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Everett, Pennsylvania: : Fantasy Publications, , 1934. . First edition -. Both items are in good only condition with toning to the pages, some wear to the spines. The Marvel Tales has a triangular piece missing from the upper corner of the back cover; the Crawford publication, in yellow wrappers, has some dampstaining to the bottom edge (not noticeable on the front cover), previous owner's name taped onto the title page. . First printing. A very scarce and fragile issue, primarily notable for containing the first appearance of Howard's "The Garden of Fear," the first story in the James Allison series. This second issue of the short-lived Marvel Tales series, published by William L. Crawford (who also owned a printing press) had 3 variant covers - in different colors and on different paper stock: this copy is orange with a green woodcut illustration and black lettering superimposed on the illustration. Mike Ashley in his article on Marvel Tales describes the importance of…
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I, ROBOT.
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New York:: Gnome Press,, (1950). Very good in original red cloth with black lettering in a good dust jacket (some light foxing to the edges of the textblock and the endpapers, offsetting to the endpapers, small white spot near lower corner of front board, corners slightly bumped, spine of dust jacket sunned to gray as is common with this title, minor edgewear and rubbing) Despite the flaws, this is overall a clean, tight and straight copy. . First printing. Asimov's second book, a collection of nine interlocked stories tracing the development of robots over 75 years. The final story is "The Evitable Conflict" in which the machines that made the world of the 21st century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future. Asimov's most influential book, this begins with his postulation of the "Three Laws of Robotics." Basis for the film of the same title. 253 pp.
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"THE GARDEN OF FEAR" in MARVEL TALES, July-August, 1934 Vol. 1, No. 2. and in "The Garden of Fear and Other Stories of the Bizarre and Fantastic," 1945 (2 items).
by Howard , Robert E.
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London: : Methuen, (Circa 1937), 1935. First Edition, First Impression . Blue Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition, First Impression, First Binding (19.1 Cm Tall), Light Blue Cloth With Dark Blue Spine Lettering, First Impression Sheets, Ads Dated August 1935 (The Book Was First Published 3 October 1935 And The First Issue Is Found With Ads Dated Either May Or August 1935). Dust Jacket Is Second Issue Identical To First Issue, Except Price-Clipped Where Original 7S6p Was Printed At Lower Front Flap, With New 2'6P Price Printed At Foot Of Flap (Satty & Smith, For A6.1.1.4, Say That This Is A Printed Price Label But It Is Printed Directly On The Jacket On This Copy), And Has A Printed Paper Label From The Publisher "3' Net" Over The 2'6P Printed Price. This Pricing And Labeling Of The Dustjacket Is Not Listed In Satty & Smith's Definitive Bibliography. [Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.4,…
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How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story
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Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007. First edition, first printing. Signed with just his name on the title page. This 36 page chapbook is in fine condition in stapled wraps. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. . Signed. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Like New.
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"THE GARDEN OF FEAR" in MARVEL TALES, July-August, 1934 Vol. 1, No. 2. and in "The Garden of Fear and Other Stories of the Bizarre and Fantastic," 1945 (2 items).
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Everett, Pennsylvania: : Fantasy Publications, , 1934. . First edition -. Both items are in good only condition with toning to the pages, some wear to the spines. The Marvel Tales has a triangular piece missing from the upper corner of the back cover; the Crawford publication, in yellow wrappers, has some dampstaining to the bottom edge (not noticeable on the front cover), previous owner's name taped onto the title page. . First printing. A very scarce and fragile issue, primarily notable for containing the first appearance of Howard's "The Garden of Fear," the first story in the James Allison series. This second issue of the short-lived Marvel Tales series, published by William L. Crawford (who also owned a printing press) had 3 variant covers - in different colors and on different paper stock: this copy is orange with a green woodcut illustration and black lettering superimposed on the illustration. Mike Ashley in his article on Marvel Tales describes the importance of…
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Sirius (First Printing In Dust Jacket)
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London: Secker And Warburg, 1944. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good + Jacket. 200 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown. First Printing. With Attractive Bookplate Of Sf Fan Redd Boggs And Also The Handwritten Ownership Name And Address (In Australia) Of Sf Illustrator Roy V. Hunt. Near Fine In A Vg+ Dj With Minor Edgewear And A Slightly Dusty Rear Panel.
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Prelude To Space (First Us Edition, Signed By Clarke)
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NY Gnome Press 1954, 1954. First American Edition . Blue Boards. Fine Book, As New/Fine Dust Jacket, as New. 191 Pp. Blue Boards Lettered In Yellow. First Hard Cover Am. Ed. (With Textual Changes From Earlier Paperback And Uk Hardcover Editions), "First Edition" Stated, First State Binding. As New, Crisp, No Rubbing At All Anywhere, Spine Ends Hard And Untouched. Dj As New. Book And Dj Protected By A Heavy Plastic Protector Which Prevented Rubbing Along Lower Edge Of Boards; Tape Fastening The Dj Protector Folds [Not On Book Or Dj] Which Has Left A Little Offsetting To Free Endpapers. Signed By Artrhur C Clarke.
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Against The Fall Of Night (Signed By Arthur C. Clarke)
by Clarke, Arthur C.
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Red Planet: A Colonial Boy on Mars
by Heinlein, Robert, Illustrated By Clifford N. Geary
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New York: : Scribner And Sons, 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good + Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Clean And Solid, Small Area Beginning To Fray At Center Of Top Of Front Panel, Pages Beginning To Age, Owner's Name At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped But Is First State (No Rubber-Stamped Price, Only Rocket Ship Galileo And Space Cadet On Rear Panel), Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine, With A 1/4" Narrow V-Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom, That At Top Of Front Spine Fold Being 1/8" Wide But Extending 1" Down The Fold; Spine Panel Is Lightly Faded To Pink. A Collectible Copy.
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I, Robot (The Robot Series)
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The Centaur
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Human Nature: New Doctor Who Adventures
by Cornell, Paul
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The Brick Moon : From the Papers of Captain Frederic Ingham
by Hale, Edward Everett
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Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The Near Fine slipcase has a faint mark at the tail of the spine edge. ; Early science fiction that imagines a human colonized brick and mortar satellite moon of the Earth. Satirical subtext throughout, based on personalities and society in Boston, MA. Originally serialized in The Atlantic in 1869 and 1870. Copy 712 of a limited edition of 1,950. Signed by the illustrator. Seventeen woodcuts printed in brown, directly from the blocks, by Michael McCurdy, prolific illustrator and founder of the Penmaen Press. Printed by Spiral Press on fine paper. Half dark linen with gilt image of a telescope, the remainder natural linen on boards. This is the later binding, the first being in quarter brown linen, no image, the remainder natural. Slipcase is clean, with sharp corners, and a clean, woodcut illustrated, title label that wraps around the spine edge. Signed by the illustrator. A clean…
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THE WORLD OF STAR TREK
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Let's All Kill Constance SIGNED FIRST
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OTHERLAND VOLUME 3: MOUNTAIN OF BLACK GLASS (SIGNED)
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Daw, 1999 Book. Illus. by Whelan, Michael. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. <b>Signed by Williams on the title page. Signature only, there is no dedication which usually accompanies signed copies of this title. Unusual thus.</b> Very small (1cm in length) pen strike on side edge of page block, else fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A straight, square copy without price-clipping or the usual previous owner's marks. Volume 3 in the Otherland series. Jacket painting by Michael Whelan..
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THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
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War of the Wing Men
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War of the Wing Men by Poul Anderson.Ace books 1958
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Three Worlds to Conquer
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