SHAKA II.
Resnick, Mike.
[Hornsea, England: PS Publishing Ltd.], 2009. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Resnick. Novella.
[Hornsea, England: PS Publishing Ltd.], 2009. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Resnick. Novella.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1967]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The second volume in the "Demon Princes" series. Kirth Gersen's revenge continues. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. Hewett and Mallett, The Work...
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Reynolds. Novella. Involves first contact.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the front free end papers as MacDonald. A Lew Archer novel. [Reference: Hubin, p. 527].
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. Octavo, three full-page interior illustrations and dust jacket illustration by Tim Kirk, cloth. Later edition. A reissue of the Grant edition of Howard's first book, with Breckenridge...
New York: Atheneum, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The final book of the "Earthsea" series, "a book somewhat more mature in its themes and plot." - Barron (ed) Horror and Fantasy (1999) 7-225...
New York: Random House, [1975]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The first Benjamin Smoke novel.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1971. "As of May 1, 1971, Roderic Meng, a former employee of Arkham House returns as General Manager..." Page 2 headed: "Books Coming in 1971-72." [Reference: Squires and Mays 53].
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The second Robicheaux novel.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by McBain. An 87th Precinct novel.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The author's first book. 1968 Nebula award winner for best novel. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to Seetee Ship. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1261].
Hollywood, CA: Anson Bond Publications, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bonded Mystery No. 7. Mystery novel, "abridged edition."
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, [1984]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Spenser novel.
New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Second of three SF themed issues, written by Arthur Guy Empey. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science...
Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. Collects the four Captain Future adventures from 1941. Introduction by Bertil Falk. Gallery of illustrations from the original pulp magazines in...
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1982]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. An expansion of The Burning World (1964), a paperback original. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-66. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp...
New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, n.d., [c. 1921-27]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-350 [351-361: ads] [362: blank], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original green cloth front stamped and spine stamped in...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding B1, probable first state of the trade binding with publisher's logo inverted at base of...
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2007. Octavo, imitation leather. First edition. Of 226 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by Willis. Copy "Q." Collects twenty-three stories and novellas, some previously uncollected. Includes a....
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1951]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #190. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery.
Los Angeles: [Shottlebop Press], 1983. Octavo, pp. [1-12] (not paginated), pictorial wrappers. First edition. One of 150 copies. Inscribed on the front cover by Bradbury, dated 1984. First printing of a long, early Bradbury poem...
New York: Ace Books, 1995. Octavo, boards. First edition. Fantasy. Sequel to THE GODMOTHER (1994).
New York: Timescape Books Distributed by Simon and Schuster, [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "On Ganymede a boy and his older companion hunt a mysterious alien entity. It's a conscious SF transcription of William...
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1987]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "Nail-biting thriller about a secret agent who has invented a technological gizmo which compels others to do as he commands." -...
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft ("The Fungi From Yoggoth" (3) - verse), Seabury Quinn...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953]. Octavo, illustrated by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. "Striking are the detailed, convincing picture of spaceship operational procedures and the suspense whenever the ship must...
[London]: Orion, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Rankin on the title page. A Rebus novel.
[Sauk City:]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1987]. Octavo, illustration by J.K. Potter, cloth. First edition, first printing. The author's second book and first story collection. Illustrations by J.K. Potter. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1000...
[New York]: Ace Books, [1978]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Dracula teams with Holmes to fight The Giant Rat of Sumatra. [Reference: Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic...
New York: DAW, [1982]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books 488. Paperback original. Set in the author's Alliance-Union Universe. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-105].
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1995]. Octavo, frontispiece by Pat Morrissey, full leather, a.e.g. First limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by LeGuin. Collects eight stories. Includes "Newton's Sleep," a story...
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket Book 709. A Paul Pine detective novel.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Jill Bauman, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Resnick. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton Press signed...
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1935. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition.
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