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1961Best.-Nr. 000710New York: Crown 1961 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 287 Pp. An Historical Romance By The Author Of Donovan's Brain And Other Sf. Light Chipping At Top And Bottom Of Spine Of Dj With Wear And Bumping To Top And Bottom Of Spine Of Book Where Dj Was Chipped Away. Previous Owner's Info On Front Pastedown Under Mr. Siodmak Told Me When He Signed This Book For Me That He Tried To Have A Movie Made Of This Book But Could Not Complete The Project. Scarce Only When Signed. New York: Crown, 1961 hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 000743London: Macmillan & Company 1909. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. Green Cloth. Very Good First Edition First Issue. First Edition First Printing And The First Issue With Ads Dated 1.09. Green Cloth With Gilt Lettering And Design. Very Good With Slight Wear And Fading And A Small Namestamp Of A Previous Owner On The First Free Front Endpaper. Macmillan & Company hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 018865London: Methuen 1941 1935. 1st Edition . Wrappers. Very Good . Cover Design By Olaf Stapledon Illustration By Eric Fraser. 282 Pp. First Edition First Impression Fifth Issue. Binding 185 Cm Tall Softcover In Wrappers With Front Of Original Dustjacket Used By Publisher For Front Panel Spine Printed In Black With 2 Shilling Price No Ads Using First 1935 Impression Sheets. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.5 First Edition First Impression Sheets Fifth Issue Binding First Paperback. Publisher's Binding Of Dj On Card With Cover Illustration In Blue Pink White Tan And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. A Very Good Tight Copy. Book Lightly Aged Front Panel Complete Fairly Bright And Unfaded. London: Methuen (1941) unknown
1943Best.-Nr. 003867Grangeville Idaho Circa 1943 1943. Manuscript . No Binding. Very Good. 18 Pp. Original Typewritten Manuscript From The Archives Of The Ackerman Agency. Baldwin Was Active In The Early Stages Of Science Fiction Fandom; See His Obituary In Locus Magazine May 1988. Per Terry Carr In Entropy: "Along With The Regular Magazine I'm Launching A Series Of Entropy Booklets The First Of Which Is Crime Stalks The Fan World By F. Lee Baldwin. This Consists Of Two Stories From The Burbee Shangri-L'affaires Of 1945 And 46: "Crime Stalks The Fan World" And Its Sequel "The Girl With The Muddy Eyes" The Latter Of Which Was So Long That Burbee Had To Serialize It. The Stories Are Excellent Satires On Tough-Guy Private-Eye Stories With Authentic Fannish Themes; Milt Rothman Called The Latter Story "The Best Piece Of Fan Fiction That Ever Smashed Me In The Teeth Like A Breath Of Air Laden With The Fragrance Of Orange Blossoms" So You Can See That It's High-Class Stuff. In Addition There's An Introduction Written Specially For The Volume By Bob Tucker And Cover And Illustrations By Ray Nelson. Copies Are Now Available From The Publisher Me At 25¢ Each. unknown
1949Best.-Nr. 022228Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing COmpany Inc. FPCI 1949. First Edition First Issue . No Binding. No Book Included/Fine DJ. 700 Copies Were Bound By Fpci; This Is An Original Jacket Uncut Never Folded No Wear. 17 1/4" X 7 1/2" A Little Larger Than When Issued With The Book Which Is Not Present Here. Suitable For Framing. Fantasy Publishing COmpany, Inc. ( FPCI) unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 009564Chicago Shasta Publishers 1952 1952. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 255 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. Near Fine Book In Vg Dj With Light Edgewear And Dustiness 1/8" Chip At Top Two Tips Minute Losses At Other Corners. Signed By The Author On The Title Page Not A Subscriber Copy Signed On Front Endpaper And Uncommon Thus; Most Signed Copies Are The Subscriber's Copies. Chicago Shasta Publishers 1952 hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 024222New York: Greenberg 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 210 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Turquoise. First Book Publication. Book Is Fine No Wear Or Rubbing At All Absolutely None. Inscribed By A E Van Vogt On Front Free Endpaper To A Fan "For ------ All The Best Always A E Van Vogt". Jacket Is Clean And Attractive No Creasing Not Price Clipped Wear At Corners With Minute Loss A Little Thin Line Of Rubbing Along Parts Of Edges Thin Weak Blue Line On White Flaps From Old Style Dust Jacket Protector Two 2" Foxing Marks On Free Endpapers From Offset From Tape Used To Secure Protector Flaps Together No Tape Ever On The Book Itself. Greenberg hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. 017680Portland: Collectors Press 2004. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Fine DJ. Color Plates. Hardcover First Edition. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $39.95. . Signed On Title Page By Both Forrest Ackerman And Brad Linaweaver. Collectors Press paperback
1952Best.-Nr. 024193Chicago : Shasta Publishers 1952. First Edition . Black Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 255 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. Fine Book No Wear At All. Dj With Very Light Edgewear. Signed By The Author On The Half-Title Page Not A Subscriber Copy Signed On Front Endpaper And Uncommon Thus; Most Signed Copies Are The Subscriber's Copies; Very Small Fan's Signature Dated August 1952 At Top Corner Of First Free Endpaper. Shasta Publishers hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 024368New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 333 Pp. Sienna Orange Cloth Stamped In Black. Book Is Near Fine Clean And Bright No Names Or Marks No Foxing To Endpapers A Little Rubbing And Bumping Without Loss At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Dj Very Good Complete Not Price-Clipped No Tears Or Losses No Fading Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Along Parts Of Spine And Flap Folds. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 017371New York 1902: Longmans Green & Co 1903. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. X 361 Catalog At End. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition First Printing. A Bright Clean Solid Copy Hinges Very Strong. Gilt Lettering On Spine And Cover Is Still Bright. Cloth Beginning To Fray At Two Pinpoints One At Top Of Spine One At Bottom; Rubbed At Some Places Along Bottom Edge Of Boards And At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Archaeological Bookplate And Signature Of Archaeologist Bruce Bryan Long Time Head Of The Southwest Museum And Pseudonymous Contributor To Weird Tales; Front Endpaper Lacking; No Other Marks Or Damage. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 006067Moscow: Mir 1965. First Russian Edition . Beige Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 3/4 " Tall. Black and White Drawings. 333 Pages. Modernist Color Dust Jacket. An Unauthorized And Probably First Russian Translation - Without Authorization Of American Author Or Publisher As All Translations In The Ussr Were. In Early 2004 Bradbury Himself Did Not Remember Seeing Any Copy Of This Before I Showed It To Him. Russian / Ussr Literature And Science Relied On Using The Intellectual Resources Of The World Without Fee An Incomparable Competitive Advantage For Government Sponsored Work But Showing No Support In Particular For Scientists And Authors In The Disadvantaged World Who Somehow Overlooked This In Their Own Support For The Ussr. Particularly Scarce In Dust Jacket Mir hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 018537Prime Press 1948. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. L. Robert Tschirky Dustjacket. 355 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. A Bright Clean Example Spine Gilt Is Brilliant With Sturgeon's Signature On The Half Title Touch Of Wear At Corners And A Few Small Areas Along Bottom Of Covers. Dust Jacket With A Little Wear And Minute Loss At Corners Light Fading To Purple Background Of Spine Panel. And Small Handwritten Annotations Mostly "No" Two Others "Ht-G" And "Ht-F" To Left Of Each Title Listed On Rear Panel. Signed By Sturgeon. Prime Press hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 015226New York: Better Publications 1943. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . A bright clean copy beginning to chip along foredge cover overlap with under one square inch of faint dampstaining along edges of rear cover. Contains an early Bradbury story written with Henry Haase "Gabriel's Horn". Better Publications paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 0248051947. Letter Typed . No Binding. Very Good. One Page Carbon Of A Letter Offering For Sale Kafka's "Metamorphiosis" $2 Ewers "Vampire" $3 And Ray Bradbury's Copy Of "King Kong" In Jacket $5. unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 021240Circa 1952: Unpublished 1952. Mimeographed Paper . Stapled Sheets. Very Good. Three Page Typed Paper By Henry Kuttner For English 591 Dr. Lionel Stevenson Here Reproduced In Mimeo From The Library Of Forrest Ackerman. The Latest Bibliographic Reference Is Dated 1951. Henry Kuttner 1915 - 1958 Was An American Author Of Science Fiction Fantasy And Horror Who Worked With And Was Admired By Many Of The Greatest Early Sf Writers. His Work Is Obscured By His Use Of Many Pseudonyms And That Makes This Graduate School Paper Central To His Work As A Writer. Kuttner Spent The Mid-1950S Getting His Master's Degree But Died Of A Heart Attack In Los Angeles In 1958. Per Wikipedia Arthur Lionel Stevenson Frsl 1902-1973 Was A North American Writer And Lecturer. A Leading Authority On The Literature Of The Victorian Period He Published Biographies Of William Makepeace Thackeray And George Meredith As Well As A Panoramic Study Of The English Novel. At The University Of Southern California He Was Made An Associate Professor In 1941 And Promoted To Professor In 1944. In 1955 He Accepted Appointment As James B. Duke Professor Of English Literature At Duke University Remaining In This Role Until 1972 When Made Professor Emeritus And Serving As Chair Of The University's English Department From 1964 To 1967. Following Retirement From Duke He Became Visiting Professor At The University Of Houston 1973 Having Previously Held Visiting Professorships At The Universities Of Illinois 1952-53 And New York 1967-68 And A Visiting Lectureship At Oxford 1960-61. He Had Also Taught In The Summer Sessions At San Francisco State College And The University Of Colorado Unpublished unknown
1993Best.-Nr. 007336London: HarperCollins 1993. First English Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 9 1/2" Tall. 607 pages as new. DJ without visible defects not price-clipped price 15.99 pounds and in a protective Brodart cover. HarperCollins hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 003864London 1946. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 1500 Word Short Story Carbon Typescript. Pratt Who Gives His Return Address As "Rose Lawn" Madeira Terace Exmouth S. Devon England Was Apparently The Editor Of Strange Adventures Magazine 1946-1947 Which Folded After Two Issues Published In London. "Dennis H. Pratt" May Well Be A Pseudonym. Forwarded To Prominent Science Fiction Agent Forrest J. Ackerman Circa 1946 With Handwritten Notes As Follows: 1St British Serial Rights: "Home Review" / 2Nd " " " - "Story." With Pratt's Return Address And Ackerman's Handwritten Name And Earlier Address With Label Of His Later "Ackermansion" Address. A Scarce Manuscript From The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Writing. unknown
1911Best.-Nr. 004873New York: Duffield & Company 1911. First Edition . Blue Paper Boards. Near Fine/Fair Dustjacket. Vii 97 Pp. Blue Boards With Paper Spine And Cover Labels As Issued. A Nice Copy Paper Labels On Spine And Cover Are Unworn But Slightly Foxed. Original Glassine Dustjacket Present Chipped And Torn. Nicely Inscribed By Mabel Symmes Who Is Listed On Copyright Page As The Copyright Holder And Probably Edited The Book. Duffield & Company hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 024506Glendale: Roy A Squires 1977. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. 5 3/8" x 4 1/4. Squires' Finely Produced Chapbook #135 Of 300 Copies. With The Informational Letter Discussing The Chapbook And In Particular His Thoughts On The Use Of Ink. Also With The Original Printed Envelope With 135 Penciled On The Back. A Keepsake For Friends Of The Press And Subscribers; No Copy In Worldcat. Roy A Squires unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 017185New York: Fantasy Magazine 1936. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Description: Printed Wrappers. Near Fine Book. First Edition. Important early SF fanzine noted for some original storie and a full page ad for the upcoming "Marvel Tales Issue #1" on the rear cover. Movie reviews also. With the loosely inserted single page of photographs. Signed in blue ink by "Scientifilm Editor" Forrest Ackerman; this was one of his own copies. Fantasy Magazine unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 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
1956Best.-Nr. 024105New York: Ballantine 1956. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 185 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Red. First Printing. A Fine Example Protected In A Heavy Plastic Dust Jacket Protector For Many Decades Dj Very Near Fine Not Price-Clipped With Just A Touch Of Wear At Tips. However There Are Four Small Foxing Marks On Endpapers With Some Show-Thru On Half-Title Which Is Dark Offset From Smooth Sides Of Old Yellow Tape Used To Connect Folds Of Dust Jacket Protector No Tape Ever Adhering To Endpapers But Foxing Is Strong 2 Marks 2 1/2" X 3/4" Each On Each Endpaper. Ballantine hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 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
1952Best.-Nr. 024118New York: Gnome Press 1952 1952. First Edition stated . Light Green Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Kelly Freas Dustwrapper. Green Boards Stamped In Darker Green. First Edition. An Exceptional Book And Dj. Book With Tiny Rubs At Bottom Corner Edges Of Spine. Dj With No Wear At All Except A Thin Line Of Rubbing Along Top Front Spine Edge And Tiny Rub At Top And Bottom Of Front Flap Fold Bright And Clean No Names Or Marks Small Area Of Light Foxing In 2" X 1/8" Area On Free Endpapers. New York: Gnome Press, 1952 hardcover
