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EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first binding of light blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche.
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, second binding of gray cloth with spine panel lettered in red. Signed on the title page by both Dickson and Anderson. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-9].
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, second binding of gray cloth with spine panel lettered in red. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-9].
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding of light blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Signed front free end paper by both Dickson and Anderson. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-9].
A TASTE OF TREASURE.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.
IF THE STARS ARE GODS.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 4-56].
IF THE STARS ARE GODS.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "An episodic narrative involving encounters with some odd aliens. Ruminative and worthy. As with everything Benford has a hand in, the science is excellent." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 182. An early portion of this novel won the 1974 Nebula award for best novelette. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-56. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1004-07].
THE CHANTRY GUILD.
New York: Ace Books, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Part of the author's "Childe Cycle," as sequel to THE FINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.
DICKSON!
Cambridge: NESFA Press, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
THE FAR CALL.
New York: The Dial Press / James Wade, 1978. Octavo, boards. First edition. "A lengthy treatment of the near-future political manoeuverings which attend the first manned flight to Mars" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 131. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-341].
THE FINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.
[New York]: TOR, [1984]. First edition. A novel in the "Childe Cycle." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-181].
THE PRITCHER MASS.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. Octavo, boards. First edition. A tale of the future in which a polluted Earth is controlled by a criminal organization called the Citadel.
THE SPIRIT OF DORSAI.
New York: Ace Books, 1979. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback. Part of the Childe Cycle.
THE STAR ROAD.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects nine stories.
WOLF AND IRON.
New York: Tor, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First edition. An expansion of IN IRON YEARS (1980).
WOLFLING.
[New York]: Baen Books, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. A human is sent the the home world of a galactic empire to observe and gather intelligence.
COMBAT SF.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First edition so stated on copyright page. First edition. Collects twelve stories by Poul Anderson, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Wolfe, and others. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-859].
NEBULA AWARD STORIES TWELVE.
New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1978]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects six stories by Charles L. Grant, Thomas F. Monteleone, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Isaac Asimov and James Tiptree, Jr. Includes two articles by Algirdas Jonas (A.G.) Budrys and James Gunn. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1364].
THE LIFESHIP.
New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1976]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A sabotaged space ship is destroyed and the few survivors make it to the only lifeship, designed to get to the nearest planet.
ALIEN ART.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1973]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
IN IRON YEARS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects seven stories. Includes "A Taste of Tenure" which features an overpopulation dystopia.
THE GRAYSPACE BEAST.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition.
FLASH GORDON STRANGE ADVENTURE MAGAZINE.
New York: C.J.H. Publications, Inc., 1936. Large octavo, single issue, illustrations by Fred Meagher, pictorial wrappers saddle stapled. Pulp magazine. The only issue, which includes eight full page color illustrations. An attempt to blend the comic strip and pulp field which did not find the right audience. Includes the lead story which stars Flash Gordon and three other SF stories. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 273-274].
THE NEW CRUSADE: INCLUDING A REPORT CONCERNING PROHIBITION AND FIFTEEN CENTURIES OF LIQUOR LEGISLATION.
Cleveland, OH: The Crusaders Inc., 1932. Octavo, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in red and black. First edition. A call to young men to participate in "The New Crusade" against bootleggers, gangsters and other public enemies which threaten society. The Crusaders, founded by Fred G. Clark, were a temperance movement devoted to the repeal of the 18th Amendment. After prohibition the organization remained active in politics of the day, Clark later founded the American Ecomonic Foundation.
MAKE HASTE TO LIVE.
Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first mystery novel. Woman's abusive gangster husband returns after prison for revenge. Made into a film noir in 1954 with Dorothy McGuire and Stephen McNally. [Reference: Hubin, p. 337].