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1911réf. 018149Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Fair. Front Endpaper Lacking; 3 Pp Of Ads Blank Verso; Half Title With Printed Quotation From By The Fireside On Verso; Title Verso Blank; Dedication Page With Publishing History Of These Stories Two First Published Here; Contents Verso Blank; 1 2-306; 64 P Blackwood's Catalogue At Rear. Edmund Candler 1874-1926 Was An English Journalist Novelist Educator And Served For Two Years As Director Of Publicity For The Government Of The Punjab 1919-1921 Until Retiring To England. Candler Was An Acquaintance Of E M Forster In India. Candler Was Also A Long Time Correspondent And Friend Of Joseph Conrad; In October 1918 He Wrote To His Brother Henry Candler "I Lunched With Conrad Yesterday. He Is A Real Friend. He Knows And Remembers Every Story In 'The General Plan.' !" His Second Novel Abdication 1922 Was Praised In The Edinburgh Review As One Of Two Novels Published That Year That Opened Up A New Era Of Anglo-Indian Literature The Other Being A Passage To India By E M Forster. This Copy With Ownership Information On Title Page Dated 1935 In Paris Of Kermit Roosevelt Grandson Of President Theodore Roosevelt And Famous In His Own Right For His Role In The Oss Including Leading Operations To Overthrow Mossadegh In Iran In 1953 . Contents Clean But Binding Quite Worn; Spine Is Re-Backed It Was Browned And The Left 1/3 Detached But Present With Some Loss Including Left Half Of Publisher's Name At Foot. However The Book Itself Has Become Scarce Possibly Being Bought Up And Destroyed; I Have Not Been Able To Identify Any Reprints. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
2004réf. 100159017Editions Denoël 2004 13 4x3 8x20 2cm. 2004. Broché.
1953réf. 011459Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. 250 pages. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Jacket has a few small chips and tears and some finger smudges. Vertical stain to front endpapers. The jacket price is intact. One of the high spots of '50s SF. Shasta Publishers hardcover
1951réf. 000594Shasta hardcover New York: Shasta 1951 A collection of stories comprising a "future history" of the earth. No remainder mark not price-clipped not ex-library. The front and spine of the dust jacket are nearly prisine but the rear of the jacket has a tear at the top approximately 12 mm 0.5 inches long and also has a moderate amount of soiling see photos. The bottom edges of the book are slightly bumped and the pages are somewhat faded but is otherwise in fine shape. Comes in a mylar protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours often on the same day they are received.
1973réf. 010449London: Jonathan Cape 1973 SCARCE title price clipped DW under plastic sleeve minor chipping to spine ends short tear along the fold of at the bottom of the lower rear joint laminated illustrated upper layer of the DW has a surface split with minor chipping at the head of the upper joint book top edge is slightly dusty and very slight foixing to closed fore edge top 10mm of fep clipped off and a small area towards the corner of the half title has been neatly trimmed off as well about 5mm deep otherwise book and wrapper are tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1971réf. A35139New York: Dodd Mead & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039606325X . SIGNED EDITION. First American Trade Edition following a mimeographed stapled limited edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of light sunning to the spine and spine joints. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Blish spent 19421944 as a medical technician in the United States Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His writing career progressed until eventually he gave up his job to become a full-time writer. He is credited with coining the term gas giant in the story "Solar Plexus" as it appeared in the anthology Beyond Human Ken edited by Judith Merril. The story was originally published in 1941 but that version did not contain the term; Blish is thought to have added it in a rewrite done for the anthology which was first published in 1952. From 1962 to 1968 Blish worked for the Tobacco Institute. Then in 1968 Blish left his native United States and moved to Henley-on-Thames England. From 1967 to 1977 Blish worked on a series of books for the Star Trek franchise. He died before the series was completed and the final volume Star Trek 12 was co-credited to his wife." ; Signed by Author . Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
1971réf. A35139New York: Dodd Mead & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039606325X . SIGNED EDITION. First American Trade Edition following a mimeographed stapled limited edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of light sunning to the spine and spine joints. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Blish spent 19421944 as a medical technician in the United States Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His writing career progressed until eventually he gave up his job to become a full-time writer. He is credited with coining the term gas giant in the story "Solar Plexus" as it appeared in the anthology Beyond Human Ken edited by Judith Merril. The story was originally published in 1941 but that version did not contain the term; Blish is thought to have added it in a rewrite done for the anthology which was first published in 1952. From 1962 to 1968 Blish worked for the Tobacco Institute. Then in 1968 Blish left his native United States and moved to Henley-on-Thames England. From 1967 to 1977 Blish worked on a series of books for the Star Trek franchise. He died before the series was completed and the final volume Star Trek 12 was co-credited to his wife." ; Signed by Author . Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
2003réf. 010930NY: Simon and Schuster 2003. Mint in mint jacket. SIGNED and Dated 2003 by Ray Bradbury. RARE thus. Not many have the 2003 date in them. I only have two or three left now from out stock of these. I was friends with Ray Bradbury for 28 years and we had many book signings at our store with him in Ventura. As new. FIRST printing of this 50th Anniversary edition of his best known work. COA comes with the book . The numbering starts with "1". The book is out of print in first edition. I personally presented this book to Ray Bradbury at his home in Los Angeles for his signature. Ray considered this his ONLY science fiction work by the way. Very collectible with the date 2003 in it in Ray Bradbury's hand-marking the 50th anniversary of this important book. A Letter of Assurance comes with the book for the signature. I personally presented this book to my friend of 27 years Ray Bradbury for his signature. VERY LIMITED SUPPLY and shrinking nearly daily of what we do have in stock now of authentic Ray Bradbury signed books which are available from Phantom Bookshop. This is the one signed Bradbury book you should get if you are seeking out a classic work. Look under our facsimile dust jacket section. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Thus. Hard Back. As New/As New. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1938réf. 31915London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Tanning to text paper covers bright fine copies in a fine binding. 31915. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers bound in black boards with spine stamped in gold. 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
1926réf. 004932London : Hutchinson & Co Publishers Ltd. 1926. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good. 284 Pp. 24 Pp Catalog At Rear Dated Spring 1926. Dystopian Novel Of The Future. Scarce Only 4 Copies Shown In Worldcat In Institutional Holdings One Of Which Is In The Us. . Slight Wear Beginning To Fray At Upper Left Corner Of Spine 4 Small Spots On Spine Spine And Cover Black Lettering And Design All Strong Some Fading To Spine Cloth Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks. Hutchinson & Co (Publishers), Ltd. hardcover
1991Roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The twelfth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
1998réf. 1269231998 Dargaud - 1998 - In-4, cartonnage illustré en couleurs de l'éditeur - 50 planches illustrées en couleurs - Édition originale (DL août 1998) - Avec une très belle dédicace en couleurs de Jean-Claude Mézières et Évelyne Tran-Lê en page de garde (Voir photo)
2023réf. 006418Tarzana CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. ERB 2023. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. New/New. Eggleton/Sanjulian/St. John et al. As new in black leather clamshell case. Limited to 600 numbered and signed sets. This gorgeous set is the fourth title in the "New World" series from ERB Books. This special edition of THE MOON MAID is published for the first time in hardcover in three separate volumes with 20000 words not found in the 1926 A. C. McClurg first edition. Each book in the set is printed on archival paper Symth sewn bound in a leather cover double stamped in gold and wrapped in an original dust jacket. The set is housed with a collector's portfolio in a decorated leather clamshell case. The three volumes are: THE MOON MAID THE MOON MEN & THE RED HAWK. This trilogy set commemorates both the first publication of THE MOON MAID in Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1923 and the 100th Anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. Each volume in the set is unique with its own book cover design illustrated endpapers frontispiece and title pages. THE MOON MAID trilogy features a total of 100 illustrations from over 20 different artists past and present and contains 20 tipped in color plates 20 full page b&w illustrations and 30 spot b&w illustrations. Artists include: Jamie Chase William Stout Mark Schultz Sanjulian Bob Eggleton Thomas Yeates Daren Bader Doug Klauba Reed Crandall Mike Hoffman Joe Jusko J. Allen St. John Jeffrey Catherine Jones and Roy Krenkel. The case also includes a vintage-style collector's portfolio with rare curated replica items for THE MOON MAID. These include the first pages of the manuscripts for each novella in the trilogy pages and drawings from ERB's notebook letters and a telegram between ERB and his editor 1920's ERB Inc. advertising and numerous 11x17 reproductions of the frontispiece from the book prints of Mark Wheatley's 3 movie poster paintings. NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK AND WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING TO YOUR DESTINATION. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. ERB hardcover
1968réf. 021935New York: Trident Press 1968 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Harlan Ellison directly on the title-page. Light bump to upper corner else book is in fine condition; dust jacket with mild edge wear creasing and light soiling else fine. Trident Press hardcover
1971réf. 44377New York:: Putnam 1971. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library. but overall in good condition - pocket on front endpaper remnants of lining of brodart on pastedowns but tight and clean otherwise - in a near fine unmarked dust jacket with the original price of 4.95 on flap. . First printing. The first book in the Riverworld series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. 221 pp. Putnam, hardcover
1997réf. 21960NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Trifle corner bump on rear board upper corner with corresponding tiny wrinkles on the dustjacket; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were only a few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages which preceded the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vonnegut's last novel published during his lifetime. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Putnam hardcover
1997réf. 21960NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Trifle corner bump on rear board upper corner with corresponding tiny wrinkles on the dustjacket; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were only a few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages which preceded the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vonnegut's last novel published during his lifetime. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Putnam hardcover books
1963réf. 17076Le Cercle du nouveau livre, 1963. In-8, pleine toile titrée or, décorée à froid de la silouhette d'un arbre, rhodoïd. Petit manque en tête et en queue du rhodoïd, ayant laissé passer la lumière et légèrement insolé la toile, 2 taches claires au premier plat (voir image), déchirure sans manque à un plat du rhodoïd.
1941réf. 020975Charleroi: Stellar Tales / Blaine R. Dunmire 1941. First Edition . Stapled Sheets. Good. Purple Mimeo Drawings. Short-Lived Fan Magazine Issued Before Dunmire Went On Active Duty In Wwii; Rare No Copy Indexed In Worldcat. Fas Reported In The Futurian War Digest #36 August 1944 "Latest News From Usa Is Of Another Unfortunate Loss To Fandom In Pfc Blaine R. Dunmire U.S. Army Air Corps. Dunmire Was On A Ship Sunk With All Aboard In The Mediterranean About The Beginning Of May. He Was Comparatively New To Fandom Was Assistant Director Of The Western Penna Science Fictioneers & Put Out Two Short-Lived Fanzines Stellar Tales And The Ghoul. " The 3 1/2 Pp Article By Asimov Is Notable For Its Derogatory Statements About Merritt And Others And His Extremely Laudatory Comments About L Ron Hubbard. Stellar Tales / Blaine R. Dunmire unknown
1949réf. 035907Reading: Fantasy Press 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 252 Pp. First Binding Of Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering Near Fine In A Fine Dust Jacket No Wear Or Rubbing. One Of An Unknown But Very Small Number Of Presentation Copies With A Special Unnumbered Inserted Presentation Plate Different From The Plate Inserted In The Signed Numbered Copies Signed By The Author This Copy With A Long Personal Inscription From Doc Smith. Fantasy Press hardcover
1948réf. 035908Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good /Near Fine. A. J. DONNELL. First Edition. First Binding Of Blue Boards With Gold Lettering Spine Slightly Faded In A Bright But Slightly Dusty Near Fine Dj With Light Wear At Corners And Top Edge And 3/4" Closed Tears At Top Of The Rear Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Gold Lettering On Spine Faded To A Very Light Yellow. One Of An Unknown But Very Small Number Of Presentation Copies With A Special Unnumbered Inserted Presentation Plate Different From The Plate Inserted In The Signed Numbered Copies Signed By The Author This Copy With A Personal Inscription From Doc Smith This Unnumbered Plate Not Described In Currey 1988 For This Book But Similar To Presentation Copies Of Others Of His Books. Reading: Fantasy Press hardcover
1976réf. SCFI0196München, Heyne 1970 - 1976. Harrison, Harry; Aldiss, Brian W.: Der Tag der Millionen. / Harrison, Harry: Die Barbarenwelt. // Tenn, William: Mögliche Welten. / Von Menschen und Monstren. Das Robothaus. // Cooper, Edmund: Die Herren des Kosmos. / Der letzte Kontinent. // Vance, Jack: Der Dämonen Prinz. / Der Mann ohne Gesicht. // Aldiss, Brian W.: Rau, Zeit und Nathaniel. / Die neuen Neandertaler. // Williamson, Jack: Antimaterie. / Antimaterie-Bombe. // Brunner, John: Bürger der Galaxis. / Die Zeitsonde. // Blish, James: Zeit der Vögel. / Der Gewissensfall. / Triumph der Zeit. // Buwert, Harald; Hahn, Ronald M.: Die Flüster-Zentrale. // Gaskell, Jane: Der Turm der Göttin. // Compton, David G.: Zerfall. // Dick, Philip K.: Eine andere Welt. // Moorcock, Michael: I.N.R.I. oder die Reise mit der Zeitmaschine. // Carter, Lin: Der grüne Stern. // Zelazny, Roger: Heute wählen wir Gesichter. // Laumer, Keith: Der Zwischenbereich. // Clarke, Arthur C.: 2001. Odyssee im Weltraum. // Roberts, Keith: Die folgenschwere Ermordung ihrer Majestät Königin Elisabeth I. // Derleth, August: Paradies II. // Ballard, J.G.: Die tausend Träume von Stellavista. // Blumm, Ralph: Der Simultanmensch. // Garnett, David S.: Das Rätsel der Creeps. // Avallone, Michael: Rückkehr zum Planet der Affen. // Sturgeon, Theodore: Parallele X. // Bloch, Robert: Das Regime der Psychos. // Dolinsky, Mike: Die PSI-Droge. // Koch, Eric: Die Freizeit-Revoluzzer. // Freedmann, Nancy: Joshua Niemandssohn. // Voltz, William: Quarantäne. // Herbert, Frank: Der letzte Caleban. // Blish, James; Knight, Norman L.: Tausendmilliarden glückliche Menschen. // Amis, Kingsley: Die Verwandlung. // McCaffrey, Anne: Planet der Entscheidung. / Ein Raumschiff namens Helva. / Die Suche der Drachen. // Strugazki, A. u. B.: Atomvulkan Colkonda. // Lange, Oliver: Vandenberg oder als die Russen Amerika besetzten. // Wylie, Philip: Das grosse Verschwinden. // Keene, Day; Pruyn, Leonnard: Welt ohne Frauen. // Pohl, Frederik; Kornbluth, C.M.: Eine handvoll Venus und ehrbare Kaufleute. // Aldiss, Brian W.: Der Sternenschwarm. // Geston, Mark S.: Das Sternenschiff. // Gillon, Diane u. Meir: Welt ohne Schlaf. // Compton, David G.: Leb wohl, gute Erde. // Anderson, Poul: Das letzte Sternenschiff. // Franke, Herbert W.: Zonne Null. // Wolfe, Gene: Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus. // Jefremow, Iwan: Das Mädchen aus dem All. // Oliver, Chad: Die Affenstation. // Niven, Larry; Pournelle, Jerry: Der Splitter im Auge Gottes. // Akers, Alan Burt: Die Menschenjäger von Antares. / Die Armada von Scorpio. / In der Arena von Antares. / Transit nach Scorpio. // Silverberg, Robert: Menschen u. andere Ungeheuer. / Es stirbt in mir. / Exil im Kosmos. / Schwingen der Nacht. / Das heilige Atom. // Farmer, Philip José: Das echte Log des Phileas Fogg. / Die synthetische Seele. / Der Sonnenheld. / Der Mondkrieg. / Der Steingott erwacht. // Leguin, Ursula K.: Planet der Habenichtse. / Winterplanet. / Die Geißel des Himmels. / Das Wort für Welt ist Wald. // Heinlein, Robert A.: Das geschenkte Leben. / Abenteuer im Sternereich. / Reise in die Zukunft. / Utopia 2300. / Die Leben des Lazarus Long. / Unternehmen Alptraum. / Der Mann, der den Mond verkaufte. / Farmer im All. // Leiber, Fritz: Ein Gespenst sucht Texas heim. / Schwerter gegen Zauberei. // Gaskell, Jane: Im Reich der Atlantiden. / Der Drache. // Disch, Thomas M.: Die Duplikate. / Camp Concentration. / Angouleme. // Herbert, Frank: Der Herr des Wüstenplaneten. / Der Wüstenplanet. // Anderson, Poul: Universum ohne Ende. / Jenseits der Unendlichkeit. / Höllenzirkus. / Rebellion auf Alpha Crucis. // Simak, Clifford D.: Mann aus der Retorte. / Marc Cornwalls Pilgerfahrt. // Keyes, Daniel: Charly. // Knight, Damon: Computer streiten nicht. // Weigand, Jörg (Hrsg.): Die Stimme des Wolfs. Französische Science Fiction-Stories. // Jeschke, Wolfgang: Science Fiction Story-Reader 2, 3, 4, 7, 8. OKart. Alle Bände in ausgezeichnetem Zustand, ohne Gebrauchsspuren, nur vereinzelt leichte Lagerspuren.
1956réf. 61176Geoffrey Bles London 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Pauline Baynes. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo. 199 pp. Binding firm spine cocked. Dust jacket marked creased stretched and chipped with a couple of more substantial tears and slight loss. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrator: Pauline Baynes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61176. . Geoffrey Bles hardcover
1997réf. 022498Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine green gilt-stamped leather binding. 219 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1997. One of 1200 copies personally signed by Kurt Vonnegut with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. A tale of time travel with a twist as only Kilgore Trout's alter-ego can write it. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover
1962Octavo in b&w illus wraps; [69] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Scarce. || Science fiction, American. American wit and humor. Time travel.
