Published by Ace Books (NY), 1977
ISBN 10: 0441054609 ISBN 13: 9780441054602
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.
Published by Ace, NY, 1977
ISBN 10: 0441054609 ISBN 13: 9780441054602
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. [1st printing, 1977] Cover art by Paul Alexander. Includes "When You care, You Love" Theodore Sturgeon; "To The Chicago Abyss" by Ray Bradbury; "The Key" by Isaac Asimov; "Ship of Shadows" by Fritz Leiber; "The Queen of Air and Darkness: by Poul Anderson; "Midsummer Century" by James Blish. Commentaries and bibliographies of authors by Judith Merril, Sam Moskowitz, William F. Nolan, L. Sprague de Camp, Al Lewis, Gordion R. Dickson, Robert A. W. Lowndes, and Mark Owings. Mild tanning; edge and corner nicks and wear.
Published by Avon [c.1974], [New York], 1974
ISBN 10: 0380000547 ISBN 13: 9780380000548
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus. [New York]: Avon [c.1974]. Good. 1974. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0380000547 . First edition thus. "The definitive anthology of novellas that shaped the science fiction genre". 559 pages. Good or better copy [spine creased and slightly cocked, cover creasing, cheap text paper tanning]. .
Published by Fawcett Books, N.Y., 1980
ISBN 10: 0449242668 ISBN 13: 9780449242667
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Printing. A lightly creased spine with light edge rubbings.No store stamp. Stories by: Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Brian W. Aldiss, Arhtur C. Clarke, James Tiptree, Jr., Kate Wilhelm, Theodore Sturgeon, James Blish, Damon Knight, Frederik Poul, John W. Campbell, Jr. Ron Goulart, Alfred Bester, Edmond Hamilton, William Tenn, Mark Clifton, Isaac Asimov.
Published by Atlas Publishing, 1962
Seller: H4o Books, Market Rasen, LINCS, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. British Edition. Cover price 2/6. Theodore Sturgeon - When You Care, When You Love, James Blish - Theodore Sturgeon's Macrocosm, Isaac Asimov - Science:The Shape of Things, and others. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 112 pages. Item Type: Magazine. Previous owner's signature in ink. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 033125.
Published by Gold Medal/Crest
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Gorgeous vintage SF anthology grouping!All have no hardcover editons All with terrific Richard Powers wraparound cover art; All first edition/printings paperback originals (PBOs) though Infinity had a contemporaneous UK pb edition - priority not established, and; each in Very Fine collectible, tight, and unread condition. Each book contains three stories (novellas or novelettes) each by a classic SF writer, most seeing book publication for the very first time, including the first book (Infinity) publication of Robert Heinlein's Destination Moon! Details are: Out There (1959 Crest S282); Sky (1960 Crest S362), and; Infinity (1958 Gold Medal S726). Three books, one shipping price.
Published by Mercury Press, London, 1963
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Vol. 4, No. 2 January 1963 - British edition, printed and published in the UK, with a price of 2/6 on the front cover. This issue contains a featured story "When you care, when you love" by Theodore Sturgeon, and the first publication of a scientific article "The Shape of Things" by Isaac Asimov, plus stories and articles by James Blish, Robin Sturgeon, Kit Reed et al (please see scan of Contents page for a full list of the authors). ***Very good in colour illustrated paper covers. The covers have some light wear commensurate with age and handling, but are generally very clean. The edges of the covers are slightly rubbed and creased, mainly at the fore-edge of the page block, but the spine is still flat and untorn, with light reading creases. No fading. Internally also very good, with an ink note at the top of the title page, but no other inscriptions or annotations. No creases or tears. Cheap pulp paper stock tanned as usual. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***194mm x 130mm. 112 pages. ***'Theodore Sturgeon, born Edward Hamilton Waldo, Feb 26, 1918 - May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories, 11 novels, and several scripts for Star Trek: The Original Series. Sturgeon's science fiction novel "More Than Human" (1953) won the 1954 International Fantasy Award (for SF and fantasy) as the year's best novel, and the Science Fiction Writers of America ranked "Baby Is Three" number five among the 'Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time' to 1964. Ranked by votes for all of their pre-1965 novellas, Sturgeon was second among authors, behind Robert Heinlein.' (Wiki) ***A collection of Science Fiction stories, novellas and articles, including a scientific astronomical article "The Shape of Things" by Isaac Asimov about the spherical Earth. ***A classic original 1960s American issue of pulp magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction, published in January 1963, in very good condition for its age. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of all 12 issues of Galaxy Science Fiction digest magazine for 1952. Includes January through December, Vol. 3, No. 4 through Vol. 5, No. 3, All issues in fair to good condition. Book.
Published by Fantasy House, 1955
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of all 12 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction digest for 1955. Includes January, Vol. 8, No. 1 through December, Vol. 9, No. 6 issues. Missing April and September through November issues. All issues in very good condition. Book.
Published by Fantasy House, 1956
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of all 12 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction digest. Includes January, Vol. 10, No. 1 through December, Vol. 11, No. 6. All issues in Very good condition. Includes "The Door Into Summer" by Heinlein in 3 parts. Book.
Published by Signet, Avon, New American Library, ACE, Ballantine 1950-1971, 1950
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. ***SALE - The current price of this item reflects a 25% discount off our regular price. Sale ends September 30, 2024.***; 43 vintage mass market paperback science fiction books. All are in at least good+ condition to very good. All printed between 1950-1971. Many have never been cracked open, and all are solidly bound with clean pages. Some are first paperback printings.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, 1966
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Frank R. Paul (illustrator). First Ed Thus. Set of 69 digest science fiction magazines. All in good to fair condition. Publisher Sol Cohen bought the magazines Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in 1965 and began putting out a bewildering number of magazines with variant titles. The vast majority of the stories in these titles were reprints from either the Gernsback years of Amazing and FA or reprints from the 1960's versions of Amazing and Fantastic. Includes the following titles and issues: The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told - #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #10 (1966-1968); Thrilling Science Fiction - #19, #20, #22, #23, #24, #25, August, October, December 1972, February, April, December 1973, February, April, June, August, October, December 1974, April, July 1975; (1971-1975); Thrilling Science Fiction Adventures - #14, #15, #16 (1969-1970); Great Science Fiction - #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #12 (1965-1968); Science Fiction Greats - #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, 21 (1969-1971); Science Fiction Adventure Classics - #8, #15, #16, September 1972 (1969-1972); Science Fiction Adventures Classics - September 1972, July, September, November 1973; Science Fiction Classics - #1, #2, #5, #6 (1967-1968); Science Fiction Adventures - Yearbook 1970, January 1973, March 1973, November 1974 (1970, 1973); Space Adventures - #9, #10, #11 (1970); Science Fantasy - Yearbook 1970, #2, #3 (1970); Astounding SF #2 (1970); Astounding Stories Yearbook 1970; Weird Mystery #4 (1971) and Strange Fantasy #9 (1969). Book.
Published by The Dial Press, 1963
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. The Worlds of Science Fiction, The Dial Press, 1963, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Contributions by Howard Fast, James Blish, John Collier, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, Theodore Sturgeon, Poul Anderson, Anthony Boucher, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester and others each with a prefatory comment by the author. A scarce book for sure.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 2001
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Frank Kelly Freas (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near Fine - very. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Volume IIB (2B), by Ben Bova, frontispiece illustration by Frank Kelly Freas. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. Octavo, very dark green leather boards, gilt design and lettering on covers and spine, silk endpapers, silk page marker ribbon, All Edges gilt, 527 pp. Fine, but for faint adhesive residue from original owner's now-removed placement of his/her small personal collection sticker in the place provided for that by Easton. That adhesive is probably removable, but we do not essay that here. Hence - Near Fine. A panoply of classic sci-fi stories, by a long-esteemed group of authors -Ben Bova; Isaac Asimov; James Blish; Algis Budrys; Theodore Cogswell; E.M. Forster; Frederik Pohl; James H. Schmitz; T.L. Sherred; Wilmar H. Shiras; Clifford D. Simak; Jack Vance. See scan of contents page. Scarce in this form. Ships in very stout protection, of course. L36.
Published by Doubleday, 1973
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME: VOLUME TWO A and B. The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America, Doubleday, 1973, first edition, some light brown staining to small areas of the top page edges with some modest bleed through, else just about fine in like dw's. Contributions by John W. Campbell, Jr., Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, H. G. Wells, Jack Vance, E. M. Forster, Clifford Simak, Fred Pohl, James Schmitz, Poul Anderson, Jack Williamson, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, et.al.
Published by Mercury Press, 1949
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of 78 (out of 103) issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction published between 1949 and 1959. Includes Fall 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1 (under the title "The Magazine of Fantasy") through March 1954, Vol. 6, No. 3 (the first 31 issues) and 47 other issues from the 1950's. Most issues in fair condition with wear and browning pages, the early issues are in poor condition with loss to spines and outer edges of covers. A lot of good reading here for a low price. Book.
Published by Astounding / Street & Smith, 1956
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION FOR 1956 ALL 12 ISSUES, Street & Smith, first edition, very good plus to near fine or better in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by: John W. Campbell, Theodore Sturgeon, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein (DOUBLE STAR), Mark Clifton, Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiler, H.R. van Dongen, Murray Leinster, Isaac Asimov (THE NAKED SUN & THE DEAD PAST), Eric Frank Russell (PLUS X aka SPACE WILLIES aka NEXT OF KIN), Raymond F. Jones, Robert Silverberg, Poul Anderson, Randall Garrett, James Blish, James Gunn, Hal Clement, James Schmitz, Algis Budrys, et.al.
Published by Mercury Press, 1959
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Ed. Set of all 12 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for 1959. Includes January through December, Vol. 16, No. 1 through Vol. 17, No. 6. All issues in Very good condition. Includes both parts of Starship Soldier (October and November) by Heinlein. The first publication of the short novel that would become Starship Troopers. Also includes the first publication of the story Flowers For Algernon by Keyes. Book.