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Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Number 3. (fantasy, h. g. wells, lovecraft, bradbury, periodicals).
Condition: Good. . Number 3. Slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on rear inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (fantasy, anthology, science fiction).
Condition: Good. . Number 6. Slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on rear inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (fantasy, anthology, science fiction).
Condition: Good. Good condition. No. 6. In polypropylene bag. (h.p. lovecraft, science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, jack williamson, a. merritt) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by Avon
Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
1948 Paperback CONDITION: g used.
Published by Avon Books, 1949
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER #11, Avon Books, 1949, first edition, near fine in full color pictorial wraps with contributions by Ray Bradbury, Nelson Bond, T. S. Stribling, Seabury Quinn, et.al.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. No. 17 (1951). Digest-sized. Edited by Donald A. Wollheim. Cover art by [Harry] Barton. Includes "The Sapphire Siren" by Nictzin Dyalhis; "Jack-in-the-Box" by Ray Bradbury; "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" by G. K. Chesterton; "The Pink Caterpillar" by Anthony Boucher; "The Phantom Dictator" by Wallace West; "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" by H. P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffman Price; "The Bookshop" by Nelson Bond; :"One-Man God" by Frank Owen; "The Mystery of the Sargasso" by William Hope Hodgson. Tanning; small tears at spine ends with minor losses; light rubbing and edgewear; negligable creasing; contents page has been marked up by previous owner.
Published by Avon Novels Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley note many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134. A touch of edge wear, a fine copy. (28141).
Published by Avon Book Company [1947], New York, 1947
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; P. Schuyler Miller, Thomas Burke, Nelson Bond, Lord Dunsany, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury, Clark Ashton Smith, M. R. James, and A. E. Van Vogt. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132. Age darkening to text paper, mild wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (28138).
Published by Avon Book Company [1947], New York, 1947
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; C. L. Moore, William Fryer Harvey, Robert Bloch, Carl Jacobi, Stephen Vincent Benet, Clare Winger Harris, Robert W. Chambers, Frank Owen and C. M. Kornbluth. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132. Age darkening to text paper, light edge wear, cover creases, a very good copy. (28139).
Published by Avon fantasy, USA
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. digest size wrappers worn.
Published by Avon Books, 1951
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER #15, Avon Books, 1951, first edition, very good plus to near fine in full color pictorial wraps with contributions by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Clark Ashton Smith, Cyril Kornbluth, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, et.al.
Published by Avon Novels Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, Stephen Marlowe, Jack Vance and others. Tymm and Ashley note in both issues many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134. Light cover crease to first issue, spine lean to second issue, a very good or somewhat better set. (28140).
Published by Avon Book Company: NY, 1947
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Stapled pictorial wrappers. First edition (& 1st printing). Third issue. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. 18 issues published in total, quarterly, 1947 - 1952, edited by Donald A. Wollheim. In Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 127-132.This issue includes H. P. Lovecraft, C. L. Moore and A. Merritt. A little browning along page edges, else a fine (unread) copy.
Published by Avon Book Company [1947], New York, 1947
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; David H. Keller, Philip M. Fisher, Jr., Guy Endore, Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers, S. Fowler Wright, and Laurance Manning and Fletcher Pratt. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132. Age darkening to text paper, a fine copy. (28136).
Published by Avon Book Company [1947], New York, 1947
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; Murray Leinster, August Derleth, William Hope Hodgson, A. Merritt, H. G. Wells, Clark Ashton Smith, H. Russell Wakefield and Lord Dunsany. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132. Age darkening to text paper, light wear to spine ends. A nearly fine copy. (28135).
Published by Avon Books, 1947
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER, Avon Books, 1947 thru 1952, first edition, 18 volumes complete, near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Robert E. Howard, Gelett Burgess, William Hope Hodgson, Hugh Cave, Algernon Blackwood, Edward Lucas White, James Francis Dwyer, G. K. Chesterton, Frank Owen, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher, Nelson Bond, E. Hoffman Price, H. P. Lovecraft, Sax Rohmer, Manly Wade Wellman, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn, Francis Flagg, Doanld Wollheim, Malcolm Jameson, Amelia Reynolds Long, Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Donald Wandrei, Ambrose Bierce, C. L. Moore, Abraham Merritt, Frank Belknap Long, David Keller, Jack Williamson, Edmond Hamilton, Henry S. Whitehead, Carl Jacobi, William F. Harvey, C. M. Kornbluth, S. Fowler Wright, Murray Leinster, August Derleth, H. G. Wells, H. R. Wakefield, et.al. Along with AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, all 3 volumes, near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps.