Earth Abides (1949) (Signed) by George R. Stewart - 1949

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1902. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: BLEILER'S "CHECKLIST OF SCIENCE-FICTION AND SUPERNATURAL FICTION". BLUE CLOTH COVERED DECORATED BOARDS WITH WHITE TITLES ON THE SPINE ANDFRONT COVER AND PICTORIAL DECORATION IN ORANGE, BLACK, AND WHITE, 32 PAGECATALOGUE DATED FEB. 1902 FOLLOWING A TWO PAGE LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE.BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS MODERATELY WORN, SPINEPANEL DARKEND A BIT, AND ENDPAPERS BROWNED BUT NOT BRITTLE WITH EVIDENCEOF BOOKPLATE REMOVED ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER. AN EXCELLENT COPYOF A VERY RARE EARLY COLLECTION OF BUCHAN STORIES.. Keywords: BLEILER, LOST RACE, FANTASY, ABCDEF.

New York, Chicago, Toronto: Frank A. Munsey Company / Red Star / All-Fiction Field, Inc. / Popular Publications, Inc. 1st Editions 1939-1953 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order. An order from outside the US or Canada cannot be accepted due to the impossibility of satisfying the necessary export requirements and documentation. 81 pulp magazines, standard pulp size (4 1951 issues were a somewhat smaller 8 by 6 inch size). Many 1948-1952 issues are Canadian printings which have the same contents, covers and dates as their US counterparts, but are a little taller, and differ in the copyright information and back cover advertisements (Canadian breweries). The COMPLETE 81-issue run of this fantasy / science fiction / horror pulp magazine, September-October 1939 through June 1953. The first few issues contained mostly shorter fantasy works, reprinted from the Munsey chain of pulp magazines. Within a few months, each… Read More

Ultramarine Press, 1987. First. Hardbound. A fine bright copy. here offered is copy "5". of an edition of 150, this is one of 16 signed lettered copies finely bound in full leather by Denis Gouey. 325 pp.

Putnam, 1963 First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular dustjacket that is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp.

London: Martin Secker, First edition 1916.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 324 pages. Original maroon cloth in good tight clean condition, lettered and ruled in black Top edge slightly dusty Front pastedown with two neat owners' signatures. Endpapers slightly browned. Dustjacket, unclipped, with only minor wear and rubbing to edges. The spine slightly browned. Despite these minor blemishes the volume presents very well. Important first novel by Welsh author Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, 1870-1948. A rare dystopian science fiction work in which a vellum scroll is found in a metal cylinder in the Andes. This relates the dystopian history of the miniature planet Meleager, where the practice of eugenics ensures the death of defective children and where women have no power or political rights A rare book with a possible influence on Charlotte Haldane's Man's World and feminist dystopian literature generally, especially in the areas of eugenics and male patriarchy

Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. First Edition (stated) . Cloth/Boards. Near Fine Book/Near Fine Dustjacket. One of a small number of subscriber's copies, signed by Bester on the front endpaper. A bright and almost unworn book, with copythe signature of a 1950's fan with his September 1953 date, all in small letters at top corner of front free endpaper. DJ bright and unfaded, not price-clipped, with a 1/8" square chip at top of front flap fold, and a little wear at top and bottom of spine and the other tips.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007. First edition, first printing. Signed with just his name on the title page. This 36 page chapbook is in fine condition in stapled wraps. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. . Signed. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Like New.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red, with gilt lettering on spine; publisher's monogram on rear cover, bound without ads. Very Good. Lean to binding. Cloth lightly rubbed, offsetting to endsheets. A late Victorian-era science fiction novel, written by W. H. Hudson and published anonymously. Scarce.

This First Printing is in very good condition with a former owner's bookplate on the front endsheet. The dustjacket is in good condition with some slight edge chipping and the price clipped from the upper inside corner. The book is autographed by Frank Herbert on the title page. This book will make an excellent addition to the library of the serious collector of fine and rare books.