Signed titles
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "...remains the quintessential Bradbury fiction." – Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1769-73. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-45. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-51.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983. Octavo, blue cloth stamped in gold, black endpapers, all edges gilt. Later edition. One of 75 copies specially bound for Bradbury's use. Inscribed by Bradbury on the first blank, "To John Melville! / One of 75 / Special Copies! / Ray Bradbury / Oct. 10, 84." This new edition was issued to coincide with the release of the 1983 film. "...remains the quintessential Bradbury fiction." – Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1769-73. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-45. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-51.
THAT SON OF RICHARD III: A BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT...
[Glendale, California]: Roy A. Squires, 1974. Octavo, printed wrappers with marbled paper overlay. First edition. Limited to 485 copies of which this is one of 85 numbered copies in roman numerals (I-LXXXV) signed by Bradbury comprising the “Autograph Edition.”.
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TWICE TWENTY-TWO: THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN [and] A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Bradbury dated in the year of publication. Combined edition of the two volumes, The Golden Apples of the Sun and A Medicine For Melancholy. Uncommon, more so in condition.
THE VINTAGE BRADBURY: RAY BRADBURY'S OWN SELECTION OF HIS BEST STORIES.
New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, [1965]. Octavo, buckram. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper: "Stanley! / Ray Bradbury / 3/28/83." Stanley is Stanley Simon, long time New York area science fiction book collector. Collects 23 stories.
THE VINTAGE BRADBURY: RAY BRADBURY'S OWN SELECTION OF HIS BEST STORIES.
New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, [1965]. Octavo, buckram. First edition. Signed and dated by Bradbury on the front free end paper. Collects 23 stories. Published as a paperback original with a small number of copies done in hardcover.
ACT OF PROVIDENCE.
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1979]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 signed by Brennan and Grant. Lucius Leffing investigates at the First World Fantasy Convention. Also includes a Lucius Leffing bibliography.
SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT.
New Haven, Connecticut: Macabre House, 1963. Octavo, cloth, printed paper label affixed to spine panel. First edition. Limited to 250 copies signed by Brennan. Collects nine stories.
THE DETECTION COLLECTION: STORIES AND ESSAYS BY THE DETECTION CLUB.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, [2005]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the editor and all authors (except Akunin and Johnson, authors of the lead essay). Original anthology of stories celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Detection Club which also includes the essay "A Tribute to the Detection Club" by Boris Akunin and Michael Johnson, which is special to this edition.
MAKING LOVE: A CONSPIRACY OF THE HEART.
London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland, Doubleday, [2003]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Brill on the title page.
EARTH.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1990]. Octavo, full black leather, spine panel stamped in gold, a.e.g. First edition. Limited to 342 (unnumbered) copies signed by Brin. "...it's fifty years from tomorrow. A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the ultimate disaster." - from the David Brin website. Hugo award nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-158.
EARTH.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1990]. Octavo, full black leather, spine panel stamped in gold, a.e.g. First edition. Limited to 342 (unnumbered) copies signed by Brin. "...it's fifty years from tomorrow. A microscopic black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the ultimate disaster." - from the David Brin website. Hugo award nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-158.
STARTIDE RISING.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Brin. Nebula award winner, 1983, Hugo award winner, 1984 for best novel. This book includes textual revisions by the author for this edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-162.
STARTIDE RISING.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Brin. This edition includes textual revisions by the author. "Superior space opera of a very high order" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-162. Nebula award winner, 1983, Hugo award winner, 1984 for best novel.
STARTIDE RISING.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Brin. This edition includes textual revisions by the author. "Superior space opera of a very high order" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-162. Nebula award winner, 1983, Hugo award winner, 1984 for best novel.
THE UPLIFT WAR.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Brin. Sequel to STARTIDE RISING (1983). Winner of the 1988 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-163.
THE UPLIFT WAR.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Brin. Sequel to STARTIDE RISING (1983). Winner of the 1988 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-163.
THE RIGHT WRONG THING.
San Francisco: The Beaune Press, 1966. Wrappers. First edition. One of 222 numbered copies. Signed inscription by the editor, Dickentsheet. Pamphlet format, hand set and printed. Separate publication of an article that first appeared in the The Bookman (London), 1930.
THE SWORD OF SHANNARA.
New York: Random House, [1977]. Octavo, illustrated by the Hildebrandt brothers, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription dated by Brooks on the title page. The first book in the Shannara fantasy series. Now a television series. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-52.
THE LOST SYMBOL.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [2009]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. The third volume to feature Robert Langdon.
SEX LIFE ON THE PLANET MARS: FREDRIC BROWN IN THE DETECTIVE PULPS VOL. 10.
[Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1986]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Charles Willeford who wrote the introduction. Collects five stories from various detective pulp magazines, the juvenile fantasy written for his children "How Tagrid Got There" and the unfinished novel "Sex Life on the Planet Mars." Introduction by Charles Willeford.
SPACE ON MY HANDS.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of an unknown number of subscriber copies, signed by Brown on the front free end paper. The author's second SF book and first collection of SF short stories. Includes "Daymare," his classic SF detective story. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-169.
THE TASTE OF ASHES.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Browne to a mystery bookseller; "For--- / whom I tolerate only because / he's a bookseller / Howard Browne / 4/16/88." Signed again on the title page by Browne. Also a short typed note dated 1982 from Browne is laid in, declining an invitation to the BoucherCon and saying he is working on a new book to be titled Pork City (St. Martin's, 1988). The next to last Paul Pine novel, this one published under his own name, thought by some the best of the series. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 96-97. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (4th edition), 116-117.
THIN AIR.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Browne, a presentation copy signed by Browne in the year of publication; "For Elaine / ... and the champagne cocktails / were a buck a throw..."/ Love / Howard Browne/ 8/26/54." Well received non-series mystery novel.
THE SHEEP LOOK UP.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Signed by Brunner on the title page. 1972 Nebula nominee. "The most elaborate alarmist novel about industrial pollution." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-72. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 69. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1913-16.