Spring Ray (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback VG-. 8vo, 161, Author inscribed/signed at the end of the Acknowledgements page. Trade paperback. Light wear. ISBN:0-941974-03-0.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 144 pages. Ray Bradbury " Invisible Boy" / Geoffrey Household "Debt of Honour" / Bryan MacMahon "King of the Bees" / James Thurber "Departure of Emma Inch" / Will F Jenkins "Uneasy Home-coming" / Leslie Bonnet "Ch'iao-chiao and the Bandit" / William Lithgow "Pilgrim's Treasure" / Showell Styles "Knight of Sweden" / D H Lawrence "The Shades of Spring" / keith Horan "Escape" / Carter Dickson "Behind the Crimson Blind (Last Part)" (SL#101).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 108pp, illustrated, softback ; 8.03 X 5.75 X 0.24 inches; 108 pages.

Octavo, single issue, cover by A. Anderson, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Rocket Summer" by Ray Bradbury. Unabashedly the magazine was a proponent of "space-opera." In Leigh Brackett's introduction in the anthology THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES (1974) she states "the so-called space opera is the folk-tale, the hero-tale of our particular niche in history." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481]. Edge wear, cover creases, closed tears to bottom edge and right edge, tape to lower spine with paper separation from spine, small paper loss at head of spine, a very good copy. (23861).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Jonah of the Jove Run" by Ray Bradbury. Unabashedly the magazine was a proponent of "space-opera." In Leigh Brackett's introduction in the anthology THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES (1974) she states "the so-called space opera is the folk-tale, the hero-tale of our particular niche in history." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481]. Light wear to over hang with a small chip to the right edge, several tiny tears to lower edge, corner creases, mild wear to spine ends, a very good to nearly fine copy. (23863).

Octavo, single issue, cover by Parkhurst pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Include fiction by Ray Bradbury, "Defense Mech," Henry Kuttner, Gardner F. Fox and others. Unabashedly the magazine was a proponent of "space-opera." In Leigh Brackett's introduction in the anthology THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES (1974) she states "the so-called space opera is the folk-tale, the hero-tale of our particular niche in history." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481]. Mild edge wear, tiny chip to lower right front corner, tiny chip and damp stain to upper right front corner, a nearly fine copy. (23857).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Clymer, John (cover); Prohaska, Ray; De Mauro, Don;Lewicki, James; (illustrator). First Edition. 98 pages. Short Stories: The Huntress; The Nightingales in Central Park; The Man Who Couldn't Kill; Caterwauling Company. Articles: Theives I Have Known - department store plainclotheswoman tells of her violent encounters with amateur and professional shoplifters; Adventures of the Mind - The Elusive Neutron; Great two-page color photo of Albany's Delmar Men's Orchestra rehearsing; Our Year of Escape - Ira and Patricia Spring and their kids fulfill their goal of spending a year in the Alps; England's Confusion on the Left - is the British Labour Party devouring itself in a Communist-backed 'civil war'?; Battles Under the Basket - photo-illustrated article on the pro basketball players who fight for rebounds - with photos of Gene Conley, Jack Twyman, Hub Reed, Si Green, Darrall Imhoff, Elgin Baylor, Jim Krebs, Alex Ellis, Bob Pettit, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Kenny Sears; Frank Lloyd Wright - Definant Genius - The Years of Glory (conclusion) - photo-illustrated article; A Road Out of the Slums - New York City's bold attempt to provide culture for under-privileged children. Serials: Captives of the Storm (part 1 of 2); The Case of the Curious Spinster ( part 2 of 7). Ads: Fig Newton cookies (color photo ad inside front cover); Salem cigarettes - couple in wooded area; Puss'n Boots cat food; GTE answering machine; Two-page color ad for the Pontiac Safari Station Wagon (1961 Bonneville); Hammond Organs; Larson boats; Zenith stereos; Old Crow Bourbon; Lucky Strike cigarettes - photo of couple in meadow grass; Nice ad for the Oldsmobile Starfire features a red convertible; Dial soap; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Del E. Webb's Sun City development in Arizona; Centerfold ad for Philco home appliances includes photo of satellite; Florida tourism; Heinz Ketchup ad features sepia-toned photo of 1960 Masters and U.S. Open Champion Arnold Palmer; Two-page Caterpillar photo ad features a new nine-mile stretch of freeway at Pueblo Colorado and features photos of Jay Martin, George Fellows, Howard Butler, J. Marlowe Jensen, and Earl Beardsley; Color-photo Pitney-Bowes postage meter features shapely lady resembling Brigitte Bardot; Telephone Company ad features Parris Island recruits phoning home on Saturday night; De Beers ad features illustration of floral lady; Color ad for the renault Dauphone (red); Back cover ad for L&M cigarette's sweepstakes. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, February (Feb.) 4, 1961 - Frank Lloyd Wright Hugh Gaitskell Canon John Collins The Huntress; The Nightingales in Central Park; The Man Who Couldn't Kill; Caterwauling Company. Articles: Theives I Have Known - department stor.