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THE CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE IN PAPERBOUND BOOKS.
Denver, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1965. Wrappers. First edition. Listing by author, title date and publisher of paperback fiction of "paper-covered books with a sufficient tinge of the super-natural, or, the super-scientific as to warrant placement in the science-fantasy field" (from the information page). Includes U.S. and U.K. editions, from the early 1940s to 1964. Meant to a companion volume to his Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature (1963) (which was for hardcovers), and ultimately to supplement Bleiler's checklist. A pioneering effort for paperback material.
THE RETURN OF DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR.
New York: International Polygonics Library, 1985. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
GREENMANTLE.
New York: Ace Books, [1988]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Fantasy set in modern Ontario. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-92. Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 153-155.
YARROW: AN AUTUMN TALE.
New York: Ace Fantasy Books, [1986]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Contemporary fantasy writer is attacked by a psychic vampire. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-95. Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 153-155.
YARROW: AN AUTUMN TALE.
New York: Ace Books, [1986]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Contemporary fantasy writer is attacked by a psychic vampire. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-95. Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 153-155.
OLD GROWLER-SPACE SHIP NO. 2213.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., 1951. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Science Fiction Fortnightly No. 4 [i.e. Authentic No. 4]. The Old Growler series concerns the adventures of an interplanetary survey team, consisting of nine novels, "The series was far superior to many of the books appearing at the time, the characterizations less cardboardish, the plots a little more credible" "...no alien lifeforms were killed unless hostility was established beyond a doubt, which marked a refreshing change from the xenophobic shoot-'em-ups..." - Harbottle and Holland. This book is number two in the series, where the team lands on a planet and discovers a humanoid race which originated on Earth. Harbottle and Holland A337.
RECONNOITRE KRELLIG II.
London: Hamilton & Co. (Stratford) Ltd., n.d., [1951]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Authentic Science Fiction [No. 2]." The Old Growler series concerns the adventures of an interplanetary survey team, consisting of nine novels, "The series was far superior to many of the books appearing at the time, the characterizations less cardboardish, the plots a little more credible" "...no alien lifeforms were killed unless hostility was established beyond a doubt, which marked a refreshing change from the xenophobic shoot-'em-ups..." - Harbottle and Holland. This book is first in the series, investigating Krellig, a planet in the Vega system, two races are discovered. Harbottle and Holland A339.
THE GREAT ONES.
London: Panther Books Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd., [1954]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Panther No. 58. The ninth and final novel (a series story appeared in 1957) in the "Old Growler" series. "Bent on conquest, they sprang from the mists of legend into terrifying reality-the Great Ones from the Andromeda Galaxy were to return." - Harbottle and Holland. Harbottle and Holland A335. Reginald 12947.
DISTANT STARS ...
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Bantam Books, [1981]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback format. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-166.
NEVERYONA: OR, THE TALE OF SIGNS AND CITIES.
Toronto, New York, Sydney: Bantam Books:, [1983]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. Barron: Fantasy Literature 4A-84.
TRITON.
Toronto, New York, London: Bantam Books, [1976]. Small octavo, cover art by Mitchell Hooks, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Books Y2567. Paperback original. "...Triton is more traditionally structured, but is in some ways more sophisticated. It presents a series of future societies differentiated mainly along sexual lines; the male protagonist, who begins by displaying a rather insensitive, traditional machismo, ultimately chooses to become a woman (see Transgender SF), but remains alienated. Triton (a moon of Neptune) is an "ambiguous heterotopia" with a bewildering variety of available lifestyles. The book poses interesting questions about sexuality, and also about freedom of choice." - SFE online. "In a fantastically rich and varied space-faring future, people can choose their own sexes, identities, whatever. A densely written (some would say turgid) utopian novel of high ambition. Be be warned that it's a difficult book to read." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (1995), p. 387. Nebula award nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-319. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 374.
THE DELANY INTERSECTION: CONSIDERED AS A WRITER OF SEMI-PRECIOUS WORDS.
San Bernardino: Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE GOLDEN MAN. Edited by Mark Hurst.
[New York]: A Berkley Book published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1980]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Fifteen stories, first published between 1954 and 1974, most published here for the first time in a book, with a foreword by editor Mark Hurst and an introduction by Dick.
THE WORLD JONES MADE.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. Ace Books F429. Published earlier as Ace Double Novel Books D150 bound with AGENT OF THE UNKNOWN by Margaret St. Clair. Future authoritarian dystopia. "The eponymous Jones is an unhappy dictator who can foresee the future, by exactly one year. Its author's second novel from the period before he had come into his full powers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (1995), p. 427. "A spectacular, brim-full grab bag of ideas." - Damon Knight. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 260.
SOLAR LOTTERY bound with THE BIG JUMP.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1955]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Double Novel Books D-103. The author's first book. Issued later in Britain with textual changes made by Dick at the request of his publisher as WORLD OF CHANCE (1956). "Dick's first major work." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-334. Bound with THE BIG JUMP by Leigh Brackett.
THE WORLD JONES MADE bound with AGENT OF THE UNKNOWN.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1956]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Double Novel Books D-150. Future authoritarian dystopia. "The eponymous Jones is an unhappy dictator who can foresee the future, by exactly one year. Its author's second novel from the period before he had come into his full powers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (1995), p. 427. "A spectacular, brim-full grab bag of ideas." - Damon Knight. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 260.
PHILIP K. DICK: ELECTRIC SHEPHERD.
Melbourne: The Norstralia Press, 1975. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Introduction by Roger Zelazny. Essays and articles about Dick and his work, includes text of a speech. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-54.
THE GAME PLAYERS OF TITAN.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F251. Paperback original.
THE SPIRIT OF DORSAI.
New York: Ace Books, 1979. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback. Part of the Childe Cycle.
ECHO ROUND HIS BONES.
New York: Berkley Publishing, 1967. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO H-BOMBS.
New York: Berkley Publishing, 1971. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Paperback original. Story collection. First published in England by Compact in 1966. The contents of this edition differ slightly, drops two stories from the English and adds two not published in the English edition.
THE BLACK ICE SCORE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1968]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal #D1949. Paperback original. The eleventh Parker novel. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 1039-1041.
THE SCORE.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1964]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pocketbook # 35014. Paperback original. A Parker novel. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 1039-1041.
LIFEBLOOD.
[New York]: Pinnacle Books/Windsor Publishing Corp. [1988]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Vampire novel.
HANNAH SAYS FOUL PLAY.
New York: Avon Book Company, [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Murder Mystery Monthly 38. The third Hannah Van Doren mystery. Hubin, p. 39.