Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Foreword by Graham Greene. The Definitive Doyle bibliography.

San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Volume six of The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today.

[New York]: Algol Press, [1978]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, trade paperback issue. Signed by Ellison on the title page. Material by and about Ellison, edited by Andrew Porter. Includes fiction and nonfiction by Ellison, including an autobiography, memoirs by Ted White, Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold, and Lee Hoffman, an essay on Ellison's fiction by Joseph Patrouch, Jr., and a checklist of Ellison's nonfiction by Leslie Kay Swigart. 2000 copies printed of which this is one of 1800 paperbound copies.

Philadelphia: Oswald Train: Publisher, 1983. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 9-417 [418: blank] [note: complete despite gap in pagination], illustrations, cloth. First edition. An informal history of the SF book field in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, then almost totally the providence of the amateur specialist publisher, set against the activities of an early fan, writer and SF specialty publisher (Eshbach was founder and publisher of Fantasy Press). Chapter 14, "The Books They Published," pages 343-388, provides a valuable bibliographical checklist (with print runs where known) for selected specialty presses that commenced operation prior to 1970. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-54.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-xi [xii] [1-2] 3-404, cloth. Second (revised) edition. A groundbreaking anthology of nineteenth century American science fiction with extensive critical commentary by editor Franklin providing a perceptive and provocative study of science fiction by American literary figures of the period. "Easily the best showcase anthology of its field ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-346. "... one of the most influential of SF anthologies, in drawing attention to the sheer volume of 19th century SF." - Clute and Nicholls (editors), The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1993), p. 450. "There are some surprises, and all point the way to contemporary SF even if few stories quite have the 'feel' of the modern genre." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 148. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 1-36 and 13-24; (1995) 1-36; and (2004) II-1346.

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1981]. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xi [xii-xiv] 1-215 [216-218: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], cloth. First edition. Collection of eight autobiographical essays by Harlan Ellison, Philip Jose Farmer, R. A. Lafferty, Katherine MacLean, Barry N. Malzberg, Mack Reynolds, Margaret St. Clair, Norman Spinard, and A. E. van Vogt. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) 10-169.

Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Volume two in Hall's series, the first covering the years 1923-1973. Research aid listing sources of book reviews.

N.p. The Kent State University Press, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.

New York: Ballantine Books, [January 1990, i.e. November 1989]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xviii, [1-2] 3-281 [282-283] [284-286: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A selection of letters written by Heinlein between 1939 and 1972, mainly to his editors (including John W. Campbell) and his longtime agent Lurton Blassingame. Appendixes include "Cuts in Red Planet" and "'Postlude' to Podkayne of Mars–Original Version." Edited, with "A Short Biography of Robert A. Heinlein" and other material, by Virginia Heinlein.

[Lamoni, Iowa: Jonathan Bacon, 1976.]. Large octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-38 [39-40] [note: pagination includes covers], pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy signed by Jonathan Bacon. Prints the texts of twenty-six letters by Howard as well as his article, "Ghost Camp of Colorado," the latter first published here in a book.