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1946réf. 019243New York: Random House 1946. First Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 997 Pp. First Issue Binding 8 5/8" Tall Using Medium-Quality Sheets Which Tend To Age A Little With Publisher's Name On Cloth Spine 1 1/4" Long The Second Binding Is 8 3/16" Tall Utilizes A Thinner And Finer White Paper Which Does Not Darken Over Time And Has A Publisher's Name 1 5/8" Long. From The Estate Of A E Van Vogt Author Of Two Stories Published Here And Husband Of E. Mayne Hull Who Published Sf Stories And Books Under Her Own Name And Jointly With A E Van Vogt Although After Her Death Van Vogt Took Credit For All Of Her Writing Questrionably. Inscribed "To "Daddy" Hull Birthday 1946" On Front Endpaper By Hull; This Was Later Crossed Out Probably When The Book Reverted To Hull After Her Father's Death; The Book Subsequently Passed Into The Estate Of A E Van Vogt. Worn And Frayed Binding Cracked Before Half-Title Page. Random House hardcover
1991réf. 018701New York: Harper Collins 1991. First Edition . Cloth/Boards. Fine/Fine. 193 Pp. First Edition Stated First Printing Indicated. A Fine As New Example Of Book And Dj Signed By Author On Title Page For Me With Two Sheets Of Publisher's Printed Review Material Inserted Loosely. Mainstream Novel Not Sf. Harper Collins hardcover
1941réf. 015186New York: Frank A. Munsey Company 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good . Virgil Finlay. Color Cover By Finlay. A Few Tiny Chips Rear Cover With A Couple 1/4" Closed Tears. Frank A. Munsey Company unknown
1975réf. 021902Worcester UK: Hokutoh Shobo 1975. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Illustrations Throughout. 133 Pp. Illustrated Boards Blue Endpapers. Survey Of Sf With Reproductions Of Early American Pulp Sf Covers And Interior Illustrations. With Publisher's Printed Price Label And Bookmark. Also With A Presentastion Postcard Dated July 24 1977 Tokyo From Tetsu Yano To Forrest Ackerman Sf Agent And Publisher Who Had Been A Good Friend Of Yano's For Many Years: "Dear Forry; I Can Tell The Name In English Of The Book And Etcs As Follows; The Title Is Sf Archeological Museum. In Japanese Pronounced As Sf Kohkokan And Spelled As Kokokan. Koh Is Think; Ko Is Ancient Or Old Kan Is Building. Writer; Koichiro Noda Publisher . To Wendiko Wendayne Ackerman's Wife And Herself A Translator Of Sf: Thank You Very Much I Am Waiting. Almost Every Day We Are Talking About You. Please Tell My Best Wishes To Kris Los Angeles Area Sf Writer Kris Neville And His Family He Has Wrote About You And Praised Very Much. Love Tetsu "Typed Followed By Handwritten Notes Referring To The Woodblock Illustration On The Other Side Of The Postcard "Wood Cut Picture Show: Farm-House Living Room - Kerosene Lantern Kettle Furnace Kamiko Game. See You Again." The Dj Is A Simple Rerpduction Of The Illustration On The Boards In Color Plain Black And White Flaps With A Photo Alignment Mark On Each Flap And May Be A Proof Of The Illustration Used On The Boards Rather Than A True Dj But Is Printed On Exceptionally Sturdy Glossy Paper. Tetsu Yano 1923-2004 Was A Japanese Science Fiction Translator And Writer. He Began To Introduce To Japanese Readers The Works Of Us Science Fiction Writers In The Late 1940S. He Was The First Japanese Writer Of The Genre To Visit The United States In 1953. He Took Part In Founding Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of Japan Sfwj And Served As Its President From 1978 To 1979. Yano Was Born In Matsuyama Ehime Prefecture And Grew Up In Kobe. After Studying At Chuo University For Three Years He Was Drafted Into The Japanese Army Serving Two Years And Two Months. After The War He Made A Living Collecting Trash On A Us Military Base Where He Became Fascinated With The Colorfully-Illustrated Science Fiction Works Thrown Away By The Soldiers. He Learned To Read English And Eventually Began Translating Science Fiction Completing About 360 Works Of Writers Including Robert A. Heinlein Frederik Pohl And Frank Herbert. He Also Wrote Stories Of His Own Including The Legend Of The Paper Spaceship Which First Appeared In English Translation In 1984 And Has Appeared In Several Collections. Some Of His Stories Have Been Adapted Into Anime. The Dagger Of Kamui Is A Japanese Novel Series By Tetsu Yano Released By Kadokawa Shoten From 1984 To 1985. The Series Was Adapted In 1985 Into An Anime Film Directed By Rintaro And Animated By Madhouse And Toei Animation. The Screenplay Was Adapted By Mori Masaki And Character Designs Were Created By Moribi Murano Who Also Illustrated The Novel Series. Takuo Noda Directed The Animation And The Music Was Composed By Ryudo Uzaki And Eitetsu Hayashi. Kamui Was Released On Vhs And Dvd In North America By Animeigo. Yano And Noda Both Attended The Final Rites For Robert Heinlein And Their Attendance Is Mentioned In Requiem. Hokutoh Shobo hardcover
1949réf. 015237New York: Standard Magazines 1949. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good . Very Good . A Brilliant Front Cover A Few 1/8" To 1/4" Closed Tears And A 1/8' Chip Along Bottom And Foredge Cover Overhang Two 1/4" Closed Tears Spine Complete. One Of A E Van Vogt's Personal Copies But Not Marked A Such. First Printing Of This Novel Complete In This Issue. Standard Magazines unknown
1972réf. 032245New York: Charle's Scribner's Sons 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 245 Pp. Red Boards. First Printing. Fine In Very Near Fine Dj Unfaded With Just Touches Of Rubbing At Corners And On Rear Panel Not Price Clipped. Charle's Scribner's Sons hardcover
1950réf. 007593London: Methuen 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. One Of 3 370 Copies Publisher Out-Of-Print In May 1953. 187 Pp. An Attractive Unworn Copy With A Small London "The Atlantis Bookshop" Label On Front Pastedown. 1/4" Chip At Top Of Spine And Entire Bottom Of Spine Chipped Away 1/8" But Almost No Other Wear Visible. Dust Jacket Is A Little Faded And Foxed White Author's Name On Spine Has Faded To Beige Red Lettering On Spine Just A Little Faded And There Is Some Red Damp Staining On Part Of The Bottom Half Of The Inside Of The Rear Panel Showing Through On The Outside Of The Rear Panel. The Book Itself Does Not Show Damage. Methuen hardcover
1975réf. 036570Berkeley: University of California Press 1975. First Edition . Yellow Cloth. Fine/As New Dustjacket. 249 Pp. Yellow-Orange Boards Stamped In Brown. First Printing. Scarce Scholarly Compilation With Notes And Commentary By The Editors. As New In As New Dust Jacket University of California Press hardcover
1972réf. 027754Las Vegas Nevada: Hartford House 1972. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket only very lightly rubbed. NO chips tears creases or fading. NOT price clipped $6.95. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. 1972. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original red cloth stamped in bright white on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. First edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 240pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Hartford House Hardcover
1975réf. 08090486Dennis Dobson London 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good ex-library/Good. Hardcover. 141 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dennis Dobson London 1975. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good ex-library condition and comes in good dust jacket. Clear plastic protective cover over dustjacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Movie / TV Tie-in; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0234778172. ISBN/EAN: 9780234778173. Inventory No: 08090486. 9780234778173 Dennis Dobson hardcover
1986réf. 23090127Grafton UK 1986. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 188 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Grafton UK 1986. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Light foxing on end pages. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Wilbur and Eliza Swain are so immensely hideous helpless and vile in their infancy that their wealthy parents send them to live on a nearby asteroid. But the monstrous pair possess a joint intelligence that could outstrip the most advanced computers. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586089020. ISBN/EAN: 9780586089026. Inventory No: 23090127. 9780586089026 Grafton paperback
1992réf. 09100438Pan Macmillan Sydney NSW Australia 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 417 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Macmillan Sydney NSW Australia 1992. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When young Andra is included as a Guardian of the Vale his newly acquired warrior skills are put to the test. He is conscripted into the vast armies of Great King Thana and marched north to wage war against the barbaric Haagii who are marauding throughout the land. But a far greater evil threatens as forces of darkness are unleashed upon the world by the Great King's Advisor A Ahmud Ki. Once a simple youngling Master Ki is now a mindtouching sorcerer driven by hatred and greed and ready to challenge even the awesome Dragon Lords in his quest for absolute power. A Ahmud Ki's magic releases an unspeakable ancient evil from a secret chamber designed to contain its malevolent power. Good succumbs to evil and the world is plunged into Darkness. Marked with the crescent-moon scar foretold in the Dragon War prophesies but unaware of his destiny Andra finds himself caught up in the maelstrom of events that bring the Kingdom's forces into bloody conflict with the devastating might of the Dragon Lords. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0330272438. ISBN/EAN: 9780330272438. Inventory No: 09100438. 9780330272438 Pan Macmillan paperback
1997réf. 37478New York:: St Martin's 1997. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in near fine dust jacket small tear at bottom edge. Book club edition. One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by SIX authors at their stories: Gregory Benford Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick Mike Resnick Michael Cassutt and James Blaylock. Also included in this volume are stories by Tony Daniel James P. Blaylock Bud Sparhawk John Kessel Paul Park Ian McDonald Robert Silverberg Jim Cowan Maureen F. McHugh Bruce Sterling Gregory Feeley Michael Cassutt Mike Resnick Gwyneth Jones Charles Sheffield Robert Reed Steven Utley William Barton Gene Wolfe Jonathan Lethem Cherry Wilder Damien Broderick Walter Jon Williams Stephen Baxter and Tony Daniel along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1996 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises'more than 250000 words of fantastic fiction'. lxii 752 pp. St Martin's, hardcover
1989réf. 017489Arlington Illinois U.S.A.: Dark Harvest Books 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Copy. 1st Edition. A square solid clean tight clean un-read as new copy. The jacket has two very short closed tears and an edge crimp along the top edge of the back panel. This edition features new fiction by Robert R. McCammon Joe R. Lansdale Charles de LInt F. Paul Wilson John Coyne Richard LaymonMax Allan Collins and others. This copy has been signed by Lansdale de Lint and McCammon. This copy includes a picture of Lansdale and McCammon that I snapped at a signing event. Dark Harvest Books Hardcover
1979réf. 042260London England: Michael Joseph 1979. First U.K. Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 253pp. Library stamp on title page and front endpapers. Black boards w gilt lettering on spine. Bumping to corners head and tail. Binding lightly cocked but sound. Adhesive ghosts at top and bottom of boards. Black illustrated DJ shows light soiling to white back panel very small wear to bottom corners shallow wear to head and tail. DJ preserved in new archival cover. Original jacket design by Richard Barton. First published in 1956 London this is the 10th impression stated. Michael Joseph hardcover
1994réf. AL0400002New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 1994. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 1st edition/1st Printing. DJ with a cut from distributor seems to be where a box knife was used to open the case improperly. Cover with small mark from same cut underneath. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
1979réf. 011163Decatur Illinois: Charles Anshell / Judges Guild 1979. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Illustrated. Listed as Issue 13 in Table of Contents but Issue 14 on cover. Not price clipped 2.80. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright clean tight unmarked copy. Front cover a bit rubbed else Very Good condition. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 64pp. Charles Anshell / Judges Guild Paperback
1981réf. 011162Albany California : Chaosium Inc. 1981. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright clean tight unmarked copy. Illustrated. Includes Part II of Tournament Role-Playing by Ken Rolston. Not price clipped 2.50. No owner's name or bookplate. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Clark Tom cover art. 48pp. Chaosium, Inc. Paperback
2009réf. 004877New York: EOS 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. AN OUTSTANDING COPY - SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Author's Signature only. A First edition First printing with the corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. EOS Hardcover
1980réf. 011169London: Games Workshop 1980. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Illustrated. A periodical for fans of Fantasy Role-Playing. Includes: Lore of the Land Thomas Covenant Applications to D&D by Andrew Finch; Survival! Science Fiction Mini-Boardgame by Bob McWilliams; Tomb of the Maharaja Complete AD&D Mini-Module by S. Hartley. Original pictorial wrappers . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Adams Robert cover art. 34pp. Games Workshop Paperback
1971réf. 024684Avon Lake Ohio: Locomotive Workshop 1971. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO sunning. NO foxing. NO staple rust. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Date in ink on first page. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 1971. First printing so stated. An index to 1100 ANALOG / ASTOUNDING SCIENCE works of fiction 260 other articles 238 Campbell editorials cover and interior artwork by 76 artists etc. 80 pages printed on rectos only blank versos. Bound in the original yellow stapled wraps stamped in black. . First Edition. Softcover stapled wraps. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 40 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Locomotive Workshop Paperback
1999réf. 017272Jefferson North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc. 1999. A beautiful copy of this excellent reference. Information on every magazine story published from 1926 until 1995. Massive and fine. Unstated. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. McFarland & Company, Inc. Hardcover
1985réf. 018169Westport Connecticut & London: Greenwood Press 1985. BRAND NEW in perfect condition thanks to a lucky warehouse find!. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First printing with "First published in 1985" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Indexed here are 1733 issues of 168 magazines dealing with the bizarre macabre or supernatural e.g. WEIRD TALES; STRANGE TALES; GHOST STORIES; UNKNOWN WORLDS; etc. Gives basic publication data for each. Every issue is identified in chronological order with a complete list of authors and stories in that issue. Many now famous writers began their careers in these magazines. In the author section you will find the details of works by Brian Aldiss Poul Anderson Piers Anthony Isaac Asimov J. G. Ballard Ambrose Bierce Algernon Blackwood Robert Bloch Ray Bradbury Frederic Brown Raymond Chandler Agatha Christie L. Sprague De Camp August Derleth etc. Also includes editor and artist indexes. Bound in the original silver-stamped blue cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. 8vo. xxvii 603pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Greenwood Press Hardcover
1982réf. 011167Albany California: Chaosium Inc. 1982. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Pages have light damp-stain still perfectly legible else Very Good condition. Illustrated. From the Intro: "Magic World uses Basic Role-Playing to bring you adventure in a world like Frodo's Middle Earth the Grey Mouser's Lankhmar and Conan's Hyborian Age a world untouched by the modern age where it is possible to encounter trolls dragons and other fantastic folk and creatures. Magic World is full of flashing swords and brilliant spells - ambitious kings and sorcerors sic fight constantly to secure their lands and wealth." Original pictorial wrappers. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Perenne Luise art. 18pp. Chaosium, Inc. Paperback
1986réf. 0021060St. Martin's Press 1986. pictorial cover with raised red and white ltrs edges and corners are bumped and slightly nicked yellowed edges clean & tight. Sequel to THE SPACE MERCHANTS. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. G. St. Martin's Press Paperback
