RICHARD BOLITHO-MIDSHIPMAN.
Reeman, Douglas, writing as "Alexander Kent".
[London: Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd, 1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A Richard Bolitho sea adventure set in 1772.
[London: Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd, 1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A Richard Bolitho sea adventure set in 1772.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1951]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology of ten stories, authors include Bradbury, Asimov, Van Vogt and others. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-215].
New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1934. Octavo, single issue, cover by Paul Stahr, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Fiction by Theodore Roscoe, Murray Leinster, Fred MacIsaac and others.
New York: AvoNova/William Morrow and Co., 1993. Wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof. Expansion of the novella that was the winner of the 1991 Nebula and 1992 Hugo awards.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects two novellas, "Waldo" (Astounding, 1942) and "Magic, Inc." (Unknown, 1940). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-171. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 792...
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed by Martin on the title page. The author's first novel. 1978 Hugo nominee. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-711].
San Francisco, CA, Columbia,PA: Brandywyne Books, [1984]. Octavo, imitation white leather. First edition. One of 1000 copies with inserted limitation leaf signed by McCaffrey. Mystery and romance.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, illustrations by J.K. Potter, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-32. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 93. Pringle, Modern Fantasy...
[London]: John Westhouse (Publishers) Ltd, [1946]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-274 [275-276: blank], eight inserted plates with color illustrations by Bruce Angrave, original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Collects eighteen short stories...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery novel, he later became the noted editor of Black Mask magazine during it's heyday.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-400 [401] [402-406: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front stamped in blind and gold, spine stamped in gold. First...
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1979]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 signed by Brennan and Grant. Lucius Leffing investigates at the First World Fantasy Convention. Also includes a Lucius Leffing bibliography...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Well-regarded vampire novel. Filmed as "Incense for the Damned" (1970). Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-248. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 90. Reginald 12048...
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. Octavo, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Hubin, p. 458].
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Horror novel involving a serial killer. "... arguably the most successful of Shirley's horror novels, combines many of the spiritual and supernatural elements of CITY...
New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Cornell Woolrich, "After Dinner Story," Dwight Babcock, Steve Fisher and others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp...
Toronto: Fictioneers, Inc., 1949. Octavo, single issue, cover by Lawrence, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, Canadian issue, issued simultaneously with the U. S. edition with identical story content, editorial control in New York. Includes "Impossible" by...
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1990]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Kinsey Millhone mystery.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. 1975 Hugo and Nebula nominee. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder(2004) II-811].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "The inhabitants of a synthetic world beyond the orbit of Pluto come to the aid of Earth when...
[New York]: Dutton, [1990]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U. S. edition. Collection of six stories and seven brief pieces. Includes "Blue Rose" "The Juniper Tree" (both linked to KOKO and MYSTERY) and "Mrs. God."...
Chicago: Popular Publications, Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover by John Howitt, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Reign of the Death Fiddler" with Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." The character was established to be a....
Los Angeles: Bantam Publications, Inc., [1940]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Bantam No. 9. Crime novel set in New York. Published as part of the short-lived L. A. Bantam series of books. [Reference: Hubin...
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2009. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects nine stories, all previously uncollected.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Algernon Blackwood, Robert E. Howard and Frank T. Torbett ("A Thunder of Trumpets")...
Wilmington, DE: Culture Publications, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ward, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine.
Kokomo, IN: Recreational Reading, Inc., an affiliate of Popular Publications, Inc., 1950. Octavo, single issue, cover by Norman Saunders, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Smoking Land" by George Challis. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-256 [257: ad] [258: blank] [259-263: ads] [264: blank] [265-267: ads] [268: blank], ten inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, ten inserted...
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2008. Octavo, imitation leather. First edition. One of twenty six lettered copies signed by Farmer. This is copy "L". Story collection. Includes the title story, "Venus on the Half-Shell," which was...
London: Dennis Dobson, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Collection of eight stories. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-87].
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed and inscribed by Williamson. Classic novel of a werewolf species, Homo Lycanthropus. "...the narrative is gripping and the imagery very effective."...
[New York]: A Signet Book Published by The New American Library, [1959]. Octavo, cover by Richard Powers pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Signet S1729. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included...
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1933]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A hard boiled novel featuring Jim Sands, cynical newspaper reporter.
New York: Hearst's International Library, 1915. Octavo, First edition. A Craig Kennedy novel. [Reference: Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 642. Reginald 12097. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Hubin (1994), p. 672. Smith, American Fiction...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, cloth. First edition. An early science fiction novel of man's first colony on the moon. Dust jacket art by Richard Powers.
[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Baxter. Story collection.
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