John L Moore Editor (41 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. ----------trade paperback. A 244-page science fiction anthology, collecting lesser-known but excellent stories of the mid-late 1940s from Astounding Science Fiction. Back cover corner crease, modest shelfwear, a near fine copy. Alex Schomburg (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Softcover journal in very good plus condition. Article topics include: dedication to Grant Foreman; the continuing search for a southwest: a study in regional interpretation; the causes of the Mexican War: a note on changing interpretations; San Jose de Tumacacori--1773: a Franciscan reports from Arizona; camp sites on the Santa Fe trail in 1848 as reported by John A. Bingham; and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 86, 165 p. Illustrated. An authoritative account of Jimmy Carter's second year in the White House. A large portion of the book includes official statements and documents. A tiny closed tear and slight wear to the back cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories in this issue are What Thin Partitions by Clifton & Apostolides, and Humpty Dumpty (the final Baldy story) by Kuttner and Moore. Reading crease, some front cover rubbing, edgewear, pen numbers on front cover, at least a VG copy. Miller (front cover) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 64 pages. Harry Alan Towers "Fifteen Minutes" / Robert Westerby "Solo Flight" / Sean O'Faolain "Lady Lucifer" /Dora Broome "Rhubarb Wine" / S L Bensusan "Emily's Errand" / Elleston Trevor "The Waiting Game" / B L Jacot "And A Million Women Wait" / Eric Moore Ritchie "The Short Cut" / John Brophy "Sprig Of Mistletoe" / Antonia Ridge "The Grey English Hat" (SL#10B).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A symposium on science fiction by Asimov, Boucher, Campbell, Clarke, etc. 294 pages. Very good condition with edge wear, light dust soiling top page edges offset to endpapers, in jacket with small closed tears, chipping to spine ends light rubbing. bx2.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories in this issue are The Lion and the Lamb by Leiber, and The Sack by Samachson. Some edgewear, a near fine copy. Back cover advertisement is for the book Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard. Miller (front cover) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. (x) 564 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Preface; Losers and Outsiders by Hunter S. Thompson; Old Ladies, Main Squeezes and The Maid of Livermore by Sonny Barger; First Contact by Brock Yates; 800 Pounds of Steel by Ross Fuglsang; Enter the Outlaw Motorcycle Club by William L. Dulaney; Motorcyclists Take Over Town - Many Injured by C. I Dourghty; Forty Hours in Hollister by John Dorrance; Cyclists' Raid by Frank Rooney; Birth of the Terror by Brock Yates; The Wild Ones by Michael Dregni; The Riverside Riots by Bill Hayes; Hell's Angels by William Murray; A More Complete History of Outlaw Clubs by William L. Dulaney; The Tale of Grandpa and the Bottle of, uh, Milk by Bill Hayes; Hell on Wheels by Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny "Big John" Moore; One-Percenter Subculture by Randal Montgomery; Song of the Dumb Biker by Bob Bitchin Lipkin; The Club Run by Daniel R. Wolf; Biker Gang Structure - RCMP Gazette; Solidarity Among the Rebels by Daniel R. Wolf and David E. Young; Inside the Bandidos by Edward Winterhalder; The Biker Babe's Bible by Throttle; Sex and Hedonism Amongst One-Percenter Bikers by James Quinn; I Am a Bikie Slut by Arthur Veno; A Jury Decides by Paul Cherry; Motorcycle Gangs or Motorcycle Mafia by Steve Tretheway and Terry Katz; Relentless Heat by Daniel R. Wolf; Ripping Off Society - RCMP Gazette; Chrome and Hot Leather by Mark L. Bastoni; Outlaw Bikers Polish Their Thuggish Image - RCMP Gazette; Brotherhood of Outlaws by Bob Bitchin Lipkin; Through the Eyes of Snake by Geoffrey Campbell and Felicity Zeiher; Milperra Massacre by Ron H. Stephenson; Kamikaze Riders by William Osgerby; The Great Nordic War by William Marsden and Julian Sher; Blood Spilled - RCMP Gazette; Hell's Angels versus the Rock Machine - RCMP Gazette; Murder of Prison Guards in Quebec - RCMP Gazette; Meeting a Hit Man by Mark G. Murphy; Smokescreen by Paul William Roberts and Norman Snider; A Wayward Angel by George Wethern and Vincent Colnett; Undercover Mountie by Robert Sheppard; and Under and Alone by William Queen; followed by an appendix: What Are a Bunch of Motorcycles Doing in an Art Museum? Size: 8vo. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: As New. Like new paperback with light shelf wear/smudging on top edges of pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This issue contains:The Hall of the Dead by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp; A Walk in the West by Dennis Etchison; The Next Step by E. A Moore; Blackmail by Fred Hoyle; The Intelligent Computer - science by Ted Thomas; The Song of the Morrow by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Little People - Part 2 of 3 by John Christopher; Book Reviews by Judith Merril; Impossible. That's All - science by Isaac Asimov; and a cartoon Gahan Wilson. Chesley Bonestell; Gahan Wilson; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xii, 294 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.75.

Pulp Digest. Condition: Good+. First Edition, 1st Printing. A good+ copy featuring George O. Smith's story "Pandora's Millions," part of his Venus Equilateral series, on the cover as painted by TIMMINS. Also includes "Three Blind Mice" by Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]; "The Golden Journey" by A. Bertram Chandler, "Heir Apparent" by A. E. van Vogt, "Schedule" by Harry Walton, and "The Ethical Equations" by Murray Leinster. 178 pages. Cover is chipped at bottom corner of the spine. The spine is unfaded (appears so because of the use of gray rather than black). Covers are creased and waffled near the spine. The first few pages have creases and uneven toning. Does not show any staining. Pages toned. Clean and unmarked. Cover by William Timmins. Interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and Arthur Williams (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Second Edition. [1st printing thus] Apr. 1979. Dj art by Mike Hinge. Inlcudes "Retrospect and Prospect"; "Preface to First Edition"; "The Place of Science Fiction" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Publishing of Science Fiction" by Anthony Boucher; "Science Fiction in Motion Pictures, Radio, and Television" by Don Fabun; "A Critique of Science Fiction" by Fletcher Pratt; "Science Fiction and the Main Stream" by Rosalie Moore; "Imaginative Science Fiction and Creative Imagination" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Social Science Fiction' by Isaac Asimov; "Science Fiction: Preparation for the Age of Space" by Arthur C. Clarke; "Science Fiction and Sanity in an Age of Crisis" by Philip Wylie; "Science Fiction, Morals, and Religion" by Gerald Heard; "the Future of Science Fiction" by Reginald Bretnor; "Supplement"; "Notes and Corrections". New, but picked up minor dj soil in storage. Book.…

Pulp Digest. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, 1st Printing. A very good copy of the Malcolm Jameson memorial Issue published three months after his death. This July 1945 edition is unique in that the cover is not a painting but rather a TIMMINS photo montage of soldiers and asking "Guns or Lives?" The edition features "The Code" by Lawrence O'Donnell, "The Last Outpost" by Ross Rocklynne; "The Lion and the Unicorn" by Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore]; "Resonance" by Eric Frank Russell; "Disappearance" by Chester S. Geier; "Tight Place" by Murray Leinster, and "The Secret Giant" by Willy Ley. 178 pages. Lower cover corners chipped at the spine. Covers are remarkably well preserved with just a soft crease and a few superficial rubs. Pages lightly toned. Clean and unmarked. Cover by William Timmins. Interior illustrations by Kramer, Paul Orban, and Arthur Williams (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. First page pasted to back of front cover, long front cover tear (repaired by the pasting), front cover trimmed, cover creases, half inch piece out of spine middle, wear to spine extremities, chipping to cover edges, small pieces out of back cover, a good-VG copy. Back cover advertisement is for Chesterfield cigarettes. Letter writers in letters-to-the-editor column: W.A. Gibsen, D. deWoronin, L.M. Jensen, Haywood Hood Jr., Bob (Wilson) Tucker, Walter Liebscher, L.P. Wakefield, William N. Anthony, J.H.morrell Jr., Irving Silbert, Jack Darrow, S.L. Birchby, Francis L. Ellissen, Thomas R. Daniel, J.C. Campbell, Irving I. Koch, Alvin Wingfield Jr. and R.M. Holland Jr. Howard V. Brown (front cover) (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Second Edition By Publisher. 223 pages. >>Minor cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. (2009.) (London.) Noticeably curved boards. Signifigant bumping, creasing, and chipping to spine ends and corners of boards, with brown paper worn away to reveal white boards beneath. Light rubbing to joints. Considerable bumping to top edge of front board. G.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Poor. First Edition. Contains Frontier of the Unknown (Part 1 of 2) by Knight, Seeker of To-morrow by Russell and Johnson, Sterile Planet by Schachner, Dawn-World Echoes by Gallun, Zero as a Limit by Moore Williams, The Great Ones by Stone, Einleill by Winterbotham, Quicksilver, Unlimited by Walton, Interplanetary Dividents by Campbell Jr. and Fusible Alloys by Ley. Cover by Brown and interior art by Marchioni, Wesso, Saaty and Dold. Book shop stamp on the front cover. More than half the surface of the spine is missing and there is tearing at the edges of the front and rear covers next to the spine. Three inch piece missing from the top left corner of the rear cover. A 12 page section towards the back is detached. Some corner creasing to the pages with a three inch piece torn from one top corner. The pages are browned with occasional spotting but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Brown, Howard V; Wesso, H.W.; Dold, Elliott Jr.; Marchioni, M; Saaty, Wallace (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Facsimile reprint of this Golden Age issue includes articles by Van Vogt on BLACK DESTROYER, Isaac Asimov on TRENDS & Ross Rocklynne on editor John W Campbell. Also includes an introduction by Stanley Schmidt placing the magazine in historical perspective. A fine copy in like dust wrapper.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Trade Paperback. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Lafcadio Hearn, M.R.James, F.Marion Crawford, August Derleth, Stephen King, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, Algernon Blackwood, Fritz Leiber, John Cheever, Joyce Carol Oates, C.L.Moore, Whitley Strieber, Richard Matheson, Leslie Roy Carter, Suzy McKee Charnas, Susan Casper,Hanss Heinz Ewers, E.F.Benson, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, Frederic Brown, Charles Beaumont, Woody Allen, Chelsa Quinn Yarbro, Anne Dice, Edward Bryant, Laura Anne Gilman. Lippincott, Gary (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. pictorial wraps; unpaginated clean, unmarked pages, moderate toning; .items by John Martin, M. Agnes Van Alen, Patten Beard, Flether White, Alberta N. Burto, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Will P Snyder, Sarah Harbine Weavr, Chester m. Cogswell, lois J. Vile, Isaac Watts, Fanny Bingham, Kate Jordan Louise H. Guyol, Jo E.L. McMahon, Rowene Brown Davies Laura Chadbourne Puffer. Etc. Marjorie Hartwell (cover), George Carlson, Herman L. Drucklieb, Anne R. Chuse, George H. Wert, Jack Coombs, Violet Moore Higgins, B.L. Cuming, Verna G. McCully, Anne Apletree, Caroline Eastman Morse (illustrator). …

1925. (Periodical) Very good. 129-255pp. Light spine wear at top and bottom, edges chipped. February 1925. Contributors include Herbert Asbury (Up from Methodism), James Branch Cabell (Above Paradise (A Story)), Barrett H. Clark (George Moore at Work), Edgar Lee Masters (John Peter Altgeld), Louise Pound (Walt Whitman Neologisms), Charles C. Thach (The Monroe Doctrine), Owen P. White (A Glance at the Mexicans). Edited by George Jean Nathan. Article about George Moore & Walt Whitman. (Essays).…

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover book: Good condition, yellowing of edges of pages as expected for a book from this era. Dust Jacket is Fair see photo to verify condition. This is a 1953 essay collection edited by Reginald Bretnor. It features contributions by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and John W. Campbell, Jr. It stands as one of the earliest serious critical studies of science fiction as a true literary genre. Fantastic book to add to any collector of science fiction or someone who appreciates or studies all genres. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Trade Paperback. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Contents: I(Alone) Stand in a World of Legless Humans-Dennis Palumbo; Under the Lavender Shies-Adrian Hayworth;The Cat and The Canaries-Helen M Urban; Eye of the Beholder-Shirley Parenteau; Litter of the Law-J Douglas Burtt; Traders in Treasures-C.P.Mason; Prressure Cruise-Andrei Gorbovski; Alien Catastrophe-Henry Melton; The Tweenie- Issac Asimov; Deathrace 2000-Ib J. Melchior; The swords of Varnis-Clive Jackson;Starburst- Robert Lulyk; The Cosmic Kidnappers -Christian Vallini & S.F.Balboa; Cosmiv Parallel- Arthur Louis Joquel II; The Sky's an Oyster; The Stars are Pearls-Dave Bischoff; And Satan Came-Robert A. W.Lowndes; Experiments-R.H.Barlow; Golden Nemesis-David A.Kyle; Secret of the Sun-Ray Cummings; Pallas Rebellion-Donald A. Wollhiem; The Curious Experiment of Thomas Dunbar-G.M. Barrows; A Scientist Rises-Harry Bates & Desmond Winter Hall; Hoemcoming-Harvey Haggard; The Impossible Invention-Robert Moore \williams; The Smile- Ray Bradbrury; The Far Way-David R.Daniels; Parisite Lost-Raymond James Jones; Messenger to Infinity-J Harey Haggard; Sic Transit Glria Mundi- George Allen;The Banning- Carmel Luo Rhoten; A Question of Priorities- Allan J. Ward; The Last Poet & the Wrongness of Space- A. Merritt; Let The Future Judge- L Lester Anderson; The Final Men- H.G.Wells; Navigational Error-Steve Tymon; Devonshire's Song-Matt Graham; A Martian Oddity- Weaver Wright; Love -Richard Wilson; The Golden Pyamid-Sam Moskowitz; The Biography Project-Horace L. Gold; I'll kill You Tomorrow- Helen Huber; Police Action- S.C.Smith; Where There's Hope-Jerome Bixby; The Queen & I- Steven Utley; Untimely Interruption-Matt Graham; Extenuating Circumstances-Ann Orhelein; Punishment Fit the Crime-Lyn Venable; To Serf MAN-Coil Kepac; Theory or Fact?-Michael R.Farhash; Kiki-laurajean Ermayne; For the Good of Society-Terri E. Merritt-Pinchard; Twice Removed- R.Micheal Rosen; Peplacement Part- Greg Akers; The Satellite-Keeper's Daughter- Mark Reinsberg; Nymph of Darkness-Cahterine L.Moore & Forrset Ackerman; Itself !- A.E. van Vogt; Bid Wide Wonderful World- Charles E. Fritch; The Door-Oliver Saari; Racial Memory- Ralph O. Hughes Jr.; Tunnel - Roger Aday, Inferiority- James Causey; Task of the Temponaut-Norbert F. Novotny & Van Del Rio; Beauty - Hannes Bok; The Shortest SF Story Ever Told - Forrest J.Ackerman; WARmageddon: Final Victory- Jill Taggart. Kurt Wahlner (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. ----------4 weird fantasy pulp magazines, standard pulp size. A companion magazine to SF magazines Thrilling Wonder and Startling Stories, using many of the same writers as those better-known magazines. Poor condition, reading copies or space fillers. All spines are missing or damaged, 1 front cover is missing, 1 front cover is present but detached, 2 back covers are missing, 2 other back covers are present but detached. All interiors are present, browning, but reasonably solid. Poor copies of a scarce magazine.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 96pp. Frontis. 16 colour plates, 15 half-tone plates and 6 illustrations. A few small tears and slight surface abrasions to d/w. A decent copy. (bs38).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 165 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.