Search Results: Science Fiction from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Belmont Books, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. vintage paperback, Belmont L92-564; a collection of six science fiction novelettes, including stories by Philip K. Dick ("Vulcan's Hammer") and Robert Sheckley ("Ask A Foolish Question"); Paperback Original, First Printing of True First Edition; lightly age-tanned, clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers showing reading crease, minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1963. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage paperback, Pyramid r-910; Six short stories from Hugo Award winner Heinlein ranging from sorcery to the fourth dimension; Second Printing of First Paperback Edition; text is clean, square, tight, lightly age-browned, appears unread in pictorial wrappers showing some age-discoloration along spine o/w very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Belmont Books, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Belmont B50-795; a novel of two people discovered to have extraordinary extrasensory abilities who are used by the government on increasingly difficult and dangerous missions that may cost them their lives; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, square, age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Pocket Books, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage paperback, Pocket Books 77928; a collection of nineteen short stories, most written by this Science Fiction/Fantasy master craftsman during the 1950s and '60s. Paperback Original, True First Printing of the First Edition. Text is clean, tight, very slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers show light reading crease, almost no surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Modesitt, the author of the fantasy series, The Spellsong Cycle and The Saga of The Recluse, returns to science fiction in this story set four centuries in the future that asks: When there is nothing left to need or want, can beauty survive? Spine ends bumped o/w Fine in like dustjacket.

New York: Dell, 1969. First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Dell 0307; a collection of short stories displaying Asimov's unrivaled ability to combine the science fiction and mystery genres in a consistently thought-provoking manner; First Printing of First Paperback Edition Thus; first few pages of text show light wrinkling due to shrinkage of glue in binding, o/w text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers with minimal reading creases, surface and edgewear. Collectable.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1968. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal R1993; an early MacDonald venture into science fiction; mass market paperback, First Gold Medal Edition, later printing of novel first published in 1952; one-reader text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show only very minimal surface and edgewear.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Crest Books, 1975. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. VINTAGE PAPERBACK: Fawcett Crest Q2410 -- A collection of eight science fiction stories from the 1930s, collected and edited by SciFi master Isaac Asimov in the 1970s with commentary from Asimov on how these favorite stories from his boyhood led him to become a scientist and SF author. The eight include: "The Man Who Evolved," Edmond Hamilton; "The Jameson Satellite," Neil R. Jones; "Submicroscopice," and "Awlo Of Ulm," Capt. S.P. Meek; "Tetrahedra Of Space," P. Schuyler Miller; "The World Of The Red Sun," Clifford D. Simak; "Tumithak Of The Corridors," Charles R. Tanner; and "The Moon Era," Jack Williamson. Originally published in hardcover by Doubleday & Co. in 1974, this copy is a First Printing, First Edition from the mass market paperback edition. 384 pages including four pages of ads, in pictorial wrappers with front… Read More

New York: New American Library, 1964. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet D2539; The Hugo Award winner's story of revolution on an Earth that has become Utopia, free of poverty, pain, disease but not discontent; Second Printing of First Paperback Edition; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing only minimal soiling, creasing, other surface and edgewear.

New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Cummings is widely regarded as one of the founders of pulp fiction sci-fi and fantasy in the early 20th century, publishing well over 700 short stories and novels between 1919 and 1950. His later novels are often re-worked versions of earlier stories. "Beyond The Stars" was originally published in serialized form in Argosy All Story Magazine in February, 1928. It is the story of a scientist's attempt to find and explore alternate universes. This copy is the Ace Books first edition, first printing. Mass Market Paperback, about 4 x 6 3/8 inches,160 pages in pictorial wrappers with cover art by Jack Gaughan. Wrappers show light reading crease, minimal other minor creasing and surface wear. No significant flaws or damage, no tears or scratches. Text is lightly age-tanned, o/w clean, complete and unmarked. Binding is firm. Not ex-library or remaindered. A collectable copy of an early sci-fi alternate universe.

New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback; Paperback Library 52-848; a Science Fiction thriller from the Galactic Adventure series featuring Commander and Special Agent John Craig. Paperback Original; First Printing of the True First Edition. Text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear. Collectable. Scarce.

New York: ROC/New American Library, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixth novel for this Science Fiction author features Jory Rask, a professional shockball player, who, when her mother dies, learns she is not completely human and sets out to become an assassin -- a blade dancer -- and avenge her mother. Text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows almost no surface and edgewear. Hard To Find. Collectable.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Usually considered a historical mystery writer, Mosley ventures into Science Fiction with this novel in which a blue light, originating from an unknown source somewhere in the universe, enters our solar system and strikes people on earth, instantly causing these people to evolve to the fullest extent of their nature and potential. The book is the story of their transformation, wanderings and ultimate apocalyptic battle with one of their own, a 'blue' struck at the moment of dying who has become the living embodiment of death; a remainder mark on bottom edge of text o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square. A Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1962. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Pyramid F-784; the first novel in Asimov's classic science fiction-mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lije Baley and his partner R(robot) Daneel Olivaw; cover art by Ralph Brillhart; First Printing of First Pyramid Edition; text is clean, tight, slight spine lean, age-tanned in white pictorial wrappers showing age-discoloration along edges and spine, minor surface and edgewear.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1972. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Fawcett Crest M1921; the first novel in Asimov's classic science fiction-mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lije Baley and his partner R(robot) Daneel Olivaw; originally published in 1954; text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers with minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Warner Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. From one of science fiction's Grand Masters, a story of an alien force discovered on the ocean floor off Key West; boards and text are clean, tight, square in slightly rubbed dustjacket with minor edgewear.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cordy's second book is a 'near future' Science Fiction novel set in a USA rife with violent crime and ready for a radical solution called Project Conscience; spine ends slightly bumped; dustjacket shows some minor edgewear.

New York: TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 1990. Soft cover. Very Good to Near Fine. This is the 4th and final volume of Norton's Moon Magic/Moon Singers series which begins with "Moon of Three Rings" in 1966, followed by "Exiles of the Stars" in 1971, and "Flight in Yiktor" in 1986. The series features Krip Voreland, interplanatary free trader; Maelen, the sorceress of the moon of Three Rings, and Farree, an orphan boy with iridescent wings who has never known his home world or who his people might be although there are legends about a race of winged people and a great treasure. This copy is an Uncorrected Proof of the first printing of the first edition, sent to editors and reviewers in advance of the first published edition. Abourt 5 1/4 x 8 inches, 256 pages in light green, light card wrappers with black lettering including "Uncorrected Proof" in caps across the top of the front cover. Back cover contains brief descriptive material of novel and… Read More

New York: TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. The author's first novel is a masterful story of military-oriented Science Fiction featuring Marais, a lifelong scholar of the Zor, the alien race constantly at war with humankind; boards and text are clean, tight, with a very slight spine lean, and set of initials and date in ink in upper corner of back end page; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. this novel, a thriller about a long-dormant genetic disease with the potential to wipe out humanity, added the 2000 Nebula Award to the honors Bear has collected for his intense, intelligent Science Fiction. Scarce. Collectable. First Printing, First U.S. Trade Edition.