The Day of Creation
London: Victor Gollanz, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected book proof copy of this novel. Fine condition in decorated bound wrappers. Advance reading copy.
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Hello America
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in fine unclipped dustwrapper. A collection of short stories.
Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories (Signed Proof)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Rare uncorrected proofs copy of this short story collection. Fine condition in bound wrappers. SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author.
The Unlimited Dream Company (Signed Proof)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Rare uncorrected proofs copy of this novel by the author of The Atrocity Exhibition. A fine copy in bound wrappers. This copy SIGNED by Ballard. Signed by Author.
Timelike Infinity
London: HarperCollins, 1992. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition of the author's second book. Fine price intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author.
Blood Music
London: Victor Gollanz, 1986. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition of the author's best known work. Fine unclipped dustwrapper.
Of Space/Time and the River
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. #158 of 177 copies signed by author and artist. A fine copy in fine slipcase. Signed by Author.
Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman
Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 224 pp. First hardcover edition. The exploits of Lancelot Biggs was first documented in issues of Amazing Stories, Weird Tales and other pulp sci fi magazines. Pages tanned with age. A very good copy in bright very good price-intact dustwrapper.
Luana The Living
Pasadena: Polaris, 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Early science fiction story by Bradbury published in a fanzine entitled Polaris Volume 1, number 3 in 1940. This item is the complete five page story which has been removed from the original magazine and restapled. A scarce and early piece.
The Martian Chronicles
Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. The celebrated fantasy and science fiction author's second book. A collection of loosely related stories about life on Mars. Some minor professional restoration to spine tips and gutters of dustwrapper. A sharp clean hardbound copy in price intact dustwrapper. One...
The Veldt
No Place: No Publisher. First Edition. Paperback. Original script for this one act play. Printed on rectos only. Brad-bound in thick plain tan paper covers. A story of this name was anthologized in the early 1950's in The Illustrated Man. Staged in 1964, eventually filmed in 1987. This script has...
Space On My Hands
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this collection of science fiction stories. A very good plus copy in brown cloth in fine, as new, dustwrapper.
What Mad Universe
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this science fiction novel by the author of The Fabulous Clipjoint. Light offsetting to endpapers else a clean very good plus clothbound copy in a very good price intact dustwrapper with a bit of rubbing to front panel.
The Sheep Look Up
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this acclaimed science fiction novel that was nominated for the Hugo Award. A strikingly sharp collector's copy. Minute shelfwear else fine in fine price intact dustwrapper. The nicest we have come across in many a year.
Mind Of My Mind (Signed)
Garden City: Doubleday, 1977. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The auhtor's "pre-sequel" to Patternmaster. Second printing lacking the words "First Edition" on the copyright page. Remainder spray to bottom edge else a very good hardbound copy in clipped dustwrapper with a $9.95 price sticker afixed to the front flap. Dustwrapper has...
Islands of Space
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in blue cloth of this science fiction novel. Near fine price intact dustwrapper.
Space Magazine Special Issue Volume One Number One
Washington DC: American Rocketry Association, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Scarce science and science fiction zine with contributions by Campbell (The Science of Science Fiction), Smith and Cronenberg. Clean very good copy in stapled wrappers.
Across The Sea of Stars; An Omnibus Containing the Complete Novels Childhood's End and Earthlight and Eighteen Short Stories / Introduction by Clifton Fadiman
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 584 pp. Stated first edition. Omnibus edition with introduction by Clifton Fadiman. With a few crinkles to tops of a few pages. Light wear to board edges. A much nicer than usual copy of this title which is normally found in...
Childhood's End
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition. Cloth. First edition of one of Clarke's best known works. A Pringle 100 selection. Presaging themes the author would explore in greater detail in 2001 A Space Odyssey. Red cloth binding is lightly shelfworn with minor wear to base of spine. Pages are...
The City and The Stars
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 310 pp. An expansion of an earlier novel entitled Against The Fall of Night. Slight crimp to top of spine else a handsome near fine copy in decorated navy boards. Price intact dustwrapper ($3.75) shows rubbing and wear to edges. Small...
The Deep
Garden City: Doubleday, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the fantasy and science fiction author's uncommon first book. A gorgeous fine book in fine price inact dustwrapper. Looks brand new and quite scarce thus.
Time & Chance An Autobiography
Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. A 444 pp autobiography of fantasy and science fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp. Edited by Catherine de Camp. A fine hardbound copy in dustwrapper. One tiny bump to board edges. Oversized hardbound volume. Illustrated with some photographs.
The Castle Of Iron
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated of this science fiction novel originally published in a shorter form in a Street and Smith pulp magazine of the 1940's. A sharp near fine copy in very good price clipped dustwrapper with some light fading to spine.
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians & A Conflagration Artist (2 Volumes)
Newark: Wildside Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set of Denton's first published works, a collection of fantastic stories. Fine condition. Both copies SIGNED by the author, the illustrator and the introducer (Harold Waldrop for the first volume and Stephen Gould for the second. No dustjackets, as issued. Signed...
Harrigan's File
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 256 pp. A collection of science fiction tales by the author of numerous fantasy and horror books. Some spotting to edges. A very good copy in black boards in very good unclipped dustwrapper.