Search Results: Authors starting with U from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1950, i.e. 1951. Mild edge rubbing, U.K. price to upper front cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. Uncommon. (28286). Octavo, single issue, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Contents identical to the November 1950 U. S. edition, most of the adverts in the rear are the U. S. ads. Includes stories by Fritz Leiber, Margaret St. Clair, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, and others. First cover art by Freas. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736.

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1951. Mild edge wear, U.K. price to upper front cover, 13 mm closed tear to lower front cover which also affects the first 15 ages, a nearly fine copy. Uncommon. (28287). Octavo, single issue, cover art by Bill Wayne, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Contents identical to the January 1951 U. S. edition, most of the adverts in the rear are the U. S. ads. Includes stories by Frank Belknap Long, Greye La Spina, H. Beam Piper, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736.

[London: Atlas Publishing & Distributing, Co. Ltd.], 1949. Foxing to front cover, shallow chip to upper right front cover, mild wear base of spine, Australia price sticker affixed over U.K. printed price, a very good copy. (28289). Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The final issue of the U.K. run which lasted beyond the U.S. run of issues. Includes Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, Theodore Sturgeon writing as "E. Waldo Hunter," and others. All stories previous published in the U.S. edition 1939-1941.

[New York]: Random House, 1948. First edition. Some darkening to end papers, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear with several small chips to head of spine panel and a shallow chip at the base of the spine panel, a touch of wear to the corner tips. Publishers promotional leaf for the film laid in. (32031). Octavo, boards. Novelization of the 1948 film noir directed by Anatole Litvak from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. "One of those auspicious meldings of high noir style and content that depicts a grim, hysterical situation with maximum levels of narrative depth, credibility and suspense." Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 376. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 262-263. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, p. 394.

New York: Ideal Distributing Company, n.d., [1946]. First paperback edition. Text paper age darkened, some mild edge rubs, a very good to nearly fine copy. (26760). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Black Knight 28. Mystery novel.

[New York]: Random House, 1948. First edition. Several edge rubs, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips with a touch of loss, light wear to the spine ends with a few shallow chips, moderate fade of red title lettering on spine panel. (23455). Octavo, boards. Novelization of the 1948 film noir directed by Anatole Litvak from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. "One of those auspicious meldings of high noir style and content that depicts a grim, hyterical situation with maximum levels of narrative depth, credibility and suspense." Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 376. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 262-263. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, p. 394.

London: Macmillan, 1978. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a bump and closed tear to upper front corner. (1278). Octavo, Hardcover. Review slip laid in.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5763). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5765). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: Walker, 1972. First U.S. edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (5758). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: St. Martin's, 1982. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5760). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5764). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5766). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1943. Edge wear and some cover creasing, a good copy. (21919). Octavo, single issue printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by A. E. Van Vogt, E. Mayne Hull, Jane Rice and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1943. Edge rubs, wear to head of spine with minor loss, a very good copy. (26180). Octavo, single issue printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by James H. Schmitz, Jack Williamson, Theodore Sturgeon with James Beard, Anthony Boucher and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1941. Soiling to front cover, mild edge wear, rubbing to spine edge, a good to very good copy. (20247). Octavo, single issue printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Theodore Stugeon (two, the second using the pseudonym E. Hunter Waldo), Nelson S. Bond, Fritz Leiber and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1943. Mild wear to edges, slight cover separation at upper left corner, a very good copy. (20853). Octavo, single issue printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Anthony Boucher, Manly Wade Wellman, Theodore Sturgeon and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street and Smith Publications, Inc., 1940. Text paper age darkened, minor abrasion to right cover edge, some nicks and some soiling, paper loss to lower third of spine. A good copy. (16269). Octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Devil Makes the Law!" by Robert A. Heinlein. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1941. Store stamp to front cover, inked price, some soiling and rubbing, a good to very good copy. (18458). Octavo, single issue printed wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Theodore Stugeon (two, the second using the pseudonym E. Hunter Waldo), Nelson S. Bond, Fritz Leiber and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc, 1943. Mild edge rubs, some darkening of spine panel, a nearly fine copy. (27327). Octavo, single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Fiction by Anthony Boucher, Theodore Sturgeon, Eric Frank Russell, Jane Rice and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 694-699.