Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960. Book Club Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publihser's pale green rexine covered boards titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 270pp. Very light wear to the binding, some isolated scuffing and shelfwear to the extremities, in a dustjacket with some light, shallow wear to the edges and a little toning to the… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston / The Viking Press, 1981-1987. First Editions. First Printings. Three octavo volumes (23.5cm); variously colored paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt, copper, and black on spines; patterned endpapers; dustjackets; xviii,332; [xii],[2],3-306; [x],258pp. Volumes 1 and 2 are signed by Burroughs on the title pages; Volume three is signed on the… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 112, [2]pp. Previous owners inscription to front pastedown, touch of offsetting from binders glue to pastedowns, with faint thumb-smear to lower rear cover; Very Good+ or better, in the original dustjacket, unclilpped (priced $2.50), lightly rubbed at spine… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964. First Edition. First Printing, one of 10,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); red-orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[11],12-187,[3]pp. Signed by Burroughs on the half-title page. Touch of softening to spine ends, hint of offsetting to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear and dust-soil, with a… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's vivid orange cloth titled in black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. Light inoffensive bumping to spine ends, an exceptionally bright, clean copy, in a strong, attractive dustjacket with some light toning to the spine panel. The verso of the printed dustjacket is a WW2 Ministry of Defense… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 256pp. Light wear to extremities, bumping to spine ends and a generally slightly dusty feel to it, in a bright, clean dustjacket with some spotting to the rear panel, shallow chipping and fraying to the upper edge, and a five… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1886. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. 18cm. Contemporary or near contemporary blue cloth binding titled in gilt to spine. 141pp. [3pp] ads to rear, including recto/verso of original wrap. The binding is tight, clean, and handsome, showing only trifling wear to spine ends and extremities. Internally clean, coated black endpapers, some light soiling to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1979). First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 252pp. Remainder stamp to upper edge of text block, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $9.95 on front flap); faintly creased on rear panel; Near Fine. A novelization by the creator of the original Star Trek… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1979). First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 252pp. Presumably a remainder issue, with the "About the Author" leaf at end of text pasted down to rear board, with no rear free endpaper (clearly as issued). Remainder stamp to upper edge of text block, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine.… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. First Edition. First printing, softcover issue. Quarto (12" x 9"); pictorial stiff card wrappers (softcover); unpaginated. Ilustrated throughout in b/w and color. Mild bumps to corners, else Fine. An attractive, well-preserved copy. There was a simultaneous hardcover issue. Ambitious collaboration between the noted Peruvian-American fantasy illustrator and his first wife, pairing the former's… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books / Peacock Press, 1973-78. Mixed softcover editions: Volume One is a Sixth Edition (1977); Volumes Two and Three are stated first printings, 1977 and 1978 respectively. Quartos (11" x 9"); pictorial wrappers (softcovers); variously paginated; chiefly illustrations. Mild soil and wear to covers, light evidence of use; uniformly complete and Very Good. Color and b/w… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); orange paper-covered boards and rust-colored cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [vi],210,[6]pp. Light wear to spine ends, light spotting to top edge. Clean and strong, some very light soiling here and there, in a bright, very clean dustjacket with some very light sunning… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards; dustjacket; red publisher's top-stain; 369pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper, top-stain subtly faded at bulked edge, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $10.00 on front flap), fine but for a tiny nick at base of front panel.… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979-1983. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes (22.5cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform, designed by David Prout; unclipped (priced £5.95 - £7.95 net), the third… Read more about this item

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Tan pictorial twilled cloth titled in gilt on cover and spine; illustrations by Dan Beard; [i-iv],220,[4]pp. Blanck's "A" binding (no priority). Moderately rubbed and worn at extremities, with publisher's imprint nearly invisible at base of spine; spine ends with mild fraying; amateur repairs to front and rear… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (24cm.); green cloth spine over orange boards; dustjacket; 379pp.; a few minor bumps along board edges; some foxing to textblock, mostly at top; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $10.00); light edgewear, tiny nicks to spine ends; pushed ends; Near Fine. Book 3… Read more about this item

Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1945-1998. First Editions. First Printings. Ten octavo volumes (19-22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in red, yellow, green, silver, and gilt on spines; dustjackets; xvi,238,[2]; xxii,245,[5]pp; [x],112,[2]; xiv,261,[1]; xii,199,[1]; xviii,281,[1]; [xii],108,[4]; [vi],131,[3]; x,237,[5]; [6],xvi,208,[2]pp. Books are uniformly Near Fine or better, with contents clean, some occasional nudging to spine ends, or faint finger-soil to… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Limited, 1974. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-256pp. Spine ends bumped, else a clean, Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.75 net), with some corresponding bumping to both ends of the spine panel, and some light surface wear; Very Good+. A natural… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First U.K. Edition. 8vo. 20cm x 13.5cm. Publisher's slate blue cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in black to spine and front board, clean and handsome in a bright, strong example of the dustjacket with some minor staining to the verso. A very good copy. 256pp. Internally clean, map endpapers (we love map endpapers). A rather peculiar but… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); dark green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; viii,229,[3]pp; illus. Tiny crimp at crown, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £9.99 net), with some mild wear to crown and corners; Near Fine.