Ley Willy Editor (30 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft Cover -- Good -- Other than cover wear/repair, book is tight -- Good reading copy --.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear, pages are tanned, tape on the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Softcover. First Edition. Fate Magazine #97 April 1958 Life in Space by Willy LeyLight toning to pages but supple, binding solid, covers bright, light edge wear, creasing and split to cover at spine Light toning to pages but supple.

paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Oversize pictorial wrappers [about 8.5" x 11"], saddle-stapled, 54 pages, illustrated. Small press publisher Donald Grant mailing label else a Fine copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall mag16E.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Mel Hunter (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback, Canadian printing. Many Canadian printed Pyramids of the '50s used a series of numbers that differed from the US. A 191-page science fiction anthology, reprinting 9 stories from the 1950 hardcover edition. Spine and cover creases, some pages extrude from the page block but are still attached, edgewear, a good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Galaxy Magazine October 1966 Vol. 25 No. 1 NY 1st ed. Digest size magazine 194 pp. Very good condition with light wear and creasing to covers. 812.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Galaxy Publishing Corporation. Good. 1958. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers, 144 pages, illustrated. Good copy [scattered chipping to the spine mostly at the ends, diagonal fold to the front cover and other light cover creasing pages toned. See photos whb11.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Malcolm Smith; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Digest format. Light wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Malcolm Smith. This issue contains: Suicide Rocket by Manly Wade Wellman; Mars - Planet of War by Willy Ley; Outlaws of Corpus by Lee Francis; The Visitors by Rog Phillips; The Death of Asteroid 13 by William P. McGivern; Why the Sky Is Blue by Ruppert Carling; The Wee Men of Weehen by Lester Barclay; and The Runaround by Craig Browning; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller (illustrator). First Edition. Kokomo, IN: Better Publications Inc. Startling Stories, Vol. 29, No. 3. April 1953 Editor: Samuel Mines Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN Pages: 148 Format: Pulp Cover: Startling Stories, April 1953 by Ed Emshwiller Contents include: Video-Technics: Science-Fiction Gimmicks an essay by Pat Jones Halos, Inc. [Jerry Ransom] a novella by Kendell Foster Crossen artwork by Alex Schomburg [as by Schomburg] Earth Is the Evening Star a short story by Robert Sherman Townes, artwork by Tom Beecham Threshold a short story by Robert Donald Locke, artwork by Ed Emshwiller Faraway Planets an essay by Willy Ley, artwork by Ed Emshwiller Fulfillment a novelette by Ross Rocklynne Distortion Pattern a short story by Sam Merwin, Jr., artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban] Clockwork a short story by Leslie Bigelow, artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh] Lila a short story by Peter Phillips, artwork by Peter Poulton Rubberneck a short story by Richard Barr and Wallace West artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh] And much more See Contents page photo. Condition: Very good with light dust soiling and minor wear to the covers. Light Toning to pages. See photos. whb10.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Gordon Pawelka; (illustrator). First Edition. 170 pp. Digest format. Volume 49, number 5. Edge and corner wear; short tear on the lower right corner of the first two pages. Cover art by Gordon Pawelka; interior drawings by: Edd Cartier; Paul Orban; and Pawelka. This issue contains: Novelettes: The Emissary by Jim Brown; Stardust by Chad Oliver. Short Stories: All the Way Back by Michael Shaara; I Am Nothing by Eric Frank Russell; Gramp and His Dog by Frank Quallrocchi. And Article: Comets by Willy Ley; along with the usual features, including John W. Campbell's editorial: The Ultimate Weapon, and including a letter from Hal Clement in Brass Tacks. Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good-. First Edition. [1st printing](1957) Dj art by W. I. Van der Poel. Dj has rubbing, tears and losses (see scan - front worse than rear); pages tanned. Book.

mass_market. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller (illustrator). First Edition. Kokomo, IN: Better Publications Inc. Startling Stories, Vol. 29, No. 3. April 1953 Editor: Samuel Mines Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.; Kokomo, IN Pages: 148 Format: Pulp Cover: Startling Stories, April 1953 by Ed Emshwiller Contents include: Video-Technics: Science-Fiction Gimmicks an essay by Pat Jones Halos, Inc. [Jerry Ransom] a novella by Kendell Foster Crossen artwork by Alex Schomburg [as by Schomburg] Earth Is the Evening Star a short story by Robert Sherman Townes, artwork by Tom Beecham Threshold a short story by Robert Donald Locke, artwork by Ed Emshwiller Faraway Planets an essay by Willy Ley, artwork by Ed Emshwiller Fulfillment a novelette by Ross Rocklynne Distortion Pattern a short story by Sam Merwin, Jr., artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban] Clockwork a short story by Leslie Bigelow, artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh] Lila a short story by Peter Phillips, artwork by Peter Poulton Rubberneck a short story by Richard Barr and Wallace West artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh] And much more See Contents page photo. Condition: Very good with light rubbing and creasing to covers. Sunning and creasing to the spine. Two small tears across spine. Toning to pages. See photos. mag9E.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good condition hardcover book, Good condition dust jacket. Copyright 1963. Very slight shelf wear and bumping to edges. Slight toning and very slight smudging to edges of text block. Slight smudging to front end papers. Top edge colored. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has slight smudging and shelf wear to covers. Slight creasing to edges. Few small tears to edges, none more than 1/2 inch. Dust jacket protected by mylar. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.

Pulp Digest. Condition: Very Good. Cover by William Timmins. Interior illustrations by Kramer, Paul Orban, and Arthur Williams (illustrator). 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.

HARD BACK MULTI. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TATTERED DJ. COGGINS, JACK (illustrator). General wear: cracked hinge, loose sewn pages, foxing Awesome illustrations-- many full-color and full-page-- by Coggins make an otherwise technical book an interesting and imaginative read for young people or the young at heart DATE PUBLISHED: 1958 EDITION: 64.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. John Pederson, Jr. (cover); Bruce Jones; Jack Gaughan; Reese; Brock (interiors) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition/printing digest in Very Fine (about 7.5) condition! Contains the first appearance of the Philip K. Dick short story "The War With the Fnools" on pg. 67. Also contains the first appearance of the James Blish short story "Our Binary Brothers" on pg. 122 and pictured on cover art.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translated by W. Hastie; revised and edited with an introduction and appendix by Willy Ley. Very Good jacket on Very Good or Better clothbound book. Some shelf wear to jacket; bottom edge of book stamped with previous owner's name. 183 + xx pages.

Pulp digest. Condition: Good+. First. A good+ copy of the May 1945 edition of Astounding Science Fiction featuring the First Contact by Murray Leinster on the cover. 178pp. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Light chipping around edges. Else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 160 pages. Philip K Dick "The Defenders" / James Causey "Teething Ring" / James McConnell "Life Sentence" / Richard Wilson "The Inhabited" / Willy Ley "For Your Information" /Margaret St Clair "Prott" / Clifford D Simak "Ring Around The Sun" (SL#92).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Crews,Ronald (illustrator). 1st Edition. A solid spine with ligh edge rubbings. The dustjacket(in wraps and price clipped) has faded spine. Stories by : Willaim H.Marshall, Louis J.Battan, Alan E.Nourse, John H.Ostrum, David B.Ericson, Goesta Wollin, Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, John Chapman, Willy Ley.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1967 latest date at copyright page. Miasmic pictorial cover and spine design in hues of purple and black, moderate shelf wear, crease. Pages very good w/toning. Bind good. Presented here is a collection of articles from the German import Willy Ley who escaped from Germany in 1935. The writings first appeared in the periodical Galaxy. The articles are a rational and scientific probe of nature's unexplainable phenomena. Willy Ley, world--famous science reporter, lecturer, and original member of the German Society for Space Travel, tells of the astonishing facts and extraordinary events that have long baffled philosopher and scientist alike, such as: The strange planet at the bottom of the ocean; the mysterious cloud that destroyed a vast forest; the headless moon worms, and many other weird, astounding discoveries. Several diagrams and illustrations throughout. Ley would pass in 1969. Contents include: "Introduction by Robert M. Guinn, Editor of Galaxy magazine; Tribes of the Dinosaurs; The Man I Didn't Meet; King of the Rats; A Century of Fossil Man; Slow Lightning; The Moon Worm; The Wheels of Poseidon; Strange Planet Next Door; Forerunners of the Planetarium; The Nearly Always Useful 'Bean Curve'; The Early Days of the Metric System; Too Much Imagination; The Galactic Giants; Names in the Sky; The Secrets of Enoch; The Original Inventor of Recording Tape; The Accident that Didn't Happen; The Mystery Plant from Kyrene; and, The Observatory on the Moon." Printed in the U.S.A. 192 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition first printing in price intact ($3.95) jacket now in mylar. Book is clean tight and unmarked Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Cartier, Edd [jacket] (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition. Introduction by Willy Ley. Edited by Martin Greenberg, this copy signed, inscribed and presented by him to Arthur C. Clarke. Octavo, 351 pp. Purple cloth-backed gray cloth boards, with silver spine titling and blindstamped launching-spaceship and star motif on purple margin. Pictorial dustjacket by sci-fi illustration luminary Edd Cartier. A near fine book, with only minor page edge soiling and a trace of partial spine fade, in a Very Good + jacket, showing light perimeter wear. Singular copy, inscribed and presented to Arthur C. Clarke by Greenberg, with provenance of unimpeachable order accompanying the book. An increasingly classic collection of short stories by some of the now-timeless sci-fi names. Willy Ley: "Here is a different type of anthology. This book, taken in its entirety, tells a story: the conquest of space. Moving from man's first attempt to reach the moon to the exploration of the ends of the universe, these stories are among the finest ever published." - Willy Ley. Hailed by critics at the time of its publication as a quantum leap forward in both quality and concept for science fiction anthologies, Martin Greenberg's thematically edited Men Against the Stars is a collection of twelve lengthy stories whose authors read like a Who's Who of Golden Age sci-fi, including Isaac Asimov, Murray Leinster, A.E. Van Vogt, L. Ron Hubbard [Hubbard's "When Shadows Fall" is here], and E.M. Hull. Not a slap-dash aggregation to get to the printer quickly, Greenberg's collection was a thoroughly contemplated and planned project, a selection of the very finest available stories on theme, ranging back as far as 1939. Nicely complimented by a Cartier's funky pure genre period stylization jacket. A sci-fi presentation copy of the highest sort, that of a veteran and astute editor to a future superstar. Arthur C. Clarke's reputation at the time was already becoming established, and Greenberg shows the admiration in his skilled critical eye for Clarke's sci-fi talents in his presentation remark. As always, please feel free to ask questions or request additional scans. L53n. Signed, Inscribed By Editor.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 7 x 11 inches. 48 pages. Condition is Very Good; covers lightly toned at edges, pages are very clean and unmarked. RGR.

1st edition, hardback, 4to, 134pp, illustrated Chesley Bonestell and others, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good condition in rubbed and slightly frayed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Edd Cartier (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers, and there is a thin strip of fading to the top spine end and also to the top two inches of the front and rear spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and address ( William J. Carey) on the front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has edge tears, nicks, rubbed spots, small chips to the extremities (especially the top spine end) and some spots of foxing / toning to the bottom third of the rear cover. This is the first ever anthology based on a particular subject (in this case, the Conquest of Space). This anthology also includes Isaac Asimov's "Bridle and Saddle" which is a story in the Foundation universe. The contents include: Trends by Isaac Asimov, Men Against the Stars by Manly Wade Wellman, The Red Death of Mars by Robert Moore Williams, Locked Out by H. B. Fyfe, the Iron Standard by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett) , Schedule by Harry Walton, Far Centaurus by A. E. Van Vogt, Cold Front by Hal Clement, The Plants by Murray Leinster, Competition by E. Mayne Hull, Bridle and Saddle by Isaac Asimov, and, When Shadows Fall by L. Ron Hubbard.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Oversized hardcover with green cloth over boards, silver lettering and illustration across cover and along spine. Yellow DJ with colorful illustration and text across covers. Former owner has pasted a white strip of paper with the book's title printed on it over the DJ's spine, probably removable but left on to be cautious. DJ has mild edge wear, but remains in overall good condition in a protective mylar jacket. Binding is tight and secure. Corners are slightly bumped. Pages are toned throughout, but remain otherwise crisp and clean. Images are printed in full color and B&W. The Viking Press. Title page dated 1953. Copyright page dated 1952 and 1953. 126 pages. A very good copy. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.