George S Dickson (45 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of short stories. First in the "Tomorrow's Warfare" collection. A paperback original. Faint reading creases to the spine. In near fine condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. LXIII, No. 3. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Van Dongen for "Dorsai" (pt. 1 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Cum Grano Sallis" (novelette) by David Gordon [Randall Garrett]; "Operation Haystack" (novelette) by Frank Herbert; "Hex" (novelette) by Larry M. Harris [Laurence Janifer]; "We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly" by Roger Kuykendall; "History Repeats" by George O. Smith; "Disturbing Sun" by Philip Latham [Robert S. Richardson]. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Mr. Newton's Wonderful Discovery" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Emsh, Freas, Martinez, Summers and van Dongen. Short tear at lower front hinge; edgewear; stress; tanning. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 23, No. 2. Edited by Avram Davidson. Cover art by Emsh for "The Secret Songs" by Fritz Leiber. Includes "The Golden Flask" by Kendell F. Crossen; "Salmanazar" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Voyage Which is Ended" by Dean McLaughlin; "Mumbwe Jones" by Fred Benton; "The Top" by George Sumner Albee; "Science: The Light Fantastic" by Isaac Asimov; "Fruiting Body" by Rosel George Brown; "The Roper" (verse) by Theodore R. Cogswell & John Jacob Niles; "Spatial Relationship" by Randall Garrett; "The Stupid General" by J. T. McIntosh; "What Price Wings?" by H. L. Gold; "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman" by Harlan Ellison; "The Gumdrop King" by Will Stanton; "Ferdinand Feghoot: LIII" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]. Tanning; edge and corner nicks and wear; minor cup ring; small area of waviness at lower front edge. Magazine.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 23, No. 2. Edited by Avram Davidson. Cover art by Emsh for "The Secret Songs" by Fritz Leiber. Includes "The Golden Flask" by Kendell F. Crossen; "Salmanazar" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Voyage Which is Ended" by Dean McLaughlin; "Mumbwe Jones" by Fred Benton; "The Top" by George Sumner Albee; "Science: The Light Fantastic" by Isaac Asimov; "Fruiting Body" by Rosel George Brown; "The Roper" (verse) by Theodore R. Cogswell & John Jacob Niles; "Spatial Relationship" by Randall Garrett; "The Stupid General" by J. T. McIntosh; "What Price Wings?" by H. L. Gold; "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman" by Harlan Ellison; "The Gumdrop King" by Will Stanton; "Ferdinand Feghoot: LIII" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]. Roll; tanning. Magazine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 21, No. 5. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover by Emsh for "Naked to the Stars" (pt. 2) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Hybrid" by Keith Laumer; "The Other End of the Line" by Walter Tevis; "The Interplanetary Cat" by Rick Rubin; "Faq'" by George P. Elliott; "Ferdinand Feghoot: XLV" by Grendel Briarton [Reginald Bretnor]; "Green Sunrise" by Doris Pitkin Buck; "The Tunnel Ahead" by Alice Glaser; "Mustang" by Randall Garrett; "Science: Sethronement" by Isaac Asimov; "Books" (reviews) by Alfred Bester; "Cosmic Gall" (verse) by John Updike; "About Something Truly Wonderful" by Algis Budrys. 1" tear with loss at heel; glued at inside lower front hinge; front cover edge falls short of text block; minor tears and extra bit to upper edge, last two pages. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 16, No. 1. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Silver Eggheads" (novelet) by Fritz Leiber. Includes "The Quest for St. Aquin" by Anthony Boucher; "Science: No More Ice Ages?" by Isaac Asimov; "The Woman Who Thought She Could Read" by Avram Davidson; "Ferdinand Feghoot: X" by Grendel Briarton (R. Bretnor); "Books: Recommended Reading" by Anthony Boucher; "Explorers We" by Philip K. Dick; "Santa Clause" by Robert F. Young; "Meeting of Relations" by John Collier; "Invasion of the Planet of Love" by George P. Elliott; "The R of A" by Gordon R. Dickson. Short tears at spine ends which show wear; tanned; tipped in subcription ad. Magazine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Doomsday Army" by Jack Sharkey; "Deadly Moon" by Fritz Leiber; "Red Moon Rising" by Robert Bloch; "There's Always a Way" by Rosel George Brown; "The Summer Visitors" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Forgetful Celibate" by E. K. Jarvis; "When He Awakens" by Steven S. Gray. Illustrated by Summers, Llewellyn, and Mel Varga. Creasing; tanning; smeared date-stamp on front. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. LXIII, No. 3. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Van Dongen for "Dorsai" (pt. 1 of 3) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Cum Grano Sallis" (novelette) by David Gordon [Randall Garrett]; "Operation Haystack" (novelette) by Frank Herbert; "Hex" (novelette) by Larry M. Harris [Laurence Janifer]; "We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly" by Roger Kuykendall; "History Repeats" by George O. Smith; "Disturbing Sun" by Philip Latham [Robert S. Richardson]. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Mr. Newton's Wonderful Discovery" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Emsh, Freas, Martinez, Summers and van Dongen. Stained at lower end and lower foredge corner, which was bumped with chips; upper foredge corner also has chips; tanning; old price on cover in pen; edge, corrner and spine ends wear. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 19, No. 3. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Word to Space" by Winston P. Sanders [Poul Anderson]. Includes "A Day in the Suburbs" by Evelyn E. Smith; "Goodbye" (short novelet) by Burton Raffel; "Button, Button" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; "The NRACP" (novelet) by George P. Elliott; "Two in Homage" by Kit Reed; "Doctor Royker's Experiment" by Joseph Whitehill. Article: "Tools of the Trade" by Isaac Asimov. Heavy spine lean, else nice. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 21, No. 5. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover by Emsh for "Naked to the Stars" (pt. 2) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Hybrid" by Keith Laumer; "The Other End of the Line" by Walter Tevis; "The Interplanetary Cat" by Rick Rubin; "Faq'" by George P. Elliott; "Ferdinand Feghoot: XLV" by Grendel Briarton [Reginald Bretnor]; "Green Sunrise" by Doris Pitkin Buck; "The Tunnel Ahead" by Alice Glaser; "Mustang" by Randall Garrett; "Science: Sethronement" by Isaac Asimov; "Books" (reviews) by Alfred Bester; "Cosmic Gall" (verse) by John Updike; "About Something Truly Wonderful" by Algis Budrys. Mild stain at upper end; tanning; minor stress; edge nicks and wear. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 19, No. 3. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Word to Space" by Winston P. Sanders [Poul Anderson]. Includes "A Day in the Suburbs" by Evelyn E. Smith; "Goodbye" (short novelet) by Burton Raffel; "Button, Button" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; "The NRACP" (novelet) by George P. Elliott; "Two in Homage" by Kit Reed; "Doctor Royker's Experiment" by Joseph Whitehill. Article: "Tools of the Trade" by Isaac Asimov. Tanned; stress; edge nicks and minor tears; minor soiling. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 19, No. 3. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Word to Space" by Winston P. Sanders [Poul Anderson]. Includes "A Day in the Suburbs" by Evelyn E. Smith; "Goodbye" (short novelet) by Burton Raffel; "Button, Button" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; "The NRACP" (novelet) by George P. Elliott; "Two in Homage" by Kit Reed; "Doctor Royker's Experiment" by Joseph Whitehill. Article: "Tools of the Trade" by Isaac Asimov. Tanned; minor creasing; spine twist. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 12mo. n.d. Worn through at extrems. Tear to top of spine. Mark to spine and front jont. Scribble to boards. Water spots to front board. Prize label to front pastedown. Cracked at title. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 19, No. 3. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "The Word to Space" by Winston P. Sanders [Poul Anderson]. Includes "A Day in the Suburbs" by Evelyn E. Smith; "Goodbye" (short novelet) by Burton Raffel; "Button, Button" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; "The NRACP" (novelet) by George P. Elliott; "Two in Homage" by Kit Reed; "Doctor Royker's Experiment" by Joseph Whitehill. Article: "Tools of the Trade" by Isaac Asimov. Tanning; minor spots to edges and cover. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 18, No. 4. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Emsh for "Crazy Maro" (short novelet) by Daniel Keyes. Includes "The Hairy Thunderer" by Levi Crow; "Ringer" by G. C. Edmondson; "Ferdinand Feghoot: XXV" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]; "The Wrens in Granpa's Whiskers" by Edgar Pangborn; "A Certain Room" by Kurt Kusenberg; "Among the Dangs" (short novelet) by George P. Elliott; "A Little Human Contact" by Rosel George Brown; "Memo at the Department of Agriculture" (verse) by Hilbert Schenek, Jr.; "Science: About Time" by Isaac Asimov; "Books: The Best of 1959" by Damon Knight; "In the House, Another" by Joseph Whitehill; "The Game of Five" (novelet) by Gordon R. Dickson. Tanning. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Hodgson; (illustrator). First Edition. 104 pp. Digest format. General wear; no interior markings. Ghostly haunted marsh cover art by Robert Hodgson. This issue contains: STORIES: The Haunted Marsh by Geoffrey Morgan; Flashback by C. T. Stoneham; The Mushroom God - part one of six by David Roberts; The Concerto by S. C. George. ARTICLES: Christmas Record Party by Harold Haywood; Make Your Own Model Electric Racing Car by D. J. Laidlaw-Dickson; The Springboks Are World Champions - anonymous; Taking Photos When It's Cloudy-Bright by George L. Wakefield; and Ghost Hunting on a Bike by Ronald English; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pages lightly tanned, edges more so, some mild wear to cover, with rubbing to corners, binding still very sound; no wrapper. 47 plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hector Garrido; (illustrator). First Thus. (x) 579 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; book plate on the front pastedown; no other interior markings. Dj art by Hector Garrido. Edited with Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg. This anthology contains: The Good Samaritan by Isaac Asimov; Mom Sings an Aria by James Yaffe; The Woman I Envied by George Baxt; New York Blues by Cornell Woolrich; Small Homicide by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter); The Gentleman from Paris by John Dickson Carr; The Lord of Central Park by Avram Davidson; A Craving for Originality by Bill Pronzini; The Day of the Bullet by Stanley Ellin; The Crime of the Century by R. L. Stevens; The Back Stairway by Hal Ellson; The Hawk and the Dome of Hell by S. S. Rafferty; The Beatings by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain); A Place of Her Own by Joyce Harrington; The Medical Finger by Ellery Queen; The Corpse in the Statue of Liberty by William Irish (Cornell Woolrich); The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry; Jericho and the Cardboard Box by Hugh Pentecost; The Man Who Came Back by Edward D. Hoch; Hildegarde Withers is Back by Stuart Palmer; The Quality of Mercy by Eleazar Lipsky; Murder in One Scene by Q. Patrick; The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean; The Garrulous Garrity Grand Scam by Francis M. Nevins; and God Save the Mark: A Novel by Donald E. Westlake. The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean won the Nebula Award for best novella in 1971. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; D.C. Buhrmann (illustrator). 1st Edition. Chicago: Bell Publications, Inc., 1953. The September, 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction, Volume 1, Number 2 - the second issue ever. 12mo, illustrated wraps (cover by Robert Gibson Jones), 128 pp. Very Good Plus; faint traces of sunning at periphery of the cover (see scan), toning to pages, as always with pulp fiction from the fifties. A strong, clean, collectible copy. Plenty of bi-color illustrations (see scan) by Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; and D.C. Buhrmann grace six good lengthy stories: The Caibrated People (W.T. Powers), Janushek (Roger Flint Young) , The Breaking of Jerry McCloud (Gordon R. Dickson), Election Campaign (William Campbell Gault), Up the Mountain or Down (Sylvia Jacobs), and Reward or Valor (Mark Clifton). L-35n.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. n.d. [1921]. 95pp, 47 plates, maroon cloth/gilt, decorative spine, no d/w, lacks ffep, inscr inside rear board, binding a little loose. Shown to the Children series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Morrow, George (illustrator). 'Around the World' by George S. Dickson. Illustrated by George Morrow. Thomas Nelson circa 1930. Inscription. Very good in torn and incomplete glacine jacket 0.

octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mid blue cloth gilt titles and mounted colour photo. No jacket. No inscriptions. Colour illustrations throughout. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 51, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Jim Hendrix, Jr. Cover art is uncredited for "Stake Plains Slaughter" (complete novel) by Jackson Cole; "Halfway to Hades" (novelet) by Roe Richmond; "Battle for Three" by Jim Kjelgaard; "First Patrol" by Gordon D. Shirreffs; "Man of the Cloth" by George Kilrain; "Fine Fuel for a Fued" by Ben Frank. Features: "The Frontier Post" by Captin Starr; "Sagebrush Saavy" by S. Omar Barker; "The Wild Old West" (verse) by Naida Dickson; "The Gun That Changed the West" by N. B. Wiltsey; "Lost Loot" (true story) by D. B. Connor. Illustrations by Murphy, Orban, Joe Farren, and others. Minor edge tears; mild tanning and rubbing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. undated. boards are worn, knocked and chipped. thorough foxing, staining and marks. a few inscriptions. loose binding and visible netting. a rather fair reading copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which leans notably. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Ink splash to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 6½" x 4¾" (0.7 kg); pp (vii) 95; In the Shown To The Children series; No publishing date stated, estimated from references. Includes: Line drawings; Ribbon markers (1); Colour plates; Top edge gilt; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #192244 ||.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. Undated revised edition. Pictorial front board & spine; map end papers; colour plates by George Morrow + line illustrations. Owner's name on half-title page; page fore-edge heavily foxed, with minor foxing in text; wear at head & foot of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 214, [1] pp. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 24570833, ISSN: 1079-6495 and OCLC: 1480692 , ISSN: 0066-0000 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.9/33372; NAL: 81; ; stiff, blue textured paper wrappers with gold lettering ; a series of articles on rose growing and culture, accompanied by several photographs, both in color and black and white ; Contents: Roses in Retrospect / Cynthia Westcott, How to grow minis indoors / Harmon Saville, Red Hybrid Teas / Patrick Dickson, Old Roses for Small Gardens / Lily Shohan, A Question of Classes / Jack Harkness, A Rose Man Tours China / George E. Rose, Growing Exhibition Roses / William Terzia, Roses, Roses All the Way / Margaret K. Waters, Red Rose What Day? / R J Hutton, Little Ways to Indulge Your Roses / Paul H Johnstone, My Garden / Sean McCann, Roses From Distant Lands /Don F Marshall -- Rose Hybridizing For Fun / Bob Harvey -- McGredy & Son - 100 Years / Niels Poulsen -- The Fabulous Floribunda / Albert J Rissman -- Earthworms & Rose Bed Tilth / George Seymore -- The Rose Lore Trap / Jeane H Rein -- White and Yellow Hybrid Teas / William McMahon -- Fungicides / R S Mullin -- Birds and Roses / Doris Simpson -- Hybridizing Roses with Immunity / Walter Lammerts -- The Nose and the Rose / Ruth Buck Wood -- The Impossible Rose Garden / Paul R. Blankenship -- New Wine in Old Bottles / Paul E. Jerabek -- The Rose is Like the Americans / Arnold D. Barton -- Pigments and Petal Colors / Lidwien A. M. Dubois, D. P. de Vries -- Inheritance of Pigments / Lidwien A. M. Dubois, D. P. de Vries -- Roseode / Sean McCann ; photographs of roses: Camaieux, Red Fluch, Altissimo, White Lightnin', Marina, Little Dickens, Poker Chip; photos of Samuel Gredy IV, Walter Lammerts ; front ep clipped ; store stamp on front, else VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 214, [1] pp. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 24570833, ISSN: 1079-6495 and OCLC: 1480692 , ISSN: 0066-0000 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.9/33372; NAL: 81; ; stiff, blue textured paper wrappers with gold lettering ; a series of articles on rose growing and culture, accompanied by several photographs, both in color and black and white ; Contents: Roses in Retrospect / Cynthia Westcott, How to grow minis indoors / Harmon Saville, Red Hybrid Teas / Patrick Dickson, Old Roses for Small Gardens / Lily Shohan, A Question of Classes / Jack Harkness, A Rose Man Tours China / George E. Rose, Growing Exhibition Roses / William Terzia, Roses, Roses All the Way / Margaret K. Waters, Red Rose What Day? / R J Hutton, Little Ways to Indulge Your Roses / Paul H Johnstone, My Garden / Sean McCann, Roses From Distant Lands /Don F Marshall -- Rose Hybridizing For Fun / Bob Harvey -- McGredy & Son - 100 Years / Niels Poulsen -- The Fabulous Floribunda / Albert J Rissman -- Earthworms & Rose Bed Tilth / George Seymore -- The Rose Lore Trap / Jeane H Rein -- White and Yellow Hybrid Teas / William McMahon -- Fungicides / R S Mullin -- Birds and Roses / Doris Simpson -- Hybridizing Roses with Immunity / Walter Lammerts -- The Nose and the Rose / Ruth Buck Wood -- The Impossible Rose Garden / Paul R. Blankenship -- New Wine in Old Bottles / Paul E. Jerabek -- The Rose is Like the Americans / Arnold D. Barton -- Pigments and Petal Colors / Lidwien A. M. Dubois, D. P. de Vries -- Inheritance of Pigments / Lidwien A. M. Dubois, D. P. de Vries -- Roseode / Sean McCann ; photographs of roses: Camaieux, Red Fluch, Altissimo, White Lightnin', Marina, Little Dickens, Poker Chip; photos of Samuel Gredy IV, Walter Lammerts ; front ep clipped ; store stamp on front, else VG. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Morrow, George (illustrator). Circa 1925. Good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Front joint split showing webbing. Some foxing. All plates present. . Wrapper torn, creased and browned with some loss, mainly 1" to top and tail of spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!