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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.
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.
THE DEADLY STREETS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1958]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace #D-312. Paperback original. Collection of short stories based on Ellison's experiences when he was part of a juvenile street gang.
GENTLEMAN JUNKIE: AND OTHER STORIES OF THE HUNG-UP GENERATION.
Evanston: Regency, 1961. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Story collection, contains the classic story "Daniel White for the Greater Good." These stories are mostly social commentary, not speculative fiction. This book was a major boost for Ellison as it was favorably reviewed in Esquire by Dorothy Parker.
PAINGOD AND OTHER DELUSIONS.
New York: Pyramid Books, 1965. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second edition. Pyramid # X-1991. Paperback original. States first edition but is actually the second Pyramid printing; #X-1991. Collects seven stories including "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman.
RUMBLE.
New York: Pyramid Books, 1958. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pyramid #G 352. Paperback original. Teen-age street gangs.
TROUBLEMAKERS.
New York: An Edgeworks Abbey offering in association with ibooks, [2001]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. Sixteen stories selected by the author with notes preceding each. Includes expanded and revised "Never Send To Know For Whom The Lettuce Wilts."
SILENT TERROR.
New York: Avon Books, 1986. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
SILENT TERROR.
New York: Avon Books, 1986. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
HALO IN BRASS.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket Book 709. A Paul Pine detective novel.
THE STORY OF PHANTOM: KILLER'S TOWN...
[New York]: Avon Books, [1973]. Octavo, cover art by George Wilson, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon 17731. The ninth volume in this series.
THE STORY OF PHANTOM: THE MYSTERIOUS AMBASSADOR...
[New York]: Avon Books, [1973]. Octavo, cover art by George Wilson, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon 15545. The sixth volume in this series.
BLACK INFINITY.
London: John Spencer & Co (Publishers) Limited, n.d., [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Badger Books SN44. Paperback original. Supernatural novel of Black Magic and Witchcraft. Reginald 05051.
THE GREEN ODYSSEY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1957]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Ballantine Books 210. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-390.
THE CORPSE NEXT DOOR.
[New York: Graphic Publishing Company, Inc., 1956]. Small octavo, cover art by Oliver Brabbins, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Graphic Books 138. Paperback original. The author's first novel.
THE AVENGING MARTIAN by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "In the remote past, the evil super-scientists of Venus had totally destroyed Mars to ensure their planet's survival. But the doomed Martians set in motion events involving the sending of two of their race to Earth, which results in their being avenged by a present-day descendent. This is an expanded and rewritten version of 'Red Heritage,' which appeared in ASTOUNDING, January 1938, as by John Russell Fearn. An archetypal Staten novel which was reprinted in the United States as 'Survivor of Mars,' TWO COMPLETE SCIENCE ADVENTURE BOOKS, Spring 1953." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A126.
THE CATALYST by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Scott and Nancy Andrew bring back a small cinder rock from Mercury, not knowing that it is a catalyst which will turn water into gold. It is lost in the sewers of London, and Earth is threatened. An ingenious SF re-working of the King Midas Legend." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A132.
THE CATALYST by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Scott and Nancy Andrew bring back a small cinder rock from Mercury, not knowing that it is a catalyst which will turn water into gold. It is lost in the sewers of London, and Earth is threatened. An ingenious SF re-working of the King Midas Legend." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A132.
THE COSMIC FLAME by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "The inhabitants of a synthetic world beyond the orbit of Pluto come to the aid of Earth when renegade scientists utilize a natural cosmic lens to back up an ultimatum to the world. An entertaining space opera." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A133.
INFERNO by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." In the year 2150 A.D. immortal Atlanteans living underground on the planet Saturn help a stranded astronaut and his girl friend overthrow the ruthless Earth dictator who tried to kill them. The main part of the plot involves super science, dopplegangers and matter transmission. "A grandiose interplanetary adventure." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A144.
NEBULA X by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." The scattered atoms of the long-dead sole survivor of a peaceful alien race annihilated by the super science of an ancient pre-antediluvian Earth civilization are reunited by Earth scientists during a laboratory experiment. The super intelligent, amoral, and totally evil alien assumes the form of a beautiful woman, Nebula, and makes plans to exterminate mankind to avenge its dead race. "The basic plot of this story is based on 'The Multillionth Chance' which appeared in the September 1946 issue of THRILLING WONDER STORIES, as by John Russell Fearn." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A155.
THE RENEGADE STAR by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "When the Solar System is doomed to absolute destruction by the close passage of a renegade star, super scientist Evelyn Stokes is Earth's only chance of survival. An audacious novel that sends Earth on a titanic voyage through the universe, the story is a slightly expanded and rewritten version of 'The Blue Infinity,' which was published in the September 1935 issue of ASTOUNDING under Fearn's own name." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A162.
SPACE WARP by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Limited. [1952]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "A fault in the ether causes temperatures to rise to record levels all over the world as the endless day gets under way. The lives of a number of people are affected in different ways by this strange and terrifying metamorphosis in nature." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A164.
WANDERER OF SPACE by Vargo Statten [pseudonym].
London: Scion Ltd., n.d., [1950]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "A Scion Scientific Novel." "Deep in space a son is born to the Queen of Earth, while back on the politically unstable homeworld, an exact twin is created by synthesis, giving rise to interplanetary intrigue and adventure. An SF variant of Alexandre Dumas's THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A172.
THE PILDITCH PUZZLE.
Chicago: Royce Publishers, n.d. [1946]. Small octavo, wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Trophy Books #402. First published in the U.K. as The Murderer (under the pseudonym of William Morton), the U.S. hardcover in 1932 uses the listed title. This edition is both illustrated and abridged.