COSMIC FRONTIERS (OLAF STAPLEDON)

Cosmic Frontiers: February, Feb. 1977 ("Last and First Men")

NY, Cosmic Publications. 1977. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. 2, no. 1. Cover art by Bill Skurski; rear by Luke Ryan. Includes "Last and First Men" (pt. 1) by Olaf Stapledon; articles on flying saucers, UFOs, ancient aliens, hollow earth, and more. Tanning; creasing; edgewear. Very Good+.

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Book number: PO43

Catalogue: Magazines

Keywords: Science Fiction Flying Saucers UFOs Aliens Science Fiction Magazines Science Fiction Pulps UFO & Flying Saucers

KINNAIRD JOHN, STAPLEDON OLAF

OLAF STAPLEDON - Starmont Reader's Guide 21

Starmont, 1986. 1st edition. The work of Olaf Stapledon. Paperback. ISBN: 0916732541. very good chapbook.

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Book number: FG17.190

Keywords: 0916732541

STAPLEDON W OLAF

Last and First Men

London, Methuen. 1930, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light rubbing to tips and spine ends, faint small area of fade to heel of spine and top edge of lower board, very faint sunning almost unnoticeable, blind embossed bookseller stamp to fep, owners ink name and address to fep in nice copperplate hand, original booksellers pencil price as well, tight copy with foxed closed edges which shows to the very edges of the pages only, first edition and first state with the 8pp catalogue at rear with 630 dating, xii 355 + 8pp adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011373

Catalogue: Science-Fiction Fantasy & Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction Utopian Utopia Rare Collectable

Olaf Stapledon

Beyond the &Apos;Isms

London, Secker & Warburg, 1942 . First edition. Paperback. A tremendously scarce, first edition of Olaf Stapledon's compelling study of various "isms" hampering society surrounding the second world war. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's paperback binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.Very scarce work. An insightful collection of thoughts on society, politics and the economy surrounding the vast influence of Second World War. The author explores the two great emotional conflicts within European civilisation, one being between religion and science, and the other between individualism and collectivism. Written by British philosopher and science-fiction author, William Olaf Stapledon. Bound in the publisher's paperback binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very good, with light edge wear and some spotting to wraps. Front hinge is strained, lifting from textblock a little. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light chipping to the extremities, rubbing to the joints and flyleaves and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 928Q39

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Olaf Stapledon beyond the isms world war two society beyond the isms philosophy social science None

Olaf Stapledon

Death Into Life

London, Mathuen, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Olaf Stapledon's novel about the spirit of a Second World War rear gunner who is killed in battle. The first edition, first impression of this novel from philosopher and science fiction writer Olaf Stapledon, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Not strictly a work of science fiction, Stapledon's novel follows the soul of a rear gunner who is killed in World War II, and whose soul ultimately becomes part of a 'cosmical spirit&apos.Stapledon's writings directly influenced such twentieth century literary figures as Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Bertrand Russell and C. S. Lewis.An excellent copy of this novel described as being 'an imaginative treatment of the problem of survival after death&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light spotting to fore edge of text block. Light spotting to reverse of dust wrapper back strip, and minor marks to rear wrap. Spotting to fore edge of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to perimeters of first and last few leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 826F35

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: second world war olaf stapledon death into life olaf stapledon None

Olaf Stapledon

The Flames

London, Secker and Warburg, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing science fiction novel with features aliens from the sun, written by Olaf Stapledon. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Flames' is an exciting science fiction novel, in which members of an alien race come to Earth, leaving their home on the Sun.Written by Olaf Stapledon, known for 'Star Maker' and 'Last and First Men&apos. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding paper to the boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with chips to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is a little sunned. Some minor marks to the dust wrapper, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: 896P22

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: The Flames olaf stapledon fantasy science fiction olaf stapledon None

STAPLEDON OLAF

LAST AND FIRST MEN

Penguin, 1987. not 1st printing. ""No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination,"" declared Arthur C. Clarke. Paperback. ISBN: 0140080880. fine b-format paperback, Allan Craddock cover.

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Book number: FY20.204

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STAPLEDON, W Olaf

Last and first men: a story of the near and far future

Methuen, 1932. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 4th edition. 4th & cheaper edition, in green cloth with black lettering & rules. Page fore-edge yellowed & a little foxed; cloth on spine discoloured, with wear at head & foot, & along joints; a little loss of colour on boards, with light wear to edges & corners Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_22316_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS246643I

STAPLEDON Olaf

Last and First Men. A Story of the Near and Far Future. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Methuen,, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Without advertisements at end. Remarkably bright, crisp copy of a sci-fi classic; the work which launched Stapledon as a full-time author. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 44647

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, stepledon, olaf stapledon, science fiction, sci fi, dystopian novels

William Olaf Stapledon

Last Men in London

London , Methuen & Co , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition first impression of this thrilling science fiction novel by William Olaf Stapledon. A first edition, first impression copy of this work with the eight page catalogue dated 932 signifying the first edition. Last Men in London is a science fiction novel that follows Stapledon's Last and First Men, with the same narrator of the eighteenth and final human species as this novel. William Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and science fiction writer, who, in 2014 was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and fading to the spine. The remnants of a sticker to the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: none. Very Good .

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Book number: 840B77

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Last Men in London W. Olaf Stapledon fiction last and first men W. Olaf Stapledon none

STAPLEDON, W OLAF

A Man Divided

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 187pp.. VG: in very good condition with chipped and faded dust jacket .

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Book number: d2589

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

Olaf Stapledon

Nebula Maker

Hayes, Bran's Head Books, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. First edition of Stapledon draft for 'Star Maker' probably written in the 1930s but not discovered until year of publication. At first glance all appears to be in VG order, however book has been exposed to damp at some stage and there is light cockling to later pages and evidence of damp staining to boards and endpapers. Likewise to inside of unclipped d/j, though this not obvious unless removed. 8vo. x, 126pp . Fair/Fair.

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Book number: 105631

Catalogue: Fiction

STAPLEDON OLAF

ODD JOHN

Eyre methuen, 1978. 1st edition thus. John Wainwright is a freak, a human mutation with an extraordinary intelligence which is both awesome and frightening to behold. Hardback. ISBN: 0413329003. near fine hardcover copy, pages browning as is usual, in a very good dustwrapper.

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Book number: FM15.211

Keywords: 0413329003

Stapledon, Olaf

Odd John

Norwalk, Easton Press. 1987, First Thus. Full-Leather. Ill.: Wendy Snow-Lang. Book, A square solid tight clean un-read copy. Dark green full leather binding, gold inlay, gold tipped text bloch, sewn in silk marker. The above date is the only one Associated with the Easton Press probably making this copy part of the publisher's first issue of this title. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction set. Fine/None,As Issued.

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Book number: 033160

Catalogue: Fantasy

Keywords: Wendy Snow-Lang Science Fiction Literature

OLAF STAPLEDON

Odd John

Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1936. Soft Cover. Gd. Condition Classic Science Fiction ( SF17B ). Good.

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Book number: sf3520

Catalogue: Classic Science Fiction

Keywords: novel, literature, adventure, suspense, moon, alien, star, planet, galaxy -