Aka Obrien (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. US Advance Reading Copy of the first novel in the "Inspector Max Romero" series. In fine unread condition.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. No. 9. Cover art by Leo Morey & Julian Krupa for "Suicide Squadrons of Space" by David Wright O'Brien. Includes "Mystery of the Martian Pendulum" by Thornton Ayre & A. R. Steber [John Russell Fearn & Raymond A. Palmer]; "World Beneath Ice" by Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "When the Moon Died" by Don Wilcox; "Mystery on Panetoid Ten" by James Norman; "The Man Who Never Lived" by Ross Rocklynne. Illustrated by Julian Krupa, Magarian, and others. Staple wear and wear-thru to wraps.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 5, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Ice Queen" (novel) by Don Wilcox. Includes "Freddie Funk's Madcap Mermaid" by Leroy Yerxa; "The Perfect Husband" by Dwight V. Swain; "The Man With Five Lives" (novel) by Clyde Woodruff [David V. Reed]; "Saunders' Strange Second Sight" by Clee Garson; "Lefty Feep Catches Hell" by Robert Bloch; "Mister Trouble" (novelet) by David Wrght O'Brien; "Sammy Calls a noobus" by Henry Norton. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "Alubro-Weld"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Rare Acid lab"; "Wild Animals First jap Victims"; "Tobacco One Million Years Old"; "Delicate Violins"; "Putting Bees to Work in Russia"; "Reader's Page"; "Mercury, God of the Winged Sandals" illustrated on rear cover by Frank R. Paul. Letter from Chad Oliver. Illustrated by Magarian, Malcolm Smith, Ronald Clyne, H. W. McCauley, Robert Fuqua, Virgil Finlay, and Rod Ruth. No back cover; spine sunned and faded; staining at edges; tears.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 17, No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Fuqua for "That Worlds May Live" (novel) by Nelson S. Bond. Includes "Juggernaut Jones, Warrior" by A. R. McKenzie; "Valley of the Black Sun" by Leroy Yerxa; "Enigma of the City" (novelet) by Chester S. Geier; "Never Trust a Demon" by Robert Bloch; "Gold rush on Callisto" by Russell Storm [Robert Moore Williams]; "Daughter of Destiny" (novelet) by Lee Francis [Leroy Yerxa]; "Periscope Prey" by David Wright O'Brien. Features: "The Observatory"; "Natural Gas Goes to War"; "Tire Magic!"; "Thar's Gold"; "Amazing facts"; "Army Develops New Butter"; "Scientific Oddities"; "Vignettes of Famous Scientists"; "Mending the Wounded With Glue"; "Feeding Ulcers to Save the Patient"; "The Battle of the Sexes"; "Scientific Mysteries"; "Meet the Authors"; "Discussions"; "Correspondence Corner"; "Stories of the Stars". Illustrated by Robert Fuqua, H. R. Hammond, H. W. McCauley, Ned Hadley, Magarian, Frank R. paul, and Joe Sewell. No back cover; old tape or ghosts; tanning; tears and other small losses; stains with rusty staples. Reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Richard Robinson (cover plus interior) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition/printing thus. Book and jacket (in a protector) each in Fine condition. Nice Grant production of this fantasy adventure tale originally published in Adventure Magazine 1921. Neat cover plus interior illustrations by Canadian artist Robertson.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 5, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Drummers of Duagavo" (novel) by Dwight V. Swain. Includes "The Man Who Cried "Werewolf" by P. F. Costello [William P. McGivern]; "They Gave Him a Rope" (novelet) by H. B. Carleton [Howard Browne]; "the other Abner Small" by Clee Garson [David Wright O'Brien]; "Enchanted Bookshelf" (novelet) by William P. McGivern; "The Chance of a Ghost" by Robert Bloch; "Jones Gets the Willies" by Elroy Arno [Leroy Yerxa]; "Trail of the Magic Slippers" (novelet) by John York Cabot; "The Black Brain" by Tarleton Fiske [Robert Bloch]. "the Editor's Notebook"; "The Old Juke Box Broke Down-"; "Earth PossessesTwo Stratospheres"; "Rats Are Expert Dieticians"; "It's an Intersting World!"; "Nerve Injury Detector"; "Romance of teh Elements"; "Scientists Produce Last Element"; "Using X-Rays to Increase Food Crops"; "Vignettes of Famous Scientists"; "Fantastic - But ture"; "Giving Plants Self-protection"; "Introducing the Author"; "Reader's Page"; "Phaeton - Son of Apollo" (illustrated by Frank R. Paul on rear cover); Correspondence Corner". Illustrated by Jay Jackson, Magarian, A. K. Bilder, Robert Gibson Jones, J. Allen St. John, and Rod Ruth. Old tape, or ghosts, at all edges and spine with small associated tears, scars, amnd losses (see scans); tanning.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. No. 28. Pulp-sized trade paperback. Edited by Audrey Parente. Previously unpublished cover art by Norman Saunders. Includes "Murder, Maestro, Please!" by Charles Boeckman; "My Stripper Past" by Michael Bracken; "Killer Wanted - First Class" by Geoffrey North; "The Doom That Came to Al Capone" by David Bernard; "Benny the Beezer" by John E. Petty; "Janeck's Desth" by Dan McCarthy; "Woolworth's . . .For All Your Defensive Needs" by C. J. Henderson; "The Word Wranglers" by Stephen Payne; "The Fantastic Twins" by John York Cabot [David Wright O'Brien]; "Afraid to Live" by Duncan Farnsorth [David Wright O'Brien]; "Monkey Men" by Johnny Strike. Features: "Editorial"; "The Absurd tale of a Real Writer" by Audrey Parente; "Meet the Author" by David Wright O'Brien; "Anatomy of a Cover" by Rich Harvey. Illustrated by Rod Ruth and others. Minor handling wear.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 16, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Ray Palmer. Cover art uncredited for "The Avengers" by William P. McGivern. Includes "They Forgot to Remember Pearl Harbor" by P. F. Costello [William P. McGivern]; "Time Will Tell" (1st professional publication) by Emil Petaja; "Scientist Disowned" by Raymond Z. Gallun; "Henry Horn's Blitz Bomb" by Dwight V. Swain; "Juggernaut Jones, Trucker" by A. R. McKenzie; "It Happened in Space" by Manly Wade Wellman; "Sergeant Shane Goes to War" by John York Cabot [David Wright O'Brien]; "Captain Stinky" by Gerald Vance [McGivern]; "The Man Who Was Two Men" by E. K. Jarvis [house pseud., unattributed]; "Gods of the Jungle" (pt. 1) by Nelson S. Bond; "Voice from the Void" by Harl Vincent. Features: "The Observatory"; "Mrs. Lactodectus Mactans"; "Meet the Halogen Family"; "Science Forecast: The Seedless Watermelon"; "You're Not Wanted, peter Rabbit!"; "Nature's Bullets"; "Catalyst for Power"; "Strange Facts"; "Landscapes of Other Worlds - Venus, World of Mystery" by Willy Ley; "Your Orchids - Madam!"; "Ship of Stone"; "Scientific Mysteries"; "Meet the Authors" (Raymond Z. Gallun); "Discussions"; "Correspondence Corner"; "Atomic Airship of Mars" by Henry Gade [house pseud., unattributed] for James B. Settles rear cover illustration. Rear cover and last several pages (Meet the Author" & "Discussions") are glued on copies; cover has tape at edges and is glued on at hinge. With repairs, solid and readable.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. cover by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, illustrated. Includes "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Ray Bradbury. Good only copy tearing to the spine, creasing and edge wear and scattered chipping to the covers, pages toned. See Photos.bx431.

[6p] 5.5x8.5 inches, five poems, personal inscription to fellow poet Ed Mycue signed by the poet on inner cover, very good chapbook in stapled pictorial wraps. Noumenon Chapbook Number Four. O'Brien now writes under her married name, Tinker and has published "The Impiety of Ahasuerus: Percy Shelley's Wandering Jew".

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 10. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover is uncredited [Rod Ruth] for "Death Plays a Game" (novel) by David V. Reed. Includes "Mr. Eee Conducts a Tour" by Don Wilcox; "The Reformation of Joseph Reed" by Robert Moore Williams; "The Beauty and the Beasties" by David Wright O'Brien; "Rewbarb's Remarkable Radio" by William P. McGivern; "People of the Pyramids" (novelet) by P. F. Costello (William P. McGivern). Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "Story Contest Winners"; "Space Flight 790 A.D."; "Mystery of the Human Radio"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Fantastic Oddities"; "'Racket' Busters"; "Nature Is Not Always Wonderful"; "Extra Load for the Overweight"; "Fresh Facts About Fish"; "Water, Water Everywhere"; "Introducing the Authors" highlights cartoonist Robert W. Glueckstein; "Reader's Page"; "Correspondence Corner". Illustrations by Rod Ruth, Ned Hadley, & Jay Jackson. Spine and cover sunned with tears at front cover hinge ends; other minor tears and creases.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 9, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Tale of the Red Dwarf" (short novel) by 'The Red Dwarf' [Richard S. Shaver]. Includes "Meet My Mummy" (novelette) by Elroy Arno [Leroy Yerxa]; "Painting of the Prophet" by David Wright O'Brien; "When the Spirit Moves Me" by Lee Francis [Yerxa]; "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Ray Bradbury; "The Emperor's Eye" (novelette) by Lee Yerxa; "Shades of Henry Morgan" (novelette) by H. B. Hickey. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "The Man Who Mapped the Brain" by Gary lee Horton; "The Luck That Failed" by Pete Bogg; "Romance of the Elements: Hafnium" by Rod Ruth; "Human Electricity" by Jerry Walsh; "Flight Against Time" by H. R. Stanton; "The Pirate Barbarossa" by June Lurie; "Out of Any War" by Alexander Blade; "The Green Tower" by Sandy Miller; "Reader's Page"; "Animals Know" by Pete Bogg; "Disappearance of the Wolf-Men" by Jon Barry. Illustrated by Henry Sharp, Magarian, Gray, Brady, Virgil Finlay, and J. Allen St. John. Creasing; rubbing; tanning; spine a little sunned.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 5, No. 5. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by H. W. McCauley for "Return to Lilliput" (novel) by William Brengle [Howard Browne]. Includes "Saint Milligan" by Nelson S. Bond; "Return of a Demon" by Alexander Blade [unknown]; "The Skeleton in the Closet" by Tarleton Fiske [Robert Bloch]; "The Curious Coat" (novelet) by David Wright O'Brien; "Genie With the Light Brown Hair" by Robert Bloch; "The Garden of Hell" (novelet) by Leroy Yerxa; "Mistress of teh Dark" (novelet) by Elroy Arno [Leroy Yerxa]; "The Miracle of Kicker McGuire" (novelet) by Robert Moore Williams. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "New Life Saver"; "Vignettes of Famous Scientists"; "The Irish Migration"; "Fantastic - But True"; "Meet Mr. Atom Smasher"; "It's an Interesting World!"; "A Blend of Cement and Wood"; "Twinkle Talk"; "Story of Smyrna Fig"; "Thirteen Friday the 13ths"; "How We See"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Introducing the Author: William Brengle"; "Reader's Page"; "Correspondance Corner"; "Centaur - Seed of the Goods" illustrated on rear cover by J. Allen St. John. Letters from Chad Oliver and others. Illustrated by McCauley, Magarian, Malcolm Smith, Virgil Finlay, Julian S. Krupa, Arnold Kohn, and Rod Ruth. Creasing; tanning; standard wear and tear at edges; old price on front cover.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 4, No. 9. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by H. W. McCauley for "Goddess of the Fifth Plane" (novelet) by William P. McGivern; rear cover by F. R. Paul for "Atlas - God of Strength" (feature). Includes "Son of a Witch" by Robert Bloch; "The Scarlet Rollers" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "An Angel with Four Faces" (novel) by Don Wilcox; "The Deadly Yappers" by Max Overton (Don Wilcox); "The Infinite Invasion" (novel) by E. K. Jarvis (house pseud., unattributed); "The Bottle Imp" (novelet) by Dwight V. Swain; "That Dreadful Night" by John York Cabot (David Wright O'Brien); "Resurrection from Hell" by David Wright O'Brien; "Outcasts of Eternity" (novelet) by Polton Cross (John Russell Fearn); "When Destiny Dealt" by P. F. Costello (William P. McGivern). Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "It's a Chnging World!"; "15,000 Years Old - And Still Growing!"; "Allergics Lead the Way"; "Why Fish Die Out of Water"; "Cobra Venom for Cancer Relief"; "The Stubborn Skunk"; "Shooting Stars"; "Fantastic Facts"; "The Insect That Prays"; "The Nobel Prize"; "Mercury Poisoning Operation"; "Life Spac"; "Wife Auction"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Taxpayers Utopia"; "Insect Chivalry"; "Reader's Page"; "Correspondence Corner." Illustrated by H. W. McCauley, Magarian, Ned Hadley, L. Raymond Jones, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, & Brady. Tape inside cover edges and hinges; spine fading; standard wear and tear at edges; creasing.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 244, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Cover by Paul Stahr for "Buckshot" (pt. 1 of 4) by W. C. Tuttle. Includes "Death on Seadrome Three" (novelette) by Eustace L. Adams; "Gold Through the Night" (novelette) by William Edward Hayes; "Solitary" by Tom Curry; "Men of Daring: True Story in Pictiures" ("Smoky Joe Martin, ace of fire fighters") by Stookie Allen; "The Mug" by Bill Cook; "The Naked Blade" (pt. 2 of 6) by George Challis (Frederick Faust - aka Max Brand); "King of the Bush" (pt. 6 of 6) by William MacLeod Raine. Features: "Stranger Than Fiction" by John S. Stuart; "Machine Gun-Bows" by J. W. Holden; "America's First Aerial Flight" by Kenneth P. Wood; "Chinook Decides" by Jack O'Brien; "An Unusual Observation Balloon" by Colin K. Cameron; "Indian Justice" by D. T. Carr; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead." Edges trimmed; minor corner chipping; name on rear on pencil.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 3, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Rod Ruth for "The Return of Circe" (novel) by Nat Schachner. Includes "Problem on Mars" (contest short) by Duncan H. Farnsworth [David Wright O'Brien]; "Mr. Murchison's Ghost" by Robert Moore Williams; "Secret League of Six" by Don Wilcox; "Ebbtide Jones' Atom Constrictor" (novelet) by Miles Shelton [Don Wilcox]; "Peter Fereny's Death Cell" by William P. McGivern; "Man, An Unnecessary Evil" (article) by Jep Powell. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "Thrilling Story Contest - Win $50!"; "More About the Sun"; "Fantastic Oddities"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Fantastic Playground"; "Introducing the Author" (Jep Powell & Nat Schachner); "Fantastic Forecast"; "Quiz Page"; "Reader's Page"; "Correspondence Corner." Illustrated by Julian S. Krupa, Magarian, Robert Fuqua, and Rod Ruth. Cartoons by H. Woffard, Jr. and Guy Gifford. Letters from Milton Lesser and others. Minor creasing; shallow, but long - .5" x 4" long - strip torn off lower rear edge; math problem in pencil on rear. Pages barely tanned.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 9, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Tale of the Red Dwarf" (short novel) by 'The Red Dwarf' [Richard S. Shaver]. Includes "Meet My Mummy" (novelette) by Elroy Arno [Leroy Yerxa]; "Painting of the Prophet" by David Wright O'Brien; "When the Spirit Moves Me" by Lee Francis [Yerxa]; "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Ray Bradbury; "The Emperor's Eye" (novelette) by Lee Yerxa; "Shades of Henry Morgan" (novelette) by H. B. Hickey. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "The Man Who Mapped the Brain" by Gary lee Horton; "The Luck That Failed" by Pete Bogg; "Romance of the Elements: Hafnium" by Rod Ruth; "Human Electricity" by Jerry Walsh; "Flight Against Time" by H. R. Stanton; "The Pirate Barbarossa" by June Lurie; "Out of Any War" by Alexander Blade; "The Green Tower" by Sandy Miller; "Reader's Page"; "Animals Know" by Pete Bogg; "Disappearance of the Wolf-Men" by Jon Barry. Illustrated by Henry Sharp, Magarian, Gray, Brady, Virgil Finlay, and J. Allen St. John. Tanning; a little creasing; standard wear and tear at edges, but much less than usual.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 17, No. 9. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones for "War Worker 17" (novelet) by Frank Patton [Raymond A. Palmer]; James B. Settles rear cover illustration for "The Ship of Jupiter" by Morris J. Steele [Raymond A. Palmer]. Includes "When the Darkness Came" by William Delisle; "Luvium, The Invincible City" by A. R. McKenzie; "Lunar Vengeance" by Thornton Ayre [John Russell Fearn]; "The Devil's Planet" by David Wright O'Brien; "The Powerful Pipsqueak" by Ross Rocklynne; "Madcap of Mars" by Festus Pragnell. Features: "The Observatory"; "Bone"; "Meet the Authors" (Frank Patton) ; "Told by the Marines"; "Vignettes of Famous Scientists"; "Contest Announcement"; "Scientific Mysteries"; "Capsules in First Aid"; "Discussions"; New Ships for Our Side". Illustrated by Julian S. Krupa, R. Fuqua, J. Allen St. John, and others. Edges neatly trimmed; old tape at spine ends; tanning.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED "SWAMI JAIDEV". Book appears unread and is essentially As New with minimal wear, pages are clean & bright, binding is tight. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the ongoing stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Frederik Pohl.] Cover art is uncredited for "World Reborn" (novelette) by Thornton Ayre [John Russell Fearn]. Includes "Guyon 45X" (novelette) by Dean D. O'Brien; "Trans-Plutonian Trap" (novelette) by Ross Rocklynne; "The Lotus-Engine" by Raymond Z. Gallun; "Phantom from Space" by John Russell Fearn; "Gravity Island" by Harl Vincent; "Emergency Refueling" by James Blish; "Stitch in Time" by Frank Belknap Long. Special Features: "The Song of the Rocket" (poem) by Gabriel Barclay [C. M. Kornbluth]; "Book Reviews"; "The Science Fictioneer" (Official Organ of the Science Fictioneers"; "The Preview". Illustrated by Lasker, Matt Fox, & Eron. Edges tri9mmed with small losses; tears at spine ends; tanning; creasing; rear cover has been wet with minor stains and wavines.

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 4, No. 3. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by J. Allen St. John for "War on Venus" (novel) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes "The Electrical Butterflies" (novelet) by Ross Rocklynne; "Later Than You Think" by Henry Kuttner; "The Fantastic Twins" by John York Cabot [David Wright O'Brien]; "Afraid to Live" by Duncan Farnsworth [David Wright O'Brien]; "Doorway to hell" (pt. 2 of 2) by Frank Patton [Ray Palmer]. Features: "The Editor's Notebook"; "Flying Suits"; "Indian Lie Detector"; "Tree Oysters"; "Romance of the Elements"; "Gas Attack!"; "Reader's Page"; "Correspondence Corner." Illustrated by J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Robert Fuqua, and Rod Ruth. Tanning; a little soiling.