Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. VG blue cloth (offsetting and staining to endpapers, 1” indentation to front board, staining to rear board and top and bottom page edges, fading to spine lettering) in a VG price-clipped dustjacket (edgewear, a few closed tears to top and bottom edges, toning..... More
Garden CIty, NY: Doubleday, 1956. First Edition. Jacket design by Ruth Ray. VG (soiling to boards, a few bumps to edges, offsetting to endpapers, slight spine lean) in a Good + unclipped dustjacket (soiling and rubbing, chipping and loss to edges, light creasing to upper third, dampstaining to flap edges..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. First Edition. 222 pp. VG+ blue cloth (offsetting to ffep, soiling to bottom edge) in VG+ unclipped dustjacket (edgewear, toning to folds, one small closed tear to upper edge). Dustjacket design by Richard “Dick” Shelton. Four tales of space in this, Asimov’s first story collection..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. First Edition. 191 pp. VG+ black cloth with spine lettering in red (rubbing, toning to endpapers) in a VG unclipped dustjacket (wrinkling at rear top edge, sticker stain on front flap, tiny losses at folds and edgewear). More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957. First Edition. VG+ black boards with blue spine lettering in an about Very Good unclipped dustjacket (3” tear at rear flap fold, 2” tear with loss at front lower flap fold, tear at spine, toning, rubbing, edgewear). Jacket design by Tony Palladino. 15 “Science Fiction..... More
New York: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 24 pp. Published as Science Fiction Series No. 16 (Gernsback Publications). VG+ or better in stapled wrappers (toning to edges, ownership signature inside front cover which has bled onto opposite page). Smith’s first work of science fiction, what the Encyclopedia of Science..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Jacket design by K. Chester and drawing by Edd Cartier. VG+ red boards and silver lettering (light rubbing, sticker ghost on rear pastedown) in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (edgewear, chipping to head and tail of spine, dampstain on verso near tail..... More
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition. VG+ or better (toning to endpapers, gift inscription to front pastedown, soiling at bottom edge) in an about VG price-clipped dustjacket (heavy wear at folds, creasing, soiling & rubbing, chipping at spine ends). Introduction by Willy Ley, with contributions from Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van..... More
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1962. With a Foreword by Donald Wandrei. First Edition. 121(3) pp., 12mo, with photos of the author, the author and his children, and Arkham House. VG or better in tan and brown printed boards (a touch of rubbing, edgewear, small closed tear at foot of..... More
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948. First Edition. VG+ green cloth (slight spine lean, light internal soiling) in a VG unclipped dustjacket (loss at spine edges, light circular stain to front, soiling). Jacket design by A.J. Donnell. Two tales, “Divide and Rule” and “The Stolen Dormouse.” . More
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1956. First Edition. VG+ (soiling to endpapers, rubbed boards) in a VG+ or better unclipped dustjacket (toning to flaps and verso). . More
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1966. First Edition. VG+ (spine ends worn, a touch rubbed) in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (creasing to rear lower edge, wear to spine ends, light wrinkle to front top edge). SIGNED by Anderson on title page. Jacket design by Roger Hane. The third..... More
Pittstown, NJ: The Main Street Press, 1986. Cover Design by Robert Reed. Compiled by Aleister Halley. First Edition. Near Fine softcover in plastic comb binding (lower corner crease). 56 images and illustrations. Each day celebrates a sci-fi author achievement or a significant SFF moment in history. More
August 16-17 at San Jose State University Student Union. 8.5” x 14” photomechanically reproduced. VG overall (shows signs of having been affixed to bulletin board, wear and creasing/wrinkling). Special Guest Buster Crabbe, who played Tarzan, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon in the 1930s-1950s; he died in 1983. Other guests include Alex..... More
Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1963. VG+ pictorial softcover (toning, edgewear). 208 pp. A detailed account of the proceedings of the convention which took place August 31-September 2, 1962, in Chicago. Full speeches transcribed and many fascinating moments detailed throughout the weekend, including Jay Holmes from NASA noting that “the United States..... More
[1962?] “A J. Horrible Raunch Production. Based on the novel by Isaac Asimov and the Verse by Randall Garrett. Produced by The Chicago Science Fiction League.” Spirit duplicated, 5 pp (8.5” x 11”), VG (wrinkling and light crease to top right corner, edgewear and spotting). An unpublished five-page script produced by the Chicago..... More
Typed Letter SIGNED “Ted” dated Dec. 15, 1960 and written to one John R. Pierce, an inventor and engineer and director of electronics research at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories who, along with Arthur C. Clarke, is considered a “father of the communications satellite.” Pierce (also known by his pseudonym J.J. Coupling)..... More
Typed Letter SIGNED “L. Sprague de Camp” dated “19 April 77” on de Camp’s own letterhead with wonderful content on Robert E. Howard. Written to C.C. Clingan (addressed to Chet), who was the editor of the sci-fi fanzine The Diversifier (1974-1979) where de Camp’s writing appeared in 1976 and 1978. The opening..... More
Menville (1935- ) is a respected author and science fiction editor who has published fourteen books. Menville was the Editor of Forgotten Fantasy magazine during its short run (1970-1971), and later he penned an episode entitled “The World Ship” for the animated science-fiction series Space Sentinels (1977). He went on to publish A Historical and Critical..... More
Binghamton, NY: New Myths Press, 1995. Uncorrected Proof. 97 pp. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Author's first book of poetry. More
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1985. First Edition. 69 pp. VG+ (toning to spine). The Boston author's first book of poetry, winner of the 1984 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize. More
Sag Harbor, NY: Canio's Editions, 1994. First Edition. 88 pp. Introduction by David Ignatow. VG+ illustrated softcover (toning, bump and soiling to lower spine edge). A collection of poems from Butscher, also known for his biographies of Sylvia Plath and Conrad Aiken. More
Lafayette, IN: VIA Folios, [1998]. First Edition. Pictorial softcover, 60 pp. VG+ (staining to rear cover). Reminescences of Turco's youth and family. More
Union City, CA: The Fault Press, 1980. VG+ stapled illustrated wraps (toning, edgewear). Stories, poetry, art, photography, and more from Erica van Horn, Blythe Ayne, W.S. Doxey, Robert Joe Stout, Linda Lemon, and more. More
