Dickson Robert C (78 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing # 50722 of this collection of short stories by Brian W Aldiss, Philip K Dick, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson and more. Light edgewear. In near fine condition.

Singleissuemagazine. Condition: Good. Cover art by Malcolm Smith (illustrator). First Edition. Evanston: Greenleaf Publishing Company. Good. 1952. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.5"], 162 pages, illustrated. Includes "Children of the Chronotron" by S. J. Bryne, "The Beachcomber" by Damon Knight, "The Toy" by Kris Neville, "Writing Class" by Robert Sheckley, "Time Grabber" by Gordon R. Dickson, "The Levitant" by Daniel F. Galouye, etc. Good or better copy [hole punch to the front cover, tearing to the spine end corners, cover creasing, text paper tanned. whbx 18.

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.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, Dec. 1962/Feb. 1963; #6163. [Cover by Valigursky.] Includes "Inside John Barth" by William W. Stuart; "The Last Letter" by Fritz Leiber; "Perfect Answer" by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; "Double Dare" by Robert Silverberg; "Pastoral Affair" by Charles A. Stearns; "Black Charlie" by Gordon R. Dickson; "$1,000 A Plate" by Jack McKenty; "Take Wooden Indians" by Avram Davidson; "The Bitterest Pill" by Frederik Pohl; "This Side Up" by Raymond E. Banks; "The Eel" by Miriam Allen DeFord; "A Feast Of Demons" by William Morrison; "Nightmare With Zeppelins" by Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth; "We Never Mention Aunt Nora" by Paul Flehr; "When The People Fell" by Cordwainer Smith. Cover crease; tanning; minor edge nicks and wear; address label and date-stamp on first page; # in pen inside cover. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, Dec. 1962/Feb. 1963; #6163. [Cover by Valigursky.] Includes "Inside John Barth" by William W. Stuart; "The Last Letter" by Fritz Leiber; "Perfect Answer" by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; "Double Dare" by Robert Silverberg; "Pastoral Affair" by Charles A. Stearns; "Black Charlie" by Gordon R. Dickson; "$1,000 A Plate" by Jack McKenty; "Take Wooden Indians" by Avram Davidson; "The Bitterest Pill" by Frederik Pohl; "This Side Up" by Raymond E. Banks; "The Eel" by Miriam Allen DeFord; "A Feast Of Demons" by William Morrison; "Nightmare With Zeppelins" by Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth; "We Never Mention Aunt Nora" by Paul Flehr; "When The People Fell" by Cordwainer Smith. Light soiling; tanning; starting at contents page. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st printing, Dec. 1962/Feb. 1963; #6163. [Cover by Valigursky.] Includes "Inside John Barth" by William W. Stuart; "The Last Letter" by Fritz Leiber; "Perfect Answer" by L. J. Stecher, Jr.; "Double Dare" by Robert Silverberg; "Pastoral Affair" by Charles A. Stearns; "Black Charlie" by Gordon R. Dickson; "$1,000 A Plate" by Jack McKenty; "Take Wooden Indians" by Avram Davidson; "The Bitterest Pill" by Frederik Pohl; "This Side Up" by Raymond E. Banks; "The Eel" by Miriam Allen DeFord; "A Feast Of Demons" by William Morrison; "Nightmare With Zeppelins" by Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth; "We Never Mention Aunt Nora" by Paul Flehr; "When The People Fell" by Cordwainer Smith. Minor creasing, rubbing and soiling; tanning. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade paperback in stiff wrappers. Appears like new with no creases or shelfwear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. CS.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First prining October 1987, with complete number line beginning with 1. Cover lightly sunned, else a near fine, tight copy. Paperback Original. 553 pages. This anthology contains 24 "stories," 22 of which are narrative fiction ("The First Locked Room" is a reconstruction of a true crime by Lillian de la Torre, and "The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds" is a radio play by Ellery Queen). A few of its stories have frequently been reprinted elsewhere (Wilkie Collins's "A Terribly Strange Bed," G. K. Chesterton's "The Invisible Man," and Clayton Rawson's "Off the Face of the Earth"), but most of them will be new to most readers. Trade Paperback Original.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 66, no. 5 (Whole No. 384). Includes "Jericho and the Studio Murders" by Hugh Pentecost; "The Euthanasian" by Jacob Hay; "In the Bag" by Robert L. Fish; "Death of a Princess" by Joyce Harrington; "Hot Summer Night" by Julian Symons; "Crime of Passion" by Lynda Fayle Gilmartin; "The New Jersey Flying Machine" by S. S. Rafferty; "Homecoming" by Robie MacAuley; "The Mystery of the Blue Jar" by Agatha Christie; "G As in Gun" by Lawrence Treat; "The Theft of the Venetian Window" by Edward D. Hoch; "Detectiverse" by C. McInerney & John Large; "The Jury Box" by John Dickson Carr. Label and sticker on front; tanning; rear cover cup ring; glue-shrink; edge tears; creasing; tanning. Reading copy. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. PHOTO Cover From Movie. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 158 pages.CONTETNS = The New Father Christmas; Answer; Fool's Mate; Quixote and the Windmill; Two-Handed Engine; First to Serve; I Made You; Monkey Wrench; Imposter; Someday; Short in the Chest; Nightmare Number Three.>> Creasing to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Very Good first edition, previous owner stamps and bookplate, very good dustjacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nice copy with an uncreased spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp First edition. Magazine. Digest sized pictorial wrappers [about 5.5" x 7.5"], 162 pages, illustrated. Includes the second of two parts of "Of Godlike Power" by Mack Reynolds, "Catch a Tartar" by Gordon R. Dickson, "The Tinplate Teleologist" by Arthur Sellings, "the Light Outside" by C. C. MacApp, "Cyclops" by Fritz Leiber, etc. Very good copy with light wear to the spine head, light soiling to the rear cover, ext paper starting to tan. See photos whb18.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 3, No. 3. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Schelling for "Cyclops" by Fritz Leiber. Includes "Catch a Tartar" (novelette) by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Tinplate Teleologist" (novelette) by Arthur Sellings; "At the Institute" (novelette) by Norman Kagan; "The Light Outside" by C. C. MacApp; "Of Godlike Powers" (conclusion) by Mack Reynolds. Science Feature: "Theories Wanted" by Robert S. Richardson. Departments: "Editorial: the Universe"; Coming. . .Tomorrow!" Illustrated by Morrow, Brock, and Gaughan. Spine faded; tanning; rubbing; minor creasing; date-stamp on front. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 8, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff ("Hostile Planet"). Rear cover tie-in for Disney's ' "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" starring Kirk Douglas. Includes "The Short Ones" by Raymond E. Banks; "I Do Not Love Thee, Dr. Fell" by Robert Bloch; "The Golem" by Avram Davidson; "He Had a Big Heart" by Frank Quattrocchi; "The Thirteenth Floor" by Frank Gruber; "Change the Sky" Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Overlooked" by E. C. Hornsby; "The Book of Your Life" by James Blish; "Yo Ho Hoka!" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson; "Doctrine of Original Design" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Millennium" by Fredric Brown; "The Bone That Seeks" by John Anthony. Tears at spien ends with minor losses; edge nicks and wear; tanning; creasing. Book.

Condition: New. In.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 8, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff ("Hostile Planet"). Rear cover tie-in for Disney's ' "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" starring Kirk Douglas. Includes "The Short Ones" by Raymond E. Banks; "I Do Not Love Thee, Dr. Fell" by Robert Bloch; "The Golem" by Avram Davidson; "He Had a Big Heart" by Frank Quattrocchi; "The Thirteenth Floor" by Frank Gruber; "Change the Sky" Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Overlooked" by E. C. Hornsby; "The Book of Your Life" by James Blish; "Yo Ho Hoka!" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson; "Doctrine of Original Design" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Millennium" by Fredric Brown; "The Bone That Seeks" by John Anthony. Stress; creasing; wear at spine ends; tanning; minor stain. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex- library copy with stamps and stickers.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 8, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff ("Hostile Planet"). Rear cover tie-in for Disney's ' "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" starring Kirk Douglas. Includes "The Short Ones" by Raymond E. Banks; "I Do Not Love Thee, Dr. Fell" by Robert Bloch; "The Golem" by Avram Davidson; "He Had a Big Heart" by Frank Quattrocchi; "The Thirteenth Floor" by Frank Gruber; "Change the Sky" Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Overlooked" by E. C. Hornsby; "The Book of Your Life" by James Blish; "Yo Ho Hoka!" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson; "Doctrine of Original Design" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Millennium" by Fredric Brown; "The Bone That Seeks" by John Anthony. Tanning; corner wear; minor creasing; letter W on front (see scan). Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 8, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Nicholas Solovioff ("Hostile Planet"). Rear cover tie-in for Disney's ' "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" starring Kirk Douglas. Includes "The Short Ones" by Raymond E. Banks; "I Do Not Love Thee, Dr. Fell" by Robert Bloch; "The Golem" by Avram Davidson; "He Had a Big Heart" by Frank Quattrocchi; "The Thirteenth Floor" by Frank Gruber; "Change the Sky" Idris Seabright (Margaret St. Clair); "Overlooked" by E. C. Hornsby; "The Book of Your Life" by James Blish; "Yo Ho Hoka!" (short novelet) by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson; "Doctrine of Original Design" (verse) by Winona McClintic; "Millennium" by Fredric Brown; "The Bone That Seeks" by John Anthony. Tanned; minor spine stress and scuffs. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 3. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by M. S. Dollens for "The Comedian's Children" (novelet) by Theodore Sturgeon. Includes "The Dark Backward" by Edmond Hamilton; "Science: The Big Bang" by Isaac Asimov; "Cosmic Casanova" by Arthur C. Clarke; "Ground Leave Incident" (short novelet) by Rog Phillips; "Books: On Hand. . .Offhand" by Theodore Sturgeon; "Fleegl of Fleegl" by Gordon R. Dickson; "A World Named Mary" by Robert Marner [Algis Budrys]; "Buy Jupiter!" by Isaac Asimov. Illustrated by Giunta and Schoenherr. Nice copy but for severe lean and tanning. Book.

Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). New York: Thomas Nelson inc Publishers [c.1977]. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Book Club edition [with code H25 on page 188]. Collects 7 stories. 189 pages. Price marked on the top edge else Near Fine copy in VG+/Near Fine Dust Wrapper.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover marked. Pencil inscriptions to rear. Browning to pages. Sporadic foxing and marking. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 178pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Robert Sheckley "Writing Class". 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.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A creased spine with edge rubbings. No store stamp. Storeis by : Roger Zelazny, Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford, Tom Realmy, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Scholes, Philip Jose Farmer, Ursula K. Le Guin, C.L. Grant, Robert Silverberg. Nebula & Hugo winners 1965-1974.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 7. Edited by William L. Hamling. Cover art by Malcolm Smith for "Children of the Chronotron" by S. J. Byrne. Includes "Cinderella, Inc." by Harry C. Crosby [Christopher Anvil]; "The Beachcomber" by Damon Knight; "The Toy" by Kris Neville; "Writing Class" by Robert Sheckley; "Time Grabber" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Levitant" by Daniel F. Galouye. "Introducing the Author" highlights Byrne. Illustrated by W. E. Terry and H. W. McCauley. Letters from James White, Jack Vance, Dave van Arnam. Glue-shrink; foxing; tanning; stamped by Ted White, noted author and editor on cover and first page. Book.

Condition: New. pp. 327.