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1972ref. 028310London Uk: Macgibbon And Kee 1972. First Hardcover Edition . Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 201 Pp. Grey Boards Lettered In Silver. First Hardcover Printing. A Fine Copy. Dust Jacket Is Also Fine Unworn Unfaded No Rubbing And Not Price-Clipped. Nebula Award Nominee 1974. A Novelized 1972 Dystopian Vision Now Apparentkly Equally Probable Under Any Successful Politician- That Is A Person Of Normal Intelligence And Knowledge- But When You Need A Doctor Do You Just Go Look For Someone Of Normal Intelligence And Knowledge Who Wants To Be A Doctor Macgibbon And Kee hardcover
1946ref. 028308Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs 1946 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 347 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Red With Red Publisher's Topstain. First Edition Fine In Fine White Dj With Two Tiny Losses At Base Of Spine Folds. This Copy With The Original Single Sheet Mimeo Press Release Announcing The Book: " October 30 1946 / Announcement / A Brand New Edgar Rice Burroughs Novel Is Just Now Being Released Titled Escape On Venus And Retailing At $2.00 . Three Paragraphs Omitted. Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. / Publishers / Tarzana California. Edgar Rice Burroughs 1946 hardcover
1948ref. 028301Philadelphia : Prime Press 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 331 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition First State With Cursive Print On Half-Title Page 1948 Date At Bottom Of Title Page Nf Almost No Wear But Corners And Spine Ends Slightly Bumped In Fine Unworn Dj Left Side Of Spine Faded To Light Blue Front Flap Clipped 1/8" Short Deleting Most Of Final Zero Of Price On Front Flap. Book Inscribed To A Fan And Signed By Del Rey On Ffep. Prime Press hardcover
2009ref. 028416Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs. 220 Pp. Softcover First Printing. As New. Inscribed By Carla Laemmle To "Roy" On Half-Title And Dated 10/10/09. Midnight Marquee Press paperback
1964ref. 028642Chicago: Advent Publishers 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xiv 224 Pp. Including Extensive Index At End. Grey Cloth Gilt. A Fine Book Inscribed By The Author Alva Rogers On Front Free Endpaper To A Friend And Fellow Sf Fan And His Wife. In A Very Good Or Near Fine Dj Not Price Clipped Light Browning To Spine And Edges Sliver Of Loss Along Bottom Of Spine 1/8" V-Chip At Bottom Front Flap Fold Thin 1/8" V-Shaped Loss At Upper Rear Spine Edge Tiny Losses At Other Corners. Advent Publishers hardcover
1947ref. 027398Reading: Fantasy Press 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 257 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. One Of 2008 Copies Of The First Printing With 1947 Date And All Interior Illustrations Present "First Edition" Stated On Copyright Page Of Which 300 Had An Inserted Numbered Plate This One Being #58. The First Book From Fantasy Press. This First Issue Copy In The Proper First Issue Dust Jacket With Only Four Titles On Back. Book With Light Rubbing To Spine All Gilt Present And Bright But Not As Brilliant As When New. Dj With Light Wear At Corners Wear And 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel Minute Losses At Ends Of Spine And At Tips Two 1/8" Deep Tears At Top Of Spine. The Bibliography Of This Book Is Complex: A Reprint Of 1000 Copies In 1947 Dropped The Interior Illustrations But Not The Date And A Later 1949 Reprint Of 2510 Copies Also Lacked The Interiors Except For 985 Bound With Only The Frontispiece. All Later Issue Dust Wrappers List Eleven Titles On The Rear Panel. Fantasy Press hardcover
1976ref. 027512New York: Random House 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 214 Pp. Cloth/Boards Trace Of Rubbing At Bottom Of Spine Cloth Small Area Of Fading To Top And Bottom Edges Of Front And Rear Boards. Signed By Colin Wilson On The Front Endpaper. Dj Not Price-Clipped No Wear No Chipping Or Tearing No Fading. Random House hardcover
1947ref. 027591Philadelphia: Prime Press 1947. First Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 455 Pp. First Edition. Dj With Price Clipped No $3.00 Price Stamped At Top Of Front Flap. Very Lightly Used 1/8" Square Chip At Upper Rear Spine Edge With Adjacent 1" X 1/8" Surface Abrasion Extending Onto Rear Panel. Inscribed By Smith To Sf Dealer Julius Unger. Prime Press hardcover
1971ref. 027513New York: Crown Publishers 1971. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 315 Pp. First American Edition. No Wear Faint Waterspotting On Part Of Foredge Of Text Block No Other Traces On Covers Or Pages. Dj With A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners And At Bottom Of Spine Panel Not Price-Clipped.Inscribed On Front Endpaper " For John / Warm Regards/ Colin Wilson / Oct 88". Crown Publishers hardcover
1929ref. 027182Annapolis: U S Naval Academy 1929. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good . 4 Color Plates By Andrew Wyeth b/w Photos Throughout. 534 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind Top Edge Gilt Illustrated Endpapers. Four Color Plates After Wyeth With Glassine Guards. Clean Hinges Intact No Names Or Marks Small "Mother" Printed In Gilt At Lower Right Of Front Cover. U S Naval Academy hardcover
1948ref. 024195Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. F.P.C.I. 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 184 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Third Fpci Book. Book With Touch Of Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine. First Issue Dj Complete Unfaded Not Price-Clipped Very Slight Wear 1/2" Closed Tear Bottom Of Front Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel 1/8" Tear With 1/8" Loss Of Surface Of Paper At Top Rear Spine Edge Rear Panel With A Few Small Areas Of Dustiness. Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. (F.P.C.I.) hardcover
1928ref. 024983London: Macmillan 1928. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. 199 Pp. Green Cloth Printed In Brown. 1928 On Title Page No Additional Printing Noted Dj Priced 7/6. No Names Or Marks Light Wear Spine Aged/Browned To A Lighter Green-Brown. Dj Nearly Complete Not Price-Clipped 1/4" Chip Across Most Of Top Of Spine Removing Most Of "Etched" 1/8" X 1/2" Chip Along Top Of Rear Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge Tiny Losses At Corners. Macmillan hardcover
1899ref. 000745London: Harper & Bros. 1899. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Very Good . 329 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition First Issue With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Panel. Very Good Front Panel Attractive Spine Slightly Faded And With Slight Soiling And A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing. A Little Foxing To Edges Of Sheets And On A Few Pages. An Attractive Copy Of A Book Which Does Not Wear Well. Rear Hinge With 2" Long Crack. Front Free Endpaper With Partly Erased Ownership Signature Of Henry W. Bowders Dated July 1899. Harper & Bros. hardcover
1940ref. 015215New York: Better Publications 1940. First Edition . Soft cover. 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" Chip Detached But Present From Front Cover A Few Small Areas Of Very Light Dampstaining At Edges Of Covers Extending In Up To 1/2" From Edges. Better Publications paperback
1931ref. 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
1950ref. 003874Los Angeles / Oahu Circa 1950/1960: Ackerman Science Fiction Agency 1950. Manuscript . No Binding. Very Good. 21 page original typewritten manuscript by Fennel who published science fiction 1947 - 1952. Minor typographical corrections in ink. From the archives of the Ackerman agency. Ackerman Science Fiction Agency unknown
1953ref. 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
1970ref. 007309NY Weybright and Talley 1970 1970. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. First Printing. With Bookmark From Author's Bookstore In Laguna Beach Author's Personal Copy Signed In His True Name As "John Boyd Upchurch" On Ffep. NY Weybright and Talley 1970 hardcover
1974ref. 007420Praha Prague: Lidove Nakladatelstvi / Lidova Knihovna 1974. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 189 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Black. Nicely Inscribed To The Author's American Agent Forrest Ackerman And His Wife Wendy Who Translated Nesvadba In American Editions And Dated 1974. Fine In Near Fine Dj. Lidove Nakladatelstvi / Lidova Knihovna hardcover
1913ref. 007361Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/4" Tall. First Edition. 369 Clean Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Lettering On Front Cover And Spine Intact. Top And Bottom Of Spine Worn. Cover Corners Worn With No Loss Of Cloth. Cover Tips Front And Rear Bumped. A Very Attractive Copy. A. C. McClurg & Co. hardcover
1975ref. 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
1934ref. 024380New York: E. P. Dutton & CO. Inc 1934. First Edition stated . Boards. Very Good /Glassine DJ. 125 Pp. #230 Of 300 Numbered Copies. White Vellum Paper Spine With Printed Spine Label Over Multicolor Patterned Boards With Larger Printed Label. Clean Slight Wear At Corners With Tiny Frays To Paper At Two Lower Tips. Glassine Dj Shorter Than Book Large Chip At Lower Left Corner Of Front Panel.Boards Show Discoloration For About 1 1'2" Around Gutter Edges If Endpapers Only. E. P. Dutton & CO., Inc hardcover
1944ref. 000725London: Secker And Warburg 1944. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Jacket. 200 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown. First Printing. With Attractive Bookplate Of Sf Fan Redd Boggs And Also The Handwritten Ownership Name And Address In Australia Of Sf Illustrator Roy V. Hunt. Near Fine In A Vg Dj With Minor Edgewear And A Slightly Dusty Rear Panel. Secker And Warburg hardcover
1817ref. 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
1955ref. 020959Los Angeles Circa 1955: Unpublished 1955. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good. 16 Pp. Typescript Of An Original Story By Frank Riley With Hand Notation "4500 Edited" By Forrest Ackerman And With Ackerman's Change Of Title From Riley's "Mammathusia" To "A Breast Of The Times" Consistent Changes Of A Character's Names And A Few Other Changes. Riley An Editor And Syndicated Columnist For The Los Angeles Times Wrote Short Fiction Science Fiction Stories And Co-Wrote The Hugo Award Winning Novel "They'd Rather Be Right". Unpublished unknown
