Search Results: Science Fiction/Fantasy from Brass DolphinBooks

NY: Street & Smith , 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. An unusually pretty copy of this pulp with the Kornbluth short novel "That Share Of Glory" and writing by Vance, Knight and Del Rey. Browning present but minimal, mild crease front cover, Photo will follow.

NY: Street & Smith, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Sweet copy of this Freas cover classic, odd cover abrasion at spine should show in photo. Cover story "Call Him Dead" by Eric Frank Russell, other writing by de Camp, Del Rey, Blish. Well above average condition-wise. In acid free bag.

NY: Street and Smith, 1950. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. John W. Campbell was the venerable editor of this pulp SF monthly. This listing will be for several issues (including Hubbard's 1st writing, that I know of, on Dianetics) and for that reason I have listed him as author. The listing includes Hubbard 1st and 2nd essays, Dianetics advertising, reader reaction and earlier fiction (in 3 parts) by Hubbard. Please bear with me, as the descriptions will be by someone unaccustomed to this format. I will hope to make up in detail for any failure of experience. All are text browned more than I generally see, and some, especially the Dianetics writing issues, have wear (e.g. spine/cover) beyond what I am used to. That said, the cover art is stunning and most are unusually sharp I think. Photographs will follow and the magazines will be stored closed in acid free bags in future. An item by item summary: The May '50 issue with LRH Dianetics blurbed on cover approx 35 pages with… Read More

NY: Street & Smith, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Group includes 1952, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, most sharp, one with a spine chip. Covers minimally creased/worn All our old pulps are stored in closed, acid free bags. Photograph coming.

Ny: Street & Smith , 1957. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+/No Jacket. Recently, we acquired a large group of ASFs from the 50s most, as these vary in condition from Good to VG using traditional standards. Please bear with me, as the descriptions will be by someone unaccustomed to this format. I will hope to make up in detail for any failure of experience. The magazines are, I think, the 1st appearance of TDL, it is serialized in the Mar. Apr. May issues which are this group ( RR is pen name of Silverberg and Garrett) Silverberg's bibliography shows this written in '57 and done in hardcover in '59 by Gnome. I could be mistaken, but the 1953 copy online seems like a misdating. Garrett has the cover for May, a short novel called "What's Eating You?" All are text browned more than I generally see, all have wear (e.g. spine; May has tape and the cover is loosening). That said, the cover art is fantastic. Photographs will follow and the magazines will be stored closed… Read More

NY: Street & Smith , 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Unusually straight, lightly browned old pulp. Enchanting illustration front cover of the lead piece "Firewater" by Tenn. Not perfect, spines bottom chipped a bit, but quite decent. Photo coming.

NY: Centaur, 1980. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. Broecker, Randy. Book's covers have typical trace scuffing, no serious creasing. Spine has a bit of added wear, especially at bottom. Text bright. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

N&: Ace, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. This listing is for 3 by MM sold as a group at the listed price with one-book priced domestic media mail. The 1st are jacketed hardcovers with full number lines, some tears to Dragon jkt, looking good in mylar wrappers. It is not clear to me where they fall in their respective series. Full number lines. They were originally published in the UK and may have had prior US publication, They are unmarked and quite decent but should be considered reading copies. AAH is paperback (uncreased spine) nice covers. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Frederick Fell, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair+/No Jacket. While sound, should be considered reading copy. Ex library and so marked, age darkened, library bound. Flap laid in 1/2 title page. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Deutscher Aschenbuch Verlag, 1982. Uncertain . Soft cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Text of this mass market paperback is in English and German. Writng by Aldiss, Asimov, Sheckley, and others in both English with page by page German translation. sound copy, mild wear. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

SF: Underwood Miller, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair-. Stephen E. Fabian. Hard cover book is unusually clean and straight. Name penned small on 1st pastedown, under flap area. Jacket has 2 bad tears and some creasing, actually looks fairly nice in it's mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

NY: Lothrop, 1986. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Decent book (signed) and jacket, but very hard to describe given various minor flaws. The good, 9 word sig. insc. 1st endsheet (to Megan 1991). Spine extremities have a good trace wear, as though shelved with some thing atop, Hard to see, also tiny mark bottom fr. board near spine, fine felt pen? Anyway, additionally if I had to guess, I'd say somone managed to drop a heavy, small object at the lower front corner denting it and the initial pages, almost impossible to see, I will try to shoot, but its nearly invisible. Frankly, but for GC signature I'd have passed on this one but apparently the signing is quite rare. Jacket also reads well, but 2 pinhead size holes front edge back board, and a bit of color top at front flap, tiny, red wine?, color transfer from endsheet? Heck if I know. . . Again almost invisible. I will be shooting all of this but expecting the issues to be nearly unseeable. Jacket has… Read More

NY: Dell, 1972. 1st Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. It appears there was no pre-existing hardcover version, this is stated first printing. Handsome lightly handled paperback, good edge stain, minimal spine crease, no notable cover creasing, bright turquoise color. Micro tip wear. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Philomel Books, 1994. Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good-/Near Fine. Large felt penned signature by Barron on 1/2 title page. The books sole notable flaw is a fair bit of top spine bump (a short drop perhaps?) otherwise newish and sharp, tight, clean. Jacket has no tears, trace edgewear, in new mylar wrapper. Number line has no '1', priced jacket. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Avo Nova/Morrow, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Full number line, hard cover. Book and jacket closely approach "As New" condition. No notable flaws. Geston has signed beneath his name on title page. Jacket unclipped, priced $20.00, 234 pages. Text bright and wholly unmarked, boards straight, unbumped. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Tor, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Odd format, printing history for this early novella by Varley. I take it to be the first book appearance (albeit paperback double format-other title Silverberg-Hawksbill Station) full number line. The '1st hardback' seen on-line is a later BCE, from 1996. This originally appeared in Asimov's SF mag, Davis '84. The BCE hardcover from '84 is likely a bad re-slugging of the printing history, as far as I can tell this is the first appearance after the Asimov. The Hardcover is SF book club 1st HC for '96, likely showing original Asimov/Davis copyright. Glad to be corrected here but the history is misleading, as is often the case with early work by prominent authors getting initial magazine publication only.

Eugene: Pulphouse, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small press item, calls itself "Issue One Fall 1988-Trade #860 0f 1000" hardcover in alligatored leatherette with coppergilt lettering. No jacket likely as made. Unmarked, straight. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Huntington WV: University Editions, 1990. 1st Paperback . Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. Decent copy, no obvious problems, front cover tips have trace of wear, trifle of roll beginning, very slight, covers uncreased, no marking in text, remainder mark bottome edge. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Tempe: New Falcon, 2006. Later Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 2 later printings of the trade paperbacks, sold as a pair with one book priced shipping. Newish and unmarked, spines uncreased. just a hint of cover tip wear, very mild. The first 2 volumes of Wilson's The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*