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1953réf. 009562New York: Gnome Press 1953. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ric Binkley Dustjacket. 1/4000 Copies. Light Blue Boards With Dark Blue Lettering. First Printing. Dust Jacket Is Bright And Crisp Unfaded Not Price-Clipped With A Ric Binkley Cover Illustration Of The Detailed Expressive Faces Of Seven Mutants Floating Over An Airman Who Is Crawling Away From His Helicopter Which Has Crashed On A Bleak Landscape. Book Is Clean And Bright With Slight Rubbing To Fragile Boards With Loss Of Color At Some Points Along Bottom And Top Edges And At Tips Slight Wear To 1/16" At Ends Of Spine And At Tips With A Few Minute Losses At Edges. Gnome Press hardcover
1925réf. 009517J. William Jones Richmond: A. L. Burt Company 1925. Early Reprint . Blue Cloth. Good/Good Dust Jacket. An early edition listing Mundy works through 1920 probably issued circa 1921/1925. Book is square gilt worn spine gilt almost completely dulled with a few points at corners beginning to fray. Dust jacket with a few tiny chips at corners partial 1/8" deep chipping along top and bottom of spine even dustiness to white background of spine and rear cover front cover color illustration by Coll is clean and bright. A. L. Burt Company hardcover
1950réf. 008118London: Methuen 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. One Of 3 370 Copies Publisher Out-Of-Print In May 1953. 187 Pp. Purple Cloth Gilt. Signed Neatly By Philosopher And Science-Fiction Writer Stapledon Below His Name On The Title Page And Later Inscribed On The Front Endpaper From Golden Age Literary Agent Forrest J. Ackerman To His Client Golden Age Science Fiction Writer A. E. Van Vogt Winner Of The Retroactive Hugo For "Slan". Included Is Ackerman's Publicity Sheet For Stapledon One Page "The Philosopher Of Fantasy" Circa 1949 Mentioning That Stapledon's Next Book Would Be "A Man Divided" The Sheet Signed At Bottom For Me By Mr. Ackerman. Signed Copies From Stapledon Are Scarce Although Apparently Forrest Ackerman Brought A Number Of Signed Copies Of This Particular Book To America Before Stapledon's Death The Same Year. Ackerman Was A Great Fan Of Stapledon And Was Involved In Promoting His Trip To The Us. This Copy With A Little Rippling To Cloth On Rear Cover With Bleed Through Of The Red Color In A Strip 3/8" Wide Along Bottom And Foredge Of Rear Pastedown No Other Traces Of Damp. Dustjacket Is Unusually Complete With No Chipping Not Price-Clipped Just A 1/8" Closed Tear On Bottom Of Front Panel As Usual But Some Rubbing/Dustiness And Some Fading To Spine Although All Lettering Remains Quite Clear. Methuen hardcover
1927réf. 025647New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1927. First American Edition . Brown Cloth Gilt. Fine/Very Good DJ. Frontispiece Portrait. 320 Pp. Maroon Cloth Gilt. First American Edition Using Sheets Of The Uk First Edition. "The Story Of A Semi-Utopia. An Era Of Emancipation When Coal And Railways Money And Clothes Have Disappeared . Exuberant Optimism Is The Triumphant Note Of The Book." From Front Flap. A Bright Clean First American Printing No Wear No Names Or Marks Spine Gilt Still Brilliant No Rubbing. Dj Complete With Light Wear Not Price-Clipped No Fading To Red Or Black Lettering Peach Background A Little Browned On Spine With Light Soiling On/Around Spine 1/2" Closed Tear Top Edge Of Front Panel 1/8" To 1/4" Closed Tears At Top Front And Bottom Front Spine Edge And Bottom Rear Spine Edge. Alfred Ollivant 1874-1927 Was An English Novelist Known Best For His Novel Bob. Ollivant Also Published About A Dozen Other Novels Ranging From Small-Scale Cautionary Tales To Grand Historical Stories. He Was Also A Short Story Contributor To The Magazines The Atlantic Monthly And The Boston Evening Transcript. Courtesy Wikipedia. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1946réf. 006949London Uk: George Allen And Unwin 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 240 Pp. Orange Cloth With Black Lettering On Spine. This Collection Includes The Novel To-Morrow's Yesterday And Twenty Short Stories With First Printings Of Ten Of The Stories. A Near Fine Book In A Bright Vg Dustjacket With Some Wear And Minute Losses At Spine Ends And Corners A Few Almost Invisible 1/8" Edge Tears Not Price-Clipped 9S6d And With No Significant Tears Or Chips. George Allen And Unwin hardcover
1962réf. 005220London: Faber and Faber 1962 1962. First Edition . Blue Wrappers. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 253 Pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof In Light Blue Wrappers Slight Wear And Fading To Covers Tiny Losses Of Paper At Spine Corners. London: Faber and Faber, 1962 unknown
1935réf. 018866London: : Methuen Circa 1937 1935. First Edition First Impression . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition First Impression First Binding 19.1 Cm Tall Light Blue Cloth With Dark Blue Spine Lettering First Impression Sheets Ads Dated August 1935 The Book Was First Published 3 October 1935 And The First Issue Is Found With Ads Dated Either May Or August 1935. Dust Jacket Is Second Issue Identical To First Issue Except Price-Clipped Where Original 7S6p Was Printed At Lower Front Flap With New 2'6P Price Printed At Foot Of Flap Satty & Smith For A6.1.1.4 Say That This Is A Printed Price Label But It Is Printed Directly On The Jacket On This Copy And Has A Printed Paper Label From The Publisher "3' Net" Over The 2'6P Printed Price. This Pricing And Labeling Of The Dustjacket Is Not Listed In Satty & Smith's Definitive Bibliography. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.4 First Edition First Impression Third Issue Of 24 Sept 1936 360 Copies Has This Binding With A 3'6P Price Printed At The Foot Of The Front Flap; The Fourth Issue 9 March 1939 555 Copies Has The First Issue Binding And Includes The Later Ads In A Dj With A New Price Label Of 2'6P Attached To The Front Flap. This Unrecorded Issue Probably Occurred Between These Two Issues. A Very Good Tight Example Clean And Unfaded Hinges Tight No Fraying Or Marks; Lightly Foxed On Endpapers Title And First Page A Few Tiny Spots In Rest Of Book. Dust Jacket 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. The Dj Has Some Edge Wear And Aging Small Chips Or Nicks At Corners And Tips With Irregular Chipping Along Top Of Spine From 1/16" To 1/4" Deep Particularly Ar Corners. There Is A 1" Closed Tear At Top Edge And A 3/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Edge Each With Some Associated Vertical Creases But Virtually No Chipping. The Pink Background And Word "Odd" On The Spine Are Faded. Methuen, (Circa 1937) hardcover
1976réf. 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
1929réf. 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
1917réf. 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
1964réf. 020453NY Ace 1964 F-309 1964. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine. First Printing. Fine. NY Ace 1964 F-309 unknown
1956réf. 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
1941réf. 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
1950réf. 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
1955réf. 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
1953réf. 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
1950réf. 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
1911réf. 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
1964réf. 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
1949réf. 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
1940réf. 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
1964réf. 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
1900réf. 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
1942réf. 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
1904réf. 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
