Barker Gray Editor (13 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New. Book is like new in all respects. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Soft cover. Condition: New. New copy from publisher. 256 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. INVENTORY = B; 1958 (December; #32; 100 Pages including covers; Do Saucers Spur youth science program? Ruppelt's deliberately confusing book; Editor sites 200-Ft UFO; The Reality of the Little Men; Hostile Saucers; 110 Grams; Overall VG, but Wear and Paper-Loss to spine, edge tears, 1/2 paper spine missing; cover creasing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Front Cover Design By Ray Palmer. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Evanston, IL: Palmer Publications, Inc., 1958. First edition of the February, 1958 issue, issue #28. Cover is a still from the movie "Riders to the Stars". Octavo, 98 pp., wraps. At least a Very Good Plus by pulp grading standards. Small chip bottom rear panel, tiny chip right side of cover. Outstanding spine, as these spines go. See scans. Contents fine, with the usual pulp toning. For the specific articles of this issue, see cover and contents scans. By 1958, some UFO specialists - like Ray Palmer - were starting to publish more elaborate and wider-circulation products, like this UFO-investigation vehicle, than the smaller, cheaply reproduced efforts of the first pioneers. This is an example - a scarce one. L61.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date; circa 1965. Original oversize softcover design. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages fine. Includes 9 page glossary of space terminology. 79 pages. Small address stamp to cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date; circa 1965. Original oversize softcover design. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages fine. Includes extensive 9-page Glossary of Frequently Used Space Terms appearing in popular space literature. 79 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edited and published by Gray Barker. Published for Release Fall, 1966. Moderate cover wear. Pages very good, clean. Saddle-stitch booklet containing coverage and images of classic cases of UFO lore. Coverage includes: details of the 1966 UFO flap; startling UFO movie made by British housewife; and, police chasing flying saucers. Classic images. Rare material. 15 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.…

Wrappers. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Clarksburg, WV: Gray Barker, 1955. First Edition of the January, 1955 issue, Vol 3, No 1; the fifth issue ever published. Cover illustration by D.C. Lucchesi. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, illustrated green and white stapled wraps, 46 pp. Soiling to both covers, as well as most internal pages, not affecting readability; rust at staples, which have pulled through, leaving covers loose around textblock. Just good plus. A very rare early issue of Gray Barker's Saucerian publication, originally a monthly, then quarterly publication which was edited, in part written, and published by Barker. Campy, spooky and often thought provoking by a master of the subject. 46 pages of reports, rumors, drawings, photos and humor. This issue is particularly packed (see contents scan), and features 5 of the 46 pages devoted to James W. Moseley's "Who's Lying? The Wright Field Story". Kitschy interior art by Lucchesi. The periodical is a vintage Ufology icon. From the collection of Max Miller, founder of Flying Saucers International, and editor of its publication, Saucers. L103. D.C. Lucchesi (illustrator).…

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Clarksburg, WV: Gray Barker, 1954. First Edition of the September, 1954 issue, Vol 2, No 2; the sixth issue ever published. Illustrations by D.C. Lucchesi, Orville Mosher, others. Octavo, illustrated blue and white stapled wraps, 62 pp. Small-scale rouoghening at spine-bottom, very light peripheral wear, Very Good plus or better. Previous owner's stamp at cover right. Nice copy. A rare early issue of Gray Barker's Saucerian publication, originally a monthly, then quarterly publication which was edited, in part written, and published by Barker. Here, expanded to 62 pages from earlier issues generally in the forty-page range. Campy, spooky and often thought provoking by a master of the subject. 40 pages of stories, reports, rumors, drawings, photos and humor - see scan of contents. The periodical is a vintage Ufology icon. L100. D.C. Lucchesi (illustrator).…

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Clarksburg, WV: Gray Barker, 1954. First Edition of the September, 1954 issue, Vol 2, No 2; the fourth issue ever published. Cover illustration by D.C. Lucchesi. From the collection of UFOlogist Max Miller. Octavo, illustrated blue and white stapled wraps, 40 pp. Moderate discoloration to the right side of front cover and top edge of rear cover, else essentially flawless. Very Good Plus. A rare early issue of Gray Barker's Saucerian publication, originally a monthly, then quarterly publication which was edited, in part written, and published by Barker. Campy, spooky and often thought provoking by a master of the subject. 40 pages of stories, reports, rumors, drawings, photos and humor. The periodical is a vintage Ufology icon. From the collection of Max Miller, founder of Flying Saucers International, and editor of its publication, Saucers. L103. D.C. Lucchesi (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare classic, early UFO periodical from minds of Ray Palmer and Gray Barker. Moderate cover, corner wear. Pages very good. Close-up b&w cover shot of early jet pilot w/oxygen apparatus, helmet, in cockpit. Saddle-stitch bind good; fully intact. Unique 4"x6" design. Includes nine fascinating articles and sections on phenomenon inc.: Flying Saucers - From Under the Sea? by Will Carson; Saucers from Fortland (Charles Fortean slant) by Cecil Roberts; Saucer Over Our Carab Tree by Rosalind John; From the Critics Corner - Saucer Clubs - Twentieth Century Cults by Peter Kor; UFO's and Telepathy by Australian Flying Saucer Review; Chasing the Flying Saucers by Gray Barker; an editorial by Ray Palmer; Letters from Readers, Saucer Club News and an unusal personals section. Many unique and timely adverts such as the class Rosicrucian message at back and Oahspe book inside frt. cvr. Contents page states October, 1961; cover states November, 1961. 96 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Roberts, August C. (Photo Editor); Duplantier, Gene (Art Editor) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, 8p, stapled. A rather scarce little booklet featuring an uncommonly forthcoming interview with the slippery ufologist and publisher.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 60 pp. A very sharp copy of this scarce early issue of Barker's important flying saucer magazine.