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1953ref. 028821Philadelphia: Eleventh World Science Fiction Convention 1953. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. Covers 368 Pp Of Program Schedule Announcements Ads And Support Statements. With Ad For Ballantine's New Science Fiction Preview Club Whose First Publication Is Fahrenheit 451. Eleventh World Science Fiction Convention unknown
1951ref. 029003New York: Scribner And Sons 1951. First Edition . Black Cloth. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page First Dj With $2.50 Price On Front Flap. Book Is Clean And Solid No Marks Or Damage Small Area Just Beginning To Fray At Top And Bottom Of Spine At Two Lower Tips Pages Beginning To Age. Dust Jacket Is Not Price-Clipped $2.50 Is First Issue Only Rocket Ship Galileo Space Cadet Red Planet And Farmer In The Sky On Rear Panel Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With Small Losses At Four Tips And 1 1/4" X 3/4" Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Rear Panel; Spine Panel Is Not Faded; Clear Tape Reinforcement On Inside Of Spine And One Flap Fold With No Show-Through. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1950ref. 029315New York: Doubleday and Company 1950. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. First Edition Stated. A Clean Unmarked Book Tight And Clean With Three Points Of Fraying At Top Of Spine And Two Points Of Fraying At Bottom Of Spine. Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped $2.50 Unfaded Light Edge Wear Wear At Corners Removing Up To 1/8' Of Paper At Tips And At Corners Of Spine But No Loss On Spine. Doubleday and Company hardcover
1933ref. 029472Boston: Little Brown And Company 1933. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good DJ. 290 Pp. Blue Cloth. First U. S. Printing. Ownership Name "Ross S----" Indecipherable On Front Endpaper. Book Lightly Rubbed At Top And Bottom Edges All Lettering Strong A Few Spots Of Lightening In A Thin Line Down Center Of Front Cover No Other Faults. Dj With Light Chipping At Corners Heavier Irregular Chipping Up To 3/4" Deep Across Top Of Front Panel. Lightening On Right Half Of Front Panel Of Dj Water Staining With Heavy Show-Through On Inside Of Jacket No Damp-Staining To Spine Rear Panel Or Flaps. Little, Brown And Company hardcover
1948ref. 027946Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. 1/3497 Copies. Red Cloth Gilt. Correct First Binding With One Final Leaf And One Final Free Endpaper And With Publisher's Name On Spine Measuring 3Mm In Height. Fine Book No Wear Or Fading No Names Or Marks. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped Light Wear Two Short Under 1/8" Tears At Top Of Front Panel With 1" Light Connecting Crease 1/8" Chip At Bottom Rear Flap Fold Minute Losses At Other Tips Some Fading Of Red Title On Spine Now Pink. Fantasy Press hardcover
1956ref. 027956New York: Gnome Press 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 192 Pp. First Edition First Binding Of Beige Boards Lettered In Black. Book Is Near Fine No Wear Or Marks Slight Corner Bump At Top And Bottom Of Spine Pages With Average Browning. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped Some Fading Of Spine Background Color To A Lighter Blue No Chips Two Short Tears At Top Edges Of Spine Slight Rubbing At Top Edge And Lower Corners Of Spine And At Upper Front Tip Altogether Very Clean No Dust. Gnome Press hardcover
1957ref. 028021New York: Doubleday 1957. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition Stated First Issue Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95. Light Rubbing At Edges Single 1/4" Fray Along Bottom Edge Of Front Board; There Are A Few Tiny Light Spots At The Top Edge Of The Sheets. The Dj Has Wear A Few Tiny Losses At Corners And Tips And At Bottom Of Spine A Few Short Closed Tears And A Few Spots Where Red Of Cloth Covers Has Bled Through To Inside Of Dj Without Any Trace Of Staining. Dj Has Small Areas Of Interior Tape Reinforcement At Folds. Slight Fading. All Lettering And Design On Dj Is Clear. Doubleday hardcover
1957ref. 028022New York: Doubleday & Company 1957. First Bookclub Edition . Brown Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. Orange Boards Lettered In Black. Book Club Edition Code G45. A Bright Attractive Book And Slight Bumping At Corners Of Book Light Rubbing At Corners Of Dj A Little Browning To Top Of Rear Panel Of Dj No Names Or Marks. This Is The Book Club Edition The Trade Edition Is Rare. Doubleday & Company hardcover
ref. 028198Tokyo: Gengensha Co Ltd Circa 1958. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color Frontispiece. 190 Pp. Slightly Flexible Boards Glassine Dj Slipcase. Translation Arranged Through George Thomas Folster Company Tokyo For The Gengensha Science Fiction Series This Being No. 13. Text Almost Entirely In Japanese. First Published 1954 In The Us. Gengensha Co, Ltd [Circa 1958] hardcover
1949ref. 028300Reading: Fantasy Press 1949. First Edition . Purple Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. Donnell. First Edition first binding per Currey purple cloth near fine in an as-new bright fine DJ with an inserted limitation plate #5 of 250 copies signed by Campbell one of the scarcer Fantasy Press limited editions; Campbell is said to have refused to sign more than 250 copies and the remainder of the 500 copies were issued with unsigned limitation plates. Fantasy Press hardcover
1975ref. 028312Pasadena Ward Ritchie Press 1975. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Xv 490 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt; Lighter Green Endpapers.First Edition First Printing. Nf In Nf Slightly Rubbed Dj With A Long Personal Inscription "With Gratitude And Admiration" To Richard Spangler On The Ffep Dated 12/8/1975. A Few Marks In Foreword Introduction And Afterword Referencing The Text On Zen And Apparently By Spangler Author Of An Important Work On Kung Fu. Pasadena Ward Ritchie Press hardcover
1953ref. 028302Reading Fantasy Press 1953 1953. First Edition First Binding State . Purple Cloth. Near Fine/As New Jacket. 254 Pp. Currey's First Binding Of Purple Boards Spine Lettered In Gold One Of The Subscriber's Copies #318/500 Signed By Campbell. Near Fine Slight Foxing To Pastedowns And Endpapers In An As-New Dj. Reading Fantasy Press 1953 hardcover
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
2007ref. 41941New York & London:: Ace Books 2007. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket a new copy. First printing. "In the year 2018 Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring robbery has taken place at an internet startup" But the bank was located in a virtual land and robbery was supposed to be impossible. Vernor Vinge called this "a near-future story that is at once over the top and compellingly believable." SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for 2008 Hugo. Ace Books, hardcover
1987ref. 60603New York:: Bantam 1987. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Willis's first separately authored novel and winner of the Campbell Award for Best Novel. A love story a novel about the Civil War an exploration of the dream world and a compelling book. INSCRIBED on the title page. 212 pp. Bantam, hardcover
1926ref. 58307London:: Watts & Co. 1926. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in the original blue cloth with front and spine stamped in gold top edge gilt bookplate slightly overopened at p 10 but the covers are as bright and beautiful as when the book was first published binding is sturdy. First printing. Uncommon first edition of this fantasy about Zeus creating Earth and our solar system to prove to the other gods that he can design in miniature; the gods observe human evolution ending with the splitting of the atom. 125 pp. Watts & Co., hardcover
2000ref. 58777New York:: Harcourt Inc. 2000. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket appears unread. First printing. The third book in the Company series set in early California. 334 pp. Dust jacket art by Michael Koelsch. Harcourt, Inc., hardcover
2001ref. 58778New York:: Harcourt Inc. 2001. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket appears unread. First printing. The fourth book in the Company series "Dedicated to saving the future by preserving the past the cyborgs of the Company now wonder if they must save themselves" 295 pp. Dust jacket by Kelly Nelson. Harcourt, Inc., hardcover
1990ref. 58876New York:: William H. Morrow 1990. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Second novel by this music radio host and fantasy editor at Ace Books; based on the Middle English ballad of a minstrel who is abducted by the Queen of Elfland and lives for years without aging in her magic kingdom. Interesting association copy SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page to the "generous people of the E Nakamichi foundation" Kushner was the host of their classical music series. Winner of the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best novel tied with James Morrow 257 pp. Dust jacket art by Thomas Canty. William H. Morrow, 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
