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PLANET PLANE by John Beynon [pseudonym].
London: Newnes, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-247 [248], original yellow cloth, spine stamped in black. First edition. The author's third book and second SF novel. An early interplanetary story by this noted British SF writer best known for fine catastrophe novels published under his John Wyndham pseudonym. [Reference: Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 69. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 33. Bleiler (1978), p. 22. Reginald 15715].
STOWAWAY TO MARS...
London: Nova Publications Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, cover by Gordon Hutchings, pictorial wrappers. First printing of the revised text. "Nova Science Fiction Novels" No. 1. The author's second SF book, first published in 1936 as PLANET PLANE. [Reference: Currey, p. 222. Harbottle and Holland B76].
STOWAWAY TO MARS...
London: Nova Publications Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, cover by Gordon Hutchings, pictorial wrappers. First printing of the revised text. "Nova Science Fiction Novels" No. 1. The author's second SF book, first published in 1936 as PLANET PLANE. [Reference: Currey, p. 222. Harbottle and Holland B76].
THE WAR OF THE WENUSES. Translated from the Artesian of H. G. Pozzuoli ...
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith ... London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, n.d., [1898]. Small octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-140 [141-144: ads], original pictorial white wrappers printed in red, yellow and black. First edition. A fine parody of H. G. Wells's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Earth is invaded by beautiful Venusian women. "A 'Punch-style' parody ... in which the natives of Venus, young ladies, invade earth (in giant crinolines) in a quest for sartorial improvements, devastating all males with the dreaded 'mash' glance." - Locke, Voyages in Space 88. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 915. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 356. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 24. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749, p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 457. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 115. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 73. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06255. Topp, Victorian Yellowbacks and Paperbacks, 1849-1905 VIII, p. 244].
SWOLLEN HEADED WILLIAM: PAINFUL STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES AFTER THE GERMAN.
London: Metheun & Co., Ltd., nd. [1914]. Octavo, cloth. Later printing. Satire of the Germans and the Kaiser at the beginning of WW I. George Morrow was a cartoonist for Punch magazine. A popular book, it went through multiple printings in a two-week period.
STAR WARS: FROM THE ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER.
New York: A Del Rey Book/Ballantine Books, [1977]. Octavo, cover art by John Berkey, boards. First hardcover edition. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club (precedes the trade hardcover issued later in the year). Novelization of the feature film directed by George Lucas. With still photos from the motion picture.
LUKUNDOO AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-328, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. "Very competent material horror stories, original in idea (for the most part), sources for a good deal of later work." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1698. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 182. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-212. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1108. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 462. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-255. Bleiler (1978), p. 207. Reginald 15227].
LUKUNDOO AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-328, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. Story collection. "Very competent material horror stories, original in idea (for the most part), sources for a good deal of later work." - Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1698. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 182. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-212. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1108. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 462. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-255. Bleiler (1978), p. 207. Reginald 15227].
LUKUNDOO AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-328, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. Story collection. "Very competent material horror stories, original in idea (for the most part), sources for a good deal of later work." - Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1698. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 182. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-212. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1108. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 462. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-255. Bleiler (1978), p. 207. Reginald 15227].