Science Fiction
The Eyes of the Overworld
San Francisco, California: Underwood-Miller, 1977. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 13-284, [4] pp. Black cloth with red lettering on the spine. Tan endpapers and pastedowns printed in brown. With several full-page illustrations (done in black and white) by Steve Fabian. Signed by Vance without personalization on the title page..... More
The Five Gold Bands; The Dragon Masters
New York: Ace Books, Inc. [1950]; [1962], 1950; 1962. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. [4], 5-122; [4], 5-102 pp. Pictorial covers printed in white, blue, and yellow. Price of 40 cents on both covers. Ace F-185. Canja 88. The first publication of The Dragon Masters; a reprint of The Five..... More
The Houses of Iszm; Son of the Tree
New York: Ace Books, Inc. [1964], 1964. First edition thus. Paperback. Small 8vo. [4], 5-112, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements); [4], 5-111 pp. Pictorial covers. Price of 40 cents on each cover. Each story illustrated with one in-text vignette. Not in Canja. The Ace Double edition is the first time..... More
Alastor
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book (1995), 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 12-479, [1] pp. Black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on front flap. Illustrated with a double-page map. Omnibus consisting of the novels Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 933, and Wyst..... More
Araminta Station
New York: TOR (1988), 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 2-554 pp. Quarter blue cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap. Small abrasion from sticker removal on the free front endpaper, small concavity to the spine; traces of toning to..... More
Maske: Thaery
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation (1976), 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 215, [1] pp. Bound in bright green cloth cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with two maps. Very near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket with a...... More
Vandals of the Void
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company [1953], 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-ix, [1], 213, [1] pp. Bound in red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns by Alex Schomburg. Price of $2.00 on the front jacket flap. Edited by Cecile Matschat and Carl Carmer..... More
Titan
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation [1979], 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 11-302 pp. White cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a few full-page illustrations by Freff. A Near Fine book with a tiny concavity to..... More
From the Earth to the Moon; And Round the Moon
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, ca. 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 2-339, [1], [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Red vertically-ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and gilt rules on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece. Part of the Burt's Home..... More
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., ca. 1874. Early printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 1-305, [1], [10] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving by Riou and with 19..... More
The Tour of the World in Eighty Days
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. Second American Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [2], 10-291, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine; all edges decoratively stained red. Navy coated endpapers..... More
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-[5], 4-427, [5] pp. Red publisher's cloth with black lettering and black decorations and rules on the front board and spine, gilt lettering and a scuba diver in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page..... More
Rainbow's End
New York: TOR (2006), 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-364, [4] pp. Bound in blue cloth with metallic pink lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on jacket flap. A nice copy of this Hugo Award winning novel. Near Fine with some minor wear to the edges of the..... More
Lifelode
Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-ix, [1], 1-271, [1], i-iii, [3] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Stephan Martiniere. Inscribed and dated on the title page by..... More
The Web of Easter Island
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 4-191, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket by Audrey Johnson. Signed by Wandrei on the free front endpaper. Joshi 32. First published under..... More
Island in the Sky
New York: Avalon Books / Thomas Bouregy and Company, Inc. [1961], 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-223, [1] pp. Blue cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $2.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Ed Emshwiller. A small crease to the front..... More
The Lunar Eye; The Towers of Toron
New York: Ace Books, Inc. [1964], 1964. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. [4], 5-115; [4], 5-140, [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Pictorial covers printed in white, blue, yellow, and green. Price of 40 cents on both covers. Ace F-261. Canja 89. The first publication of The Towers of Toron..... More
Frankensteins & Foreign Devils
Framingham, MA: New England Science Fiction Association (NEFSA Press), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 9-379, [5] pp. Maroon cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. Edited by Timothy P. Szczesuil. More
The Legion of Time
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-252, [4] pp. Blue-green cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Price of $3.00 on front jacket flap. Signed by the author on the title page. Near Fine with faint traces of offsetting to the endpapers in..... More
All Clear
New York: Ballantine Books [2010], 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 4-641, [3] pp. Quarter black paper boards over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a photograph on the title page. Winner of both the Hugo and..... More
Blackout
New York: Ballantine Books [2010], [2010]. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 4-491, [9] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap of jacket. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A Very Good+ book with minor wear..... More
Light Raid
New York: Ace Books (1989), 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 2-229, [1] pp. Half blue cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of jacket. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. A Fine book in a Near Fine jacket which shows minor..... More
Promised Land
New York: Ace Books (1997), 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 362 pp. Quarter white paper over purple paper boards with purple lettering on the spine. Price of $21.95 on front flap of jacket. Inscribed by Connie Willis on the title page. A Near Fine book with a touch of..... More
All the Rage; A Repairman Jack Novel
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book (2000), 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-383, [1] pp. Black paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of dust jacket. The fourth novel in the Repairman Jack series. A Near Fine book with a...... More