New York: Gnome Press, c.1952. Book Club. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [21 cm] Dark green cloth with title and author printed in light green on the front board and the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Tape residue from letter that was attached to front pastedown. Letter is from the author, A.E. van..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Robert Shore. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 219pp. Quarto [26 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped black leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Collector's Notes and unused bookplate laid in. From the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ltd., 1889. Hardcover. 192pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] in decorative red cloth. Small chip to moderately faded spine at top, light rubbing to extremities, small portion of front board exposed along top; a few very small dampstains to textblock fore-edge, else interior is unmarked..... More
Westport, CT: Associated Booksellers, 1965. First edition of the Fitzroy Edition. Hardcover. 192pp. Octavo [20 cm] Black cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. There is a thin, 5" long moisture stain on the top edge of the rear endsheet, else the..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 198pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth-effect paper over boards, with silver stamping on the backstrip. The spine ends and corners of the covers are a bit dinged. In a dust jacket, with rubbing (more so to the rear panel), darkening..... More
New York: A Bluejay International Edition, 1985. First Bluejay printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 230pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth over boards. The spine ends and corners of the covers are a bit dinged, and the inside flaps of the dust jacket are darkened. Signed, "Joan D. Vinge, 1985," on the title..... More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth over boards. Spine rolled; spine ends bumped; free endpapers darkened. In the pictorial dust jacket, with a number of small closed and open tears in the edges. The largest tear is to the paper at..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., No date. George Hutchinson. Hardcover. 320pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Red pictorially stamped cloth over boards. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Backstrip discolored; front hinge reinforced with adhered paper; text block cracked at the title page. In Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p...... More
Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 262pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with dark blue ink stamped titles. Spine heavily slanted; backstrip spotted; former owner's glue stained bookplate on the front pastedown; soft front hinge. Bleiler CFL. An account of the life of..... More
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 280pp. Octavo [21 cm] Elaborately embossed red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The top edge of the text block is lightly foxed. The dust jacket, designed by Jack Gaughan, is in..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., [1922]. Reprint. Hardcover. 251pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] in red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and blind-embossed cover device. Crease to cocked spine, else very light wear. More
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red boards. Title page printed in orange and black. Two pages of publisher's adverts at the rear. Misnumbered page- "2" instead of "1." Recased. Contemporary owner's name at the head of the front free endpaper. Bleiler Checklist..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1897. Reprint. Paperback. 146 pp. Octavo. [20.25 cm]. Printed wraps. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989. Pat Morrissey. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 251pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Red leather with raised bands, gilt stamped titles and ornamental gilt stamped designs and vignettes on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. White and gray patterned endpapers. Gold satin-ribbon page marker. With the..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. David G. Klein. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 239pp.Octavo [23.5 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped bright brown leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Collector's Notes laid in. From the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. More
Cleveland, OH: The Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. 326pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. White and green floral endsheets. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated. Good. The spine and covers are rubbed, more so along the edges. The..... More
Los Angeles: Baumgardt Publishing Co., 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. 129pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original white cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Frontis portrait of the author. The covers are stained, the preliminary leaves are loose, and the text block is cracked at the beginning. There..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1951. First UK edition. Hardcover. 208pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The spine is slanted. In a dust jacket with a faded spine, and multiple small chips in the edges. Clarke, Tale of the Future, p...... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, [1959]. First English language edition. Hardcover. 444pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Purple cloth with a pink ink stamped title on the spine, and modern design on the front cover. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with lightly creased, rubbed, and chipped edges..... More
2011. Paperback. 255pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. From the rear cover- "Though he'd rather be at home drinking his liver to death, his spiteful editor delivers an ultimatum: take the assignment or lose the steady paycheck." More
Utah: 2011. First printing. Paperback. 202 pp. [31 cm]. From back cover: Bryan Young, sensational author of "Lost at the Con" brings his dark visions of the future, the past, and worlds never seen, all in one stunning collection. Enter and be transported from alien battlefields and the post-apocalypse to the..... More
New York: A Del Rey Book; Ballantine Books, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 185pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 natural beige cloth with brown paper over boards. With gentle bumping to the spine ends and corners of the covers, and moderate rubbing to the surface of the jacket. Signed by Roger..... More