Category: COLLECTABLE PAPERBACKS

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1982.

Seller ID: 03255

ISBN: 0441777937

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copies.

Two items. Ace #77793-7. Originally published as a Gold Medal paperback original in 1961 under the title ROCKABILLY, and later reissued as a Pyramid paperback in 1975 with textul revisions and new author's note, this new July 1982 Ace edition follows the Pyramid text (with the author's note). However this Ace edition was suppressed immediately after publication due to a dispute between the author and publisher over the back cover photo (meant to be colour bur printed as black and white). Also this edition states ''Ace Science Fiction'' on the spine, and this was changed for all subsequent ...
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Spider Kiss.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1983.

Seller ID: 14865

Binding: Paperback.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Retitling of his juvenile delinquent novel (Goldmedal 1961) ''Rockabilly''.
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The Time Of The Eye.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1974.

Seller ID: 33186

ISBN: 058603935X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Panther 586 03935 X (35p). Abridged reprint: collects twelve of the twenty stories from ALONE AGAINST TOMORROW (1971).
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All The Sounds Of Fear.

By: Elwood, Roger (& Virginia Kidd, eds.)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1973.

Seller ID: 33187

ISBN: 058603899X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Panther 586 03899 X (30p). Abridged reprint: collects eight of the twenty stories from ALONE AGAINST TOMORROW (1971).
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Doomsman/Telepower.

By: Ellison, Harlan/Lee Hoffman

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Belmont Books: NY.: 1967.

Seller ID: 44795

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Edges of inner covers browning, else a fine (unread) copy.

Two short sf novels, DOOMSMAN by Ellison and TELEPOWER by Hoffman. ''A Belmont Book - August 1967'' stated on copyright page.
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The Wounded Planet.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bantam Books: NY.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46226

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology, with an introduction by Frank Herbert. Title change: first published in hardcover in 1973 as SAVING WORLDS.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers). It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (200...
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Continuum 1 (and) Continuum 2 (and) Continuum 3 (and) Continuum 4).

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Berkley: NY.: 1975-1976.

Seller ID: 37335

Binding: Paperback originals.

Condition: Fine (as new) copies but for a touch of spine wear.

Four paperback volumes. Original fiction, seven long novellas by Philip Jose Farmer, Gene Wolfe, Anne McCaffrey, Chad Oliver, Poul Anderson, Edgar Pangborn and Thomas N. Scortia - each split into four parts, and serialised (as it were) in each of the four paperbacks. There was also one more novella with four different authors, one in each volume - Dean R. Koontz (vol 1), Gail Kimberly (vol 2), Pamela Sargeant & George Zebrowki (vol 3) and Barry N. Malzberg (vol 4).

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number ...
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Strange Gods.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pocket Books: NY.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46206

ISBN: 0671777548

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology: ''in the tradition of 2001 and A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ, science fiction confronts the most Unknowable of all''. Ten page introduction by George Zebrowski.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the ...
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Future Corruption.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Warner: NY.: 1975.

Seller ID: 46207

ISBN: 0446765716

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Covers creased, VG copy.

Original sf anthology. Includes a 30 page R. A. Lafferty story ''Heart Grow Fonder''.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negati...
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Epoch.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Berkley Medallion: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 46213

ISBN: 0425033155

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Wear along spine edges, a VG copy.

568 pages. Original sf anthology, first published in hardcover in 1975.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers). It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative response t...
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Future City.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pocket Books: NY.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46214

ISBN: 0671779362

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology (22 stories), first published in hardcover in 1973.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers). It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative response ...
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Future Quest.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Avon: NY.: 1973.

Seller ID: 46225

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Original young adult sf anthology

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative response to his strictures against any use of sex ...
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The Other Side Of Tomorrow.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pyramid: NY.: 1975.

Seller ID: 46228

ISBN: 0515039733

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Original young adult sf anthology.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative response to his strictures against any use of sex...
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Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Collier Books: NY.: 1973.

Seller ID: 46229

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative response to his strictures against any use of sex and religio...
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Ten Tomorrows.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Fawcett/Gold Medal: NY.: 1973.

Seller ID: 46231

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

The Berserkers.

By: FAMOUS SCIENCE FICTION, (ed. Robert A W Lowndes)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pocket Books: NY.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46227

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology: ''15 stories of hidden powers, madness, and the occult''.

''in the early 1970s he burst into fairly brief prominence when, with indefatigable salesmanship, he sold a huge number of Original Anthologies - more than 50 in all - to a wide variety of publishers. It has been estimated that Elwood alone constituted about a quarter of the total market for sf short stories - though see Mike Ashley's tempered analysis of these claims in Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007) - and such dominance intensified the negative res...
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Dream Time: Ice Tower.

By: Evans, Christopher

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Dolphin: London.: 2000.

Seller ID: 10368

ISBN: 1858817099

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Young adult fantasy novel.
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Dream Time: Ice Tower (signed by the author).

By: Evans, Christopher

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Dolphin: London.: 2000.

Seller ID: 10963

ISBN: 1858817099

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Yound adult sf novel: part of a series. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Time Station: London.

By: Evans, David

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1996.

Seller ID: 33228

ISBN: 0441003648

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

SF novel.

''US author of whom nothing is known - the name may be a pseudonym - whose Time Station sequence of routine Changewar tales, beginning with TIME STATION LONDON (1996), pits the Temporal Corps against various threats, in World War Two and elsewhen, against the proper order of history; Alternate Histories flicker in and out of being, loosely'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3ed Edition).
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Overlords of Andromeda.

By: Falkner, John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1955.

Seller ID: 44236

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Owner's stamp on first page and title page, several inked numbers, a VG+ copy.

SF novel. Panther 193.

''pseudonym used by UK author Ernest John Gale (1917-1976) for two routine sf adventures, Untrodden Streets of Time (1954) - featuring Time Travel to the future - and OVERLORDS OF ANDROMEDA (1955), a Space Opera featuring human revolt against the titular aliens (John Clute & David Langford/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition).
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Famous Science Fiction: Tales Of Wonder vol 2 no 2 (whole no 8).

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Health Knowledge: NY.: 1968.

Seller ID: 39507

Binding: Digest magazine.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Issue 8 (Fall, 1968) - nine issues published 1966-1969. Mostly reprints, although there were sixteen original stories spread over the nine issues, including one minor Philip K. Dick story (''Not By It's Cover'') in issue 7, and Greg Bear's first published story ''Destroyers''. See Ashley/Tymn: Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 217 - 219.
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Fantasy Tales vol 10 no 1 (whole no 18).

By: FANTASY TALES, (ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Robinson: London.: 1988.

Seller ID: 31197

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Vol 10 no 1 (Autumn, 1988). Issue no 18 (the first of the Robinson paperback issues). 104 pages. UK small-press A5 magazine edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton devoted to Heroic Fantasy (and later, Dark Fantasy): 17 small-press magazine issues were published 1977-1987. A very high standard was maintained throughout (the first issue includes contributions by Michael Moorcock, Brian Lumley and Ken Bulmer). Issue 17 (1987) was the last in the (irregular) format: from 1988 - 1991 there were a further seven issues in paperback format from Robinson publishers, a worthy, but ultimately doom...
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Flame Mass.

By: Fanthorpe, Lionel (writing as "R. L. Fanthorpe")

Price: £10.00

Publisher: John Spencer/Badger Books: London.: 1961.

Seller ID: 43916

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Cover crease, a VG+ copy.

Badger SF series no 49. A very uncommon UK paperback.
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The Lovers.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: NY.: 1961.

Seller ID: 13772

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Owner's stamped details and number on first page and tite page, a VG copy.

Ballantine 507 K. Expansion into novel form of a story published in 1952 in Startling Stories.

''a part-time student at Bradley University, the author gained a BA in English in 1950, and two years later burst onto the sf scene with his novella 'THE LOVERS (1952 Startling Stories; expanded 1961; revised 1979). Although originally rejected by John W. CampbellL Jr., editor of Astounding and H.L. Gold, editor of Galaxy, it gained instant acclaim and won the author xenobiology, parasitism and sex, an explosive mixture which was to feature repeatedly in his best work'' (David Pringle & John ...
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A Woman A Day.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Galaxy/Beacon: NY.: 1960.

Seller ID: 14954

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Owner's details on first page and title page, price written on front cover, a near fine (NF) copy.

SF novel: ''he defied the 25th century with a woman who was NOT HIS WIFE -- and a WIFE who was NOT A WOMAN!''. Galaxy novel no 43. ''First printing - 1960'' on the first page. Beacon 291. Reissued as DAY OF THE TIMESTOP (1968) and (later again) TIMESTOP (1970).

''he defied the 25th century with a woman who was not his wife - and a wife who was not a woman!''.
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Flesh.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Galaxy/Beacon: NY.: 1960.

Seller ID: 26262

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Top of spine worn with a little clear tape repair, a VG+ copy.

Beacon 277. SF novel: the secret dream of every man was his - unlimited opportunity, inexhaustable ability''. ''First printing - 1960'' on the first page.

''this was an Earth that worshipped the lusts of FLESH - where a maiden's most pious hope was to be chosen for a perverse mass orgy - where the temples were houses of carnal rites - where science was devoted to generating uncontrollable sexual passions''.
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A Feast Unknown.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Essex House: North Hollywood.: 1969.

Seller ID: 29537

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Slight spine lean, creased front cover and rubbed rear cover, a VG copy.

With an afterword by Theodore Sturgeon.
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The Gates Of Creation.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1966.

Seller ID: 38946

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy.

SF novel.
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The Wind Whales Of Ishmael.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1971.

Seller ID: 39180

ISBN: 044189237

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy.

Ace 89237. SF novel, sequel to Moby Dick, no less.
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Tongues Of The Moon.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pyramid: NY.: 1964.

Seller ID: 44242

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Inked name and number on first page, inked number on title page, else a near fine (NF) copy.

SF novel. ''First printing, August 1964'' on copyright page. Pyramid R-1055.
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Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography Of Lord Greystoke.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46233

ISBN: 0586039414

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy.

The Image of the Beast, An Exorcism: Ritual 1.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Quartet Books: London.: 1975.

Seller ID: 33189

ISBN: 0704312190

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy with a little spine edge wear.

Pornographic fantasy novel, first published by Essex House in 1968. Postscript by Theodore Sturgeon.

''in the late 1960s, Essex House, publishers of pornography, commissioned Farmer to write three erotic fantasy novels, taking full advantage of the new freedoms of the time. THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST (1968), the first of the Exorcism/Herald Childe trilogy, is an effective parody of the private eye and Gothic horror genres. It was followed by a perfunctory sequel, Blown, or Sketches Among the Ruins of my Mind (1969); the third Exorcism volume, Traitor to the Living (1973), was not publishe...
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Blown, Or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind, An Exorcism: Ritual 2.