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Los Angeles: 4th World Science Fiction Convention Society, 1946. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover By Lou Goldstone. Covers + 48 Pp Of Ads And Support Statements. Promotional Fund-Raising Booklet For The Convention. At The Convention, In His Keynote Speech, Van Vogt Foresaw An Atomic War "Because Human Beings Have Not Yet Learned To Understand Themselves. Notice That I Did Not Say They Haven't Learned To Understand Others- It Is Themselves They Don't Understand", A Concern Which Later Led To His Work In Developing Dianetics With L Ron Hubbard, His Assuming Reesponsibility For The Dianetics Organization When It Went Bankrupt In 1951, And Later To His Founding Of The International Dianetic Society. Signed By A E Van Vogt On His Centerfold; He Was Guest Of Hionor At This Convention, And His Book "Slan" Was The Source Of The Informal Motto "Fans Are Slans". Van Vogt Was Awarded A Retroactive Hugo Award For This Novel In 2016. Also Signed By… Read More

Caxton, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Jacket. Color Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations. 124 Pp. Beige Cloth Printed In Maroon. "First Printing September 1948" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Slight Usage, A Few Long Closed Tears And Short Closed Tearss But Bright And Unfaded. Wildly Fantastic And Childish Adventures.

Caxton, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Co,Or Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations. 124 Pp. Beige Cloth Printed In Maroon. "First Printing September 1948" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Some Wear, Small Tears And Losses At Edges But Bright And Unfaded. Wildly Fantastic And Childish Adventures.

New York: Orchard Books, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 122 Pp. Brown Cloth/Green Boards. As New In As New Dj, Not Price-Clipped. A 1990 Newbery Honor Book.

New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition [stated] . Blue Boards. Fine Book/Fine DJ. 223 Pp. Blue Boards. First Printing Of First American Edition. Fine Book [Mere Touch Of Rubbing At Corners Of Spine, No Rubbing To Tips], In A Fine, As-New Dust Jacket. Book And Dj Were Protected By A Tightly Fitting Folding Heavy Plastic Protector, Hence No Wear To Boards Except A Few Small Areas On Ends Of Spine, But There Is A Little Foxing To The Endpapers Opposite Where The Dj Protector Folds Were Taped Together, No Tape Ever On Book Or Dj. Signed By Clarke And Dated By Him "2 Sept '56" For A Long-Time Sf Fan From Whom We Obtained This. Signed By Arthur C. Clarke.

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First Ediiton 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 140 Pp. Red Cloth/ Brown Boards. A Reprint Of The Gehenna Press Edition Which Was Designed By Leonard Baskin. Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $7.95, No Marks.

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First Ediiton 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 140 Pp. Red Cloth/ Brown Boards. A Reprint Of The Gehenna Press Edition Which Was Designed By Leonard Baskin. Fine, Some Fading To Red Topstain Near Spine. In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $7.95, No Marks.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1968. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 127 Pp. Grey Wrappers Printed In Black, With Purple "Uncorrected" Stamp On Front Cover. First Published Edition Of The Author's First Book. From The London Times: " Mr.Hamilton Has Turned The Nursery Tale On Its Head With A Disturbing, If Not Lethal, Bump. All The Little Animals Is Compelling, Original, And In Its Own Peculiar Way Even Frightening." A Film (Starring John Hurd) Was Made Of The Book, Which Is Scarce In Collectible Condition In The British First Edition. A Bright, Clean, Example Of The Scarce Uncorrected Proof, No Wear, But A Few Cryptic Dates Or Notes On Verso Of Last Page..

Los Angeles, 2009. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Poster 17" X 11" To Promote A Memorial Program For Sf/Fantasy/Horror Fan/Agent/Publisher/Collector Forrest J. Ackerman.

Boston: Little Brown, 1983. First Edition (stated) 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. 709 Clean And Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Fine Book, No Wear Or Marks Or Stains, Not Price-Clipped And In A Protective Brodart Cover. Bookseller's Label At Bottom Corner Of Front Free Endpaper.

Boston: Little Brown, 1983. First Edition (stated) 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. 709 Clean And Unmarked Pages. No Inscriptions. Fine Book, No Wear Or Marks Or Stains, Slight Bumping To Bottom Edge Of Spine. Dj Fine, No Wear, Not Price-Clipped And In A Protective Brodart Cover.

Boston: Little Brown, 1983. First Edition (stated) 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. 709 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing. No Inscriptions. Fine Book, No Wear Or Marks Or Stains, Not Price-Clipped And In A Protective Brodart Cover.

London: Ward, Locke & Co, 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Half-Tone Frontispiece By M.S. Ball, With Tissue Guard. 328 Pp. Blue Ribbed Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind On Spine An Front Cover. First Edition, 1908 Date On Title Page; Also Known With A 16 Pp Catalog At End, Priority Unknown. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Light Rubbing To Cloth At Edges (Mostly At Corners), Slight Foxing To Endpapers, No Marks, Hinges Tight And Without Cracks.

Barcelona Spain: Bruguera, 1969. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 782 Pp. Massive But Small Format Soft Cover First Printig, 1969. Slight Usage, Near Fine, No Marks.

London: John Murray, 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. (I), 210; (I), Viii, 214. Quarter Calf, 6 Compartments, Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition, With Fifth Edition Of The First Part, Third Edition Of The Second Part, Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part, First Printed Here (In This Third Edition Of Part Ii.) Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards, With Preliminary And Final Blanks, No Ads, No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges, Joints And Hinges Solid, Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges, Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood, No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition, With The First Printing Of The Appendix, Is Quite Scarce.

San Francisco: Sisu, 1972. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine Jacket. Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Signed By Author. first edition, fine in jacket, one of 1000 copies, this copy signed by the author. Poetry, with illustrations by Hannes Bok.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Fe Near Fine In Complete, Near Fine Dj Priced $3.95, With Just A Trace Of Edge Wear, Small Clear Tape Reinforcement At Bottom Of Spine. Nice "Best Wishes" And Full Signature Of Campbell On First Free Endpaper. Per Wikipedia, John Wood Campbell Jr. (1910 - 1971) Was An American Science Fiction Writer And Editor. He Was Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction (Later Called Analog Science Fiction And Fact) From Late 1937 Until His Death And Was Part Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction. Campbell Wrote Super-Science Space Opera Under His Own Name And Stories Under His Primary Pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell Also Used The Pen Names Karl Van Kampen And Arthur Mccann. His Novella Who Goes There? Was Adapted As The Films The Thing From Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), And The Thing (2011). It Is As Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction From Late 1937 Until His Death For Which Campbell Is Primarily… Read More

Warner Books, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 196, (Xvii). Illustrated Boards. First Printing Indicated. With The Hechler Non-Fiction Article On Child Prostitution Bound In At Rear. Signed By Vachss On The Title Page. Fine In Fine Wrap-Around Band, As Issued. Remainder Mark On Top Edge.

London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871. First Separate Edition, First Printing . Violet Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover Illustration By W. Patterson. Pp. [1]-64,[1]-8 Of Ads. First Issue, With "Price Sixpence" And "From Blackwood's Magazine May 1871" On Front Cover, And 1871 Date In Roman Numerals At Foot Of Title Page. First Separate Publication Of This Short Story About A Fictional Invasion Of England By Germany. A Bright, Clean, Almost Unused Copy. Spine Faded To Light Violet, As Is A 1/8" Vertical Strip Adjacent To The Spine On The Rear Cover. Very Scarce In Such Exceptional Condition, This Being The Best Copy We Have Seen In 30 Years.

New York: Doubleday, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 207 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Silver Gilt. Red Cloth Over Boards. Stated First Edition. First Edition, So Scarce That In 1997 Van Vogt Told Me That He Did Not Have A Copy Himself. Inscribed On Title Page By Van Vogt. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.50.