Search Results: Authors starting with R from Astro Trader Books

[GEORGE RAYMOND RICHARD MARTIN]. GARDNER DOZOIS (EDITOR). PATH OF THE DRAGON - A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (GAME OF THRONES). Dell Magazines, New York, December 2000. Vol 24, No 12, Whole No 299. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, faint reading crease, trivial minor shelf wear to lower extremities near tail of spine, else pages are clean and binding tight. A about fine copy. Hand signed 4X on each of the title pages of stories by; George R.R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Cory Doctorow and Kage Baker. First appearance ever of George R.R. Martin's novella "Path of the Dragon" a story of the character Queen Daenerys I Targaryen, Daenerys Stormborn from the A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) series, based on the Daenerys chapters from the third novel in the series: A Storm of Swords that was nominated for the Nebula Award. A Storm of Swords was later made for the HBO television series Game of Thrones from 2013-2014 in the third, fourth and some parts of the fifth season series. The previous… Read More

[PETER RABINOWITSCH]. MISSION FOR VENGEANCE. Gold Medal / Fawcett, Greenwich, Conn., 1958. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Gold Medal #S773 with the original 35 cent price on the cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to extremities, spine is uncreased, slight spine slant, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A excellent very good plus to about near fine copy. Cover art by Ernest "Darcy" Chiriacka. Rare vintage paperback first edition pulp fiction, collectible. 190 pgs. 16mo.

[RALPH J. ROSKE, CHARLES VAN DOREN]. LINCOLN'S COMMANDO. Pyramid Books, New York, 1958. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Pyramid G356 with the original 35 cent price on the front cover. Condition: Good+. Appears barely read, rubbing to spine, slight spine slant, creases near spine and to covers, one centimeter closed tear at head of spine, half centimeter closed tear at tail of spine, aged spine glue though binding is good, pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A well worn paperback book but overall intact. Historical fiction of Civil War Union officer Lieutenant William Cushing. Classic historical fiction, a excellent reading copy, vintage paperback. 224 pgs. 16mo.

[RANDALL GARRETT, VICKI ANN HEYDRON]. THE RIVER WALL. Bantam Spectra, 1986. First Edition, First printing. True first edition with full number line. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to spine, a few millimeters staining to top edges of covers, rubbing to corner edges, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. This is the seventh and final chapter in the The Gandalara Cycle series. Cover art by Jim Burns. Vintage paperback original science fiction, uncommon collectible. 276 pgs. 16mo.

[TERENCE RATTIGAN]. SEPARATE TABLES. Random House, New York, 1957 (1955). First U.S. Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, minor edge wear, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the first inner flap, micro-chips to extremities, chips to spine ends, damp stain on spine else a very good plus to about fine handsome jacket in a professional collector's Brodart archival sleeve. The movie of the same name was released by United Artists in 1958 directed by Delbert Mann, starred actors Burt Lancaster, David Niven, Rita Hayworth and Deborah Kerr with cinematography by Charles Lang. Illustrated with B&W theater photo stills. Modern first plays from a major author, highly collectible. 177 pgs.

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, New York, April 1995. Vol. 88, no. 4, Whole no. 527. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill bauman. Featuring short stories and novelettes by Ray Bradbury, Robert Reed, Ray Vukcevich, Maureen F. McHugh, Marcos Donnelly and more. First appearance of the short story by Ray Bradbury " Another Fine Mess ". Cover art by Jill Bauman. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[RAY BRADBURY, ROBERT SHECKLEY]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, August 1971. Vol. 18, No. 8. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, minor rubbing to covers, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First appearance ever by author Ray Bradbury of the mystery thriller short story "My Perfect Murder" retitled later as "The Utterly Perfect Murder" and short story by Robert Sheckley "Three Sinners in the Green Jade Moon" which appeared in Sheckley's 1971 hardcover Sci-Fi collection published later the same year retitled as " Pas De Trois of the Chef and the Waiter and the Customer" in "Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?". Centerfold photography by Mario Casilli of the 1971 Miss August Playmate Cathy Lynn Rowland, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Classic science fiction first appearance short stories, vintage Playboy collectible.

[RAYMOND FISHER JONES, RANDALL GARRETT]. ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION FACT SCIENCE FICTION. Conde Nast, New York, Feb. 1962. Condition: Very Good / Good. With rubbing, creases to covers, on spine, light soiling typical of pulp fiction magazines of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Cover art by Lloyd Birmingham. First appearance of the novella " The Great Gray Plague." Raymond F. Jones was the author of "This Island Earth" and"Rat Race". Also first appearance story "Hail to the Chief" from Randall Garrett under the pen name Sam & Janet Argo.Classic science fiction pulp collectible. 180 pgs. 12mo.

[MATT REEVES, MARK BOMBACK]. WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. 20th Century Fox, Los Angeles, 2017. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Final draft shooting script, FYC nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Special Effects. Starring actor Andy Serkis who also starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy films. Classic Sci-Fi screenplay collectible. 116 pgs. Small 8vo.

MICHAEL D. RESNICK. GODDESS OF GANYMEDE. Paperback Library, New York, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition in paperback. Condition: Very Good+. With micro chips mostly on back cover edge extremities, mild reading crease, minor rubbing on spine, light soiling typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. This was Michael Resnick's earliest novel, a Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche and the first book in the Ganymede series. Cover art by Jeff Jones and six full page illustrations by Neal MacDonald, Jr. Rare fantasy pulp and collectible.

[SHELLY REUBEN]. JULIAN SOLO. (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY). Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Jacket is price clipped with light shelf wear. Cover art by Don Brautigam. Winner of the 1989 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Signed, dated on June 22, 1988 and inscribed on the title page by author Shelly Reuben to her nephew. Modern first horror novel, signed presentation copy, collectible. 216 pgs. 8vo.

[MACK REYNOLDS]. SPACE PIONEER. ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION / FACT. COMPLETE THREE BOOK SET.Conde Nast, New York, 1965. Vol. 76, No. 1 (September), No. 2 (October), No. 3 (November). With the original 50 cent cover price. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread with light edge wear, date store stamps on the front covers of the October, November Analog issues typical of pulp magazines of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. First appearance ever of the novel, "Space Pioneer", by Mack Reynolds. Contributions by Poul Anderson under the pseudonym Michael Karageorge, one of only about three novelettes ever published under this name, Ben Bova, Randall Garrett, H. Beam Piper and other science fiction writers of the day. Cover art by John Schoenherr and Kelly Freas. Classic pulp science fiction collectible. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[MACK REYNOLDS]. JOHN W. CAMPBELL. (EDITOR). ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION. THE FIVE WAY SECRET AGENT. COMPLETE 2 BOOK SET. Conde Nast, New York, 1969. Vol. 83, No. 2 (April), No.3 (May). With the original cover price of 60 cents. First Edition. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, creases to covers typical of vintage pulp magazines of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. Classic science fiction pulp set, collectible. This is the first appearance ever of the story; "The Five Way Secret Agent" by Mack Reynolds, the first of Lagrange series. Contributions by Jack Wodhams, Perry A. Chapdelaine and others. Cover art by Kelly Freas. 180 pgs. 8vo digest size.

[GEORGINA ANN RANDOLPH WALKER CRAIG]. THE NAME IS MALONE. Pyramid, New York, 1958. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Pyramid #G350 with the original 35 cent price on the cover. Condition: VG. Appears barely read, reading creases, rubbing to spine, micro-chips to extremities typical of vintage paperbacks of this age, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight.A scarce book in any condition. Craig Rice is pseudonym of Georgina Ann Randolph Walker Craig one of the earliest female pulp fiction writers of the Golden Age. This is the author's very first collection of 10 short stories featuring her most famous protagonist John J. Malone. Cover art by Robert Patterson. Classic hard-boiled detective pulp fiction vintage paperback collection from a major author, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. THE WARLORD OF MARS. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, circa 1932 (1919). Reprint. Condition: Good. Appears gently read, in original publisher's green cloth with black titles, publisher's red top stain, fraying to spine ends, scuffs, light soiling to covers, foxing throughout pages mostly the first few pages, title page, else pages are clean, unmarked and binding good. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection and bookstore sticker on rear pastedown. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of the The Warlord of Mars from G&D publishers. First appearance in the 1913 issue pulp magazine The All-Story. Frontispiece illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Classic ERB fantasy adventure novel, a good reading copy. 296 pgs. + [16 pgs Ads.] 8vo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. THE BANDIT OF HELL'S BEND. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1926 (1925). Reprint. Condition: G+. Appears unread, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, fraying to corners, hinge starting, rubbing, shallow chip, soiling, fraying to spine ends else pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding good. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of The Bandit of Hell's Bend from G&D publishers, uncommon in any condition. First appearance in 1924 as a six part serial in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly. Frontispiece illustrated by Modest Stein. Classic ERB western adventure novel, collectible. 316 pgs. 8vo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, circa 1929 (1928). Reprint. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, one interior plate loose, corner bumping, else pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection, a few scuffs on ffep offset from the glue on bookplate. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of the Tarzan Lord of the Jungle from G&D publishers, uncommon in this about fine to very good plus condition. First appearance in the 1927 issue pulp magazine Blue Book Magazine. Frontispiece and three interior plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Classic ERB fantasy adventure novel, collectible. 377 pgs. 8vo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. CARSON OF VENUS. WWII U.S. NAVY MILITARY ASSOCIATION COPY. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzana, California, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Very Good+. Appears barely read, in original publisher's blue pebbled cloth lettered stamped in red, top edge red, maps to endpapers, rubbing to edges, scattered soiling, light scuffs to faded cloth board covers else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Print run: 3,500, scarce thus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not price clipped with the original $2.00 on upper inner flap, faint crease to inner flap, scarce original first state laminated dust jacket new old stock uncirculated printed in 1939 by ERB, Inc., in professional collector Brodart plastic sleeve. A magnificent copy with well preserved pristine original dust jacket and with WWII association. Hand signed and inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs on the front endpaper to Captain Robert Joseph Coontz Navy Commander (U.S.S. Wedderburn) the grandson of Admiral… Read More

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. THE OUTLAW OF TORN. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, circa 1928 (1914). Reprint. Condition: VG. Appears gently read, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, spine slant, rubbing to spine edges, one inch tear at the bottom of pages 83/84, soiling at bottom edges of first few pages, minor hairline scuff to front cover else pages are generally clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of The Outlaw of Torn from G&D publishers. First appearance in a four part serial in 1914 in the pulp magazine New Story Magazine. Classic ERB historical gothic fiction adventure novel, collectible. 298 pgs. +[12 pages Ads.]. 8vo.

[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. THE MUCKER. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1922 (1921). Reprint. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, no publisher's top stain, a touch of fraying to spine ends, light micro-scuffs to spine edges, a few faint damp stains to rear panel, minor bumping to head of spine, else pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection and bookstore stamp on rear pastedown. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. Uncommon in this very good plus to about near fine condition. Four plates total including frontispiece and three interior plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Classic ERB fantasy adventure novel, collectible. 414 pgs. + [20 pgs Ads.] 8vo.