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THE COSMIC GEOIDS AND ONE OTHER.
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1949. Octavo, illustrations by Lou Goldstone, cloth. First edition. Collects two stories, "The Cosmic Geoids" and "The Black Goldfish." The first was serialized in SPACEWAY magazine, the second in FANTASY BOOK magazine.
THE CRYSTAL HORDE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell as Taine. This is copy 242. "Originally published in AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY (1930) as 'White Lily,' under which title it was once reprinted, this is an extravagant scientific romance involving crystalline life and social strife in the Far East, with the kind of cataclysmic conclusion that Taine loved." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-124.
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN ...
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 free endpaper, [Reference: In 333].
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN ...
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. [Reference: In 333].
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia.
THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. [Reference: In 333].
G.O.G. 666.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, Inc., 1954. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell (as Taine). This is copy 67. Science fiction novel involving genetics and communist scientists during the cold war.
GREEN FIRE.
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., [1952]. Octavo, boards. Later edition. First published in 1928. by E. P. Dutton. An uncommon issue of this book. In an FPCI dust jacket which is price-clipped and has "BOOK CLUB EDITION" rubber-stamped at lower edge of front flap. Development of atomic power in 1990 threatens the destruction of the universe.
QUAYLE'S INVENTION ...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-451 [452-458: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge not stained, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. The author's second SF novel. Discovery of a process to extract gold from sea water and its consequences. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2151. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 745. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 211. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 13968].
SEEDS OF LIFE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition, trade issue, first binding. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126].
SEEDS OF LIFE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition, trade issue, first binding. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126].
SEEDS OF LIFE.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell. This is copy 65. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126].