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Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the September, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No. 9. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, mild age-toning; Very Good Plus. The ninth issue of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter; this publication itself, in fact, later evolved into Interplanetary and then ultimately the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more contributions, and by this time he did have contributors: Olavo Fontes herein continues his "Brazilian UFO Review"… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the February, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No.1. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, mild age-toning; Very Good Plus or better. The premiere issue of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter. This publication itself later evolved into Interplanetary and then, in fact, the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more contributions, and by this time he did have contributors. Feature article in this issue is: Jim French's "UFOs Swarm… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the April, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No.4. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, mild age-toning; Very Good Plus. The fourth issue ever of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter; this publication itself, in fact, later evolved into Interplanetary and then ultimately the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more contributions, and by this time he did have contributors: Olavo Fontes herein continues his "Brazilian UFO Review"… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the June, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No. 6. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, age-toning; Very Good Plus. The sixth issue of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter; this publication itself, in fact, later evolved into Interplanetary and then ultimately the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more information; in this issue: "Britons Spot Objects", "UFOs Controlled Outside Earth, Briton Says", "UFO Film… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the July, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No.7. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, age-toning; Very Good Plus. The seventh issue of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter; this publication itself, in fact, later evolved into Interplanetary and then ultimately the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more information; in this issue: "Airliner Averts Collision with UFO", "Radar Spotting of Objects Related", "Eels… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the May 15, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No. 5. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 6 pp. Mailing folds, age-toning; Very Good Plus. The fifth issue of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter; this publication itself, in fact, later evolved into Interplanetary and then ultimately the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more information; in this issue: "UFO Hovers Near Air Base", "Flying 'What' Films Studied", "New Jersey Area… Read More

Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Seattle: Aerial Phenomena Research Group, 1957. First Edition of the February, 1957 issue, Vol. 1, No.2. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, corner stapled legal paper, 10 pp. Mailing folds, mild age-toning; Very Good Plus. The second issue ever of the APRG Reporter, edited by the rising editorial star of UFOlogy, Robert Gribble, later to become NICAP director and editor of the NICAP Reporter. Gribble's thoughtfulness, clear-sightedness and information-orientation gave his issues a value not found to the same degree in other publications of the genre in the fifties. The lengthy legal paper used in the A.P.R.G. Reporter gave him more room for more contributions, and by this time he did have contributors: in addition to Gribble's "Noted Astronomer Says UFOs May Come From Another Solar System" (not necessarily a common understanding at the time; the astromer was… Read More

Tucson, AZ: Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, 1962. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. Quarto. Tucson, AZ: Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, 1962. First Edition of the July, 1962 issue of The A.P.R.O. Bulletin. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. Quarto, self-wraps, 6 pp. mailing folds with small creases at their ends, else Near Fine. In 1962 Coral Lorenzen was at the helm of the Aerial Phenomena Resarch Organization, a historic and seminal group which was at the time certainly at least the equal of NICAP, and was editor of this, its flagship publication. Featured article in this issue is Lorenzen's "Saucers Shoot Rockets over Tucson, Arizona", based on his own interview with the witnesses, and including sketches. Other pieces herein: "Support NICAP?"; "Space Visitors - A Review and Comments"; "Ice Cutter Encounters 'Lake Lights' " ; "UFO Over Argentina"; "Fireball Lights in Pacific… Read More

Pretoria, S.A.: Sagittarius Publishers, 1958. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. Octavo. The June 1958 [Vol/ 1, No.3] issue of APPROACH, Men in Life and Space, a South African Publication. From the collection of Max Miller. Octavo, 6 pp as octavo and so numbered. Minor age-toning, mailing folds, else Near Fine. Edited by South African Edgar Sievers, author of Flying Saucer Uber Sudafrika (though this newsletter is in English). Something new and different, even for the churning and seminal UFOlogy/spirituality time period of the 50s: UFO's from a South African / Tibetan Buddhism perspective. Approach was self-identified as a "non-profit, Peace and Brotherhood Programme publication", and reflects that with the ruminative and spiritual articles within, so emblematic of that mysterious fifties zeitgeist. Included: "Peace"; "The Lama's Story" ; "Psychology in the Wilderness"; and "African Region Liaison Group". A remarkable thing to… Read More

Seguin, TX: Mutual UFO Network, 1997. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4. Photographs. Seguin, TX: The Mutual UFO Network, 1997. First Edition. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4", maroon wraps printed in black and gold, 300 pp. Near fine, no significant flaws; essentially as new. Scarce in this condition. The voluminous, remarkable, and really rather scarce proceedings from the [50th Anniversary] 1997 MUFON Symposium, held between July 11 and 13 in Grand Rapids, MI. Included: "UFOs at Fifty: Some Personal Observations", by Temple University professor (Dr. David M. Jacobs; "Connections: A Lifetime of Shared Experiences", by abductees Beth Collings and Anna Jamerson; "Five Themes: Further Findings of the Abduction Transcription Project" (Dan Wright); "Sightings From an African Casebook" (Cynthia R. Hind); "June 24, 1947: How It All Began. The Story of the Arnold Sighting" (Bruce S. Maccabee, Ph.D.); "An Analysis of the 1940… Read More

New York: Street & Smth Publications, 1956. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine - very sharp, for a 50s genre pulp. Astounding Science Fiction - July 1956, which includes the First Appearance of the semi-controversial 'Tomb Tapper", by James Blish. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 162 pp.; cover art by Van Dongen, interior black and white art by him as well as Kelly Freas and Emsh. Near Fine, truly, for a fifties pulp; complete spine with just a tiny touch at top (see spine scan; what appears on that scan to be scuffing is not that - its wrap-around from the cover art); interior pages do have the inevitable age-toning in publications of this type and era - but much more moderately so than in almost any others you'll likely see. Included(see contents scan) are pieces by, in addition to Blish, Murry Leinster, Randall Garrett, F.L. Wallace, Allen Lang, and Robert S. Richardson. Upon request, I can e-mail you a link to an article on the… Read More

New York : Little Leather Library Corporation, 1921. Flexible Boards. Very Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Little Leather Library Corporation, undated but circa 1921. 'At the End of the Passage', by Rudyard Kipling. 48mo - a miniature book, 3 7/8" tall; green and copper flexible leatherette boards, 92 pp. Very Good; about as good as the fragile Little Leather Library series generally survives, with no salient flaws other than the standard deep age-toning to the endpapers; contents are quite bright and un-toned, and the amount of copper-color remaining in the copper-and-green binding is quite goods (these little pieces often started out without much of the copper color). Zoom on scans. This is the Redcroft edition of the Little Leather Library series of promotional miniatures. All such versions from LLL would have been treated as ephemera at the time. Scarce now. 'At the End of the Passage' is a rather impacftul horror story or… Read More

London: Markham House Press, Ltd., 1952. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Markham House Press, Ltd., 1952. First Edition of the September, 1952 issue. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. 12mo, light blue printed staple wraps, 24 pp. Age-toning at cover margins, age-toning to pages, the two staples show some rust, else better than Very Good. A sturdy, clean, handsome copy. One of the remarkable Egerton Sykes' important journals in the field of Atlantology, of which many consider him to be the father. A one-time British intelligence officer and diplomat, Sykes became world-famous for his researches on the legendary continent of Atlantis. As a researcher, collector, writer and publisher in that field and the broader field of paranormal phenomena in general, the founder of three organizations - The Atlantis Research Center, The Hoerbiger Institute, and The Avalon Society - and the publisher through his Markham House… Read More

London: Markham House Press, Ltd., 1955. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Markham House Press, Ltd., 1955 through 1960. First Editions of nine issues, in generally Very Good Plus condition. Octavo, light blue printed staple wraps, imprinted in red and black. Generally all are 20 pp., including pagiinated covers. Issues included are May, 1955 [Volume 8, No.4]; July, 1955 [Volume 8, No. 5]; November, 1955 [Volume 9, No. 1]; January, 1956 [Volume 9, No. 2]; March, 1956 [Volume 9, No.3]; September, 1956 [Volume 9, No. 6]; July, 1957 [Volume 10, No. 5]; September, 1957 [Volume 10, No. 6] ; and December, 1960 [Volume 14, No. 1]. A sturdy, clean, handsome group. One of the remarkable Egerton Sykes' important journals in the field of Atlantology, of which many consider him to be the father. A one-time British intelligence officer and diplomat, Sykes became world-famous for his researches on the legendary continent of… Read More

Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition . Wrappers. About near Fine. Octavo. Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition of the Volume 2, No. 2 issue, second quarter of 1956, the second year of this historic UFO newsletter. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, illustrated stapled wraps, 24 pp. Marginal cover toning, mailing fold, a sharp Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Of note in this issue: "Those Men in Black Suits - Let's Get This Straight"; "The Visions at Fatima and the Flying Saucers"; "Light-Beam Communication"; "The Mysterious Stranger"; "A British Naval Sighting"; and more. Very scarce, as are all of the numbers. Nicely preserved in the collection of Flying Saucers International founder Max Miller. L63

Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition . Wrappers. About near Fine. Octavo. Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition of the Volume 2, No. 1 issue, first quarter of 1956. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, illustrated stapled wraps, 24 pp. Even cover toning, mailing fold, and , sadly, Max Miller has excised a depiction of "The Cartwright Saucer Detector" from page 16, thus also affecting page 115; small marginal nore, same article, page 17 (did Miller do an article on The Detector for his "Saucers" magazine?); Thus, just Very Good. Otherwise very sharp and well preserved copy of this UFO-historical newsletter from Down Under. In this issue - in addition to the remarkable Saucer Detector piece: "Conditions on Other Planets"; "Do Saucers Have Bases On Earth?" (Andrew Tomas); "Stories From the Society's Casebook: The Millicent… Read More

Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition . Wrappers. About near Fine. Octavo. Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1956. First Edition of the Volume 2, No.3 issue, third quarter of 1956, the second year of this historic UFO newsletter. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, illustrated stapled wraps, 20 pp. Marginal cover toning, mailing fold, a sharp Very Good Plus. Of note in this issue: "The Adamski-Moseley Controversy"; "Prehistoric Atom Bombs?"; "The New Nostradamus"; "Saucer Photographs Which Aren't"; Australian events; and more. Very scarce, as are all of the numbers. Nicely preserved in the collection of Flying Saucers International founder Max Miller. L63

Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. About near Fine. Octavo. Kilburn, South Australia: Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, 1957. First Edition of the Volume 3, No. 2 issue. From the collection of noted UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, stapled wraps, 22 pp. including covers. Faint age toning to paper, one small corner fold, else, really, near fine. A very sharp and well preserved copy of this UFO-historical newsletter from Down Under. An unpretentious typed, reproduced newsletter edited by Fred P. Stone; just a few of the entries here are: "Unity" (a Stone editorial); Howard Menger's Experience (contactee; adapted from Jim Moseley's Saucer News); The Miracle Train; Orbit Bows Out, a tribute to Len H. Stringfield on the closing of his magazine of that title; Strange Behaviour of Meteors in Adelaide; On the Same Night In Adelaide; Further Signs of Life on Mars; brief reports on sightings in Anna Creek, Adelaide,… Read More

New York: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New; without flaw. New York: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition and First Printing.' Bellman & Black' by Diane Setterfield. Octavo, illustrated jacket by Connie Gabbert, blue and black boards with gilt spine imprinting, patterned endpapers, 328 pp. New; immaculate. See all scans. More creepy suspense from best-selling Diane Setterfield ('The Thirteenth Tale'); a "heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story". Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. L21

Toronto: The Brotherhood of Faithists, 1957. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. Octavo. Toronto: The Brotherhood of Faithists, 1957. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, red stapled printed wraps, 26 pp. Near Fine; a touch of rubbing to covers, no other flaws. Very sharp. Another singular expression of whatever it was that happened with regard to UFOs in the first decade after Ken Arnold's Cascade Mountain sighting. Full of sightings - and a page on Oahspe flying saucers - this is apparently not a peridodical, though it is identified as "Part I". The Brotherhood of Faithists was originally founded by John B. Newbrough, who also wrote the Oahspe, an alternative bible he claimed to have written under spirit control. Cover-featured articles are: 1957 Saucer Sightings; Vibrations From Saucers; Cigar Shaped Saucers and Disks, along with a quote from the Oahspe: "Great Jehovih's Hand sendeth the travelling worlds into the light of Kosmon, and new prophets will arise gathering up… Read More