Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous - 1932

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1902. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: BLEILER'S "CHECKLIST OF SCIENCE-FICTION AND SUPERNATURAL FICTION". BLUE CLOTH COVERED DECORATED BOARDS WITH WHITE TITLES ON THE SPINE ANDFRONT COVER AND PICTORIAL DECORATION IN ORANGE, BLACK, AND WHITE, 32 PAGECATALOGUE DATED FEB. 1902 FOLLOWING A TWO PAGE LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE.BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS MODERATELY WORN, SPINEPANEL DARKEND A BIT, AND ENDPAPERS BROWNED BUT NOT BRITTLE WITH EVIDENCEOF BOOKPLATE REMOVED ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER. AN EXCELLENT COPYOF A VERY RARE EARLY COLLECTION OF BUCHAN STORIES.. Keywords: BLEILER, LOST RACE, FANTASY, ABCDEF.

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J.. PUB 1937. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST IMPRESSION AND FIRST ISSUE (SATTY & SMITH A7.1.1.1) WITHOUT PRICE OF "8s. 6d. net" ON FRONT FLAP . LIGHT BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH MAROON TITLES TO THE SPINE. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT WITH SPINE VERY SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED AND A TRACE OF CORNER RUB. D.J. IS VERY NICE SOME MODEST PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION TO THE CORNERS OF THE DARKENED SPINE PANEL AND CORNERS AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. (NOTE THAT FLAPS DO NOT HAVE THE "8s. 6d. net" PRICE BUT NONE ARE CLIPPED) I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOOK WAS INTENDED FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET AS IT TURNED UP THERE. SATTY AND SMITH DO NOT MENTION A CANADIAN ISSUE. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF A BOOK AND D.J. THAT ON THE RARE OCCASION IT DOES TURN UP IT DOES SO IN LESS THAN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. .

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Original Program, Red Covers With Black Printing. This Example With "E. E. E. " At The Top, Apparently E. Everett Evans' Copy As He Participated In The Organization Of This Second Annual Convention, With "Th' Ol' Foo" Added Below, By Forrest Ackerman (And This Being His Copy). Signed By Ray Bradbury [And With His Own Caricature], Marguerite Bradbury, A E Van Vogt, Arthur Joquel, R. Dewitt Miller, Eph Konigsberg, Forrest Ackerman, Bryce Walton, William Rotsler [Also With His Caricature], Roy A Squires, Kris Neville, Henry Eichner, Len Moffat, Rick Sneary, Walt Daugherty, Jean Cox., And Several Dozen Other Members. With An Extra Cover Sheet.

London: Methuen, 1935, 1935. First Edition, First Issue . Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition, First Impression, First Issue (Satty & Smith A6.1.1.1), In Earliest Binding: Light Blue Cloth (19.1 Cm Tall) With Dark Blue Spine Printing, With Earliest Ads At Rear Dated May 1935. Dustjacket Is First Issue, Still Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap, No Later Issue Price Reduction Stamps Or Labels. The Dustjacket In Blue, Pink, White, Tan, And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. A Very Good, Tight Copy. Book Lightly Foxed. Previous Owner's Gift Inscription Dated Christmas 1935, Unsigned. Dj With Edge Wear, Chipping At Corners, Spine Lightly Faded, All Lettering Still Present And Clear, Front Panel Fairly Bright And Unfaded. One Of The Scarcest English 20Th Century Sf/Fantasy First Editions In Jacket; Copies With The Original Price Are… Read More

Breslau: S. Schottlaender, 1878. First Edition 1st Printing. 1/4 Leather. Very Good. 88 Pp; 170 Pp. Watered Endpapers. Very Scarce Early Book By German Science Fiction/Utopian Literature Pioneer Kurd Lasswitz (1848-1910). "As The First Major Sf Writer In German, He Holds The Same Place In Germany As Do H. G. Wells In England And Jules Verne In France. He Taught Philosophy For Many Years At The Gymnasium Ernestinium In Gotha, And It Is Symptomatic Of 19Th-Century Gerrman Intellectual Culture That He Irradiated His Fiction With Theoretical Speculation; There Is Not Kl Fiction Without A Lesson.... William N. Fischer Claims On Kl's Behalf That Many Of His Ideas Directly Prefigure Later Critics' Use Of Terms Like 'Extrrapolation' And 'Analogue'...The Seriousness Of His Didactic Impulse Can Be Seen In The Strong Emphasis He Places In His Fiction On Establishing A Plausible Imaginary World Whose Hypothetical Nature Will Be Governed, And Given Verisimilitude, By Resemblance To Scientific Method Evident In… Read More

New York : Ballantine Books, 1955 First printing of the first edition, first state, with the "BB" monogram on spine of book inverted, red cloth with black lettering on spine, 8vo, 306pp. Preceded by a limited edition of 50 copies bound for the author. Signed by Ray Bradbury directly on the title page. Minor rubbing to board edge (primarily to spine ends), else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tanning to spine, minor paper loss to spine ends, lightly rubbed/soiled panels, a few short close tears to top and bottom front cover, and light paper loss (primarily at spine ends), else fine.

London: William Heinemann, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 304pp + 16 pages of publisher's advertisements in the back dated mdcccxcvii. Full black morocco with four raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt, blue endpapers. The binding is signed by M. J. Laney. Light toning to text block, a hint of foxing to half-title page, tiny tear to corner of the first page of the advertisements and minuscule scrape to spine. A near fine copy. Basis for the 1953 Byron Haskin movie and the 2005 Steven Spielberg movie as well as a plethora of radio and TV adaptations. Wells 14. In Bleiler, 1978, p. 205. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 1981, 1-173.; Octavo.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Original Program, Red Covers With Black Printing. This Example With "E. E. E. " At The Top, Apparently E. Everett Evans' Copy As He Participated In The Organization Of This Second Annual Convention, With "Th' Ol' Foo" Added Below, By Forrest Ackerman (And This Being His Copy). Signed By Ray Bradbury [And With His Own Caricature], Marguerite Bradbury, A E Van Vogt, Arthur Joquel, R. Dewitt Miller, Eph Konigsberg, Forrest Ackerman, Bryce Walton, William Rotsler [Also With His Caricature], Roy A Squires, Kris Neville, Henry Eichner, Len Moffat, Rick Sneary, Walt Daugherty, Jean Cox., And Several Dozen Other Members. With An Extra Cover Sheet.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Ray Bradbury. SIGNED, dated, & Illustrated with a CARICATURE of himself by the Author; 8vo, beige buckram, red pictorial dust jacket, 251 + [1p. Epilogue] + [2] pages. Rare copy of Ray Bradbury's important collection of stories with his amusing SELF PORTRAIT/CARICATURE; inscribed to "Joel!' by the author; dated Oct. 23, 72."<br/> <br/> This third collection of short stories by the great Sci-Fi author includes "Prologue: The Illustrated Man," "The Long Rain," "Zero Hour," "The Velt," and "Kaleidoscope," among several other titles.<br/> <br/> According to Clute & Nicholls, Encyclopedia of SF: "RB's vintage years are normally thought to be 1946-55, his short-story collections of that period are certainly superior to those he produced later. They began with The Illustrated man (coll. 1951; with 2… Read More

Fisher Unwin London Atlantic Limited Edition #350/620, signed by author, 28 volumes complete. 1924. Overall condition is very good with the following defects noted: leading edges of all boards show wear at top corner (see image), a few gutters have cracked paper (all binding is sound), sunning to spines. Interiors are a high point. Prior book sellers pencil note in volume 1 otherwise no markings or bookplates. All page gatherings remain uncut except for a few in vol. 1. A matching set with limitation pages in each volume. See L. W. Currey p. 528 & Hammond "G" for more info. Please see scans of the books you will receive. Note: shipping cost will be calculated at time of purchase and cost to buyer will be actual cost only. Feel free to inquire.