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THERE WERE NO ASPER LADIES.
London: The Mitre Press, n.d., [1944]. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-126 [127-128: ads], pictorial wrappers. First edition. "The first of the Lucian Carolus occult detective stories, a full-length novel of vampirism." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 23. Bleiler (1978), p.11. Reginald 00532. Hubin (1994), p. 32.
A TASTE OF TREASURE.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition.
THE SUPERNATURAL INDEX: A LISTING OF FANTASY, SUPERNATURAL, OCCULT, WEIRD AND HORROR ANTHOLOGIES.
Westport, CT, London: Greenwood Press, [1995]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition.
PHANTOM PERFUMES AND OTHER SHADES: MEMORIES OF GHOST STORIES MAGAZINE. Introduction by Mike Ashley.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2000. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies. Collection of seventeen supernatural stories from the pulp, GHOST STORIES MAGAZINE (1926-1931). Foreword by Hugh Cave, checklist and index to the magazine by Ashley.
WHO'S WHO IN HORROR AND FANTASY FICTION.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1978]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, U.S. issue, trade paperback issue. Core is 400 bio-bibliographies of writers and editors whose work was principally in the genre or exercised influence upon it from the early eighteenth century to the early 1970s. Four appendixes, the first three with brief annotations: Checklist of novels and shorter fictions intended "as a basic suggested reading list;" checklist of selected weird fiction anthologies; checklist of weird and horror fiction magazines; and list of awards (August Derleth Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award). "Ashley frequently includes biographical details and other tidbits not found in any other source and his inclusion of a large number of classic horror writers of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries makes his book valuable even more than a decade after its original publication... He also manages to mention and intelligently evaluate thousands of books and stories while commenting on the authors' lives and careers." - Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 43. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 6-18. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 6-18. Tymn, (ed), Horror Literature 8-1.
ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY.
London: Andrew Dakers Ltd., nd. n.d.. [1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Science fiction/fantasy novel of ancient Atlantis. Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 23.
ISSAC ASIMOV'S TOMORROW'S VOICES. Collected by the Editors of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
New York: The Dial Press / Davis Publications, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Original anthology collecting fifteen stories by Jayge Carr, David Brin, Mary R. Gentle and others, and a poem by Bruce Boston.
THE HUGO WINNERS: VOLUME 4 [1976-1979].
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collect thirteen stories. Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, James Tiptree, Jr., Isaac Asimov, Joe Haldeman, Spider and Jean Robinson, Joan D. Vinge, Harlan Ellison, John Varley, Poul Anderson and C.J. Cherryh.
THE HUGO WINNERS: VOLUME 4 [1976-1979].
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collect thirteen stories. Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, James Tiptree, Jr., Isaac Asimov, Joe Haldeman, Spider and Jean Robinson, Joan D. Vinge, Harlan Ellison, John Varley, Poul Anderson and C.J. Cherryh.
FOUR FUTURES: FOUR ORIGINAL NOVELLAS OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Anthology of four stories based on themes suggested by Isaac Asimov.
NORBY AND THE LOST PRINCESS.
New York: Walker and Company, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The third Norby book.
CHILD OF TIME.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1991. Octavo, boards. First edition.
THE [complete] LUCKY STARR SERIES: DAVID STARR: SPACE RANGER, LUCKY STARR AND THE PIRATES OF THE ASTEROIDS, LUCKY STARR AND THE OCEANS OF VENUS, LUCKY STARR AND THE BIG SUN OF MERCURY, LUCKY STARR AND THE MOONS OF JUPITER, LUCKY STARR AND THE RINGS OF SATURN. (6 volumes).
Boston: Twayne Publishers [Gregg Press], [1978]. Octavo, cloth. Later editions. First editions by this publisher. First published by Doubleday as by "Paul French," ( pseudonym). The complete Lucky Starr series. New preface by Isaac Asimov.
ISAAC ASIMOV: A CHECKLIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 1939-MAY 1972.
[Kent]: The Kent State University Press, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Lists fiction and nonfiction by Asimov published in books and magazines, plus selected secondary material on Asimov and his writings. Brief introductory note by Asimov. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 273.
THE SCIENCE FICTION WEIGHT-LOSS BOOK.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects fifteen stories by R. A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, William Tenn, Kit Reed, Stephen King, and others. Includes "Gladys's Gregory" by John Anthony West and other dystopian tales.
100 GREAT FANTASY SHORT SHORT STORIES.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. One hundred very short stories, most 2-5 pages, longest 6 pages. Isaac Asimov, Roger Zelazny, Jane Yolen, Clark Ashton Smith, Avram Davidson, H.P. Lovecraft, James Sallis, Katherine Maclean, and many others.
THE ALTERNATE ASIMOVS.
Garden City: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Asimov on the title page. Collects "Grow Old Along With Me," the original novella-length version of novel Pebble in the Sky, the original novelette-length version of novel The End of Eternity, and the previously unpublished first version and published version of "Belief," with introduction and afterword by Asimov.
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects 13 science fiction mystery stories.
ASIMOV'S SHERLOCKIAN LIMERICKS.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1978. Small octavo, illustrated by Gahan Wilson, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Asimov and the artist, Gahan Wilson. Sixty limericks, one for each of the sixty tales of the Sherlockian canon.
THE BEST OF ISAAC ASIMOV.
Garden City: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Generic inscription and signed by Asimov on the title page. Collects twelve stories selected by the author from 1939-1972. Introduction by Asimov. Preceded by the British edition published in 1973.
THE CAVES OF STEEL.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, jacket illustration by Ruth Ray, boards. First edition. The first of the Robot novels. "A richly characterized, thoughtfully told story; justifiably a favorite among Asimov's readers." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-10. Hubin, p. 34. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 245.
THE COMPLETE STORIES: VOLUME I.
[London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Collects forty-six stories and two poems, all fiction previously collected in EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH (1957) NINE TOMORROWS (1959) and NIGHTFALL AND OTHER STORIES (1969). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-43.
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. First edition. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. First edition. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.