Collection: Science Fiction

NY: Doubleday, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. 204pp. First edition. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, in an unclipped "$4.95" jacket. Spine ends and board corners lightly worn/rubbed, glue stains to the front endpaper gutter, else near fine. Near fine jacket jacket shows light rubbing at spine ends... More

NY: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. 185pp. Reprint. Full brown cloth with blue spine titles. Light wear to extremities of boards, with a couple of minor nicks to the board cloth, else near fine. Unclipped "$3.95" jacket lightly rubbed/creased at spine ends and along panel fore-edges,... More

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1979. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.), 538pp.; blue cloth boards, in dust jacket. First edition (no first edition statement, but date code beginning with "T" just visible in the gutter of p.538; reprints have "U" date codes). Near fine, with a... More

First edition of this collection of Asimov's mid-70s nonfiction essays gathered from various sources other than The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1977. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xii, 248pp.; black papered boards backed with black cloth, gold spine lettering,... More

First edition of this 1975 collection of non-fiction essays gathered almost exclusively from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xi, 223pp.; red and brown papered boards, silver spine lettering, in dust jacket.... More

A fine first edition of this volume collecting 46 of Asimov's early short stories. Contains the complete contents of Earth Is Room Enough (1957), Nine Tomorrows (1959), and Nightfall and Other Stories (1969). Doubleday had originally planned to continue collecting all of Asimov's short fiction... More

First edition of this collection of Asimov's short fiction, most of it dating from between 1977 and 1982. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1983. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); 269pp.; speckled tan boards, black quarter cloth, in dust jacket. Speckled remainder spray to base of textblock,... More

First edition of this collection of three previously unpublished versions of key Asimov works: "Pebble in the Sky," "The End of Eternity," and "Belief." NY: Doubleday & Company, 1986. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xii, 272pp.; maroon papered boards, black quarter cloth, in dust jacket.... More

A collection of six Japanese-language editions of significant works by the American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, notable for their striking and innovative cover designs. All text in Japanese save titles and author names on title pages. Uncommon in the trade. Tokyo: Hayakawa Books, 1962-1969.... More

First edition of this collection of a dozen short stories, as selected by Asimov. NY: Doubleday & Co., 1974. Xiv, 294pp. 8vo. Blue cloth; black spine titles; dust jacket. Purple remainder spray to base of textblock. Some off-setting to half-title. Jacket price-clipped but with publisher's... More

Reprint of the second novel in Asimov's landmark Foundation series; originally published by Gnome Press in 1952. This edition, with jacket design by Roger Zimmerman, was first issued in 1963; we date this reprint copy to 1976 by means of the "R52" gutter code on... More

A complete six-volume set of this Gregg Press edition of Asimov's series of juvenile science fiction novels, originally published by Doubleday between 1952 and 1958 under the pseudonym Paul French: David Starr: Space Ranger, Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids, Lucky Starr and... More

Nice copy of this collection of science fiction short stories by one of the masters of the form. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Octavo, 8 x 5-1/4 in. Blue textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. 205pp. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. More

Exemplary copy of the first American edition of Ballard's 1969 experimental novel, published in the UK as "The Atrocity Exhibition." Doubleday originally produced a copy under that title in 1970, only to scrap it over concerns regarding the portrayal of certain celebrities. This edition with... More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988. Mass market paperback. 173pp. Bookstore stamp to bottom textblock, minor crease at bottom corner of first page, else very near fine, with sharp corners and an uncreased spine. Appears unread. Signed by Ballard to the title page. More

First British book club edition of Bester's landmark science fiction novel (published in the United States as "The Stars My Destination"), following by two years the Sidgwick & Jackson first. London: The Science Fiction Book Club, 1958. First book club edition. Small octavo (7.5 x... More

NY: Ballantine, 1968. 14th printing, with cover featuring a still from the Francois Truffaut film adaptation of the same name. Signed and briefly inscribed by Bradbury on the title page. Mass-market paperback, 7 x 4.25 in., 147 pp. Very good condition, with moderate rubbing to... More

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Book club edition. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.); 186pp.; black papered boards, in dust jacket. A fine copy in a very good (+) jacket with some light creasing and wear at the ends of the spine, which shows mild sun-fading.... More

First printing of Butler's first book, a science fiction novel about telepaths set in the far distant future. Chronologically the final of five volumes in the Patternist sequence of novels. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First edition, stated, with correct "G24" gutter code on p.185.... More

NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. 7 x 4.25 in., 214pp. First paperback printing, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. Signed by Clarke in his customary blue ballpoint pen on the title page. Very good condition, with no serious structural issues, but with the following minor cosmetic imperfections... More

Anthology of science fiction short stories, each of which pertains to a different scientific discipline, as collected and introduced by Arthur C. Clarke. Contributors include Robert A. Heinlein (mathematics), Robert Silverberg (archaeology), Isaac Asimov (physics), Jack Vance (chemistry), et al. NY: Delacorte Press, 1966. First... More

USA: Prime Books, 2009. Hardcover. 8vo. 408pp. [vol. 1]; 287pp [vol.2]. Presumed first editions (no statement of printing). Bound in matching red cloth with gilt spine titles. Edited and introduced by Gregg Rickman. Volume 1 bears a small dent to the top of the textblock,... More

Uncommon English reprint of this collection of short fiction, first published in 1955. St. Albans, UK: Granada/Panther, 1980. Perfect-bound mass-market paperback, 7 x 4 3/8 in. 185pp. Light foxing to first few leaves at either end of book. Two minor spine creases, despite which the... More

NY: Bluejay, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. 297pp. First printing thus, corrected book club edition. Signed by Ellison in red felt pen opposite the title page. Red boards with black vinyl backing and red spine titles. A very good (+) copy with some light/moderate foxing to textblock... More

First English edition of the second installment in Ellison's groundbreaking anthology of New Wave science fiction, published four years after the American edition. London: Millington, 1976. First edition. Octavo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. xxiii, 760pp. Blue textured-paper boards, gold spine lettering; in dust... More