THE THIRTY-FIRST OF FEBRUARY.
New York: Gnome Press, (1949). First edition of his second book. A collection of 13 stories. A very fine copy in dust jacket. Item #48320 More
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DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition of Bradbury's first book, a collection of 27 of his earliest stories. There were only 3,112 copies in the first printing. 3 x 5" plain white card laid in SIGNED BY BRADBURY WITH DRAWING OF ONE OF HIS MONSTERS and dated in 1989..... Item #53848 More
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. INSCRIBED, "For Eric! Ray Bradbury 4/8/84." Crease to lower rear corner otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with small light splash on the slightly age-toned spine. Item #53996 More
THE STRANGE CASE OF MISS ANNIE SPRAGG.
New York: Frederick Stokes Co., 1928. First edition. A Barron fantasy title about a woman with a stigmata. Set in Italy. "...pagan rebellion against oppresive Christian moralism." Fine in an orange dust jacket with very light edgewear and the spine slightly faded. Fantasy Literature. Item #28570 More
ROGUE IN SPACE.
New York: Dutton, 1957. First edition. Spine ends a little bumped and light offset to hinges otherwise fine in bright dust jacket with light soiling to rear panel, small tear with internal tape repair, and few areas of blue touch up evident on verso. One of his harder titles to..... Item #54753 More
KRAKATIT.
New York: Macmillan, 1925. First U.S. edition. Translated from the Czech by Lawrence Hyde. The story of an engineer who discovers "Krakatit" -- an explosive powerful enough to destroy the world. Bright and nearly fine with barest wear and one small stain to page fore edge. In dust jacket with..... Item #53967 More
LOST BOYS.
(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in red paperwraps with publisher's card stapled inside front cover. Item #30858 More
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie.
(Mantova: Maurizio Corraini, 2002). First edition. Korean artist Suzy Lee's book of photos and drawings for children and adults; with text on only the last two pages ("Is all our life, then . . . but a dream?") in English with Italian translation beneath. Inspired by the whimsey of Lewis..... Item #48903 More
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: And What Alice Found There.
Franklin Hughes. New York: Cheshire House, 1931. First edition thus: limited edition, #1194 of 1200 copies, with illustrations by Franklin Hughes. Quarto, white silk-moire boards somewhat soiled, scattered foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Very good, lacking slipcase. Item #49723 More
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1920. Later printing; originally published in 1913. Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward, who is best known for her illustrations in THE PETER PAN PICTURE BOOK, which was also published by Bell. Seven full-page black-and-white drawings, plus frontis and front cover; several in-text illustrations as..... Item #48751 More
FIREWORKS: Nine Stories in Various Disguises.
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Item #30682 More
THE RAT RACE.
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1950. First edition. Near fine in bright, very good dust jacket with light edge wear and half-inch chip from base of spine. Item #49248 More
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THE SECLUSION & THE CHASM; [2 volumes, the complete series, SIGNED].
(Oakland): Inkshares, (2018 - 2022). First edition of Castle's debut young-adult novel, THE SECLUSION, together with its exciting conclusion, THE CHASM. Two volumes. Paperback originals, EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY CASTLE on title page. The first volume was winner of the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year in Science Fiction;..... Item #71862 More
JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL.
Portia Rosenberg. New York: Bloomsbury, (2004). First US edition. The author's first novel, a fantasy tale of two magicians in the 1800's.Illustrated by Portia Rosenberg. Large, heavy book in fine condition in near fine dust jacket with touch of flattened creasing to head of spine. Item #53310 More
THEY'D RATHER BE RIGHT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., 1957. First edition. Pages tanned as usual otherwise fine in good to very good dust jacket with few 1/4 to 1/2" chips including two on front panel just touching the tips of the first and last letter in the title. Item #53314 More
THE INHERITORS: An Extravagant Story; [Two volumes--first issue and scarce later issue in seldom seen remainder binding].
London: Heinemann, 1901. First UK edition. Conrad and Ford's collaborative quasi-science-fiction novel exploring a societal shift in power. Two volumes: the first issue without dedication page [Cagle A6(3)a] together with a copy of the seldom seen remainder issue [Cagle A6(4)]. FIRST ISSUE is in Cagle's binding "a" with top edge..... Item #53845 More
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: LORD FOUL'S BANE, THE ILLEARTH WAR, and THE POWER THAT PRESERVES; [First trade editions of first 3 books in the series].
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1977). First edition of each of the three volumes with the first one, LORD FOUL'S BANE INSCRIBED BY DONALDSON on title page, "To Candy -/ hope you enjoy it!/ Stephen R. Donaldson/ 10.24.80." Minor foxing to page top edge otherwise fine in near fine..... Item #72013 More
THE HAB THEORY.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1976). First edition. Two small spots on top page edges, otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a few closed edge tears and light soiling. An attractive copy of the author's first science fiction book. Item #30437 More
THE WELL OF THE UNICORN.
New York: William Sloan Associates, (1948). First edition. The first of his two major fantasy novels. Spine a little shaken, otherwise near fine in faintly foxed, very good dust jacket with edges nicked and rubbed, and few small tears. Item #49255 More
THE VOICE OUTSIDE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1982. First edition. Inexplicably scarce 4th book by the author of the award-winning time-travel novel REPLAY. Set in Louisiana where 2 journalists uncover a Russian plot to rule the world using telepathy-inducing drugs as a means of mind control. (The book seems to have been..... Item #71955 More
A TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL, HURRAH!
London: Faber and Faber, (1972). First British edition. SIGNED by the author on half-title page. Published in the States as TUNNEL THROUGH THE DEEPS. An alternate history story set in (an alternate) 1973--George Washington lost the Battle of Lexington, and was executed as a traitor, and as a result America..... Item #52313 More
THE LOST CAVERN And Other Tales of the Fantastic.
New York: Vanguard Press, (1948). First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket with one-inch splits at bottom of rear flap and spine folds neatly repaired on verso with archival tape. Still attractive. Item #49274 More
ORPHANS OF THE SKY.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. True first edition. Although the dust jacket proclaims it to be the "First publication in this country of "A Classic of Science Fiction," the UK edition actually precedes the U.S. Contains two novellas published in the U.S. in serial form in Astounding Science Fiction magazine..... Item #54773 More
THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND: And Other Novels.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946. First combined edition: four novels, appearing in the U.S. for the first time. Only a little over 3,000 copies printed. H. P. Lovecraft lists the title novel and other works by Hodgson as among his greatest influences (Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature). Spine lettering..... Item #49207 More
THE WANDERER.
London: Dennis Dobson, (1967). First UK edition and first edition in hardback of this Hugo Award-winning book. In first-issue dust jacket without Seacon seal on front cover. Bright and near fine in like dust jacket with spine subtly tanned, light crease to top front panel, and only mild soiling to..... Item #53313 More