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Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke and Co, 1887. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Good Only. A satire or Science Fiction/Fantasy? Who's to say. The protagonist is Dr. Paulus Androcydes, "a modern physician much engulfed int he history and mystery of Egypt..." has found a strange papyrus. His pet cat Anubis, a constant companion, by some potent charm evolved from the papyrus, is somehow transformed into Athothis, a chief physician, astrologer of an early period in Egyptian history. Athothis, in gratitude for his release from physical death, shows Dr. Androcydes the "true inwardness" of modern medicine, comparting our modern practices...with those of his age." Navy blue cloth-covered boards with lovely gilt design of the pyramids, the setting sun, the Sphinx, and a camel driver. Edgewear and one corner bumped. Received great reviews. Extremely scarce.

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Stephan Peregrine. Deluxe edition of 1300 copies only. Signed on inscribed laid-in sheet by both author and artist. Evidence of faint bump to top of spine, showing through to dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. "Bazaar of the Bizarre" is a sword and sorcery novelette by American writer Fritz Leiber and part of the canon of stories chronicling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2009. Stated First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Trade Paperback, 9.25 in x 5.9 in., pp. 773. "Uncorrected page proofs" printed to rear cover and to bottom of half title. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light creases to rear corner, and two small stains to rear cover.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. NOT SIGNED. According to book jacket, this is a "The Signed Limited Edition" of 1500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. This is copy designated "pc" (publisher's copy?). However, this copy is unsigned. Protected in mylar. COPY IS UNSIGNED Introduction by James P. Blaylock. Dust jacket by Phil Parks. "Collected here at last is all of Tim Powers' short fiction. Though known as a novelist, Powers has over the years written some powerful short stories -- here are "Night Moves" and (written in collaboration with James P. Blaylock) "The Better Boy," both finalists for the World Fantasy Award; here too is "Where They Are Hid," previously available only in an expensive limited edition, now out of print. In his short stories Powers explores the same kind of territory as he does in his novels -- in these pages you'll find the wildly inventive plots, the fascinating characters, and the vivid intrusion of the… Read More

Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. John Pound (Cover). Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6 in., pp. [12], 205. Cover art by John Pound. Cream cloth-covered boards with embossed initials in blind to lower front right corner; copper title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Two small nicks across top of front board. Beige endpapers. Unmarked interior. Small chip to top of dustjacket front. Protected in mylar. "River of Eternity is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It is an early version of what became Farmer's popular Riverworld series of novels (1971-83), in which all of humanity has been resurrected and resettled on an artificial "river planet"." (from Wikipedia).

New York: Exposition Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Octavo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2." pp. 471. Original illustrated dust jacket in protective mylar. Mild wear to edges, top and bottom spine of DJ; some mild sunning to rear cover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding sound. Interior pages very clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. The Canadian inventor and entrepreneur Frank Morse Robb authored Tan Ming under the pseudonymn Lan Stormont (Wikipedia). The novel follows a display artist in a department store who falls in love with a mannequin he names Sheba. Through a magical spell, Sheba comes to life as Tan Ming. The story takes place in a "world gone mad with abuse of atomic power" (rear flap). At once fantasy and satire, the author "wields a powerful pen when he writes of the strange land laid waste by atomic blasts...in this bizarre world there is no science, no clocks, no calendars" (rear flap).

London, England: Hutchinson & Co, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 339, [4], 1-38 (advertising). Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Red cloth boards with dark gray title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities and light soiing to boards; corners nudged. Repair to spine headcap and back gutter. Endpaper maps. Light spotting to first fourteen pages, then very light occasional spotting througout. Spine and hinges tight. Inscription reads: "For Hubert Harvey, with the best of good wishes for 1936." An early novel by Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977), and the first of his "Lost World" novels. "Dennis Wheatley has conceived one of the most amazing tales since the days of Jules Verne and Wells...boredom vanishes with the wave of Wheatley's magic pen." -Los Angeles Times.

New York: Ace Books, 1968. Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback (MMPB). Near Fine. Ruth Robbins. The first in this masterfully creative author's "Earthsea" trilogy. Appears unread -- no evidence of read-crease to spine. Just a very tiny bit of shelfwear to very edges and corner of card cover. Small sticker to top right of front panel. Fabulous cover art by Ruth Robbins. Clean, tight, bright. Rare in this condition. "A haunting tale of a proud, lonely boy striving to understand all there is to know. He uses his powers unwisely and too soon, opening a gateway into the land of the dead, and summoning up his own Death, which, abroad in the land of the living, seeks to consume him. Ultimately he must meet Death and face it. A Wizard of Earthsea is a major work of fantasy." (Quote from Amazing Stories on back of book).