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
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
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
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For Eric! Ray Bradbury 4/8/84." Crease to lower rear corner otherwise near fine; in very good or better dust jacket with touch of light soiling, head of spine nicked, and small light splash to slightly age-toned spine..... Item #53996 More
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
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
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
(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in red paperwraps with publisher's card stapled inside front cover. Item #30858 More
(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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. His second novel. About a fantasy baseball league powered by the roll of the dice. 8vo silver-stamped quarter red cloth, tan paper boards stamped in red; top edge blue. Very good or better with page top and board edges faintly foxed, flattened crease..... Item #54065 More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition. His second story collection. SIGNED by the author as Leinster, and with his real name, William F[itzgerald] Jenkins. Leinster is credited with the invention of parallel universe stories, such as this collection's title story, which first appeared in 1934 in Astounding Stories magazine. Hinges..... Item #49173 More
(Sauk City): Arkham House, (1985). First edition. SIGNED BY LUPOFF on the title page. Meticulously researched historical novel concerning an offer made by the fascist sympathizer, George Sylvester Viereck, to Lovecraft, who he hired to write a political tract in exchange for the promised publication of a volume of Lovecraft's..... Item #71722 More
New York: Ballantine Books, (2009). First edition, second printing. INSCRIBED by author on title page, "To Britt, Glad we agree on the scary democracy. Cheers!" Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #53589 More