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1936ref. 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
1941ref. 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
1956ref. 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
1949ref. 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
1952ref. 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
1951ref. 024267Reading: Fantasy Press 1951 1951. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 255 Pp. Red Brown Cloth Gilt. Cloth. Fine In A Very Near Fine Dust Jacket With A Few Tiny Areas Which Are Lightly Rubbed. First Edition. First Edition Of A Sf Novel By Eric Taine Bell California Institute Of Technology Professor And Early Sf Pulp Writer. #49 Of 300 Issued With A Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author This Copy Warmly Inscribed To Rear Admiral L. C. Stevens And Referring To "The Military Possibilities I Trust In This Yarn. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951 hardcover
1981ref. 006679New York: Harper and Row 1981 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Inscribed On Title Page By Frank Herbert. Book Has Short Shallow Damp Stain Along Top Right Edge Of Rear Cover But Dust Jacket As New. New York: Harper and Row, 1981 hardcover
1871ref. 015350London: William Blackwood and Sons 1871. First Separate Edition First Printing . Violet Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover Illustration By W. Patterson. Pp. 1-641-8 Of Ads. First Issue With "Price Sixpence" And "From Blackwood's Magazine May 1871" On Front Cover And 1871 Date In Roman Numerals At Foot Of Title Page. First Separate Publication Of This Short Story About A Fictional Invasion Of England By Germany. A Bright Clean Almost Unused Copy. Spine Faded To Light Violet As Is A 1/8" Vertical Strip Adjacent To The Spine On The Rear Cover. Very Scarce In Such Exceptional Condition This Being The Best Copy We Have Seen In 30 Years. William Blackwood and Sons unknown
1926ref. 004932London : Hutchinson & Co Publishers Ltd. 1926. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good. 284 Pp. 24 Pp Catalog At Rear Dated Spring 1926. Dystopian Novel Of The Future. Scarce Only 4 Copies Shown In Worldcat In Institutional Holdings One Of Which Is In The Us. . Slight Wear Beginning To Fray At Upper Left Corner Of Spine 4 Small Spots On Spine Spine And Cover Black Lettering And Design All Strong Some Fading To Spine Cloth Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks. Hutchinson & Co (Publishers), Ltd. hardcover
1817ref. 025441London: John Murray 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. I 210; I Viii 214. Quarter Calf 6 Compartments Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition With Fifth Edition Of The First Part Third Edition Of The Second Part Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part First Printed Here In This Third Edition Of Part Ii. Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards With Preliminary And Final Blanks No Ads No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges Joints And Hinges Solid Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition With The First Printing Of The Appendix Is Quite Scarce. John Murray unknown
1965ref. 017196Hollywood circa 1960's: Preminger / Stuart Agency 1965. First Edition . Loose Sheets Brads/ Wrappers. Very Good. Original script outline by Ray Russell for film "X- The Man With the X-ray Eyes" early generation Preminger studio copy in Studio wrappers. With two page original handwritten pencilled sequence/ special effects / production notes. With Preminger's label on outside of covers with address pre-zip-code and pre-area-code with original typewritten title and author's name. Preminger / Stuart Agency unknown
1955ref. 020958Kansas City Circa 1950/1960: Forrest Ackerman Agency 1955. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good. 3 pp 555 word SF story by George Hopkins who published one SF story and also wrote an unpublished "Who's Who in SF". From the archives of SF agent Forrest Ackerman with his "Ackerman Agency" label. Forrest Ackerman Agency unknown
1949ref. 009741New York: : Scribner And Sons 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Clean And Solid Small Area Beginning To Fray At Center Of Top Of Front Panel Pages Beginning To Age Owner's Name At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped But Is First State No Rubber-Stamped Price Only Rocket Ship Galileo And Space Cadet On Rear Panel Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With A 1/4" Narrow V-Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom That At Top Of Front Spine Fold Being 1/8" Wide But Extending 1" Down The Fold; Spine Panel Is Lightly Faded To Pink. A Collectible Copy. Scribner And Sons hardcover
1991ref. 018701New York: Harper Collins 1991. First Edition . Cloth/Boards. Fine/Fine. 193 Pp. First Edition Stated First Printing Indicated. A Fine As New Example Of Book And Dj Signed By Author On Title Page For Me With Two Sheets Of Publisher's Printed Review Material Inserted Loosely. Mainstream Novel Not Sf. Harper Collins hardcover
1952ref. 009574Reading: Fantasy Press 1952. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine Jacket. 254 Pp. Red Brown Cloth Gilt. Fine As New In Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition Of A Sf Novel By Eric Taine Bell California Institute Of Technology Professor And Early Sf Pulp Writer. #140 Of 300 Issued With A Numbered Limitation Leaf Signed By The Author. As New Book And Dj. Fantasy Press hardcover
1953ref. 024273New York: Henry Holt 1953. First Edition stated . Yellow Cloth. Fine/Near Fine DJ. Color Dj By Alex Schomberg. 301 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Edition Stated. Book Is Clean And Bright No Wear At All Contents Crisp. Dj With Touch Of Wear Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine And Rear Top Tip And Front Bottom Tip No Fading Price Clipped With Publisher's $3.50 Price Stamped At Top Of Front Flap. Henry Holt hardcover
1946ref. 019243New York: Random House 1946. First Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 997 Pp. First Issue Binding 8 5/8" Tall Using Medium-Quality Sheets Which Tend To Age A Little With Publisher's Name On Cloth Spine 1 1/4" Long The Second Binding Is 8 3/16" Tall Utilizes A Thinner And Finer White Paper Which Does Not Darken Over Time And Has A Publisher's Name 1 5/8" Long. From The Estate Of A E Van Vogt Author Of Two Stories Published Here And Husband Of E. Mayne Hull Who Published Sf Stories And Books Under Her Own Name And Jointly With A E Van Vogt Although After Her Death Van Vogt Took Credit For All Of Her Writing Questrionably. Inscribed "To "Daddy" Hull Birthday 1946" On Front Endpaper By Hull; This Was Later Crossed Out Probably When The Book Reverted To Hull After Her Father's Death; The Book Subsequently Passed Into The Estate Of A E Van Vogt. Worn And Frayed Binding Cracked Before Half-Title Page. Random House hardcover
1923ref. 026234New York: Frederick A. Stokes Harrap 1923. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth / Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Color Plates and Calligraphic Text. U. S. edition published by Stokes; one of 200 copies 1750 copies were printed of the UK first edition published by Harrap this is the simultaneous US printing by Stokes one of 250 copies with Stokes imprint on spine panel of DJ and book and on title page "Printed in Great Britain" printed on inside of DJ. Complete with all 48 color plates and all text title and contents pages all plates and text mounted on gray paper as issued. Cloth and boards are immaculate gilt on spine still brilliant no fraying to cloth but paper covering tips and bottom edges of boards has frayed due to weight of book. Hinges tight but title page professionally re-attached. DJ is clean but worn along top and bottom edges with loss at top of spine and adjacent top edge of panels for a length of 4 3/8" up to 3/4" deep removing most of "The Ship" in title; V-chip at bottom of rear spine fold up to 1 7/8" deep and up to 1 3/4" deep removing all but the "E" in the publisher's name; squarish chip at bottom of front flap up to 1" wide and up to 1 1/8" deep; 1/4" rectangular chip near upper tip of front panel with 1" tear to corner; light chipping at corners. Reverse of DJ had clear tape reinforcement along much of folds and some of edges with no show-through on front. Frederick A. Stokes [Harrap] hardcover
1966ref. 024218New York: Doubleday 1966. First Edition stated . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. 190 Pp. Stated First Edition Code H-1 On P. 190. First Printing. Expanded Into A Novel By Van Vogt From A Short Story Officially But Highly Unlikely By His Wife E Mayne Hull. Trace Of Rubbing At Corners Of Book. Doubly Inscribed To A Long-Time Sf Fan By The Authors "For ----------- And --------------- With My Very Best Wishes - All The Luck And Good Fortune In The World Particularly Right Now - Van" And "I Add My Good Wishes To Van's - Affectionately Mayne". Dj Unworn Not Price-Clipped Fine. Van Vogt's Explanation Of Their Collaboration Was That She Had Written A Short Story Which He Greatly Expanded; Van Vogt Later Told His Second Wife That All Of Mayne's Work Was His Own; He Pasted Labels In His Own Copies Of Their Books To That Effect; And Said That He Wrote Under Her Name Only Because Astounding Had A Policy Of Publishing Only One Story By An Author In A Single Issue And He Got Around That By Using Her Name For A Second Story In The Same Issue. This Is All Murky; Friends Have Indicated That Mayne Had No Interest In Sf But It Is Not Implausible That She Would Be Writing During Van Vogt's Years Of Great Success Starting In The Mid 1940'S Given Her Education Background And Personality. . Doubleday hardcover
1949ref. 024125Reading: Fantasy Press 1949 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 252 Pp. First Binding Of Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering Fine No Wear At All Due To Special Plastic Protector. Dust Jacket Lightly Used Touch Of Wear At Corners Immaculate Not Price-Clipped Tiny Loss On Part Of Top Of Spine. Inscribed On Front Free Endpaper "To ----------------------------- At The Nycon Of 1956 With My Best Regards- Edward E Smith Phd". The Dj Was Enclosed In Heavy Plastic Wrap Protecting The Dust Jacket And Boards But Old Tape Formerly Placed Across The Folds Of The Protector Has Left Two Small Yellow Offset Marks On The Free Endpapers; Tape Was Never Attached Just Yellow Offset Color From The Tape. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1949 hardcover
1927ref. 003994New York: Houghton Mifflin 1927. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/4" High. 131 Pp. First Edition. Clean And Unmarked Pages. Green Cloth Stamped In Black. No Inscriptions No Foxing. Silk Ribbon Bookmark Attached. Illustrated Endpapers. Dj With Fine Color Illustration Not Price-Clipped $2.00 And In A Protective Plastic Cover. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket With Just Traces Of Rubbing At Corners. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1953ref. 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
1925ref. 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
1950ref. 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
1927ref. 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
