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Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1942
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 3, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Virgil Finlay for "The Citadel of Fear" (novel) by Francis Stevens. Includes "The Super-Race" (verse) by Stanton A. Coblentz. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay. Tears and tape; heavy edge wear with small losses; tanning. See scan. Reading copy.
Published by Arno Press Inc, New York, 1978
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint (First Edition Thus). Reprint/first Arno Press edition, hardcover, has a strong skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, faint rubbing with some tiny spots and scrapes to the covers, mild foxing to the end pages, and a touch of foxing and spotting to the edges of the text block, otherwise a solid, tight Very Good copy.
Published by Arno Press, New York, 1978
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Text offset from that of the 1952 Polaris Press edition. Introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Fantasy (in the style of A. Merritt who was once credited with this pseudonym) set in 2118 in Philadelphia where city government has evolved into a religious tyranny. Reprinted from a 1919 Street & Smith pulp, THE THRILL BOOK, this novel is considered to be the first work of fantasy to envisage the parallel time concept. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1085. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 163. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 718-19. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#174971).
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ric Binkley (illustrator). First edition. A limited first edition in book form of this early dystopian novel by Francis Stevens, an intriguing sci-fi novel in a dust wrapper and slipcase. A limited edition of fifteen hundred copies, of which this is numbered seven hundred and ninety three.The first edition in book form, previously serialised in 'The Thrill Book' in 1919.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and original slipcase. Slipcase is in a very good condition.'The Heads of Cerberus' is an early dystopian novel, in which a group of people inhale a mysterious grey dust, and find themselves transported to a totalitarian Philadelphia in 2118.Written by Gertrude Barrows Bennett under the pseudonym, Francis Stevens; she is considered to be "the woman who invented dark fantasy".Illustrated throughout by Ric Binkley.With an introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach.Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, and the original paper covered slipcase. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Edge wear to the dust wrapper resulting in chips and tears, heavier to the spine. Light spots to the wraps, and spine is age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light edge wear and fading to the dust wrapper, with some light rubbing, in a very good condition. Near Fine. book.
Published by Polaris Press, Reading, Pa., 1952
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed of which this is one of 1490 clothbound copies, this copy is not numbered. The first of the two Polaris Press books. Introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Fantasy (in the style of A. Merritt who was once credited with this pseudonym) set in 2118 in Philadelphia where city government has evolved into a religious tyranny. Reprinted from a 1919 Street & Smith pulp, THE THRILL BOOK, this novel is considered to be the first work of fantasy to envisage the parallel time concept. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1085. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 163. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 718-19. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (supplied on some copies) and paper slipcase. (#160032).
Published by Apex, N. p. [France], 2003
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, four volumes, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Each volume limited to 500 numbered copies. SUNFIRE (1996), a short novel, was first published as a two-part serial in WEIRD TALES, July - August and September - October 1923. SERAPION (2003), a short novel, first appeared in THE ARGOSY, June 19 - July 10, 1920. THE NIGHTMARE (2003), a short novel, originally appeared in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 14 April 1917. THE ELF TRAP (2003) collects five stories first published in pulp magazines in the early part of the twentieth century. Includes a brief introduction and checklist of Stevens' fiction by Kevin L. Cook. A fine set. (#162139).
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). An excellent copy of this very scarce science fiction novel written by American author Gertrude Barrows Bennett, under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. The first thus. Previously published as a short-story in The Argosy magazine in 1920.Very scarce work. Bound in the publisher's cloth and the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by American author Gertrude Barrows Bennett, under the pseudonym of Francis Stevens. Bennett was known as a great pioneer of science fiction and fantasy, credited as the inventor of the "dark fantasy" subgenre.'Claimed' is recognised as one of Bennett's most famous books, with Augustus T. Swift writing in a letter to The Argosy that it was "One of the strangest and most compelling science fantasy novels you will ever read". In this intriguing novel, an ancient artifact is discovered far out at sea, subsequently bringing madness and chaos to whoever acquires it. Bound in the publisher's cloth and the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with slight sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with very bright and clean pages. Fine. book.