Cracken at Critical
Surrey, UK: Kerosina, 1987. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 1987. First Trade edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 191pp. Fine in fine dust jacket, Internally clean and unmarked.
Science Fiction
Vault of the Ages
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 1952, First Edition, 210 pp. Hardcover, navy cloth. Previous owner's signature on the fly leaf, otherwise a Fine, unmarked, strong copy. In a Good, first issue dust jacket (10 titles listed on rear) with shallow chipping along the top edge; some rubbing;.....
Group of 8 Science Fiction Periodicals, Including Astounding Science Fiction, January 1952, Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952, December 1953, October 1963, December 1968, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1953, February 1954, and August 1955
New York: Street and Smith/, 1952-1968. Paperback. Group of 8 science fiction periodicals, including a single issue of Astounding Science Fiction, January 1952, four issues of Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952, December 1953, October 1963, December 1968, and three issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1953.....
Issue at Hand, Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction
Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1964. Second edition. Hardcover. 1964. Second edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 136pp. Very good in good dust jacket. Chipping, tattering, and shallow loss to dj head. Dj remains intact. Internally clean and unmarked.
Walking on Glass
London: Macmillan, 1985. First UK edition. Hardcover. 1985. First UK edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 239pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pages age toned, as is usual for Macmillan puublications.
Inversions
London: Orbit, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Banks! First edition, 1988, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 336+pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ fine, in protective mylar wrap.
Inversions
London: Orbit, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Banks! First edition, 1988, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 336+pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ fine, in protective mylar wrap.
Akcja "L" Powiesc fantastyczno-naukowa, translated into Polish from the Czech by Rudolf Janicek
Katowice: 1962. Published 1962, pictorial boards with cloth spine, some wear, still very good. Science fiction.
Reckoning in Red: From the Case Files of Dan Turner, P.I. Volume 1
Bloomington, IL: Black Dog Books, 2001. Paperback. Paperback, 2001, octavo, 79pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild shelfwear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Group of Star Trek Paperbacks, Including Star Trek 1-12, and Star Trek Logs 1-6
New York: Bantam Books, 1972-1977. Later printing/ first printing thus. Paperback. Group of 18 Star Trek Bantam paperbacks, including the complete run of Star Trek by James Blish, volumes 1-12, all later printings, and Stark Trek Logs by Alan Dean Foster, volumes 1-6, first Bantam paperback printings. 1972-1977. Paperback, 8vo.....
The Crazy Indian
Chicago: Tattered Pages Press, 1987. Paperback. Paperback, 1987, octavo, 60pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with rubbing and mild edgewear to wrap, stapled binding tight, mild wear to corners and edges of pages. No DJ.
Mars
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. Hardcover. Limited to 350 copies, this one is #90; author's signature at limitation page and inscription at title page. Red cloth, 8vo. All edges gilt. Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. Tight, clean copy; unmarked text. Sharp. DJ is price-clipped; only flaw to either book.....
Venus
new york: Tor, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author at title page. 302 pp. Hardcover. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Book looks and feels new, like right off the shelf. All contents clean, bright and unmarked. DJ housed in mylar sleeve. This book came from a......
Long After Midnight
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 1976. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 271pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Minor scuffing to dj. Wear to spine ends. Internally bright and unmarked. A first of Bradbury's short story collection which includes The Burning Man, Getting.....
The Secret of Mankind, with some singular hints gathered in the elsewheres or after-life, from certain eminent personages as also some brief account of the planet Mercury and of its institutions
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, green cloth gilt, very good or better with just a hint of soil to covers, owner's name from 1896 on flyleaf, lightest soil to top edge of text block, text clean and bright. Science-Fiction novel cited by Bleiler and.....
Earth Is But a Star: Excursions Through Science Fiction to the Far Future
Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 2001. Paperback. Paperback, 2001, octavo, 466pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild rubbing to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
Veiled Victory, Inscribed by O. Chester Brodhay
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by O. Chester Brodhay on the front flyleaf. 1941. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in red cloth, with dust jacket. 356pp. Very good in good+ dust jacket. Shallow chipping and soil to dj extremities. Dj is unclipped, and now housed in mylar.....
27 Shannara books, mainly first editions, hb d/j, first 7 inscribed
Hardcover. 1. The Sword of Shannara (1991, new author's note, 1st ed. inscribed); 2. The Elfstones of Shannara (1st, 1982, book with some waterstaining, inscribed, dust jacket fine); 3. Wishsong of Shannara (1st, 1985, inscribed, F/F); 4. The Scions of Shannara, 5th prtg, inscribed, F/F); 5. The Druid of Shannara.....
Stand on Zanzibar
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1968. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 505 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, a bit of splitting repair to the front inner hinge, minor age-toning to the page-edges, owner's name-stamp on the front.....
Memory: A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure
Riverdale: Baen, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Bujold on the titlepage. First edition, 1996. Hardcover in dust jacket, 462 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, a bit of cocking to the book's covers, dust jacket with minor creasing at the tips. Dust jacket.....
Escape on Venus
New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. First from this publisher. Cloth in dust jacket, book near fine with just a touch of wear, jacket VG with some soil and light wear.
Land of Terror
New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. First from this publisher. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good with tiny scattered spots to text block edges, jacket very good with light wear and soil.
Llana of Gathol
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1948. First printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth lettered in red, in dust jacket, book very good sharp copy with some offsetting to endpapers, jacket good with some moderate shelfwear and soil, shallow chipping to jacket spine.
Pirates of Venus
New York: Canaveral Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First from this publisher. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good with tiny scattered spots to text block edges, jacket very good with light wear and soil.
Tanar of Pellucidar
New York: Canaveral Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First from this publisher. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good with tiny scattered spots to text block edges, jacket very good with light wear and soil.