Richard Boucher (197 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Pages toned, light edge wear some creases along front edge. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 222, [2] pp. A collection of true crime writing from the 17th century to the present, with a preface by mystery writer Anthony Boucher.

Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 22 # 121 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1953. Contains stories by Roy Vickers (The Frame Up), David From (Leslie Ford - Zenith Jones Brown - The Man on the Iron Palings), Erle Stanley Gardner (Bird in the Hand), Richard Deming (Open File), Don M Mankiewicz (Two Rolls, No Coffee), C P Donnel, Jr (The Fourth Degree), Rhys Davies (Vivian Rees Davies - The Trip to London), William Abrahams (The Poison Typewriter), W R Burnett (Nobody's All Bad), Mel Dinelli (The Man), Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White - Out of Patience . ), and others. GGA cover. Light wear at the edges with a crease and small closed tear along the spine. The front cover is loose. . Light browning to the pages. A fair to good or better copy. Dirone Photography (cover photo) (illustrator). …

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 8, No. 5. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff ("Flight from the Prison Planet"). Includes "Time Patrol" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Nobody Hunts Witches (verse) by P. M. Hubbard; "With Malice to Come" (3 vingettes) by James Blish; "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont; "James" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mary Celestial" by Miriam Allen DeFord & Anthony Boucher; "Pattern for Survival" by Richard Matheson; "Eleventh Commandment" (novelet) by J. T. McIntosh; "Who's Counting?" by Rodger Lowe; "The Tin Halo" by John Novotny; "Imagine" by Fredric Brown. Cover erasure; small horsehead stamp on first page; foredge/lower quarter has been wet and is a little discolored and wavy; tanning. Magazine. …

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. 3, No. 2. Edited by Boucher & McComas. Cover art by George Salter. Includes "Love Thy Vimp" by Alan E. Nourse; "SRL Ad" by Richard Matheson; "Sealskin Trousers" by Eric Linklater; "The Dreamer" by Alfred Coppel; "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" by Anthony Boucher; "The Cheery Soul" by Elizabeth Bowen; "A Tale to Tell" by C. A. Barnett; "The Bitterness of Ghoril" by Kay Rogers; "The Shout" by Robert Graves; "Machine" by John W. Jakes; "The Doll's Ghost" by F. Marion Crawford; "The Actinic Actor" by H. Nearing, Jr.; "Letters to the editor" by Ron Goulart. Wraps re-glued; has been wet at spine heel and adjacent corners with discoloration, rusty staple, and slight waviness. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing, 1960] #D-455. Cover art by Emsh. Includes "Introduction"; "Fondly Fahrenheit" by Alfred Bester; "I Never Ast No Favors" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Heirs Apparent" by Robert Abernathy; "$1.98" by Arthur Porges; "The Immortal Game" by Poul Anderson; "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury; "The Accountant" by Robert Sheckley; "Brave New World" by J. Francis McComas; "My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello" by Avram Davidson; "The Test" by Richard Matheson; "Careless Love" by Albert Compton Friborg; "Bulletin" by Shirley Jackson; "Sanctuary" by Daniel F. Galouye; "Misadventure" by Lord Dunsany; "The Little Black Train" by Many Wade Wellman; "The Foundation of Science Fiction Success" by Isaac Asimov. Creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Edited by Boucher & mcComas. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell ("Little America being established on one of Jupiter's largest satellites"). Includes "To a Ripe Old Age" by Wilson Tucker; "Happy Landing" by Esther Carlson; "The Poisoner" by Charles L. Harness; "Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air" by Jack Finney; "Frances Harkins" by Richard Goggin; "The Unidentified Amazon" by H. Nearing, Jr.; "The Goodly Creatures" by C. M. Kornbluth; "The Marble Ear" by Gerald Heard; "They Bite" by Anthony Boucher; "Conroy's Public" by Ron Goulart; "Index to Volume Three". …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 22 # 121 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1953. Contains stories by Roy Vickers (The Frame Up), David From (Leslie Ford - Zenith Jones Brown - The Man on the Iron Palings), Erle Stanley Gardner (Bird in the Hand), Richard Deming (Open File), Don M Mankiewicz (Two Rolls, No Coffee), C P Donnel, Jr (The Fourth Degree), Rhys Davies (Vivian Rees Davies - The Trip to London), William Abrahams (The Poison Typewriter), W R Burnett (Nobody's All Bad), Mel Dinelli (The Man), Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White - Out of Patience . ), and others. GGA cover. Light wear at the edges. .75" closed tear at the top left spine hinge with an associated one that also goes across the spine creating a loose flap. 2" closed tear at the bottom right spine hinge. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy. Dirone Photography (cover photo) (illustrator). …

Wraps. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 4, No. 3. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Includes "The Other Inaugruation" by Anthony Boucher; "The Monsters" by Robert Sheckley; "Shepherd's Boy" by Richard Middleton; "Disappearing Act" by Richard Matheson; "Inefficiency Expert" by Ralph Robin; "Able to Zebra" by Wilson Tucker; "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Leslie Bigelow; "The Malignant Organ" by H. Nearing, Jr.; "Recommended Reading"; "The Cat Was Black" by Tom Browne; "Thirsty God" by Idris Seabright [Margaret St. Clair]; "The Wheelbarrow Boy" by Richard Parker; "Vandy, Vandy" by Manly Wade Wellman. Tears at spine ends with loss at head; minor scars to covers; edge and corner wear; minor creasing; tanning; spine sunning. Magazine.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in wraps, an unread copy, bagged in archival mylar. Ballantine 109. Collects eleven stories. From the collection and estate of noted SF/F/H & comic collector Kennett Neily - owner of the White Mountain Comic Collection - with his date of purchase stamp to ffep. Richard Powers (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. None Stated. The June 1952 is (v 3, # 3) of a sci-fi digest from the early 1950s. Stories by Richard Wilson, Idris Seabright, Manly Wade Wellman, Hannibal Coons, Clifton Dance, R Bretnor, Ralph Robin, Elmer Roesner, Kris Neville, Harold Lynch Jr, Agatha Christie (The Call of Wings), Mack Reynolds, & Sam Merwin Jr. Light edge wear. Damp stain, primarily affection the title page and the top & bottom corners of the pages. Toning to the pages. Small cuts (?) to the page tops of the last 30 pages, gradually diminishing as you come in from the end. A fair copy. Emsh, cover (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Light roll; creasing; rear cover rubbed at foredge with a few short tears; mild tanning; internal corner creasing with minor etars. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Tanning; creasing, edge and corner wear with tiny corner losses and minor tears. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 18, No. 6. Edited by Ted White. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "What's Your Excuse?" by Alexei Panshin; "The Briefing" by Randall Garrett; "Let's Do it for Love" (novelet; reprint) by Robert Bloch; "The Star Dummy" (novelet; reprint) by Tony Boucher; "To Fit the Crime" (reprint) by Richard Matheson; "The Hungry" (reprint) by Robert Sheckley; "The Worth of a Man" (reprint) by Henry Slesar; "Emphyrio" (pt. 2 of 2) by Jack Vance. Features: "Editorial"; "Fantasy Books" by Fritz Leiber & Ted White; "Fantasy Fandom". Illustrated by Bruce Jones, Stone, Tom Beecham, and others. Damage to cover, front worse than rear (see scan) and is mostly loose; tanning. Reading copy. Book.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 22 # 121 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1953. Contains stories by Roy Vickers (The Frame Up), David From (Leslie Ford - Zenith Jones Brown - The Man on the Iron Palings), Erle Stanley Gardner (Bird in the Hand), Richard Deming (Open File), Don M Mankiewicz (Two Rolls, No Coffee), C P Donnel, Jr (The Fourth Degree), Rhys Davies (Vivian Rees Davies - The Trip to London), William Abrahams (The Poison Typewriter), W R Burnett (Nobody's All Bad), Mel Dinelli (The Man), Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White - Out of Patience . ), and others. GGA cover. Minimal wear at the edges. Light browning to the page edges. A nice, sharp copy. A very good or better copy. Dirone Photography (cover) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Unknown date of publication, approx. 1960s, maybe earlier? Moderate shelf wear, light soiling to covers, binding tight, pages lightly age-toned, clean and unmarked.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 8, No. 5. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff ("Flight from the Prison Planet"). Includes "Time Patrol" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Nobody Hunts Witches (verse) by P. M. Hubbard; "With Malice to Come" (3 vingettes) by James Blish; "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont; "James" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mary Celestial" by Miriam Allen DeFord & Anthony Boucher; "Pattern for Survival" by Richard Matheson; "Eleventh Commandment" (novelet) by J. T. McIntosh; "Who's Counting?" by Rodger Lowe; "The Tin Halo" by John Novotny; "Imagine" by Fredric Brown. Lower front edge of spine corner has been bumped with short tears and wrinkles, cover and following couple of pages; creasing; tanning. Magazine. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Featuring "Icarus Montgolfier Wright" by Ray Bradbury. A clean, unmarked copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. A clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st US Printing.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: FAIR. Paperback. Second volume in this series of anthologies containing original stories - this includes fourteen stories by Alfred Bester, Hal Clement, Lester del Rey, C. M. Kornbluth, Jerome Bixby (his classic "It's a Good Life"), Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, and others. SIGNED by Pohl on the title page. Note from editor. 195 pp. Fair condition only (small tear at top of spine, crease to front cover, bookstore stamp on first page, usual toning to the pages).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Nice pair of 1950's SF collections by Boucher and Bond paperback originals (PBO's), each in Very Good Plus, unread condition with Powers cover art: Far and Away (1955 Ballantine 109 simultaneous with hardcover edition), and; No Time (1954 Avon T-80) only book publication, water stain to bottom. Two books, one shipping price. Richard Powers (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Wear at spine ends and corners which have small creases; tanning. Book. …

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 10, No. 5. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Emsh for "Rite of Passage" (novelet) by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore. Includes "Mr. Coward Gets There First" (verse) by Anthony Brode; "Technological Retreat" by G. C. Edmondson; "Of Mars and Men: Nice Girls on Mars" (article) by Poul Anderson; "Of Mars and Men: News for Dr. Richardson" (artcile) by Miriam Allen deFord; "Steel" (short novelet) by Richard Matheson; "Machina Ex Machina" by Willard Marsh; "Emergency Operation" by Arthur Porges; "Recommended Reading"; "The Barbarian" by Poul Anderson; "The Pliable" (short novelet) by Daniel F. Galouye; "Icarus Montgolfier Wright" by Ray Bradbury. Tanning; stress with crack. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good+/Vg-. Front cover creased, dealer stamp and stickers to first opening, Includes Earthcoming by Meredith.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 166 pages >>Eleven short stories by Boucher and a short bio and interview with the author. 168 pages. Contents: The Anomaly of the Empty Man; The First; Balaam; They Bite; Snulbug; Elsewhen; Secret of the House; Sriberdegibit; Star Bride; Review Copy; The Other Inauguration. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Richard Powers Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book. …

Condition: New.

Condition: FAIR. Paperback. SIGNED by Pohl on the title page. Second volume in this series of anthologies containing original stories - this includes fourteen stories by Alfred Bester, Hal Clement, Lester del Rey, C. M. Kornbluth, Jerome Bixby (his classic "It's a Good Life"), Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, and others. Note from editor. 195 pp. Fair condition only (glue in binding is beginning to deteriorate, usual toning to the pages). …