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[Chapel Hill, N.C.]: Whispers Press, 1977. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade edition. [Reference: Joshi I-A-82].

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Inscribed and dated by Clarke to Malcolm (Edwards) on the title page. Edwards has a long history in the science fiction field as an editor...

New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Brink of Death" by C.K.M. Scanlon. "The new G-Men magazine was probably the most popular pulp of those featuring federal agent...

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1940. Octavo, single issue, cover by H. W. Scott, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Frosted Death" by Kenneth Robeson (pseudonym). [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp...

[New York]: HarperPrism, [1994]. Octavo, cloth. Advance readers edition. Signed by Le Guin on the title page. Special edition of 1500 copies distributed as gifts of the author and publisher. Collects eight stories. Includes "Newton's...

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...

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection. "Nine SF stories, more long than short, have an added ingredient of philosophy, of the theory that ""never can a....

New York: Love Romances, 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Allen Anderson pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Temple of Han" by Jack Vance. Also fiction by Poul Anderson, Frank Belknap Long, Mack Reynolds, James Blish...

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Virgil Finlay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Edmond Hamilton, August Derleth, Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner and others. [Reference: Tymm and...

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects all of Derleth's science fiction short stories, most first published in SF magazines during the 1950s. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 530].

[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Abercrombie. The author's second novel and the second book of "The First Law" trilogy. From a Guardian interview with...

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-283 [284: blank], original orange cloth, front panel stamped in brown and blind, spine panel stamped in brown. First edition. 6000 copies printed. [Reference...

New York: Walker, 1996. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed. Author's second mystery.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo. cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury to a well known fan on the front free end paper with a drawing of a Dandelion. Set in...

New York: St. Martin's Press, [2008]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance reader's copy. From the promotional sheets: "For the first time ever, an exploration of the complete work of internationally bestselling author and pop culture phenomenon...

[Providence, RI: The Buffalo Book Company, 1946]. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-303 [304: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Wonderful association copy with a full page inscription signed by...

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1967]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Publisher's review slip laid in. Collects twenty stories and the novel METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN, that comprise most of Heinlein's "future history" series. [Reference: Anatomy of...

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Nebula nominee for 1966. Filmed in 1966 by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, and Donald Pleasance. This is a novelization of the screenplay. [Reference...

[Leyburn, North Yorkshire]: Tartarus Press, [2016]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-six stories. Limited to 300 copies.

[Milwaukie, OR]: Dark Horse Books, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. First publication of Burroughs's unfinished novel revised and completed by Joe R. Lansdale. A presentation copy with signed inscriptions to ERB collector William Ross by...

New York: Garland, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "...the first and thus far the only attempt to compile a complete bibliography of modern adult fantasy..." - Burgess and Bartle, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1967]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The third Adam Dalgliesh novel.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Moskowitz to Bob (Robert A.) Madle. Madle was a noted fan, science fiction dealer and the founder of First...

Philadelphia, London: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-341 [342-344: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained black. First edition...

New York: The Macmillan Company, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Set in a future "...where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as...

New York: Mysterious Press, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by introducer Philip Jose Farmer. Collection of Holmes parodies which first appeared in The Greyfriars Herald between 1915 and 1916...

[Leyburn, North Yorkshire]: Tartarus Press, [MMII], 2002. Octavo, boards. First edition. New edition of this collection of 21 stories. "Barker's style is tight and controlled, with a knack for delivering a strong final line." -...

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Historical novel set in the time of the Reformation.

Boston: Altus Press, 2011. Octavo, boards. First edition. Introductions by Will Murray, Michelle Nolan and Martin Grams, Jr. Five stories in and bonus material in each volume.

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, Chicago: A. L. Burt, Publishers, n.d., [c. 1930s]. Octavo original orange cloth, spine stamped in black. Later edition.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2035 copies printed. Revisions, articles, fragments and essays. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1042. Joshi I-A-19].

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. Octavo, boards. First edition. In a near future American authoritarian dystopia "the hero, a poet, is inducted into a secret military experiment to maximize soldiers' intelligence. Infected with a syphilis-type bug...

Pengrove: The Dog and Duck Press, 1949. Booklet; 5 3/4" x 7 3/4", pp. [1-8], printed self wrappers, bound with string. First edition. Limited to twenty copies privately printed. A one page sonnet.

Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate." The author's second book. [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A2k].

New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-391 [392-396: blank], original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition, first printing with "R" monogram...