SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S "SHERLOCK HOLMES" STORIES
(1969-1970)
Boxed set of Berkley's paperback Authorized Editions, with classic cover art by William Teason.
Pulps and Paperbacks
THE FEMALE MAN
(1975)
First edition, first printing of Russ's New Wave masterpiece, a kaleidoscopic feminist vision of a woman's alternate lives on and off Earth, in the stifling present and possible futures.
THE IRON DREAM
(1972)
First printing of the notorious novel in which Spinrad imagines an alternate-history Adolf Hitler who, far from the failed painter of our own tragic timeline, became a successful science fiction writer and left real-world politics mostly alone.
THE FALL OF THE TOWERS
(1970)
First edition thus, the first collected edition of three of Delany's earliest novels: CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, THE TOWERS OF TORON, and CITY OF A THOUSAND SUNS.
THE CITY AND THE STARS
(1957)
First paperback printing of Clarke's classic SF novel, an extensively rewritten version of his earlier AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT, in uncommonly good condition.
THE SHEEP LOOK UP
(1973)
First paperback edition of Brunner's dystopian novel of ecological catastrophe and social collapse, nominated for a Nebula award and cited by William Gibson as the only science fiction novel to approach an accurate description of 21st-century reality.
BINARY STAR #5: Nightflyers / True Names
(1981)
Illustrated double edition of these two massively influential SF novellas from the dawning age of the personal computer, published to considerable acclaim years before Vinge and Martin would enjoy the mass popular successes of A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and A GAME OF THRONES, respectively.
ORPHANS OF THE SKY
(1965)
First paperback edition of this classic Heinlein novel, combining two novellas ("Universe" and "Common Sense") first published separately by Astounding Science Fiction in 1941.
THE VERY SLOW TIME MACHINE
(1979)
First US edition of Watson's first short story collection, whose title story was nominated for a Hugo Award.
THE SHAPE OF SPACE
(1969)
First edition of this collection of Niven's short stories, originally published in a variety of science fiction magazines between 1966 and 1969.
NEUTRON STAR
1968
First edition of Niven's collection, whose title story won a Hugo Award following its initial publication in WORLDS OF IF.
STREETLETHAL
(1983)
Signed first edition of Barnes's SF noir novel, the first in a trilogy starring Black martial artist Aubry Knight.
HUMAN?
(1954)
First edition of this eye-catching anthology of well-chosen eerie oddities, including stories by Margaret St. Clair (Idris Seabright), John D. MacDonald, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, John Collier, Isaac Asimov, don marquis, and Walter M. Miller.
INVOLUTION OCEAN
(1977)
First edition of the first novel by "fine, fine, superfine Sterling," published as no. 4 in the Harlan Ellison Discovery Series and introduced by Ellison with characteristically fulsome effusions.
HROLF KRAKI'S SAGA
(1973)
First edition of Anderson's retelling of Norse legend, reconstructed from sagas and historical chronicles, published as part of Lin Carter's Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and nominated for a British Fantasy Award.
NOVA
(1969)
First paperback edition of Delany's mythic cyborg space opera, nominated for a Hugo Award and rich with allusions to Melville's MOBY DICK, Arthurian legend, and Tarot lore.
THE CRYSTAL WORLD
(1967)
Uncommon first paperback edition of Ballard's apocalyptic science fiction novel, an "anti-journey" into the bright heart of a petrified forest.
I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM
(1967)
First printing of this classic mid-'60s collection, a paperback original with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon, with the Hugo Award-winning title story that is perhaps Ellison's most famous single work.
THE DEVIL IN A FOREST
(1977)
First Ace edition of Wolfe's early historical mystery, set in a medieval village where remnants of paganism persist after the coming of Christianity.
THE PLATYPUS OF DOOM: And Other Nihilists
(1976)
First edition of this first short story collection by Cover, a contributor to the legendarily unpublished LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS and an early discovery of Harlan Ellison, for better and worse.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
(1982)
First paperback edition of Le Guin's massively influential collected critical essays, including her "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie," "Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown," and "Is Gender Necessary?," followed by Jeff Levin's thorough bibliographical checklist.
ENGINE SUMMER
(1980)
First paperback edition of Crowley's subtle and lovely post-apocalyptic narrative — nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Award, and the National Book Award.
THE BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS
(1968)
First US edition of the first New Worlds SF anthology under the editorship of Michael Moorcock, showcasing new-wave and avant garde work from J.G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, Roger Zelazny, John Brunner, David I. Masson, Langdon Jones, and Thomas M. Disch.
WEB OF ANGELS
(1980)
First edition of Ford's visionary early novel about a mystico-technical computerized communications Web traversed by knights, paladins, and outlaw Webspinners.
MOORCOCK'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
(1976)
First edition of Moorcock's thematic collection of short stories about Jimi Hendrix, Alexander the Great, Jesus Christ, and others who lived fast and died young for one reason or another.
