June 1952 (34 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Small 4to; black and white pictorial stiff covers; softcover; 87 pages; text by LLoyd Goodrich; black and white illustrations; sunned and edgeworn covers with slightly sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. Roy Stacey "'Amateur Stage' - in June, 1952" / "Post-War Theatre in Britain" / "A selected list of Silver Jubilee Events" / Leila Mackinlay "Then.and Now" / Roy Stacey "London Theatre Survey" / Amateur Stage News / New Play Reviews (SL#19).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762]. Light edge wear, reading crease, wear at spine ends, a very good copy. (26271).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. GD+ Covers rubbed & dulled, frayed, lightly creased at corners, internally very clean throughout.

Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762]. Small chip at upper left front corner, slight loss at base of spine, a nearly fine copy. (26346).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. This Signed in ink B&W photo measures 10" x 8" and is in excellent condition. It will be carefully packaged for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG. Cover art by Allen Anderson.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cyan cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains (xvii), 455 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 317 pp with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny rubs to the tips, not price clipped, £5.50. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Condition: Very Good. Fourth revised edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains [vi] 533 printed pages of text with frontispiece and 16 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Pages 211-212 with pen line to margins, dusty page edges, spine slightly darkened and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Unpaginiert Über A5 formatiger, 16seitiger Broschur -inkl. Cover-, mit durchgehend Fotos der Kunstwerke. Kartonartiger weisser Umschlag/Cover. Zart nachgebräunt, gut.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 215 printed pages of text with 15 illustrations from photographs and one fold-out Profile of The Bernese Oberland showing principal mountain peaks and other features to the rear of the book. Light foxing to the top and fore edges. Very Good Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minor rubbing, not price clipped, 18s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOUNTAINEERING.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original imitation terracotta leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, orange and cream decorated end sheets. 4to. 10½'' x 8ĵ''. [xxii], 225 pp. Full-page colour plates, decorative borders and calligraphy. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with one short closed tear to the top of the front gutter. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 087612225X Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Sabotage on Sulfur Planet" by Jack Vance. Also fiction by Jack Williamson, Anthony Boucher and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617]. Right edge trimmed, a fine copy. (28241).

Octavo, single issue, cover by Walter Popp, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Milton Lesser, Ross Rocklynne, Don Wilcox and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49]. Several tiny edge tears, slight edge wear, a fine copy. (27387).

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter cream cloth covers, maroon title and author lettering to the spine, red cloth covered boards, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [vi] 397 printed pages of text. Foxing to the uncut page edges, spine age darkened and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 2 other titles from this series. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter cream cloth covers, blue title and author lettering to the spine, blue cloth covered boards, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xii] 431 printed pages of text. Foxing to the uncut page edges, spine age darkened and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 2 other titles from this series. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter cream cloth covers, brown title and author lettering to the spine, brown cloth covered boards, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [x] 387 printed pages of text. Foxing to the uncut page edges, spine age darkened, surface marks to the front board and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 2 other titles from this series. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Staple Binding. Condition: Fair. Wear to covers, some covers loose, some with tape repairs, contents generally clean and tidy Size: 8vo.

Original wraps. Condition: Very good. Columbia University commencement program from June 5, 1952, signed by the honorary doctorate degree recipient, Wallace Stevens. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 40pp. Original paper wraps, bound at the center with two staples. Faint dampstain along fore edge of the front few leaves, no impact to text block. Faint soiling to rear cover. Signed by author Wallace Stevens on the title page. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was an American modernist poet known for his complex and philosophical verse. He was recognized at the 1952 Columbia University Commencement with an Honorary Doctor of Letters alongside historian Daniel Mornet. Stevens later received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1955. Signed.

Octavo, later small octavo, 23 issues, pictorial wrappers, side stapled. Pulp (1-12) and later digest (13-23) sized magazine. All published. This was Australia's first SF pulp magazine, it was in the vein of U.S. pulp magazine 1920-30s. Many of the stories were produced under pseudonyms, artwork contributors included Stanley Pitt and Ray Cavanagh. It did not last in large part due to higher quality material appearing from overseas imports. This magazine also published a number of stories by Australias first female SF author, N. K. Hemming (Norma). [Reference: Blackford, et al., Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, pp. 64-65. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 672-74. Tuck (1982), p. 601]. Some toning to text paper, issue 12 is very good, the rest nearly fine or better. A very attractive set. Scarce. (32953).