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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "What happens when a cautious-to-the-point-of-cowardice go-between gets emotional about a bunch of starving kids. Phil St. Ives is hired by a....

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. Heinlein's third juvenile novel, and one that introduced many young boys to science fiction. "...[Heinlein] came fully into his own as...

West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Brin. Sequel to STARTIDE RISING (1983). Winner of the 1988 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder...

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1969]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An American is a silent partner in an international import-export firm. One of the other partners is murdered and he is treks to the...

Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. Octavo, boards. First edition.

Los Angeles, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1988. Octavo, First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Herron and sixteen contributors including Frank Belknap Long, Thomas M. Disch, Thomas Tessier, L. Sprague de Camp, Dennis...

[New York]: Viking, [2011]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The second volume in the The Magicians series. An adult fantasy novel in which magicians exist in their own society and have their own university. Made in...

New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., [1973]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Novel set during WW II.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Hard boiled mystery.

New York: The Red Star News, Co., 1937. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Richard Sale, Johnston McCulley and others. "Detective Fiction Weekly maintained a strong personality in a crowded field, through...

New York: The Clayton Magazines, Inc., 1931. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features stories by Jack Williamson, Nat Schachner, Ray Cummings and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy...

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1958. Octavo, boards. First edition.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...this is Anderson at his tragic-heroic best, blending meticulous astrophysics with brooding romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-6. Nominated for a Hugo...

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A novel featuring Elliot Ness.

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bell. This copy is personalized to Parker Wheat, M.D., whose bookplate is affixed to the verso of the front...

Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Salmonson on the title page. Collects seventeen stories, two previously unpublished, and an article describing Bowen's own ghostly experience...

Chicago: Teck Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue cover illustration by Leo Morey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features "The Contest of the Planets" (p. 1) by John W. Campbell, Jr. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction...

Seattle, WA: Darkside Press, [2002]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Retrospective collection of the author's stories, some never having appeared in book form before, and also a previously unpublished novelette discovered in the authors papers at...

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-266 [267: blank] [268: printer's information] [269-272: blank], original light orange cloth, front stamped in black, spine stamped in green and black, rear stamped in...

[London]: Fontana, [1974]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The author's third story collection. Collects seven stories, the title story was used as part of the film From Beyond the Grave (1974). Pringle...

New York: Delacorte Press, [1987]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. This edition preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Involves the narrative of Rabo Karabekian, a minor character from BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.

New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1977]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books No. 267. Signed by Karl Wagner at his contribution. Collects eleven stories by Karl Edward Wagner, George R.R. Martin, C. J....

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1943. Octavo, single issue, cover by E. Franklin Wittmak, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Ray Bradbury's second Weird Tales appearance, "The Wind." Also fiction by Henry Kuttner, August Derleth, Robert Bloch...

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1937]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-3] 4-307 [308-312: ads] [313-314: blank], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black, yellow end papers, top edge stained black. First U. S. edition...

New York: Hillman Periodicals, Inc., n.d., [1950?]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Hillman No. 33. Western adventure.

[London]: Severn House, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Issued earlier as a Target Books paperback titled Zombie! Stories of the Living Dead (1985). Collects twelve stories by Lafcadio Hearn, Henry S. Whitehead, Vivian Meik...

New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1950]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later paperback edition. Dell 452. A mapback edition (reprinting Dell #411). Collects the following stories, A Man Called Spade...

Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Science fiction novel.

New York: HarperCollins, [1994]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. A Discworld novel.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1941. Octavo, single issue cover painting by Hubert Rogers, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Theodore Sturgeon (with two pieces-the other as "E. Waldo Hunter)," Harry...

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, Publishers, 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Revision and expansion of Derleth's ARKHAM HOUSE: THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS 1939-1959 (1959) that provides a brief history of the firm and checklist of...

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U. S. edition. Historical fiction mostly set around historical events. The seventh volume in the Flashman series. Told in two parts Flashman travels to...

Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects twelve stories originally published 1951-1962, most first appearing in magazines, some stories have been re-titled. "Dazzling...

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First trade hardcover edition. First published in hardcover by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1976. Collects twenty-two stories from 1949-1973. Knight was awarded a SFWA Grand...

New York: Stein and Day Publishers, [1986]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. Psychic thriller.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-267 [268: colophon] [269-272: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in blue-gray and black, decorated light gray cloth...