Published by Mercury Press, New York, 1979
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of novelets and short stories. Featured are Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester, And Now the News by Theodore Sturgeon, Not With A Bang by Damon Knight, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walker M Miller, Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot by Grendel Briarton, One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts by Shirley Jackson, The Women Men Don't See by James Tiptree Jr, Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson, "All You Zombies" by Robert A Heinlein, Jeffty is Five by Harlan Ellison, Ararat by Zenna Henderson, Sundance by Robert Silverberg, The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out by R Bretnor, Dreaming is a Private Thing by Isaac Asimov, Poor Little Warrior by Brian W Aldiss, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K Dick, Selectra Six-ten by Avram Davidson, Problems of Creativeness by Thomas M Disch and The Quest for Saint Acquin by Anthony Boucher. Slight edgewear. Light fingerprint on rear cover. In Near Fine Condition.
Published by The Dial Press, 1963
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. The Worlds of Science Fiction, The Dial Press, 1963, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Contributions by Howard Fast, James Blish, John Collier, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, Theodore Sturgeon, Poul Anderson, Anthony Boucher, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester and others each with a prefatory comment by the author. A scarce book for sure.
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.
Published by New York: Fantasy House, Inc. / Mercury Publications / Mercury Press First Editions 1949-1979, 1979
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order. An order from outside the US or Canada cannot be accepted due to the impossibility of satisfying the necessary export requirements and documentation. 338 science fiction fantasy pulp magazines, digest size. Offered here is a COMPLETE UNBROKEN RUN of 338 consecutive volumes, from the first issue Fall 1949 (Vol 1 # 1, issue # 1) to July 1979 (Vol 57 # 1, issue # 338), the first 30 years of a magazine which is still being published. The first issue (Fall 1949) was titled The Magazine of Fantasy, all subsequent issues were titled The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The editors were Anthony Boucher and J, Francis McComas, Boucher alone, Robert P. Mills, Avram Davidson, Joseph W. Ferman and Edward L. Ferman. The publishers were Fantasy House Inc., Mercury Publications and Mercury Press. Unlike other SF magazine of the period, there were almost no interior illustrations, thus leaving more room for stories. Some notable tales were Star Lummox (Star Beast), Door Into Summer, Glory Road, Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Starship Soldier (Starship Troopers), All You Zombies, all by Heinlein, Born of Man and Woman (Matheson), Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore), the John the Ballad Singer stories by Wellman, the People series by Henderson, Canticle of Leibowitz stories by Walter M. Miller, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, Venus on the Half-Shell by Farmer, many other tales by Dick, Ellison, early Stephen King (including the first Gunslinger tale) and such. Isaac Asimov wrote a well-received science column from November 1958 on. There were a number of Author Special issues, each of which contained new stories by the author, bibliographies and commentary on the author by other writers and authorities: Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, James Blish, Frederick Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Damon Knight & Harlan Ellison. Many issues were obtained by subscription (no labels), never read, and are thus fine. A couple have some spine damage, there is some cover creasing, small tears and scuffing, condition ranges from good to as new, with most being at least VG+ to near fine. Inquiries on condition, contents or requests for cover scans of individual volumes are welcomed.