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1992ref. 024694Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing 1992. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Boards. Fine/Fine DJ and Slipcase. 301 pp. #111 of 350 copies of the signed limited edition as new in as new slipcase Mark V. Ziesing hardcover
1935ref. 025146New York: Simon & Schuster 1935. First American Edition First Printing . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 196 Pp. First American Edition First Printing. Black Cloth With Paper Spine And Cover Labels. Book With No Wear Original Paper Labels Bright And Clean And Undamaged Toning To Endpapers As Usual Small Personal Name Label At Top Of Title Page. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped No Chips Light Rubbing With Minute Losses At Bottom Of Spine And Rear Tips 3/16" Tear At Bottom Flap Fold All Panels A Little Dusty Browning To White Spine Lettering. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1949ref. 021677Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Original Program Red Covers With Black Printing. This Example With "E. E. E. " At The Top Apparently E. Everett Evans' Copy As He Participated In The Organization Of This Second Annual Convention With "Th' Ol' Foo" Added Below By Forrest Ackerman And This Being His Copy. Signed By Ray Bradbury And With His Own Caricature Marguerite Bradbury A E Van Vogt Arthur Joquel R. Dewitt Miller Eph Konigsberg Forrest Ackerman Bryce Walton William Rotsler Also With His Caricature Roy A Squires Kris Neville Henry Eichner Len Moffat Rick Sneary Walt Daugherty Jean Cox. And Several Dozen Other Members. With An Extra Cover Sheet. Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society unknown
1953ref. 009572Reading Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press 1953. First Edition First Binding State . Dark Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Jacket. Jacket By Mel Hunter. 222 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. 1 Of 3558 Copies In The First Binding Of Dark Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering 540 Copies Were Subsequently Issued By Grant In Lighter Blue Cloth With Titling In Black. Inscribed By The Author At Length To Science Fiction Writer Bob Tucker And Inscribed Again At Some Length To His Wife. A Clean Copy Some Foxing To End Papers As Is Often Found. In A Bright Immaculate And Near New Dj With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Fantasy Press hardcover
1930ref. 015038New York 1930. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Science Fiction. Spine torn with some small chips two faint cover creases still an attractive copy. paperback
1955ref. 022882New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 186 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth With Spine Lettering In Blue. There Are Several Variants Of The Cloth Color No Known Priority. The Publisher's Personal Copy Direct From The Publisher's Library. Handwritten "Production Dept" On Front Pastedown As Is Sometimes Found In The Publisher's Copies. Book Fine Clean No Wear Spine Lettering As New Pages Aged As Usual. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped. Tiny Rub At Top Of Front Spine Edge Small Damp Spots At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Adjacent Area Of Rear Panel Some Foxing Along Spine Folds And Rear Panel A Little Fading To Green Color On Spine Panel And Very Faint Foxing To Spine Panel. Ballantine Books hardcover
1954ref. 020887Emporia / Dallas: Orville W. Mosher / CRIFANAC 1954. First Edition . Stapled Wrappers. Very Good. Unpaginated but complete. From the collection of Forrest Ackerman and with a two page article about the opening of the new offices of the Ackerman Science Fiction Agency including notices of two paries there attended by Van Vogt Bradbury Beaumont oliver Neville Harryhausen E. Everett Evans Rocklynne etc. and telephone calls from George Pal etc. Orville W. Mosher / CRIFANAC unknown
1950ref. 024147Reading: Fantasy Press 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue-green Cloth. Fine/Fine. 310 Pp. Blue-Green Cloth Spine Stamped In Gold. #194 Of 500 Subscribers' Copies With An Inserted Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author This One Also Inscribed By Williamson "Most Cordially". Fantasy Press hardcover
1946ref. 021294Los Angeles: Pathfinder / Forrest Ackerman 1946. Original Typescript . Single Sheet. Near Fine. Single Typed Sheet On Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Stationary A 24 Line Press Release In Carbon Copy Mentioning His Guest Of Honor Speech At The World Science Fiction Convention Summarizing His Novels And Quoting Aevv Regarding Coming Atomic War "Because Human Beings Have Not Yet Learned To Understand Themselves" The Central Concern Of Van Vogt Leading To His Work On The Development Of Dianetics With L Ron Hubbard And His Own Later Founding And Proprietorship Of The International Dianetic Society. With Typed Note At Top From Forrest Ackerman "28 July 46 - Van: Thank For Your Quick Cooperation On The Pic. As A Result The Article Is Already On Its Way To American Magazine. Fja". The American Did Not Pick It Up Van Vogt Replying With A Handwritten Note On The Back "Dear Forry: I Thought That Was Splendid - Could Hardly Believe It Was About Me Though. Sorry American Said "Nix!" Be Seeing You. Good Luck. /A Written By Van Vogt With A Wilted "Null"." A Handwritten Annotation From Ackerman Indicates This Was Eventually Published In Pathfinder On November 4. Handwritten Material From Van Vogt In 1946 Or Earlier Prior To The Book Publication Of "Slan" Is Quite Scarce And Is Almost Entirely Absent From His Personal Archives. Pathfinder / Forrest Ackerman unknown
1955ref. 024127New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey-Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Powers Dust Jacket Art. 167 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Edition. A Fine Book No Wear No Names Or Marks Usual Aging Of Pages. Dj With Just A Touch Of Wear At A Few Points 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold And Another At Top Of Rear Panel Small Bruise No Tears Or Creases Near Center Of Spine Not Price-Clipped. Small Bump To Upper Tip Of Front Board And Front Panel Of Dj. Ballantine Books hardcover
1950ref. 024799Chicago: Ziff-Davis 1950. First Edition . Staples. Very Good. 11" x 8 1/2. 8 Pp Large Format Sf Magazine With Title Etc At Top Of First Page Publisher's Info At Bottom Of Last Page Containing Just This One Story. The Copy Of Forrest Ackerman But No Marks. Ziff-Davis unknown
1948ref. 009581Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 231 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. Limited First Edition #390 Of 500 Signed Numbered Copies. Attractive Near Fine. Dust Jacket Near Fine With Slight Edgewear And A Little Rubbing. With The Fantasy Press Prospectus For This Book Laid In Loosely. Fantasy Press hardcover
1902ref. 000742London: Methuen 1910 1902. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine. 31 Pp. 47 Pp Publisher's Catalog At Rear. First Edition Sheets And First Edition Red Cloth Binding With 1902 Date On Title Page But 1902 Sheets Bound With 1910 Catalog At Rear. A Philosophical Fantasy With A Starring Mermaid. Probably Wells' Least Successful Work Now More Appreciated. A Stunningly Fine Copy Absolutely Bright With A Trace Of Bumping At Edges. This Is The Copy Which Belonged To Wells Fan And Indiana Poet And Novelist George Barr Mccutcheon With His Personalized Engraved Bookplate On The Front Pastedown. There Is Also The Attractive Bookplate Of Anne J. Smith On Ffep With A Naked Eve Holding An Apple In Which Lies A Tiny Book. The Book Is Enclosed In A Custom Half-Leather Case With A Cloth Sleeve A Matching Case With Men Like Gods Is Also Available. Nice Copies Of This Book Are Apparently Rarer Than Even His Sf Classics. London: Methuen (1910) hardcover
1950ref. 020956Circa 1945/1955: Forrest Ackerman Agency 1950. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good. 14 pp. "about 3500 words". Typescript with hand corrections. Original story about a dictator a scientist and a time machine in which the dictatator is unaware that time changes only INSIDE the time machine. Harry Warner was a long-time SF fan who published 11 stories and several books particularly "All Our Yesterdays" a history of early SF fandom and "A Wealth of Fable" covering the 1950's which won the Hugo Award in 1993 for Best Related Book. Label of the Forrest Ackerman Agency. Forrest Ackerman Agency unknown
1940ref. 021324Circa 1938-1950 1940. Original Comic Illustration . Single Sheet. Very Good. One Sheet One Sheet 24" X 18" 4 Illustrations In Black Ink Last Panel "Damn You Madoc. We'll Be Killed!". Not Signed. Ex-Forrest Ackerman Collection. unknown
1931ref. 015086New York: Radio Science Publications 1931. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . Science Fiction. spine with tiny chips at ends all lettering present and clear light cover crease. Radio Science Publications paperback
1941ref. 015300New York 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1951: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. A Long But Incomplete Run Of 44 Issues 1941 - 1951 Mostly With Complete Bright Covers And Spines 1945 Issues With Spines Faded Light Edge Wear Usual 1/8" Tears And Longitudinal Creasing At Cover Overlap Some With Tiny Erased Pencil Marks And A Few With An "A" Stamp Or Mark Most Vg. 1940: June Good August Vg 1/4" Chip Rear Cover Sept Vg ; 1941: January Vg 1/4" Chip And 1" Tear At Foot Of Spine 1/2" Triangular Chip Lower Tip Rear CoverMay G Worn And 1 1/2" Closed Tear Rear Cover Few Faint Marks June G Faint Stamp Front Cover August Vg September Vg October Near Fine December Vg 1/4" Closed Tear Top Spine Edge Faint Creasing Near Spine But No Chipping 1942 January G February G Soiling 1/4" Chipping To Right Corner And Foredge X 1 1/2" April G 3/4" X 1/4" Chip Right Foredge November A Bright Vg Two Shallow Chips At Foredge Shallow Chip And 3" Split Along Rear Spine Fold Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design 1943 January Vg 1" Faint Spot Front Cover February Vg 1/8" Chipping Top And Bottom Of Spine March Vg 1" Splits Each Side Of Top Of Spine April Vg But Split Along 2/3 Length Of Rear Spine Fold May G Rear Cover Detached But Present June G Rear Cover Detached Smallhole At Lower Staple Of Front Cover July Vg October Covers Detached With Small Edge Chips And Tears. 1944 April G No Rear Cover Spine Taped; 1945 January 1" Tear Front Cover And Rear Cover At Edge April Vg July Vg Small Stamp On Cover October Vg 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Front Cover December Vg ; 1946 February Vg A Few Shallow Chips On Rear Cover May Vg July Vg September Vg November Vg ; 1947 January G 1/4" Chip Bottom Of Spine 1/8" At TopMarch G 1/2" Chip Below Top And Above Bottom Of Spine July Vg September Vg October Vg November Vg December Vg 1/2" Tear Rear Cover; 1948 October Very Good Fading To Spine Panel; 1951 January Vg 1/4" Chip Upper Right Corner Fair Spine Chipped Away. All From Science Fiction Writer Kris Neville's Library And A Nice Group. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown
1941ref. 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
1947ref. 018934Sauk City: Arkham House 1947. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 313 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. Signed By Bradbury. One Of A Stated Edition Of 3000; Chalker Cites 3112 Copies As The Actual Printing Run. A Bright Clean Example Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Book Hinges Tight No Marks No Fraying Spine Gilt All Bright Although With A Few Minute Losses To Gilt In Publisher's Name. Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped Light Edge Wear Tiny Chips At Corners Under 1/8" And About 1/32" Chipping Along Bottom And Top Spine Edges Light Rubbing At A Few Places Both Flaps Clean And Bright Red Lettering On Spine Faded To Pink But Clear Red Lettering On Front Panel Still Bright Red. A Member Of The Lasafs Himself Later The Dedicatee Of A Philip K. Dick Novel Received This Book When The Book Came Out In 1947; And He Remembered Bradbury Coming In To Lasfs With A Stack Of His New Author's Copies Of Which This Is One. It Was Much Later Signed For Me By Bradbury. Arkham House hardcover
1960ref. 020960Los Angeles Circa 1960: Forrewst Ackerman Agency 1960. Original Typescript . Single Sheets. Very Good. 6 pp. Original typescript of a non-SF short story by SF fan Terri Pinckard who published a few stories but is better known as hostess opf the Pinckards' home SF get-togethers. Label of Forrest Ackerman's Ackerman Agency. Forrewst Ackerman Agency unknown
1950ref. 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
1994ref. 016150Bucuresti Bucharest 1994-: Nemira 1993 1994 1994. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 12 " Tall. Color and b/w Original Illustrations. 47 Issues Of The Romanian Sf Weekly Journal "The Only European Science Fiction Weekly" With Original Articles And Stories In Romanian And English. The Original Magazine Art Is Very Detailed Very Fantastic And Usually Surreal Well-Done But Printed On Newspaper Stock; Most Of This Has Never Been Seen Outside Of Romania. A Long Run Missing A Few Issues. From The Library Of Forrest Ackerman Sf Agent And Uber-Fan Whose Collection Of Sf Material Will Likely Never Be Surpassed The Only True Sf Completist Circa 1930-1995 With Vast Holdings Of Sf Now Dispersed. Nemira 1993 1994 unknown
1993ref. 023848London: Viking 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 296 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Perfect Copy Signed On The Title Page By Gibson. Viking hardcover
1935ref. 018864London: Methuen 1935 1935. First Edition First Issue . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition First Impression First Issue Satty & Smith A6.1.1.1 In Earliest Binding: Light Blue Cloth 19.1 Cm Tall With Dark Blue Spine Printing With Earliest Ads At Rear Dated May 1935. Dustjacket Is First Issue Still Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap No Later Issue Price Reduction Stamps Or Labels. The Dustjacket 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 Foxed. Previous Owner's Gift Inscription Dated Christmas 1935 Unsigned. Dj With Edge Wear Chipping At Corners Spine Lightly Faded All Lettering Still Present And Clear Front Panel Fairly Bright And Unfaded. One Of The Scarcest English 20Th Century Sf/Fantasy First Editions In Jacket; Copies With The Original Price Are Rare Particularly Without Later Price Reduction Labels/Stamps. London: Methuen, 1935 hardcover
1946ref. 018274Raven Court San Francisco: Trover HAll 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. St Crain Dustjacket. 111 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing. Inscribed By The Author And Publisher Signed As Anthony More And Edwin M. Clinton Jr. Dj Priced $1.75. Almost No Wear But Light Chipping Along Edges. A Few Small Dampstains On Rear Panel Of Dj. Trover HAll hardcover