Glendale, California: Fantasy Advertiser, 1951. Octavo. Fifth anniversary issue. 30 pages. Arthur C. Clarke's lecture was given before the British Interplanatory Society on April 1, 1950. Here he speaks of the early writing about antigravitation in J. Atterley's "Voyage to the Moon" (1827). He notes that Atterley's real name was..... More
Hollywood, CA: 1944. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 11" . [10 ] pages. One of the earliest of the Los Angeles Science fiction Clubs. (LASFS LA chapter of the Science Fiction League). T. Bruce Yerke had joined the League in 1937 and was one of the editors of Knanve (like..... More
Glendale, CA: Science Fiction Advertiser, 1952. Small Octavo. Each issue was planned by Roy A. Squires and was composed of 42-46 pages of articles, sf for sale. The important article is "Deus ex Machina, A Study of A.E. Van Vogt" by Arthur J. Cox. March, 1952 issue 46(1) pages and..... More
DC Comics, 1988. Although not as scarce as the Portfolio signed edition (our order for that edition is number is 12573), it is seldom seen with the illustrated slip case l(12x16) and three sets of folders complete: 12 folders from the American edition of Watchmen, 6 new covers for the..... More
Suntup Editions, 2023. Limited Edition. Octavo. . Limited to 1000 copies. 365 pages. The trade edition was originally published in 2019. Ania is a rising star in the horror community, and this is one of her best books. Four friends visit an abandoned house to examine if it's haunted, and..... More
Sherman Oaks, California: Bash Night Gallery. 1989. 12 pages. Published by the author with nine prints laid in he used for Harlan Ellison who chose him to illustrate All the Lies that Are My LIfe. Includes Harlan's two page biography of Bash. Besides many of his most famous illustrations, the..... More
Kansas City; (1998): Andrews McMeel Publishing. First Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 400 copies signed on a tipped in photograph of a tomestone by the author. The present copy is #398. 253 pages. A very valuable guide to many aspects of Stephen King's life from background such as King's desire..... More
(London, 1987): TOR. First Edition. Octavo. First printing inscribed and signed by the author. 474 pages, Described as a hard science fiction writer where science comes alive with dangerous consequences. This is the first in the Forge of God series. It was nominated for a Hugo and Nebula Award. It..... More
New York; (1993): Tor/Tom Doherty Associates Book. First Edition. Octavo. 448pp. Signed on the titlepage by the author. Bear won the 1994 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was also nominated for the 1994 Hugo, Locus, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards, each in the same category. The brilliant story..... More
New Castle, Virginia; (1991): Cheap Street. Limited Edition. Octavo. Publisher's edition limited to 177 copies. The present copy is not numbered but is signed by the author and by the illustrator Judy J. King. Bound in half-light purple and half dark purple, lettered in brown, decorated in blind. A fine..... More
New York: (1982): Timescape/Simon & Schuster. First Edition. Octavo. 397 (1) pp. Signed and inscribed by the author Michael Bishop: "For Ron, My magnum paleoanthropological opus--thematic inversion of Ancient of days, etc., etc. Good to be at the signing in your store. Mike." The signed in full below under his..... More
(Sauk City, WI. 1984): Arkham House. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 273 pp. signed by the author. Foreword by Thomas M. Disch, artwork by Andrew Smith. A collection of stories of racial tension within a Southern school system, as mediated by a compassionate dragon; of the life and hard times..... More
(Comma Press, London, 2014). 1st Edition. Octavo. Signed by the Author on the title page 137 pages. Translated by Jonathan Wright. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror. From legends of the desert to the horrors..... More
Kent, OH, (1998): The Kent State University Press. First Edition. Thick Quarto. , xxx, 730 pages, title index, bibliography along with story descriptions. One of the most thorough bibliographies of early science fiction. It is fully comprehensive within its scope-that is, it sets out to describe every story in every..... More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 300 copies signed by Ray Bradbury and William Nolan. xx, 29 pages. William F. Nolan's introduction discusses Bradbury's early fascination with carnivals and circuses as they would stop in Waukegan on their way to Chicago. He identified with the..... More
Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1982. Joe Mugnaini. Limited Edition. Octavo. 25 pages. limited to 300 signed copies of which this is #191 Includes his poem: "How I Became a Writer". Bound in 1/4 olive cloth over pictorial paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black, a fine bright copy..... More
New York; (1979): Targ Editions. Limited Edition. Octavo. 21 pages, signed by Ray Bradbury, limited to 375 copies of which this is #40. This is book number three of the Targ editions and designed Ronald Gordon. Dedication page: For Donald Harkins, who helped me trap W.C. Fields in his lair..... More
London; (1970): Jonathan Cape. First English Edition. Octavo. 138pp., Signed and dated by the author. A postmodern post-apocalyptic novel deal with a fallen civilization focused around a community named "iDEATH". Michael McClure has praised "In Watermelon Sugar". Also Harry Styles in "Tiny Desk Concert, the League of Extraordinary Gentleman "..... More
London; (1989): Legend Centiury. First Edition. Octavo. 299pp. The author's superbly crafted novel of a masterful evocation of the horror that occurs when the contemporary British landscape erupts with supernatural evil. A fine copy bound in black cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Page edges..... More
Hornsea, UK: PS Publishing, 2009. Limited Edition. Octavo. No. 5 of an edition limited to 100 copies signed by Ramsey Campbell and Bryan Talbot (who wrote the introduction). When his overly paranoid scientist father goes missing, Gavin Meadows looks at his research to find clues to his whereabouts and discovers..... More
(England): PS Publishing, 2002. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 500 copies. The present copy is #466, signed by Campbell on the limitation page and signed and inscribed on the title page, also signed by Peter Straub who wrote the introduction and inscribed by another person whose name we cannot decipher..... More
London/New York: Flametree Press, 2022. First Edition. Octavo. 246(2) pp., signed by the author. the winner of the world fantasy lifetime award. This is the story about the Fellsotnes, stones that hold dark secrets. The Fellstones dream, but they're about to waken. A near fine copy bound in paper covered..... More
London; (1987): Century Co. Octavo. 293 pages, signed by the author. James Herbert writes "a brilliant concept, the story unfolding with dread upon dread, horror upon horror, until the shocking finale is reached. A remarkable tour de force from Ramsay Campbell. In his acknowledgments he notes that he had attempted..... More
New York; (1983): Macmillan and Co. First Edition. Octavo. 368pp. Five people, from widely differing backgrounds, are brought to London to participate in a controlled experiment in prophetic dreaming. Eleven years later each subject that went through the experiment changed, unaware that a monstrous presence is invading their lives. A...... More
(London, 1992): Little, Brown and Co. Octavo. 490 pp. signed by the author. Five people, from widely differing backgrounds, are brought to London to participate in a controlled experiment in prophetic dreaming. Eleven years later each subject that went through the experiment changed, unaware that a monstrous presence is invading..... More