Science Fiction & Fantasy from Ariel Books

New York, U.S.A.: Experimenter Publishing , 1928. main story The World of the Giant Ants by A. Hyatt Verrill folowed by Stenographers Hands by David H Keller; Four Dimensional Transi by Bob Olsen; When the World went Mad by Ronald M Sherin; & The Gravity King by Clelland J Ball, cover art by Frank R Paul. CONDITION paginated 434 to… Read more about this item

London: Century, 1987. Horror Fantasy is the first book in the Answered Prayers series. CONDITION Blue bds with gitl title unworn, 216 pages. toned to eps, DJ unworn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Jarolds , 1952. UK author whose work showed the influence of H G Wells. This tale set 3000 years hence in a World State which is destroyed by a reborn Napoleon, with other historical people. Similar to the later afterlife fantasies of Philip José Farmer. CONDITION Red bds with gilt title (clean and unworn) 221 pages. Copy is… Read more about this item

London: Dennis Dobson, 1975. Was serialised in Anolog magazine 1966 and as an Ace Double p/b 1974, first harb cover edition. CONDITION Black bds with crisp silver title (top cnrs bumped else unworn) 125 pages. Very bright and crisp. DJ has light edge wear and label residue, not price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. Authors only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the first of the novel Leibowitz series and considered one of the SF novels. CONDITION Burgundy bds with crisp silver title (unworn with tidy name inside front) 320 pages. Copy is bright and crisp. DJ has one short tear at… Read more about this item

London: Dennis Dobson, 1974. 3rd Novel by Anderson versions of this were published 1953 in Space SF magazine, and as and Ace double 1959. This is 2nd British printing in hardback. CONDITION Black bds with crisp silver title (unworn) 1089 pages. Copy is bright and crisp as new, DJ is price clipped o/w unworn with slightly faded spine with imperceptable… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1978. First book in this trilogy. After a 40 year journey, a starship returns to Earth and discovers that the planet has survived a complete system collapse. The rebuilt culture regards the returning crew as throwbacks to the violence-ridden society that almost abliterated humanity. CONDITION Blue bds (cnrs a little curved) 375 pages. Bright and crisp… Read more about this item

London: Dennis Dobson, 1964. First British edition. A collection of short stories title storyu is more fantsy mystery. Black bds with crisp silver title (clean and unworn) 256 pages. Copy is bright and crisp with tidy name inside front, eps and edges are lightly dust spotted. DH is toned, a little rubbed with some small nicks and tears.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber., 1981. Authors first Novel it won the Mile Franklin Award for 1981. A man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes up a notebook to explore and note down the true nature of the… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen, 1955. Violet Pagera 1856 - 135. This title was published posthumously. The English writer and translator Montague Summers described Vernon Lee as the greatest writer of the supernatural in fiction. CONDITION Black cloth with crisp gilt title (unworn) 222 pages, sligh dust spotting to title pages o/w bright and crisp as new internally. DJ has light wear… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1964. He was a space-age castaway--an explorer stranded on an unknown planet. He encountered a giant plant, highly evolved, seemingly with intelligence of its own. It fed him and cared for him. Red bds with gilt title (dulled) couple of small marks to front, 189 pages. Foxed at ends and edge, book plate of Seafarers EducationService to… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970. In the 21st century, when urbanization is reaching its limits, the population suddenly slumps… The city is killing man-strangling and crushing humanity as effectively as the jungle destroyed the civilizations of the past. The characters-zombies, slum-dwellers, a pop star and an architect-move like tiny insects through the vast empty street and concrete landscape of the… Read more about this item

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1959. First UK edition. Set in a futuristic human society regimented, regulated and bureaucratized life style. Phil Gish lfeels vaguely dissatisfied and cut off from other people. He is surprised when a green cat appears in his room which he calls the cat Lucky, hoping his life will take a turn for the better. CONDITION Cream bds… Read more about this item

Auckland, New Zealand: Self Published, 1999. A satirical fusion of fantasy, social truth and drug abuse. CONDITION 63 pages with magic mushroom and fairy illus repeated through out. Very nice and crisp copy with coffee drip to edge of one page.. First Dutch. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Ward, Lock & Co, 1897. Coulson Kernahan (1858-1943) was an English novelist, he was associated with Frederick Locker-Lampson on a new edition of Lyra Elegantiarum, he was also the copy-editor of Oscar Wilde's 1891 version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Story of the mortal sin of suicide, and its supernatural consequences. Originally published as part… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. Noted SF authors first hardback though he had published 3 paperbacks prior to this. CONDITION Red bd with bright Gilt title (clean with bumped top front cnr) 192 pages. Copy is very bright and crisp with light spotting to edges. DJ is bright with lightly toned spine and a few nibbles.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, 1973. 1st British edition. Author is one of the Star Trek series writers. An accident propels the mind of the young astrophysicist John Martels to the 250th century, or the midsummer century. Human civilization has fallen and risen again many times and both humans and birds have evolved. In the 250th century the birds have… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Hardcover edition. Authors first book received much acclaim on its release in 1967. "In the far future, on an Earth devastated by millennia of war, the Caroline Republic exists in a permanent state of war or cold war with its neighbors despite sharing their dire economic straits. Outside what little remains of civilization… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, 1969. Frist UK Edition. First in Authors "Of Man and Mata" series. "Three scientists came to the mysterious planet Nacre to discover, to explore, to record. Utterly defenseless, they trekked through the grotesque jungle of multiform mushrooms and dense spore-clouds, hoping to unlock the secret of this strange world. The stunning climax of their… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz, 1972. First UK edition. Dread Companion is a standalone SF novel in a 2 tale series. Set in the 25th century. Kilda c'Rhyn was born on Chalox. Her father was Rhyn Halcrow, a Survey scout, and her mother was a Forsmanian of a trading family. After three years, the marriage is ceremoniously broken and Rhyn… Read more about this item