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G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first state, with four pages of adverts following the text, beginning with 'By Anna Fuller.' Lacking the rare dust jacket. Beige cloth with decoration in red, blue, and black, and the crown and throne within the cover illustration stamped in gold. Cloth rubbed, age-soiled, with about two inches of dampstaining to bottom of front outer hinge. Spine square. Binding sound. Front and rear paste downs browned; interior else clean, lightly toned, text unmarked. Photographs available upon request.

Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps clean and bright with light edgewear, corner crease to bottom corner of front cover, 2-inch split at bottom of rear hinge. Staplebound; staples secure, free of rust. Binding sound. Pages toned, text unmarked. Cover story: The People of Pan by Henry S. Whitehead. Additional contributions from August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, Seabury Quinn, and Donald Wandrei, among others. This issue also contains the first ever appearance of Frank Belknap Long's The Hounds of Tindalos. Cover art by C. C. Senf. An exemplary copy, from the collection of science fiction and fantasy collector Robert Weinberg.

Lloyd Alexander. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Signed. Seven typewritten and signed letters from Lloyd Alexander, in personalized envelopes; one handwritten and signed Christmas card; two additional empty personalized envelopes. The letters date from 15 December 1997 - 12 May 2001 and cover a range of topics including baseball, radio, cats, Christmas, the appeal of opening presents early, and the Kenneth Starr hearings. The Christmas card has only light edgewear. Envelopes scuffed, edgeworn, with occasional folds or creases. The letters are each folded in half on the long edge but are otherwise free of notable wear. Photographs available upon request.

1969. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Signed. 1969-1971. An extensive collection of material relevant to the radio show 'Summer Raptures of Ray Bradbury,' which aired April 1971 on CBM Radio 940, Montreal. The show featured adaptations of Bradbury's works and interviews with Bradbury by Canadian broadcaster Don Bell. The archive includes nine typed and signed letters from Bradbury to Bell, scripts of the adaptations, a cassette tape of the radio show, Bradbury's recipe for dandelion wine, and other related ephemera. A rare and unique collection. Photographs available upon request.

Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Signed. 1950, first edition. Signed by author L. Sprague De Camp at the title page. 224 pages. Hardback, orange boards with brown titles and decoration, very good with lightly bumped spine tips, general rubbing wear at each corner and to the bottom edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket price-clipped, scuffed and edgeworn, and lightly sunned to spine. Interior clean and unmarked.

John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1893. Hardcover. Good. Association copy. Appears previously to have been owned by Reginald Johnston, the Scottish tutor to the last emperor of China. 'R. F. Johnston, Government House, Hong Kong. 14/3/07' inked in red to FFEP, with Johnston's bookplate at front paste down. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Cloth and gilt a little sunned at spine, gilt at front panel sharp and bright. Cloth lightly scuffed and gently age-soiled, edgeworn, with fraying to rear exterior hinge, spine tips, and fore-edge corners. Rear hinge split; both inner hinges have been inexpertly repaired with glue to the gutters of endsheets; slight split to binding following the half title. The glue repair is holding solid at rear hinge. Binding else intact, and sound through the textblock. The fold-out map at rear is present, still attached, in very good condition. Previous owner notation to top margin of FFEP; previous bookseller price at top of gutter in front endsheet. Pages very …Read more