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1942rif. 551213Chicago: Better Publications 1942. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Cover art and "Devil's Planet" illustrated by Rudolph Belarski. Quarto. Illustrated wrappers. Typical wear to yapped edges with tiny chips affecting a bit of text on cover and tears along the spine owner name on interior cover a few small faint stains very good. Features: The first appearances of "Devil’s Planet" by Manly Wade Wellman and "Christmas on Ganymede" by Isaac Asimov his first story to take place on that world "The Fitzgerald Contraction" by Miles J. Breuer M.D. and the first appearance of "Gears for Nemesis" by Raymond Z. Gallun. Writing about "Christmas on Ganymede" in his autobiography Asimov stated: "Writing humor however is harder than digging ditches.Something is either funny or it is not funny at all. There is nothing in between. Better Publications unknown books
1996rif. 601051Upper Saddle River New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. 804pp. Illustrated in color. Sunned spine near fine. A collection of short stories by Charlotte Zolotow Isaac Bashevis Singer Jack London Isaac Asimov Rudyard Kipling Ray Bradbury Beverly Cleary F. Scott Fitzgerald C. S. Lewis and more. Prentice Hall hardcover books
1994rif. 601046Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. 804pp. Illustrated in color. Tiny bump on front board sunned spine near fine. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the library of contributor Charlotte Zolotow with a publisher's complimentary letter laid in. Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department and the acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. A collection of short stories by Charlotte Zolotow Isaac Bashevis Singer Jack London Isaac Asimov Rudyard Kipling Ray Bradbury Beverly Cleary F. Scott Fitzgerald C. S. Lewis and more. Prentice Hall hardcover books
rif. 204NY SIMON 1979. FIRST EDITION FINE. F. NY, SIMON, 1979 unknown books
rif. 205LONDON ROBSON 1980. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. 1st Edition. LONDON, ROBSON, 1980 unknown books
1982rif. 425799Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped near fine in a very good lightly edgeworn dustwrapper with short tears on spine ends spine sunned. Fourth novel in the Foundation Series. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1982rif. 158806Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped near fine in a very good edgeworn dustwrapper with short tears on spine ends short tear on top edge of rear panel small stain on bottom edge of rear flap. Fourth novel in the Foundation Series. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1976rif. 581139Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped just a bit of foxing on the topedge near fine in a toned very good dust jacket with rubbing moderate edgewear and a small dampstain at the lower rear corner. A murder mystery following the adventures of writer and amateur detective Darius Just while attending a convention of the American Booksellers Association. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1984rif. 32436Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps advance uncorrected proofs fine but for lightly sunned spine and old paper clip impression on first preliminary page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pp . Houghton Mifflin paperback books
1951rif. 2351079New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8x5x2. Book club edition gutter code T13 plain top edge. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss and 2 inch closed tear to rear corner and split along rear jacket flap jacket toned a couple small spots on jacket spine. Looks much nicer than it sounds under fresh mylar. 1951 Hard Cover. 227 viii 227 vi 225 pp. Includes Foundation Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation which won the one-time Hugo Award for 'Best All-Times Series' in 1966. Inspiration for the recent Apple TV series. "When the Galactic Empire began to die when the ends of the Galaxy reverted to barbarism and dropped away Hari Seldon and his band of Encyclopedists planted a colony -- the Foundation -- to incubate art science and technology and form the nucleus of the Second Empire. The course of the Foundation's growth was plotted according to the science of psychohistory -- conditions were arranged to bring about a series of crises forcing it to move rapidly along the route to future Empire." Covering nearly four centuries in the history of the Foundation this classic trilogy is one of the most well known works of Isaac Asimov arguably the most prolific writer of our time. Many of Asimov's works have been adapted into films most recently I Robot starring Will Smith which featured the Three Laws of Robotics invented by Asimov. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1979rif. 017132New York: Doubleday 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 455pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition of this anthology with an introduction by Isaac Asimov and stories by Philip K. Dick Larry Niven Jack Vance Asimov and many others. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over orange paper-covered boards with lettering in silver on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket $12.50 is fresh and bright with no chipping creases toning or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. Doubleday hardcover books
1983rif. 011285Boston: Doubleday 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 288pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper $5.95 has a hint of wear at the top tips but quite minor. Bright and fresh with no chipping tears or creases. Stories by Le Guin Vinge Lee and many others. A very pretty collectable copy. Doubleday hardcover books
1959rif. 28490New York: Columbia University Press 1959. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XXX 2 458pp. Original printed wrappers over red cloth with gold-lettering on spine. Top edge red. Frontispiece portrait of Salon W. Baron. Published in honor of the eminent scholar Salo Wittmayer Baron this work contains twenty-six essays and a bibliography of Professor Baron's voluminous writings. Baron was a Professor of Jewish History Literature and Institutions at Columbia University. The essays are by former students of Professor Baron. Minor age wear on wrappers with spine age-toned. Wrappers in overall good binding and interior in very good condition. Columbia University Press hardcover books
1975rif. 214875Edinburgh: The Scottish Arts Council Gallery 1975. Staplebound. Some light wear and toning around wrapper edges. Oblong quarto. Staplebound softcover. Cream wraps with black titles and illustration. 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations portraits ; 21 x 26 cm. 16 August-14 September 1975 the Scottish Arts Council Gallery. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery unknown books
1978rif. 10092New York: St. Martin's Press 1978. Very Good/Very Good. New York: St. Martin's Press 1978. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Aldiss loosely laid in. Octavo; iv 212pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $8.95 price intact; book in red buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn but with no chips tears or marks. Boards are sturdy and square with nudging to spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Aldiss and Harrison's anthology includes the stories "Co-Operate - Or Else!" by A. E. van Vogt "Reason" by Isaac Asimov "Arena" by Fredric Brown "Fireproof" by Hal Clement "The Last Objective" by Paul Carter "Huddling Place" by Clifford D. Simak "Hobbyist" by Eric Frank Russell and "The Xi Effect" by Philip Latham. St. Martin's Press unknown books
2018rif. 574016New York: Bloomsbury 2018. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 437 1pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bloomsbury hardcover books
1933rif. 148420New York: Harper and Brothers 1933. First Edition. First Edition. Noted as 3/17 in manuscript pencil annotation along with an "XX" stamp both on the front wrapper. Very Good plus in brown-and-black wrappers binding starting with light creasing and the stamp of Fresno State College Library on the front wrapper. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1976rif. 18375Boston: Boston Jewish Bicentennial Committee 1976. Softcover. g. 8vo. III 83 1 pp. White wrappers with blue decorative facsimile of a sketch of the Boston Harbor. Inscribed on title page by author "To Stanley with best wishes b'yididut Isaac." Filled with a number of b/w photographs of Jewish life and important figures of the communities. Some sunning to spine library stamp on title page otherwise book is in good - very good condition. Boston Jewish Bicentennial Committee unknown books
1922rif. 549107New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1922. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. First edition. Foreword by J.D.M. Ford. Octavo. xiv 303pp. Very light wear at the corners and spine ends else a fine copy in a price-clipped fair dust jacket with loss soil and a sunned spine. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1924rif. 552564Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius 1924. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. 24mo. 64pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Stapled wrappers. Pages and wraps toned a couple short tears on the cover with tiny nicks on the rear wrap very good. Little Blue Book No. 611. Haldeman-Julius unknown books
1944rif. 50739Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America 1944. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very good . Octavo/ l 2 466pp. Bibliography & index. Green dust jacket lettered in white over blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Dust jacket with minor edge wear at extremities. Jewish Publication Society of America hardcover books
1906rif. 33546Leyden: E. J. Brill 1906. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. VIII 2 118pp. Full black cloth with title laid on spine. Original wrappers bound in. Remarkable work on Judah Messer Leon's commentaries on the Logic shedding a new light on the life and work of the renowned 15th-century Italian rabbi teacher physician and philosopher. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Title label sunned and partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair to good interior in good condition. E. J. Brill hardcover books
1975rif. 333318New York: Hebrew Publishing Co 1975. 127p. hardcover cloth boards in dustjacket; some foxing on fore-edge else in very good condition. Hebrew Publishing Co unknown books
1951rif. 32254New Haven: Yale University Press 1951. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. XV 1 335 1pp. Original printed dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with gold lettering and publisher's device on spine. This remarkable work offers the first translation ever made of all the treatises in Book Twelve of the Code. It consists of the following five treatises: The Law of Sales; The Law of Gifts; The Law of Neighbors; The Law of Agents and Partners; The Law of Slaves. Some age wear on dust-jacket with spine and edges sunned and moderate chipping along upper edges. Dust-jacket in overall fair to good- binding and interior in very good condition. Yale University Press hardcover books
1988rif. 48734London: Histories & Mysteries of Man Ltd 1988. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine condition. Octavo. xiv 376pp. Dark brown faux leather boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Newton comments on the history of what he calls the first memory of things in Europe until the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. This is a reprint of the original London print for J. Tonson in the Strans and J. Osborn and T. Longman in the Pater-noster Row in 1728. Histories & Mysteries of Man Ltd hardcover books
