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INTENT TO KILL.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell #88. Paperback original. Mystery novel.
MURDER IN MAJORCA.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell #A 145. Paperback original. Mystery novel.
DEATH BLEW OUT THE MATCH.
Hollywood, CA: Anson Bond Publications, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bonded Mystery No. 7. Mystery novel, "abridged edition."
EXIT A STAR.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
DETOUR TO OTHERNESS.
Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 2010. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Robert Silverberg (introduction) and Frederik Pohl (afterword). Collects the sixteen short stories from BYPASS TO OTHERNESS (Ballantine, 1961) and RETURN TO OTHERNESS (Ballantine, 1962). In addition eight more stories are included under the heading of "Detour to Otherness." Introduction by Robert Silverberg, afterword by Frederik Pohl. A bonus chapbook is included with this edition which collects three more stories, two by Kuttner and one by Kuttner and Moore.
NO BOUNDARIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, cloth. First edition. Collects five stories, including "Vintage Season," in which time traveling thrill-seekers from the future accidentally annihilate modern man with a fatal plague virus, and "Two-Handed Engine," which depicts a dystopian future society dominated by machines. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 256-7].
NO BOUNDARIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Book 122. Collects five stories, including "Vintage Season," in which time traveling thrill-seekers from the future accidentally annihilate modern man with a fatal plague virus, and "Two-Handed Engine," which depicts a dystopian future society dominated by machines. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 256-7].
A MURDER OF QUALITY.
New York: Walker and Company, [1963]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The author's second novel. George Smiley investigates a murder at a important public school.
FRENCH FOR MURDER.
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, cover by Clark Hulings, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #402. Paperback original. The first mystery by this author.
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SAILOR'S LEAVE [WREATH FOR A REDHEAD].
New York: Pyramid Books, [1953]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S.edition. Pyramid #94. Paperback original. First U.S. edition of the author's first book. Mystery novel.
DOOMSDAY MORNING.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by C. L. Moore on the half title page, to "Joe" - Joseph Wrzos (1929-2023) was a long time fan, professional editor, researcher and recipient of the First Fandom Hall of Fame (2016). "...representative of a science fiction theme common in the 1950s: the authoritarian state based on central control of the national communications network, abetted by subliminal manipulation, against which a ragged but dedicated underground rises." -Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-129. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-783].
JUDGMENT NIGHT.
New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. Story collection, all first appeared in Astounding magazine. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-784].
NORTHWEST OF EARTH.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Moore on front free endpaper: "For Jean & Julie Schwartz / with the best wishes of / C.L. Moore." Very nice association from a fine writer to an important editor, agent and fan in the field of science fiction. Julie Schwartz was a fanzine publisher (along with close friend Mort Weisinger), opened the first literary agency to specialize in SF authors (also with Weisinger) and later became an editor at DC comics and played a major role in the revival of their super-hero line in the late 1950s. Collects seven stories, five featuring Northwest Smith and two with Jirel of Joiry. All first published in Weird Tales magazine. The Jirel stories are notable as being pulp fiction's first sword-and-sorcery Amazonian warrior. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1191. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 793].
NORTHWEST OF EARTH.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed to noted fan, dealer and a founder of First Fandom, Bob Madle (Robert A. Madle). Collects seven stories, five featuring Northwest Smith and two with Jirel of Joiry. All first published in Weird Tales magazine. Pasted in before half title page is a Northwest Smith short from Fantastic Universe, January 1957. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1192. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 793].
NORTHWEST OF EARTH.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by C. L. Moore on the half title page, to "Joe" - Joseph Wrzos (1929-2023) was a long time fan, professional editor, researcher and recipient of the First Fandom Hall of Fame (2016). Collects seven stories, five featuring Northwest Smith and two with Jirel of Joiry. All first published in Weird Tales magazine. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1192. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 793].
NORTHWEST OF EARTH.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects seven stories, five featuring Northwest Smith and two with Jirel of Joiry. All first published in Weird Tales magazine. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1192. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 793].
SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects three Jirel of Joiry and four Northwest Smith stories. Jirel of Joiry introduces a female lead character into the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre. The Northwest Smith are science fiction stories set in the future, Smith is a space pilot and a oft time smuggler. All the stories here were first published in Weird Tales magazine. Concerning the Jirel stories, Schlobin in The Literature of Fantasy (p. 179) writes "Jirel's admirable courage in the face of horror and helplessness make her an exciting and dynamic figure, and Moore's descriptions, settings and dark devices are striking and original." [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1191. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 794].
JUDGMENT NIGHT: A SELECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding of blue cloth with spine panel lettered in red. Inscribed and signed by C. L. Moore on the half title page, to "Joe" - Joseph Wrzos (1929-2023) was a long time fan, professional editor, researcher and recipient of the First Fandom Hall of Fame (2016). Space opera assembled from five novellas, "Judgment Night," "Paradise Street," "Promised Land," "The Code," and "Heir Apparent." All first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-784].
JUDGMENT NIGHT: A SELECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition, second binding of blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Space opera assembled from five novellas, "Judgment Night," "Paradise Street," "Promised Land," "The Code," and "Heir Apparent." All first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-784].
SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS.
New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects three Jirel of Joiry and four Northwest Smith stories. Jirel of Joiry introduces a female lead character into the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre. The Northwest Smith are science fiction stories set in the future, Smith is a space pilot and a oft time smuggler. All the stories here were first published in Weird Tales magazine. Concerning the Jirel stories, Schlobin in The Literature of Fantasy (p. 179) writes "Jirel's admirable courage in the face of horror and helplessness make her an exciting and dynamic figure, and Moore's descriptions, settings and dark devices are striking and original." [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1191. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 794].
SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS.
New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by C. L. Moore on the half title page, to "Joe" - Joseph Wrzos (1929-2023) was a long time fan, professional editor, researcher and recipient of the First Fandom Hall of Fame (2016). Collects three Jirel of Joiry and four Northwest Smith stories. Jirel of Joiry introduces a female lead character into the Sword and Sorcery sub-genre. The Northwest Smith are science fiction stories set in the future, Smith is a space pilot and a oft time smuggler. All the stories here were first published in Weird Tales magazine. Concerning the Jirel stories, Schlobin in The Literature of Fantasy (p. 179) writes "Jirel's admirable courage in the face of horror and helplessness make her an exciting and dynamic figure, and Moore's descriptions, settings and dark devices are striking and original." [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1191. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 794].
GREENER THAN YOU THINK.
New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., Publishers, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Science fiction novel in which after applying a scientific formula, grass starts growing uncontrollably, and mankind cannot stop it. "Good satire." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-292.
THE BRASS RING.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. Octavo, illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., boards. First edition. The authors first book and first mystery novel. Hard boiled.
THE DAY HE DIED.
New York: Bantam Books, [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 306. Mystery novel, one of two using the Padgett pseudonym.
THE DAY HE DIED.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1947]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., boards. First edition. Mystery novel, one of two using the Padgett pseudonym. [Reference: Hubin, p. 623].