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THE CAVES OF STEEL in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION October-December, 1953.
[New York: World Editions, Inc., 1953]. Small octavo, three issues, covers by Ed Emshwiller, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The complete first appearance of the Asimov's THE CAVES OF STEEL in three serial parts. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 290-309].
DREAMS AND DAYLIGHTS.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection with some supernatural and fantasy content.
THE DEMOLISHED MAN in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION January-March, 1952.
[New York: World Editions, Inc., 1952]. Small octavo, three issues, covers by Don Silbey, Richard Powers, Richard Arbib, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest sized magazine. The complete first appearance of the Alfred Bester Hugo Award winning novel THE DEMOLISHED MAN in three serial parts. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 290-309].
BEYOND FANTASY FICTION. (Ten issues, all published).
New York: Galaxy Publishing Corporation, 1953-1955. Small octavo, ten issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. This was to be a companion to Galaxy Science Fiction, in the tradition of Unknown. Author's include Damon Knight, Frank Robinson, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, John Wyndham, Algis Budrys, Zenna Henderson, Jerome Bixby, Philip Jose Farmer, Fredric Brown, and others. It could not duplicate the audience of Campbell's Unknown which failed due to WWII paper shortages. This magazine's content was not broad based fantasy fiction, while it did publish quality fiction, it stayed away from traditional fantasy and popular sword and sorcery. It also got lost in the SF digest magazine boom. The covers of the first two issues are by Richard Powers. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 137-142].
10,000 YEARS IN A BLOCK OF ICE. Translated From the French ... by John Paret.
London, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, Publisher, [1898]. Octavo, pp. [3-5] 6-256 [257-258: ads] [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], original olive-green ribbed cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver and red. First edition in English. A translation of DIX MILLE ANS DANS UN BLOC DE GLACE (1889). A sequel of sorts to LES SECRETS DE MONSIEUR SYNTHESE (1888-9). This same monsieur, the sole survivor of a polar expedition, is resuscitated, after having been in suspended animation for 10,000 years, by the Cerebrals, an advanced race of tiny humanoids (a cross of Chinese and Negroes) possessing tremendous mental powers which enable them, among other things, to fly and to communicate with Mars. Versins notes that the book is remarkable for its lack of the sort of racism that characterizes most adventure fiction of this period. It is also, for a sleeper-awakes-in-the-distant-utopian-future SF tale, unusually short. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-21 and (1981) 1-25. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 246. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 087. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 24. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 38. Locke, Voyages in Space 41. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 71. Versins, Encyclopédie de l'Utopie des Voyages Extraordinaires et de la Science Fiction, (1972), pp. 126-27. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Reginald 01674].
THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA.
New York: Warner Books, 1976. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Author's first book. Sherlockiana.
THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA.
New York: Warner Books, 1976. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Author's first book. Sherlockiana.
THE FIREMAN (Novella), February, 1951 and TYRANN (THE STARS LIKE DUST), January to March, 1951 in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION.
[New York: World Editions, Inc., 1951]. Small octavo, three issues, covers by John Bunch, Chesley Bonestell and Don Sibley, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest sized magazine. First appearance of the novella The Fireman by Bradbury which would be expanded into the novel Fahrenheit 451. And the first publication of TYRANN (THE STARS LIKE DUST) by Asimov. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 290-309].
MURDER CALIFORNIA STYLE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Anthology featuring stories from the Southern California chapter of the M.W.A.
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue photo cover, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley, Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Laurence Donovan, Steve Fisher, and Alan Hathway. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue photo cover, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley, Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Laurence Donovan, Steve Fisher, and Alan Hathway. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley (Carrie Cashin), Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Wyatt Blassingame, Arthur J. Burks and Ned O'Doherty. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue photo cover, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The first issue. Stories by Theodore Tinsley, Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Norvell W. Page, Clifford Goodrich, Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Steve Fisher, and Laurence Donovan. The Norgil the Magician story by Grant is the first in the series. The Tinsley story features Carrie Cashin, female private detective, the first of a series. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue cover by Graves Gladney, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent), Theodore Tinsley (Carrie Cashin), Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Mark Harper (pseudonym for Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw), Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page and Laurence Donovan. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
BOOK CATALOGS: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HORROR, MYSTERY & ADVENTURE FICTION. Numbers 111-113.
Elizabethtown, NY: L. W. Currey, 1997-1998. Octavo, 3 volumes, pictorial wrappers. Collection of three catalogs which total nearly one thousand pages with nearly eleven thousand entries. All books cataloged by Mr. Currey have excellent bibliographic descriptions.
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AUTHORS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST PRINTINGS OF THEIR FICTION AND SELECTED NONFICTION. Revised Edition.
Olathe, KS: RB Publishing, [2002]. Searchable CD-ROM. Revised and corrected edition. On Compact Disc. Quasi-descriptive bibliography compiled to meet the need for a single volume bibliography providing comprehensive and accurate checklists of all book fiction by major authors identified with the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres from the late nineteenth-century through the 1970s. This work, loosely modeled on Merle Johnson's classic American First Editions, provides the first comprehensive listing of book fiction by 215 authors highly regarded for their writings in the science fiction, fantasy and horror fields. The bibliography is intended for those who wish to identify first and significant later printings and editions of books by these authors. The checklists are designed to provide listings of all book fiction for each author through 1977 in a compact, but comprehensive and coherent format and to provide descriptions that will enable the reader to identify first and other significant printings and editions. To aid researchers and collectors, in addition to describing the first printing, the hardcover printing of any book preceded by a paperback printing (or printings) is described. Later printings or editions with title changes or revised texts and reprint collections with rearranged contents, abridgments, or enlargements are included as well. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 7-7. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 6-2. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 6-2. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 210].
TALES BEYOND TIME: FROM FANTASY TO SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1973. Octavo, boards. First edition. Adventures in time and space for children.
3000 YEARS OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. In the uncommon publisher's library binding. Anthology designed to provide a fictional overview of the devlopment of the SF genre. Includes selections from Homer and Plato through Clarke and Asimov.
WALL OF SERPENTS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Third volume in the "Incomplete Enchanter" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 492. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 280. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 768-72].
WALL OF SERPENTS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The third volume in the adventures of Harold Shea. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-106].
THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER.
Philadelphia: The Prime Press, [1950]. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 489].
TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR.
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1342. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 921].
TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR.
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1342. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 921].
THE CONAN SWORDBOOK: 27 EXAMINATIONS OF HEROIC FICTION...
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1969. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow and others, cloth. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies (1485). 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
DE CAMP: AN L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood / Miller, 1983. Octavo, pp. [1-2: inserted limitation leaf] [1-11] 12-328 [329: blank] [330: colophon] [331-336: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], pictorial wrappers. First edition, trade paperback issue. Comprehensive illustrated bibliography of books, contributions to books, and magazine appearances through mid-1982. [Reference: Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2002) 364].