A Sense of DIrection
New York: The Smith, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 88 pp. VG+. Collection of poetry from this New York poet. More
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The Stars Like Dust
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
The Naked Sun
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
The End of Eternity
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
Earth Is Room Enough
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
The Immortals of Mercury
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
A Gnome There Was and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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
Men Against the Stars; An Anthology Arranged as a Future Story of the Conquest of Space
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
Divide and Rule
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
Islands of Space
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
Ensign Flandry
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
The Science Fiction Fantasy and Engagement Calendar 1987.
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
1980 Fantasy Symposium Broadside.
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
The Proceedings: CHICON III.; The 20th World Science Fiction Convention. Chicago, 1962
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
The Caves of Steel
[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
Theodore Sturgeon TLS and INSCRIBED Venus plus X
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
L. Sprague de Camp TLS with Wonderful Content on Robert E. Howard
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
Douglas Menville Collection
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
Forged Correspondences
Binghamton, NY: New Myths Press, 1995. Uncorrected Proof. 97 pp. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Author's first book of poetry. More
Eve Names the Animals
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
Child in the House
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
Shaking the Family Tree; A Remembrance
Lafayette, IN: VIA Folios, [1998]. First Edition. Pictorial softcover, 60 pp. VG+ (staining to rear cover). Reminescences of Turco's youth and family. More
The Fault; Number 13
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
In Every Seam
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover, 89 pp. Third collection by this African-American poet. More