William Olaf Stapledon (95 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Moderate shelf/edge wear. Binding is intact. Pages are tanned with age, moderate foxing. Tracking available on most domestic orders.

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Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. "LAST AND FIRST MEN and STAR MAKER soar far beyond the accepted limits of science fiction . Stapledon is the great classical example, the cold pitch of perfection as he turns scientific concepts into vast ontological epic prose poems, the ultimate SF writer." - Aldiss, Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, p. 198. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#178064).…

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Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 6. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Phantom Billiard Player" by Col. George W. Lewis; "What happened to Oliver Lerch?" by Joseph Rosenberger; "The Bird Hex" by D. R. Linson; "The Case of the Bleeding Saint" by Edward W. Ludwig; "10 Days With korga" by John R. Clawson; "The Shattered Secret" by Margaret Hudson. Articles: "Mental Magic" by Juan H. McBroom; "Black Magic in India" by William H. Gilroy;"Ancient Rites of Pan" by Frank Patton; "I Model Spirits" by Rev. Elvina Colburn; "The Navaho Problem. . .As they See It"; "Flying Saucers as Astronomers See Them" by Maurice Weekley & Prof. George Adamski; "Strange Prophecies Concerning Lincoln" by Thomas J. McLaughlin; "Interplanetary Man" by Olaf Stapledon; "Mystery of the Midget Mummy' by Ray Palmer. Also many Features. Illustrated by Terry and others. Tanning; minor soiling; edge and corner wear; foxing; tears to spine ends; small pencil mark on front. Magazine.…

Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Collects two posthumously published works. "Nebula Maker" is an early, heretofore unpublished version of STAR MAKER (1937). This edition includes a new introduction by Arthur C. Clarke as well as the introduction to the earlier 1976 UK edition by Harvey Satty. The philosophical "Four Encounters" includes the introduction to the earlier 1976 UK edition by Brian W. Aldiss. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1072. A fine copy with light wear at spine ends and 10 mm closed tear at lower spine end. (#178066).…

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] [1-2] 3-236 [237-244: blank] [note: last four leaves are blanks], cloth-backed boards. First edition. Study of the themes and images of Stapledon's fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 9-107. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#178071).

Octavo, printed wrappers. First U.S. edition. Text offset from that of the 1942 Methuen edition. New introduction by Sam Moskowitz. "Two possible courses of future development are opposed to each other. On the one hand there is destruction and darkness, on the other spiritual rebirth and light. Both imaginary histories are presented in detail." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 155. Trade paperback format. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-55. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 77. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 224. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13550. Satty and Smith A11.1.2.1. Small glue stain to rear cover, else a fine copy. (#178050).…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printng. A miscellany including previously unpublished writings. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#178072).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 309 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Octavo, illustrations by Wendy Snow-Lang, publisher's full green leather decorated in gold, all edges gilt. Later edition. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Introduction by Alfred Bester. Stapledon's third novel. ". the most radically thoughtful of the many fictional extrapolations of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and one of the least comfortable in its conclusion. Above all it exposes the flimsiness of thinking that 'Superman' will always be on the side of the police, that evolution has stopped, or that from now on evolution will only take place nicely." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1583-87. "Although the narrative voices Stapledon's biases, it remains perhaps the finest early novel in which mankind is unable to accept and live with advanced mutations (supermen)." - Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 720. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1070. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#179693).…

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Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition in red cloth boards previous owner's name on bookplate on FEP.

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Octavo, boards. First edition. Four philosophical essays; dialogues in which the Stapledon personna encounters a Christian, a Scientist, a Mystic, and a Revolutionary. Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. Afterword by Richard Kirby. This book was suppressed and most of the edition was withdrawn from sale by the publisher. Mild bruises to corner tips (minor shipping damage), else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with faint matching bruises. (#76731).…

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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence of a human being. Raised and educated in Trelone's own family alongside Plaxy, his youngest daughter, Sirius is a truly remarkable and gifted creature. His relationship with the Trelones, particularly with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and the conflicts and inner turmoil that torture him cannot be resolved.…

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Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xiii [xiv] xv-xviii [xix-xx] 1-474 [475-476: blank], illustrations, cloth. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#178069).

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xli [xlii] [1-2] 3-382, illustrations, cloth. First edition. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995), p. 583. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#178068).