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THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND.
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1990]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. New edition. In 1935 Fantasy Magazine asked 5 weird fiction writers and 5 science fiction writers to write two collaborative stories around the title The Challenge From Beyond. Presented here is both versions. (Necronomincon Press previously published this in an illustrated edition in 1978).
CHILDREN OF THE LENS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, Inc., [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue, later binding of gray cloth with spine lettered in black. The sixth book of the Lensman series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87.
FIRST LENSMAN.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950. Octavo, jacket and interior illustrations by A. J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. The second book of the Lensman series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333.
GALACTIC PATROL.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1950. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition, second binding (red cloth with spine stamped in black). The third book in the Lensman series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333.
GRAY LENSMAN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 copies signed by Smith (this is copy #407) with his additional personalized inscription on the limitation leaf to Edward L. Corton. Fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera... [this novel] best of series." – Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87.
![Item #19710 GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN. Edward E. Smith](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/19710_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1469824779)
GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera... [this novel] best of series." – Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. The cover by Hulbert Rogers is one of the classic Golden Age paintings. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333.
![Item #28897 GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN. Edward E. Smith](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28897.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1655078347)
GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera... [this novel] best of series." – Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. The cover by Hulbert Rogers is one of the classic Golden Age paintings. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333.
![Item #30376 GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN. Edward E. Smith](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30376.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1670011054)
GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera... [this novel] best of series." – Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. The cover by Hulbert Rogers is one of the classic Golden Age paintings. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333.
HAVE TRENCHCOAT-WILL TRAVEL: AND OTHERS.
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc., 2001. Octavo, orignal gray cloth. First edition. Collects a short mystery novel featuring a private investigator set in the early 1960s, and three short stories (all non-SF).
SECOND STAGE LENSMAN.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. The fifth book of the Lensman series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87.
SECOND STAGE LENSMEN.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Smith. This is copy #419 inscribed to Edward Kuss. Fifth book in the Lensman series. Space opera in the grand tradition, first publishing in Astounding Science Fiction magazine (1942). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167.
SECOND STAGE LENSMEN.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Smith. This is copy #29 inscribed to Frank Gianonatti. Fifth book in the Lensman series. Space opera in the grand tradition, first publishing in Astounding Science Fiction magazine (1942). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167.
THE SKYLARK OF VALERON.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1949. Octavo, illustration by A. J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Smith on an inserted plate. Space opera. First published in Astounding magazine.
SKYLARK THREE.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Smith. This is copy number 478. Second book of the Skylark series. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2091-95. In 333. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-114.
SPACEHOUNDS OF IPC: A TALE OF THE INTER-PLANETARY CORPORATION.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The first Fantasy Press book. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-53. In 333.
THE VORTEX BLASTER.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition, limited issue. 341 copies printed. According to publisher Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, these copies were "run immediately after Gnome Press edition ... on better book paper." Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters.
THE VORTEX BLASTER.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 341 copies printed. Signed inscription by Smith on the front free endpaper. According to publisher Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, these copies were "run immediately after Gnome Press edition ... on better book paper." Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters.
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE.
[Providence, RI: The Buffalo Book Company, 1946]. Octavo, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Signed inscription by Smith on the front free end paper. "The archetypal pulp space opera, first published in AMAZING STORIES in 1928." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-114. "This was the story that revealed the potential of the galaxy as a vast playground for action-adventure fiction." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1053. 500 copies printed. Smith's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech.
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE.
[Providence, RI: The Buffalo Book Company, 1946]. Octavo, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Warm signed inscription by Smith to active fan Theodore Engel on the front free end paper, dated at the Philadelphia [World] SF Convention of 1953 (Philcon II). "The archetypal pulp space opera, first published in AMAZING STORIES in 1928." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-114. "This was the story that revealed the potential of the galaxy as a vast playground for action-adventure fiction." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1053. 500 copies printed. Smith's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech.
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Company, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. Second edition. "The archetypal pulp space opera, first published in AMAZING STORIES in 1928." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-114. "This was the story that revealed the potential of the galaxy as a vast playground for action-adventure fiction." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1053. 500 copies printed. Smith's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech.
CHILDREN OF THE LENS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, Inc., [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue, later binding of gray cloth with spine lettered in black. The sixth book of the Lensman series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87.
THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION: TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, Inc., 1955. Octavo, six volumes, leather-backed cloth. Limited edition. One of 75 sets (number 25), each volume with inserted numbered limitation leaf signed by Smith. This first volume warmly inscribed to a long time friend. Collects the six-volume "Lensman" series comprising TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. "The space opera to end all space operas, with humans and aliens arrayed (some on each side) in a cosmic war of Good and Evil ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87.
THE VORTEX BLASTER.
Hicksville, New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue. Second binding of gray cloth with spine panel lettered in red. Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters.
![Item #28683 [THE LENSMAN SERIES]. TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN,...](https://jwkbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28683.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1653254263)
[THE LENSMAN SERIES]. TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMAN and CHILDREN OF THE LENS.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [2006]. Octavo full leather, a.e.g. Later editions. Color frontispieces of the dust jackets and interior illustrations from the Fantasy Press first editions. The original six volumes of the Lensman series.