Ex-library copy with sticker to front pastedown and stamps to front free endpaper and verso of title-page; jacket slightly dulled at spine but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by Margaret Eastoe.
£375
London, Martin Secker, 1964.
First English edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
First English edition of the basis for ‘The Planet of the Apes’ franchise.
In stock
Ex-library copy with sticker to front pastedown and stamps to front free endpaper and verso of title-page; jacket slightly dulled at spine but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by Margaret Eastoe.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
First edition.
London, Burke, 1962.
Uncommon in jacket.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Digby, Long, 1910.
First edition. 8vo. 3pp. advertisements. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt.
An uncommon book by Richard Marsh, author of gothic horror classic The Beetle (1897), the title tale here reflecting his talent for anticipating the impact of new technology. Only a handful of copies recorded in institutional holdings.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Duckworth, 1939
First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's white cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6 on front flap, overprinted with 4/6.
The first novel by the writer described by Ronald Bryden as "the most exasperatingly gifted writer in England". Hyams was a translator and author, active in various genres, fiction and non-fiction, from before World War Two. Although not widely known for his speculative work, he published several novels of Sci-Fi interest. The Wings of the Morning is a discussion novel in the style of the scientific romance set as a future war novel whose description does not very accurately anticipate the reality to come. This was his first novel written when he was 28 years old. Rare. No copies of any kind for sale at time of listing.