atomic power space technology and human-alien hybridity. The archive's convergence around Heinlein's serialized lunar epic makes it a rare and cohesive grouping ideal for scholars of American libertarianism in popular fiction Cold War sci-fi allegory and serialized storytelling in pulp periodicals. Light general wear across volumes including minor edge rubbing and spine creasing. No missing pages or internal markings. Overall very good condition across the archive. unknown
1927rif. 021915Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1927. Photos upon request. Good condition. Only a couple tiny spots to the original gilt-stamped red cloth binding. Spine lettering a little dull. Hinges are NOT cracked. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown endpaper. A few pages show small brown spots foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. First Printing of the First Edition with NO statement of printing on the copyright page but with the publisher's acorn device as called for by Currey. NOTE: This is true first edition published February 1927 NOT the First Reprinting from March 1927. Zeuschner 381. Heins OT #1 page 170. Currey p. 91. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. vi 298pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. C. McClurg & Co Hardcover
1940rif. 006545New York: Love Romances Inc. 1940. 1st Edition . Magazine. Very Good. VG. Vol. 1 No. 2; Spring 1940. Covers and spine intact 1/8" loss at bottom of spine light soiling and rubbing spine ends lightly rubbed small tears and creases at edges due to typical cover overhang pages typically toning. Stories by Ed Earl Repp Ray Cummings and others. Stored in archival bag with board. Love Romances, Inc. unknown
rif. 116446AB1st. edition. London: The Folio Society; 2015. 26 cm. xvi 553 S. Ill. Illustriertes Oln. Exlibris auf Vorsatz. Sehr guter Zustand. 2015 unknown
1979rif. 024840Glendale: Roy A. Squires 1979. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4. Chapbook One Of The Last Chapbooks From Squires. #135 Of A Stated 230 Copies Printed From Post Roman And Hadrian Stone Cut Types On Specially Made Paper By Twinrocler With Covers Of Regina Katusha Made By Barcham Greene In England The Wrappers Of French Marble Numbered And Signed By Bradbury On The Colophon. This Copy Has An Additional Inscription "For Don- Friendly Wishes From Ray Bradbury Mar 28 1980" On The Title Page Don Corbett Was An Active Sf Fan Since Circa 1952. With The Original Printed Envelope Near Fine With The 135 Number Written In Pencil On The Back. Roy A. Squires unknown
1977rif. 022119New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House 1977 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed presentation copy by Ray Bradbury to a theater actor directly on the front endpage. Author's second book of poetry. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease near spine fold of upper front cover and mild edge wear. Alfred A. Knopf / Random House hardcover
1937rif. 218581937. Magazines and PeriodicalsLiteratureSci-fi Astounding Science Fiction archive of three issues. New York: Street & Smith Publications 1937-1942. Three issues with color-illustrated wrappers. A significant three-issue archive from the formative years of Astounding Science Fiction the flagship pulp magazine that defined mid-20th-century science fiction under editor John W. Campbell Jr. These issues-dating from 1937 1938 and 1942-capture the emergence of hard science fiction and its consolidation as a genre grounded in technological rigor speculative futurism and serialized world-building. Notable for early appearances by many of the key architects of the Golden Age these issues exemplify Astounding's unique editorial voice and influence as well as its role in shaping American popular conceptions of science progress and modernity. Archive includes: 1 Astounding Science Fiction Volume XIX No. 2 April 1937. Published under the earlier "Astounding Stories" banner this issue features Ross Rocklynne's novella Water for Mars described as "a great novel of supernal forces" alongside stories by P. Schuyler Miller Nelson S. Bond and Ray Cummings. Additional science features include John W. Campbell Jr.'s Beyond the Life Line and Battell Loomis's A Talking Hill a speculative exploration of the Great Pyramid. 2 Astounding Science Fiction Volume XXII No. 2 October 1938. Marking the magazine's transitional moment as Astounding Science-Fiction this issue includes L. Ron Hubbard's serialized novel The Tramp part two alongside early work by Clifford D. Simak "Hunger Death" Raymond Z. Gallun "Magician of Dream Valley" and Eando Binder "Orestes Revolts". With Peter van Dresser's article "Why Rockets Don't Fly" the issue demonstrates Campbell's programmatic blending of scientific speculation and narrative fiction. 3 Astounding Science Fiction Volume XXIX No. 6 August 1942. A landmark issue containing the first appearance of Waldo by Anson MacDonald a pseudonym for Robert A. Heinlein. The novella introduced the concept of remote manipulator arms-"Waldoes"-which would enter the scientific and technical lexicon. Additional contributions include Hal Clement's Impediment Cleve Cartmill's The Link and Lewis Padgett's Deadlock. The article "Bombing is a Fine Art" by Willy Ley presents a technical perspective on aerial warfare at the height of World War II. This trio highlights the early pulp-to-prestige transition ushered in by Astounding Science Fiction cementing its role in launching the careers of Heinlein Hubbard Clement Simak and others. All issues with significant creasing and chipping. April 1937 issue with loss to top left corner of front wrapper front wrapper separated. In overall fair condition. A fascinating primary source for scholars of speculative fiction Cold War futurism and American literary science fiction's institutional evolution. Scarce in any condition. unknown
1993rif. 012408Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1993. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Walter Velez. Full blue leather with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. xvi 226 pages. Introduction by George Slusser. Illustrated. Signed by the author. Blank Easton Press bookplate tipped in. A clean attractive copy. Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid in. The Easton Press hardcover
1998rif. 9241New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0590353403 . Red cloth over purple boards with diamond pattern. No 'No. 1' or 'J K' on spine or jacket 3rd printing. Corners bumped slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright attractive copy of this early printing. ; First in the immensely popular series. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 309 pages; "Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells has never helped to hatch a dragon. . . <br<"All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys his horrible aunt and uncle and their abominable son Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. "But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger. " . Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover
1999rif. 88HL18N_afbb9e5c-a903-4Tor Books 1999-11-02 . Hardcover. New. Tor Books hardcover
1917rif. 025699Chicago: Winger Publishing Co 1917. First Edition stated . Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece. 160 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Almost No Wear At All Spine Cloth And Adjacent 1 1/2" Of Front Cover Sunned Spine Gilt Dulled But All There And Quite Clear Cover Gilt Bright. Inscribed "Compliments And Best Wishes Of Yours Truly F. S. Winger 7/13-1929". No Other Names Or Marks Lacking Dust Jacket If There Was One. Frank Stover Winger 1865-1936 Son Of The Founder Of The Stover Manufacturing Company Of Freeport Illinois Was Author Of The Wizard Of The Island Or The Vindication Of Prof. Waldinger 1917. Frank Stover Winger's Novel A Jules Vernian Story Of Super-Science Set In The South Seas. His Daughter Clare Winger Harris 1891-1966 Pasadena Ca Wife Of An Engineer Is Credited As Being The First Woman To Write Science Fiction For An American Magazine Under Her Own Name As Clare Winger Harris. Her First Published Story "A Runaway World" Appeared In Weird Tales In July 1926. Her First Story For An Out-And-Out Science Fiction Magazine Was "The Fate Of The Poseidonia" Published In Amazing Stories Less Than A Year Later In June 1927. Winger Publishing Co hardcover
2011rif. 1645New York: Crown Publishing Group 2011. First printing. Hardback. Fair/very good. Black hardcover 1st edition 1st printing EX LIBRARY in dustjacket. Book is in fair condition but 1st state dustjacket is very good having been protected in brodart by the library. Book Condition Notes: Library stamp to the top textblock edge along with a withdrawn stamp and an RFID tag to the front pastedown appear to be the only library markings. Bending to the corners and crimping and wear at the spine tips. But the worst damage is the damp warble to the textblock visible in the photos. Notation in pen to the rear free endpaper appears to be the only writing. Dustjacket condition: Original $24 price intact on the front flap and "Crown Publishers New York 8/11" on the rear flap indicating the first state dustjacket without the bestseller blurb to the front panel. A very good dustjacket with crimping at the tips of the spine panel and a little bending at the rear flap clean and bright. Cline's runaway bestseller in its true first printing form. Unfortunate ex library condition for the book but still highly collectible. 374 pp. Rick's Books Crown Publishing Group hardcover
1967rif. 013151London: Dobson 1967 Papered boards with tape residue from where DW sleeve was held down fep has library cancels stamps binding showing between Books By Heinlein and title pages copyright page has cancelled stamps and library acquisition numbers etc the ghost of these show through onto the title some internal marking to pages the worst being two leaves with some light transparent blue spots a few pages slightly damp rippled but no watermarking or staining foot of final text page has library cancels as does one other text page book boards lightly rubbed to edges and with white shelf mark to spine DW is price clipped with rubbing to the ends some chipping with loss to the spine head loses R of Robert and T of The from title black shelf mark to the spine a little water mark at the head of spine 383pp a good first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works offered as a binding copy or a cheaper one to fill out the collection scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. Dobson hardcover
1997rif. 02859Norwalk Conn.: Easton Press 1997. First edition. Full-Leather. As New. As New. No DJ Issued Signed by Author Limited edition signed book in full leather binding. Limited to only 900 in existance and signed by author. Easton Press hardcover
1964rif. 036526Chicago: Metropolis Map Co / Damrell & Upham / The Old Corner Bookstore 1964. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 104 Pp. Grey Cloth Gilt. The Scarce Hardcover Issue. One Of The Author's Copies Inscribed By A E Van Vogt To A Friend Who Was A Long Time Sf Fan. Book Fine No Wear Or Foxing. Dust Jacket Very Near Fine Narrow Rubs On Fore-Edge Only. Metropolis Map Co / Damrell & Upham / The Old Corner Bookstore hardcover
1941rif. 015216New York: Better Publications 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. A bright clean copy beginning to chip along cover overhang on front and rear covers with several 1/8" to 1/2" short closed tears at edges 1/4" x 1/2" chip front cover very light dampstaining over a few square inches on edges on covers extending in up to 1/2" from edges but mostly one large mark near lower left corner of rear cover. Better Publications unknown
1937rif. 000417London: Jonathan Cape 1937 1937. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Jacket. 447 Pp. Catalog At End. First Edition. An Exceptionally Nice Copy Of A Fantasy/Science Fiction Classic. Green Boards With Gold Lettering On Spine Dust Jacket Priced 7S.6D. Net. Some Bumping To Spine Some Foxing To Edges Of Page Block. In A Bright Near Fine Dust Jacket Without Any Chipping And Virtually No Wear No Fading At All A Few Spots Of Foxing To The Inside Flaps Some Wrinkling To The Rear Flap And Some Light Dust On The Rear Panel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 hardcover
1962rif. 024495Pacific Grove / Glendale: Roy A Squires and Clyde Beck 1962. First Edition . Quarter Cloth / Boards. Near Fine. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8. 48 Pp. Quarter Black Cloth Author's Name In Gilt On Spine Plain Buff Paper Covered Boards. A Collection Of All The Uncollected Poems That Smith Wanted Published; Later Collected In Arkham's Collected Poems. Chalker & Owings State That The Actual Limitation Was 65 In Trade Paper 100 In Half-Cloth Actually Quarter Cloth As Here And 15 In Full Cloth. Scarce; 24 Copies In Worldcat But Seldom Offered In The Trade. This Example Unworn No Wear To Cloth Or Paper But With A Few Tiny Irregular Losses Of The Surface Of The Paper On The Front Cover. Roy A Squires and Clyde Beck hardcover
1951rif. 032122Reading: Fantasy Press 1951 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition Stated #446 Of 500 Subscribers' Copies With An Inserted Numbered Limitation Page Signed By The Author This Copy With A Long Inscription To A Contemporary Sf Fan.Blue Cloth Gilt. A Lightly Worn Copy Spine Cloth Faded But Gilt Lettering All Readable Light Damp Staining To External Covers Small Magic Marker Spot Covering An Old Price 10 With 1" X 1/2" Damp Stain At Lower Right Corner Of Limitation Leaf No Damp Staining Elsewhere On Endpapers Or Pages. In A First Issue Dj Three Titles Described On Rear Panel Cover Title As "Grey Lensman" Price Clipped And With The Publisher's Corrected $3.00 Price Rubber-Stamped On Front Flap As On All Copies. Dust Jacket With Wear Small Losses And Tears At Edges Not Affecting Lettering Slight Foxing To Front Panel More Pronounced Foxing To Rear Panel. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951 hardcover
1948rif. 036536Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. Fpci 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing One Of 1000 Copies Which Include All The Interior Plates Reprints In 1949 And 1952 Omit The Interior Plates. Light Blue Cloth Gilt Lighter Blue Endpapers. A Bright Clean Example Nicely Inscribed On Title Page By A. E. Van Vogt To A Friend And Sf Fan And Dated In 1980 Also Nicely Inscribed On The Following Blank Page A Joint Enterprise--Destination Unknown--Journey Almost Forgotten" And Signed "A E Van Vogy And With All Good Wishes E Mayne Hull". This Is One Of The Author's Copies With The Original Outer Tissue Jacklet Intact And With A Clean Duat Jacket Protected By The Tissue Dust Jacket. Tissue And Paper Dust Jackets With Light Wear At Ends Of Spine Very Small Chip At Top Of Rear Spine Edge And A 1/4" Tear At Top Of Front Panel With 1/4" V-Chip In The Tissue Dust Jacket. Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. ( Fpci) hardcover
1997rif. 02445Norwalk Conn.: Easton Press 1997. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. Fine. No DJ Issued Signed by Author A Beautiful gold guilded leather limited edition signed by author. Comes with certificate of autenticity This is a Limited edition book by Easton Press. No. 938 of only 1300. Very Rare. Easton Press hardcover
1950rif. 007270New York: Stadium Publishing Corporation 1950. 1st Edition . Magazine. Near Fine. Norman Saunders. NF. Vol. 3; No. 1; November 1950. Red Circle 2nd series first issue. Cover and spine intact light rubbing at edges pages typically toning. Stories by Gardner F. Fox A. E. van Vogt A. Bertrand Chandler and more. In archival bag and board. Stadium Publishing Corporation unknown
