Paperback
THORNS.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine U6097. 1967 Nebula and 1968 Hugo nominee. "...a stylized novel of alienation and psychic Vampirism..." - SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1022.
DEAD WEIGHT.
New York: Ideal Distributing Company, n.d., [1947]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Black Knight 31. Mystery novel. "Abridged edition."
RIDERS TO THE STARS ...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Small octavo, cover painting by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 58. Novelization of Siodmak's screenplay by Robert Smith, published before the release of the 1954 film. The rear cover of the book has stills from the film.The Science Fiction Encyclopedia online offers some interesting commentary on this film which predates the coming space race: "...this is one of the few films, and perhaps the only film, that accurately predicted the course of the American space programme. Space Flight would be achieved by a government programme – not brilliant individuals or patriotic businessmen; space pilots would be carefully selected and rigorously trained before flight, in contrast to films in which people build a Rocket and then look around to see what random individuals might be available to join its crew on short notice; the first steps into space would involve suborbital flights, not a pioneering flight to the Moon or Mars; and astronauts in space would be carefully monitored by, and in constant communication with, technicians on the ground who would continually advise them as they carried out their missions, unlike cinematic astronauts who, once in space, are all on their own. All of these characteristics of actual space flight were meticulously predicted in this film; as a result, while other early space films can now be dismissed as irrelevant to current concerns, Riders to the Stars is a film that remains in dialogue with the ongoing conquest of space, addressing any number of still-significant issues: do the rewards of space flight justify the risks to human lives? What sorts of individuals are best qualified to travel into space? Should space missions be controlled by knowledgeable observers on the ground, or by the astronauts who are actually in the midst of events?" In retrospect this has to be considered an important contribution to 1950s science fiction film making.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [1944]. Small octavo (oblong), pictorial wrappers. Armed Services Edition and first paperback edition. ASE 0-9. The Armed Services Editions was a significant historical project between U.S. government and major U.S. publishing to mass produce portable entertainment for the men at war. The books, introduced in 1943, were produced in ever increasing numbers as WW II progressed, eventually reaching over 150,000 copies per title. Managing production was Philip Van Doren Stern the former executive editor of Pocket Books. Manning, When Books Went to War.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 819.
THE UNDOING OF JENNY.
[New York]: A Midwood-Tower Publication, [1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Midwood 171. Paperback original.
DEADLINES.
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, [1989]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. A woman renting an apartment is influenced when she reads of manuscripts left by a deceased tenant.
RED NOISE.
New Castle: Cheap Street, [1982]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Of 200 copies this is one of 99 signed copies. The "ordinary edition."
A GUIDE TO THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE.
New York: A Del Rey Book / Ballantine Books, [1994]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition of the second edition, revised and expanded. Trade paperback original.Numerous definitions cross referenced to many printed sources, including novels, novelizations, reference books, guides, games, etc.
YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
Evanston: Regency Books, [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Regency RB 309. Paperback original. Collects eight stories.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PURPLE HAND.
[Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England]: Diogenes Publications, 1982. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chapbook format. Signed by the author. First in a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiches.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ZODIAC PLATE.
[Nr. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England]: Diogenes Publications, 1984. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chapbook format. Signed by the author. Third in a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiches.
THE SECRET OF SHORESWOOD HALL.
[Nr. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England]: Diogenes Publications, 1985. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chapbook format. Fourth in a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiches.
THE MAN WHO PLAYED THIEF.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1969. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE BAKER STREET JOURNAL: AN IRREGULAR QUARTERLY OF SHERLOCKIANA.
New York: Ben Abrahamson, 1946. Octavo, four issues, printed wrappers. Volume 1, numbers 1-4. First four issues of the original series. Includes articles, essays, pastiches, and other informative material. Authors included are Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Anthony Boucher, Ellery Queen, Manly Wade Wellman, August Derleth, and others.
THE BAKER STREET JOURNAL: AN IRREGULAR QUARTERLY OF SHERLOCKIANA.
New York: Ben Abrahamson, 1947. Octavo, four issues, printed wrappers. Volume 2, numbers 1-4. The second four issues of the original series. Includes articles, essays, pastiches, and other informative material. Authors included are Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Anthony Boucher, Manly Wade Wellman, Dorothy L. Sayers, and others.
THE SECOND WAR OF THE WORLDS.
New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1976]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. DAW 215. Paperback original. The Martian invaders try again, invading a parallel Earth.
THE STRAY LAMB.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [1944]. Small octavo (oblong), pictorial wrappers. Armed Services Edition and first paperback edition. ASE K-15. The Armed Services Editions was a significant historical project between U.S. government and major U.S. publishing to mass produce portable entertainment for the men at war. The books, introduced in 1943, were produced in ever increasing numbers as WW II progressed, eventually reaching over 150,000 copies per title. Managing production was Philip Van Doren Stern the former executive editor of Pocket Books. Manning, When Books Went to War.
VAMPIRE JUNCTION.
New York: Berkley Books, 1985. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition.
DEATH OF A SCAVENGER.
New York: Belmont Tower Books, 1980. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Sherlockiana. A Holmes pastiche, Dr. Hugo Enclave play "Sherlock Holmes" solving a mystery in Washington, D.C.
CHANGE THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Ace Books, [1974]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The author's second collection, eighteen SF and fantasy stories. "Eighteen stories with irony, sophistication and sometimes real bite. "The Wines of Earth" introduces galactic wine tasters to the pleasures of California's Napa Valley. St. Clair had a knack for fresh twists on older SF ideas, such as "Lazarus," a particularly grisly reworking of the original Frankenstein theme. The title story of this superior collection is especially memorable." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-951.
THE DANCERS OF NOYO.
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Set in a post-holocaust California.
MUSHROOM MEN FROM MARS.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., [1951]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Authentic Science Fiction Series [No. 1]. "The thing which emerged from the machine was like nothing so much as a huge purple-green mushroom, about five feet in height. The creature had a short, stubby stalk, topped by a thick fleshy cap or dome. The dome was covered with green fibrous threads and round the edge ran a sort of fringe of tentacles about an inch thick." "The terrible cover and title all combined to make this one of the all-time stinkeroos" - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A346.
SEVEN TO THE MOON.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., n.d., [1951]. Octavo, cover by George Ratcliffe, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Science Fiction Fortnightly No. 5 [i.e. Authentic No. 5]. "One of the fashionable variants on the film Destination Moon, but still of some interest because of some quite good characterization: the moon crew are made up of well-delineated individuals, rather than the usual cardboard type..."- Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A348.
THE SCORE.
New York: Pocket Books, 1964. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The fifth Parker.