Wells George Editor (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Fi rst edition .. Octovo hardcover, tight binding, clean pages (slightly toned due to poor quality) none marked or torn, covers unworn, else NFINE in NFINE DJ, now in clear mylar wrap. Solid copy. Fast shipping in cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. "Now 4" refers to the fourth volume of Now, a radical literary and political magazine edited by the Canadian-British anarchist intellectual George Woodcock and published by Freedom Press in approximately 1944. The publication served as a critical platform for pacifists, anarchists, and avant-garde writers operating under British wartime conditions. George Woodcock "The Write and Politics" / Dwight Macdonald "The Psychology of Killing" / D S Savage "E M Forster and the Dilemma of Liberalism (Part 2)" / Frederic Ramsey "Artist's Life - The Story of Vanicilio Meban" / Victor Serge "The Revolution at Dead End" / Louis Adeane "Four Poems for April" / Alex Comfort "October, 1944" / Peter Wells "The Tulip in a Pot" / Denis Preston & Albert McCarthy "The Poetry of American Negro Folksong. 2.Worksongs" / Stanley Jackson "A Pattern in Frustration. A series of Four Drawings" (U.P.).…

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Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing. Subtitled "Articles, Essays, Letters, Anecdotes, Illustrations, Photographs, and Memorabilia about the Prophetic Genius of the Twentieth Century." While Wells was noted as a historian, educator, social philosopher, supporter of women's rights and much more, this is a book dedicated to documenting the life and times of Wells, the writer - the inventor - of science fiction and fantasy. Includes essays on Wells by Jorge Luis Borges and Basil Copper, critical reviews, articles on films based on Wells's fiction, three early pieces of fiction and prophecy by Wells, a parody, "The Island of Professor Menu," by James F. Sullivan, George Cruikshank drawings to Marvel comics covers, and much more. Foreword by Jack Williamson. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and reproductions of old newspapers and magazines on every page. Large format. 144 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped.). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. University of Illinois Press, 1961; same date on title and copyright pages, no later printings indicated; 285pp. VG/VG- hardcover in VG dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of red cloth boards, gilt titling remains bold; text very good throughout. Very minor wear to edges of clipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-xi [xii] 1-196, illustrations, boards. First edition. Lists 1290 items by and about Wells. Highlights include a comprehensive selection of press-cuttings, reviews of his books, and letters (briefly abstracted). The archive is a major research collection and Watkins's compilation records its status to January 1974. This catalogue records a number of peripheral items not included in Hammond's more complete 1977 bibliography. ".an important asset to Wellsian studies." - Patrick Parrinder, Science Fiction Studies, July 1976. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 444. Several corners lightly bruised, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#9483).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. This book combines two issues of Science Fantasy, 70 and 71 from early 1965, dropping the editorials but otherwise retaining the original pagination. New uncredited cover illustration. There is a little surface discolouration to the covers and quite heavy reading creasing to the spine. Browning to pages which are otherwise unmarked. Contains 'The Outcast' by Harrison, 'Song of the Syren' by Wells, 'Moriarty' by Wordley, 'Bring Back a Life' by Rackham, 'The Jennifer' by Roberts, 'A Cave in the Hills' by Mackelworth, 'Man in His Time' by Aldiss, 'The War at Foxhanger' by Roberts, 'The Chicken Switch' by Trevor, 'Susan' by Bevan (Keith Roberts), 'The Excursion' by Ball, 'Over and Out' by Hay, 'Hunt the Wild Dream' (parts one and two) by Heywood. Cover art credited to Price-Sims. Price-Sims (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with 3 illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, 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.…

Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. A fine first edition hardcover in a fine dust jacket, no remainder marks, good straight tight bindings. Small tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket. First American Edition. University of Illinois Press, 1961; same date on title and copyright pages, no later printings indicated.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 32 pages. 11.00x9.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 36pp [+4pp "Earth First!: What! Not Another Environmental Group." general EF! informational center insert feature]. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Ten bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form forty pages). Lightly age-toned around edges and folds. Some occasional light staining in the margins. Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980, founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar, among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt, which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new, bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice. No compromise in the defense of Mother Earth!" (Dave Foreman, Editor). Rear cover half-page illustration is untitled by Brush Wolf and depicts a rattlesnake with a monkey wrench in place of the rattler at the end of the table. Cover articles: "Crackdown in Malaysia: Malaysia Arrests Penan & SAM Leaders" by Denise Voelker, "Fishing Bridge EIS A Farce" by Randall Restless, "National Day of Protest Set Against the Forest Service" by Roger Featherstone. Other articles include "BLM vs. the Pygmy Forest" by Randall Restless (page 4), "Forest Service Offers Box-Death Hollow Wilderness to Drillers" by Fred Swanson (p5), "Deep Ecology and Its Critics" by Bill Devall (p18), "Court Spares California Cougars!" by Michael Robinson (p25), amongst others. EF! Local Groups Merchandise page on page 9. The "Armed With Vision" poetry page is on page 31. Earth First! Music (page 34), and Earth First! Bookstore (page 35). Many illustrations throughout. Advertisements at the rear.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 408 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 408 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

[Literary Magazines] FIRST APPEARANCES, the first ten issues, plus two further issues. 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 88; viii; 89-176; iv; 177-268; iv; 269-360; vi; 361-450; vi; 451-556; vi; 557-662; vi; 663-768; vi; 769-858; iv; 277-368; iv; 369-460. All in the publisher's plain paper covers showing advertisements. Heavy toning to spines and edges, with repairs to chipped spines. Internally clean. Very good. Containing numerous short pieces by Mansfield and Lawrence, as well as translations of Chekhov and Gorki, and regular minor contributions from Wells. Also including an article on clocks by Herman Melville.…