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WEST BY ONE AND BY ONE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF IRREGULAR WRITINGS BY THE SCOWRERS AND MOLLY MAGUIRES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE TRAINED CORMORANTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An uncommon title. Contributors include: Anthony Boucher, Edgar W. Smith, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber and many others.
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first binding of light blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Signed by Dickson on the title page. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche.
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first binding of light blue boards with spine panel lettered in dark blue. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche.
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EARTHMAN'S BURDEN. [first and second paperback editions].
New York: Camelot Books/Published by Avon [and] Avon. [1970] & [1979]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition and second paperback edition. Both books with signed inscription from Poul Anderson. Collects six Hoka stories including "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound," a Sherlockian pastiche. Vaughn Bode cover art on the first volume.
AGENT OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE.
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects four Dominic Flandry stories, "Tiger by the Tail," "Warriors from Nowhere," "Honorable Enemies," and "Hunters of the Sky Cave" (a.k.a. "A Handful of Stars" and, in book form, WE CLAIM THERE STARS!).
BRAIN WAVE.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1955]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-5.
BRAIN WAVE.
New York: Walker and Company, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-5. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 242-46.
THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN.
Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1973. Octavo, boards. First edition. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. First printing with no code on page 181. Jacket painting by Richard Corben.
THE ENEMY STARS.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...this is Anderson at his tragic-heroic best, blending meticulous astrophysics with brooding romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-6. Nominated for a Hugo Award in 1959.
THE ENEMY STARS.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. "...this is Anderson at his tragic-heroic best, blending meticulous astrophysics with brooding romanticism." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-6. Nominated for a Hugo Award in 1959.
ENSIGN FLANDRY.
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, [1966]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
FLANDRY OF TERRA.
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects three Dominic Flandry stories, "The Game of Glory" and "A Message in Secret," published in 1961 as part of an Ace double as MAYDAY ORBIT, and "The Plague of Masters," published in 1961 as part of an Ace double as EARTHMAN, GO HOME!
GUARDIANS OF TIME.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1960]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine 422K. Collects four novellas.
HARVEST OF STARS.
New York: Tor, 1993. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
THE HIGH CRUSADE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "An alien starship lands in medieval England, and carries a group of knights off into space. These rough-and-ready chaps eventually succeed in conquering the interstellar empire. A fondly remembered romp which celebrates the violent human spirit, it has not worn particularly well." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 173. 1961 Hugo nominee. 1961 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-11. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 977-80.
THE HORN OF TIME.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Story collection.
LET THE SPACEMEN BEWARE!
London: Dennis Dobson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition.
THE MAKESHIFT ROCKET.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Spaceship built with beer kegs.
OPERATION CHAOS.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Parallel world, the main character is a werewolf. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 21. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1160-63.
ORBIT UNLIMITED.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition.
ORION SHALL RISE.
Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Anderson. "A long, complex novel set in the world of Anderson's Maurai stories, centuries after the devastating war known variously as 'The Doom War,' 'The Downfall,' and the 'Death Time.' Among other matters this work details a plot by the Northwest Union (the northwestern portion of the former United States) to develop spacecraft powered by nuclear explosives to challenge the domination of their benevolent rulers who have restricted the development of technology ... A superior political thriller ..." - Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 117. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-16. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 416.
ORION SHALL RISE.
Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. 2000 copies printed. "A long, complex novel set in the world of Anderson's Maurai stories, centuries after the devastating war known variously as 'The Doom War,' 'The Downfall,' and the 'Death Time.' Among other matters this work details a plot by the Northwest Union (the northwestern portion of the former United States) to develop spacecraft powered by nuclear explosives to challenge the domination of their benevolent rulers who have restricted the development of technology ... A superior political thriller ..." - Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 117. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-16. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 416.
PERISH BY THE SWORD.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The first Trygve Yamamura novel.
PERISH BY THE SWORD.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Review materials laid in. The first Trygve Yamamura novel. Winner of the first annual Macmillan Cock Robin Mystery Award.
PLANET OF NO RETURN.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition.