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COSMIC EXODUS.
[London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1953]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library." Following a civil war in 1971, England is a dystopia controlled by a ruthless dictator whose fiendish schemes include turning cadavers into robots with the help of Dr. Azimov of Vienna. But the dictator's plans pale before those of Brenda Norcross, a brilliant and beautiful female industrialist (who is actually a bioengineered Martian super scientist in disguise) who plans to enslave the entire planet to provide breeding stock for the dying Martian race (the Martian survivors have left Mars and are currently hiding out in the interior of Uranus). Harbottle and Holland A118. Reginald 05293.
THE STAR SEEKERS..
[London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1953]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library." Rebel Earth scientists activate the suppressed "instantaneous transportation technique" to allow those who are adventuresome and courageous to travel anywhere in the universe for exploration purposes. Harbottle and Holland A121. Reginald 05295.
MAMMOTH MAN.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), Ltd., n.d., [1952]. Octavo, cover by Terry Maloney, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The first book in Campbell's "Prehistoric" sequence. The "beginning of a fascinating, short-lived series featuring the adventures of Magdah, caveman, together with his friend Garo." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A66. Reginald 02503.
CURSE OF PLANET KUZ.
London: Printed in England and Published by Edwin Self & Co., Ltd., n.d., [1953]. Octavo, cover by Terry Maloney, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "This atrocious space opera is reminiscent of the early Dennis Talbot Hughes, but remain oddly appealing, in that the author seems to have been unaware of his deficiencies and scientific dereliction's. The story develops as a mishmash of Flash Gordon, sword-and-sorcery, and fairy tale: an unknown planet, hostile life forms, and the rescue of a beautiful princess." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A375. Reginald 14501.
ZERO POINT.
London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd., [1952]. Octavo, cover by Gordon C. Davies, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Planetary rivals of our solar system fight for control of a planet orbiting Sirius. Harbottle and Holland A206. Reginald 06025.
THE GREAT ONES.
London: Panther Books Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd., [1954]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Panther No. 58. The ninth and final novel (a series story appeared in 1957) in the "Old Growler" series. "Bent on conquest, they sprang from the mists of legend into terrifying reality-the Great Ones from the Andromeda Galaxy were to return." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A335. Reginald 12947.
BEYOND THE GALAXY.
London: John Spencer & Co., n.d., [1953]. Octavo, cover by Norman Light, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Reckless scientists experimenting with an 'Infinitely Powerful Drive' hurl a spaceliner out of the solar system and into deep space. The crew of the ship (plus two convenient female stowaways) become involved in a space war between the amiable Vril and the nasty Tor Scruti, which they eventually settle by blowing up the home planet of the latter." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A379. Reginald 15758.
"A" MEN.
London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd., [1952]. Octavo, cover by Gordon C. Davies, pictorial wrappers. First edition. An expedition sets off from Earth to rescue a professor held captive on an asteroid named Amor. "They just don't write them like this anymore ... thank God!" - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A231. Reginald 07343.
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE.
London: Panther Books, [1954]. Octavo, cover by John Richards, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Panther No. 114. Third book of the "Resurgent Dust" trilogy. A remnant of mankind survives on Venus following a catastrophic atomic war on Earth which destroyed most life on the planet. Ultimately, the survivors rediscover science and emerge from a long dark age of superstition caused by fear of technology that resulted in mass destruction. In THE INDESTRUCTIBLE, a small exploring expedition is sent by spaceship from Venus to Earth which is ruled by the tyrannical "Overlord" and his telepathic henchmen. The Venusians and Earth's telepathic rebels defeat the Overlord and bring peace and freedom to the planet. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 91. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 246. Reginald 02497. Harbottle and Holland A54.
BRAIN ULTIMATE.
London: Panther Books are Printed in Great Britain and Published by Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, cover by John Richards, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Panther No. 86. A scientist dreams fighting the dictatorship of the planets using disembodied brains of murdered men. "The novel ends on a Stapledonian note, with the establishment of an interstellar gestalt. By turns scientific and mystical, it is one of Campbell's better efforts." - Harbottle and Holland. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 91. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 246. Reginald 02497. Harbottle and Holland A54.
THE ECHOING WORLDS.
London: Panther Books [Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd.], [1953]. Octavo, cover by John Richards, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Panther No. 104. Bored men not suited for space travel find adventure, war and romance in a parallel world. "Occasionally lapses into space opera, but written with remarkable restraint in places." - Harbottle and Holland. Published simultaneously in hardcover. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 96. Harbottle and Holland A41.
SPRAGUE DE CAMP'S NEW ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
London: Panther Books Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Panther No. 92. The paperback issue of this collection of six of de Camp's short SF stories. Published simultaneously in hardcover. Harbottle and Holland B53.
MURDER BY TELECOPTER.
London: Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Ltd., n.d., [1950]. pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A futuristic mystery thriller, with the SF element being a television gizmo which can view either the past or the future ... quite well written and successful within its modest canvas ..." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07540. Harbottle and Holland A240.
STOWAWAY TO MARS...
London: Nova Publications Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, cover by Gordon Hutchings, pictorial wrappers. First printing of the revised text. "Nova Science Fiction Novels" No. 1. The author's second SF book, first published in 1936 as PLANET PLANE. Currey, p. 222. Harbottle and Holland B76.
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THE CATALYST by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Scott and Nancy Andrew bring back a small cinder rock from Mercury, not knowing that it is a catalyst which will turn water into gold. It is lost in the sewers of London, and Earth is threatened. An ingenious SF re-working of the King Midas Legend." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A132.
SUPERNATURAL STORIES.
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1959]. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A volume in Spencer's quasi-periodical series issued at regular intervals (bi-monthly, later monthly), the de-facto anthologies alternating with short novels, all part of the same numbered series. This number features five stories. Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 640. Parnell, Monthly Terrors, p. 205.
SUPERNATURAL STORIES.
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1959]. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. A volume in Spencer's quasi-periodical series issued at regular intervals (bi-monthly, later monthly), the de-facto anthologies alternating with short novels, all part of the same numbered series. This number features five stories, all (four pseudonymous) by R. Lionel Fanthorpe, a prolific writer for Spencer publications. Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 640. Parnell, Monthly Terrors, p. 205.
SUPERNATURAL STORIES.
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1959]. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. A volume in Spencer's quasi-periodical series issued at regular intervals (bi-monthly, later monthly), the de-facto anthologies alternating with short novels, all part of the same numbered series. This number features five stories, all (four pseudonymous) by R. Lionel Fanthorpe, a prolific writer for Spencer publications. Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 640. Parnell, Monthly Terrors, p. 205.
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OUT OF THIS WORLD [SUPERNATURAL STORIES].
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1958]. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. A volume in Spencer's quasi-periodical series issued at regular intervals (bi-monthly, later monthly), the de-facto anthologies alternating with short novels, all part of the same numbered series. This number features five stories, all (four pseudonymous) by R. Lionel Fanthorpe, a prolific writer for Spencer publications. Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 640. Parnell, Monthly Terrors, p. 205.
TWILIGHT ZONE.
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Badger Books SF 13. Set in the distant future, the story recollects the period, a thousand years before the events of the novel, a period when the Sun cooled and Earth became uninhabitable. Mankind migrated to Venus, and later to Mercury. On Mercury the colonists are enslaved by the dictatorial Overlords, against whom they finally rebel and destroy. They return to Earth, which is now recovering as the ice recedes and the planet warms up again. Also present is a short story, "Point of No Return" by Max Chartair (i.e. John Glasby) about an advanced space ship that enters deep space beyond the orbit of Pluto, never to return. Not in Clarke. Reginald 08637 (dating 1954).
THE DESTROYERS.
London: John Spencer & Co. (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1958]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Badger Books SF 11. Bioengineered humans survive on Mars after the Earth has been destroyed by atomic war. The ancient native Martians who left their planet long ago return to reclaim their home world and exterminate the remnant of mankind. Now man must adapt again to return to their ruined Earth. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 114. Not in Brians. Reginald 09643.
TALES OF TOMMORROW. [
London: John Spencer & Co., [1952]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. Fourth of eleven published, paperback size magazine. Four SF stories. Harbottle and Holland p. 150. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 652.
FUTURISTIC SCIENCE STORIES.
London: John Spencer & Co., [1952]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. Seventh of fifteen published, paperback size magazine. Five SF stories. Harbottle and Holland p. 150. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 286-287.
FUTURISTIC SCIENCE STORIES.
London: John Spencer & Co., [1952]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Gerald Facey, pictorial wrappers. Sixth of fifteen published, paperback size magazine. Five SF stories. This issue features the first published SF story by Lionel Fanthorpe, "Worlds Without End," writing as Lionel Roberts. Harbottle and Holland p. 150. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 286-287.
WONDERS OF THE SPACEWAYS.
London: John Spencer & Co., [1952]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Gordon Davies, pictorial wrappers. Fifth of ten published, paperback size magazine. Five SF stories. Harbottle and Holland p. 154. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 768-769.