Ray Van Houten (20 results)

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Condition: New. In English.

Pulp Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, 1st Printing. A good copy of the first issue of Tops in Science Fiction from the Spring of 1953. This was one of only two issues published. The upper third and lower one inch of the spine paper is lost. Two chips to bottom edge of the cover. One at the spine and one at the corner. There is a closed tear through "Brackett." Pages are toned but clean and free of marks or stains. Binding is solid. A lovely copy of an early pulp. Alexander Leydenfrost (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with edgewear and brief foxing.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. I, No. 1. Pulp magazine containing Planet Stories reprints. Cover (swipe from Planet Stories, Spring 1942) by Leydenfrost for "The Last Martian" by Raymond Van Houten. Includes "Citadel of Lost Ships" by Leigh Brackett; "Castaways of Eros" by Nelson Bond; "The First Man on the Moon" by Alfred Coppel; "Task to Lahri" by Ross Rocklynne; "The Million Year Picnic" by Ray Bradbury; "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears" by Keith Bennett; "Black Friar of the Flame" by Isaac Asimov. Illustrated by Kelly Freas, Vestal, Prezio, Paul, and others. Tanning; minor wet stain and edge etars. Magazine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hard Cover, 192 pp., 17 color pls, 5 maps. Photos by Ekhart van Houten and maps by Audrey Frew (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled Sheets. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Forrest J Ackerman's own copy of this issue, annotated at top "FJA / DUP", no mailing information, never folded. Paper browned as usual, tiny corner chips, much better than usual.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled pictorial covers. Condition: Fine copy. 54 page sf fanzine (Winter, 1962). After the magazine Science Fiction Stories failed the rights to the title were purchased by James V. Taurasi to be used for a fiction fanzine. ''The Original'' was an advertising phrase used on Science Fiction Stories covers and mistaken by Taurasi (and many other sf fans) as part of the name. Three issues were then published 1961-1963, the first just four pages (a trial run?), followed by this issue (Winter, 1962) and another issue (Winter, 1963).…

Stapled pictorial covers. Condition: Fine copy. 50 page sf fanzine (Winter, 1963). After the magazine Science Fiction Stories failed the rights to the title were purchased by James V. Taurasi to be used for a fiction fanzine. ''The Original'' was an advertising phrase used on Science Fiction Stories covers and mistaken by Taurasi (and many other sf fans) as part of the name. Three issues were then published 1961-1963, the first just four pages (a trial run?), followed by a Winter, 1962 issue and then this Winter, 1963 issue.…

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First Edition. THE FAN-VET, The Fantasy Veterans Association, Volume 2, #1, April, 1952, first edition, one leaf printed on both verso and recto, a vg+ copy. This issue, edited by Ray Van Houten, is basically a Convention Bulletin hyping a convention in Manhattan for April 7, 1952, which will have as its guests: Isaac Asimov, Thomas S. Gardner, Sam Moskowitz and John Victor Peterson. Others who have been invited but have yet to confirm their appearance are Sam Merwin, Jr., F. Orlin Tremaine, Scott Meredith and Hugo Gernsback. To be auctioned are cover paintings by Howard V. Brown, Lawrence, Swiatek & Krupa, R. G. Jones, Malcolm Smith, Summer and Valigursky and Ames. Additionally, a drawing will be held wherein a large never published full color painting by Edd Cartier; a large Steve Savage unused interior illustration for Rohmer's BROOD OF THE WITCH QUEEN and various interior black & white illustrations by Finlay, Cartier, Lawrence, Emsh and others will be given away. There is also rumor of a Frank R. Paul cover from the Gernsback era which also might be auctioned. There is also mention of films to be shown and dealers room. Accompanied by a flyer / broadside printed on rectos only for the April, 1952 convention which lists confirmed guests as Samuel Mines, Jerry Bixby, Paul W. Fairman, Mrs. H. L. Gold, Mort Weisinger, Howard Browne, Lila Shaffer, Leo Summers, Robert Lowndes, Ed Emsh, Charles Hornig, Daniel Keyes and others. From the collection of author William Tenn. For both scarce pieces of ephemera-----.…

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Second Printing. The Science Fiction History of 1956. Includes Science Fiction: 1956 by James V. Taurasi, Sr., and Ray Van Houten, Annual Report: 1956 by Frank R. Prieto, Jr., 1956 in Science Fiction by Thomas S. Gardner, Science Fiction Marquee by Forrest J. Ackerman, 1956 in Books by Stephen J. Takacs, Science Fiction Market Survey 1956 by Sam Moskowitz and As of Now by J. Harry Vincent. An extremely interesting screenshot of the science fiction world in the year 1956 with a detailed list of books and magazines published and movies produced. Of particular interest are the statistics from the world's first survey of the science fiction industry listed in the article by Moskowitz. The magazine shows some wear and has two small stains on covers (one on upper right corner of front cover, the other on upper left corner of back cover). A very good copy. ; 42 pages.…

Stapled sheets. First Edition. The run includes five issues from 1953, ten from 1954, six from 1955, six from 1956 and twenty-one from 1957 (with one duplicate). Issues 211, 212 and 279 have tears to the edges that partially affect text. Some are soiled and the paper is age-toned but, in all, presentable copies of one of the longest running science fiction fanzines, which won a Hugo Award for best fanzine in two of the years here represented, 1955 and 1957. Uncommon. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book 'The Last Martian', has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Last Martian | Ray van Houten | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2021 | Alpha Editions | EAN 9789356702981 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.