STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE - SHOOTING SCRIPT by Roddenberry, Gene and Harold Livingston - 1979

Grayson & Grayson Ltd., London, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The scarce first UK edition (first printing), considerably more uncommon than the US edition which appeared a year earlier. 8vo. xv, 253pp. A sliver of discolouration to the cloth at the head and base of the backstrip, else in fine state with edge worn pictorial dust wrapper designed by C.W.Bacon, non-price-clipped but chipped at the head of the spine panel and with several small areas of loss to the extremities and some chafing to the natural folds. This copy from the library of science fiction novelist Lionel 'Lan' Wright, with his neat signature to the half-title. An anthology of eight science fiction stories. The other contributions are by A.E.van Vogt ('Far Centaurus'), Lewis Padgett ('The Iron Standard'), Robert Moore Williams ('The Red Death of Mars'), E.M.Hull ('Competition'), Manly Wade Wellman ('Men Against the Stars') and L.Ron Hubbard ('When Shadows… Read More

San Diego, CA: Corinth Publications Regency Suspense Novel #s CR101 to CR115, CR117, CR119, CR123, CR127, CR131, CR135 & CR139 1st Editions 1965-1966 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order, overseas orders will require a shipping charge DRAMATICALLY LESS than actual postage (inquire). Paperbacks. 22 BOOKS. Additional books included and not listed above due to space limitations are: # 16 Death Glow, # 17 Stones of Satan, # 18 The Melody Murders, # 19 The Uniformed Killers, # 20 The Forty Thieves, # 21 Death Under Contract & # 22 The Corpse Parade. Offered as the entire series of the Phantom Detective books as issued by Corinth Regency in 1965-1966, first published in the 1930's pulp magazine. The 22 volumes range in condition from good to unread near fine. An attractive series of books, uniform in appearance, all with Robert Bonfils sometimes quite ghastly cover art. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback.… Read More

London: Duckworth, 1928. #54 of 110 copies in this Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. In original yellow cloth, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, Near Fine, toning to end pages, in a Near Fine dust wrapper, spine a touch darkened. A quite handsome copy of this critically acclaimed author's science fiction story of "...a Lord Beaverbrook figure and his entourage in their complex lives and later, after a huge cataclysm, hurtling through space on a chip of rock which is all that remains of Earth." ( Science Fiction Encyclopedia). A SCARCE SIGNED Limited Edition, particularly so with such a fresh dust wrapper. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Limited Edition.

[Los Angeles?]: Malcolm Stuart Productions, 1968. Ephemera. Very good. A comic Western screenplay by the writer who would give us The Exorcist a few years later. On the title page, Blatty is credited with the story and the screenplay, but the film was released as based on a novel by Frank O'Rourke. The film starred Zero Mostel and Kim Novak. 150 leaves, including an unnumbered stenographic department cover sheet and the title page, numbered to 144, with a number of combined and added leaves. The original version, dated 8/26/1968 and printed on light green paper, has been revised with sheets printed on varying colors of blue. Very good in goldenrod cardstock covers printed with the title, the producers, and the studio. Someone has written "Steno" on the cover in ink and there is a small number, 83, stamped above the date.

New York: Scribner and Welford, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. First American edition of a book first published in London, notable for its marvelous cover illustration. Originally published by Blackie and Sons, 1886. Publisher's Adverts dated 1886. Olive green cloth with decorations in white, Black and orange-drown; all edges stained green;  7.5 inches tall;  [8],[9]-384pp+24 publisher's adverts. 12 full page illustrations by Gordon Browne. The bindings are tight and square; front hinges starting. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with tiny corner rubs. Previous owner's signature on the front blank is dated 1890. . Classic boy's adventure, combining grit and pluck with steam punk high tech, in the style of Jules Verne. 'The Flying Fish actually surpasses all Jules Verne's creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed.… Read More

Grayson & Grayson Ltd., London, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The scarce first UK edition (first printing), considerably more uncommon than the US edition which appeared a year earlier. 8vo. xv, 253pp. A sliver of discolouration to the cloth at the head and base of the backstrip, else in fine state with edge worn pictorial dust wrapper designed by C.W.Bacon, non-price-clipped but chipped at the head of the spine panel and with several small areas of loss to the extremities and some chafing to the natural folds. This copy from the library of science fiction novelist Lionel 'Lan' Wright, with his neat signature to the half-title. An anthology of eight science fiction stories. The other contributions are by A.E.van Vogt ('Far Centaurus'), Lewis Padgett ('The Iron Standard'), Robert Moore Williams ('The Red Death of Mars'), E.M.Hull ('Competition'), Manly Wade Wellman ('Men Against the Stars') and L.Ron Hubbard ('When Shadows… Read More

San Diego, CA: Corinth Publications Regency Suspense Novel #s CR101 to CR115, CR117, CR119, CR123, CR127, CR131, CR135 & CR139 1st Editions 1965-1966 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order, overseas orders will require a shipping charge DRAMATICALLY LESS than actual postage (inquire). Paperbacks. 22 BOOKS. Additional books included and not listed above due to space limitations are: # 16 Death Glow, # 17 Stones of Satan, # 18 The Melody Murders, # 19 The Uniformed Killers, # 20 The Forty Thieves, # 21 Death Under Contract & # 22 The Corpse Parade. Offered as the entire series of the Phantom Detective books as issued by Corinth Regency in 1965-1966, first published in the 1930's pulp magazine. The 22 volumes range in condition from good to unread near fine. An attractive series of books, uniform in appearance, all with Robert Bonfils sometimes quite ghastly cover art. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback.… Read More

London: Duckworth, 1928. #54 of 110 copies in this Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. In original yellow cloth, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, Near Fine, toning to end pages, in a Near Fine dust wrapper, spine a touch darkened. A quite handsome copy of this critically acclaimed author's science fiction story of "...a Lord Beaverbrook figure and his entourage in their complex lives and later, after a huge cataclysm, hurtling through space on a chip of rock which is all that remains of Earth." ( Science Fiction Encyclopedia). A SCARCE SIGNED Limited Edition, particularly so with such a fresh dust wrapper. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Limited Edition.

[Los Angeles?]: Malcolm Stuart Productions, 1968. Ephemera. Very good. A comic Western screenplay by the writer who would give us The Exorcist a few years later. On the title page, Blatty is credited with the story and the screenplay, but the film was released as based on a novel by Frank O'Rourke. The film starred Zero Mostel and Kim Novak. 150 leaves, including an unnumbered stenographic department cover sheet and the title page, numbered to 144, with a number of combined and added leaves. The original version, dated 8/26/1968 and printed on light green paper, has been revised with sheets printed on varying colors of blue. Very good in goldenrod cardstock covers printed with the title, the producers, and the studio. Someone has written "Steno" on the cover in ink and there is a small number, 83, stamped above the date.

New York: Scribner and Welford, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. First American edition of a book first published in London, notable for its marvelous cover illustration. Originally published by Blackie and Sons, 1886. Publisher's Adverts dated 1886. Olive green cloth with decorations in white, Black and orange-drown; all edges stained green;  7.5 inches tall;  [8],[9]-384pp+24 publisher's adverts. 12 full page illustrations by Gordon Browne. The bindings are tight and square; front hinges starting. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with tiny corner rubs. Previous owner's signature on the front blank is dated 1890. . Classic boy's adventure, combining grit and pluck with steam punk high tech, in the style of Jules Verne. 'The Flying Fish actually surpasses all Jules Verne's creations; with incredible speed she flies through the air, skims over the surface of the water, and darts along the ocean bed.… Read More