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ISLANDS IN THE SKY.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First British edition. As his prize for winning a TV quiz show in the second half of the twenty-first century, a young man is given the opportunity to visit an orbiting space station. His adventures there include a runaway rocket ship, the making of a space film, and a confrontation with space pirates. A "plausible and accurate fictional tour of the space stations which are probably in our very near future." - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. First published as part of the Winston Juvenile series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-251.
THE LION OF COMARRE & AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book publication of "The Lion of Comarre." "The Lion of Comarre" is a hackwork variation on the land of the lotus-eaters ... the dream land's being replaced by a dream city, 'a vast honeycomb of chambers' run by machines." - Erlich and Dunn, Clockwork Worlds, p. 281.
THE LION OF COMARRE AND AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1968. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review slip laid in. First book publication of The Lion of Comarre.
THE MAKING OF A MOON: THE STORY OF THE EARTH SATELLITE PROGRAM.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1958]. 24 plates, 24 figures in the text, original blue boards with black cloth shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in silver, fore-edge untrimmed. Revised edition. Ciancone 50.
THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD: THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of 25 stories selected by Clarke.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included are "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Star". The final story in this collection, "The Songs of A Distant Earth" was later developed into the novel of the same name. Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-46.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Clarke to collector Stephen Takacs in the year of publication on the front free end paper. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included are "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Star". The final story in this collection, "The Songs of A Distant Earth" was later developed into the novel of the same name. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-252.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
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, notably with Victor Gollancz. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included are "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Star". The final story in this collection, "The Songs of A Distant Earth" was later developed into the novel of the same name. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-252.
PRELUDE TO MARS.
New York: Harcourt Brace and World, 1965. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Omnibus edition which contains the novels Sands of Mars, Prelude to Space and sixteen short stories.
PRELUDE TO SPACE.
[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1954]. Octavo, original black boards, spine lettered in red. First U.S. hardcover edition. An early binding of black boards lettered in red, with no priority established, this binding seems less common. Clarke's first SF book. Text differs from those printed in the earlier World (1951) and Sidgwick and Jackson (1953) editions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-103.
PRELUDE TO SPACE.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, [1953]. Octavo, cover by Ed Emshwiller, cloth. First British (and first hardcover)edition. The first printing of the revised text of Clarke's first SF book. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-103.
PRELUDE TO SPACE.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. with Ballantine Books, [1954]. Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Ballantine Book 68. Clarke's first SF book. Text differs from those printed in the earlier World (1951) and Sidgwick and Jackson (1953) editions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-103.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962. Octavo, boards. First British hardcover edition. Alternative to the quite scarce Ballantine hardcover edition, the English edition is also somewhat uncommon. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first published story.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., [1962]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Alternative to the quite scarce Ballantine hardcover edition, the English edition is also somewhat uncommon. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first published story.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. Octavo, cover by Richard Powers, original green cloth, spine stamped in blue. First edition. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first published story. Nice cover painting by Richard Powers.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. Octavo, cover by Richard Powers, original red cloth, spine stamped in blue. First edition. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first published story. Nice cover painting by Richard Powers.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Alternative to the quite scarce Ballantine hardcover edition, the English edition is also somewhat uncommon. Collects twelve stories including "Rescue Party" the author's first published story. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-104.
REACH FOR TOMORROW.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. Octavo, original yelllow cloth, spine stamped in black. First edition. A collection of twelve stories including "Rescue Party," Clarke's first published story. Fine jacket art by Richard Powers. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-104.
THE SANDS OF MARS.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second SF book.
THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH.
New York: Del Rey, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1986]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "...recounts the meeting of an isolated human colony on a remote planet with one of the last spaceships to leave a doomed Earth, and the cultural clashes that follow.' - Clute (ed), SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-139.
TALES FROM THE WHITE HART.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Collects fifteen fantastic tall tales related by Harry Purvis at the "White Hart," a London pub close to Fleet Street frequented by journals, writers, editors and scientists, all published between 1954 and 1957. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-105.
TALES FROM THE WHITE HART.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 186. Paperback original. Collects fifteen fantastic tall tales related by Harry Purvis at the "White Hart," a London pub close to Fleet Street frequented by journals, writers, editors and scientists, all published between 1954 and 1957. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-105.
CRADLE.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1988]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition.
THE GARDEN OF RAMA.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1991]. First edition. The third Rama book.