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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. ----------trade paperback. A 244-page science fiction anthology, collecting lesser-known but excellent stories of the mid-late 1940s from Astounding Science Fiction. Back cover corner crease, modest shelfwear, a near fine copy. Alex Schomburg (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Paperback Printing. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover by J. Vita. This anthology contains: The Unnameable by H. P. Lovecraft; All Souls by Edith Wharton; Auntie Elspeth's Hallowe'en Story, or, The Gourd, the Bad and the Ugly by Esther Freisner; The Witch Who Hated Hallowe'en by Terry Kaye; Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out by Darrell Schweitzer; Miasma by Terry McGarry; Evening Spirit by Marc Bilgray; Pumpkin Head by Al Sarrantonio; Trick or Treat with Jesus by Marilyn Mattie Brahen; Into the Abyss by R. J. Lewis; The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin by Edward D. Hoch; The Devil's Own by John Gregory Betancourt; Uncle Evil Eye by Carole Bugge; The Phantom Highwayman by Ron Goulart; The Hallowe'en Man by William F. Nolan; A Matter of Taste by Parke Godwin; and The Banshee's Comb - Darby O'Gill by Herminie T. Kavanagh. J. Vita; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 244 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Alex Schomburg; interiors by: Paul Orban; BRush; Edd Cartier; Williams; Frank Kramer; and Lester Elliot. This anthology contains: Letter to a Phoenix - a short story by Fredric Brown; Cold War - a short story by Kris Neville; Ex Machina - a novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore writing as Lewis Padgett; Invariant - a short story by John Pierce; Police Operation - a novelette by H. Beam Piper; Ogre - a novelette by Clifford D. Simak; and Thunder and Roses - a novelette by Theodore Sturgeon. Size: 8vo. Alex Schomburg; Paul Orban; BRush; Edd Cartier; Williams; Frank Kramer; Lester Elliot; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. - Inspected, Cleaned, Sealed in Shrink Wrap - Sturdy Binding - Clean & Unmarked - Returns Accepted / Refunds Given Inspected, Cleaned & Sealed by me, the proprietor. 1964. Hardcover book with the dust jacket book. It has a sturdy binding. The text part of the book is clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has rubbing light wear to the edge. 516 pp. 9.25" x 6.25". Sealed in Shrink Wrap for protection in storage and shipping. Expertly packed. *PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLER* I try hard to get the descriptions right, sometimes I make a mistake, therefore, Returns accepted. Refunds given. -Gordon.…

0 Includes illustrations. Very good. light shelf wear, protected in stiff brodart.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Greenleaf Publishing Corporation. Good. 1956. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.25", 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Cosmic Bunglers" by Geoff St Reynard, "Practical Joke" by Richard O. Lewis, "Code of the Bluster World" by Milton Lesser, etc. Good or better copy [some creasing to the slightly cocked spine which has very minor chipping to the ends, cover creasing, text paper tanning. whb11. cover painting by H. / Harold W. McCauley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Small gift inscription (probably by editor) on 2nd page.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing. From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write. This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully. SERIES : Everyday Handbooks TITLE : The Writer's Book AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al AEGIS : The Author's Guild EDITOR : Helen Hull IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble PLACE : New York DATE : (1969) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips. All in all a well preserved copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. General Hall, 1994. Hard cover, first edition. Has some underlining and highlighting; not perfect but a solid reading copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine and a small mark on the front cover. Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen; interiors by: Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; and Paul Orban. This issue contains: Editorial by Lester del Rey; Take Off by Lester del Rey; Explosion Delayed by John Christopher writing as William Vine; Infinite Intruder by Alan E. Nourse; Collectivum by Mike Lewis; Cue for Quiet (conclusion) by T. L. Sherred; and Let 'em Breathe Space by Lester del Rey; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. H. R. van Dongen; Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; Paul Orban; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 176 pp. Digest format. Volume 7, number 4. Light wear. Cover art by Marc Yankus; interiors by: Gerry Mooney; Janet Aulisio; Broeck Steadman; H. R. Van Dongen; John Pierard; Brad Hamann; D. Delia Rotta; Artifact; Val Lakey; and Theresa Florenza. This issue contains: The Sidon in the Mirror, a novelette by Connie Willis; Bouncing Superballs, a short story by Martin Gardner; Plague, a short story by Lewis Shiner; Cryptic, a short story by Jack McDevitt; Short Timer, a short story by John Morressy; $Call Link4 (Cathy), a short story by Cherie Wilkerson; Negation Demonstrated/Demonstration Negated, a short story by Bradley Strickland; and The Blue Background, a short story by Brian Aldiss; along with the usual features, including an editorial, Nostalgia, by Isaac Asimov, and a profile of James Tiptree Jr by Charles Platt. Size: 12mo. Marc Yankus; Gerry Mooney; Janet Aulisio; Broeck Steadman; H. R. Van Dongen; John Pierard; Brad Hamann; D. Delia Rotta; Artifact; Val Lakey; Theresa Florenza; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 112 pages. George Barker "Ballad of the Muse at Sea" / Jack Cope "The Crack in the Sky" / Eudora Welty "Spring" / John Holloway "Recognition Scene" / L A G Strong "Yeats at his Ease" / H L R Edwards "Stendhal in London (1817)" / Rex Warner on C Day Lewis.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Digest format. Light wear but with a short tear in the leading edge of the front cover. Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen; interiors by: Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; and Paul Orban. This issue contains: Let 'em Breathe Space by Lester del Rey; Cue for Quiet (conclusion) by T. L. Sherred; Infinite Intruder by Alan E. Nourse; Explosion Delayed by John Christopher writing as William Vine; Collectivum by Mike Lewis; and Science Fact and Fiction by George O. Smith; along with the usual features, including a review of The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov. Size: 12mo. H. R. van Dongen; Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; Paul Orban; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 96 pages. C W H Sutton "A Revaluation Of Mind And Its Relation To Nature" / John Kemp "Pain and Evil" / Ernest H Hutten "Natural and Scientific Language" / A H Hannay "The Concept Of Art For Art's Sake" / J Hartland-Swann "What iIs Theology (A Reply to Professor H D Lewis)" (SL#84/3).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 160 pp. Digest format. General wear with creasing on the front cover. Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen; interiors by: Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; and Paul Orban. This issue contains: Let 'em Breathe Space by Lester del Rey; Cue for Quiet (conclusion) by T. L. Sherred; Infinite Intruder by Alan E. Nourse; Explosion Delayed - by John Christopher writing as William Vine; Collectivum by Mike Lewis; and Science Fact and Fiction by George O. Smith; along with the usual features, including a review of The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov. Size: 12mo. H. R. van Dongen; Joseph Eberle; Kelly Freas; H. R. Smith; Paul Orban; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Lightly bumped and rubbed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Free of markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Reuben Falber "Election Retrospect" / Emile Burns "Problems of Inflation" / "Necessity and Chance in Physics" by Andrew Taylor / "Samuel Beckett and the Decline of Western Civilisation" by John Lewis / H Frankel "Non-Manual Workers in the Sixties" / Stephen Sedley "Art and Superstructure" (SL#125/5). …

Large Soft Cover. Condition: New. First. 199 pages. Stories by Gary McMahon, David A. Sutton, David A. Riley, Steve Goodwin, Mike Chinn, Craig Herbertson, Daniel McGachey, D. F. Lewis, Eddy C. Bertin, Julia Lufford, L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, John Llewellyn Probert, and Rog Pile. Paul Mudie (cover) (illustrator). Horror.…

Large Soft Cover. Condition: New. First. 199 pages. Stories by Gary McMahon, David A. Sutton, David A. Riley, Steve Goodwin, Mike Chinn, Craig Herbertson, Daniel McGachey, D. F. Lewis, Eddy C. Bertin, Julia Lufford, L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, John Llewellyn Probert, and Rog Pile. Paul Mudie (cover) (illustrator). Horror.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. UK edition. Contents similar to July 1953 US issue with all the stories but without most of the non-fiction. Contains Let 'em Breathe Space by del Rey (illustrated by Eberle), Cue for Quiet (Part 2 of 2) by Sherred (Illustrated by Orban), Infinite Intruder by Nourse (illustrated by Smith), Explosion Delayed by Vine (Christopher - illustrated by Freas), Collectivum by Lewis (illustrated by Smith) and an editorial by del Rey. The back cover has some creasing and there is some light edge and surface wear to the covers. The page edges are browned. Browning to the pages with some spotting to the first and last pages. Cover art by Van Dongen. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Van Dongen, H.R.; Eberle, Joseph; Freas, Kelly; Orban, Paul; Smith, H.R. (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Entire issue, in original wraps, light general wear and soiling, minor sunning at some edges, overall relatively bright and clean. The editor, Dr. H. R. Arndt, also edited the title, A System Of Medicine Based Upon The Law Of Homoeopathy, Hahnemann Publishing House, Philadelphia, 1885. Contents of the present issue include Homoeopathy In Surgical Practice, by J. G. Gilchrist, Detroit, Michigan, The Causal Indication In Prescribing, by J. T. O'Conner, M. D., Amenia, New York, Boracic Acid In Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, by J. F. Brown, Jackson, Michigan, Anomalous Cases, by F. Park Lewis, Buffalo, New York, Bird's-Eye View Of Homoeopathy In Great Britain With Special Reference To The Hostility Of The Medical Profession To The System, by Dr. John Moore, being the Presidential Address delivered at the British Homoeopathic Congress held at Matlock, September 11, 1883, The Homoeopathic Medical And Surgical Hospital And Dispensary Of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, illustrated with engravings of the old hospital building and the new hospital building, notes on the December meeting of the Clinical Society Of The Hahnemann Hospital Of Chicago, and a notice of the College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Michigan. Very scarce. …

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. "The Dueling Machine" by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis, short stories by Schmitz, Reynolds, Tubb, and Spinrad. Cover art by Feodor Rimsky. Mild handling wear, covers a bit thumbed, short closed tear on upper front cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 372 pp., x. '1' in number line; Stated: "In part a revision of Toward a steady state economy, 1973". Following the Preface and the Editor's "Introduction to the Steady-Sate Economy," Contents are divided into three Parts and 22 Essays (with Notes or References at the end of an essay): Part I ECOLOGY: ULTIMATE MEANS AND BIOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS Editor: "Introduction"; (1) Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, "Humanity at the Crossroads"; (2) __, ___, and John P. Hildren, "Availability, Entropy, and the Laws of Thermodynamics"; (3) Nicholas Georgescu--Roegen, "The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem"; (4) __. "Selections fro' Energy and Economic Myths"; (5) Earl Cook, "Limits to Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources"; (6) Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"(7) __ "Second Thoughts on ' The Tragedy of the Commons ' "; Part II: ETHICS: THE ULTIMATE END AND VALUE CONSTRAINTS Editor, "INTRODUCTION";(8) E. F. Schumacher, "The Age of Plenty: A Christian View"; (9) _. "Buddhist Ethics"; (10) Robert L. Sinsheimer, "The Presumptions of Science"; (11) John Cobb, "Ecology, Ethics, Theology"; (12) C. S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man"; Part III: ECONOMICS: INTERACTION OF ENDS AND MEANS" Editor, "Introduction"; (13) Peter A. Victor, "Economics and the Challenge of Environmental Issues"; (14) Gerald Alonzo Smith, "The Teleological View of Wealth: A Historical Perspective"; [Editor] "On Economics as a Life Science"; (16) Kenneth E. Boulding, "The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth"; (18) E.J. Mishan, "The Growth of Affluence and the Decline of Welfare"; (19) Bruce Hannon, "Energy Use and Moral Restraint"; (20) Talbot Page, "The Severance Tax as an Instrument of Intertemporal Equity"; (21) [Editor] "The Steady-State Economy: Toward a Political Economy of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth"; (22) [Editor] "Postscript: Some Common Misunderstandings and Further Issues Concerning a Steady-State Economy". Glossy, pale green wrappers with Title and Subtitle lettering in black letters across top half front cover, above black and white photo-illustration of a polluting industrial plant; Editor name lettering in smaller black letters across bottom front cover. Micro-tip wear at corners and a few pages with news clippings having been inserted (documented below) and leaving offsetting (text still eminently readable, binding unstretched): Binding strong (NO cracks); previous owner name, date, and place discreetly at top left inside cover; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear but at tips. Clean text. Still timely discussions. News items laid in [offsetting between pages cited; all text eminently readable: (1) Philip Shabecoff, "Temperature for World Rises Sharply in the 1980's" (New York Times, 3 29 1988); (2) David Doniger and Alan Miller, "Fighting Global Warming is Good for Business" (NY, 8 6 1990) [between pp. 112-116]; (3) Andrew R. Solow, "Pseudo-Scientific Hot Air" (NYT, 12 28 1988) [120-121]; (4) Michael Oppenheimer, "Will the Planet Remain Habitable?: Climate Control is a key" (NYT, 6 30 1986) [126-127]; (5) Tom Wicker, "Battered and Abused: Global threats to the environment" (NYT, 11 25 1988) [136-138]; (6) Mary Kate Cranston, "Mitchell optimistic on acid rain bill" (Boston Globe, 8 2 1987), (7) UPI "US, in 1985, feared NRC cover-up of wrongdoing by nuclear utilities" (Globe, 8 23 1987), (8) AP "EPA accused of ignoring pollution law" (Globe 11 24 1987): [158-59]; (8) Matthew L. Wald, "Utility Is Selling Right To Pollute" (NYT, 5 12 1992) [168-169]; (9) AP "Ozone Team To Brave Arctic Night" (NYT, 6 23 1986), (10) JAMES GLEICK, "Hole in Ozone Over South Pole Worries Scientists" (NYT 7 29 1986), (11) N. E. Environmental Conference,Tufts U., Medford, Mass, "Global Effort Urged for Ozone" [263-267]; (12) William K. Stevens, "With Cloudy Crystal Balls, Scientists Race to Assess Global Warming" ((NYT, 2 7 1989), (13) Philip Shabecoff, "Man Said To Tax Earth's Systems" (NYT 2 14 1987) [306-311]. Also, 5 NO-offsetting items: 1988-2014.…

Magazine. 98p., 8.5x11 inches, fiction, explicit nude male photos in color and b&w, illustrations, personals, ads for sex toys, wraps lightly worn, marker notation on front wrap, else very good gay men's sex magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Includes The Pioneer by Ball; Late by Harding; The Engineer by Harding; Conversation Piece by Aldiss; The Bundenburg Touch by Draper; Part 2 of 3 of Field Hospital by White; a guest editiorial by William F Temple; a film review by Carnell and book reviews by Leslie Flood. Cover art by Brian Lewis. Three inch crease to bottom corner of front cover and slight marking to rear cover. Small pieces torn from the top and bottom corners of about 13 pages and some edge wear and browning to pages. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Lewis, Brian (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. occasional notes in pen. Summary:Monograph comprising ten essays on the origins and causes of peasant movements in Asia and their relationship to communist social movements for social change - includes papers on the implications of different land tenure systems, the role of intellectuals and the working class in the vietnamese revolution, leadership strategies, the political power of ethnic groups and the urban population, the relationship between urban areas and rural areas and its implications for revolution, etc. References and statistical tables. Contents Introduction / JOHN WILSON LEWIS KATHLEEN J. HARTFORD PART ONE The Roots of Revolution Asian Tenancy Systems and Communist Mobilization of the Peasantry / DONALD ZAGORIA The Communist Movement and the Peasants: The Case of Korea / SE HEE YOO The Vietnamese Revolutionary Alliance: Intellectuals, Workers, and Peasants / CHRISTINE PELZER WHITE PART TWO Organization-Building and Leadership Strategies Traditional Modes and Communist Movements: Change and Protest in Indonesia / REX MORTIMER The Ethnic and Urban Bases of Communist Revolt in Malaya / MICHAEL STENSON Burmese Communist Schisms / JOHN BADGLEY Toward an Exchange Theory of Revolution / JEFFREY RACE PART THREE Revolution: Town and Countryside Utopian Socialist Themes in Maoism / MAURICE MEISNER Urban and Rural Strategies in the Chinese Communist Revolution / YING-MAO KAU Town and Country in Revolution / CHARLES TILLY Afterword / KATHLEEN J. HARTFORD JOHN WILSON LEWIS.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 105 pages. Eloise Knapp Hay "Conrad's Self-Portraiture" / John S Lewis "'Artless Photos': Two Previously Unknown Photographs of Joseph Conrad" / Mario Curreli "Four Unpublished Conrad Letters" / Jean-Pierre Cap "A Conrad Letter to Henri Gheon" / Wray C Herbert "Conrad's Psychic Landscape: The Mythic Element in 'Karain'" / C Ponnuthurai Sarvan "Under African Eyes" / Dwight H Purdy "Creature and Creator in 'Under Western Eyes" / Allen F Stein "Conrad's Debt to Cooper: The Sea Lions and 'The Secret Sharer'" / Daniel E Lees "Conrad's Unpublished Pen and Ink Sketches for The Secret Agent: A Drama" / Hans van Marle "Conrad's English Lodgings, 1880-1896" / James Walt "At Home with Jessie Conrad" / Roger Little "A Letter about Conrad by Saint-John Perse" / Lyman Owen "Conrad and A Safroni-Middleton". (SL#82).…

paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. [West Warwick]: Necronomicon Press. First edition thus. Copy #37/500 numbered copies. Facsimile reprint of the February 1916 [Vol. I No. II] issue of the Official Organ of the Providence Amateur Press Club. Green printed wrappers [about 5" x 7.5"], saddle-stapled, [16] pages [last numbered page is 15]. Fine copy. magE. …