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THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET by Kenneth Wright [pseudonym] ...
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, second printing. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET by Kenneth Wright [pseudonym].
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the Del Rey on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512.
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512.
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1949 [i.e. 1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, second issue with typeset title page dated 1949. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512.
"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. Inscribed and signed by the Del Rey on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512.
"...AND SOME WERE HUMAN."
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First issue with the hand lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book, a story collection which includes the story "Nerves". Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138.
"...AND SOME WERE HUMAN."
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First issue with the hand lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. The author's first science fiction book, a story collection which includes the story "Nerves." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138.
ATTACK FROM ATLANTIS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg (flap credit) or Paul Orban (title page credit), cloth. Later, second printing. Sea-dwelling Atlanteans astride creatures thought to be extinct for millions of years capture an atomic powered submarine on its first depth test run and drag it to their giant "city of no return" on the ocean floor. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
BADGE OF INFAMY.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition.
DAY OF THE GIANTS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the front free end paper by author. Science fiction novel involving Norse legends.
MAROONED ON MARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Orban, cloth. Later, fifth printing. A Robinsonade set on Mars where Earth's stranded first mission to the seemingly lifeless Red Planet is menaced by rodent-like Martians. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
MOON OF MUTINY.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1961]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Ed Emshwiller, cloth. First edition. The account of an expedition exploring a remote region of the lunar surface during the early years of human colonization of the Moon. "Well done." - Analog. Part of the Winston Juveniles series and the last published volume in the series.
STEP TO THE STARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. Later, third printing. A story of the political intrigue, danger and construction of Earth's first orbital space station. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
WAR AND SPACE.
Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, [2009]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This is volume one of "The Selected Stories of Lester del Rey," edited by Steven H. Silver. Collects twenty-nine stories.
FANTASY MAGAZINE [later] FANTASY FICTION. (Four issues, all published).
New York: Future Publications, 1953. Small octavo, four issues, cover illustrations by Hannes Bok, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. All four issues of this short lived magazine and all signed by editor Lester del Rey (the final issue he used the pseudonym Cameron Hall). Includes two posthumous Conan stories by Robert E. Howard, edited by L. Sprague de Camp. Other authors include, Poul Anderson, Robert Sheckley, Philip K. Dick, John Wyndham, David Alexander, Clark Ashton Smith and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 268-269.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Once thought to be an advance issue or uncorrected proof, this paperwraps issue is possibly prepared for use at U.S. Military base libraries or perhaps a simple low cost remainder issue. The book is made up of first edition sheets complete with the illustrated Schomburg end papers enclosed in stiff paper wrappers which has the dust jacket pasted to them. The jacket is a later state jacket with 29 titles listed on the rear panel instead of 15 that are listed on the first. This is an uncommon issue.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg, cloth. First edition. On the planet Mercury an imperiled young miner and the pacifistic native wispies are forced to confront the demons, the wispies' insane biologically engineered silicone children. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
BATTLE ON MERCURY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg, cloth. Later, second printing. On the planet Mercury an imperiled young miner and the pacifistic native wispies are forced to confront the demons, the wispies' insane biologically engineered silicone children. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
SPACE SCIENCE FICTION. (Eight issues, all published).
New York: Space Publications Inc., 1952-1953. Small octavo, eight issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Another short lived, but quality, magazine of the 1950s boomlet, done in by disagreement between the editor and publisher (which terminated all of the publishers fanstasy and science fiction magazines). Authors include Isaac Asimov, Henry Kuttner, Clifford Simak, Michael Shaara, Lester Del Rey (including pseudonyms), John Christopher, Damon Knight, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley and others. Highlights include the first publication of the first of the newly discovered Conan stories which surfaced starting in the 1950s. This publication interestedly includes a short note by the editor of the story, L. Sprague De Camp, about the discovery of the story from unsold Howard manuscripts. De Camp also includes the transcript of a note which was attached to the manuscript by H. P. Lovecraft. Other notables include the publication of Algis Budrys first published story "Walk to the World" and two Philip K. Dick fictions, "Second Variety" and "The Variable Man." Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 585-586.
ROCKET JOCKEY.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, fourth printing. The adventures of a young space pilot competing in the eighteenth Armstrong Classic, an interplanetary rocket race. Del Rey's third science-fiction book and second novel. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. This is Del Rey's third SF book and second novel.
ROCKETS TO NOWHERE.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. A worldwide underground organization of scientists and politicians secretly builds a base on the Moon to prevent war on Earth and explore space. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
ROCKETS TO NOWHERE.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A worldwide underground organization of scientists and politicians secretly builds a base on the Moon to prevent war on Earth and explore space. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.