SCIENCE FICTION
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Impact of a Million Stars; A Laser Story Howorth, Muriel (Book #ID 88278) Published by New World Scientific Publications First Edition 1963. 1963. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, white title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 215 printed pages of text. Foxing to the end papers, spine slightly sun faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Thebes of The Hundred Gates Silverberg, Robert (Book #ID 97784) Published by HarperCollins 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London First Thus Edition 1993. 1993. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original indigo paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 120 printed pages of text. Spine ends lightly scuffed. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0002239752 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Destination Luna; The Thrilling Story of a Boy's Adventurous Trip to the Moon [Space Adventure Series] Moore, Patrick [1923-2012] Illustrated by Patricia Cullen (Book #ID 84591) Published by Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill First Edition 1955. 1955. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece. Foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the edges, spine colours not faded, not price clipped 6s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The World Menders Biggle, Lloyd Jr. [Jacket Art Work by Josh Kirby] (Book #ID 83380) Published by The Elmfield Press, Morley, Yorkshire First Edition 1971. Yorkshire 1971. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 205 printed pages of text. Tiny creases to the corners, tan age spots to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with the laminate bubbling a little to the upper edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0705700240 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The Fleshpots of Sansato Temple, William F. (Book #ID 85599) Published by Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 49 Poland Street, London First Edition 1968. 1968. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 188 printed pages of text. Ink name to the front free end paper. Near Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with minor marks to the rear cover, not price clipped 21. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 356024687 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Solomon's Stone Sprague De Camp, L. [Jacket Design by Ric Binkley] (Book #ID 85920) Published by Avalon Books, 22 East 60th Street, New York, USA First Edition 1957. 1957. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 224 printed pages of text. Ink name dated 1960 to the front free end paper. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with very shallow rubs to the spine ends, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Star Arrow Carlton, Roger (Book #ID 85923) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1975. 1975. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. A little wear to the spine ends, light foxing to the closed upper edges. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with crease lines to the upper spine end, tiny rubs to the upper corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709150539 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Mission to Mars Moore, Patrick [1923-2012] Illustrated by Patricia Cullen (Book #ID 98255) Published by Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 55 Britton Street, London First Edition 1955. 1955. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 158 printed pages of text. Foxing to the closed text block edges. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with v-shaped piece of paper missing to the bottom front gutter, rubs to the corners and across the spine ends, spine colours not faded, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Matilda's Step-Children Chandler, A. Bertram [Jacket Design by Helen Hale] (Book #ID 99419) Published by Robert Hale Limited, Clerkenwell, London First Edition 1979. 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 208 printed pages of text. Spine ends scuffed, very light ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 5 mm repaired tear to the upper front corner, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709175280 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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When Earth Trembled Walkham, Walter [Jacket Illustration by Helen Hale] (Book #ID 99426) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1980. 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Spine ends scuffed. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shelf rubs to the white of the rear panel, shallow rubs to the spine ends, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709180551 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The Golden Astronauts Haigh, Richard [Jacket Design by Peter Dobson] (Book #ID 99427) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1980. 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 191 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the spine ends. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shelf rubs to the white of the rear panel, tiny rubs to the front corners and spine ends, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 070917960X Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Expatria Incorporated [Signed] Brooke, Keith [Jacket Illustration by Peter Mennim] (Book #ID 99430) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., London First Edition 1992. 1992. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original crimson paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 319 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition panoramic illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the title page 'Keith Brooke.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0575049227 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Sci Fi [A Yellowthread Street Mystery] Marshall, William (Book #ID 99431) Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 90 Great Russell Street, London First Edition 1981. 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 202 printed pages of text. Spine ends and lower corners slightly creased. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0241105366 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Out North Gilchrist, John [Pseudonym of UK Author Jerome Gardner (born 1932)]. (Book #ID 99606) Published by Robert Hale Ltd., 45-47 Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1975. 1975. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 0709147848. Out North, in which the prospect of travel to the Moon attracts would-be astronauts. Contains 191 printed pages of text. Top edge a little dusty, erased pencil ownership mark to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading of the red lettering to orange down the spine, rubbing to the corners and spine ends, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0709147848 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The Last Space Viking Carr, John F. and Mike Robertson [Cover Artwork by Alan Gutierrez] (Book #ID 99998) Published by Pequod Press, Boalsbug, Pennsylvania First Edition 2011. 2011. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original finely woven slate blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Stated first printing with full printer's code to the copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Contains 292 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780937912126 Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The Sea Surrenders Potter, Martin H. [Front Cover Illustrated by W. G. Saunders] (Book #ID 107710) Published by Everett & Co., 42 Essex Street, Strand, London First Edition 1911. 1911. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original coral blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, colour front panel insert illustrated by W. G. Saunders. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 319 pp. Foxing to the closed text block edges, else in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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The Lust of Hate | Third Novel in the Doctor Nikola Series Boothby, Guy [Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century]. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood (Book #ID 107729) Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London First Edition 1898. 1898. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, 283 pp + 12 pp publishers catalogue, with 5 further monochrome illustrations throughout. Dr Nikola makes only a peripheral appearance in this novel. Sporadic foxing to the early pages and page edges and in Very Good bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Pharos The Egyptian Boothby, Guy [Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century]. Illustrated by John H. Bacon (Book #ID 107731) Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London First Edition 1899. 1899. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt lettering and Egyptian symbols to the spine and the front cover, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (vi), 376 pp + 6 pp publishers catalogue with 11 further monochrome illustrations as called for. Scattered foxing throughout, ink name and small paper name to the front free end paper, ring mark to the front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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'Farewell, Nikola' Boothby, Guy [Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century]. Illustrated by Harold Piffard (1867-1938) British artist and aviator. (Book #ID 107733) Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London First Edition 1901. 1901. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered white back, colour illustrated front panel insert, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, 315 pp + 4 pp publishers catalogue with 7 further monochrome illustrations as called for. Light spotting to the closed text block edges, else in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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Doctor Nikola Boothby, Guy [Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century]. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood (Book #ID 107734) Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London not dated circa 1905. 1905. For Love of Her (1905) last chronologically listed book by Guy Boothby. Hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and mounted colour vignette, colour illustrated front panel insert, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (viii), 322 pp + 4 pp publishers catalogue with 15 further single-sided monochrome plates, many text illustrations throughout. Ink name to the front free end paper, scattered foxing and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the SCIENCE FICTION Category |
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