Vance H B (51 results)

paperback. Condition: Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. 7th Edition By This Publisher. ** [ CANADA BUYERS; This is a THICK BOOK (TWO CM or More in Thickness), thus can only be shipped by Expedited Mail in CANADA, Standard Pre-Set Postage Rates DO NOT APPLY, EXTRA Shipping Charges will be Required, to cover our actual Costs ] ** AVON 52282; 572 Pages; (295 Grams) 7th Printing; Circa late 1970's; $2.95 Original cover price; ** Eleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction; ** Goodreads; This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country. ** Contents: Introduction Ben Bova / Call Me Joe Poul Anderson / Who Goes There? [as by Don A. Stuart] John W. Campbell, Jr./ Nerves Lester del Rey / Universe [Hugh Hoyland] Robert A. Heinlein / The Marching Morons C. M. Kornbluth / Vintage Season [as by Lawrence O'Donnell] Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore / .And Then There Were None Eric Frank Russell / The Ballad of Lost C'Mell Cordwainer Smith/ Baby Is Three Theodore Sturgeon / The Time Machine - H. G. Wells/ With Folded Hands. [Humanoids] Jack Williamson>>> This is a reading copy. ** Multiple Creases to covers, wear to paper spine; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Illustrated Cover art! (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 25, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Vanguard of the Doomed" (novelet) by Gerald Vance [house pseud, unattributed]. Includes "The Man Who Forgot" (novelet) by Charles Creighton; "Terror Out of Zanadu" (novelet) by Robert Moore Williams; "That a World Might Live" (novelet) by Burt A. Liston [Berkely Livingston]; "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Kendall Foster Crossen; "Gordak's Cargo' by Milton Lesser; "The Way of a Weeb" by H. B. Hickey. Features: "The Observatory"; "Dianetics -?" by A. Morris; "Cellular Laboratory" by H. R. Stanton; "Numbers Payoff!" by Milton Matthew; "The Bouncing Moleciles" by Carter T. Wainwright; "Horsepower Humbug" by Leslie Phelps; "Ruggedizing" by A. T. Kedzie; "Miget Rocket" by William Karney; "Gutenberg's Genius" by Sandy Miller; "Heredity and Atoms" by John Weston; "Radar Mating Call!" by Charles Recour; "Star Broadcasts" by L. A. Burt; "Sound Mutants!" by Jon Barry; "Virus Vengeance" by Cal Webb; "Prognoticator Plus!" by Pete Bogg; "Crustacean Pigeons!" by Max Long; "Tuning Forks" by June Lurie; "What Is Life?" by Ramsey Sinclair; "The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "Astronomical Madness?" by J. R. Marks; "The Readers Forum"; "Launcher Arrow" by W. R. Chase. Illustrated by Julian S. Krupa, Henry Sharp, Robert Keys, Edmond B. Swiatek, Leo Ramon Summers, Henry Sharp, and Robert Gibson Jones. Tape; edge and corner losses; tears; no back cover; tanning. Reading copy. Book.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:9780471380467. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good-. Vol. 5, no. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Robert O. Erisman. Cover art is uncredited for "The Big Smash" (novel) by Kenneth L. Sinclair. Includes "Look Over Your Shoulder" (novel) by William Vance; "The Fort McKenzie Massacre" by Noel M. Loomis; "When Trails Divide" by George H. Roulston; "One Was Tough" by Larry Powell; "The Man From Everywhere" by Philip Morgan; "They Were Horses, Not Indians" by Harry H. Kroll; "Powdersmoke Reprieve" by D. B. Newton; "Man Behind the Star" by Lloyd Eric Reeve; ".45 Freedom" by Ray Townsend; "The Sixguns Hell Couldn't Silence" by L. P. Holmes. Illustrations are uncredited. Heavy wear and creasing with short edge tears; store stamped with name on front in pencil; spine tape and ghosts with small losses; tanning. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. 1948. First Edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 6.75" x 9.75", 154 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Lavender Vine of Death" by Don Wilcox, "Dark Wish" by William P. McGivern, "Hildy Finds His Wings" by H. B. Hickey, "The Key" by Berkeley Livinston, "Reggie and the Vampire" by Gerald Vance, etc. A very good copy with small edge tears, Text lightly toned, light dust soiling to covers. See Photos mag 20 / E. cover by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 6.75" x 9.75", 154 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Lavender Vine of Death" by Don Wilcox, "Dark Wish" by William P. McGivern, "Hildy Finds His Wings" by H. B. Hickey, "The Key" by Berkeley Livinston, "Reggie and the Vampire" by Gerald Vance, etc. Good copy [spine torn, creasing and edge wear and light chipping to the cover, pages toned. See Photos mag 26. cover by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Creasing; rubbing; spine tears with losses; rear hinge wear with tears; tanning; front cover scratch. Book. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. Covers quite rubbed, cover creases and tears, piece missing front cover bottom right corner, small splits to spine extremities, a fair copy. Back cover advertisement is for Book League of America. Earle Bergey (front cover) (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. No. 11. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Justice of Tor" by Franklin Bahl. includes "The Outpost on Ceres" by L. A. Eshbach; "The Outcast" by S. M. Tenneshaw; "Daughters of Doom" by H. B. Hickey; "Death Plays a Game" by David Reed; "Strictly Formal" by Gerald Vance; "Who Flees There Chains" by Guy Archette. Illustrated by Anderson, Rod Ruth, Ed Emsler, and others. Minor spine ends tears; creasing; tanning; foxing; bumps and dings. Book. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. very good in softcover ( wear t o spine ends, browning to edges of pages); ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; Size: 7 x 9".

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 25, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Who Sows the Wind. . ." by Rog Phillips. Includes "The Two-Timer" by H. B. Hickey; "We'll Get You Yet" by P. F. Costello; "Nuisance Value" by Walt Sheldon; "Flight to Dishonor" by Gerald Vance; "The Imitators" by Peter Worth. Features: "The Observatory"; "Bacteria with Brains!" by June Lurie; "Turbine Triumph" by Omar Booth; "The Electric Fingers" by Lee Purcell; "Temporary Idiot" by Jon Barry; "Heart of Steel" by Walt Crain; "He Caught a Meson!" by Conrad Kyle; "As Simple as That" by Milton Matthew; "The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "Are We Here to Stay?" by Charles recour; "The Reader's Forum"; "Just S-q-u-e-e-z-e It Out!" by Salem Lane; "Can You Solve This Problem?" by Dale Lord; "The Orange Curtain" by Tom Lynch; "Nucleonics for Everybody" by A. Morris. Illustrated by Leo Ramon Summers, Gerald Hohns, Ogden Whitney, and Henry Sharp. Standard wear and tear; creasing; foxing; tanning; rear cover hinge glue-mended; minor losses at spine ends. Book.…

Magazine. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Edition. New York, Better Publications 1951 First Edition 146 pages. Vintage Pulp Magazine Covers detached fromt text block, Light staining along spine edge of rear cover, creasing and small edge tears to covers. See photos mag11E.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 3. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover by Ken Fagg. Includes "Sjambak" (novelette) by Jack Vance; "Brink of Madness" (novelette) by Walt Sheldon; "Irresistible Weapon" by H. B. Fyfe; "A Bottle of Old Wine" by Richard O. Lewis; "Celebrity" by James McKimmey, Jr.; "One Martian Afternoon" by Tom Leahy; "Weak on Square Roots" by Russell Burton; "The Lonely Ones" by Edward W. Ludwig; "Progress Report" by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides; "The Guinea Pigs" by S. A. Lombino. Features: "A Chat With the Editor"; "Personalities in Science" (Donald W. Kerst); "Science Briefs"; "The Postman Cometh". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Ed Emsh, Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, Brush, and Tom Beecham. Creasing; edge and corner wear; rubbing; tanning. Book. …

Condition: Very Good. . Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction).

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+. Vol. 25, No. 6. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Who Sows the Wind. . ." by Rog Phillips. Includes "The Two-Timer" by H. B. Hickey; "We'll Get You Yet" by P. F. Costello; "Nuisance Value" by Walt Sheldon; "Flight to Dishonor" by Gerald Vance; "The Imitators" by Peter Worth. Features: "The Observatory"; "Bacteria with Brains!" by June Lurie; "Turbine Triumph" by Omar Booth; "The Electric Fingers" by Lee Purcell; "Temporary Idiot" by Jon Barry; "Heart of Steel" by Walt Crain; "He Caught a Meson!" by Conrad Kyle; "As Simple as That" by Milton Matthew; "The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "Are We Here to Stay?" by Charles recour; "The Reader's Forum"; "Just S-q-u-e-e-z-e It Out!" by Salem Lane; "Can You Solve This Problem?" by Dale Lord; "The Orange Curtain" by Tom Lynch; "Nucleonics for Everybody" by A. Morris. Illustrated by Leo Ramon Summers, Gerald Hohns, Ogden Whitney, and Henry Sharp. Old tape across spine and foredges; small hinge loss to front hinge (see scan); glue repairs to front hinge; tanning. Solid and readable. Book.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 3. Final issue. Edited by Damon Knight. Cover art by Von Dongen for "The Deadliest Female" by Lester del Rey. Includes "Brain of the Galaxy" (novelette) by Jack Vance; "Valley of Doom" (novelette) by Halliday Sutherland; "Like a Bird, Like a Fish" by H. B. Hickey; "The Old Brown Coat" by Lord Dunsany; "The Acolytes" by Poul Anderson; "Forgotten Tongue" by Walter C. Davies[C. M. Kornbluth]; "Clothes Make the Man" by Richard Matheson; "The Rocket of 1955" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Rock Diver" (1st story) by Harry Harrison. Department: "The Dissecting Table". Interior illustrations by Harrison, Jannace and Napoli. Tanned; small loss at lower front foredge corner; marks on covers; a little wear and tear and spine ends; light lean. Magazine. …

very good.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 25, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Vanguard of the Doomed" (novelet) by Gerald Vance [house pseud, unattributed]. Includes "The Man Who Forgot" (novelet) by Charles Creighton; "Terror Out of Zanadu" (novelet) by Robert Moore Williams; "That a World Might Live" (novelet) by Burt A. Liston [Berkely Livingston]; "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Kendall Foster Crossen; "Gordak's Cargo' by Milton Lesser; "The Way of a Weeb" by H. B. Hickey. Features: "The Observatory"; "Dianetics -?" by A. Morris; "Cellular Laboratory" by H. R. Stanton; "Numbers Payoff!" by Milton Matthew; "The Bouncing Moleciles" by Carter T. Wainwright; "Horsepower Humbug" by Leslie Phelps; "Ruggedizing" by A. T. Kedzie; "Miget Rocket" by William Karney; "Gutenberg's Genius" by Sandy Miller; "Heredity and Atoms" by John Weston; "Radar Mating Call!" by Charles Recour; "Star Broadcasts" by L. A. Burt; "Sound Mutants!" by Jon Barry; "Virus Vengeance" by Cal Webb; "Prognoticator Plus!" by Pete Bogg; "Crustacean Pigeons!" by Max Long; "Tuning Forks" by June Lurie; "What Is Life?" by Ramsey Sinclair; "The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "Astronomical Madness?" by J. R. Marks; "The Readers Forum"; "Launcher Arrow" by W. R. Chase. Illustrated by Julian S. Krupa, Henry Sharp, Robert Keys, Edmond B. Swiatek, Leo Ramon Summers, Henry Sharp, and Robert Gibson Jones. Tape ghosts and small losses at edges; creasing; tanning. Book.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 1, No. 3. Final issue. Edited by Damon Knight. Cover art by Von Dongen for "The Deadliest Female" by Lester del Rey. Includes "Brain of the Galaxy" (novelette) by Jack Vance; "Valley of Doom" (novelette) by Halliday Sutherland; "Like a Bird, Like a Fish" by H. B. Hickey; "The Old Brown Coat" by Lord Dunsany; "The Acolytes" by Poul Anderson; "Forgotten Tongue" by Walter C. Davies[C. M. Kornbluth]; "Clothes Make the Man" by Richard Matheson; "The Rocket of 1955" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Rock Diver" (1st story) by Harry Harrison. Department: "The Dissecting Table". Interior illustrations by Harrison, Jannace and Napoli. Tanning; stress cracks; minor tear at heel; corner wear with minor creasing. Magazine. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Upper foredge corner has been wet with slight staining; rubbing; creasing; 1" loss at heel; other small losses with standard wear and tear at edges; minor soiling, bumps and dings. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. One signature (gathering) of pages, 23-38, loose from binding but present. Dust jacket spine lettering a bit faded. ; Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author on the ffep, dust jacket now in a clear protector; 317 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 2 tears along bottom edge of jacket's back panel with a wrinkled area between, internally tape repaired. ; Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author, Happy Chandler, on the ffep, jacket now in a clear protector; 317 pages; Signed by Author.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. UK edition. Includes 9 of the 10 stories in the July 1953 US edition and has the same cover art by Ken Fagg. The Lombino (Evan Hunter) story is missing. Contains Sjambak by Vance (illustrated by Finlay), Brink of Madness by Sheldon (illustrated by Freas), Irresistible Weapon by Fyfe (illustrated by Emsh), A Bottle of Old Wine by Lewis (illustrated by Freas), Celebrity by McKimmey (illustrated by Orban), One Martian Afternoon by Leahy (illustrated by Brush), Weak on Square Roots by Burton (illustated by Beecham), The Lonely Ones by Ludwig (illustrated by Orban) and Progress Report by Clifton and Apostolides (illustrated by Orban). There are large stains across the bottom corners of the front and back covers, creasing to the front cover and the back cover has a two inch piece missing from the top left corner. The spine is a little worn. Light page browning but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Valigursky, Ed; Orban, Paul; ; Fagg, Ken; Emsh, Ed; Beecham, Tom; Finlay, Virgi; Freas, Kelly; Brush (illustrator).…

very good - fine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 10, No. 9. Pulp magazine. Edited by Ray Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Lavender Vine of Death" by Wilcox. Includes "Dark Wish" by McGivern; "Hildy Finds His Wings" by Hickey; "The Key" by Livingston; "Reggie and the Vampire" by Vance (house psued.); "Freddie Funk's Flippant Fairies" by Yerxa. Illustrations by R. G. Jones, Ramon Naylor, Joe W. Tillotson, William A. Gray, & Julian Krupa. Spine faded; edges trimmed; tanning; light rubbing. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 10, No. 9. Pulp magazine. Edited by Ray Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Lavender Vine of Death" by Wilcox. Includes "Dark Wish" by McGivern; "Hildy Finds His Wings" by Hickey; "The Key" by Livingston; "Reggie and the Vampire" by Vance (house psued.); "Freddie Funk's Flippant Fairies" by Yerxa. Illustrations by R. G. Jones, Ramon Naylor, Joe W. Tillotson, William A. Gray, & Julian Krupa. Creasing; faint dealer's marks on cover; tanning. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Minor soiling; 3/4" loss at spine head; creasing; dealer's marks; a few chips; lower front cover staple tear and a near by scar. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Rubbing; creasing; dealer's marks; a few small chips; minor wet spot at front foredge; staples poke through rear. Page quality is high. Book. …