Science Fiction
TANGENTS.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1989]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects ten stories, including two, "Blood Music" and "Tangents," that won both Hugo and Nebula awards. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-42.
THE VENGING.
London: Legend, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Prints the contents of THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN and two other stories not included in the Arkham House book.
VITALS.
New York: Ballantine Books, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. VITALS (2002) "suffers at points from techno-thriller congestion, and the contaminated relationship between its two protagonists (who are twins) signals an intent on Bear's part to write horror not SF; but its speculations on human aging are, as usual, powerful renderings in fictional terms of genuine speculative thought." - John Clute, SFE (online).
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. White label signed by Bear affixed to front free end paper. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. Second edition. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 copies distributed by Bear with a numbered bookplate signed by Bear, interior artist Dennis Neal Smith and jacket artist Vincent Di Fate tipped in on front free end paper, this plate not numbered but lettered, "W." This is the first copy we have encountered lettered, it is not known but perhaps 26 lettered copies done. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
CHARLES BEAUMONT: SELECTED STORIES.
Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of twenty-nine stories and novel extract (THE INTRUDER, chapter 10), five previously unpublished, edited by Roger Anker, seventeen with introductions by Ray Bradbury, Dennis Etchison, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, and others. Winner of the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for best collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
THE HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Collects seventeen stories, of which eight are printed here for the first time. Classic collection by one of the major contributors to "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Signed inscription by Beaumont on the front free endpaper: "For Bill Froug -- / Here's to softened / lines, pure exposition, / and devious dialogue! / Chuck Beaumont." Beaumont wrote for most of the episodic television shows in the early to mid 1960s, but "The Twilight Zone" was clearly his favorite, with 22 scripts. Similarly, Bill Froug was an active producer on many shows in the early '60s, but had a particularly strong connection to "The Twilight Zone," producing, by coincidence, 22 shows. The two would work together on two episodes: "Queen of the Nile" (6 March 1964) and "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (24 January 1964). A remarkable association copy, acquiring special poignance through Beaumont's early death at age 38, just ten years after the publication of this book. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 110. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 27. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-12. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 268. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
THE HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Collects seventeen stories, of which eight are printed here for the first time. Classic collection by one of the major contributors to "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 110. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 27. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-12. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 268. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
THE TORCH.
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, boards. First edition. Later binding of boards instead of cloth. SF tale of the year 3100 A.D. after nuclear disaster. First published in Argosy magazine.
THE TORCH.
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First binding of red cloth with spine panel lettered in gold. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online).
THE TORCH.
Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, boards. First edition. Later binding of boards instead of cloth. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online).
PRECIOUS PORCELAIN.
New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Mix of supernatural, sf, mystery and thiller novel in which the main character discovered a means of isolating the various personality fragments within himself and projecting them as living beings." - Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #122. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-7.
LOOKING BACKWARD: 2000-1887...
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, n.d., [1931]. Octavo, original pebbled red cloth. Later edition. Introduction by Heywood Broun. The most famous nineteenth century American Utopian novel.
IF THE STARS ARE GODS.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder 4-56.
HEART OF THE COMET.
New York: Bantam Books, [1986]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-47.
IF THE STARS ARE GODS.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "An episodic narrative involving encounters with some odd aliens. Ruminative and worthy. As with everything Benford has a hand in, the science is excellent." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 182. An early portion of this novel won the 1974 Nebula award for best novelette. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-56. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1004-07.
ACROSS THE SEA OF SUNS.
New York: Timescape Books Distributed by Simon and Schuster, [1984]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Sequel to IN THE OCEAN OF THE NIGHT. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-45.
AGAINST INFINITY.
New York: Timescape Books Distributed by Simon and Schuster, [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "On Ganymede a boy and his older companion hunt a mysterious alien entity. It's a conscious SF transcription of William Faulkner's non-SF novella,'The Bear,' and, as such, it's a bit labored in style. Nevertheless, it contains much good scientific detail and some striking touches of imagination." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 4. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-103.
ARTIFACT.
[New York]: Tor, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition.
FURIOUS GULF.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1994]. Octavo, frontispiece by Vincent Di Fate, full leather, a.e.g. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Benford. The next to last book in the "Galactic Center" sequence. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series.
GREAT SKY RIVER.
New York: Bantam Books, [1987]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-44. Hugo nominee 1988.
IN ALIEN FLESH.
[New York]: Tor, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects thirteen stories and a poem.