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THE 10TH VICTIM.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition, first printing. This is a novelization of the 1965 film which was in turn based on Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim." Text offset from the 1966 Ballantine Books paperback original. New introduction by Richard Gid Powers and includes twelve film stills. Filmed in 1965 starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, directed by Carlo Ponti. "Humorous action-adventure set in a future society of legalized death duels, a world of declared "hunters" and "victims." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (Second edition), p. 366-67. The first of the Hunter/Victim books.
CITIZEN IN SPACE.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Small octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second book, a collection of twelve stories. Includes "The Battle," in which robots fight Satan's minions in Armageddon. "A dozen wry tales in the young Sheckley's best vein (this was his second book). Particularly notable is "A Ticket to Ttanai," about a grotesque world where husbands keep their wives in suspended animation most of the time -- and both sexes enjoy the benefits that the custom brings. It was this story among others which prompted Kingsley Amis to describe the author as 'science fiction's premier gadfly' (in NEW MAPS OF HELL)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 67. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-334. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1463].
CITIZEN IN SPACE.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Second printing. Ballantine F 648. The author's second book, a collection of twelve stories. Includes "The Battle," in which robots fight Satan's minions in Armageddon. "A dozen wry tales in the young Sheckley's best vein (this was his second book). Particularly notable is "A Ticket to Ttanai," about a grotesque world where husbands keep their wives in suspended animation most of the time -- and both sexes enjoy the benefits that the custom brings. It was this story among others which prompted Kingsley Amis to describe the author as 'science fiction's premier gadfly' (in NEW MAPS OF HELL)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 67. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-334. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1463].
THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION OF ROBERT SHECKLEY.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, [1991]. Octavo, five volumes, cloth (imitation leather). First edition. Limited to 300 numbered sets signed by Sheckley (in all volumes) and the introducers Roger Zelazny, Mike Resnick, Damon Knight, Harlan Ellison and K.W. Jeter. This is set number 47. Collects 132 stories.
CROMPTON DIVIDED.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1978]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. Issued earlier in Britain as THE ALCHEMICAL MARRIAGE OF ALISTAIR CROMPTON (1978).
HUNTER / VICTIM.
[London]: Methuen, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. SF thriller in which Frank Blackwell becomes an assassin for a shadowy organization, The Hunters who exterminate select Victims. The third volume in the Hunter series. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009].
IMMORTALITY DELIVERED.
New York: Avalon Books, [1958]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Hugo award nominee, 1959. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-157].
IS THAT WHAT PEOPLE DO? SHORT STORIES BY ROBERT SHECKLEY.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1984]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects thirty-eight stories. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-991].
UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1954]. Small octavo, cover art by Jack Coggins, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine 73. The author's first book, a collection of thirteen stories. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-159. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1462].
XOLOTL.
[Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., 1991]. Small octavo, imitation leather stamped in gold. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Sheckley. Issued as Short Story Hardback #3.
BRING ME THE HEAD OF PRINCE CHARMING.
New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1991]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "Azzie, an ambitious demon, decides to advance his career of wrongdoing by entering the Millennial competition between the Forces of Light and Dark for control of mankind's destiny. Azzie plans to stage a classic fairy-tale quest, sending a handsome prince out to rescue an enchanted princess with a kiss, but by judiciously preparing the players, Azzie expects it to end badly, thus proving that given free rein evil will win out in the human spirit. Azzie's preparations occupy most of the book, and we meet a hunchbacked servant, an alluring witch, a dim-witted dwarf, an aged dragon, and other unlikely creatures by the bushelful. The fast-moving story is dotted with moments of good fun and good gags, but most often it is merely amusing, and many of the jokes have been done better elsewhere. A pleasant diversion and some laughs, but this collaboration is not the equal of either author's best work." - Kirkus Review, 1 October, 1991.