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First and Specialty Editions in Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Literature

Dan M. Klamkin, Bookseller

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PLEASE ORDER BY AUTHOR AND TITLE.   INQUIRIES, AVAILABILITY, AND RESERVATIONS BY PHONE OR E-MAIL ARE ENCOURAGED. RESERVED ITEM(S)  WILL BE HELD A MAXIMUM OF A WEEK PENDING PAYMENT. UNLESS FROM PERSONS KNOWN TO US, CERTIFIED PAYMENT WILL EXPEDITE SHIPMENT; PERSONAL CHECKS HAVE TO AWAIT CLEARANCE.

 

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ALL ITEMS ARE OFFERED SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE.

 

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Via Bookrate Parcel Post:  $3.50 for the first book ; $2.00 for each additional book. Insurance extra. 

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ULTIMATE 2006/7 CATALOG

 

After 26 years of dealership in collectible books of the “speculative fiction genre”, the time has come to fold the proverbial tent and enter the retirement door. To all our wonderful clients and friends of this long period, we extend our gratitude for your unwavering support and offer this “Ultimate” Catalog as an opportunity to peruse just about our entire remaining stock including many rare items never offered before. We shall remain active for as long as it takes to dispose of our holdings.   Although there are no posted “blanket discounts” across the board, every order will be treated individually with appropriate consideration corresponding to our cost and amount contemplated to be purchased. Please explore the various segments of this extended listing, and remember that as always, all inquiries and orders will receive our utmost attention and our well-known care in packaging and shipping.

 

 

 

 

MAIN A-Z LISTING

 

ARKHAM HOUSE

 

ANTHOLOGIES

 

ILLUSTRATED / ART

 

PROOFS AND ARCs

 

COLLECTIBLE SETS OFFERING

 

1st “ADDITIONS” FROM THE VAULT

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN A-Z LISTING

 

Adams,  Douglas.     THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.   Harmony Books, NY, 1989. 

10th Anniversary edition.  (this being the 7th printing).  Very fine (unread) copy in very fine d/j illustrated by Peter Cross and a  commemorative

10th Anniversary label illustration by Dave Joly.    Special introduction by the author.  The funny first book that started it all.     $35.00

 

Adams,  Richard.   THE IRON  WOLF and Other Stories.  Allen Lane, London, 1980.   1st edition.   Very fine in like d/j.  

(Published later in the USA as The Unbroken Web).      Folktales by the author of  Watership Down.    Gorgeous illustrations.      $30.00

 

Aickman,  Robert.    COLD HAND IN MINE : Strange Stories.  Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1975.  Book Club edition.

Very fine (unread) copy  in like d/j  illustrated by Edward Gorey.  Collection of 8 eerie stories by a master of the genre.    $15.00

 

Aickman,  Robert.  NIGHT VOICES : Strange Stories.  Gollancz, London, 1985. 1st edition.   Very fine in like d/j.   A collection of  6 stories.  $40.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.    BEST SF STORIES OF BRIAN  W. ALDISS.  Gollancz, London, 1988. 1st edition.  Fine in like d/j. Collects 22 stories.   $25.00                           

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   CRACKEN AT CRITICAL: A Novel in Three Acts.  Kerosina Books, UK, 1987.  1st British edition.  Limited issue.

One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author.  Very fine in d/j.  Housed in slipcase  with a copy of the hardbound issue (300 numbered copies

with corresponding # to the novel) of Aldiss’ The Magic of the Past , collecting the title story and “North Scarning ”.  Very fine without d/j as issued.  

Text of the novel revised from that of the earlier USA edition published as  The Year Before Yesterday  (Watts, NY, 1987).

A handsome presentation.     $75.00       

 

Aldiss,  Brian.  THE EIGHTY- MINUTE HOUR : A Space Opera.  Doubleday, NY, 1974. 1st edition. Fine in fine d/j  with a couple of minor nicks. $30.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.    ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM...  Cape, London, 1978.  1st edition.  Fine in like d/j.  One million years in the future--into the company

of an utopian race called  "homo uniformis".      $30.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM...  Harper & Row, NY, 1978.  1st USA edition .  Fine in a fine d/j, totally different than the British.   $20.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.    FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND.  Random House, NY, 1974.  1st USA edition.   Fine in fine d/j.  A thought-provoking extrapolation---

A  time traveler meets Mary Shelley and her monster.     $35.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian. - GALAXIES LIKE GRAINS OF SAND.   Gregg Press, MA, 1977. 1st USA hardcover edition.   As new without d/j as issued. 

With an introduction by Norman Spinrad.  Eight stories first issued in England in 1959 under the title The Canopy of Time.  The American edition

is a major revision of the British issue with connecting material to create a chronological  novel. 

An important early Aldiss title, quite scarce in this edition.   $85.00

 

 

THE HELLICONIA TRILOGY- BRITISH EDITIONS.     

 

Aldiss,  Brian.       HELLICONIA SPRING (1st British edition, simultaneous  with USA edition).  Signed by the author.

                                HELLICONIA SUMMER (1st British edition, simultaneous  with USA edition).

                                HELLICONIA WINTER (1st British, preceded by USA).        

Cape, London, 1982-3-5.    Slight tanning to page edges of first volume, otherwise fine (unread) copies in beautiful wraparound pictorial d/js. 

Aldiss' masterpiece.  A monumental, minutely detailed planetary saga.                                3 Volume SET…   $95.00

 

 

Aldiss,  Brian.  HELLICONIA WINTER.  Atheneum, NY, 1985.  True 1st edition preceding the British issue. Fine in like d/j. 

Review slip and publicity flyers laid-in.  Third book of the "Helliconia Trilogy."     $30.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.    HOTHOUSE.    Easton, CT, 1987.  1st thus.  New without d/j as issued.   Leatherbound collector’s edition in  “The Masterpieces

of Science Fiction” program.   Introduction by Marshall B. Tymn and art  by Patricia Davis.  1962 Hugo award  winner for Best Short Fiction.

(USA title is “The Long Afternoon of Earth”).   $55.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.    INTANGIBLES, INC. and Other Stories.   Faber, London, 1969. 1st edition. Very fine in very fine price-clipped  d/j  (as common

on Faber issues).  An outstanding collection of 5 classic novellas including “Neanderthal Planet”,  “Send Her Victorious”,  and the title story.  $50.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.  AN ISLAND CALLED MOREAU.   Simon & Schuster, NY, 1981.  1st USA edition.  Fine in like d/j.   $25.00      

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   THE MALACIA TAPESTRY.  Harper & Row, NY, 1976. 1st USA edition.  Fine in like d/j.  Alternate history novel.     $15.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   MOREAU'S OTHER ISLAND.  Cape, London, 1980. 1st edition. Fine in like d/j.  (Issued later in the USA as  An Island Called Moreau ).

An homage to H.G.Wells.     $30.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   NEW ARRIVALS, OLD ENCOUNTERS : Twelve Stories.  Harper & Row, NY, 1980.  1st USA edition.  Fine in like d/j. 

Wonderful d/j illustration by Jim Cherry.     $15.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   THE SALIVA TREE and Other Strange Growths.  Faber & Faber, London, 1966. 1st true edition. First (green cloth) binding.

Fine in complete d/j (without price-clipping) and with a ¼” closed  tear in upper front panel), illustrated by Charles Mozley. 

Publisher’s  complimentary slip laid-in.     Ten excellent tales  including the title story which won the 1965 Nebula award for Best Novella.

A sharp collectible copy.    $95.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian.   THE SALIVA TREE and Other strange Growths.  Gregg Press, MA, 1981. 1st USA edition.  As new  without d/j as issued.

With an introduction by Peter Nicholls. A collection of 10 excellent stories.  The title story won the Nebula award in 1965 for Best Novella.   $50.00

 

Aldiss,  Brian and David Wingrove.    TRILLION YEAR SPREE :  The History of Science Fiction.   Gollancz, London, 1986. 1st edition. Trade issue.  Minor shipping bump on upper rear board, otherwise fine (unread) copy in very fine d/j. Revised and updated version of “Billion Year Spree” (1973). 

Literate and comprehensive. 512 pages with illustrations.     $40.00

Anderson,  Poul.  THE AVATAR.  Berkley, NY, 1978.   1st edition.  Fine in  like d/j.   $20.00

 

---another copy---   Very good (uneven cloth spine) unread copy in fine d/j.     $12.50

 

Anderson,  Poul.   THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS.  Easton, CT, 1989. 1st edition.  New without d/j as issued.   Leatherbound collector's

edition  in  “The Signed First Editions of Science Fiction" program.   Introduction by James Gunn.  Artwork by Bob Eggleton.     $60.00

 

Anderson,   Poul.  THE EARTH BOOK OF STORMGATE.  Berkley, NY, 1978.  1st edition.  Fine in like d/j.  Collects 12 stories forming the final

volume of the author's  "Future History" series.     $20.00

 

Anderson,  Poul.   MIRKHEIM.   Berkley, NY, 1977.  1st edition. Fine in like d/j.  Part of the author's "Future History" series.     $15.00

 

Anderson,  Poul.   THE NIGHT FACE and Other Stories.  Gregg Press, MA, 1978. 1st edition.

Fine (unread) copy  in d/j illustrated  by Jack Gaughan.  (Minor shipping scuffing on spine of d/j).  With an introduction by the author.

Volume I  in the collection  “The Worlds of Poul Anderson” .    Collects “The Night Face” (published earlier as “Let the Spacemen Beware”),

“The Sharing of the Flesh”,  “Starfog”, and  “A Tragedy of Errors”.      $40.00

 

Anderson,  Poul.   TAU ZERO.  Easton, CT, 1987.  1st thus.   New  without d/j as issued.   Leatherbound collector’s edition in “The Masterpieces

of Science Fiction” program.   Introduction  by Hal Clement and art  by Vincent Di Fate.   A celebrated  “Hard SF”” novel.     $65.00

 

Anderson,  Poul. - THE QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS.   Gregg Press, MA, 1978.  1st hardcover edition.  

Fine (unread) copy  in d/j illustrated by  Jack Gaughan.  (Minor shipping scuffing on spine of d/j).  With an introduction by the author. 

Volume VI  in the collection  “The Worlds of Poul Anderson”.  Collects 6 stories.

The title story won the 1971 Nebula   and the 1972 Hugo awards.      $45.00

 

Anderson,  Poul and Gordon Dickson.   EARTHMAN’S BURDEN.   Gnome Press, NY, 1957. 1st edition. Signed by both authors.

D/j art and interior illustrations by Jack Cartier.  Darkened text block (typical of Gnome Press books of that era), otherwise a fine, clean

copy in a  fine,  bright and unblemished d/j. 

The Wild West in outer space as practiced by the lovable Hokas on the planet Toka.  Vintage SF spoof. Rare in this collectible condition. $250.00

 

Anthony,  Patricia.    BROTHER TERMITE.  Harcourt Brace, NY, 1993. 1st edition. Very fine (unread) copy in like d/j.

The author’s second published book. Dark and comical: “Washington politics and the numbing horror of mind control”. A terrific read.   $20.00

 

Anthony,  Patricia.    HAPPY POLICEMAN.   Harcourt Brace, NY, 1994. 1st edition. Very fine (unread) copy in like d/j.

Humorous SF novel—a small Texas town in controlled by aliens, but life goes on