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1976Best.-Nr. 004271Italy: Quadragono Libri 1976. First Edition . Illustrated Cloth. Fine/Fine. 15 1/4" Tall. Karel Thole. Unpaginated. Illustrated Endpapers. Text In Italian. Inscribed At Length To Science Fiction Author/Agent Forrest J. Ackerman By Karel Thole. Interior As New. Text In Italian. Illustrated Dj In Dutch For Title Droom Mij Dood Clean And Bright In A Protective Brodart Cover. Quadragono Libri hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 017270New York: Experimenter Publishing Co. 1929. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 11 3/8" Tall. Covers bright and clean small store stamp front cover one 1" tear and two 1/4" tears on rear cover very nice but spine covered in black tape. Experimenter Publishing Co. paperback
1917Best.-Nr. 025699Chicago: Winger Publishing Co 1917. First Edition stated . Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece. 160 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Almost No Wear At All Spine Cloth And Adjacent 1 1/2" Of Front Cover Sunned Spine Gilt Dulled But All There And Quite Clear Cover Gilt Bright. Inscribed "Compliments And Best Wishes Of Yours Truly F. S. Winger 7/13-1929". No Other Names Or Marks Lacking Dust Jacket If There Was One. Frank Stover Winger 1865-1936 Son Of The Founder Of The Stover Manufacturing Company Of Freeport Illinois Was Author Of The Wizard Of The Island Or The Vindication Of Prof. Waldinger 1917. Frank Stover Winger's Novel A Jules Vernian Story Of Super-Science Set In The South Seas. His Daughter Clare Winger Harris 1891-1966 Pasadena Ca Wife Of An Engineer Is Credited As Being The First Woman To Write Science Fiction For An American Magazine Under Her Own Name As Clare Winger Harris. Her First Published Story "A Runaway World" Appeared In Weird Tales In July 1926. Her First Story For An Out-And-Out Science Fiction Magazine Was "The Fate Of The Poseidonia" Published In Amazing Stories Less Than A Year Later In June 1927. Winger Publishing Co hardcover
1960Best.-Nr. 016562NY Ace 1960 1960. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. FE Ace Double D-421 VG but for two 3/4" tears and 1/8" chip on edges of spine and associated wear and a very faint reading creae on Dick cover immediately adjacent to spine. NY Ace 1960 unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 020453NY Ace 1964 F-309 1964. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine. First Printing. Fine. NY Ace 1964 F-309 unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 000301New Yor: Scribner And Sons 1956. First Edition First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition First Printing With A-8.56 On Copyright Page. Nice Copy Slight Rubbing Spine Ends Of Book Bumped. Near Fine Dust Jacket Has Proper First Issue $2.75 Price. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 024483New York: Henry Holt and Company 1941. First Edition . Black Cloth. Fine/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Absolutely Fine And Unworn No Soiling But Two Two-Inch Strips Of Foxing On Each Free Endpaper From Tape On Flaps Of Plastic Cover Protector. Inscribed And Signed By L Sprague De Camp To An Early 1950'S Sf Fan On Front Endpaper. No Dust Jacket Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 020885Los Angeles Circa 1950: E. Everett Evans 1950. Manuscript Letter . No Binding. Very Good. Original 3 page typewritten manuscript of a humorous SF story of telepathy and the future. From the archives of Forrest Ackerman Evan's literary agent. (E. Everett Evans) unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 016569NY Ace 1970 64401 1970. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. FE wraps VG w/reading crease small edge crease a few tiny chips NY Ace 1970 64401 unknown
1955Best.-Nr. 022077Paterson: Fandom House 1955. First Edition . Stapled Sheets. Very Good. Forrest J Ackerman's own copy of this issue annotated at top "FJA / DUP" no mailing information never folded. Paper browned as usual tiny corner chips much better than usual. Fandom House unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 004838Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1953. First Edition . Black/Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. 317 Pp. Third Of Heinlein's Books Printed By Shasta Press In His "Future History" Series Endpapers Illustrated With Printed Detailed Timeline For The Series. This Is One Of About 500 Subscriber's Copies With Heinlein's Signature On An Inserted Leaf. Book With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Tips A Little Flaking To Spine Gilt Two Tiny Light Spots On Top Edge Of Page Block. . Dj With Wear At Corners With 1/8" To 1/4" V-Shaped Losses At Each And Slight Browning And Fading To Spine Panel. Shasta Publishers hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 025940Manila: R P Garcia Publishing Company 1950. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Near Fine. 146 Pp. Utopian Novel With Much Description But Most Features Of This Utopia Are Due To Unlikely Changes In Human Nature. Inscribed By The Author To His "Former Chief In The Property Division Bureau Of Education Philippines" And Dated June 27 1950. R P Garcia Publishing Company hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. 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
1964Best.-Nr. 007421Praha Prague: Klub Ctenaru / Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury a Umeni 1964. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 255 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black. Modernist Czech Design Of Covers And Dj. Nicely Inscribed To The Author's American Agent Forrest Ackerman And His Wife Wendy Who Translated Nesvadba In American Editions And Dated 1970. Publisher's Booklet Laid In Loosely. Fine In Near Fine Dj. Klub Ctenaru / Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury a Umeni hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 022225Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing COmpany Inc. FPCI 1949. First Edition First Issue . No Binding. No Book Included/Fine Dustjacket. As New Unusued Dj Never On A Book Never Folded. Uncut Margins 18 3/4" X 7 1/2" Suitable For Framing. Only 1200 Copies Of The Book Were Hardbound By Fpci. Not A Copy This Is The Original Dj Uncut. Fantasy Publishing COmpany, Inc. ( FPCI) unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 024806Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference 1940. Original Mimeo Announcement . Single Sheet. Very Good. Full Page Announcement With Detachable Reply Coupon At Bottom No Names Or Marks Some Edge Wear. Forrest Ackerman's Copy Although Not Marked As Such The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 016573NY Ballantine 1964 U2191 1964. First Edition First Printing . Wrappers. Fine. Fe Wraps Fine No Wear No Creases No Damage. 1/2" Strip Of Browning Around Inside Edges Of Covers Also Even Aging To Rest Of Inside Covers And To The Pages. NY Ballantine 1964 U2191 unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 022088Albany/ Baltimore: Fantaco Enterprises 1988. First Edition . Color Wrappers. Fine. 11 " Tall. B/W Throughout. 208 Pp. 25Th Anniversary Issue. Signed For Me By Ackerman At His Article Of Reminiscences. Fantaco Enterprises unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 008159London 1899 1906: Methuen & Co. 1900. First British Edition Third Printing 3rd Printing. Red Cloth. Very Good. 437 Pp. Red Ribbed Cloth Gilt. Dated 1900 With Third Edition Statement On Title Page 40 Pp. Catalog At End Dated March 1906. Cloth And Gilt Bright With Just A Touch Of Darkening To Red Color On Spine. Nicks To Cloth Right On Top Edge And Foredge 1/8" Fraying At Lower Foredge Tips Front Hinge Cracked Some Foxing Small Bookseller's Inked Price On Front Pastedown; But A Very Attractive Example Of A Scarce Historical Romance With Fantasy Elements. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 020954Forrest Ackerman Agency 1942. Original Typescript . Stapled Sheets. Very Good. Four page typed story by Miske an active writer circa 1938-1944 for fanzines including Spaceway Stories writing a column called Stardust Fantascience Digest etc. This typed story is about a man who loves music and speaks at length about beauty and the source of Beauty in the vastness of space. A nice story more Stapledonian than SF and is a sweet story. With the Ackerman Agency info typed at top in red Ackerman's handwritten address and various hand corrections. Forrest Ackerman Agency unknown
1904Best.-Nr. 000740London: Macmillan & Company 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Vii 317 2 Pp Catalog Not Numbered 61 Pp Catalog Dated 20.7.4. First Edition First Issue. With Ads Dated 20.7.04 Green Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind T.E.G. Front Panel Including Gilt Bright And Clean But Spine A Little Faded And Worn At Ends "Macmillan" Is Difficult To Read Gilt Title And Author's Name Are Weak But Clear Some Wear At Corners A Few Points Beginning To Fray At Top/Bottom Of Spine 1/8" Split At Top Of Spine. Small Morocco Bookstore Label Of R. L. Goulden Canterbury On Front Pastedown Macmillan & Company hardcover
1956Best.-Nr. 022816New York: Ballantine Books 1956. First Edition . Yellow Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Yellow Cloth With Spine Lettering In Blue. First Printing. This Is The Publisher Ian Ballantine's Personal Copy Direct From The Publisher's Library. Book Clean No Wear Spine Lettering As New Pages Aged As Usual. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped. Light Rubbing At Corner Edges And Top Edge Of Spine And At Top Edge Of Front Panel 1/2" Entirely Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel And A 3/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold Dj Clean And Front Panel Illustration Particularly Bright No Fading. Ballantine Books hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 021951Los Angeles: Unicorn & Son 1970. First Edition Second Series . Spiral Bound Wrappers. Very Good . Cover Drawing By Bill Hughes. Spiral Bound About 1" Thick Not Paginated. "The First Edition Is Limited To One Hundred Numbered Copies; Of The Second Series This Is Number 100130." Apparently #130 Of An Unstated Second Printing Of The First Edition Originally For Sale At 415 And Limited To One Copy Per Person Or Organization. Some Pages Omitted In Printing Added As Interleaved Loose Sheets As Issued. Quite Scarce. The Main Primary Source Of Bibliographical And Biographical Information On Many Obscure Writers Even Including Genealogies. Later Amended Corrected And Expanded In Successive Editions From Established Publishing Houses. Clean And Unmarked Light Wear Plastic Spiral Binding Intact Aging At Edges Of Covers. Unicorn & Son unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 017184New York: Science Fiction Digest Company 1936. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Description: Printed Wrappers. Near Fine Book. First Edition. Important early SF fanzine noted for some original stories including "Thirteen Phantasms" by Clark Ashton Smith in this issue also a biographical sketch of August W. Derleth and a full page ad for Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" published for $1 by Fantasy Publishing actually the publisher was called Visionary Publishing when it was published. Movie reviews also. Signed in blue ink by "Scientifilm Editor" Forrest Ackerman; this was one of his own copies. Science Fiction Digest Company unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 0248031950. Original Typescript . No Binding. Very Good. 5 pp short story typed from the collection of Forrest Ackerman unknown
