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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A. CONAN DOYLE.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Foreword by Graham Greene. The Definitive Doyle bibliography.
WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1991]. Octavo, pp. viii, 264, boards. First edition. Twenty original and reprint articles and essays by Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly, Jane Yolen, Connie Willis, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, John Barnes, Norman Spinrad, Dozois, and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) 14-16.
GANGLAND'S DOOM: THE SHADOW OF THE PULPS.
N.p. Robert Weinberg Publisher, 1974. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pictorial wrappers, original paperbound booklet. Signed inscription on the front cover by Walter Gibson, author the Shadow novels (also signed as Maxwell Grant).
THE UNIVERSES OF E.E. SMITH.
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1000 copies printed. Summary and detailed concordance for the Lensman and Skylark series. Introduction by James H. Schmitz and comprehensive bibliography by Al Lewis.
HARLAN ELLISON: UNREPENTANT HARLEQUIN.
San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Volume six of The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today.
HARLAN ELLISON: UNREPENTANT HARLEQUIN.
San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Signed inscription by Ellison to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Volume six of The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today.
THE BOOK OF ELLISON ... Edited by Andrew Porter.
[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.
EDGEWORKS 1: OVER THE EDGE [and] AN EDGE IN MY VOICE.
[Clarkston, Georgia: White Wolf Publishing, 1996.]. Octavo, cloth. First edition of this combination. Collects OVER THE EDGE (1970), a collection of short fiction, and AN EDGE IN MY VOICE (1985), a collection of essays.
THE HARLAN ELLISON HORNBOOK.
Westminster, Maryland: The Mirage Press, Ltd., 1990. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v [vi-viii] ix-xi [xii-xiv] xv-xxiii [xxiv] xxv-xxviii [xxix-xxx] 1-417 [418], cloth. First edition. Limited to 776 copies, this being one of 750 numbered copies signed by Ellison. Previously uncollected essays, several revised for this book, one published here for the first time. This issue accompanied by a companion volume, HARLAN ELLISON'S MOVIE: AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, one of 750 numbered copies signed by Ellison.
HARLAN ELLISON'S WATCHING.
Los Angeles, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Octavo, pp. [1-2: inserted limitation leaf] [1-18] i-iii [iv] v-xxxvii [xxxviii-xl] 1-514 [515-518: blank] [note last two leaves are blanks], full black leather with gold stamped spine. First edition. Letter "W" of twenty-six lettered copies signed by Ellison.
OVER MY SHOULDER: REFLECTIONS ON A SCIENCE FICTION ERA ...
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.
THE HORNBLOWER COMPANION: AN ATLAS AND PERSONAL COMMENTARY ON THE WRITING OF THE HORNBLOWER SAGA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS BY SAMUEL BRYANT.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. "...a valuable guide to the wanderings of Forester's indomitable hero, and an indispensable adjunct to any Hornblower collection." (From jacket copy).
FUTURE PERFECT: AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Revised Edition.
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.
ARTHUR RACKHAM.
New York: Macmillan, 1976. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. Study of Rackham's work in an art context.
FANTASTIC LIVES: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS BY NOTABLE SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS.
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.
WHO'S WHODUNIT.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1969. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Pseudonym index for writers of detective, mystery and crime fiction.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. Gunn, award-winning SF author and respected literary scholar, devoted many years to collecting the often rare photographs that compliment the highly readable text. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEW INDEX 1974-1979.
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.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS: THE NOVELS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT.
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Study of each of Hammett's novels as detective fiction and literature.
A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCES OF DASHIELL HAMMETT'S MAGAZINE WORK.
N.p. The Kent State University Press, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE NECRONOMICON FILES: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND.
[Mountain View, CA]: Night Shade Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Investigation of the history of the Necronomicon.
GRUMBLES FROM THE GRAVE ...
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.
SHADOWS OF IMAGINATION: THE FANTASIES OF C. S. LEWIS, J. R. R. TOLKIEN AND CHARLES WILLIAMS...
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x-xvii [xviii-xx] 1-190 [191-196: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], cloth. First printing of the enlarged edition. Collects thirteen essays by Chad Walsh, Hillegas, and others, enlarged by inclusion of a new essay, "The Wonder of The Silmarillion," by Peter Kreeft.
RUNES OF AHRH EIH ECHE [cover title].
[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.