2001 A Space Odyssey ( 1st/1st ~ With a Signed bookplate laid in ~ Film ) by Arthur C. Clarke - 1968

London: Gollancz, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First British Edition, no additional printings; includes eight stories reprinted from Astounding and Unknown Worlds as well as nine previously unpublished vignettes. 12mo, maroon boards. Vg- (cocked; bottom rear corner bumped; five spots on top edge; small chip to top edge of p195, does not affect text) in a vg- dj (spine-darkened; edges chipped; tear to bottom edge of front panel; dustsoiled). Complete with scarce original wraparound strip with Crispin's blurb (darkened and dustsoiled). 224pp.

Putnam, 1971. Hardcover. fine with nice bright d.j. [which has very minor wear to the heel and crown].

New York: Street and Smith, 1942. Original Art Works . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Ink Illustration For Van Vogt's Story "Asylum". This Story Is The Featured Story For This Issue, With Its Name And A Cover Illustration In Color, And Placement At The Beginning Of The Issue; Heinlein's "Beyond This Horizon" Is Later In The Same Issue. The Story Has Been Frequently Anthologized. The Drawing "The Encounter" From Page 19 Is About 10" X 5". In Excellent Condition, Mounted Archivally On Card Some Time In The 1940'S Or 1950'S And, I Believe, Purchased At A Sf Auction (Possibly Associated With A Convention]; From The Estate Of A E Van Vogt. Original Art Work From The Great Age Of The Beginnings Of Modern Science Fiction Circa 1939 - 1950 Is Now Uncommon.

Hicksville, NY: Gnome Press, 1959. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Publisher's full black cloth, spine lettered in yellow and silver, front lettered in yellow.

[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ONCE UPON A STAR. Henry Holt, New York, 1953. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original dark green cloth, titles, author on spine stamped in silver, light residual age-toning from dust jacket and scattered light foxing to endpapers, minor rubbing to extremities of boards mostly to spine corners, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the first inner flap, micro-chips and creases to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket protected in professional collector Brodart mylar sleeve. Scarce signature and inscription on the first endpaper by author Kendell Foster Crossen. Featuring protagonist Manning Draco, this is the only fix-up novel connecting all four stories of the series first featured in the 1951-1952 Thrilling Wonder Stories pulp magazine: The Merakian Miracle; The Regal Rigellian; The Pollution Pretender; The Caphian Caper. Crossen… Read More

New York: Ace Books Numerical Series 1st Editions and Later Printings 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 & 1973 ----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order, overseas orders will require a shipping charge DRAMATICALLY LESS than actual postage (inquire). 56 paperbacks, all Ace Science Fiction Doubles, also referred to as tete-beche or dos-a-dos, describing books which when flipped over reveal another cover and book. Ace issued their science fiction doubles from 1953 to 1973 (there were "doubles" beyond 1973, but they bore a single cover which listed both books). The books were issued in 5 letter-prefix series based on original cover price, and 1 numerical series. Offered here is the final series, the NUMERICAL series, also referred to as the 5-Number or 5-Digit series, consisting of 56 volumes issued from 1969 to 1973, and bearing original cover prices of $0.60, $0.75 or $0.95. It is the COMPLETE set of Ace SF doubles… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1956]. First edition. A fine copy in nearly fine first printing dust jacket (priced $2.75 on front flap) Overall, an attractive example of the jacket. (A little tear in the top left corner, see pic.)

NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First paperback printing, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. Signed by Clarke in his customary blue ballpoint pen on the title page. Mass-market paperback (7 x 4.25 in.), 214pp. Very good condition, with no serious structural issues, but with the following minor cosmetic imperfections (all visible in photos): light crease to front hinge, several soft creases to covers, wear and surface flaking along rear hinge. Textblock somewhat toned. Spine slightly scalloped with a couple of very light creases; binding remains strong and secure. A reasonably presentable copy of this first issue version of Clarke's fifth novel, one of the landmark works of modern science fiction. Covert art by Richard Powers.

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo (9.25 x 6 in.); 869pp., indexed; burgundy cloth boards, in dust jacket. Signed at their contributions by 22 of the 67 collected authors, in order: Frederik Pohl, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Edward Bryant, Gregory Benford, William Gibson, Greg Bear, Octavia E. Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Karen Joy Fowler (who has also signed the title page beneath her "consultant" credit), John Crowley, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, James Patrick Kelly, Orson Scott Card, Connie Willis, Eileen Gunn, Lisa Goldstein, and John Kessel. Light shelfwear, a tiny bit of fraying to cloth at bottom tips, a few minor spots of soiling to textblock edges. Unclipped ("$27.50") jacket lightly crumpled at spine ends and along top of rear panel, with a 1/2" closed tear at the top of the rear flap hinge. A very good (+) copy in like jacket of this ambitious… Read More

480 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter gold cloth with gilt lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. Jacket design by Abe Echevarria. Inscribed by the author. First edition. Heretics of Dune is the 5th book in the series. For the first printing ISBN 0-399-12898-0 which is printed on the copyright page and on the back of the DJ. It's also on the front DJ on the flap along with a $16.95 price and the number 8404 on the bottom and the 1984 copyright year. Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his Dune series of six novels. It was ranked as the No. 13 hardcover fiction best seller of 1984 by The New York Times. Fifteen hundred years have passed since the 3,500-year reign of the God Emperor Leto II Atreides ended with his assassination; humanity is firmly on the Golden Path, Leto's plan to save humanity from destruction. By crushing the aspirations of humans for over three thousand years, Leto caused… Read More