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[FINAL TYPESCRIPT FOR HIS NOVEL "BALOOK"]
np: np, 1990. First Edition. 8.5" x 11" typescript (computer word-processor-generated, almost certainly daisy wheel) on perforated printer paper. Minor creasing to some pages. A bit of toning overall. Remnants of a smoky smell (both Anthony and his wife were smokers). Two small corrections to the text, presumably by Anthony.....
THE TIME WINDER
(New York): The Lenox Hill Press, (1970). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in like jacket. Jacket unclipped. Touches of shelfwear, but overall - bright, tight, clean, and sharp. Uncommon sci-fi time-travel novel from Lenox. 192pp.
THE ALIEN ONE
(New York): Arcadia House, (1969). First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale yellow cloth. Near fine in like jacket with just traces of shelfwear to extremities. DJ unclipped. Bright, clean, and sharp overall. First US edition of this sci-fi novel about a deadly tube of unknown alien substance. Originally published.....
MAPS IN A MIRROR: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1990). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF. Very good plus. Spine shows small surface tear and touch of soil. Rear wrapper lightly curled, soiled. Interior bright and clean throughout. Binding tight. Appears largely unread. 675pp. The "complete collection" of Card's short-fiction work.....
PROFILES OF THE FUTURE: An Inquiry Into the Limits of the Possible
New York, Evanston and London: Harper and Row, (1962). First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's paper boards in original dust jacket. Very good. Rear panel toned. Edges lightly worn. Interior clean and bright. Tight.
SCIENCE FICTION HANDBOOK, REVISED
Philadelphia: Owlswick Press, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Very near fine in a good-plus to very good DJ. Moderate chips and tears to jacket, several small losses; light edgewear. Book clean, bright, and unmarred throughout, if slightly toned. 220pp. Classic guide to writing sci-fi, with sections.....
FREAKS' AMOUR
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. About very good, with some soil to rear wrapper, and edgewear. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF copy, with letter from publisher laid in. Clean throughout. 277pp. Proof copy of De Haven's first novel, telling the story of a nuclear.....
STARS IN MY POCKET LIKE GRAINS OF SAND [Advance Uncorrected Proofs]
New York: Bantam Books, (1984). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Light blue printed wraps. Typed letter laid in. With publisher's trial dust jacket for the hardcover edition on heavy cardstock. Slight wear and creasing to jacket. Book near fine. Bound galley of Delany's classic, with a letter addressed to the Bantam.....
TROLLS: An Illustrated Price Guide
(Paducah, KY): Collector Books, (1981). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. Very good. Some rubbing and toning to covers. Small stain to a couple pages, unobstrusive. Else clean and sound. 78pp. Trolls! Miniature. Collectible. Hideous. Trolls. A whole book of them. With pictures. And prices. From the era that.....
A SHADOW OF GULLS
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good plus in near fine jacket. Book has faint foxing to top and fore-edges. Hint of a lean. PO tasteful bookplate to ffep. Jacket unclipped, bright and sharp with just a hint of darkening to underside of jacket.....
OUTLAND
(New York): Warner Books, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Moderate toning and soil to wraps. Clean, bright internally. 269pp. Foster's novelization of the screenplay by Peter Hyams (for the 1981 film starring Sean Connery).
LIMERICKS FOR THE MIDNIGHT HOURS: A Compilation of Verses, Lovecrafty, Swordly, Sorcerous, and Assortedly Eldritch
(Philadelphia): Zadok Allen, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Fine. INSCRIBED by Ganley to title page. Clean throughout. 30pp. Lovecraftian limericks by the editor and publisher of WEIRDBOOK.
ANVIL 14 / Vol. 3 No. 2, January-February 1981
(Birmingham, AL): 1981. Wraps. Side-stapled illustrated wraps. Light edgewear and scuffing to corners. Toning and postal markings to back cover. INSCRIBED by editor: "Grant -- Suncatcher is out. We''ll send your contributor's copy as soon as we repro enough copies. / Jim." Very good plus. 21pp. Clubzine of the Birmingham.....
PLAN FOR CONQUEST
(New York): Arcadia House, (1969). First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale green cloth. Near fine in like jacket with just traces of shelfwear to extremities. DJ unclipped. Bright, clean, and sharp overall. First US edition of this sci-fi novel. Originally published in the UK. 192pp. [Reginald 6057].
WAR YEAR
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange boards in pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. INSCRIBED by Haldeman to title page. Mild soiling to rear panel of jacket. Tiny chunk of FFEP torn off, at upper-right corner. Interior clean and bright throughout. Binding.....
THE CAT WHO WALKS THROUGH WALLS: A Comedy of Manners
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Quarter black cloth over dark gray boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Mild rubbing, toning to jacket. Price clipped. Pages show a bit of toning with age, but remain crisp, clean and unmarked. Binding sound.....
STF TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 1953- Issue #11
Napoleon, OH: STF Trends, 1953. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled in original wraps. Printed mimeo in black and blue inks. Cover heavily foxed and toned with light edgewear. Interior clean and mildly toned. Good and sound. 20pp. Early science fiction fanzine that developed out of The Little Monsters of America.....
LISEY'S STORY
New York: Scribner, (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial boards in printed dust jacket. Near fine or better in like DJ. Minimal hint of soil to top edge of pages. Otherwise bright, crisp, clean, and sharp inside and out. Binding tight. 513pp. First edition/printing of this romantic tale.....
THE BEST OF C.M. KORNBLUTH
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth in graphic dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trivial edgewear to jacket; mild foxing to top edge. Interiro bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 312pp. Collects nineteen stories by Kornbluth, selected and introduced by his longtime collaborator/colleague.....
THE HISTORIAN
New York / Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine or better in like jacket. Barest traces of rubbing to jacket. Else a bright, clean, sharp and tight example. DJ unclipped. First edition / printing of this Dracula-themed tale. Something of a surprise bestseller, this.....
AMNESIA MOON
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Fine in like jacket. First edition / printing of Lethem's novelized homage to Philip K. Dick. 247pp.
AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE
New York: Doubleday, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket. Jacket suffers mild shelfwear. interior clean and bright. Near fine. 212 pp. First edition of Jonathan Lethem's third novel, a satirical science fiction dealing with quantum physics.
CIRCUS WORLD
New York: Berkeley Books, (1981). Second printing. Wraps. 16mo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very good. INSCRIBED by Longyear at title page. Light edgewear to wraps. Pages toned with age, but clean and unmarred throughout. 182pp. Sci-fi tale by the Nebula- and Hugo-award-winning author.
CIRCUS WORLD
New York: Berkeley Books, (1983). First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very good plus. SIGNED by Longyear at title page. Mild edgewear to wraps. Pages toned with age, but clean and unmarred throughout. 200pp. Paperback original of this s-fi tale by the Nebula- and Hugo-award-winning author.
CITY OF BAMBOO
New York: Berkeley Books, (1980). Second edition. Wraps. 16mo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very good. INSCRIBED by Longyear at title page. Mild corner creasing, some toning to wraps. Interior age-toned, but clean throughout. Binding sound. 214pp. Sci-fi tale by the Nebula- and Hugo-award-winning author.