New York:: Davis Publications., 1982.. Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, remnants of mailing label on front cover).. First printing. SIGNED by Connie Willis at her story "Fire Watch." Other contributors include Gregory Benford, Robert Silverberg, Timothy Zahn and more. Illustrated. Ads, 178 pp. Cover by Joe Burleson.
St Charles, IL:: New Epoch Press,, 2008.. Good overall in glossy illustrated wrappers - stain to outer edge of textblock (coffee spill?). First printing, a trade paperback. Includes stories by Martha Wells, Todd McAultry, John Enge and others, an article on solitary fantasy gaming, book reviews and more. Illustrated, ads, 224 pp.
New York:: Ultimate Publishing Co.,, 1981.. Very near fine - some light rubbing to cover, usual toning of pages,but no subscription label. . First appearance in print of these works. SIGNED by Orson Scott Card at his short story, A Plague of Butterflies. Digest magazine. Also includes an interview with Algis Budrys, book reviews and more . Cover by Rowena Morrill. 130 pp.
New York:: Digest Productions Corporation, , 1962.. Very good condition overall - usual toning to the pages, no label.. First printing. SIGNED by Jim Harmon at this story, "The Expendables." Also includes "Retief of the Red Tape Mountain" by Laumer; "The 64 Square Madhouse" by Leiber, "Misrule" by Robert Scott and more. Illustrated by Dyass, Gaughan, and others. 130 pp.
New York:: Dell Magazines, , 2013.. Very good overall (signs of label removal, light creasing to cover). First printing. A double issue of this science fiction digest, SIGNED by Edward Lerner at his novella "Time Out." Also includes contributions for Michael Flynn, Harry Turtledove, Rajnar Varja, Richard Lovett and more. Illustrated. 2012 Index. ads. 192 pp.
New York:: Conde Nast Publications,, 1974.. Near fine.. First printing. Cover by Freas for the novelette "The Horus Errand" by William E. Cochrane. Features a guest editorial by Robert A. Heinlein. Also includes "The Amazing Dr. Amizov" by R. F. DeBaun; the Hugo award winning short story "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven; and the conclusion of "The Sins of the Fathers" by Stanley Schmidt. Illustrated, ads. 178 pp
New York:: Conde Nast Publications,, 1974.. Fair condition only (tear to front cover near spine, rubbing and wear to covers, etc).. First printing. Cover by Freas for the novelette "The Horus Errand" by William E. Cochrane. Features a guest editorial by Robert A. Heinlein. Also includes "The Amazing Dr. Amizov" by R. F. DeBaun; the Hugo award winning short story "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven; and the conclusion of "The Sins of the Fathers" by Stanley Schmidt. Illustrated, ads. 178 pp
New York:: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, , 1953.. Very good (usual toning to the pages). First printing. In addition to Heinlein's story "Project Nightmare", this also includes contributions by Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, and others. Illustrated. Cartoons. 162pp. Good girl cover art by Barye Phillips. Back cover features a painting of a satellite - a "steel umbrella" by Jack Coggins.
New York:: Weird Tales, , 1949.. Fair condition only (a complete copy but quite fragile with some chipping to the edges of the covers, usual toning to the pages). First printing. Includes Heinlein's novelette "Our Fair City," John D. MacDonald's "The Great Stone Death," and Eric Frank Russell's "The Big Shot" and more. Cover by Lee Brown Coye for the long novellette "Four from Jehlem" by Allison Harding. 94 pp.
Evanston, IL:: Greenleaf Publishing Company,, 1953.. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to the pages, but otherwise an unusually bright and attractive copy). First printing- a digest magazine. Featured story in this issue is the first appearance of "Sky Lift" by Robert Heinlein. Also includes The Time Armada by Fox B. Holden (conclusion); Roll Out the Rolov by Harry C. Crosby; Guaranteed - Forever! by Frank M. Robinson; The Music Master by Galouye; Test Problem by Alan Ramm and more. Cover by W. A. Terry for 'Sky Lift.' In addition to his cover story, Heinlein is also featured on "introducing the author" inside the front cover, where he talks about his take on life (long-term optimist and short-term pessimist). Illustrations, cartoons. William M. Hamling, editor. 161 pp.
New York:: Galaxy Publishing Corp.,, 1964.. Good overall - usual toning to the pages, minor wear to the covers and spines, but all three issue are straight and tight, no labels. . First printing. These three issues of this digest magazine feature the first appearance of Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein. "Farnham's Freehold is a post-apocalyptic tale. The setup for the story is a direct hit by a nuclear weapon, which sends into the future a fallout shelter containing Farnham, his wife, son, daughter, daughter's friend, and domestic servant. In writing the novel Heinlein drew on his experience of building a fallout shelter under his own house in Colorado Springs, Colorado in the 1960s" (wikipedia). While the book has some popularity with survivalist groups, one review called it "an anti-minority, anti-woman survivalist rant. It is oftentimes frustrating. It is sometimes shocking. It is never boring." and Charlie Stross said he "so wrong he wasn't even on the right map ... but at least he wasn't ignoring it." Other stories in these digests include novelettes by Keith Laumer (The Prince and the Pirates), A.E. Van Vogt (The Silkie) and short stories by R.A. Lafferty, Jerome Bixby,Kit Reed and more.
Evanston, IL:: Greenleaf Publishing Company,, 1953.. Good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, some tape repair to spine, minor rubbing and wear to the covers). First printing- a digest magazine. Featured story in this issue is the first appearance of "Sky Lift" by Robert Heinlein. Also includes The Time Armada by Fox B. Holden (conclusion); Roll Out the Rolov by Harry C. Crosby; Guaranteed - Forever! by Frank M. Robinson; The Music Master by Galouye; Test Problem by Alan Ramm and more. Cover by W. A. Terry for 'Sky Lift.' In addition to his cover story, Heinlein is also featured on "introducing the author" inside the front cover, where he talks about his take on life (long-term optimist and short-term pessimist). Illustrations, cartoons. William M. Hamling, editor. 161 pp.
New York:: Galaxy,, 1969.. Very good (usual toning to the pages). First printing. Features the novelettes: "In the Shield" by Dean R. Koontz. Also contains the following works - Serials/Complete Novels: Six Gates to Limbo (Part 1 of 2) - J. T. McIntosh ; , Operation High Time - Jacqueline Lichtenberg, The Year Dot - William F. Temple; Short Fiction: The Steel General (excerpt) - Roger Zelazny ; Essays/Articles: If - and When - Lester del Rey ; Authorgraphs: An Interview with Roger Zelazny. Illustrated. 162 pp. Cover art by Chaffee.
New York:: Davis Publications, , 1993.. Good overall - 2 labels on front cover, including a library label, but otherwise a straight and uncreased copy.. First printing. SIGNED by Michael F. Flynn at his article 'Fat Eating Logic Bombs and the Vampire Worm;' Also stories by Ian Stewart, Geoffrey Landis, Roger McBride Allen and more. Cover art by Vincent Fate. 176 pp.
New York:: Mercury Press,, 1960.. Very good in illustrated wrappers.. First printing - a digest magazine. Includes "A Day in the Suburbs" by Evelyn E. Smith; "Goodbye" by Burton Raffel; "Button, Button" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Man on Top" by R. Bretnor; a novelet, "The NRACP" by George P. Elliott; "Two in Homage" by Kit Reed; "Doctor Royker's Experiment" by Joseph Whitehill. as well as an article - "Tools of the Trade" - by Isaac Asimov, book review by Damon Knight and more. Cover by Emsh
New York:: Galaxy Publishing Corporation, , 1960. Very good condition overall : no mailing label, usual toning to the pages.. First printing. DIgest magazine. Includes "Mind Partner" by Christopher Anvil, "Sordman the Protector" by Tom Purdom, "A Husband for my Wife" by William W. Stuart, "The Business, As Usual" by Jack Sharkey, " To Tell the Truth" by Neal Barrett Jr., "An Elephant for the Prinkip" By L. J. Strecher Jr., the conclusion of "Drunkard's Walk" by Frederik Pohl, "How to Slay Dragons" by Willy Ley and more. Cover by Emsh. Illustrated. 194 pp.
Alhambra, CA:: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc, , 1954.. Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages). . First printing. Science fiction digets. Includes a novelet "The Alien" by H. J. Campbell, stories by E. C. Tubb, August Derleth, Jim Harmon, and others, articles by Forrest Ackerman and more. Illustrations by Paul Blaisdell and Roy Hunt. 160 pp.
Stamford, CT:: Love Romances,, 1953.. Good in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, some rubbing and wear to the covers).. First printing. The second and final issue of this short lived science fiction magazine, which featured reprints from Planet Stories (although with new illustrations by Freas and Emsh. The first issue was in a pulp format, this - the seond issue - is in the smaller digest format. Cover art by Freas. Includes "Lorelei of the Red Mist" by Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett; "And the Gods Laughed" by Fredric Brown; "Grifters' Asteroid" by Harold C. Fosse; "Sword of Johnny Damokles" by Hugh Frazier Parker; "Sabotuer of Space" by Robert Abernathy. Interior artwork by Freas and Emsh. 128 pp.
Alhambra, CA:: Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc, , 1969.. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. . First printing. Science fiction digest. Includes a novelet "Unwanted Heritage" by E. C. Tubb, stories by A. E. van Vogt, Jeff Sutton, Ralph Milne Farley and others. Illustrated. 130 pp.
New York:: Mercury Press,, 1998.. Near fine (mailing label on rear cover). First printing. Features novelets and short stories by Bruce Sterling, Kit Reed, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robin Wilson, May Soon Lee, and Mark S. Geston. Departments by Charles de Lint, Douglas E. Winter, Paul di Filippo, and Van Gelder. SIGNED by Mike Resnick at his story "Card Shark." Cartoons by Bill Long, Joseph Farris and S. Harris. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. 162 pp
