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Published by Pyramid Books, USA, 1961
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair / Good, This is a Reading. John Schoenherr Cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 160 pages CONTENTS = nclude Isaac Asimov (Legal Rites (With Frederik Pohl)), Robert Bloch (The Strange Island of Dr. Nork), Anthony Boucher (The Scrawny One), Ray Bradbury (The Handler), Fredric Brown (Come and Go Mad), Mary Elizabeth Counselman (The Unwanted), Fritz Leiber (The Automatic Pistol), Eric Frank Russell (The Big Shot), Margaret St. Clair (Mrs. Hawk), Theodore Sturgeon (The Professor's Teddy Bear), Manly Wade Wellman (The Valley Was Still). >>This is a reading copy. Cover creasing; paper pull to front cover; 1/3 of paper spine is missing, staining to interior backcover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Fantasy House, 1953
Seller: Preferred Books, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear. Square and tight. Tanned page ends. Contents include: The Chocolate Coach by Doris Gilbert / What Shadows We Pursue by Russell Kirk / Joy Ride by William Campbell Gault (aka Will Duke, Roney Scott) / The Big Holiday by Fritz Leiber / The Footprint by Mabel Seeley / Perfect Creature by John Wyndham / The Mask of Demeter by Martin Pearson (Donald A Wollheim) (aka David Grinnell) & Cecil Corwin (Cyril M Kornbluth) (aka Kenneth Falconer, S D Gottesman, Cyril Judd (with Judith Merril) / New Ritual by Idris Seabright (aka Margaret St.Clair) / When the Devil Took the Professor by Kurd Lasswitz / The Last Magician by Bruce Elliott / The Isle of Voices by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Published by Mercury Press, NY, 1959
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 16, No. 1. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Silver Eggheads" (novelet) by Fritz Leiber. Includes "The Quest for St. Aquin" by Anthony Boucher; "Science: No More Ice Ages?" by Isaac Asimov; "The Woman Who Thought She Could Read" by Avram Davidson; "Ferdinand Feghoot: X" by Grendel Briarton (R. Bretnor); "Books: Recommended Reading" by Anthony Boucher; "Explorers We" by Philip K. Dick; "Santa Clause" by Robert F. Young; "Meeting of Relations" by John Collier; "Invasion of the Planet of Love" by George P. Elliott; "The R of A" by Gordon R. Dickson. Short tears at spine ends which show wear; tanned; tipped in subcription ad.
Published by Generic, 1959
Seller: Once Read Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
single_issue_magazine. Condition: Good-. GOOD-. Blue and Beige illustrated Pulp Magazine, bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, minor spine lean/roll, small chips and creases to spine and edges of covers, small chips to front cover, crease to bottom corner front cover small closed tear along crease, small chips to top corner of some pages, slightly brittle pages. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
Published by Doubleday, NY, 1959
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BCE. [1st printing](1959) #4. Dj art by Arthur Renshaw. Includes "Introduction"; "Ministering Angels" by C. S. Lewis; "Backwardness" by Poul Anderson; "The Wait" by Kit Reed; "The Up-to-Date Sorcerer" by Isaac Asimov; "A Deskful of Girls" by Fritz Leiber; "Eripmaw" by Damon Knight; "Poor Little Warrior!" by Brian W. Aldiss; "The Omen" by Shirley Jackson; "Gil Braltar" by Jules Verne; "The Grantha Sighting" by Avram Davidson; "Theory of Rocketry" by C. M. Kornbluth; "A New Lo!" by Ron Goulart; "Gorilla Suit" by John Shepley; "Captivity" by Zenna Henderson; "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by Alfred Bester; "Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]; "Origin of the Species" by Karen Anderson; "Epithalamium" by Doris Pitkin Buck; "The Watchers" & "The Better Bet" by Anthony Brode; "Ye Phantasie Writer and His Catte" by Winona McClintic; "In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner" by Karen Anderson; "Valise Macabre" by Winona McClintic.Light wear; mild tanning; small losses at ends of dj spine panel.
Published by New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Edition, 1943
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. William Timmins (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. A notable story this issue is the second (of 3) parts of Gather, Darkness by Leiber. 2 pieces of clear tape inside and one outside reinforcing the front cover to the page block, small chips to spine extremities, edgewear, a VG copy. Back cover advertisement is for Calvert Distillers Corp.
Published by Berkley Medallion / Berkley Publishing Corporation [1969], [New York], 1969
ISBN 10: 0425012727ISBN 13: 9780425012727
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Later Printing. [New York]: Berkley Medallion / Berkley Publishing Corporation [1969]. Good. 1969. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0425012727 . Later [2nd] printing thus. Berkley Medallion S1272 with 75 cents cover price. Collects 14 stories, and introductory discussion, and the editors' preface. 287 pages. Good at best copy [spine creased and cocked, creasing and tiny corner tear to the front cover, interior binding cracked, cheap paper tanning]. .
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1955
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 166 pp. Bantam Book 1328. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and a crease on the lower right of the front cover; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Ararat by Zenna Henderson; Survival by John Wyndham; Generation of Noah by William Tenn; I Am Nothing by Eric Frank Russell; Dark Interlude by Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown; Machine by John Jakes; The Rats by Arthur Porges; Oddy and Id by Alfred Bester; Process by A. E. van Vogt; Nine Finger Jack by Anthony Boucher; The Moon is Green by Fritz Leiber; The Star Ducks by Bill Brown; The Fox in the Forest by Ray Bradbury; and To Serve Man by Damon Knight. Book.
Published by Perma Books, New York, 1953
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Richard Powers; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Perma Book P236. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Richard Powers. This anthology contains: The Year of the Jackpot by Robert A. Heinlein; A Bad Day for Sales by Fritz Leiber; The C-Chute by Isaac Asimov; The Perfect Creature by John Wyndham; The Marching Morons by C. M. Kornbluth; Transfer Point by Anthony Boucher; Watchbird by Robert Sheckley; To a Ripe Old Age by Wilson Tucker; Orphans of the Void by Michael Shaara; The Old Order by Lester del Rey; Genesis by H. Beam Piper; Halo by Hal Clement; Common Time by James Blish; Love by Richard Wilson; The Misogynist by James E. Gunn; The Luckiest Man in Deny by C. M. Kornbluth writing as Simon Eisner; and Not a Creature Was Stirring by Dean Evans. Book.
Published by Avon Books, New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0380771152ISBN 13: 9780380771158
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. James Marsh; (illustrator). First Edition. (xvii) 588 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Cover art by James Marsh. This anthology contains: The Rats in the Walls - a novelette by H. P. Lovecraft; The Coming of the White Worm by Clark Ashton Smith; Nine Yards of Other Cloth by Manly Wade Wellman; Through a Glass - Darkly - a novelette by Zenna Henderson; Come and Go Mad - a novelette by Fredric Brown; Man Overboard - a novelette by John Collier; They Bite by Anthony Boucher; Call Him Demon - a novelette by Henry Kuttner; Daemon - a novelette by C. L. Moore; One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts by Shirley Jackson; The Woman of the Wood - a novelette by A. Merritt; Four Ghosts in Hamlet - a novelette by Fritz Leiber; Displaced Person by Eric Frank Russell; The Black Ferris by Ray Bradbury; Our Fair City by Robert A. Heinlein; Narrow Valley by R. A. Lafferty; That Hell-Bound Train by Robert Bloch; There Shall Be No Darkness - a novella by James Blish; The Loom of Darkness by Jack Vance; Trouble with Water by H. L. Gold; Thriteen O'Clock - a novelette by C. M. Kornbluth; The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim; Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison; Timothy by Keith Roberts; Piper at the Gates of Dawn - a novella by Richard Cowper; Yesterday Was Monday by Theodore Sturgeon; The Montavarde Camera by Avram Davidson; Within the Walls of Tyre - a novelette by Michael Bishop; My Dear Emily by Joanna Russ; Descending by Thomas M. Disch; Longtooth - a novelette by Edgar Pangborn; Divine Madness by Roger Zelazny; and Sail On Sail On by Philip Jose Farmer. That Hell-Bound Train by Robert Bloch won the Hugo Award for best short story in 1959; Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison won the Nebula Award for best short story in 1977 and the Hugo Award for best short story in 1978. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Mercury Press, New York, 1959
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Selection of the best stories of fantasy and science fiction, new and old. Bright crisp clean tight copy. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 130 pp. Fine, faint address written on cover (apo 121 ny ny). Pulp magazine in color illus wraps (Ed Emshwiller).
Published by Perma Books, USA, 1953
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. RICHARD (DICK) POWERS Painted Cover Art (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 379 pages. *** CANADA BUYERS; (This is a THICK BOOK, thus can only be shipped by Expedited Mail in CANADA; Standard Pre-Set Postage Rates ONLY APPLY in Manitoba & Saskatchewan; Other Canadian Provinces will Need to pay EXTRA Shipping Charges); *17 short stries by Isaac Asimov, Anthony Boucher, Robert Heinlein, C.M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, John Wyndham, etc. ** >> Nice Unread copy. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.
Published by Street & Smith, 1941
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. UNKNOWN WORLDS, Street & Smith, October, 1941, first edition, a good to very good copy in wraps with some light wear and chipping with original contributions by Anthony Boucher, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt (THE LAND OF UNREASON), Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner (A GNOME THERE WAS), L. Ron Hubbard (BORROWED GLORY), et.al.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. SPECTRUM 4, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965, first American edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Contributions by Cyril Kornbluth, John Brunner, Howard Fast, Anthony Boucher, John Wyndham, Cordwainer Smith, Fritz Leiber, Hal Clement, Brian Aldiss, C. S. Lewis, et. al. A curiously uncommon book.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1943
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. JUDGEMENT / JUDGMENT NIGHT in Astounding SCIENCE FICTION for August & September, 1943, Street & Smith, first edition, 2 volumes complete, some light wear to the spines, some lower fore edge corners show some wear and loss (without any loss of text) in the second volume, else bright vg copies in full color pictorial wraps. The true first appearance in print of this novel. Also contains original contributions by John W. Campbell, Ray Bradbury (DOODAD & AND WATCH THE FOUNTAINS), Anthony Boucher (ONE-WAY TRIP & ROBINC), Lewis Padgett (ENDOWMENT POLICY), Fritz Leiber (THE MUTANT'S BROTHER) & A. E. Van Vogt (M33 IN ANDROMEDA & CONCEALMENT), Malcolm Jameson, Hal Clement (ATTITUDE), et.al.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1963
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. BEST SF FIVE, Faber & Faber, 1963, first edition, vg+/near fine in like dust-wrapper. Contributions by R. F. Jones, Clifford Simak, Anthony Boucher, Poul Anderson, Robert Sheckley, Brian Aldiss, Arthur C. Clarke, John Wyndham, Fritz Leiber, et.al. Previously contributor Poul Anderson's copy with his ownership signature on the f.e.p.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1943
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. GATHER DARKNESS in Astounding SCIENCE FICTION for May, June & July, 1943, Street & Smith, first edition, 3 volumes complete, some light wear to the spines, else bright vg+ copies in full color pictorial wraps. The true first appearance in print of this novel. Also contains original contributions by John W. Campbell & Raymond F. Jones & Henry Kuttner (GHOST) & Lewis Padgett (THE WORLD IS MINE) & Anthony Boucher (PELARGIC SPARK & SANCTUARY) & Lester Del Rey & Clifford Simak (HUNCH) & A. E. Van Vogt (THE GREAT ENGINE), et.al. For what may well be the originof The Light Sabre of Star Wars fame, read pages 140 & 141 of the July 1943 issue.
Published by Frederick Fell, 1954
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES: 1954, Fell, 1954, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear. Contributions by Alfred Bester, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Jack Vance, Mark Clifton, Walter M. Miller, Ward Moore, et.al.
Published by Frederick Fell, 1955
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES AND NOVELS 1955, Fell, 1955, first edition, very fine (the covers snap back) in fine color pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by Walter M. Miller, Jr., Tom Godwin, Frank Harbert, Ward Moore, Andre Norton, Chad Oliver, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford Simak, et.al.
Published by Frederick Fell, 1952
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES: 1952, Fell, 1952, first edition, fine in like bright full color pictorial dust-wrapper save for the slghtest of wear. Contributions by Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Fred Brown, John Christopher, Cyril Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Ricahrd Matheson, William Tenn, Wilson Tucker, Jack Vance, et.al. Association Copy wonderfully INSCRIBED by Ted Ditky.
Published by Frederick Fell, 1950
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES: 1950, Fell, 1950, first edition, base of spine lightly bumped, else fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with a tiny chip missing from the base of the dust-wrapper spine. Contributions by Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Henry Kuttner, Theodore Sturgeon, Clifford Simak, Wilmar Shiras, Murray Leinster, John D. MacDonald, et.al. INSCRIBED by both editors to another science fiction writer. Nice association thus.