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THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET by Kenneth Wright [pseudonym] ...
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, second printing. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET by Kenneth Wright [pseudonym].
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the Del Rey on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512].
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the Del Rey on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512].
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the Del Rey on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512].
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512].
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1949 [i.e. 1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, second issue with typeset title page dated 1949. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512].
ATTACK FROM ATLANTIS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg (flap credit) or Paul Orban (title page credit), cloth. Later, second printing. Sea-dwelling Atlanteans astride creatures thought to be extinct for millions of years capture an atomic powered submarine on its first depth test run and drag it to their giant "city of no return" on the ocean floor. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
BADGE OF INFAMY.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition.
DAY OF THE GIANTS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the front free end paper by author. Science fiction novel involving Norse legends.
MAROONED ON MARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Orban, cloth. Later, fifth printing. A Robinsonade set on Mars where Earth's stranded first mission to the seemingly lifeless Red Planet is menaced by rodent-like Martians. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
MAROONED ON MARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition, later issue. A Robinsonade set on Mars where Earth's stranded first mission to the seemingly lifeless Red Planet is menaced by rodent-like Martians. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. These later issues are often called in error advance copies. This has the "first edition" statement on the copyright page, but is bound in a later printing dust jacket (listing 29 volumes in the series on the rear panel, rather than the 4 listed on first printing jackets for this title) which is adhered to unprinted stiff white wrappers.
MOON OF MUTINY.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1961]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Ed Emshwiller, cloth. First edition. The account of an expedition exploring a remote region of the lunar surface during the early years of human colonization of the Moon. "Well done." - Analog. Part of the Winston Juveniles series and the last published volume in the series.
WAR AND SPACE.
Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, [2009]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This is volume one of "The Selected Stories of Lester del Rey," edited by Steven H. Silver. Collects twenty-nine stories.
THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION: 1926-1976 THE HISTORY OF A SUBCULTURE.
New York: Garland Publishing Inc., [1980]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Historical overview by longtime author, editor and publisher.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Once thought to be an advance issue or uncorrected proof, this paperwraps issue is possibly prepared for use at U.S. Military base libraries or perhaps a simple low cost remainder issue. The book is made up of first edition sheets complete with the illustrated Schomburg end papers enclosed in stiff paper wrappers which has the dust jacket pasted to them. The jacket is a later state jacket with 29 titles listed on the rear panel instead of 15 that are listed on the first. This is an uncommon issue.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg, cloth. First edition. On the planet Mercury an imperiled young miner and the pacifistic native wispies are forced to confront the demons, the wispies' insane biologically engineered silicone children. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition, later issue. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. These later issues are often called in error advance copies. This has the "first edition" statement on the copyright page, but is bound in a later printing dust jacket (listing 29 volumes in the series on the rear panel, rather than the 15 listed on first printing jackets for this title) which is adhered to unprinted stiff white wrappers.
ROCKET JOCKEY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, fourth printing. The adventures of a young space pilot competing in the eighteenth Armstrong Classic, an interplanetary rocket race. Del Rey's third science-fiction book and second novel. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. This is Del Rey's third SF book and second novel.
ROCKETS TO NOWHERE.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. A worldwide underground organization of scientists and politicians secretly builds a base on the Moon to prevent war on Earth and explore space. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
WORLDS OF FANTASY. (Numbers 1-4, all published).
New York: Galaxy Publications (no. 1), later Universal Publishing & Distributing Corp. 1968-1971. Small octavo, four issues, all covers by Jack Gaughan, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. A very good magazine with excellent contributors. Includes the first publication of "The Tombs of Atuan," the second volume in the 'Earthsea' series and winner of the 1972 Newbery Silver Award medal. Other authors; John Jakes (Brak the Barbarian), Lin Carter and L. Sprague DeCamp (Conan), Robert E. Howard (a previously unpublished story), Andre Norton, Gordon R. Dickson, James Tiptree, Jr., Robert Bloch, Connie Willis, Clifford Simak, Frank Robinson, and others. [Reference: Parnell, Monthly Terrors. p. 298. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 771-773].
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