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ADAMS. Richard., WATERSHIP DOWN., New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. [1972] [Actually, 1974]. 1st American edition. Original tan boards and cloth spine. The author's first book, originally published in the UK in 1972, this 1st American edition was issued early in 1974 [although nobody mentions it and it's always catalogued as 1972]. An unread copy, text block clean and tight, slight browning to edges, in a dust wrapper with mild browning to spine panel and one tiny closed tear at spine head. A superior copy of this important book. $150.00

ASIMOV, Isaac., ROBOTS AND EMPIRE., West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press. 1985 1st edition. One of 650 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in dust wrapper and cloth slipcase as issued. $150.00

ASIMOV, Isaac., THE ROBOTS OF DAWN., West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press. 1983. 1st edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in dust wrapper and cloth slipcase as issued. $150.00

Anonymous Anthology [edited by Charles Birkin], QUAKES, A COLLECTION OF UNEASY TALES., London: Philip Allen. [1933]. 1st edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Generally a grubby copy, the cloth quite stained, text block a bit browned, internally very good. $30.00

BALDWIN, James., A STORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE. ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887. 1st edition. Original brown cloth blocked pictorially in silver, grey and tan with a scene of an archer slaying a dragon on front panel, and a woman with an eagle on spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 11 additional black & white plates throu ghout the text, all by Pyle, plus 2 maps. [8] pages of ads at rear. Light wear to spine extremitiesslight bumping to corners and cloth a bit fragile; still, a very good, attractive copy. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 85. $175.00

BALLARD, J.G., MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE., London: Jonathan Cape. [1982]. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on spine panel. Fine in dust wrapper. $75.00

BALLARD, J.G., HELLO AMERICA., London: Jonathan Cape. [1981]. 1st edition. Octavo, original brown boards titled in gilt on spine panel. Fine in dust wrapper. $60.00

BALLARD, J.G., THE UNLIMITED DREAM COMPANY., London: Jonathan Cape. [1979]. 1st edition. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. Review copy with a review slip from the Canadian distributor [Clarke, Irwin & Company] laid in. Fine in dust wrapper lightly browned at extremities. $45.00

BALLARD, J.G., CONCRETE ISLAND., New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [1974] 1st A,merican edition. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust wrapper. $25.00

BALLARD, J.G., VERMILION SANDS., London: Jonathan Cape. [1973]. 1st British edition [& 1st hardcover] edition Octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on spine panel. A fine copy in dust wrapper which shows a touch of browning and has the price corner clipped. A sharp copy. $150.00

BARKER, Nugent., WRITTEN WITH MY LEFT HAND. TWENTY-ONE TALES. WITH A FOREWORD BY LORD GORELL., London: Percival Marshall & Co. [1951]. 1st edition. Original green boards. Acclaimed collection of supernatural short stories. Some dampstaining to fore-edges of rear board, light foxing to top page edges, otherwise a very good copy in the original colour pictorial dust wrapperthat has some small creases at spine head and some mild dampstains on rear panel. Still, a very attractive copy. $425.00

BEYER, William Gray., MINIONS OF THE MOON. A NOVEL OF THE FUTURE., New York: Gnome Press. [1950]. 1st edition. Small octavo, original boards. Some spotting to boards, a very good copy in dust wrapper which is browned at edges and has some rubbing on both front & rear panels. $30.00

BEYNON, John [psuedonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris], STOWAWAY TO MARS., London: Nova Publications Ltd. [1953]. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 1st printing of the revised text. Issued as Nova Science Fiction Novel #1. A different version was issued in 1936 under the title PLANET PLANE. One small bump, paper a bit browned, a near fine copy. $25.00

BLOCH, Robert., THE KING OF TERRORS. TALES OF MADNESS AND DEATH., New York: Mysterious Press. 1977. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. One of only 250 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in dst wrapper and cloth slipcase, as issued. $65.00

BRACKETT, Leigh., SHADOW OVER MARS., Manchester: World Distributors. 1951. 1st edition. Original pictorial wrappers. "A world fantasy classic". Some slight signs of use, but a very good or better copy in the original lurid pictorial wrappers. Very uncommon. $50.00

BROOKS, Terry., THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA. ILLUSTRATED BY DARRELL K. SWEET., New York: Del Rey / Ballantine. 1982. 1st edition, 1st printing with number code to "1". Cloth and boards. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, price corner intact, which shows very light rubbing to rear panel but is otherwise very sharp with nice, no chips or tears. Book is clean a nd tight, unread. $300.00

BURKE, John., THE DEVIL'S FOOTSTEPS., London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1976. 1st edition. Octavo, original red boards. Small darkened area on front dust wrapper flap where a price sticker has been removed, else fine in dust wrapper. Supernatural tale set in a small English Village in 1885 featuring Psychic Detectives Caspian and Powys. $25.00

BURKE, John., THE BLACK CHARADE., New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. [1977]. 1st US edition. Octavo, original green boards with cloth spine. Fine in dust wrapper. Psychic Detectives Caspian and Powys. $25.00

BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice, ESCAPE ON VENUS. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN COLEMAN BURROUGHS., New York: Canaveral Press. 1974. Reprint. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrations, map endpapers. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $35.00

CAMPBELL, John W., ISLANDS IN SPACE., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1956. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth.1805 copies printed. Black ink stamp on front free endpaper, which has offset to the dust wrapper flap slightly, otherwise about fine in price-clipped dust wrapper. $100.00

CAMPBELL, John W., THE MOON IS HELL!, Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1951. 1st edition, later issue. Issued as No. 2 in The Golden Science Fiction Library, 1957. Unbound sheets of the first edition bound in glossy gold paper wrappers with a design on the front panel by Edd Cartier. 500 copies so issued. Lightly rubbed, a near fine copy. $45.00

CAMPBELL, John W., Jr., CLOAK OF AESIR., [Chicago] Shasta Publishers. [1952]. 1st edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine panel. A very nearly fine copy in dust wrapper with some slight rubbing to extremities. $100.00

CARD, Orson Scott, SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD, New York: TOR Books. 1986. 1st edition. Sequel to ENDER'S GAME. Winner of the 1986 Nebula and 1987 Hugo Awards for Best Science Fiction novel of the year. Fine in dust wrapper, price corner clipped.. $75.00

CARR, Robert Spencer., BEYOND INFINITY., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1951. 1st edition. Octavo, original green cloth. 2779 copies printed of which this is one of 350 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper. $125.00

CARROLL, Jonathan., LAND OF LAUGHS., NY: Viking. 1980. 1st edition. Cloth and boards. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper that shows the faintest hint of rubbing. Price corner intact. $125.00

CHESTERTON, G.K., THE FLYING INN., London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Colonial Library. [1914]. 1st edition, Colonial issue. Octavo, original blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine, "Methuen's Colonial Library" in gilt border at base of spine. 301 pp., 31 page publisher's catalogue, dated September, 1913, bound in at rear, front and rear endpapers bear ads (the free endpapers bear ads on the verso and rectos, respectively). Front hinge cracking, stamp on rear endpaper, slight soiling to cloth; a solid, very good copy of the scarce Colonial issue. $100.00

CHESTERTON, G.K., THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. A NIGHTMRE., New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1908. 1st American edition. Octavo, original gray cloth titled in hite & gray. Some silverfish tracking to page edges, cloth a bit soiled, a very good, tight copy. $60.00

CLARKE, Arthur C., PRELUDE TO SPACE., New York: Gnome Press. [1954]. 1st edition. Octavo, original gray cloth. The third binding state. 5000 copies printed. Cheap paper browned, as usual, otherwise fine in dust wrapper. $75.00

CLIFTON, Mark and Frank Riley, THEY'D RATHER BE RIGHT., New York: Gnome Press. [1957]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. Cheap paper browned, as usual, corners very mildly bumped. A very good or better copy in dust wrapper that has a couple of tiny chips and some browning. A nice copy. Winner of the Hugo award for best SF novel of the year. $100.00

COBLENTZ, Stanton A., UNDER THE TRIPLE SUNS., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. [1955]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. 3000 copies printed, of which 1528 copies only were bound in cloth (the remainder were bound in boards at a later date, of these 1528 copies this is one of 300 numbered copies inscribed by the author on an inserted leaf. A fine copy in the full-colour Hannes Bok dust wrapper which has one tiny closed tear, a small crease on the front flap and very slight fading to spine panel. Overall, a sharp copy. $125.00

CONKLIN, Groff [ed]., SCIENCE FICTION TERROR TALES., New York: Gnome Press. [1955]. 1st edition. Original red cloth. Darkening to endpaper gutters, text block slightly browned (as usual), a very good to near fine copy in dust wrapepr with a small sliver of a chip at base of spine panel and a touch of associated wrinkling. A very ni ce copy of the rarest of all the Gnome Press books. $250.00

CROWLEY, John., ENGINE SUMMER., Garden City: Doubleday. 1979. 1st edition. Review copy, slip laid in. One lower corner very slightly bumped otherwise a fine copy in dust wrapper with some light browning to verso of spine panel. A sharp, attractive copy. $125.00

CUMMINGS, Ray., THE SHADOW GIRL., London: Gerald G. Swan. [1946]. 1st edition. About fine in dust wrapper, one tiny chip at top edge of rear panel. $50.00

DE CAMP, L. Sprague and Fletcher Pratt., THE CASTLE OF IRON. A SCIENCE FANTASY ADVENTURE., New York: Gnome Press. 1950. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, faded along spine panel as always. $75.00

DE CAMP, L. Sprague and Fletcher Pratt., TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR. ILLUSTRATED BY INGA., New York: Twayne Publishers. [1953]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Corners very slightly bumped, near fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper with slight sunning to spine panel. $65.00

DE CAMP, L. Sprague., THE CONTINENT MAKERS AND OTHER TALES OF THE VIAGENS., New York: Twayne Publishers. [1953] 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Tiny spot on front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper which shows some very slight rubbing. $75.00

DE CAMP, L. Sprague., THE UNDESIRED PRINCESS., Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. 1951. 1st edition. Small octavo, original blue cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. About fine in dust wrapper. $75.00

DE CAMP, L.Sprague., THE TRITONIAN RING AND OTHER PUSADIAN TALES., New York: Twayne Publishers. [1953]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Small bump to top edge, otherwise fine in dust wrapper with slight spine fade and slight fraying at spine head. $75.00

DE CAMP, L.Sprague., DIVIDE AND RULE., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1948. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. 3111 copies printed of which this is one of 500 numbered copies with a signed inscription by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. $135.00

DICKHOFF, Dr. Robert Ernst., AGHARTA. THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD., New York: Fieldcrest Publishing Co., Inc. 1965 Reprint, originally issued in 1951.Original cloth titled and decorated in gilt. Illustrated. A fine copy in dust wrapper that shows some mild dust soiling. The author, a Sumgma Red Lama and The Messenger of Buddha, here reveals the ancient secrets of Atlantis, the inner world, Lemuria and the hidden passages between Antarctica and Tibet. $35.00

DISCH, Thomas M., WHITE FANG GOES DINGO AND OTHER FUNNY SF STORIES., London: Arrow Books. [1971]. 1st edition. Pictorial wrappers. Issued as Arrow Books 484, a paperback original. A fine copy. $20.00

DOYLE, A. Conan., THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT AND OTHER TALES OF TWILIGHT AND THE UNSEEN., New York: George H. Doran Company. [1922]. 1st American edition. 12mo, original red 'keratol' leatherette. The true first Doran printing, with the Doran colophon on copyright page. A very good copy in the original dust wrapper which has some shallow chips at the spine ends. Green & Gibson A53b. - Note - the orange cloth editions without the colophon are reprints. $110.00

ELLIOTT, H. Chandler., REPRIEVE FROM PARADISE., New York: Gnome Press. 1955. 1st edition. Octavo, original green cloth. Red ink mark on copyright page (from a loose pen). Otherwise a fine copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. $30.00

ESHBACH, Lloyd Arthur., TYRANT OF TIME., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1955. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth, the first binding. 1547 copies issued in this binding. Fine in dust wrapper which shows some very slight rubbing. $40.00

EVANS, E. Everett., ALIEN MINDS., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1955. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, the first binding. 1417 copies only were issued in this binding, of which this is one of 300 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper. $100.00

FEARN, John Russell., THE GOLDEN AMAZON RETURNS., Kingswood, Surrey: The World's Work. [1948] 1st edition. Octavo, original pink cloth titled in black on spine. Precious owner's name in ink on front free endpaper, otherwise about a fine copy in dust wrapper with a few short closed tears and some rubbing to white paper stock on rear panel. $65.00

FEARN, John Russell., LINERS OF TIME., Kingswood, Surrey: World's Work. [ 1947]. 1st edition. Original boards with cloth spine. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper with a few tiny chips. $45.00

FINCH, Paul., AFTER SHOCKS., Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press. 2001. 1st edition. 500 copies printed. Original cloth, dust wrapper. A fine copy, as new in dust wrapper. $40.00

FINLAY, Virgil [illustrator]. GAUL, Albro., THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SPACE TRAVEL. ILLUSTRATED BY VIRGIL FINLAY AND INCLUDING AN ALBUM OF HISTORICAL SPACE ART PREPARED BY SAM MOSKOWITZ., Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. [1956]. 1st edition. Quarto, original black cloth titled and decorated in silver. A fine copy in a very nice dust wrapper which is price-clipepd and has some mild wear & rubbing at edges. Overall, a very attractive copy. $65.00

FLETCHER, J.S., THE THREE DAYS TERROR., London: John Long. 1901. 1st edition. Original pictorial cloth titled in black & red on front panel, titled in gilt on spine, pictorial design of a cowled figure on front panel. "Thriller of the near future dealing with large-scale terrorism and destruction in Britain". Locke - A Spectrum of Fantasy. Lacks front free endpaper, some rubbing to cloth at tips, corners slightly bumped and a few spots to cloth, a solid, very good copy. $150.00

FOUQUE, Baron Frederick de la Motte., THE MAGIC RING; A ROMANCE. FROM THE GERMAN. IN THREE VOLUMES., Edinburgh: Published by Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale-Court: And Geo. B. Whittaker, London. 1825. 1st edition in English. Three volumes, octavo, 19th century half red morocco over marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands and titled in gilt, top edges gilt. Half-titles present in all three volumes. Some light wear & rubbing, front board of volum e one shows some significant scratching to the marbled paper on the front panel. A solid, clean, very good set. A long, involved, early epic fantasy novel. "The Magic Ring (Der Zauberring, 1813)... has as its central motif a magic ring that conveys worldly power. The ring is eventually destroyed by being cast into the flames. The story is complex, with a wealth of adventures, magical and otherwise, around the medieval world and many fine supernatural ideas, including a magic garden like Kundr y 's in Wagner's Parsifal as well as magic mirrors. The Magic Ring seems to be the ultimate source for the idea behind Wagner's RING Cycle and Tolkien's work. An early Victorian translation into English was not well done and, in any case, is impossi bl e to find." - Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. One copy at auction in the past 25 years, sold to Ferret Fantasy. That copy is listed in SPECTRUM OF FANTASY II, page 46. A very nice copy of a very rare book. $1500.00

GARDNER, Marshall B., A JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S INTERIOR, OR, HAVE THE POLES REALLY BEEN DISCOVERED., Aurora, Illinois: Published by the Author. 1920. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged from the 1913 edition. Octavo, original reddish-brown cloth titled in gilt, decorated in blind & gilt. 452 pages, illustrated, bibliography. Corners slighlty bumped, a very good to fine copy. $125.00

GOLD, H.L. [ed]., GALAXY READER OF SCIENCE FICTION. EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY..., New York: Crown Publishers. 1952. 1st edition. Thick octavo. Original brick-red cloth. Massive 566-page anthology of stories from GALAXY Science Fiction Magazine. Collects 25 stories and 8 novellas by Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon and others. Very mild rubbing to rear panel of dust wrapper but virtually fine in dust wrapper. A remarkably nice copy. $65.00

GOLD, H.L. [ed]., THE SECOND GALAXY READER OF SCIENCE FICTION. EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY..., New York: Crown Publishers. 1954. 1st edition. Thick octavo. Original green cloth. 504-page anthology of stories from GALAXY Science Fiction Magazine. Collects 31 stories by Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson and others. Slight rubiing to edges of cloth, a very good or better copy in dust wrapper which has a few small creases and tears and a few old internal tape mends but has no chipping and no loss. $35.00

GOTHIC CHAPBOOK. LEWIS, M[atthew] G[regory]., THE HISTORY OF RAYMOND AND AGNES; OR, THE CASTLE OF LINDENBERG. A ROMANCE., London: Printed and Sold by S. Fisher, No. 10, St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, also sold by T. Hurst, No. 32, Paternoster-Row. 1803. 94 pp. Finely bound in modern quarter leather and marbled boards,spine decorated and titled in gilt. Frontispiece engraved by Hartley after Tomkins, title page vignette cut by Nesbit after Vigo. Small tear to margin of frontispiece, about fine. Listed in Summers, who states that this is the Raymond & Agnes episodes from THE MONK with a few connecting paragraphs. 1st published as THE CASTLE OF LINDENBERG (1799) by Fisher & frequently reprinted. The NUC Lists a 1798 edition, 2 copies of a di fferent 1803 printing (34pp!), and one copy of an 1812 printing with 96 pp. At best, 94pp, one copy in NUC. Not in Wolff or Sadlier, later editions listed in the BM. A fine copy. $350.00

GOTHIC CHAPBOOK. WATKINS, Lucy., ROMANO CASTLE: OR, THE HORRORS OF THE FOREST. A ROMANCE., London. Dean & Munday. No date (circa 1805]. 1st edition. Original printed blue wrappers with advertisements for many other books from the publisher. Frontispiece. Stitched. Worldcat lists a similar copy at University of Virginia, that edition has 32 pp., ours 35 pp. A reprint was issued by S. Bailey in 1910. Not listed in Summers, Tracy or Wolff. Not in the BM. Extremely rare, especially in the original wrappers. $450.00

GOTHIC CHAPBOOK. [ANONYMOUS]., THE TOWER OF THE LAKE; A TRADITIONAL BORDER TALE; DETAILING, THE ATTACHMENT OF SIR HUGH HERON AND THE FAIR BEATRICE; WHOM HE RESCUES FROM A BAND OF ROBBERS: SIR HUGH HERON IS SUMMONED TO THE WARS; THE PARTING OF THE LOVERS, AND TREACHERY OF SIR AYME., London: Published by Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street. Undated, circa 1800. Hand-coloured folding frontispiece depicting scenes from the story. 30 pp. Bound in early 20th century green cloth titled in gilt on front panel. Renier Bookplate. A fine copy. Not in Wolff, Summers, NUC or the BM - the only known copy. $425.00

GOTHIC CHAPBOOK. [ANONYMOUS]., THE SECRET OATH, OR BLOOD-STAINED DAGGER. A ROMANCE., London. Tegg and Castleman. No Date [circa 1800]. nd [1802]. Early 3/4 red morocco, marbled boards, gilt title on spine. No frontispiece. Vignette on title page. 72 pp., on page 69 appears "Frederic Staun, or The revenge of Disappointment". Apparantly simultaneous with an edition printed by Plummer for Hurst [for Marvelous Magazine and Compendium of Prodigies]. See Worldcat, 3 copies listed. Renier bookplate, some internal browning and slight wear to extremities, a very good copy. $175.00

GRIMSHAW, Beatrice., THE SORCERER'S STONE., London: Hodder & Stoughton. No Date [1914] 1st edition. Octavo. Original pictorial red clothtitled in white on front panel, titled in gilt on spine panel. Frontispiece. [6] pages of publisher's ads at rear. Some heavy foxing to the leaves at front & rear of the text and the page edges, front free endpaper neatly excised. Spine panel slightly tanned. Overall, a very good, tight copy. An adventure novel with some fantasy elements, set in the South Seas. $75.00

GUNN, James., THIS FORTRESS WORLD., New York: Gnome Press. [1954]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine. Text block browned, as usual. Some darkening to endpapers, slight mottling to spine panel. very good in dust wrapper that shows some light rubbing. $40.00

GURDON, Capt. J.E., D.F.C., THE SECRET OF THE SOUTH., London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1950. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. Ink name on half title leaf, a very good copy otherwise in a slightly worn and chipped dust wrapper that has a small tape repair at top edge of front panel. Uncommon juvenile lost race novel. $25.00

HAGGARD, H. Rider., THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE. A DREAM STORY. WITH 12 ILLUSTRATIONS BY MESSRS W.T. HORTON AND H.M. BROCK, R.I., New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1911. 1st American edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled and decorated in gilt. 1,500 copies only were printed, a very small print run for a Haggard title from this period. By comparison, the UK edition was 5,000 copies. Pencil name on front endpaper, a very nearly fine copy of a very scarce book. $150.00

HAGGARD, H. Rider., AYESHA. THE RETURN OF SHE., London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1905. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt, borders in green. Of two known variants, this copy is the issue without the gilt emblem on the spine panel. There has always been "no known priority" for the two binding states, but examination of copies and the fact that the "second edition" has the emblem on the spine leads me to assume that the issue without the emblem is in fact the first issue. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus 31 additional black & white plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen inserted throughout the text (all issued). Hinges slightly cracked and a neat, contemporary inscription in ink on the front free endpaper; some light foxing and a touch of wear at the extremities but overall a very bright, clean copy. $200.00

HAMILTON, Edmond., THE HORROR ON THE ASTEROID AND OTHER TALES OF INTERPLANETARY HORROR., London: Philip Allan. 1936. 1st edition. Original green cloth titled in black on spine panel. Text block browned, as usual, a few small private lending library stamps on front paste-down, spine panel browned and faded, some soiling to cloth; a good to very good copy only. Unco mmon and important as one of the first anthologies of short stories from the American Pulp Magazines, primarily WEIRD TALES magazine. $125.00

HAMILTON, Edmund., THE HAUNTED STARS., NY: A Torquil Book Distrubuted by Dodd, Mead & Company. (1960). 1st edition. Trade issue, with dust wrapper priced at $2.50. Identical with and published simultaneous to the book club edition, this is however the extremely elusive trade edition. Slight bump to lower edges, a very good to near fine copy in like d ust wrapper with price corner intact. $250.00

HOWARD, Robert E., CONAN THE CONQUEROR. THE HYBOREAN AGE., New York: Gnome Press. 1950 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Map endpapers. A very fine copy in a very fine dust wrapper, just like new. Stunning condition. The first volume in the Gnome Press Conan Series. $400.00

HOWARD, Robert E., KING CONAN., New York: Gnome Press. [1953]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Neat sticker removal from front endpaper, not affecting the printed map (much), some marks to vovers, a very good copy in a nice crisp dust wrapper with a small thumbnail-sized chip at base of spine panel. $150.00

HYNE, C.J. Cutcliffe, THE LOST CONTINENT. INTRODUCTION BY L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP., Philadelphia: Oswald Train, Publisher. 1974. Reprint of the 1901 edition, with a new Introduction by de Camp. Octavo, original cloth, a fine copy in dust wrapper. $20.00

Howard, Robert E. Lord, Glenn., THE LAST CELT. A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. EDITED AND COMPILED BY GLENN LORD., West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher. 1976. 1st edition. Quarto, original brown cloth, pictorial dust wrapper. 2600 copies printed. A massive, 416-page volume of material about Robert E. Howard, pulp fiction author and creator of the Conan the Barbarian stories. Bibliographies, biographies, photographs of Howard and his circle and of books and magazines by Howard. Essential for the lover of Howard's fiction. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper with colour artwork by Marcas Boaz. $75.00

JONES, Raymond F., RENAISSANCE. A SCIENCE FICITION NOVEL OF TWO HUMAN WORLDS., New York: Gnome Press. [1954]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. About a fine copy, in a dust wrapper which has some light foxing to extremities. $75.00

KELLER, David H., M.D., THE HOMUNCULUS., Philadelphia: Prime Press. 1949. 1st edition. Small octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. One of 112 numbered copies signed by the author. A few small splits to slipcase at corners otherwise otherwise a fine copy in dust wrapper and paper-covered slipcase, as issued. $150.00

KELLER, David H., MD., THE LADY DECIDES., Philadelphia: Prime Press. 1950. 1st edition. Large octavo, original brown cloth with marbled boards, paper title label on spine. One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. A little bumped, but a nearly fine copy in paper slipcase without dust wrapper, as issued. $50.00

KELLER, David H., MD., THE ETERNAL CONFLICT., Philadelphia: Prime Press. 1949. 1st edition. Large octavo, original brown cloth with marbled boards, paper title label on spine. One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. About a fine copy in paper slipcase without dust wrapper, as issued. $50.00

KINGSCOTE, Mrs. Howard and Pandit Natesa Sastri., TALES OF THE SUN; OR, FOLKLORE OF SOUTHERN INDIA., London: W.H. Allen & Co. 1890. 1st edition. Original blue cloth blocked pictorially with a design of Peacock feathers flowing out of a vase on front panel, titled in gilt on spine, floral endpapers. 308 pp. Small spot to lower edge of front panel, bookplate on front endpaper, sp ine panel just a touch leaned. A clean, attractive, very good copy. $125.00

LAFFERTY, R.A., GOLDEN GATE AND OTHER STORIES., Minneapolis, MN: Corroboree Press. 1982. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth. 1000 copies printed of which this is one of 970 numbered copies signed by the author. Illustrated, some tipped-in colour plates. A fine copy without dust wrapper, as issued. $40.00

LAFFERTY, R.A., THROUGH ELEGANT EYES. STORIES OF AUSTRO AND THE MEN WHO KNOW EVERYTHING., Minneapolis, MN: Corroboree Press. 1983. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth. 1000 copies printed of which this is one of 970 numbered copies signed by the author. Illustrated, some tipped-in colour plates. A fine copy without dust wrapper, as issued. $40.00

LAMSLEY, Terry., DARK MATTERS., Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press. 2000. 1st edition, limited to 600 copies. Original cloth, dust wrapper. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new. $40.00

LANG, Andrew., IN THE WRONG PARADISE AND OTHER STORIES., New York: Harper and Brothers. 1887. 1st American edition. Original tan cloth decoratively blocked in an art-nouveau design in brown, titled in brown. Floral endpapers. Some light foxing to covers and browing to endsheets, a very good copy, clean and tight. A superior and unusual publi sher's binding for this book, it usually appears in the standard half-leather binding. $150.00

LAWRENCE, Margery., THE FLOATING CAFE AND OTHER WEIRD TALES., Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press. 2001. 1st printing of this edition, limited to 600 copies. Contains a new introduction by Richard Dalby. A fine copy in original black cloth and pictorial dust wrapper, as issued. $40.00

LE GUIN, Ursula K,, VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANYWHERE ELSE., New York: Atheneum. 1976. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. A fine copy in dust wrapper that shows some browning to extremities. $30.00

LE GUIN, Ursula K., THE OTHER WIND., New York: Harcourt, Inc. [2001] Advance copy [uncorrected proof] of the 1st edition. Original blue printed wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. Just about a fine copy, no real discernable flaws. An Earthsea novel. $50.00

LEINSTER, Murray [pseudonym of William F. Jenkins], SIDEWISE IN TIME AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURES., Chicago: Shasta Publishers. 1950. 1st edition. Original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 5000 copies printed, of which this is one of an undetermined number of subscriber's copies signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in fine dust wrapper with full-colour wra p-around artwork by Hannes Bok. As new. $350.00

LEINSTER, Murray., THE FORGOTTEN PLANET., New York: Gnome Press. [1954]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cream boards titled in green (Currey Binding B). A fine copy in dust wrapper. The original receipt from Gnome Press, dated 8/10/54, is loosly laid in. $125.00

LEINSTER, Murray., COLONIAL SURVEY., New York: Gnome Press. [1957]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. Cheap paper browning, as usual, otherwise a fine copy in dust wrapper. $125.00

LEINSTER, Murray., OPERATION OUTER SPACE., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1954. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, the first binding. 2042 copies printed. Fine in dust wrapper which shows some very slight rubbing. $85.00

LEINSTER, Murray., OPERATION OUTER SPACE., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1954. 1st edition, later issue. Issued as No. 3 in The Golden Science Fiction Library, 1957. Unbound sheets of the first edition bound in glossy gold paper wrappers with a design on the front panel by Edd Cartier. 500 copies so issued. Lightly rubbed, a near fine copy. $30.00

LESSER, Milton [ed], LOOKING FORWARD. AN ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION., New York: The Beechhurst Press. [1953]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Light browning to endpapers, otherwise about a fine copy in dust wrapper that has a slight chip at head of spine panel and a couple of short closed tears that have neat old internal tape repairs. $25.00

LEWIS, C.S., TILL WE HAVE FACES., London: Geoffrey Bles. [1956]. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue boards. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, light fading to boards in a couple of spots, a very good copy in dust wrapper which shows a couple of small closed tears at edges and is fairly heavily foxed, pricipally on the rear panel & verso. $115.00

LOST RACE FICTION. The Stuart Teitler Collection of American Lost Race Fiction, THE STUART TEITLER COLLECTION OF AMERICAN LOST RACE FICTION. 1329 TITLES, WORKS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA OR WHICH HAD AMERICAN EDITIONS., Various places, various dates. 1329 titles in the finest condition possible. Tales of Lost Races and Lost Worlds, Archaeological Fantasies, Subterranean and Inner-World Civilizations, Terrestrial Utopias and Dystopias, Prehistoric and Atlantis Fiction, all books in the genre which were published in America or available to American readers. Offered for sale by Serendipity Books, a fully descriptive catalogue has been prepared by William Matthews, with an Introduction by Eric Korn. Scouted out over a period of 50 years by the keenest of bookscouts, the Teitler collection is legendary and, perhaps more importantly, available for purchase. Listed here as a courtesy.
$ 235,000.00

MACLEOD, Fiona [pseudonym of William Sharp], PHARAIS. A ROMANCE OF THE ISLES., Derby: Harpur and Murray. 1894. 1st edition. Original boards, printed title label on spine. One of 75 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece. Some foxing to endpapers, spine panel tanned, minor wear at extremities, a very good copy. The author's first book, published u nder the "Fiona MacLeod" pseudonym, a romance set in the Western Isles of Scotland. $150.00

MILLER, P. Schuyler., THE TITAN., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1952. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in black on spine panel - the secondary binding. 973 copies only were issued in this binding. Some mottling to the boards, otherwise about a very good copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. $35.00

MILLS, Lady Dorothy., THE ARMS OF THE SUN., London: Duckworth & Co. [1924]. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in black (the secondary binding). Lost Race African adventure novel, a hidden tribe in Africa descended from the Ancient Chaldeans attempts to rule the world using Advanced Science. Quite a good story, and a very scarce book. Some irregular fading to cloth and some dampstains as well, a good to very good copy, internally quite tight and clean. Spectrum of Fantasy (1), page 157. $200.00

MOORE, C.L., JUDGEMENT NIGHT. A SELECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION., New York: Gnome Press. [1952]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. About fine in dust wrapper. $95.00

MOORE, C.L., NORTHWEST OF EARTH., New York: Gnome Press. [1954]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Corners a touch bumbed, otherwise a fine copy in a very slightly rubbed dust wrapper. $115.00

MOORE, C.L., SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS., New York: Gnome Press. 1953. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. Ink stamp on front free endpaper, some wear to lower edges, dampstaining to covers. Good copy only in a slightly stained and also slightly chipped dust wrapper. $50.00

MORRIS, William., THE EARTHLY PARADISE. A POEM., London. F.S. Ellis, 1870 Mixed set of first and early editions. 4 vols. in 3, as issued. 8vo. Original woodcut design by Morris on title pages. Early reprint (or possible 1st edition with a new title leaf inserted, see later) of Vol 1, dated 1870 and with "Parts I. & II." on title page above the printer's imprint, no ads at rear. Vol 2 (Part III) has the notation "Second Edition" on the title page. 2000 copies of the 1st edition were printed, but some of these were labelled "Second Edition" on the title page [See Buxton Forman 23]. Vol 3 (Part IV) is the first edition (Buxton Forman 30). The first edition of part IV was issued with ads at rear (not here present) and a new title page (also not present) meant to be inserted in the first (1868) edition of Parts I . and II., which corresponds exactly with the title page present in our copy of Vol 1. It is therefore quite possible that our first volume is the true 1st edition with the newly inserted title leaf (although Buston Forman states he has " never seen a copy of the 1868 volume with the new title inserted"]. Bound in contemporary full blue morocco, spines with raised bands titled and decorated in gilt, the covers bordered in gilt and with small gilt rosettes in the corners, marbled endpapers, inner dentilles, all edges gilt. Manuscript poem on preliminary leaf of Vol 1, continuing over the first blank and half title leaf of Vol 2, a solid, clean, near fine set. A complex book bibliographically, enhanced by the rebound status of this set, but overall a very attractive and definately early set in handsome preservation. $500.00

MUNDY, Talbot., OLD UGLY-FACE., London: Hutchinson & Company. 1939. 1st edition. Original lavender cloth titled in white on spine panel. 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear, undated. Bold name in ink on front free endpaper, cloth moderately dust-soiled; book is tight and square and spine lettering clean a nd unworn. A very good copy of a very scarce book. $115.00

McCLARY, Thomas Calvert., THREE THOUSAND YEARS., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1954. 1st edition. Octavo, original dark red cloth, the first binding. 1454 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper. $75.00

OWEN, Frank., THE PORCELAIN MAGICIAN. A COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL FANTASIES. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCIS E. DUNN., New York: Gnome Press. [1948]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Prevous owner's name stamp on front free endpaper, some mottling to cloth, a very good copy in a good only dust wraper which has a large triangular chip out of the top edge of the front panel and a stain on the back panel. $20.00

PADGETT, Lewis [pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore]., TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND THE FAIRY CHESSMEN. TWO SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS., New York: Gnome Press. [1951]. 1st edition. Original boards. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, just like new. $200.00

PADGETT, Lewis [pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore]., ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS., New York: Gnome Pres. [1952]. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. A fine copy in dust wrapper which has a 1-inch short closed tear at base of front panel. $150.00

PHILLIPS, Alexander M., THE MISLAID CHARM. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERSCHEL LEVIT., Philadelphia, PA: The Prime Press. 1947. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. A fine copy in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. $35.00

PORGES, Arthur., THE MIRROR AND OTHER STRANGE REFLECTIONS. EDITED BY MIKE ASHLEY., Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press. 2002. 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. Original cloth, dust wrapper. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new. $40.00

PRATT, Fletcher, along with H.Beam Piper and Judith Merril., THE PETRIFIED PLANET. A TWAYNE SCIENCE-FICTION TRIPLET. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DR. JOHN D. CLARK., New York: Twayne Publishers. 1952. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. Collects three novels: The Long View by Pratt, Uller Uprising by Piper, and Daughter of Earth by Merril. Fine in dust wrapper. $50.00

RADCLIFFE, Garnette., THE GREAT ORME TERROR., London: Thornton Butterworth. [1934] 1st edition. original orange cloth titled in black. Mystery Novel with Science Fiction elements, listed in Bleiler. Some staining to covers, a solid copy, about very good. $100.00

ROBBINS, Tod., THE THREE FREAKS., London: Philip Allan. 1934. 1st edition with this title. Issued early in both the USA and the UK under the title THE UNHOLY THREE. Original brown boards titled in black on spine panel (possibly a secondary binding). Front hinge cracked, cheap paper browning, some light soiling to cloth; still, a solid, very good copy. Issued in similar format to the publisher's CREEPS series, with ads for them at the rear of the volume. Uncommon. $150.00

ROHMER, Sax., THE WRATH OF FU MANCHU AND OTHER STORIES., London: Tom Stacey. [1973]. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue boards titled in silver on spine panel. Contains an Introdction by Robert E. Briney. 12 stories, several of which are first here published and all of which have no previous book appearances. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. $45.00

RUSSELL, Eric Frank., DREADFUL SANCTUARY., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1951. st edition. Original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. 3084 copies printed of which this is one of 350 copies signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy (very fine !) in dust wrapper - also fine. Very light rubbing to jacket but very nearly perfect with no chips, creases or folds. A beautiful copy. $185.00

RUSSELL, Eric Frank., DEEP SPACE., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1954. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. 2257 copies were bound in this primary binding, of which this is one of 300 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Very light dampstain on rear panel, not particularly noticeable but it has stained the rear panel of the dust wrapper on the verso (no show through). otherwise, fine in dust wrapper. $125.00

SENF, Carol A., DRACULA. BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNISM., New York: Twayne Publishers. 1998. 3rd printing. Original white cloth titled in black on spine [Spine Title is DRACULA: A Reader's Companion]. Issued as Twayne's Masterwork Studies 168. Touch of rubbing to cloth, otherwise a fine copy. $25.00

SLESAR, Henry, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. BASED ON COLUMBIA PICTURES' SHOCK-THRILLER., NY: Ziff-DavisPublishing Company. 1957. 1st edition. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers with full-colour front panel depicting a monster brandishing a lamp-post in one claw and a terrified girl in the other. One-shot paperback issued in the same format as AMAZING STORIES magazine, movie tie- in of the cult film bearing the same name. Two tiny creases at corners, an unread copy, nearly fine. $150.00

SMITH, George O., PATTERN FOR CONQUEST. AN INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURE., New York: Gnome Press. [1949]. 1st edition. Original cloth. A clean, attractive, very good copy in dust wrapper with slight fraying at head of spine panel and a short crease along top edge of front panel. $50.00

SMITH, George O., HIGHWAYS IN HIDING., New York: Gnome Press. [1955]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $50.00

SMITH. Edward E., Ph. D. in collaboration with Mrs. Lee Hawkins Garby, THE SKYLARK OF SPACE., Brooklyn, NY: F.F.F. Pblishers. [1950. Third edition. Octavo, original cloth. A fine copy in a fine bright dust wrapper. $75.00

STEPHENS, James., THE CROCK OF GOLD., New York: The Macmillan Company. 1913. 1st American edition. Original purple cloth titled in gilt. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Rear hinge neatly repaired, some mild soiling to endpapers, spine panel a bit faded but spine lettering still very bright. Some mild wear to cloth at tips. A clean, very good copy. $125.00

STONG, Phil [ed]., THE OTHER WORLDS., New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1941. 1st edition. Original gray cloth. 466-page anthology of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, including works by H.P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, Jean Ray, August Derleth and Henry Kuttner. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust wrapper which has a thumbnail-sized chip from top edge of rear panel. A very fresh copy of a very uncommon book. $75.00

STRAUB, Peter., FLOATING DRAGON., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood-Miller. 1982. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Straub. Also signed by Leo & Diane Dillon, the dust wrapper artists. Fine in dust wrapper. $125.00

TAINE, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)., THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN. ILLUSTRATED BY A.J. DONNELL., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1947. 1st edition. Octavo, original brick cloth. 3029 copies printed of which this is one of 500 numbered copies with a signed inscription by the author. A fine copy in dust wrapper which shows some slight rubbing and minor wear at spine tips. $150.00

TAINE, John., SEEDS OF LIFE. DECORATIONS BY RICK BINKLEY., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1951. 1st edition. Octavo, original brown cloth. 2991 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper. $200.00

TAINE, John., THE CRYSTAL HORDE. DECORATIONS BY HANNES BOK., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1952. 1st edition. Octavo, original brown cloth. 2328 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper with some very minor rubbing. $125.00

TOLKIEN, J.R.R., THE LORD OF THE RINGS COMPRISING THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS AND THE RETURN OF THE KING., London: George Allen & Unwin. 1965-1965-1963. 1st editions, early reprints. 3 volumes, octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine. Volume 1 is the 1st edition, 14th impression, Vol. 2 is 1st edition, 11th impression, Vol. 3 is 1st edition, 10th impression. All three volumes are in the original format white dust wrappers with the black, red and gold ring device on the front panel, identical in format to the 1st printings. All three volumes have the inserted folding maps at the rear, and are in virtually fine condition. The dust wrapper of Vol. 1 has some irregular waterstaining on the spine panel, and there is some browning to the dust wrappers on Vol 2 & 3 but overall this is a very attractive set. $500.00

TOLKIEN, J.R.R., THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS [COMPRISING THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS AND THE RETURN OF THE KING]., London: The Folio Society. 1977-1979. Four volumes. 1st printings of the Folio Society editions of these classics. The Lord of the Rings (3 volumes, slipcased) is the first printing from 1977, The Hobbit [one volume, slipcased] is the first printing from 1979. Octavo, cloth covered boards with leather spines titled and decorated in gilt. The Hobbit is in maroon cloth & leather, The Lord of the Rings is in gray. Illustrated throughout with black & white chapter headings by Eric Fraser. The Hobbit is fine in slipcase, The Lord of the rings has slight signs of use - light soiling to the leather spines and a touch of wear to the slipcase. Overall, a very attractive set of the first folio editions. $450.00

VAN VOGT, EMPIRE OF THE ATOM., Chicago: Shasta Publishers. 1953. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards. The true first edition, dust wrapper priced at $3.00, "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Some mild darkening to endpapers, bump on spine panel (a vertical depression), a very good copy in dust wrapper that has some rubbing & a few small scratches. Overall, a pretty nice copy. $85.00

VAN VOGT, A.E., MASTERS OF TIME. ILLUSTRATED BY EDD CARTIER., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1950. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine. 4034 copies printed of which this is one of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in dust wrapper with faint rubbing to spine panel. $150.00

VAN VOGT, A.E., THE WEAPON MAKERS., Providence, RI: Hadley Publishing Co. [1947]. 1st edition. Octavo, original cloth. 1000 copies printed. Fine in dust wrapper with one tiny tear at top edge of front hinge fold. $150.00

VANCE, Jack., THE SPACE PIRATE., [New York]: Toby Press. [1953]. 1st edition of the author's second book. Original pictorial wrappers, a digest-sized paperback original. Signed by the author on the title page. Small chip to lower edge of rear panel, affecting the margins of a few leaves, cover printed slightly-of f-register, otherwise a very good copy with no spine creasing and just a couple of small corner creases on front panel. $45.00

VANCE, Jack., GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1980. 1st hardcover edition. 800 copies printed. Fine in dust wrapper with price sticker on front flap. $35.00

VANCE, Jack., GREEN MAGIC. THE FANTASY REALMS OF JACK VANCE., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1979. 1st trade edition. 464 copies printed. With a Foreward by Poul Anderson and an Introduction by John Shirley. Colour frontispiece and dust wrapper artwork by George Barr, internal black & white illustrations by various artists. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $55.00

VANCE, Jack., BIG PLANET. ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE HICKMAN., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1978. 1st printing of the unabridged text. Originally published in book from by Avalon in 1957. 1000 copies printed of which this is one of 888 copies comprising the 'trade' edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $125.00

VANCE, Jack., THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD. ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE FABIAN., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1977. 1st hardcover edition. 1111 copies printed of which this is one of 1000 copies comprising the 'trade' edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $100.00

VANCE, Jack., THE SEVENTEEN VIRGINS., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1979. 1st edition. Red pictorial wrappers. Frontispiece and cover illustration by Steve Fabian. 33 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. 600 copies printed (actually, only 400 were issued). Mild browning near spine, not particularly noticable, otherwise fine in wraps. $45.00

VANCE, Jack., THE TSCHAI SERIES COMPRISING CITY OF THE CHASCH, SERVENTS OF THE WANHK, THE DIRDIR AND THE PNUME., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1979 - 1981. 1st American hardcover editions. 4 volumes. Original cloth with pictorial paper labels on front panels. Each volume limited to 889 copies. Illustrated by David Ireland, Tom Nesbitt and Ned Dameron. Volumes 1, 2 & 3 are signed by the author on the title page. A fine set without dust wrappers as issued. $225.00

VANCE, Jack., LOST MOONS., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1982. 1st edition. Original pictorial cloth. 1300 copies printed of which this is one of 1080 copies comprising the 'trade' edition. A fine copy in dust wrapper with slight browning to extremities. $75.00

VANCE, Jack., THE DEMON PRINCE SERIES COMPRISING STAR KING, THE KILLING MACHINE, THE PALACE OF LOVE, THE FACE AND THE BOOK OF DREAMS., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1981. 1st American hardcover editions. 5 volumes. Original cloth. Volumes 1-4 are each one of 525 copies, Volume 5 is one of 800 copies comprising the 'trade' edition. Volume 4 is signed by the author on the title page. A fine set without dust wrappers, as issued. $275.00

VANCE, Jack., MORREION. A TALE OF DYING EARTH. ILLUSTRATED BY STEPHEN E. FABIAN., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood/Miller. 1979. 1st edition. Quarto, original black cloth titled in gilt. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. The illustrated slip signed by the artist is also laid in, as issued. A fine copy in dust wrapper. $150.00

VANCE, Jack., THE BAGFUL OF DREAMS., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood-Miller. 1979. 1st edition. Blue pictorial wrappers. Frontispiece and cover illustration by Steve Fabian. 33 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. 600 copies printed (actually, only 400 were issued). Mild browning near spine, not particularly noticable, otherwise fine in wraps. $45.00

VANCE, Jack., GOLD AND IRON [SLAVES OF THE KLAU]., San Francisco & Columbia: Underwood-Miller. 1982. 1st printing. 750 copies printed of which this is one of 480 copies comprisiing the "trade" edition. Fine in dust wrapper, the lamination along the front spine hinge is starting to lift. $50.00

VERRILL, A. Hyatt., THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1950. 1st edition. Octavo, original brown cloth. 2500 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a dust wrapper which shows some overall light rubbing. $95.00

WALPOLE, Horace., THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO, A GOTHIC STORY. TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM MARSHALL, GENT. FROM THE ORIGINAL ITALIAN OF ONUPHRIO MURALTO, CANON OF THE CHURCH OF ST. NICOLAS AT OTRANTO., London. Jeffrey's, 1800. A New Edition. The 2nd Jeffries edition. Octavo, early calf with gilt ruled spine, gilt decorations on spine and red morocco title label, marbled endpapers. With seven engraved plates printed in colour. Scattered internal foxing and some slight staining, hinges neatly repaired, a solid, very good copy. A classic gothic, in "333". $800.00

WALPOLE, Hugh., PORTRAIT OF A MAN WITH RED HAIR. A ROMANTIC MACABRE., London: Macmillan. 1925. 1st edition. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine, paper label. Large paper copy, limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Slight wear to edge of boards along bottom edge, otherwise a fine copy in a dust wrapper which is browned and chipped, internally repaired with tape. Uncommon in the large paper issue, even moreso in dust wrapper. $150.00

WEINBAUM, Stanley G., THE BLACK FLAME. ILLUSTRATED BY A.J. DONNELL., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1948. 1st edition. Octavo, original black cloth. 3246 copies printed. A few marks to cloth, a very good copy in slightly used dust wrapper, chipped at spine tips. $45.00

WEINBAUM, Stanley G., THE RED PERI., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1952. 1st edition. Octavo, original black cloth. 1732 copies printed of which this is one of 300 numbered copies. About a fine copy in dust wrapper with a few tiny stains on rear panel. $125.00

WEINBAUM, Stanley G., THE DARK OTHER., Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co. Inc. 1950. 1st edition. Later issue bound in blue paper wrappers, in the dust wrapper which was designed for the slightly larger hardback issue, and is folded to fit this paperbound issue. A fine copy in slightly rubbed dust wrapper which has a tiny chip at spine head. $30.00

WELLMAN, Manly Wade., THE BEASTS FROM BEYOND., Manchester: World Distributors. 1950. 1st edition. Original pictorial wrappers. "A World Fantasy Classic". Small (very small) chip on rear cover, a near fine copy in the lurid pictorial wrappers. $100.00

WILDE, Denise Carson., LOVE POEMS TO A VAMPIRE., Vancouver, BC: The Author. 1996. 1st edition. An artists 'book', although not technically a book. A wooden coffin, 10 inches long, with brass hinges and clasp, engraved brass title plaque on top board, opening to reveal 4 poems written on slabs: Nosferatu 1, 2, and 3, plus an additional slab bearing an erotic etching. 12 copies only printed (constructed?), this being number 8, signed by the author on the inner lower board. Simply put, an amazing piece. $600.00

WILLIAMSON, Jack., THE COMETEERS. ILLUSTRATED BY EDD CARTIER, Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1950. 1st edition. Octavo, original green cloth. 3162 copies printed of which this is one of 500 numbered copies bearing a short inscription by the author. About a fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust wrapper with a small snag at head of spine panel. $125.00

WILLIAMSON, Jack., THE LEGION OF SPACE. ILLUSTRATED BY A.J. DONNELL., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1947. 1st edition. Octavo, original green cloth. 2970 copies printed of which this is one of 500 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper with some light sunning to spine panel. $200.00

WILLIAMSON, Jack., THE LEGION OF TIME., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1952. 1st edition. Octavo, original green cloth. 4604 copies printed of which this is one of 350 numbered copies with a short inscription by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in dust wrapper. $200.00

WOLLHEIM, Donald A. [ed]., EVERY BOY'S BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION. COMPILED AND EDITED BY..., New York: Frederick Fell, Inc. [1951]. 1st edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Anthology of stories by Bradbury, Williamson, Simak, Cummings and others. Spine panel just a touch faded; fine in dust wrapper. $40.00

ZAGAT, Arthur Leo., SEVEN OUT OF TIME., Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. 1949. 1st edition. Octavo, original red cloth. 2612 copies printed (although the limitation page states 5000), of which this is one of 500 numbered copies.A fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust wrapper with some light crinkling at spine head. $85.00

ZELAZNY, Roger, THE CHANGING LAND. A NOVEL OF DILVISH THE DAMNED., San Francisco and Columbia: Underwood-Miller. 1981. 1st edition. 1000 copies printed of which this is one of 780 copies comprising the 'trade' edition. Dust wrapper browned at edges, other wise a fine copy in jacket. $30.00

ZELAZNY, Roger., THE GUNS OF AVALON., Garden City: Doubleday. 1972. Early reprint of the 1st edition, with no statement of printing on copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. Mild bruising to tips, a near fine copy in dust wrapper with original price of $5.95 intact on dust wrapper flap. The very sca rce sequel to NINE PRINCES IN AMBER. $100.00

ZELAZNY, Roger., SIGN OF THE UNICORN., Garden City: Doubleday. 1975. Early reprint of the 1st edition, with no statement of printing on copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. Mild bruising to corners, otherwise fine in dust wrapepr which has a diagonal crease across the lower section - a printers err or and issued this way. Jacket has the original price of $5.95 intact on the front flap. The third book in the AMBER Series. $50.00

ZELAZNY, Roger., THE HAND OF OBERON., Garden City: Doubleday. 1976. 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in dust wrapper with slight browning to white paper stock on spine panel. $5.95 price intact on the front flap. The fourth book in the AMBER Series. $60.00

ZELAZNY, Roger., THE COURTS OF CHAOS., Garden City: Doubleday. 1978. 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in dust wrapper with slight browning to white paper stock on spine panel. $7.95 price intact on the front flap. Most copies of this book were remaindered and have the purple speckling on the bottom page edges, this copy does not. The fifth and final book in the original AMBER series. $65.00

ZELAZNY, Roger., MADWAND., Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press. 1981. 1st edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and slipcase, as issued. $55.00

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