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2005réf. 026319New York: Collins Design 2005. A gorgeous copy of the first printing. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped $29.95. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Stunning full color paintings throughout. Bound in the original full color laminated boards. Complete with dust jacket art that duplicates the cover art. From the publisher: "The art of Boris Vallejo is characterized by beautiful maidens heroic men and fearsome monsters while the work of his wife Julie Bell is famous for a sense of color and dramatic composition which puts her paintings in a class by themselves. As two of the most acclaimed fantasy artists working today Boris and Julie have produced art for album covers trading cards posters and calendars for in Boris' case 30 years -- and have seen 15 books published celebrating their breathtaking work. BORIS VALLEJO AND JULIE BELL: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION brings together all their greatest pieces throughout their careers while also including some unseen new work. The book is arranged chronologically and divided into three main sections: early middle and recent art. A narrative accompanies the paintings with captions for many of the pieces. The pages are also punctuated by quotes from Boris and Julie's peers in the fantasy art field and fans of their work who pay homage to their art and comment on how their work has inspired them to become better artists." Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 11.25" tall. This large book will require extra postage for International shipments but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Vallejo Boris; & Julie Bell. 192pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Collins Design Hardcover
1998réf. 026005Sauk City Wisconsin: Arkham House 1998. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. 2500 copies printed so stated at the colophon. Introduction by Robert M. Price. Collects for the first time a variety i.e. 20 of Bloch's stories from Weird Tales; Strange Stories and Rogue. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original black cloth stamped in shiny gold on the spine. Complete with pristine dust jacket. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. New/New dust jacket. Illus. by Patrick Tony jacket illustration. 8vo. xii 296pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Arkham House Hardcover
1990réf. 024227Boston Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co. 1990. NEW in a bright and shiny NEW dust jacket. Only a little shelfwear -- like you sometimes find in any new book store. NO owner's name or bookplate. Obviously never read. 1990. First printing of the updated SECOND edition. 935 annotated entries. Revised and expanded edition of the only bibliographical guide to variant sexuality in these genres. Adds more than 100 listings plus new lists of films and videos. 1st editions are identified and each work is summarized with commentary. Has biographical notes on many authors. Addresses works with at least some reference to alien android or cyborg sex gay themes gender switching vampires bisexuality AIDS feminist or lesbian protagonists etc. Bound in the original cloth stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. 2nd edition revised and expanded. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo. 312pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. G. K. Hall & Co. Hardcover
1983réf. 024219San Francisco California: California Book Auction Galleries 1983. Signed by Mark Marlow on the limitation page. FINE condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. California Book Auction Galleries Auction Sale #193. 1983. First Edition. Scarce casebound issue. Limited to 100 numbered copies this being #27. 104 illustrations mostly of dust jackets. Perhaps 1200 descriptive entries in 906 lots. Includes complete or extensive collections of Heinlein Clarke Asimov Tolkien Le Guin Vance Arkham House etc. Prices realized inserted in a pocket at the rear. A valuable source of much uncommon bibliographical data. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Signed by Mark Marlow. First Edition Limited 100 copies. Hardcover. FINE condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 110pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. California Book Auction Galleries Hardcover
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
1975réf. 024733Detroit Michigan: A Bruccoli Clark Book / Gale Research 1975. Fine condition in a Very Good original slipcase. Internally VERY FINE. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1975. Profusely illustrated. The standard bibliography. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Includes a wealth of personal photos title page book cover and dust jacket reproductions etc. Full title: "The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History Photolog and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings with Facsimiles from Ray Bradbury's Unpublished and Uncollected Work in All Media." Bound in the original blue cloth with sharp corners stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with the publisher's blue cloth slipcase with full wraparound blue and white printed paper label. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good slipcase. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 352pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A Bruccoli Clark Book / Gale Research Hardcover
1976réf. 023343West Kingston Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher 1976. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped $20. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the dust jacket: "The author's researches are the amazing product of many years of digging and digesting of interpreting and compiling and this volume is destined to become an invaluable reference tool for the Howard enthusiast for years to come as well as a fascinating experience for the more casual reader. Mr. Lord has divided THE LAST CELT into four sections: Autobiography Biography Bibliography and Miscellanea." Illustrated with over 30 pages of old photos drawings WEIRD TALES magazine covers etc. Contents: INTRODUCTION by E. Hoffman Price; FOREWORD by Glenn Lord; Autobiography: THE WANDERING YEARS; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY; A TOUCH OF TRIVIA; LETTER - REH TO FARNSWORTH WRIGHT; ON READING AND WRITING --- Biography: FACTS OF BIOGRAPHY; A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REH by Alvin Earl Perry; ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD - A MEMORIAM by H. P. Lovecraft; LONE STAR FICTIONEER by Glenn Lord; A MEMORY OF REH by E. Hoffman Price; THE LAST CELT by Harold Preece --- Bibliography: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Books; Fiction; Verse Title Index / First Line Index / Headings ; Articles; Letters; Index by Periodicals; Translations; Unpublished Fiction; Unpublished Verse; Unpublished Articles; Series Index; Lost Manuscripts; Unborn Books; Comics; Television Adaptation; THE JUNTO; About the Author Books; Amateur Publications; REH United Press Association; Articles; Conan Pastiches --- Miscellenea: THE HAND OF NEGAL by REH; BATTLE THAT ENDED THE CENTURY by H. P. Lovecraft; PICTURES IN THE FIRE by REH; HALL OF THE DEAD by REH; The REH Memorial Collection; IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON by REH; Letters; The Golden caliph; REH as Mythical Dane; Cartoon from the Junto; Map of the Hyborian Age; A Photograph Album; A Gent from Bear Creek; Obituaries. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with dust jacket. 7.5" wide by 10.25" tall. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Boas Marcus jacket art. 416pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Donald M. Grant, Publisher Hardcover
1921réf. 021911Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1921. SEE PHOTOS. Fair condition with considerable soiling to the original green cloth binding. Some cover rubbing but only a little fraying. Inner hinge cracks neatly reglued and holding firm. Some pages show brown spots/discoloration but remain easily legible. Spine NOT faded. NO owner's name or bookplate. Some ink notes on the 3 page publisher's catalog at the end. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. "Published October 1921" on the copyright page. "M.A. Donohue & Co. Printers and Binders Chicago" at base of copyright page. Complete with all 5 plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. The plates are Very Good with only a little foxing at the edges of the last plate. This is the first book appearance of the complete text. This book is noticeably taller than most other ERB first editions being 7-7/8" in height as called for by Heins compared to the standard 7-1/2". Said to be one of ERB's personal favorites. ERB is quoted as having said he thought it was one of his best novels. Zeuschner 359. Heins M #1 page 156. Currey p. 90. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fair condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by St. John J. Allen. 8vo. xii 414pp 3 page catalog. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. C. McClurg & Co Hardcover
1925réf. 021914Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1925. Photos upon request. Fair condition. Light rubbing/soil to the original blue cloth binding lettered in black. Soiled spot on rear cover. Hinges are NOT cracked. Several pages show brown spots/discoloration but remain easily legible. NO owner's name or bookplate. First Printing of the First Edition. "Published October 1925" on the copyright page. "M.A. Donohue & Co. Printers and Binders Chicago" at base of copyright page. A title in the TARZAN series See Heins page 42. Lacks the b/w frontispiece by J. Allen St. John which replicates the image on the dust jacket which this copy also lacks. Zeuschner 138. Heins EL #1 page 165. Currey p. 91. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fair condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. viii 316pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. C. McClurg & Co Hardcover
1927réf. 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
1980réf. 019757Boston Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co. 1980. Very Good condition. Mild EX-LIBRARY with NO library markings on the spine or covers. "Withdrawn" stamp. Bright shiny clean square and tight. A sound reading/reference copy. Lower corner of front free endpaper clipped. All other pages are clean crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Three appendices. Index to Primary Works. Index to Secondary Sources. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket as issued. 8vo. xxx 154pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. G. K. Hall & Co. Hardcover
1992réf. 019758Seattle Washington: Mathew D. Hargreaves 1992. Signed by the author and by Anne McCaffrey on the half-title page. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First Edition. Limited 500 copies. A descriptive bibliography well-illustrated with photos of her first edition novels short story collections short fiction non-fiction published interviews etc. Copper-color endpapers. Bound in the original copper-stamped green cloth. Photograph of Anne McCaffrey mounted on the front cover as issued. Signed by the author and Anne McCaffrey. First Edition Limited 500 copies. Hardcover. New/No jacket as issued. 8vo. viii 338pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Mathew D. Hargreaves Hardcover
1992réf. 019786Novato California and Lancaster Pennsylvania: Underwood Miller 1992. A beautiful copy that appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First Trade Edition with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Edited and with an introduction by Dan Temianka. Bound in the original baby blue cloth stamped in shiny silver and bright pinkish-red metallic. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket as issued. 8vo. 136pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Underwood Miller 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
1985réf. 018170Westport 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. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. This is the most comprehensive appraisal and publication history for hundreds of magazines and original anthologies dealing with science fiction fantasy and horror fiction. Listed here are volume data publishers editors variant titles formats prices library locations reprints etc. Bibliographies and additional sources of information are identified. Appendices include a chronology and cover artist index. Bibliography. General index. Handsomely bound in the original sturdy red cloth stamped in bright gold over black panels on the spine and front cover. First printing with "First published in 1985" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. 8vo. xxx 970pp. 1000 total pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Greenwood Press Hardcover
1976réf. 018811West Kingston Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher 1976. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO creases. NOT price clipped $20. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the dust jacket: "The author's researches are the amazing product of many years of digging and digesting of interpreting and compiling and this volume is destined to become an invaluable reference tool for the Howard enthusiast for years to come as well as a fascinating experience for the more casual reader. Mr. Lord has divided THE LAST CELT into four sections: Autobiography Biography Bibliography and Miscellanea." Illustrated with over 30 pages of old photos drawings WEIRD TALES magazine covers etc. Contents: INTRODUCTION by E. Hoffman Price; FOREWORD by Glenn Lord; Autobiography: THE WANDERING YEARS; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY; A TOUCH OF TRIVIA; LETTER - REH TO FARNSWORTH WRIGHT; ON READING AND WRITING --- Biography: FACTS OF BIOGRAPHY; A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REH by Alvin Earl Perry; ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD - A MEMORIAM by H. P. Lovecraft; LONE STAR FICTIONEER by Glenn Lord; A MEMORY OF REH by E. Hoffman Price; THE LAST CELT by Harold Preece --- Bibliography: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Books; Fiction; Verse Title Index / First Line Index / Headings ; Articles; Letters; Index by Periodicals; Translations; Unpublished Fiction; Unpublished Verse; Unpublished Articles; Series Index; Lost Manuscripts; Unborn Books; Comics; Television Adaptation; THE JUNTO; About the Author Books; Amateur Publications; REH United Press Association; Articles; Conan Pastiches --- Miscellenea: THE HAND OF NEGAL by REH; BATTLE THAT ENDED THE CENTURY by H. P. Lovecraft; PICTURES IN THE FIRE by REH; HALL OF THE DEAD by REH; The REH Memorial Collection; IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON by REH; Letters; The Golden caliph; REH as Mythical Dane; Cartoon from the Junto; Map of the Hyborian Age; A Photograph Album; A Gent from Bear Creek; Obituaries. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with dust jacket. 7.5" wide by 10.25" tall. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Boas Marcus jacket art. 416pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Donald M. Grant, Publisher Hardcover
1976réf. 018810West Kingston Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher 1976. Very Good condition in a Good only dust jacket. The jacket has chips at two corners. It's spine ends are worn/frayed and have been tape reinforced on the blank side. NOT price clipped $20. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the dust jacket: "The author's researches are the amazing product of many years of digging and digesting of interpreting and compiling and this volume is destined to become an invaluable reference tool for the Howard enthusiast for years to come as well as a fascinating experience for the more casual reader. Mr. Lord has divided THE LAST CELT into four sections: Autobiography Biography Bibliography and Miscellanea." Illustrated with over 30 pages of old photos drawings WEIRD TALES magazine covers etc. Contents: INTRODUCTION by E. Hoffman Price; FOREWORD by Glenn Lord; Autobiography: THE WANDERING YEARS; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY; A TOUCH OF TRIVIA; LETTER - REH TO FARNSWORTH WRIGHT; ON READING AND WRITING --- Biography: FACTS OF BIOGRAPHY; A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REH by Alvin Earl Perry; ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD - A MEMORIAM by H. P. Lovecraft; LONE STAR FICTIONEER by Glenn Lord; A MEMORY OF REH by E. Hoffman Price; THE LAST CELT by Harold Preece --- Bibliography: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY - Books; Fiction; Verse Title Index / First Line Index / Headings ; Articles; Letters; Index by Periodicals; Translations; Unpublished Fiction; Unpublished Verse; Unpublished Articles; Series Index; Lost Manuscripts; Unborn Books; Comics; Television Adaptation; THE JUNTO; About the Author Books; Amateur Publications; REH United Press Association; Articles; Conan Pastiches --- Miscellenea: THE HAND OF NEGAL by REH; BATTLE THAT ENDED THE CENTURY by H. P. Lovecraft; PICTURES IN THE FIRE by REH; HALL OF THE DEAD by REH; The REH Memorial Collection; IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON by REH; Letters; The Golden caliph; REH as Mythical Dane; Cartoon from the Junto; Map of the Hyborian Age; A Photograph Album; A Gent from Bear Creek; Obituaries. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with dust jacket. 7.5" wide by 10.25" tall. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by Boas Marcus jacket art. 416pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Donald M. Grant, Publisher Hardcover
1975réf. 017318New York: Octagon Books 1975. A pristine copy in perfect condition. Brand New. This is the 1975 Octagon Books a division of Farrar Straus and Giroux reprint of the 1941 original. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. The annotated checklist occupies 224 pages. Counting variants and later editions 1500 imaginary voyages are described. Among them are editions of Gulliver Crusoe Sindbad their imitators and many shipwrecks and travels presented as factual narratives. Excellent annotations. Number 152 in the Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature series. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. Besterman 214. 1975 reprint of the 1941 original. Hardcover. New/No jacket as issued. 8vo. xiii 445pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Octagon Books Hardcover
1991réf. 000070Shingletown California: Mark V. Zeising 1991. Signed first edition limited to 500 copies not numbered. This copy is SIGNED by both the AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on the special limitation page. Fine condition in a Fine Brodart-protected bright shiny dust jacket. NOT price clipped $60.00. No chips or tears. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Dust Jacket painting and lettering by Don Ivan Punchatz. "First Edition" is so stated. Not a book club edition. Not a remainder. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. . Signed by Author and Illustrator. 1st ed. Signed limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Punchatz Don Ivan . 8vo. 348pp. Mark V. Zeising Hardcover
1943réf. 003416New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1943. A bright clean square tight and unmarked copy in a very attractive dust jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean but show the usual age-toning resulting from war-time paper. The colorful Dust Jacket protected by a removable mylar sleeve is complete and unusually bright. Two tiny closed tears. No chips. Bound in the original dark red boards with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Sharp corners. The handsome full-color wraparound dust jacket art is by J. Allen St. John and is the same as was issued with the 1924 McClurg first edition. This edition has the new Madison Square series title-page with a Tarzan/lion illustration by J. Allen St. John. Heins AM-5. Zeuschner 536. . Madison Square edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by St. John J. Allen dust jacket art. 8vo. v 346pp. . Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers Hardcover
1943réf. 003414New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1943. Clean tight and unmarked in an unusually nice dust jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean but show the usual age-toning resulting from war-time paper. The Dust Jacket protected by a removable mylar sleeve is complete bright and very attractive. No chips. No creases. Bound in the original dark red boards with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Sharp corners. Handsomely illustrated by J. Allen St. John with full-color wrap-around dust jacket art and 38 b/w interior drawings 3 double-page; 16 captioned; 19 unlabelled. The dust jacket art is the same as for the 1916 McClurg first edition. Heins notes that this edition has a new title-page with the Madison Square series Tarzan illustration. Heins BTa-6. Zeuschner 50. . Madison Square edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by St. John J. Allen. 8vo. 337pp. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers Hardcover
1973réf. 001619New York: The Viking Press 1973. Very Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket spine slightly sunned. NO chips. NO creases. NOT price clipped $7.50. Protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. "First American Edition" is so stated with complete number row 12345 on the copyright page. Dust Jacket praise from Lloyd Alexander. Summary: "Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala the land where sagas come from." Bound in the original red boards witha green cloth spine. A pair of dragons are blindstamped on the front board. Dark green endpapers front and back are illustrated with a fire-breathing dragon design. Cream dust jacket lettered in green and maroon. Wrap-around jacket art features a drawing of the two boys Jonathan in a cape and his younger brother Scotty against a beautiful background of leaves flowers and moths. Astrid Lindgren 1907-2002 the author of many popular books for children including PIPPI LONGSTOCKING won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contributions to children's literature. Her fantasy THE BROTHERS LIONHEART translated from BRODERNA LEJONHJARTA won a number of awards including the Silvergriffel 1975 and Litteris et Artibus presented by the king of Sweden in 1975 and the International Janusz-Korczak Award 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Lambert J. K. . 8vo. 183pp. The Viking Press Hardcover
1980réf. 001499London: New English Library 1980. A gorgeous copy. Appears unread -- fresh and crisp. As New condition in As New dust jacket albeit price-clipped. No chips tears or creases. Protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic sleeve. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. "First published in Great Britain by New English Library. in 1980" is so stated on the copyright page. Text of this UK edition is said to differ somewhat from that in the American edition. Bound in the original black boards. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New jacket price clipped. 8vo. 556pp. New English Library Hardcover
1981réf. 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
1943réf. 003415New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1943. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. A tight and unmarked copy in an attractive dust jacket that is only lightly soiled on its white parts. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean but show the usual age-toning resulting from war-time paper. The colorful dust jacket protected by a removable mylar sleeve is complete and bright. A short closed tear along the fold is barely visible. No chips. No creases. Bound in the original dark red boards with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Sharp corners. The handsome full-color dust jacket art is by J. Allen St. John and is the same as was issued with the 1921 McClurg first edition. This edition has the new Madison Square series title-page with a Tarzan/lion illustration by J. Allen St. John. Includes the glossary. Heins TTe-5. Zeuschner 760. . Madison Square edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by St. John J. Allen dust jacket art. 8vo. vi 305pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers Hardcover
