Signed titles
CINNABAR.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., [1976]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Bryant to "Dan" on the title page. Linked stories about "a decadent far future city where aesthetic motives are paramount and ennui reigns supreme" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-178. "Clever and atmospheric work ..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 67.
BORDERS OF INFINITY.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1989]. Octavo, frontispiece by Ray Miller, full leather, a.e.g. First hardcover edition. One of an unknown number of copies signed by Bujold on a special limitation page. New introduction by James Gunn. A Miles Vorkosigan adventure. A section of this novel comprises "The Mountains of Mourning," winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novella. Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-186.
THE CURSE OF THE CHALION.
[New York]: Eos An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2003]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Bujold on the title page. Epic fantasy, first book in the "World of the Five Gods" series. Nominated for the Hugo award and World Fantasy award for best novel. The series that this book starts won a Hugo award for best series in 2018.
MIRROR DANCE.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1994]. Octavo, frontispiece by Pat Morrissey, full leather, a.e.g. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Bujold. Winner of the 1995 Hugo award for best novel. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
PALADIN OF SOULS.
[New York]: Eos An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2003]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance copy, uncorrected proof, of the first edition. Signed by Bujold on the title page. Epic fantasy, a sequel to THE CURSE OF CHALION. Winner of the Hugo award, Nebula award and Locus award for best novel, 2004.
HIGH SIERRA.
New York [and] London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-292 [293: blank] [294: printer's information] [295-296: blank], original dark orange cloth, front, spine and rear stamped in gray, top edge stained red, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First edition. Signed inscription by Burnett on the verso of the half title page: "For / Jean / sincere best / W R Burnett." This classic novel is "...in effect, the biography of Roy Earle, a fictional creation who reflects the lives of several eminent American outlaws of the 1920s and 1930s...Far from the myths created by J. Edgar Hoover's biased attitude toward the criminals of the 1930s, Burnett gives us a sad, sometimes surreal look at a true outlaw." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 100-101. Filmed in 1941 by Raoul Walsh from a screenplay by Burnett and John Huston, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart. Filmed as a Western in 1949, Colorado Territory and again in 1955 with Jack Palance as Roy Earle asI Died A Thousand Times. Hubin, pp. 119-120.
TARZAN: THE LOST ADVENTURE ...
[Milwaukie, OR]: Dark Horse Books, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. First publication of Burroughs's unfinished novel revised and completed by Joe R. Lansdale. A presentation copy with signed inscriptions to ERB collector William Ross by Lansdale and author of the preface George T. McWhorter, and signed by four of the artists whose illustrations appear in the book and several others associated with its publication.
CARSON OF VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-312 [313: ads] [314-318: blank] [last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panel stamped in orange, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs on the front free end paper. "... the third and by far the finest book in the series [of Venus novels]." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 298-302. Heins CV-1. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
CARSON OF VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-312 [313: ads] [314-318: blank] [last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panel stamped in orange, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. "... the third and by far the finest book in the series [of Venus novels]." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 298-302. Heins CV-1. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A presentation copy with gift inscription by Burroughs signed "Ed" to "Lucy & Bill" dated 25 December 1922 at Tarzana Ranch. Fifth book of the Mars series. 12,500 copies printed. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02278. Heins CM-1.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-319 [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John and twelve full-page St. John illustrations in the text, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing, first binding with publisher's imprint on spine panel set on three lines. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Burroughs dated 30 January 1925 on the front free endpaper. Total of 63,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably four, all dated 1919. A series of twelve stories, "The New Stories of Tarzan," all first published monthly in BLUE BOOK, September 1916-August 1917. The stories, containing some of Burroughs's best writing, were collected in JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 319. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02286. Heins JT-1.
THE LAD AND THE LION.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-317 [318: blank] [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs on the front free end paper. Adventure fiction set in contemporary North Africa. The Lad and the Lion, a 1917 silent film made by the Selig Polyscope Company was the first motion picture based on a Burroughs story. Reginald 02287. Heins LL-1.
THE MONSTER MEN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-304, original tan cloth, front panel stamped in green and blind, spine panel stamped in green. First edition. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Professor Maxon's monsters, "souless, malformed, brainless ... [but] nevertheless composed of flesh and blood and endowed with the spark of life," run amok in the jungle country of "savage" Borneo killing hordes of Dyaks while in pursuit of a lustful rajah who has kidnapped the professor's lovely daughter. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 335. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 111. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02297. Heins MMe-1. Zeuschner 329.
TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR.
New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-312, inserted frontispiece with illustration by Paul F. Berdanier, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Third book of the Pellucidar series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 313. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 118. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02315. Heins TP-1.
TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE.
New York: Metropolitan Books, Inc. Publishers, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-301 [302: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first binding with "METROPOLITAN" at base of spine panel. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Tarzan joins the Jason Gridley expedition into the Earth's interior to rescue David Innes. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 314. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 123. Teitler 189. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02329. Heins TEC-1.
TARZAN OF THE APES.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-400 [401] [402-406: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front stamped in blind and gold, spine stamped in gold. First edition, first printing with "W. F. Hall Printing Co. / Chicago" set in Old English type on two lines on verso of title leaf, first binding without acorn device on spine panel. Signed leaf by Burroughs tipped in. First of the Tarzan novels, one of the iconic characters of 20th century fiction, basis for many films, radio and television shows. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-32; (1981) 1-32; (1987) 1-18; and (1995) 1-18. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-62. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 315. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 26. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 125. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, 1884-90. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2229-35. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02331. Heins TA-2. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 134.
THUVIA MAID OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-256 [257: ad] [258: blank] [259-263: ads] [264: blank] [265-267: ads] [268: blank], ten inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing. Total of 17,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, at least two, the last dated 1921. Signed inscription by Burroughs on the front free endpaper: "To / --- / with kind regards / Edgar Rice Burroughs." There were multiple printings, at least two, last dated 1921. Fourth book of the Mars series, this novel involves the son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, Cathoris, prince of Helium. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #307. Heins TMM-1.
THE WARLORD OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-296 [297-303: ads] [304: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs to collector Ed Gilbert who at the time of signing was Burroughs son-in-law, married Gilbert's sister Maud. Along with the inscription is a drawing by Burroughs of a Martian (Barsoomian) Thark, perhaps Tars Tarkas. Third book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 306. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 129. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02342. Heins WM-1.
CLAY'S ARK.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1984]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Signed on the title page by Butler. "A returning spaceship bears an alien disease back to Earth. But this is not a standard "plague" story: only a small group of people is infected by the alien parasite, although the implication is that their transformed children will take over the Earth." Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 70. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-87.
XENOGENESIS: DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES, and IMAGO.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1987-1989]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Volumes one and three inscribed and signed by Butler on the title page, volume two signed by Butler on the title page. The three volumes of the Xenogenesis trilogy, also known as Lilith's Brood. Set in a future after a nuclear war has devastated the earth an African American woman is one of a small number of humans "rescued" by alien beings. The aliens find it beneficial to interbreed with other alien species. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-97. Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
FLEDGLING...
New York: Seven Stories Press, [2005]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed on the title page. Vampire novel. A young girl with amnesia awakens to find she is in reality an older vampire. A fact complicated in that she looks like a ten year old girl. "A finely crafted character study, a parable about race and an exciting family saga. Exquisitely moving fiction." - Kirkus review, 15 August, 2005.
THE LONG NIGHT.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1956]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Caidin, "To Ward: / With my hopes / for a few sleepless / nights -- / Martin." Dated in the author's hand January 29. 1956. Author's first science fiction novel. A nuclear holocaust novel. "...a terse and vivid step-by-step portrait of a family and town confronted with an atomic explosion and resultant firestorm..." - Smith (ed.): Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers (1981), pp. 96-97.
RAINBOW'S END.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Cain on the half title page: "To-- / with love, / & the hope (?) / enjoy it / Jim / Hyattsville, Md / July 8, 1975."
THE BLACK STAR PASSES.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Campbell on an inserted limitation leaf. Space opera. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-210.
THE BLACK STAR PASSES.
Reading: Fantasy Press, [1953]. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Campbell on an inserted limitation leaf. Space opera. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-210.