Rare books from John McCormick

San Diego, CA: Corinth Suspense Classic / Regency Suspense Novel #s CR118, CR121, CR125 & CR129 1st Editions 1966 ----------paperbacks. 4 BOOKS, the entire 4 Dr. Death series issued by Corinth Regency in 1966, reprinting the 1930's pulp magazine. There were only 3 issues of the Dr. Death pulp magazine, published in 1935. The first 3 books of this offering reprint the lead novels from the 3 magazines, while the 4th book reprints the various short stories which were also included in the magazines. Comments on each book follow (my highest rating is near fine, as no used book is perfect). # 1 has a faint reading crease, a tiny corner crease, a trace of edgewear, and is VG+ to near fine. # 2 has only modest marks and is near fine. # 3 has a faint reading crease and is near fine. The scarce # 4 has a reading crease, edgewear, a little browning to the page edges, a price stamp to the top pages edge, and is VG to VG+. An attractive series, uniform in appearance, with Robert Bonfils front… Read More

London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

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

San Diego, CA: Corinth Regency Suspense Novel #s CR116, CR120, CR124, CR128, CR132, CR136, CR140 & CR144 1st Editions 1966 ----------paperbacks. 8 BOOKS. Offered as the entire series of the Operator 5 books as issued by Corinth Regency in 1966, featuring secret agent Jimmy Christopher saving America from invasion and destruction, first published in the 1930's pulp magazine. Volume 8 (Invasion of the Yellow Warlords) is in good condition only, the other 7 volumes range from VG+ to unread near fine. An attractive series of books, uniform in appearance, all with Robert Bonfils cover art. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+ to Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Bonfils (front covers). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

New York: Ace Books Numerical Series 1st Editions and Later Printings 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 & 1973 ----------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). 56 paperbacks, all Ace Science Fiction Doubles, also referred to as tete-beche or dos-a-dos, describing books which when flipped over reveal another cover and book. Ace issued their science fiction doubles from 1953 to 1973 (there were "doubles" beyond 1973, but they bore a single cover which listed both books). The books were issued in 5 letter-prefix series based on original cover price, and 1 numerical series. Offered here is the final series, the NUMERICAL series, also referred to as the 5-Number or 5-Digit series, consisting of 56 volumes issued from 1969 to 1973, and bearing original cover prices of $0.60, $0.75 or $0.95. It is the COMPLETE set of Ace SF doubles… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books #s 210, 391K, 507K, F588, U2192, U2193, 02468 & 23613 1st Editions 1957-1973 ----------8 paperbacks. Strange Relations, Inside Outside, Dare, Time's Last Gift & Traitor to the Living are Canadian printings. 8 Philip Jose Farmer science fiction books, OFFERED AS AN 8-BOOK SET. All books are PAPERBACK ORIGINAL FIRST EDITIONS (there was a simultaneous hardcover publication of Green Odyssey). In fact, these 8 volumes are the COMPLETE SET of Farmer books published by Ballantine as paperback original first editions. Strange Relations and The Alley God are collections of shorter works, the other 6 volumes are novels. Green Odyssey, the author's 1st book, has tiny corner chips to the spine extremities, appears unread, and is near fine. Strange Relations, the author's 1st collection, has faint spine and cover creases, and is VG+ to near fine. The Lovers has a minor bump to the spine bottom, appears unread, and is fine. The Alley God is an unread fine… Read More

New York: Columbia Publications, Inc. 1st Editions undated but 1942 ----------vintage chapbooks / stapled booklets, digest size. In 1942 Columbia issued these 6 undated but numbered (1-6) volumes as companions to their pulp magazines Science Fiction Stories and Science Fiction Quarterly. All contained one novella, were 24 pages long, had the same Frank R. Paul cover art, and the back covers were the completion of the novella and/or an advertisement for Columbia's pulp magazines. 1 volume has a faint front cover yellow stain, 2 have store stamps on the back covers, all show only modest wear, and are near fine or fine copies.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine to Fine. Illus. by Frank R. Paul (front covers). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Editions 1951 ----------12 pulp magazines, digest size, all 12 issues for 1951. The only complete serial this year was the famous Iceworld by Clement (all 3 parts). Other important stories were Berom by John Berryman, ...and Then There Were None by Russell, Dune Roller by May (her FIRST story), The Weapon by Fredric Brown. There was also a Dianetics (Scientology) article, Dianometry, by Hubbard. January is fine unread. February has tiny chips to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. March has a little spine wear and is VG+ to near fine. April is fine unread. May has faint cover creases, wear to spine bottom, and is VG to VG+. June has cover creases and is VG. July has wear to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. August has cover creases and is VG. September has cover creases, small split to spine bottom, pen on back cover, and is VG to VG+. October has a bump to spine bottom, and is near fine. November has cover creases, chips… Read More

New York: Fantasy House, Inc. / Mercury Publications / Mercury Press First Editions 1949-1979 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order. An order from outside the US or Canada cannot be accepted due to the impossibility of satisfying the necessary export requirements and documentation. 338 science fiction fantasy pulp magazines, digest size. Offered here is a COMPLETE UNBROKEN RUN of 338 consecutive volumes, from the first issue Fall 1949 (Vol 1 # 1, issue # 1) to July 1979 (Vol 57 # 1, issue # 338), the first 30 years of a magazine which is still being published. The first issue (Fall 1949) was titled The Magazine of Fantasy, all subsequent issues were titled The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The editors were Anthony Boucher and J, Francis McComas, Boucher alone, Robert P. Mills, Avram Davidson, Joseph W. Ferman and Edward L. Ferman. The publishers were Fantasy House Inc., Mercury Publications and Mercury… Read More