VG+; VG+.
Jacket artwork by Hardy.
£195
London, Burke, 1962.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A VG+ first edition of this sci-fi novel, by the creator of the influential ‘Lost Planet’ series.
Out of stock
VG+; VG+.
Jacket artwork by Hardy.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Ward Lock, 1935
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket price clipped. Three digits at base of spine indicates this is an early reprint.
Hubin listed title with strong sci-fi overtones in which an Oriental cadre of secret masters aspire to immortality through imbibing an elixir of unknown provenance, and by using advanced technology to preserve themselves. They threaten the world, but are defeated in the end (Blieler p61, the only title by this author listed).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, John Hamilton, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A rare dust-jacket. One of this author's less common and more interesting titles, a Mad Scientist's attempts to block off the sun's rays and cause the end of the world. Produced for Hamilton's Sundial Mystery Library series.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sampson Low, [c.1920].
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractive jacketed edition of this mysterious islands tale by Verne.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1964.
First UK edition. Ex-library. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first UK edition of Simak's sci-fi classic, about a lonely immortal farmer who man & maintains a way station for aliens in Wisconsin, winner of the Hugo prize for that year.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d
A very nice first edition of this sinister sci-fi novel, by ex Merchant Seaman Frank Crisp.