Cloak of Aesir
Chicago, IL: Shasta Publishers, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 255 PP. Stated 'First Edition" on the copyright page. Original black cloth with some light rubbing. Lacks DJ. More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Penultimate Truth (PBO)
New York: Belmont, 1964. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 174 PP. "A Belmont Book - September, 1964" stated on copyright page as called for. Belmont Books 92-603. WWIII novel based upon Dick's earlier "The Defenders" short story that appeared in Galaxy magazine in January of..... More
The Simulacra (PBO)
New York: ACE Books, 1964. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 1/2 Inches. 192 PP. Extremely clean copy. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. ACE Books F-301. More
Utopia 14 (1ST PB)
New York: Bantam, 1954. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 312 PP. First paperback printing of Vonnegut's Player Piano. Cover art by Charles Binger. Light toning to spine and a hint of wear at spine ends. Looks to be an unread copy. More
The Quest: A Report on Extraterrrestrial Life (SIGNED TO HUGO & NEBULA AWARD WINNING AUTHOR FREDERIK POHL)
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 323 PP. Stated "First Edition" with original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed to Frederik Pohl on the half title-page. A few red ink page numbers on the front flap..... More
The Shrinking Man (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
New York: Fawcett Publications, 1956. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 192 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Basis for the 1957 film of the same name. In addition to this early film version, the novel was a main inspiration for the Disney 1989..... More
Anti-Man (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY - CRITICAL OF OWN BOOK TITLE)
New York: Paperback Library, 1970. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 142 PP. First and only printing of this very early Koontz Sci-Fi novel. Signed and inscribed to noted Koontz collector and friend, Gary Elswick. Signed: "To Gary, My title was -The Mystery of the Flesh..... More
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (SIGNED 1ST)
New York: Pocket Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 219 PP. First Book Club Edition with proper letter code of "O23" on page 218. Signed by McIntyre on laid-in bookplate. A superb copy. More
Foundation's Edge
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 366 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.95 intact on front flap. Hint of wear to DJ edges, else a fine copy. More
Foundation and Earth
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 356 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. Hint of wear to DJ edges, else a fine copy. More
Under the Moons of Mars: A history and anthology of " the Scientific Romance" in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 (SIGNED 1ST)
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 433 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $7.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Sam Moskowitz directly on the half title-page. History of romance in science fiction..... More
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (SIGNED)
New York: TOR Books, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 675 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Card directly on the half title-page. More
Children of the Atom
New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 216 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.75 intact on front flap. Stunning cover art by Frank Kelly Freas. One closed tear to top of front panel and a hint of..... More
"Dr. Bones" (not Jones) COMPLETE SIX VOLUME First Printing Set (PBO); Beyond Indiana Jones, Beyond Doctor Who, The Incredible Adventurer Whose Exploits Span the Stars.
New York: ACE Books, 1988. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. First printing of each and every paperback original in the "Dr. Bones" sci-fi series. Based on the character created by the legendary STERANKO! As Steranko was one of the original character designers of the..... More
Vortex Science Fiction VOL. 1, NO. 1
New York: Specific Fiction Corp. 1953. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 160 PP. Classic original 50's sci-fi pulp! Includes 20 stories by the likes of Jack Vance, Lester Del Rey, Fred Sorrell and Milton Lesser. Light scuffing to covers. Bump to crown of spine and..... More
2312
New York: Orbit Books, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 561 PP. “Humans were still not only the cheapest robots around, but also, for many tasks, the only robots that could do the job. They were self-reproducing robots too." Kim Stanley Robinson, 2312 Winner..... More
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 547 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $38.00 on the front flap. More
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1st)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 inches. 191 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Original black boards with blue title stamping to spine. Corners lightly bumped, else a fine copy of..... More
David Starr Space Ranger (1st UK)
Surrey: The World's Work Ltd., 1953. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 192 PP. Stated "First Published 1953" on the copyright page. Original plain red cloth binding. Price of "8/6 net" intact on front flap. First of six juvenile "Lucky Starr" series books written by Asimov under..... More
Tales from the White Hart (1st PRINTING)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 179 PP. First printing with no additional copyright dates on copyright page. Original price of $5.75 intact on front flap. First hardcover printing of Clarke's stories inspired by tales told at the "White Hart"..... More
The Crucible of Power: The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson (Volume Five)
Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 521 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $40.00 intact on front flap. One of only 500 copies produced. More
The Hard SF Renaissance
New York: TOR Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 960 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $39.95 intact on front flap. Small ink dot on bottom gutter, else a fine copy..... More
The Perfect Host (1st Thus)
Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1998. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 386 PP. First printing of the North Atlantic "Complete Stories" issue with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Volume V of the XIII volume set. Original price of $27.50 intact on..... More
Case and the Dreamer (1st Thus)
Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2010. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 375 PP. First printing of the North Atlantic "Complete Stories" issue with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Volume XIII of the XIII volume set. Original price of $35.00 intact on..... More
Metropolis; The Classic Novel of the City of the Future
New York: ACE, 1963. Jack Gaughan. Original wraps. Original first ACE printing of the 1925 german novel that became the hit film of the same name. The novel was the basis for and written in tandem with Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. Cover and title page artwork by Jack Gaughan..... More