Time Space Ferdinand Feghoot First by Bretnor Reginald (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bruce Wallace Ariss, Jr. (illustrator). First Edition. Trade paperback. (69) pages. First publication in book form of a series of humorous science fiction (time travel) stories, most of which had been published previously in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Grendel Briarton is the pseudonym of Reginald Bretnor--note that the introduction to the book was written by Breton! Both the wraparound cover illustration and the internal illustrations are by noted American artist Bruce Ariss. The book is clean and tight, with some edgewear and very minor chipping at spine extremities; previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Bruce Ariss (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. This Tis a first edition of these stories in book form (the individual stories were all previously issued in magazine format) . The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are mostly clean and bright, with some very light toning to the white portions of the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. "Under the pseudonym Grendel Briarton (an anagram of Reginald Bretnor) , he published a series of over eighty science-fiction themed shaggy-dog vignettes featuring the time-traveling hero Ferdinand Feghoot. Known as "Feghoots", the stories involved Feghoot resolving a situation encountered while traveling through time and space (à la Doctor Who) with a bad pun. In one example, he explained his inability to pay his dues for a Sherlock Holmes fan society by turning out his empty pockets and declaring "share lack". In his adventures, Feghoot worked for the Society for the Aesthetic Re-Arrangement of History and traveled via a device that had no name but was typographically represented as the ") ("." (from Wikipedia).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Paradox Press, Tokyo ; Berkeley, CA, 1962. Unpaginated (69 pgs). First Edition/First Printing. Issued in black and white illustrated wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Through time and space with Ferdinand Feghoot: the first forty-five Feghoot adventures with five more never previously heard from, Paradox Press Science fiction, American. American wit and humor. Time travel. E-019.

Paperback. Condition: very good. First ed. Octavo in b&w illus wraps; [69] pages: illustrations; 19 cm. Scarce. Science fiction, American. American wit and humor. Time travel. Near fine(-) to very good(++) with small, light damp string to front wrap center. Price neatly rubbed out to front wrap.