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BLEILER, Everett F. The Checklist of Fantastic Literature
BLEILER, EVERETT F. The Checklist of Fantastic Literature, Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. Octavo, first edition, pp. xix, 455, burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Intro by Bleiler with a huge list of "science fiction, fantasy and weird books" by author giving title, date, and publisher but not much else; still, the book was a huge achievement for Bleiler, considering he was a pioneer working with little reference to use. The outrageous Hannes Bok dust jacket here is hard to find intact. Condition of this book: Jacket is chipped at edges with small loss at head of spine, darkened, with damp stain on the back panel. The book is very good, with a few minor marks and dust-darkened edges.
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200.00 USD
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BLISH, James. The Star Dwellers
BLISH, JAMES. The Star Dwellers, New York: Putnam, 1961. Octavo, first edition with no additional printings listed on copyright page, pp. 192, blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine and front. Condition of this book: Very good bright jacket with minor loss at head of spine, short tear near bottom of front panel. Book near fine with a few tiny spots at top edge.
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75.00 USD
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BOND, Nelson. The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman
BOND, NELSON. The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman, Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, first edition, pp. 224, blue cloth boards with silver lettering and logo on spine. Condition of this book: Jacket spine and rear panel show a few waterstains, jacket worn and chipped at edges, endpapers browning, overall very good.
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40.00 USD
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CAIDIN, Martin. The God Machine
CAIDIN, MARTIN. The God Machine, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. Octavo, first edition, pp. 316, red paper-covered boards quarter-bound in turquoise cloth with black stamped lettering on spine, jacket by Robert Korn. Know-it-all computer takes over the world. Condition of this book: Boards edge-worn with a few spots of discoloration to spine; bottom and top edges of text block lightly soiled. Jacket has two short tears at top of front panel. Overall very good.
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75.00 USD
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CAMPBELL, John W. Jr. The Black Star Passes
CAMPBELL, JOHN W. Jr. The Black Star Passes, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1953. Octavo, first edition, pp. 254, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering and rules on spine. Anatomy of Wonder, fifth ed., II-210: "Campbell's first venture into the nascent subgenre of space opera, juxtaposing hectic action sequences with long lectures on theoretical physics ... supplied the raw materials of hard SF." Condition of this book: Very good, small waterstain to endpages, rear jacket panel and rear board. Jacket chipped at spine ends, rear panel darkened.
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50.00 USD
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CLARKE, Arthur C. The City and the Stars
CLARKE, ARTHUR C. The City and the Stars, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1956. Octavo, first edition, pp. viii, 310, mottled blue paper-covered boards with silver lettering on spine and variously colored little stars on spine and front. This is an expanded version of Against the Fall of Night (1949), which itself was a later version of some magazine work. "Partisans are deeply divided between this early work ... and the completely revised and expanded version, The City and the Stars. Raw first novel versus smoother, more complex finished work; take your pick (Anatomy of Wonder, II-245)." Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at head of spine, noticeable darkening to some of the white areas. Overall near fine.
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400.00 USD
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CLARKE, Arthur C. The Deep Range
CLARKE, ARTHUR C. The Deep Range, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1957. Octavo, first edition, pp. 248, marbled green paper-covered boards with silver lettering on spine and decorative glitter on spine and upper board. See Anatomy of Wonder II-248. Condition of this book: Jacket near fine with light wear at edges. Top edge darkening with a few tiny spots.
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200.00 USD
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CLEMENT, Hal. Needle
CLEMENT, HAL (Harry Clement Stubbs). Needle, Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, first edition, pp. 222, olive cloth boards with black lettering and drawing on spine. Condition of this book: Edgeworn jacket with minor staining to spine. Browning at endpages, overall very good.
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125.00 USD
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CROSSEN, Kendell Foster Once Upon a Star
CROSSEN, KENNETH FOSTER. Once Upon a Star, New York: Henry Holt, 1953. Octavo, first edition, pp. xi, 237, green cloth boards with silver lettering and stars on spine. Jacket design by Robert Powers. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at edges with interior stains that don't show through. Overall very good.
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. Assignment in Eternity
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Assignment in Eternity, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1953. Octavo, first state with brick red cloth binding and author's and publisher's names 3mm high on spine, pp. 256. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at edges with a couple short tears in back, small dampstain on front board, endpages and top edge darkened, overall very good.
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300.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. Methuselah's Children
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Methuselah's Children, New York: Gnome Press, undated (1958). Octavo, first edition, pp. 188, black cloth boards with red lettering on spine, first-state dust jacket with publisher's address on rear panel given as 80 East 11th St., New York 3. See Anatomy of Wonder 3-89. Part of the History of the Future series. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at spine ends, darkened, minor stains. Leaves browned, rubbing to head of spine.
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400.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. Orphans of the Sky
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Orphans of the Sky, New York: Putnam's, 1964. Octavo, first American edition (London edition appeared in 1963), pp. 187, blue cloth boards with green lettering on spine, green spaceship on front, top edge tinted yellow. Based on two novellas that first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941. See Anatomy of Wonder II-513: "This was one of the first serious treatments of the less-than-light-speed multigenerational starship whose actual origin and destination have become lost in legend." Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at edges, boards sun-faded at edges, overall very good.
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300.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. Starman Jones
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Starman Jones, New York: Scribner's, 1953. Octavo, first edition with Scribner's 'A' and seal on copyright page, light green cloth boards with dark green lettering and spaceship on spine, dark green drawing on front, illustrations by Clifford Geary. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at extremities, clean and bright with age toning to flaps, interior very good, toning to endpages and edges.
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600.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. The Man Who Sold the Moon
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. The Man Who Sold the Moon, Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. Octavo, first edition, pp. 288, olive buckram quarter-bound in black cloth, preliminary leaf with the author's signature in ink. Condition of this book: Jacket worn at extremities with chip at head of spine and light soiling to rear panel, interior very good, edges lightly toned.
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600.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. The Rolling Stones
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. The Rolling Stones, New York: Scribner, 1952. Octavo, first edition with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page, pp. 276, green cloth boards with blue lettering on spine and blue spacemen on front, illustrated by Clifford Geary. See Anatomy of Wonder, 5-63. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, flaps have a few spots of foxing, endpages browned. Overall very good.
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600.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, New York: Gnome Press, 1959. Octavo, first edition, pp. 256, gray cloth boards with yellow, red and brown lettering on spine and front. See Currey p. 235. Condition of this book: Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and edges, leaves browned (typical for the Gnome Press Heinleins).
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200.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. Time for the Stars
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Time for the Stars, New York: Scribner, 1956. Octavo, first edition with Scribner's A-8.56 [v] on copyright page, pp. 244, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at extremities, minor stain to front board, spots of discoloration to spine. Internally fine.
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400.00 USD
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HEINLEIN, Robert K. Farmer in the Sky
HEINLEIN, ROBERT A. Farmer in the Sky, New York: Scribner, 1950. Octavo, first edition with Scribner 'A' and seal on copyright page, pp. 216, navy cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine and front, image of the moon on front. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. See Anatomy of Wonder, 5-61. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at spine ends and tips, with a dampstain in the moon area on the front panel, not obtrusive until you see the reverse side, which picked up some of the blue tinting of the front board. Likewise the blue board has a small lightened area where the tint was picked up by the jacket. Still, an attractive copy.
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400.00 USD
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KORNBLUTH, C.M., and POHL, Frederik. Search the Sky
KORNBLUTH, C.M., and POHL, FREDERIK. Search the Sky, New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. Octavo, first edition with no additional printings indicated, pp. 165, 1 (note), blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. Second collaboration of 2 noted 1950s SF authors. Condition of this book: Overall very good, jacket spine is sunned with short tear near top front. Top edge darkened, endpages also darkened, boards' edges lightly worn.
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150.00 USD
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LEINSTER, Murray. Space Platform
LEINSTER, MURRAY. Space Platform, Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. Octavo, first edition, pp. 222, 1 (acknowledgements), orange cloth boards with white and black lettering to spine, white To the Stars Series logo on front. A Shasta Junior book. Condition of this book: Jacket chipped at spine ends, darkening. Top edge dust-darkened.
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200.00 USD
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