Avon Fantasy Reader (22 results)

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Number 3. (fantasy, h. g. wells, lovecraft, bradbury, periodicals).

Condition: Good. . Number 3. Slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on rear inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (fantasy, anthology, science fiction).

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. No. 17 (1951). Digest-sized. Edited by Donald A. Wollheim. Cover art by [Harry] Barton. Includes "The Sapphire Siren" by Nictzin Dyalhis; "Jack-in-the-Box" by Ray Bradbury; "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" by G. K. Chesterton; "The Pink Caterpillar" by Anthony Boucher; "The Phantom Dictator" by Wallace West; "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" by H. P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffman Price; "The Bookshop" by Nelson Bond; :"One-Man God" by Frank Owen; "The Mystery of the Sargasso" by William Hope Hodgson. Tanning; small tears at spine ends with minor losses; light rubbing; edge chips and wear; negligable creasing; contents page has been marked up by previous owner. Magazine.…

1948 Paperback CONDITION: g used.

First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER #11, Avon Books, 1949, first edition, near fine in full color pictorial wraps with contributions by Ray Bradbury, Nelson Bond, T. S. Stribling, Seabury Quinn, et.al.

First edition. Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; C. L. Moore, William Fryer Harvey, Robert Bloch, Carl Jacobi, Stephen Vincent Benet, Clare Winger Harris, Robert W. Chambers, Frank Owen and C. M. Kornbluth. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132]. Age darkening to text paper, light edge wear, cover creases, a very good copy. (28139).…

Small octavo, cover illustration by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley note many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134]. A touch of edge wear, a fine copy. (28141).…

Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; P. Schuyler Miller, Thomas Burke, Nelson Bond, Lord Dunsany, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury, Clark Ashton Smith, M. R. James, and A. E. Van Vogt. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132]. Age darkening to text paper, mild wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (28138).…

First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER #15, Avon Books, 1951, first edition, very good plus to near fine in full color pictorial wraps with contributions by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Clark Ashton Smith, Cyril Kornbluth, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, et.al.

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Last of the two issues of this short-lived digest magazine. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-34. Spine folds rubbed, a very good or better copy. (#176504).

Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, Stephen Marlowe, Jack Vance and others. Tymm and Ashley note in both issues many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134]. Light cover crease to first issue, spine lean to second issue, a very good or somewhat better set. (28140).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. digest size wrappers worn.

Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; David H. Keller, Philip M. Fisher, Jr., Guy Endore, Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers, S. Fowler Wright, and Laurance Manning and Fletcher Pratt. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132]. Age darkening to text paper, a fine copy. (28136).…

Small octavo single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. Authors in this book; Murray Leinster, August Derleth, William Hope Hodgson, A. Merritt, H. G. Wells, Clark Ashton Smith, H. Russell Wakefield and Lord Dunsany. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisher Joseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132]. Age darkening to text paper, light wear to spine ends. A nearly fine copy. (28135).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First of the two issues of this short-lived digest magazine. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-34. Faint distributor's date stamp on front cover, else a fine copy. (#176503).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 127-132. Cover rubbed and creased, text paper tanned, a good or somewhat better copy. (#178733).

Digest magazine. Condition: Near fine (NF) copies. Both issues published in total January and April, 1953, an attempt to revive the earlier Avon Fantasy Reader series and Avon Science Fiction Reader series under one title. Unlike those earlier series (which contained many reprints), all stories in these two issues were new. Indeed, this first issue contains Arthur C. Clarke's classic story ''The Forgotten Enemy'' and no 2 Clarke's story ''The Parasite''.…

Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley note many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134]. Cream pages, a lovely, fine set. (34547).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 127-132. Cover edges lightly rubbed, mild crease to front cover, light dust soiling to rear cover, Text block lightly age-darkened, a very good copy. (#178731).

Small octavo 18 issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. A complete set of the Avon Fantasy Reader which consists of 18 issues. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisherJoseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine an anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. The story selection came from a wide range of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, All-Story and Argosy, Thrill Book, Astounding and Amazing as well as stories from hardcover book publications. Authors included William Hope Hodgson, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, A. Merritt, Algernon Blackwood, C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber and many more. A few original stories were printed, including A. E. Van Vogt, Carl Jacobi, A. Merritt, Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard and most notably "Ylla" by Ray Bradbury, part of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 124-132. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 124-132]. Mild toning to cream pages, some lamination separation from front cover of first issue (no peeling), nicks at corners of a number of issues, tape to several issues at rear corners, a bright, nearly fine to fine set. Above average. Housed in clamshell boxes. (34546).…

First Edition. AVON FANTASY READER, Avon Books, 1947 thru 1952, first edition, 18 volumes complete, near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Robert E. Howard, Gelett Burgess, William Hope Hodgson, Hugh Cave, Algernon Blackwood, Edust-wrapper ard Lucas White, James Francis Dwyer, G. K. Chesterton, Frank Owen, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher, Nelson Bond, E. Hoffman Price, H. P. Lovecraft, Sax Rohmer, Manly Wade Wellman, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn, Francis Flagg, Doanld Wollheim, Malcolm Jameson, Amelia Reynolds Long, Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Donald Wandrei, Ambrose Bierce, C. L. Moore, Abraham Merritt, Frank Belknap Long, David Keller, Jack Williamson, Edmond Hamilton, Henry S. Whitehead, Carl Jacobi, William F. Harvey, C. M. Kornbluth, S. Fowler Wright, Murray Leinster, August Derleth, H. G. Wells, H. R. Wakefield, et.al. Along with AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER, all 3 volumes, near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps.…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Includes "Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard as well as "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 127-132. Mild rubbing to cover, text paper tanned, a nearly fine copy. (#178732). …