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AVON FANTASY READER.
New York: Avon Book Company (later Avon Book Company, Inc., Avon Publishing Co., Inc., and Avon Novels, Inc.), 1947-52. Small octavo 18 issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. A complete set of the Avon Fantasy Reader which consists of 18 issues. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisherJoseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine an anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. The story selection came from a wide range of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, All-Story and Argosy, Thrill Book, Astounding and Amazing as well as stories from hardcover book publications. Authors included William Hope Hodgson, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, A. Merritt, Algernon Blackwood, C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber and many more. A few original stories were printed, including A. E. Van Vogt, Carl Jacobi, A. Merritt, Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard and most notably "Ylla" by Ray Bradbury, part of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 124-132.
AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER.
New York: Avon Novels, Inc., 1951-1952. Octavo, three issues, pictorial wrappers. First edition. All published. Short lived digest which relied mainly on reprints from older magazines which was unable to compete with Galaxy and F & SF. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 134-35.
STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES.
New York: Albing Publications, 1941. Octavo, single issue, cover by Hannes Bok, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes two stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth under his "S. D. Gottesman" and "Cecil Corwin" pseudonyms and stories by Donald A. Wollheim, James Blish, Damon Knight, Clark Ashton Smith and others. "The appearance of STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES and its companion, COSMIC STORIES, among the many magazines the proliferated during the early years of World War II marked the start of Donald A. Wollheim's long career as a professional editor." - Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 617-20. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 617-620.
STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES.
New York: Albing Publications, 1941. Octavo, single issue, cover by Leo Morey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes two stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth under his "S. D. Gottesman" and "Cecil Corwin" pseudonyms and stories by Damon Knight, James Blish, Clark Ashton Smith and others. Also a poem by Robert E. Howard. "The appearance of STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES and its companion, COSMIC STORIES, among the many magazines the proliferated during the early years of World War II marked the start of Donald A. Wollheim's long career as a professional editor." - Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 617-20.
STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES.
New York: Albing Publications, 1941. Octavo, single issue, cover by Hannes Bok, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes four stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth, under his "S. D. Gottesman," "Cecil Corwin, "Kenneth Falconer" and "Walter C. Davies" pseudonyms, and stories by Arthur J. Burks, Basil Wells, Robert A. W. Lowndes, David H. Keller, and others. "The appearance of STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES and its companion, COSMIC STORIES, among the many magazines the proliferated during the early years of World War II marked the start of Donald A. Wollheim's long career as a professional editor." - Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 617-20.
THE END OF THE WORLD.
New York: Ace Books, [1956]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books S-183. Collects six stories speculating on possible planetary catastrophes: "The Year of the Jackpot" by Robert A. Heinlein, "Last Night of Summer" by Alfred Coppel, "Impostor" by Philip K. Dick, "Rescue Party" by Arthur C. Clarke, "Omega" by Amelia Reynolds Long, and "In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton.
THE HIDDEN PLANET: SCIENCE-FICTION ADVENTURES ON VENUS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Book D-354. Anthology of five stories. "Field Experiment" by Chad Oliver, "Venus Mission" by J.T. McIntosh, "The Luck of Ignatz" by Lester Del Rey, "The Lotus Eaters" by Stanley G. Weinbaum and "Terror Out of Space" by Leigh Brackett.
MORE ADVENTURES ON OTHER PLANETS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Book F-178. Anthology of six stories. "Child of the Sun" by Leigh Brackett, "Sunrise on Mercury" by Robert Silverberg, "By the Name of Man" by John Brunner, "The Red Death of Mars" by Robert Moore Williams, "The Planet of Doubt" by Stanley G. Weinbaum" and "Tiger by the Tail" by Poul Anderson.
THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: John C. Winston, [1954]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: John C. Winston, [1954]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. A prominent scientist believes that the Terraluna Corporation's deep core mining operation may break up the Moon and fragments from the satellite will bombard the Earth with disastrous results. A five-man expedition travels to Saturn's rings to study what might be the fragments of a similar moon. Terraluna agents sabotage the mission, but the scientist and his son survive in the Ring's whirling debris and discover signs of habitation by intelligent creatures there. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
SECRET OF THE MARTIAN MOONS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, third printing. Colonists in the small, unprofitable settlement on Mars are ordered to return to Earth, but a handful of scientists remain to make a final attempt to discover the origin and fate of the Martians, a vanished race. When the scientists land on Phobos to set up their equipment to study Mars they become involved in a conflict between two factions of alien Vegans who inhabit Phobos and Deimos, artificial satellites that orbit Mars. In the midst of this crisis, the Star people, the original inhabitants of Mars, return home. "... ample incident and a quick-moving story." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-178. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. Octavo, illustration by James Heugh, cloth. First edition. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. Octavo, illustration by James Heugh, cloth. First edition. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. Octavo, illustration by James Heugh, cloth. First edition. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. Octavo, illustration by James Heugh, cloth. First edition. Aliens on Pluto have imprisoned space explorers from other planets and star systems and are stealing our solar system's light. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
OPERATION: PHANTASY: THE BEST FROM THE PHANTAGRAPH.
Rego Park, New York: The Phantagraph Press, 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Of 420 copies this is one of 400 numbered copies signed by Wollheim, (#120). Selections from from THE PHANTAGRAPH, Wollheim's influential fanzine of the 1930s. Contributions by H. P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Wollheim (on Lovecraft), Henry Kuttner, James Blish, Frederik Pohl, Robert Bloch, August Derleth, and others.
ADVENTURES ON OTHER PLANETS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1955]. Small octavo, First edition. Ace Books S-133. Collects five stories by Roger Dee, Robert Moore Williams, Clifford D. Simak, Murray Leinster, and A. E. van Vogt. All first published in Astounding or Startling.
THE MACABRE READER.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books D353. Collects ten stories by Robert Bloch, H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, Clark Ashton Smith, and others.
TERROR IN THE MODERN VEIN ...
Garden City: Hanover House, [1955]. Octavo, First edition. Collects seventeen stories by H. G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Charles Beaumont, Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, and others. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1729. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-311.
WORLD'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: 1965.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books G-551. The first volume in this series. Collects seventeen stories from 1964, authors include John Brunner, Philip K. Dick, Fritz Leiber, Thomas Disch and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1414.
WORLD'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: 1966.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books H-15. The second volume in this series. Collects fifteen stories from 1965, authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Clifford Simak, Fritz Leiber and others. This volume includes the Hugo and Nebula Award winner ""Repent Harlequin!" Said The Ticktockman." A number of other stories in this volume were nominated for the Nebula. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1414.