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MOTHER WAS A LOVELY BEAST: A FERAL MAN ANTHOLOGY OF FICTION AND FACT ABOUT HUMANS RAISED BY ANIMALS.
Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, [1974]. cloth. First edition. Collection of fiction by Gene Wolfe, Mack Reynolds, William L. Chester and others, with introductory essay on feral man by Farmer and extracts from his memoirs of "Lord Greystoke."
VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL.
Cutchogue, New York: Buccaneer Books, [1996]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. hardcover edition. Simon Wagstaff, the immortal "Space Wanderer," with his pet owl, his dog Anubis, and a sexy robot companion, travels throughout the multiverse on a 3,000-year quest for answers to questions that no one can seem to answer. "In this ribald space opera the essential differences between men and machines are viewed through the experience of the Space Wanderer." - Mowshowitz, p. 311.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER...
Boulder, CO: The Aspen Press, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Tarzan-Sherlock Holmes pastiche.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER...
Boulder, CO: The Aspen Press, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Tarzan-Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Review slip and promotional card laid in.
THE BOOK OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER.
Morley, West Yorkshire: The Elmfield Press, 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. Offset from the DAW paperback edition (1973). Story collection.
DAYWORLD.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1985]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Novel based on Farmer's short story, "The-Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday-World." "In an overpopulated world of the thirty-fifth century, citizens are allowed to live a normal life just one day a week: the other six days are spent in suspended animation. Our hero is an illegal 'daybreaker,' a man with seven different identities." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, pp. 91-2. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-208. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 428.
DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fictional biography of Doc Savage and how he has familial relations to many other heroic characters.
THE FABULOUS RIVERBOAT.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Second book of the "Riverworld" series, sequel to To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-210.
THE FABULOUS RIVERBOAT.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed label by Farmer laid in. Second book of the "Riverworld" series, sequel to TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO (1971). See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-393. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
A FEAST UNKNOWN.
N.p. [Kansas City]: The Fokker Press, [1975]. Octavo, illustrations by Richard Corben, pictorial wrappers. Illustrated new edition. Paperback issue. First published as a paperback original by Essex press, this edition is trade paperback size, illustrated for the first time, by Richard Corben. Tarzan pastiche with adult content. Postscript by Theodore Sturgeon.
A FEAST UNKNOWN...
North Hollywood, Calif. An Essex House Original, [1969]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Essex House 0121. Paperback original. Signed by Farmer. A Tarzan pastiche with adult content. Postscript by Theodore Sturgeon. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-389. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-99. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 44.
FLESH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Nice three-quarter page signed inscription by Farmer to "Jean" on front free end paper. First printing of the revised text.
FLESH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. First printing of the revised text. "A space expedition comes home to discover that Earth has reverted to worship of the Great Mother. Captain Peter Stagg is given a pair of antlers and is required by the priestesses to indulge in some startling rites. A bawdy SF vulgarization of themes from Robert Graves's THE WHITE GODDESS (1948). Quite entertaining -- and daring for its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 138-9.
THE LAVALITE WORLD (WORLD OF TIERS, VOLUME 5).
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First separate hardcover edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the Farmer. This edition contains a new foreword for this volume as well as textual revisions. Fifth book of the "World of Tiers" series.
LORD TYGER.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Lengthy inscription by Farmer on the front free end paper. A Tarzan pastiche.
THE LOVERS.
New York: Del Rey, [1979]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First hardcover edition. First edition of the revised text. Expansion of the author's first published sf story. "A repressed Earthman falls in love with an alien "woman" but discovers too late that her biological nature can only lead to a tragic outcome for their union." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 218. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-391.
THE MAGIC LABYRINTH...
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1980]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The fourth "Riverworld" novel. Precedes the Phantasia Press limited edition. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-393. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
NOTHING BURNS IN HELL.
New York: Forge, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Violent detective novel, with some humor by Farmer, in the vein of Tarantino.
TARZAN ALIVE: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GREYSTOKE...
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fictional biography of Tarzan, Lord Greystoke and his familial lineage to many other characters.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165.
TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
THE UNREASONING MASK.
New York: Putnam's, 1981. Octavo, Hardcover. First trade edition.
THE UNREASONING MASK.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1981]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Farmer. "Phil is at top form here with his spaceship captain Ramstan, the bionic [partially], spacer al-Buraq, a wide variety of life-forms, civilizations, planets, menaces... He has conceived of the universe as a kind of biological entity, and intelligent, advanced-civilization life as a disease. Thus when an automatic life-killer begins attacking human-occupied worlds... This wild, mind-blowing novel will give you different viewpoints from a variety of angles. Space adventure of the best kind." - from a review by Richard Geis in Science Fiction Review #41, November, 1981. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-394. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 96.
STARTLING STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Better Publications, Inc., 1952. Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. With "Noise" by Jack Vance and "The Lovers" by Philip Jose Farmer. This is Farmer's first published science fiction story. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.