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A GNOME THERE WAS AND OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-276 [277-280: blank], original red boards, front and spine panels stamped in silver. First edition. Presentation copy warmly inscribed and signed by Kuttner as "Hank ("Lewis Padgett")" to Virgil Finlay and his family. Kuttner and Moore's first collection of short fiction. Collects eleven short stories, including several classics: "The Twonky" and "Mimsy Were the Borogroves." All but two stories are reprinted from 1940s issues of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION and UNKNOWN where Kuttner was a major star of the time under his own name and as "Lewis Padgett," often in collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. "Today ... Kuttner's reputation rests primarily on the literate and sophisticated stories he and Moore wrote for John W. Campbell's ASTOUNDING STORIES during the 1940s ..." - Gunn (ed), The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 261. A major collection of 1940s fantastic fiction. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1273].
LINE TO TOMORROW.
New York: Bantam Books, [1954]. Small octavo, cover art by Mitchell Hooks, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Books 1251. Paperback original. Collects seven stories.
MUTANT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Linked post nuclear holocaust stories of mutant telepaths, the "Baldies." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-618].
MUTANT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Post nuclear holocaust story of mutant telepaths. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-107.
MUTANT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Linked post nuclear holocaust stories of mutant telepaths, the "Baldies." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-618].
MUTANT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Linked post nuclear holocaust stories of mutant telepaths, the "Baldies." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-618].
MUTANT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, boards. First edition. Linked post nuclear holocaust stories of mutant telepaths, the "Baldies." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-618].
ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS.
New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Moore on the title page. A collection of five linked stories featuring Gallegher, an alcoholic inventor, first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in the 1940s. "Amusing adventures of Gallegher, who is capable of inventing fantastic devices only when he is drunk. He has a robot sidekick. All very silly, but they were regarded as among the best humorous SF of their day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 309. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-245].
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects two short novels first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-619].
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects two short novels first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-619].
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects two short novels first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-619].
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects two short novels first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-619].
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN...
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Moore on the title page. Collects two short novels first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-619].