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 & 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

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

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

London: The Science Fiction Book Club, 1958. UK book club edition. Small octavo. Blue textured-paper boards; dust jacket. 231pp. Mild sunning at spine ends, light toning to textblock. Jacket spine panel toned, 2" closed tear at base of spine,  and with a shallow band of... 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. First paperback printing, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. 12mo (mass-market paperback). 214pp. Very good condition, with no serious structural issues, but with the following minor cosmetic imperfections (all visible in photos): light crease to front hinge, several soft creases to covers,... 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

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First edition. 184pp. 8vo. Black cloth; orange spine titles; dust jacket, featuring design by Saul Lambert. Some fraying to cloth at base of spine. Light bumping top corners. Very good in a very good, unclipped ("$4.95") jacket with wear and... 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

London: Millington, 1976. First edition. 8vo. Blue textured-paper boards, gold spine lettering; dust jacket. Xxiii, 760pp. Light bumping to spine ends. Mild soiling to boards. A few faint spots of soiling to textblock edges. In an unclipped ("£6.00") jacket with wear and some short tears... More

NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth; dust jacket. 239pp. Minor shelfwear, light toning to textblock edges, else near fine. In a very good price-clipped jacket showing partial fading to the red spine text, a ½” closed tear and related creases... More

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First edition. Octavo (9.25 x 6 in.); 869pp., indexed; burgundy cloth boards, in dust jacket. Signed at their contributions by 22 of the 67 collected authors, in order: Frederik Pohl, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe, Joe... More

NY: The Seabury Press, 1973. First edition. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-5/8 in. 183pp. Blue cloth boards, black spine lettering; in dust jacket. Some very light spotting to textblock top, faint off-setting to endpapers. Else fine in a very good (+) jacket, price-clipped, showing light wear... More

NY: Henry Waterson Company, 1927. Presumed first edition (no statement of printing; we have observed several different binding variants among other copies currently listed in the trade). Small octavo (5.25 x 7.5 in.); 266pp.; dark blue cloth boards; red lettering to spine and front panel;... More

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo; 369pp.; black boards backed with red quarter-cloth; gold spine titles; decorative motif stamped in black on bottom of front board; red topstain; dust jacket. One small white abrasion to the paper at the top of the rear board, a... More