Charles Decamp (171 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DAW 267 UW1338 $1.50 -- A couple of pages have some underlining, and the front cover was once dropped in some spilled tea and soaked up a bit. Solid reading copy with normal wear and a bit of tanning. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Ace paperback edition, first printing # F-105 of this collection science fiction and fantasy short stories. Featured are Imagine: A Poem by Fredric Brown, You're Another by Damon Knight, This Earth of Majesty by Arthur C. Clark, Birds Can't Count by Mildred Clingerman, The Golem by Avram Davidson, Pottage by Zenna Henderson, The Vanishing American by Charles Beaumont, Created He Them by Alice Eleanor Jones, (Four Vignettes) Too Far by Fredric Brown, A Matter of Energy by James Blish, Nellthu by Anthony Boucher, Dreamworld by Isaac Asimov, One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts by Shirley Jackson, The Short Ones by Raymond E Banks, The Last Prophet by Mildred Clingerman, Botany Bay by P.M. Hubbard, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller, Lament by a Maker by L. Sprague de Camp, Pattern for Survival by Richard Matheson, The Singing Bell by Isaac Asimov and The Last World by Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont. Light edgewear. Light reading creases to the spine. A 25-cent stamp on the top and bottom edge of the book. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of two novelets and seven short stories. Featured are Out There Where The Big Ships Go by Richard Cowper (novelet), The Angel of Death by Michael Shea (novelet), A Sending of Serpents by L Sprague De Camp (short story), The Whisper of Banshees by Nicholas Yermakov (short story), Love-Starved by Charles L Grant (short story), The Word Sweep by George Zebrowski (short story), Standoff by Raylyn Moore (short story), Playback by Larry Tritten (short story) and "You're Welcome," Said The Robot by Alan Ryan (short story) Slight edgewear. Light age toning to the pages. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novel, a novelet and six short stories. Featured are Wolfhead by Charles Harness (novel- 1st of 2 parts), From Downtown At The Buzzer by George Alec Effinger (novelet), On Account of Darkness by Barry N Malzberg and Bill Pronzini (short story), The Island by Elizabeth A Lynn (short story), Spider Love by L Sprague De Camp (short story), Further Deponent Sayeth Not by Edward Wellen (short story), The Hall of the Mountain King by Jeffrey Bullock (short story) and Letter to the Editor (short story). Slight edgewear. Faint crease to the rear cover. Age Toning to the cover and pages. In Very Good Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 18 pieces of writing including an In Memoriam to Isaac Asimov, novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Gypsy Trade by R Garcia Y Robertson (novella), Outnumbering the Dead by Frederik Pohl (novella), Sepulcher by Ben Bova (novelette), The Satanic Illusion by L Sprague de Camp (novelette), Trail of Crumbs by Melanie Tem (novelette), Above Ancient Seas by Alexander Jablokov (novelette), The Critic of the Hearth by Isaac Asimov (short story), Persephone by Kathe Koja (short story), All Vows by Esther M Friesner (short story), Burger Love by Robert Reed (short story) Ink from the New Moon by AA Attanasio (short story), The Lord of the Land Beyond (Book One) by Larry Tritten (short story), Private Gravity by Kathleen Ann Goonan (poetry), Elizabeth I: One Seeing Persephone Walk Through the Gates of Hell by M Shayne Bell (poetry), Planet: For Sale by Amy Cubellis (poetry), The Physicist, Falling by James Patrick Kelly (poetry) and A Robot's Farewell to the Master by Ace G Pilkington (poetry). In Fine Condition.…

Wraps. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 6, No. 5. Edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes. Cover art by Emsh for "The Spaceman's Van Gogh" by Clifford D. Simak. Includes "Through a Glass Darkly" (novel) by Milton Lesser; "The vacationer" (novelet) by Sam Merwin, Jr.; "The Bloomers of Shizar" by Charles A. Stearns; "Comes the Revolution" by Donald Franson. Feature: "The Mythological Background" by L. Sprague de Camp. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page" by Robert A. W. Lowndes; "Next Time Around"; "Readin' and Writhin'"; "The Last Word". Illustrated by Emsh, Garrett, Luton and Orban. Stained; front hinge mostly torn; wraps hanging on by a thread; tanning; worn. Reading copy. Magazine. …

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. CXIII, No. 5. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by John Maggard for "The Invariants of Nature" (novelette) by Charles Sheffield. Includes "Squatter's Rights" (pt. 2 of 2) by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff; "Spoiled Rotten" (novelette) by Grey Rollins; "Hit and Run" by Jerry Oltion; "Conspiracy Theory" by Ben Bova. Science Fact: "Goat Island" by L. Sprague de Camp. Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Laura Freas, William R. Warren, Jr., Arthur George, and Nicholas Jainschigg. Front cover upper foredge creased with small tears; edge and corner nmicks and wear; mild tanning; short ytear at spien head; bumps and dings; standard glue-shrink with some rubbing. Magazine.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. First Edition. [1st printing](1965) #SP352. Cover art "Perfect Sunset", by Eugene Berman. Paperback original. Includes "Don't Look Now" by Henry Kuttner; "The Box" by James Blish; "The New Reality" by Charles L. Harness; "The Eternal Now" by Murray Leinster; "The Sky Was Full of Ships" by Theodore Sturgeon; "The Shape of Things" by Ray Bradbury; "The Only Thing We Lean" by C. M. Kornbluth; "The Hibited Man" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Dorman" by A. E. van Vogt; "The Ambassadors" by Anthony Boucher; "A Child Is Crying" by John D. MacDonald. Creasing; tanning; stress; uneven edges. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear, tanned pages, mailing label.

Wraps. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 3, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art by Luros for "Forgive Us Our Debts" by Lester del Rey. Includes "Equations for Destiny" (novelet) by John Berryman; "Thy Days Are Numbered!" (novelet) by Wallace West; "The Twice-Told Man" by Maurice Raboid; "Rejection Slip" by Ben Singer; "The Rememberers" by H. Clarles Blair. Article: "The Mislaid Tribes" by L. Sprague de Camp. Departments: "Down to Earth"; "Readin and Writhin'". Illustrated by Luros, Murphy, and Poulton. Covers glued on at hinges; corner chipped and rounded; tanned; covers are damaged (see scan, rear similar); stains and marks to front. Magazine.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. (2)6, No. 4. '26th Anniversary All-Star Issue.' Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Steve Fabian. Includes "Priapus" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Knock and See What Enters" by C. L. Grant; "Top Hat" by David Bischoff; "The Pillars of Hell" by Lin Carter; "Jackson" by James Sallis; "Visitors" by Jack Dann; "Hark! Was That the Squeal of an Angry Throat?" by Avram Davidson; "The End-of-the-World Rag" by Jack C. Haldeman II; "We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident" (novelet) by Charles Sheffield; "A Trick of the Tale" by F. X. Milhaus. Features: "Editorial"; "According to You". Illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta, Richard Olsen, Dan Steffan, Tony Gleeson, Michael Nally, and Joe Staton. Edge and corner nicks and wear; minor creasing; milod tanning. Magazine.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. [1st printing, 1960] #D-422. Cover art by Emsh. Includes "Attitudes" by Philip Jose Farmer; "Maybe Just a Little One" by R. Bretnor; "The Star Gypsies" by William Lindsay Gresham; "The Untimely Toper" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "Vandy, Vandy" by Manly Wade Wellman; "Experiment" by Kay Rogers; "Lot" by Ward Moore; "Manuscript Found in a Vacuum" by P. H. Hubbard; "The Maladjusted Classroom" by H. Nearing, Jr.; "Child by Chronos" by Charles L. Harness; "New Ritual" by Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Devlin" by W. B. Ready; "Captive Audience" by Ann Waren Griffith; "Snulbug" by Anthony Boucher; "Shepherd's Boy" by Richard Middleton; "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester. Creasing; tear at upper rear cover foredge corner with small loss; mild tanning. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 53, No. 6. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ron Walotsky for "Assassins" by Ron Goulart. Includes "Wolfhead" (pt. 2 of 2) by Charles L. Harness; "Sparklebugs, Holly and Love" (novelet) by Michael G. Coney; "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by James Quinn; "United Imp" by L. Sprague de Camp; "The House Sitters" by Raylyn Moore; "The Kugelmass Episode" (reprinted from The New Yorker) by Woody Allen. Features: "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Carry Me Back to the House of Pain" by Baird Searles; "Science: Dark and Bright" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Competition." Front hinge creased; small stain to rear; corner wear; tanning. Book.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. CXIII, No. 5. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by John Maggard for "The Invariants of Nature" (novelette) by Charles Sheffield. Includes "Squatter's Rights" (pt. 2 of 2) by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff; "Spoiled Rotten" (novelette) by Grey Rollins; "Hit and Run" by Jerry Oltion; "Conspiracy Theory" by Ben Bova. Science Fact: "Goat Island" by L. Sprague de Camp. Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Laura Freas, William R. Warren, Jr., Arthur George, and Nicholas Jainschigg. Scuffed at upper spine. Magazine.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Number 1 published in 1964, Number 2 in 1965, both have 100 pages including the covers. No. 1 is in good condition with wear, rubbing and creasing to covers, toning to pages. Spine head torn and lightly chipped. No. 2 is in very good condition with light wear, minor toning to page margins. See photos. mag bx 35.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. CXIII, No. 5. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by John Maggard for "The Invariants of Nature" (novelette) by Charles Sheffield. Includes "Squatter's Rights" (pt. 2 of 2) by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff; "Spoiled Rotten" (novelette) by Grey Rollins; "Hit and Run" by Jerry Oltion; "Conspiracy Theory" by Ben Bova. Science Fact: "Goat Island" by L. Sprague de Camp. Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Laura Freas, William R. Warren, Jr., Arthur George, and Nicholas Jainschigg. Faint label gum residue; glue-shrink; minor rear hinge soiling. Magazine.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 2, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W, Lowndes. Cover art by Luros for "The Children of Thon" (novelet) by Irving E. Cox, Jr. Includes "A Transmissible Error" by Ray Earl Schmidt; "The Dry Spell" by Charles E. Fritch; "Last Stand of a Space Grenadier" by David Grinnell (Donald A. Wollheim); "The Monster or - - The Monster?" by Eando Binder; "The Last Hero" by Bryce Walton; "Audience Reaction" by Robert F. Young. Special Features: "It Says Here (When I Talk and You Talk Right Back)"; "The Stars in their Courses" (article) by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Reckoning"; "Readers' Preference Coupon." Illustrated by Luros, Orban, and Sibley. No rear cover; small tears and losses to front cover which is also a little rubbed; more than half of spine lost; tanning. Reading copy. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing, 1960] #D-422. Cover art by Emsh. Includes "Attitudes" by Philip Jose Farmer; "Maybe Just a Little One" by R. Bretnor; "The Star Gypsies" by William Lindsay Gresham; "The Untimely Toper" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "Vandy, Vandy" by Manly Wade Wellman; "Experiment" by Kay Rogers; "Lot" by Ward Moore; "Manuscript Found in a Vacuum" by P. H. Hubbard; "The Maladjusted Classroom" by H. Nearing, Jr.; "Child by Chronos" by Charles L. Harness; "New Ritual" by Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Devlin" by W. B. Ready; "Captive Audience" by Ann Waren Griffith; "Snulbug" by Anthony Boucher; "Shepherd's Boy" by Richard Middleton; "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester. Light creasing; short tear and chips at spine ends; tanning; name in pen on first page. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 318 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Ken Barr. This anthology contains: Soft Come the Dragons by Dean R. Koontz; Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey; Two Yards of Dragon by L. Sprague de Camp; The King's Head and the Purple Dragon by L. Frank Baum; The Bully and the Beast by Orson Scott Card; St. Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson; Gerda by Evelyn E. Smith; Dragons' Teeth by David Drake; Demon and Demoiselle by Janet Fox; A Hiss of Dragon by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw; The Dragon Fang Possessed by the Conjurer Piou Lu by Fitz-James O'Brien; and John Robert and the Dragon's Egg by Thomas N. Scortia. Ken Barr; (illustrator). Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good-. Vol. 2, No. 2 (incorrectly states Vol. 1). Pulp magazine. Cover art by A. Leslie Ross for "Escape Valve" (novelet) by Charles Dye. Includes "The Green Thumb" by Poul Anderson; "The Four Commandments" by Robert Abernathy; "Dugal Was a Spaceman" (novelet) by Joe Gibson; "A Little Knowledge" (novelet) by Judith Merril; "Aristotle" by John Christopher; "Shoo Fly!" by M. Malcolm White (Donald A. Wollheim). Features: "It Says Here"; "Readin' and Writhin'" by Damon Knight; "The Great Charlatans" (article) by L. Sprague de Camp; "Remembered Words"; "The Reckoning"; "Reader's Preference Coupon". Illustrated by Luros and Orban. Letters from James White, Tom Clareson, and others. Standard wear and tear at edges with small losses; tanning; frotn cover glued on at hinge; rear cover a little more than half loose with small losses. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 4, No. 9. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Front cover art by Malcolm H. Smith; rear cover by J. Robert Gibson Jones. Includes "The Identity of Sue Tenet" by Frank Patton; "Q-B-B" by Alan E. Nourse; "Patent Medicine" by William C. Bailey; "Lost Continents III" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Beyond the Barrier" (pt. 2) by Richard S. Shaver; "Space Opera" by Charles T. Webb. Features: "The People Who Make "Other Worlds" highlights Alan E. Nourse; "Editorial"; "The Man From Tomorrow"; "Sun Bathers of Eros"; "Personals"; "Letters"; "Other Worlds Book Shelf." Illustrated by H. W. McCauley, Tillotson, Charles Hornstein, W. E. Terry, and others. Glue and tape mends throughout; uneven edges; tears; tanned. Reading copy. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. ----------paperback. A 173-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology. Cover creases, small chip to spine top, some edgewear, price stamp on page block bottom edge, a VG+ copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. mailing label on rear cover.

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 4, No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art by Ed Emsh for "The Time-Lockers" (novelet) by Wallace West. Includes "Wyvernhold" (novelet) by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Golden Ones" by Charles A. Stearns; "Back to Nature" by Bryce Walton; "Case Rests" by Mack Reynolds. Features: "Science in Science Fiction" (Special Article) by Richard H. Macklin, Ph.D.; "Paradies Tossed" by Michael Herman. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page" by Robert W. Lowndes; "Readin' and Writhin'"; "It Says Here". Illustrated by Emsh, Orban, Luton, & Freas. Tanning; edge and cornmer tears and losses; exposure sunned at front cover edges. Book. …

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 5. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "The Irrationals" (novelet) by Milton Lesser. Includes "Mercury Bill and the Amorous Hunk" by Charles A. Stearns; "Architect of Chaos" by John Danelaw [Victor Endersby]; "Curtain in the Sky" by Charles Dye; "The Myth-Makers" by Bryce Walton. Features: "It Says Here"; "The Way I See It"; "Readin' and Writhin'" by L. Sprague de Camp; "the Melting pot" by Calvin Thomas Beck; "The Reckoning"; "Reader's Preference Coupon". Illustrated by Luros, Murphy, Orban, and Sibley. Creasing; tanning; shallow edge losses and small corner loss; rubbing. Magazine.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 53, No. 6. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ron Walotsky for "Assassins" by Ron Goulart. Includes "Wolfhead" (pt. 2 of 2) by Charles L. Harness; "Sparklebugs, Holly and Love" (novelet) by Michael G. Coney; "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by James Quinn; "United Imp" by L. Sprague de Camp; "The House Sitters" by Raylyn Moore; "The Kugelmass Episode" (reprinted from The New Yorker) by Woody Allen. Features: "Books" by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Carry Me Back to the House of Pain" by Baird Searles; "Science: Dark and Bright" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Competition." Label bits and pulls remaining on front; a little creasing and rubbing; mild tanning; minor edge tears. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. CXIII, No. 1 & 2. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate for "Leap" (novelette) by Stephen L. Burns. Includes "The Immediate Family" (novella) by Spider Robinson; "Down in the Bottomlands" (novella) by Harry Turledove; "Pliocene Romance" (novelette) by L. Sprague de Camp; "Georgia on My Mind" (novelette) by Charles Sheffield; "Science Fact: Flight in Non-Terrestrial Atmospheres" by Duncan Lunan & Gordon Dick; "The Day the Signal Stopped" by Francis Cartier; "Music Played on the Strings of Time" by Kevin J. Anderson; "If At First You Don't Succeed. . ." by Grey Rollins. Probability Zero: "Alien Automotive" by Kent Patterson; "Attraction" by G. David Nordley. Reader's Departments: "The Editor's Page"; "Biolog: Stephen L. Burns" by Jay Kay Klein; "In Times to Come"; "The Alternate View" by G. Harry Stine; "The Reference Library" by Tom Easton; "Brass Tacks"; "Index"; "Upcoming Events" by Anthony Lewis. . Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Sydney Jordan, Bob Walters, Christopher Bing, Broeck Steadman, Dell Harris, Arthur George, and Nicholas Jainschigg. Small label pulls with bits remaining; minor soiling. Book. …

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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. CXIII, No. 1 & 2. Edited by Stanley Schmidt. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate for "Leap" (novelette) by Stephen L. Burns. Includes "The Immediate Family" (novella) by Spider Robinson; "Down in the Bottomlands" (novella) by Harry Turledove; "Pliocene Romance" (novelette) by L. Sprague de Camp; "Georgia on My Mind" (novelette) by Charles Sheffield; "Science Fact: Flight in Non-Terrestrial Atmospheres" by Duncan Lunan & Gordon Dick; "The Day the Signal Stopped" by Francis Cartier; "Music Played on the Strings of Time" by Kevin J. Anderson; "If At First You Don't Succeed. . ." by Grey Rollins. Probability Zero: "Alien Automotive" by Kent Patterson; "Attraction" by G. David Nordley. Reader's Departments: "The Editor's Page"; "Biolog: Stephen L. Burns" by Jay Kay Klein; "In Times to Come"; "The Alternate View" by G. Harry Stine; "The Reference Library" by Tom Easton; "Brass Tacks"; "Index"; "Upcoming Events" by Anthony Lewis. . Illustrated by Vincent Di Fate, Sydney Jordan, Bob Walters, Christopher Bing, Broeck Steadman, Dell Harris, Arthur George, and Nicholas Jainschigg. Tanning; price sticker small bits and associated pulls to rear; foredge bumped; minor creasing; minor soiling; standard glue-shrink. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used.