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Munchen: Georg Müller, 1911. Achtzehnte Auflage (18th edition) stated at half-title page SCARCE in any early German edition. In original mustard decorative cloth, Art Deco geometrical decorative end papers, double illustrated title page, 460 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates, ribbon marker. text in German. Very Good Plus, small tear to cloth at spine, light soiling to boards. From the library of noted German conductor Helmuth Wolfes, former conductor of the Berlin State Opera, his signature in ink at half-title page. Basis for 5 films between 1918-1952. The 2nd book in the Frank Braun trilogy, in which " Braun uses artificial insemination to breed from the dregs of society - by impregnating a whore with the semen of an executed criminal - the eponymous soulless female whose name reflects in German her likeness to a mandrake root, and whose vampirical powers prove almost fatal to the Ubermensch experimenter". (SFE - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). . Eighteenth Edition .… Leer más

Berkeley: Bill Donaho, 1967. Progress Report 1, September 1967, illustrations by Johnny Chambers, 8 unnumbered pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. Mostly containing the schedule for the upcoming convention. With Anthony Boucher listed as Toastmaster and Parliamentarian, significant because inside rear cover of Progress Report 3 contains memorial tribute to Boucher. Progress Report 3, June 1968, cover illustrations by Vaughan Bode, 28 unnumbered pages, stapled illustrated wrappers, full page map of Berkeley. From the collection of noted science fiction artist, illustrator and writer Henry M. Eichner, with original mailing envelope addressed to him. Both Reports are Fine. RARE Baycon ephemera with excellent sci-fi provenance. . First Printing. Pamphlet. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Charles Freudenthal and Edward Wood , 1953. SCARCE. The fourth and last issue of "The Journal of Science Fiction", the four numberes published 1951-1953.. Articles by Hugo Gernsback and Robert Bloch, and many photographs of the Tenth Anniversary World Science Fiction Convention held in Chicago. Also includes 1952 Magazine Index by Edward Wood, featuring detailed index for 33 different science fiction magazines published that year. Very Good Plus, minor stains to rear cover. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1954. SCARCE in collectible condition, Near Fine, wrappers lightly rubbed. New Age journal devoted mainly to UFOs and alien life forms. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St. Louis, MO: Nils Hardin, 1974. A run of 26 issues published Dec. 1974- Mar., 1978. Nos, 9, 11, 13-21, 24-33, and 35-38, with a duplicate copy of issue No.30, the 3rd Anniversary Issue. Many with Frank Hamilton cover art. This run includes the Ray Bradbury and H.P. Lovecraft Issues, the latter (No.19) with the RARE Arkham House flyer for Frank Belknap Long's "HPL: Dreamer on the Nightside" published Dec. 1975. Started in March 1974 by Nils Hardin, Xenophile was mainly devoted to science fiction, although it also published outstanding mystery issues, several of which were devoted to pulp detectives and contained bibliographies. Xenophile lasted 45 issues until March 1980. As a lot Near Fine, due to longtime storage several issues are wavy. . First Printing. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Reeves and Turner, 1884. First Edition Thus, with Preface by A.H. Bullen. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, gilt, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, the small bookplate of Herbert M. Allen, Cambridge front paste downs. Near Fine, light rubs at corners and raised bands. Paltock's classic imaginary voyage, originally published in 1751, this edition especially desirable for Bullen's reviews of the history of its writing, publication, and its influence on later writers like Dickens, Hunt, Lamb, Coleridge, et al. After creating this wonderful world of winged women, exotic creatures, and fanciful civilizations, Paltock tried his hand at a similar work featuring a dog-bird ( see Bleiler) but for some reason it never took off. Bleiler, p.162. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie L. Borel, 1895. "Collection Papyrus". L'E´volution des Lettres et des Arts. Illustrations by Calbet, Mittis and Picard. Bound in contemporary crushed black morocco, gilt lettering with five raised bands back, front cover with two pterodactyls under the sun in gilt, marbled end papers, ornate inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Near Fine, small rubs to morocco at head of spine. Rosny was one of the founders of science fiction in France, second in importance only to Jules Verne. This book is a study of the prehistoric age, a subject about which Rosny later wrote an important series of novels.. First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

East Yorkshire, England : PS Publishing, 2010. SIGNED BY AUTHORS, all 31 of them, on 5 leaves tipped in at front Special signed edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this copy left unnumbered. Fine in Fine dust jacket, in Near Fine publishers clamshell case, two tiny corner bumps. Illustrations by Mark Geyer and Jill Bauman.. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006. # 804 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR Robert Silverberg. Near Fine, small spots fore and bottom edges, soiling at gutter front board, 1" dia. spot rear board, in Fine dust jacket. Collects 16 of Silverberg's stories published between 1950-1959. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Centreville, VA: Shadowlands Press / a Subsidiary of Bereshith Publ. , 2000. # 122 of 500 copies printed, Stories and artwork based on sculptures of Lisa Snellings. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. SIGNED by Lisa Snelling, Edward E. Kramer, Harlan Ellison, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Chet Williamson, John Shirley, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Edward Bryant, S.P. Somtow, Nancy A. Collins, Nina Kiriki Hoffmann, Brad Linaweaver, Fred Olen Ray, Richard Lee Byers, David Niall Wilson, Darrell Schweitzer, and Peter Crowther.. SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Printin. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Duckworth, 1928. #54 of 110 copies in this Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. In original yellow cloth, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, Near Fine, toning to end pages, in a Near Fine dust wrapper, spine a touch darkened. A quite handsome copy of this critically acclaimed author's science fiction story of "...a Lord Beaverbrook figure and his entourage in their complex lives and later, after a huge cataclysm, hurtling through space on a chip of rock which is all that remains of Earth." ( Science Fiction Encyclopedia). A SCARCE SIGNED Limited Edition, particularly so with such a fresh dust wrapper. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Limited Edition.

Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, Inc., 1987. SCARCE promotional poster for a science fiction writer's contest, 24" w x 17 1/2" h, distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1987. Featuring artwork by Frank Frazetta and a May 1987- June 1988 calendar at the bottom. Near Fine, faint creases. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24" w x 17 1/2" h.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Publisher's promotional poster, 21 3/4"w x 27"h, Near Fine, faint creases. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1988. Wel;l suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 21 3/4"w x 27"h.

Berkeley Trade, 1983. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 22" h, for the 1983 BerkleTrade paperback publication, a Byron Preiss Visual Publications Inc. book.Near Fine, a few faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 22" h.

Signet, 1992. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster,15 1/2"w x 2 1/2"h, advertising both the 1992 Signet book and the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola Columbia Pictures film. Fine, as issued, published in limited numbers for the ABA trade show in 1992. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 15 1/2" x 2 1/2".

New York: Ace Books, 1991. Publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 22" h. Fine, as issued., for the Ace Paperback Original published August, 1991. Printed both sides, a SCARCE X-Men poster, well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 22" h.

No Place: Morpheus International, 1989. Original publisher's promotional poster, 19" w x 25"h, featuring the same vivid artwork by Jacek Yerka as the book's dust jacket. Beneath the artwork is the quote by Harlan Ellison -" Like a hungry beast in a sacred jungle, I have been given the honor of stalking through Jacek Yerka's divine imagination, describing what I see. Together, we will draw blood." Near Fine, faint creasing at edges. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1989. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 19" x 25".

No Place: Viking Studio Books Original publisher's promotional poster, 22" w x 17" h, for the book written by Manuela. Dunn-Mascetti, published 1992, the poster with different photographs than the original dust jacket and with a darker feeling. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1992. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 17" x 22".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Very Good Plus, light foxing edges of page block, page block separating at head of spine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, top corner front flap small crease, small 1/8" spot of soil at spine edge. His 1st book, basis for the 1971 film and 2008 TV mini-series. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1975. First printing, with complete Random House # line 2-9. Near Fine, light foxing to edges of page block, small bottom corner bump, in a Near Fine dust jacket 1 1/2" closed tear top edge front flap, small bottom corner crease rear flap, tiny chips at bottom edge of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.