ASIMOV, ISAAC (EDITOR)

Before the Golden Age Trilogy; A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s

London, Black Cat/Macdonald & Co.. (ISBN: 0-7481-0196-9). 1988. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 828pp. 8vo. A collection of vintage science fiction stories from the 'Golden Age' that began in 1938. Mild wear to the jacket. Illustrated covers. Clean, bright, sturdy.

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Book number: 127661

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Anthologies, Science Fiction 0748101969

ASIMOV, ISAAC (EDITOR)

Science Fiction Masterpieces

New York, Galahad Books/Davis Publications. (ISBN: 0-88365-713-9). 1986. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 633pp. 8vo. Jacket lightly rubbed. Black boards with copper / gold foil title to the spine. 59 science fiction stories selected by Asimov. Clean, tight, bright, solid.

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Book number: 127660

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Anthologies, Literature, Science Fiction 0883657139

BARRON, NEIL

Anatomy of Wonder; A Critical Guide to Science Fiction Fifth Edition

Westport, Conn. Libraries Unlimited 1-591158-171-0. (ISBN: 1-591158-171-0). 2004. (hardcover) Near fine. xix, 995pp. 8vo. Updated, authoritative resource which includes contributions from renowned experts in the SF genre, discussions of more than 1400 novels, story collections, and anthologies, as well as a comprehensive survey of 'secondary' literature and resources related to fantastic (fantasy) literature, film, and illustration. There is a directory of libraries that hold on their collections a significant number of SF books and so much more. An essential tool for collectors, research, reference and reader advisory. Clean, solid, tight, bright.

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Book number: 130953

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Literary Guides, Literary Reference 15911581710

BREWER, GENE

K-Pax

New York, St. Martin's Press. 1995, Advance reader copy. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 231pp. 8vo. Advanced Reader Copy. First book of the trilogy. Cover is mildly rubbed, else is clean, tight, bright and solid.

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Book number: 125312

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction, Trilogies

DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE; DE CAMP, CATHERINE COOK

Science Fiction Handbook, Revised

Philadelphia, Owlswick Press 0 91 3896 03 9. (ISBN: 0 91 3896 03 9). 1975. (hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. viii, 220pp. 8vo. Based on L. Sprague de Camps' original Science Fiction Handbook published in 1953, this edition is completely rewritten by him and his wife, Catherine. The pages offer the history and growth of science fiction as a genre and that of its parent literature, fantasy, and serves as a reference for those who want to write. Jacket is fine, protected in loose mylar. There is a bookplate (small and tasteful) affixed to the front fixed endpaper; else is fine and seemingly never read.

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Book number: 130516

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Books About Books, Books on Books, Guide Books, Imaginative Literature, Reference, Speculative Fiction 0913896039

COREY, JAMES S. A. (DANIEL ABRAHAM AND TY FRANCK)

The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes; Caliban's War; Abaddon's Gate (Boxed Set)

New York, Orbit Books / Hachette Book Group 978-0-316-31129-8. (ISBN: 978-0-316-31129-8). 2019. (Mass market paperback) As new. 582; 611; 569pp. 8vo. As new, in slip case, as issued. Cover illustration by Daniel Dociu. The first 3 books of the 9 novel series: Leviathan Wakes published in 2011; Caliban's War in 2012 and Abaddon's Gate in 2013. James S. A. Corey is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, George R. R. Martin's assistant.

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Book number: 130119

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Boxed Sets, Fantasy, Hugo Award 9780316311298

OFF BEAT DETECTIVE

Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?

Doubleday & Company, Inc.. [no date]. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket.

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Book number: 126658

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction

LE GUIN, URSULA K.

The Dispossesed; An Ambiguous Utopia

New York, Harper & Row, Publishers. (ISBN: 0-06-012563-2). 1974, 1st edition, 3rd printing. (hardcover) Very good in fine dust jacket. 341pp. 8vo. Ex-lib. with stamps and date paste down, partially removed, from the front free endpaper. That identified, this copy is a first edition, third printing and not a Book Club Edition (BCE). Jacket unclipped. Some residue to the cover, front and back. The Dispossessed is one of only a few books to win all of the big 3 science fiction awards: the Hugo, the Locus, and the Nebula, for best novel and received a degree of recognition unusual for sci fi, perhaps because it explored such themes as anarchism, revolutionary societies, capitalism, utopia, individualism and collectivism. The text is clean and the pages crisp. Overalll, a very good copy in a fine jacket which is protected in a loose mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 130423

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Collectible Books, Imaginative Literature 0060125632

HARRISON, HARRY (EDITOR)

Nova 2

New York, Walker and Company. 1972. (hardcover) Very good plus in good dust jacket. 181pp. Book Club Edition. 8vo. Red fabricoid boards, lettering in black to spine. Top edge uncoloured, fore-edge roughcut. Dust jacket rubbed, with edgewear; spine sunned; Book Club Edition stated at bottom corner of front flap, 5367 at foot of rear flap. Previous owner's embossment at foot of half-title. Else internally bright and clean.

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Book number: 121171

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Book Club Edition, Literature

HUBBARD, L RON

Slaves of Sleep

New York, Lancer Books. 1967. (Mass market paperback) Good. 176pp. Previous owner's name to inside front. Slight wear to spine. Slight rip to rear. Cover art painted by Kelly Freas, the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists".

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Book number: 113349

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Science Fiction

MORROW, JAMES AND MORROW, KATHRYN (EDITOR)

The SFWA European Hall of Fame Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent

New York, A Tor Book / Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 978-0-7653-1536-6. (ISBN: 978-0-7653-1536-6). 2007, 1st edition. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. 336pp. 8vo. As new. Related ephemera laid in. All stories published in English or in new (and polished) translations. 16 stories, translated from 13 languages.

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Book number: 130122

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, European Literature, Short Stories 9780765315366

NESVADBA, JOSEF

The Lost Face: Best Science Fiction from Czechoslovakia

New York, Taplinger Pub. Co.. 1971, 1st US Edition. (Cloth) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 215pp. Unclipped dust jacket slightly rubbed.

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Book number: 111399

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Literature - Czechoslovakia, Science Fiction

SAWYER, ROBERT J.

Rollback

New York, A Tom Doherty Associates Book 978-0-765-31108-5. (ISBN: 978-0-765-31108-5). 2007. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. 313pp. 8vo. As new. Novel, nominated for a Hugo Award as well as a Campbell Award in 2008, first serialized in 4 parts in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from October, 2006 to January, 2007.

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Book number: 130138

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Canadian Literature, Literature - Canadian 9780765311085

SHECKLEY, ROBERT

Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1971, BCE. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. vi, [1], 182+. 8vo. BCE. Sixteen short stories that offer bizarre glimpses of the future. Jacket shows only the lightest of markings. Beige covers,black title to spine. Clean, tight, bright, solid.

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Book number: 126657

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, American Authors, American Literature, Literature - America, Science Fiction

SILVERBERG, ROBERT (EDITOR)

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One; The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Wrters of America

Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1970, BCE. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xi, 558pp. 8vo. BCE. Jacket shows moderate wear along upper and lower edges; remains intact, complete, bright. Quarter bound, with bright red boards. While there is a name penned to the front free endpaper, a numbered notation, and it is starting at pages 16-17, the tome remains intact and complete, clean and otherwise, clean and bright. Includes 26 great science fiction stories.

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Book number: 126664

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Writers of America