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THE REEFS OF SPACE.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1965]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The first volume in the Starchild Trilogy.
THE STARCHILD TRILOGY: THE REEFS OF SPACE, STARCHILD, ROGUE STAR.
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., nd. [1977]. Octavo, boards. Later printing of the first combined (and first U.S. hardcover) edition. Code I20 on page 435. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Collects THE REEFS OF SPACE (1964), STARCHILD (1965), and ROGUE STAR (1969). "Authoritarian dystopia" - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 288; 296.
STARCHILD.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The second volume in the Starchild Trilogy. "Authoritarian dystopia" - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 296.
SEETEE SHOCK.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to Seetee Ship. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-195.
SEETEE SHOCK.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to Seetee Ship. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-195.
SEETEE SHOCK.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to Seetee Ship. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-195.
BROTHERS TO DEMONS, BROTHERS TO GODS.
Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Science fiction novel.
THE COMETEERS.
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Williamson. This copy, No. 72. Collects two short novels, "The Cometeers" (ASTOUNDING 1936) and "One Against the Legion" (ASTOUNDING 1939), that feature the same characters appearing in THE LEGION OF SPACE (1934; 1947). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-134.
DARKER THAN YOU THINK
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Williamson. Classic novel of a werewolf species, Homo Lycanthropus. "...the narrative is gripping and the imagery very effective." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-214. "This...may be Williamson's finest work, a pioneering effort to "supernatural" phenomena, in this case lycanthropy, a scientific rationale." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1256. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1720. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 58. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 4. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1131. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-231. In 333.
DARKER THAN YOU THINK ...
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue, first binding. A presentation copy inscribed by Williamson on the title page to John Moon. "This ... may be Williamson's finest work." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1256. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-214. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1720. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 58. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 4. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1131. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-231. In 333.
DRAGON'S ISLAND.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Williamson to Dirce Archer on the front free end paper. A SF thriller about a bioengineered race of superhumans who plan to rule the world.
THE EARLY WILLIAMSON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the front free endpaper, dated in 1975.Collects an article and eleven of Williamson's early stories published between 1928 and 1933. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-142.
THE EARLY WILLIAMSON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the front free endpaper, dated in 1977.Collects an article and eleven of Williamson's early stories published between 1928 and 1933. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-142.
GOLDEN BLOOD.
[Edgewater, MD]: Tamerlane Press, [1978]. Octavo, jacket cover by J. Allen St. John, cloth. First edition. Originally published as a serial in Weird Tales, this edition incorporates textual revisions.
GOLDEN BLOOD.
[Edgewater, MD]: Tamerlane Press, [1978]. Octavo, jacket cover by J. Allen St. John, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the half title page. Originally published as a serial in Weird Tales, this edition incorporates textual revisions.
THE HUMANOIDS.
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the title page. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333.
THE HUMANOIDS.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2003]. Octavo, illustrations by David G. Klein, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by F. M. Busby. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. Part of the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333.
THE HUMANOIDS.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2087]. Octavo, illustrations by David G. Klein, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by F. M. Busby. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as "...And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. "...early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333.
THE LEGION OF SPACE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, illustration by A. J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. Space opera. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-144.
THE LEGION OF TIME.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Space opera first published as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING, May - July 1938. "...in many ways the epitome of the pulp science fiction story, a brilliant example of that peculiar kind of artistry." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1178-81. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-145.
MAZEWAY.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Don Dixon, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Williamson. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series.
SPIDER ISLAND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME FOUR.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2002. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories, novelettes and short novels, published between April 1936 and July 1938, an interview and six short nonfiction pieces. Foreword by Edward Bryant and afterword by Jack Williamson.
SPIDER ISLAND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME FOUR.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2002. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories, novelettes and short novels, published between April 1936 and July 1938, an interview and six short nonfiction pieces. Foreword by Edward Bryant and afterword by Jack Williamson.
THREE FROM THE LEGION: THE LEGION OF SPACE, THE COMETEERS, ONE AGAINST THE LEGION.
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. First printing with code "J 47" on page 535. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Collects "The Legion of Space," "The Cometeers" and "One Against the Legion," originally published in book form in the Fantasy Press editions of THE LEGION OF SPACE (1947) and THE COMETEERS (1950). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1258. In 333.
WITH FOLDED HANDS...AND SEARCHING MIND: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME SEVEN.
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 2010. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects fifteen stories, published between August 1941 and November 1958, also two letters, two articles, an essay and an introduction. Foreword by Robert Silverberg and afterword by Jack Williamson.