Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing] April 1973; #M1811. Includes "The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; "Allamagoosa" by Eric Frank Russell; "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster; "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke; "Or All the Seas WIth Oysters" by Avram Davidson; "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak; "The Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch; "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes; "The Longest Voyage" by Poul Anderson. Sticker residue on front over originalm price; creasing; minor tear and soiling.
Published by Bantam Pathfinder, 1964
Seller: Baltimore's Best Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bantam Pathfinder # EP63. Clean text. Minimal wear along the edges and corners. Small tear at the top of the cover. Former owner's name on top edge.
Published by Lion Books, New York, 1954
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Rafael DeSoto; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Lion Book 205. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Rafael DeSoto. This anthology contains: Introduction by Fredric Brown; The Big Contest by John D. MacDonald; The Temptation of Harringay by H. G. Wells; Rope Enough by John Collier; Liar! by Isaac Asimov; The Boy Next Door by Chad Oliver; Take a Seat by Eric Frank Russell; An Egg a Month from All Over by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys; Ghosts by Don Marquis;Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber; Who Shall I Say Is Calling? by August Derleth; The Gnarly Man by L. Sprague de Camp; The Ultimate Egoist by Theodore Sturgeon; Who Knows His Brother by Graham Doar; and Crucifixus Etiam by Walter M. Miller Jr. Book.
Published by An Avon Book [c.1962], [New York], 1962
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus. [New York]: An Avon Book [c.1962]. Good. 1962. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. First edition thus. Avon S-127 with 60 cents cover price. Collects 9 stories in 320 pages. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover else Good only copy [spine creased and cocked with the interior binding starting and the cover beginning to come off at the rear---could be easily re-glued, reading crease to the front cover, two small spot stains inside the rear cover, cheap text paper tanned]. .
Published by Roc - Penguin Books, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0451450272 ISBN 13: 9780451450272
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. J. K. Potter; (illustrator). First Edition. 384 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by J. K. Potter. This anthology contains: Imposter by Philip K. Dick; The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn; Asylum - a novella by A. E. van Vogt; Exposure by Eric Frank Russell; Invasion of Privacy- a novelette by Bob Shaw; What Have I Done? by Mark Clifton; The Soul Empty Ones - a novelette by Walter M. Miller Jr.; The Cloud Men by Owen Oliver; The Stone Man - a novelette by Fred Saberhagen; For I Am a Jealous People - a novella by Lester del Rey; Don't Look Now by Henry Kuttner; The Certificate by Avram Davidson; The Alien Rulers - a novelette by Piers Anthony; Squeeze Box by Philip E. High; and Living Space by Isaac Asimov. Book.
Published by Penguin, London, 1965
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Paperback. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dominquez, Oscar (illustrator). 4th Printing. Both copies have lightly creased spines with light edge rubbings. No store stamps. Stories by : Eric Frank Russell, Ward Moore, John Steinbeck, Clifford Simak, Brian W. Aldiss, James H. Schmitz, Bertram Chandler, Walter M. Miller, Isaac Asimov, Katherine Maclean, Algis Budrys, & J.G. Ballard.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1947
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. PULP COLLECTION of 19 different magazine contributions from 1947 thru 1972 being Astounding from 1947 to 1957 (13 issues), Galaxy 1951 thru 1957 (4 issues) & Analog 1972 (2 issues), each in first edition, 19 volumes, good to very good in wraps, most copies being very good. Also contains original contributions such as CHILD'S PLAY by William Tenn (his second professional appearance in print), Judith Merril's THAT ONLY A MOTHER & DEATH IS THE PENALTY (her first and second professional appearances in print), Kate Wilhelm's THE MILE LONG SPACESHIP (her second professional appearance in print) and original works by Poul Anderson, Jack Williamson, Eric Frank Russell, A. E. Van Vogt, Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Murray Leinster, Bob Silverberg, Frank Robinson, L. Sprague De Camp, Cleve Cartmill, Tom Godwin, Clifford Simak, Walter Miller, H. Beam Piper, James Schmitz, Mark Clifton, Randall Garrett, Harry Harrison, Fritz Leiber, Willy Ley, Damon Knight, John Christopher, Robert Heinlein, Robert Sheckley, Fred Pohl, Cyril Kornbluth, et.al.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Astounding Science Fiction digest magazine for January 1952 through December 1952 (12 volumes), Vol. 48, No. 5 through Vol. 50, No. 4. All issues in good to very good condition. A more complete description of contents and/or condition is available upon request. Book.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Astounding Science Fiction digest magazine for January 1955 through December 1955 (12 volumes) Vol. 54, No. 5 through Vol. 56, No. 4. All issues in good or better condition. A more complete description of contents and/or condition is available upon request. Book.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Astounding Science Fiction digest magazine for January 1954 through December 1954 (12 volumes), Vol. 52, No. 5 through Vol. 54, No. 4. All issues in good or better condition. A more complete description of contents and/or condition is available upon request. Book.
Published by New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1st Editions 1952, 1952
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Hubert Rogers, H.R. Van Dongen, Pawelka, Alejandro, Charles Schneeman, Welker (front covers) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------12 pulp magazines, digest size, ALL 12 issues for 1952. Complete serials this year were Gunner Cade by Kornbluth and Merril (as by Cyril Judd), and The Currents of Space by Asimov. Other important stories were Dumb Waiter by Walter M. Miller (and several other Miller srories), Blood's a Rover by Oliver, Me and Flapjack and the Martians by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds. February has spine taping, cover creasing, writing on the back cover, and is fair-good only. All other volumes are at least VG to unread fine.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Ed. The first 6 issues of Fantastic digest magazine. Published Fall 1952 through May-June, 1953, Volume 1, Number 1 through Volume 2, Number 3. All issues in very good condition, with moderate over all wear, except May-June 1953, which is only in good condition. Book.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1955
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION FOR 1955 ALL 12 ISSUES, Street & Smith, first edition, very good plus to near fine or better in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by: John W. Campbell, Walter M. Miller (THE DARFSTELLER), Chad Oliver, Eric Frank Russell (CALL HIM DEAD aka THREE TO CONQUER), James Gunn, H. Beam Piper, James Schmitz, Algis Budrys, Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiler, H.R. van Dongen, Mark Clifton, Poul Anderson (THE LONG WAY HOME), Donald Kingsbury, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert (UNDER PRESSURE aka DRAGON IN THE SEA), Robert Sheckley, James Blish, L. Sprague De Camp, Lester Del Rey, Murray Leinster, Jack Vance (THE GIFT OF GAB), Raymond F. Jones, et.al. A good to very good copy in pictorial wraps of the January 1956 issue has been added to complete the serialization of UNDER PRESSURE, Frank Herbert's first novel.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1952
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION FOR 1952 ALL 12 ISSUES, Street & Smith, first edition, near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by: Isaac Asimov (THE CURRENTS OF SPACE), Cyril Kornbluth (THAT SHARE OF GLORY & GUNNER CADE), Jack Vance (TELEK), Damon Knight, Lester Del Rey, William Tenn (FIREWATER), James Blish, Gordon Dickson, Judith Merril, Jack Williamson (MAN DOWN), Walter M. Miller (DUMB WAITER & BLOOD BANK & COLD AWAKENING & NO MOON FOR ME & THE BIG HUNGER), Raymond F. Jones (NOISE LEVEL), Chad Oliver (BLOOD'S A ROVER & STARDUST), Eric Frank Russell (LAST BLAST), Mark Clifton, Donald Kingsbury (his first professional appearance), Willy Ley, Michael Shaara, A. Bertram Chandler, Robert Sheckley, Fredric Brown, Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiler, H.R. van Dongen, et. al.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of first 66 digest issues of Amazing Stories magazine for April-May 1953, Vol. 27, No. 4 through December 1959, Vol. 33, No. 12. All issues in good or better condition, except 7/58 and 8/59 which are only in fair condition. Book.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of the first 74 issues of Fantastic digest magazine. Includes Summer 1952, Vol. 1, No. 1 through December 1960, Vol. 9, No. 12. All issues in fair to good condition. Book.
Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Ed. Galaxy Science Fiction digest magazine. Set of all 92 issues published between October 1950 and December 1959. Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 18 No. 2. This is a reading copy only set, with most issues in fair condition and some only poor. All issues are complete with both covers (except 11/55 which is missing 1/2 of back cover), but some issues have some or most of the spines missing. There is over all grubbiness, mustiness and discoloring to the covers and pages of the set. Some issues have taped spines. Includes many classic SF stories, The Puppet Masters by Heinlein, To Serve Man by Knight, The Demolished Man & The Stars my Destination by Bester, The Fireman by Bradbury, Gladiator-at-Law by Pohl & Kornbluth and several short stories by P. K. Dick. Book.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of 88 issues of Amazing Stories pulp magazine. Includes March 1945, Vol. 19, No. 1 through March 1953, Vol. 27, No. 3 (last pulp issue). All issues in good or better condition except 9/45 (covers detached), 3/47 (missing covers and spine), 11/46 (piece out of front cover), 4, 9 and 11 1950 (missing spines, covers loose), 6 and 7 1950 (missing piece of spine), 2/50 (missing piece of spine, spine taped), 5/48, 10/48, 11/48, 12/487/48, 8/48, 9/52, 10/52 (spines taped). Book.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Isaac Asimov(Editor) (illustrator). First Edition. The Hugo Winners by Arthur C. Clarke (Editor) First Edition, 1962 A firm copy with sharp corners A sharp bright jacket. Not price-clipped, original $4.50 printed price intact. Clear protective cover. First Edition, stated. LCCCN 62-14132. Publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to the spine. 318pp. Edited by Issac Asimov. Contents include the first hardcover appearance of Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s novella DARFSTELLER, Poul Anderson's novella THE LONGEST VOYAGE, and Daniel Keyes's novella FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON. Very uncommon book. BOOK.
Published by Doubleday, 1962
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE HUGO WINNERS, Doubleday, 1962, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Contributions by Poul Anderson, Eric Frank Russell, Robert Bloch, Walter M. Miller, Daniel Keyes, Arthur C. Clarke, Murray Leinster, Clifford Simak & Avram Davidson. A curiously uncommon book to locate in first edition.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith & Conde Nast 1952.1972, 1952
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION FROM 1952 THROUGH 1974 ALL 264 ISSUES, Street & Smith & Conde Nast, first edition, vg+ to fine in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by just about modern science fiction writer you can name. Some highlights are the HUGO winning: TheyÕd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley; The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell; Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein; Exploration Team by Murray Leinster; The Big Front Yard by Clifford D. Simak; The Longest Voyage by Poul Anderson; Dune World (Dune) by Frank Herbert; Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (DREAMSNAKE) by Vonda N. McIntyre; The Hole Man by Larry Niven; the NEBULA winning: CALL HIM LORD by Gordon Dickson; THE MISSING MAN by Catherine Maclean; HOME IS THE HANGMAN by Roger Zeazny; and the notable: HIGH CRUSADE by Poul Anderson; Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett; Weyr Search & Dragonrider by Anne McCaffrey; The Gold at the StarbowÕs End by Frederik Pohl; CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein; et.al.