THE ABYSS OF WONDERS
Limited first edition in book form of Sheehan's dream-journey fantasy, with a rare trial jacket in a different shade of orange than the final production.
Limited first edition in book form of Sheehan's dream-journey fantasy, with a rare trial jacket in a different shade of orange than the final production.
First edition in book form of this Hugo-winning tale of a Wisconsin farmer who is granted immortality in return for maintaining a galactic WAY STATION, where he meets and converses with a profusion of aliens.
Unrevised proof copy of the first US edition of Spark's wicked novella.
First edition, first printing of this Black romance from the Starlight series led by the influential Black editor Veronica Mixon — written by editor Vivian Stephens's sister and one of the founding board members of the RWA.
First printing of the most adorable of all the Avon Satanic Gothics.
First edition of this post-WWII story centered around a murder mystery in a group of of US American expats, William Styron's third novel.
Inscribed first edition of the classic western, in which a grizzled gunfighter confronts his mortality.
First and only printing of these curious scientific tall tales of Maine inventors and eccentrics, mixing the art of the yarn with the developing genre of science fiction.
First printing of the first US paperback edition, a bleak future fiction from the author of cult classics QUEEN'S GAMBIT and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
First printing of the second Edgar Box mystery, an excellent yarn that Vidal composed ambivalently to pay the bills that his literary novels were not.
Uncommon first printing of Wall's satirical sequel to THE UNFORTUNATE FURSEY, following the sometime monk and sorcerer Fursey through his dealings with kings, demons, vampires, banditti, Vikings, and his true love, who is tired of him.
First edition, first issue of this darkly humorous collection of stories told between a posh group of apocalypse survivors in an underground bunker, the sequel to EARTH STOPPED.
First edition of this adventure story with a dose science fiction – twins Nicky and Judy and their dog Jokey find themselves marooned on an island with the psychic MASTER and his henchmen.
First edition of this sf adventure story – beautifully bound, likely for presentation, with a pencil annotation at the rear noting "From the library of Michael Howard," one of White's editors at Jonathan Cape, who was best known for working with Ian Fleming.
Typescript for a short sci-fi story that appeared in AMAZING STORIES, Feb. 1960 (included).
Lovely first printing of this collection of two novels by Williamson, THE LEGION OF TIME and AFTER WORLD'S END, each originally published in serialized form in ASTOUNDING and MARVEL STORIES.
First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance — the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) — inscribed by the author to her brother.
Fine first printing of Yolen's second XANADU anthology, warmly inscribed to the late Susan Steinfirst, a noted scholar of children's literature and folklore.