1941réf. 015300New York 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1951: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. A Long But Incomplete Run Of 44 Issues 1941 - 1951 Mostly With Complete Bright Covers And Spines 1945 Issues With Spines Faded Light Edge Wear Usual 1/8" Tears And Longitudinal Creasing At Cover Overlap Some With Tiny Erased Pencil Marks And A Few With An "A" Stamp Or Mark Most Vg. 1940: June Good August Vg 1/4" Chip Rear Cover Sept Vg ; 1941: January Vg 1/4" Chip And 1" Tear At Foot Of Spine 1/2" Triangular Chip Lower Tip Rear CoverMay G Worn And 1 1/2" Closed Tear Rear Cover Few Faint Marks June G Faint Stamp Front Cover August Vg September Vg October Near Fine December Vg 1/4" Closed Tear Top Spine Edge Faint Creasing Near Spine But No Chipping 1942 January G February G Soiling 1/4" Chipping To Right Corner And Foredge X 1 1/2" April G 3/4" X 1/4" Chip Right Foredge November A Bright Vg Two Shallow Chips At Foredge Shallow Chip And 3" Split Along Rear Spine Fold Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design 1943 January Vg 1" Faint Spot Front Cover February Vg 1/8" Chipping Top And Bottom Of Spine March Vg 1" Splits Each Side Of Top Of Spine April Vg But Split Along 2/3 Length Of Rear Spine Fold May G Rear Cover Detached But Present June G Rear Cover Detached Smallhole At Lower Staple Of Front Cover July Vg October Covers Detached With Small Edge Chips And Tears. 1944 April G No Rear Cover Spine Taped; 1945 January 1" Tear Front Cover And Rear Cover At Edge April Vg July Vg Small Stamp On Cover October Vg 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Front Cover December Vg ; 1946 February Vg A Few Shallow Chips On Rear Cover May Vg July Vg September Vg November Vg ; 1947 January G 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Spine 1/8" At TopMarch G 1/2" Chip Below Top And Above Bottom Of Spine July Vg September Vg October Vg November Vg December Vg 1/2" Tear Rear Cover; 1948 October Very Good Fading To Spine Panel; 1951 January Vg 1/4" Chip Upper Right Corner Fair Spine Chipped Away. All From Science Fiction Writer Kris Neville's Library And A Nice Group. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown
1956réf. 000775USA: Harcourt Brace & Company 1956 An expansion of Clarke's first novel "Against the Fall of Night". First edition. Not price-clipped not bumped. There is a bookplate from a previous owner on the back of the front cover. The front of the dust jacket has three small tears at the bottom all approximately a quarter-inch 6 mm long. Aside from these flaws this is a very sharp looking copy of this seminal work see photos. Comes in an archival protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
1977réf. 010309New York: Random House 1977 Stated first edition of the first Shannara book with publisher's number line starting at 2 which is correct for the first edition from Random House Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt in two full page black and white and one full colour folding plate at the centre of the book. Quarter black cloth over fawn papered boards with TB initial stamped on upper board by publisher unclipped DW has minor rubbing to edges not sunned or faded except to very edge of the upper joint export version and bears no publishers price nice bright copy SCARCE there is some slight faint scattered foxing to prelims and closed edges EXPEDITED SHIPPING REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hildebrandt. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Random House hardcover
1977réf. 006663New York: Random House 1977 Stated first edition of the first Shannara book with publisher's number line starting at 2 which is correct for the first edition from Random House Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt in two full page black and white and one full colour folding plate at the centre of the book. Quarter black cloth over fawn papered boards with TB initial stamped on upper board by publisher head and tail of cloth spine sunned to very edges where light crept under the wrapper and leached the pigment unclipped DW has minor edgewear with light rubbing to corners and a few small edge splits and bears no publishers price Light crease to front fold in flap. DW spine is sunned with the title now a pale blueish colour the background still deep black nice bright copy SCARCE EXPEDITED SHIPPING REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hildebrandt. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Random House hardcover
1972réf. 009297London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972 scarce first UK issue price clipped dust jacket with tiny split at top coner of front panel otherwise tidy name and address in biro to fep hinges split but holding but boards a little loose otherwise good copy Kubrick asked Clarke to rework his story 'The Sentinel' into a film script this book gives the different versions and evolution of Clarke's story into the basis of Kubrick's film classic 240pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1980réf. 008383New English Library 1980. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good//Very Good. 9x6x4. Robert A. Heinlein - The Number of the Beast - True First Edition. Black dj spine. UK first Edition True First for this title. the book was published in UK prior to the USA edition A Classic by the Grand Master of SF. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. New English Library hardcover
1817réf. 025441London: John Murray 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. I 210; I Viii 214. Quarter Calf 6 Compartments Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition With Fifth Edition Of The First Part Third Edition Of The Second Part Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part First Printed Here In This Third Edition Of Part Ii. Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards With Preliminary And Final Blanks No Ads No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges Joints And Hinges Solid Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition With The First Printing Of The Appendix Is Quite Scarce. John Murray unknown
1817réf. 025442London: John Murray 1817. 1st Edition . Original Quarter Calf. Good. 9 3/8" Tall. I Viii 214. With Preliminary And Final Blanks In Original Blue Boards Spine Mostly Perished But With Most Of Original Paper Spine Label Intact. Uncut Deckled Edges Note Height Of Book Is 9 3/8". Boards Worn Frayed Through Along Most Of Edges. Edges Of Pages Dusty Contents Immaculate And Fine. John Murray unknown
1987réf. 618403London: William Heinemann Ltd 1987. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Signed by the author. Jacket is sunned. Edges are a little creased. Lean to the spine with a crease along the length. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
1985réf. 27097Allen W H 1985. Book. Illus. by Bennett Gail. As New. Hardback. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by the Author Gary Downie 17 July 1940 -19 January 2006 was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Allen W H Hardcover
1938réf. 34265London: 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
1948réf. 021483Los Angeles California: Fantasy Publishing Company 1948 First printing of the stated first edition first state with publisher's original blue mesh weave cloth spine panel lettered in gold. Signed by A. E. Van Vogt directly on title page. Light age-toning to page margins dust jacket with a short crease to upper corner oj front flap light creasing to upper edge of rear flap else in fine condition. Fantasy Publishing Company hardcover
1931réf. 019547Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company 1931. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 7 1/2" High. 138 Clean Pages. Red Cloth With Spine And Cover Labels As Issued. Fine Covers Clean And Bright. Fine Dj Spine A Little Faded. ".A View Of What Mathematics Is All About And Of The Progress Of That Field Of Intellectual Endeavor During The Last Century." Written By E. T. Bell Professor Of Mathematics At The California Institute Of Technology Who Also Wrote Science Fiction Under The Pseudonym John Taine. This Example Is Near New And Inscribed To Another Professor A. D. Michal At Cal Tech And Dated Dec 1 1931. The Williams & Wilkins Company hardcover
1952réf. 015066New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Fe Near Fine In Complete Near Fine Dj Priced $3.95 With Just A Trace Of Edge Wear Small Clear Tape Reinforcement At Bottom Of Spine. Nice "Best Wishes" And Full Signature Of Campbell On First Free Endpaper. Per Wikipedia John Wood Campbell Jr. 1910 - 1971 Was An American Science Fiction Writer And Editor. He Was Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction Later Called Analog Science Fiction And Fact From Late 1937 Until His Death And Was Part Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction. Campbell Wrote Super-Science Space Opera Under His Own Name And Stories Under His Primary Pseudonym Don A. Stuart. Campbell Also Used The Pen Names Karl Van Kampen And Arthur Mccann. His Novella Who Goes There Was Adapted As The Films The Thing From Another World 1951 The Thing 1982 And The Thing 2011. It Is As Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction From Late 1937 Until His Death For Which Campbell Is Primarily Remembered Today. In 1939 Campbell Started The Fantasy Magazine Unknown Which Was Canceled After Only Four Years. Referring To His Time Spent As An Editor The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction States: "More Than Any Other Individual He Helped To Shape Modern Sf."Isaac Asimov Called Campbell "The Most Powerful Force In Science Fiction Ever" And Said The "First Ten Years Of His Editorship He Dominated The Field Completely." In His Capacity As An Editor Campbell Published Some Of The Very Earliest Work And Helped Shape The Careers Of Virtually Every Important Science-Fiction Author To Debut Between 1938 And 1946 Including Asimov Robert A. Heinlein Theodore Sturgeon A. E. Van Vogt And Arthur C. Clarke. An Increasingly Strong Interest In Dianetics And Other Pseudoscience Later Alienated Campbell From Asimov. In The 1960S Campbell's Controversial Essays Supporting Segregation And Other Remarks And Writings Surrounding Slavery And Race Served To Distance Him From Many In The Science Fiction Community. Nevertheless Campbell Remained An Important Figure In Science Fiction Publishing Up Until His Death. Campbell And Astounding Shared One Of The Inaugural Hugo Awards With H. L. Gold And Galaxy At The 1953 World Science Fiction Convention. Subsequently Campbell And Astounding Won The Hugo Award For Best Professional Magazine Seven Times. Shortly After His Death In 1971 The University Of Kansas Science Fiction Program Established The Annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award For Best Science Fiction Novel And Also Renamed Its Annual Campbell Conference After Him. The World Science Fiction Society Established The Annual John W. Campbell Award For Best New Writer Since Renamed The Astounding Award For Best New Writer. The Science Fiction And Fantasy Hall Of Fame Inducted Campbell In 1996 In Its Inaugural Class Of Two Deceased And Two Living Persons. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1955réf. 022882New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 186 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth With Spine Lettering In Blue. There Are Several Variants Of The Cloth Color No Known Priority. The Publisher's Personal Copy Direct From The Publisher's Library. Handwritten "Production Dept" On Front Pastedown As Is Sometimes Found In The Publisher's Copies. Book Fine Clean No Wear Spine Lettering As New Pages Aged As Usual. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped. Tiny Rub At Top Of Front Spine Edge Small Damp Spots At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Adjacent Area Of Rear Panel Some Foxing Along Spine Folds And Rear Panel A Little Fading To Green Color On Spine Panel And Very Faint Foxing To Spine Panel. Ballantine Books hardcover
1949réf. 009741New York: : Scribner And Sons 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Clean And Solid Small Area Beginning To Fray At Center Of Top Of Front Panel Pages Beginning To Age Owner's Name At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped But Is First State No Rubber-Stamped Price Only Rocket Ship Galileo And Space Cadet On Rear Panel Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With A 1/4" Narrow V-Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom That At Top Of Front Spine Fold Being 1/8" Wide But Extending 1" Down The Fold; Spine Panel Is Lightly Faded To Pink. A Collectible Copy. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1948réf. 036504New York: Scribner And Sons 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Very Good Book Is Clean And Solid. Very Good Dust Jacket Has Slight Foxing And A Little Wear To Flap Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With A Tiny Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom. Dust Jacket Shows Proper First Issue $2.50 Price Printed On Front Flap. A Very Attractive And Collectible Copy. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1956réf. 000301New Yor: Scribner And Sons 1956. First Edition First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition First Printing With A-8.56 On Copyright Page. Nice Copy Slight Rubbing Spine Ends Of Book Bumped. Near Fine Dust Jacket Has Proper First Issue $2.75 Price. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1953réf. 022226Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing COmpany Inc. FPCI 1953. First Edition First Issue . No Binding. No Book Included/Fine Dustjacket. As New Unused Dj Never On A Book Never Folded. Uncut Margins 19 3/4" X 7 15/16" Suitable For Framing. Only 300 To 500 Copies Of The Book Which Were Bound By Fpci Using Sheets From Their Earlier Printings Of "Death's Deputy" And "The Kingslayer" And The Dust Jacket Is Quite Scarce. Fantasy Publishing COmpany, Inc. ( FPCI) unknown
1955réf. 024127New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey-Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Powers Dust Jacket Art. 167 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Edition. A Fine Book No Wear No Names Or Marks Usual Aging Of Pages. Dj With Just A Touch Of Wear At A Few Points 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold And Another At Top Of Rear Panel Small Bruise No Tears Or Creases Near Center Of Spine Not Price-Clipped. Small Bump To Upper Tip Of Front Board And Front Panel Of Dj. Ballantine Books hardcover
1928réf. biblio6360First edition first printing of the second full length novel by this author. A stand alone sci fi novel. Light edge wear and light rubbing to the front board. No dust jacket. In very good condition. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
réf. 26636-Rich and Cowan 1955-. First edition second state 1955. Red cloth black lettering. Some very light offset tanning to endpages. Very good in edge-worn dustjacket with some minor loss to head and tail of spine. Ask to see our other Philip K. Dick titles. Philip K. Dick A Handful of Darkness -Rich and Cowan (1955)- hardcover
1909réf. 40264Arthur H. Stockwell London 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 159 pp. Binding firm spine faded and slightly cocked. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. An anti-feminist Satire whose protagonist awakes in Near Future 1930 where the disastrous consequences of allowing female suffrage are all too evident; eventually the men revolt and the women having learned their lesson return happily to their domestic duties. Though its circulation was limited the publisher Arthur H Stockwell was a vanity press the tale aroused mild attention. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; Women & Feminism. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40264. . Arthur H. Stockwell hardcover
1971réf. 615303London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1971. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket and board spine ends are sunned and edges are creased and nicked. Spine ends are bumped. Page block head is lightly foxed. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Victor Gollancz Ltd Hardcover
réf. 31115NY1962: Doubleday First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpage. "Nan! Jessie! Merry Christmas! 1962! and Love! from Ray Bradbury." The inscriptee's small Hollywood address label has been affixed on an angle on the page and partially covers the date. Touch of shelfwear mostly at the spine ends lower board corners lightly bumped beginning toning on the endpages; dustjacket with wear at the corners and spine ends tiny chips and wrinkling on the topedge. A bright and tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Bradbury;s eighth story collection. Contains two previously uncollected storeies. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday hardcover
