Phillips John C Editor (13 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Poor to Fair. First Edition. ----------vintage paperback. A first edition paperback original collection of stories from the early years of the magazine New Worlds. Front cover tear, small piece out of spine top, small tear to spine bottom, green tape residue on front cover and spine, cover creased and scuffed, a poor-fair copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Printing - First Thus. 128 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the cover and spine; small ink mark on the front cover. Cover art by H. R. van Dongen; interiors by: H. R. van Dongen; Douglas; Gardner; John Schoenherr; and Bemklau. This issue contains: Novelette: Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper; Short Stories: The Crackpot by Theodore L. Thomas; The Piebald Horse by E. C. Tubb; and Sunspot by Hal Clement. And Serial: Occasion for Disaster - Part One of Four Parts - by Mark Phillips; along with an article: The Dean Device by John Campbell; and Campbell's editorial: The Literal-Minded Type. Size: 12mo. H. R. van Dongen; Douglas; Gardner; John Schoenherr; Bemklau; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2." Fifteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and minuscule splitting along spine. A Very Good copy. Sources of Northwest History No. 1. Part of the "Historical Reprints" series. "Reprinted from the Historical Section of The Frontier, a Magazine of the Northwest, published at the State University of Montana, Missoula. Vol. VIII, No. 1, November, 1927. [Reprinted in March, 1932]." This historical reprint is an autobiographical account by John R. Barrows when he was "a Wisconsin youth in Montana" from 1880-1882. Barrows's narrative recounts his days traveling as an emigrant on the Overland Trail, traversing sometimes inhospitable prairie, and interacting with many of the locals including trading post employees, cowboys, and members of Indigenous tribes. Much of Barrows's account focuses on his time working as a cowboy. There are also descriptive scenes in which he recollects his interactions with Indigenous people including a time when he frequented a village of the Piegan/Blackfeet tribe out of curiosity.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains Frontier of the Unknown (Part 2 of 2) by Knight, Released Entropy (Part 1 of 2) by Williamson, Crystallized Thought by Schachner, Jupiter Trap by Rocklynne, Specialization by Winterbotham, Temporary Warp by Long, The Time Bender by Saari, Space Blister by Clark, Smallpox of Space by Campbell Jr. and What are Positrons? by Swisher. Cover by Brown and interior art by Thomson, Wesso, Schneeman, Hopper and Dold. Small surface tear to the top left corner of the front cover. Tape around the spine which is chipped at the top and bottom. The pages are browned with occasional spotting but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Wesso, H.W.; Dold, Elliott Jr.; Flatos; Saaty, Wallace; Thomson, C.R. (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains Earthspin by Schachner, Forgetfulness by Stuart (Campbell Jr.), One Around the Moon by Phillips by Phillips, Durna Range Neophyte by Jones, Comet's Captive by Gallun, Reverse Phylogeny by Long, Two Sane Mane by Saari, When Time Stood Still by Corbett, The Indesinent Stykal by Sharp, Stress Fluid by McCann (Campbell Jr.) and Cosmic Discovery by Campbell Jr. Cover by Wesso and interior art by Thomson, Wesso, Flatos, Saaty and Dold. Book shop stamp on the front cover. Tape around the spine which is chipped at the top and bottom. Small tears to the top corners of the last few pages and some corner creasing to the pages. The pages are browned with occasional spotting but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Wesso, H.W.; Dold, Elliott Jr.; Flatos; Saaty, Wallace; Thomson, C.R. (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains 'Cassandra' by Aiken, 'The Forgotten Enemy' by Clarke, 'Unknown Quantity' by Phillips, 'Too Efficient' by Bounds, 'Necessity' by Rayer, 'Time to Rest' by Beynon (Wyndham) and 'Pools of Infinity' by Moore along with an editorial, The Literary Line up and a review of The Four Sided Triangle by William F. Temple. Two inch patch of label residue to the front cover which has some creasing around the edges. One inch piece missing from the surface of the spine at the bottom. The back cover has some browning and discolouration. Heavy brown spotting to the first and last few pages with scattered brown spotting throughout and some creasing to the top corners of the pages. Cover illustration by Bob Clothier and interior artwork by Clothier and Harry Turner. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Clothier, Bob; Turner, Harry (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains 'Detective William Brown' by Woolrich; 'Copper!' by Allen; 'Peace be With You' by Brandon; 'Figures on Murder' by Holden; 'The Lady's in Hades' by Davis; 'Little Rabbit' by Phillips; 'Indians Never Forget' by Booth; 'Gold Fang the Killer' by Alexander; 'Illustrated Crimes' by Allen; 'Guardian Angel' by Adlams; 'They're Swindling You!' by Wrentmore; and 'Solving Cipher Secrets' by Ohaver. Chipping around the edges of the front and rear covers with some loss in several places and two small patches of surface damage to the front cover. Chipping at the top and bottom of the spine with two inch closed tear to the right edge next to the front cover. Browning to the pages with a two inch closed tear at the edge of the first few pages with this being four inches long at the beginning of the Woolrich story. The pages are generally otherwise unmarked. Illustrations at the beginning of each story. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Watson, Emmett (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Orig. blue cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. 209 pp., illus. Very slight rubbing to extremities; internals near fine. First Edition. Howes W-675.

1923. (Cloth) Near fine. 209pp. Frontispiece, illus. Black boards, gilt to spine. Early Western Journals, Number 1. Howes W676. One of the cornerstones of the fur trade in the Northwest. No. 313 of 1000 copies.

Hardcovers in slipcase. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Fine. Limited large paper Edition. Two vols. 4to. Pp. xx, 346; 367. Top edges gilt. Frontis. b&w portrait photo reproduction behind captioned tissue guard each volume. Preface by editor Seymour Dunbar. Notes by Paul C. Phillips. Illustrated with black & white plates on coated stock with captioned tissue guards, and two maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in half imitation vellum over blue-green paper boards, spines lettered in gilt. Housed in a new slipcase. From an edition of 50 large paper copies, this copy out of series, unnumbered. Both volumes showing dampstaining to rear boards and spines.Presentation copy from the noted Western Americana collector W. R. Coe to F. Valentine Chappell, namesake of the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy which is awarded to the winning crew in the second-varsity men's heavyweight race of the historic Harvard-Yale Regatta. John Owen (1818-1889), whose title of major was self-assumed, first came west in 1849. An early fur trader in the Northwest, he founded Fort Owen in Montana Territory and later served as a special agent for the Flathead Indians. HOWES, O763a; SMITH, 7762; TWENEY 89, 58. …

Hardcovers with slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase: Very Good. Limited Edition. Two vols. Large 8vo. Pp. xx, 346; 367. Frontis. Vol I, black & white reproduction of a portrait of John Owen; vol II, black & white photograph, printed on glossy stock behind printed tissue guard. Preface by the editor, Seymour Dunbar. Notes by Paul C. Phillips. Illustrated with black & white plates, printed on glossy stock, and two maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in crimson-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A fine set. In the pale-green cardstock slipcase, which shows mild soiling, scuffs. One of an edition limited to 550 copies. John Owen (1818-1889), whose title of major was self-assumed, first came west in 1849. An early fur trader in the Northwest, he founded Fort Owen in Montana Territory and later served as a special agent for the Flathead Indians. HOWES O763a. …

32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. dj. First edition, one of 150 copies. First edition, one of 150 copies. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Selections of extracts on angling from the diaries of John Rowe (1715-1787), wealthy Boston merchant whose "Letters and Diary of John Rowe, Boston Merchant" was published in 1903 by Anne Rowe Cunningham. With a Xmas Greetings gift card tipped onto the front pastedown and signed by John C. Phillips. Wetzel p. 126; Bruns P81; Biscotti, p. 342 Half green cloth and green marbled boards. Fine, in original unprinted green dust jacket. Signed.…