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STAR BRIDGE.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1955]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "Baroque space adventure in which it transpires that all the characters are being manipulated by an unlikely mastermind." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 343. "Its sometimes pixillated intricacy of plotting shows the mark of its senior collaborator's grasp of the nature of good space opera." - John Clute.
AT THE HUMAN LIMIT: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME EIGHT.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 75 copies signed by Williamson (signature label affixed to limitation page), Connie Willis (introduction) and Ralph McQuarrie (cover art). The final volume in the series. Collects thirty four stories, published between April 1959 and 2008. Also included is a 120 page appendix with articles, essays, etc. Foreword by Robert Silverberg and afterword by Jack Williamson.
BROTHERS TO DEMONS, BROTHERS TO GODS.
Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Science fiction novel.
THE COMETEERS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Williamson. This copy, No. 72. Collects two short novels, "The Cometeers" (ASTOUNDING 1936) and "One Against the Legion" (ASTOUNDING 1939), that feature the same characters appearing in THE LEGION OF SPACE (1934; 1947). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-134].
THE COMETEERS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Williamson. This is copy 168. Collects two short novels, "The Cometeers" (ASTOUNDING 1936) and "One Against the Legion" (ASTOUNDING 1939), that feature the same characters appearing in THE LEGION OF SPACE (1934; 1947). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-134].
THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME FIVE.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2006. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by Williamson. Collects twelve stories, novelettes and short novels, published between February 1939 and June 1940, and five short nonfiction pieces. Foreword by Frank Robinson and afterword by Jack Williamson.
DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed and inscribed by Williamson. Classic novel of a werewolf species, Homo Lycanthropus. "...the narrative is gripping and the imagery very effective." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-214. "This...may be Williamson's finest work, a pioneering effort to "supernatural" phenomena, in this case lycanthropy, a scientific rationale." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1256. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1720. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 58. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 4. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1131. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-231. In 333].
DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Williamson. Classic novel of a werewolf species, Homo Lycanthropus. "...the narrative is gripping and the imagery very effective." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-214. "This...may be Williamson's finest work, a pioneering effort to "supernatural" phenomena, in this case lycanthropy, a scientific rationale." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1256. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1720. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 58. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 4. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1131. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-231. In 333].
DRAGON'S ISLAND.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Williamson to Dirce Archer on the front free end paper. A SF thriller about a bioengineered race of superhumans who plan to rule the world.
DRAGON'S ISLAND.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A SF thriller about a bioengineered race of superhumans who plan to rule the world.
DRAGON'S ISLAND.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson to a well known early fan on the front free end paper. A SF thriller about a bioengineered race of superhumans who plan to rule the world.
THE EARLY WILLIAMSON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects an article and eleven of Williamson's early stories published between 1928 and 1933. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-142].
THE EARLY WILLIAMSON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the front free endpaper, dated in 1975.Collects an article and eleven of Williamson's early stories published between 1928 and 1933. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-142].
THE EARLY WILLIAMSON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the front free endpaper, dated in 1977.Collects an article and eleven of Williamson's early stories published between 1928 and 1933. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-142].
GATEWAY TO PARADISE: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME SIX.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2008. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by Williamson. Collects ten stories, novelettes and short novels, published between March 1940 and July 1941, and four short nonfiction pieces. Notably this includes the magazine version of "Darker Than You Think," which Williamson later added 50,000 words for the novel publication by Fantasy Press. Foreword by Fred Pohl and afterword by Jack Williamson.
GOLDEN BLOOD.
[Edgewater, MD]: Tamerlane Press, [1978]. Octavo, jacket cover by J. Allen St. John, cloth. First edition. Originally published as a serial in Weird Tales, this edition incorporates textual revisions.
GOLDEN BLOOD.
[Edgewater, MD]: Tamerlane Press, [1978]. Octavo, jacket cover by J. Allen St. John, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the half title page. Originally published as a serial in Weird Tales, this edition incorporates textual revisions.
THE HUMANOIDS.
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the title page. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333].
THE HUMANOIDS.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2003]. Octavo, illustrations by David G. Klein, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by F. M. Busby. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. Part of the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333].
THE HUMANOIDS.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2087]. Octavo, illustrations by David G. Klein, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by F. M. Busby. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333].
THE LEGION OF SPACE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, illustration by A. J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. Space opera. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-144].
THE LEGION OF TIME.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Space opera first published as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING, May - July 1938. "...in many ways the epitome of the pulp science fiction story, a brilliant example of that peculiar kind of artistry." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1178-81. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-145].
MAZEWAY.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Don Dixon, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Williamson. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series.
THE METAL MAN AND OTHERS: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME ONE.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by Williamson. Collects nine stories first published between December 1928 and March 1931 and several early articles and letters to the editor by Williamson. Introduction by Hal Clement and afterword by Jack Williamson.
SPIDER ISLAND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME FOUR.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2002. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories, novelettes and short novels, published between April 1936 and July 1938, an interview and six short nonfiction pieces. Foreword by Edward Bryant and afterword by Jack Williamson.