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ROGUE SHIP.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The discovery of faster than light travel defuses a mutiny on the long interstellar voyage of a generation starship traveling from a ruined Earth to the planetary system of Centaurus.
ROGUE SHIP.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Van Vogt on the title page. The discovery of faster than light travel defuses a mutiny on the long interstellar voyage of a generation starship traveling from a ruined Earth to the planetary system of Centaurus.
AWAY AND BEYOND.
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy Publishers, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects nine stories, first published between 1940 and 1948, all but one appearing in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-179.
THE BOOK OF PTATH.
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Van Vogt on an inserted plate. Story was first published in Unknown Worlds. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-348. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 62. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 2. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1064. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 146-48. In 333.
THE BATTLE OF FOREVER.
[Franklin, Tennessee]: Authors' Co-op Publishing Co., [1978]. Octavo, First U.S. hardcover edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by van Vogt. "A human adventurer discovers that most of his future world is inhabited by genetically enhanced beast-men. Of course, as in most of Van Vogt's work, it turns out the hero himself has super-powers. After a gap of 20 years, this was the second, and in some critics' opinion, best of van Vogt's "comeback" novels..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 27.
COSMIC ENCOUNTER.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Octavo, boards. First edition. "An astonishing farrago which involves "time-collapse," an 18th-century setting complete with pirates, and a futuristic battle-cruiser ejected from its own era. It makes no sense, but it's possibly the best late novel by this energetic spinner of pulp fantasies. "Sheer panache" - Brian Stableford." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), p. 78. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-567.
EMPIRE OF THE ATOM.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Van Vogt on the title page. A mutant boy rises to power in a barbaric post-nuclear war "culture where radioactive elements are worshiped as gods and scientist-priests monopolize atomic power" (Brians). "A space opera of courtly intrigue which is modeled on Robert Graves's historical novels about the emperor Claudius" (Pringle). A novelization of a series of five stories published in ASTOUNDING between May 1946 and December 1947. The sequel is THE WIZARD OF LINN (1950; 1962).
EMPIRE OF THE ATOM.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A mutant boy rises to power in a barbaric post-nuclear war "culture where radioactive elements are worshiped as gods and scientist-priests monopolize atomic power" (Brians). "A space opera of courtly intrigue which is modeled on Robert Graves's historical novels about the emperor Claudius" (Pringle). A novelization of a series of five stories published in ASTOUNDING between May 1946 and December 1947. The sequel is THE WIZARD OF LINN (1950; 1962).
FUTURE GLITTER.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Signed inscription by Van Vogt on the title page. In a future society some scientists attempt to overthrow a dictatorship.
THE HOUSE THAT STOOD STILL.
[New York]: Greenberg: Publisher, [1950]. Octavo, cloth. No statement of printing on copyright page. First edition. Old fashioned space opera in which the hero discovers immortals living in California and Earth facing a terrible fate. "Archetypal American mid-century SF mystery. roughhewn and exclamatory." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 177.
THE MIXED MEN.
New York: Gnome Press, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Probable first binding of blue boards with spine panel lettered in orange. Currey binding 'A', blue boards. Fix up novel from stories first published in Astounding Science Fiction.
SLAN.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-180.
SLAN.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, illustration by Robert F. Hubbell, cloth. First edition. The author's first and perhaps best book. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-383. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2096-2100. In 333.
SLAN.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, illustration by Robert F. Hubbell, cloth. First edition. The author's first and perhaps best book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1155. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2096-2100. In 333.
SLAN.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First printing of the revised edition. The author's first, and perhaps best, book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1155. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2096-2100. In 333.
SLAN.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4051 copies printed. The author's first, and perhaps best, book, a novel first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in 1940. One of the landmarks of "Golden Age" SF. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1155. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2096-2100. In 333.
THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Small octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Van Vogt; "--- /All Best Wishes /A.E. van Vogt." Fix-up novel stitched together from magazine stories, which includes his first story "The Black Destroyer." Plot elements from several of these stories are credited as the basis for the film Alien. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-181.
THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Fix-up novel ... Two of the stories rewritten to form this book were first published in 1939 and are among van Vogt's earliest works (incidentally, he is the inventor of the widely accepted term 'fix-up,' which describes this practice). They're also among his most effective -- tales of encounters between talented human beings and a variety of terrifying alien creatures. This is the classic 'bug-eyed monster' novel, the acknowledged inspiration for the film Alien and scores of similar stories." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 404-405. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1156. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2378-81. In 333.
THE WEAPON MAKERS.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-224, frontispiece illustration by Allan W. Halladay, cloth. First edition. The author's second book. First published as a serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (1943). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05. In 333.
THE WEAPON MAKERS.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-224, frontispiece illustration by Allan W. Halladay, cloth. First edition. The author's second book. First published as a serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (1943). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05. In 333.
THE WEAPON MAKERS.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-224, frontispiece illustration by Allan W. Halladay, cloth. First edition. Label affixed to front free end paper with inscription and signature of Van Vogt to a well known early fan. The author's second book. First published as a serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION (1943). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05. In 333.
THE WEAPONS MAKERS.
Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-224, frontispiece illustration by Allan W. Halladay, cloth. First edition. Author's second book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05. In 333.
THE WORLD OF [NULL] A.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Octavo, illustration by Lee Manso, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Van Vogt - "My very best wishes / A. E. Van Vogt." "A space-operatic mystery story in its author's best vein, with a hero who seemingly can die and be reborn endlessly (thanks to his 'non-Aristotelian' mental powers). It's dreadful old garbage by any reasonable critical standard, and yet it has a dreamlike conviction which has endeared it to generations of readers. The works of van Vogt, which have provided so much escapist joy, are among the great embarrassments of modern SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 427. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05.
THE WORLD OF [NULL] A.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1988]. Octavo, illustrated by Vincent DiFate, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by James Gunn. Collector's notes laid in. Part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-183.
THE WORLD OF [NULL] A.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Octavo, illustration by Lee Manso, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Van Vogt on the front free end paper: "With all good / wishes / A. E. Van Vogt." Also affixed to the front paste down is a label with a nice inscription signed by Van Vogt to a well known early fan. "A space-operatic mystery story in its author's best vein, with a hero who seemingly can die and be reborn endlessly (thanks to his 'non-Aristotelian' mental powers). It's dreadful old garbage by any reasonable critical standard, and yet it has a dreamlike conviction which has endeared it to generations of readers. The works of van Vogt, which have provided so much escapist joy, are among the great embarrassments of modern SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 427. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1158. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2501-05.