Search Results: Titles starting with I from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publisher, [1967]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light stain and rub mark to lower right front corner. (24796). Octavo, cloth. Historical fiction written in 1941. Only 2000 copies of this book were printed. Zeuschner 186.

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publisher, [1967]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25958). Octavo, cloth. Historical fiction written in 1941. Only 2000 copies of this book were printed. Zeuschner 186.

New York: Walker and Company, [1970]. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild age toning to the spine panel. (31232). Octavo, boards. On a label affixed to the front free end paper this copy is inscribed and signed by Matheson to a well known early fan. "In a future world where a virus has infected nearly everyone with vampirism, mortal Robert Neville spends his nights defending his fortified bunker...and his days slaughtering sleeping vampires. Matheson's influential novel was one fo the first to propose a scientific rationale for vampirism." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-257. "One of the central novels in shaping contemporary horror fiction" - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-217. Made in to several mediocre feature films. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-720. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-257. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: The 100 Best Books 54. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 986-90. King list, p. 390. Winter List, p. 270.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1994]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (28743). Octavo, illustrations, cloth backed boards. Winner of 1995 Hugo Award for best nonfiction book.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1994]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169451) (30080). Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-ix [x-xi] xii [xiii-xiv] [1] 2-562, illustrations, cloth-backed boards. Winner of 1995 Hugo Award for best nonfiction book. Published posthumously, with an epilogue by his wife, and a checklist of Asimov's books.

New York: Simon and Schuster, [1971]. First edition. Some spotting to top edge of text block, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, tiny closed tear at upper front panel. (14229). Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Westlake on the title page. Review slip laid in.

[Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland: Salmon Publishing Ltd, 2002]. First edition. A fine copy. (31498). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Poetry.

New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1950]. First edition. Genre bookplate affixed to front paste down (hidden by front flap) spine ends slightly bruised, a fine copy in a nearly fine to fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corners and small patch in to the upper spine panel. The spine shows no fade and this presents as a lovely copy. (30703). Octavo, illustrated by Edd Cartier, cloth. Influential collection of short fiction about robots with first postulation of the "Three Laws of Robotics," a concept used for plots in numerous tales by other writers in subsequent years. Includes "The Evitable Conflict." in which machines that have made the world of the twenty-first century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future, moving it "toward an unknown and happy destiny." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 36-7. Loose basis for the recent film of the same title. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-49. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 995-99.

[Seattle]: Silver Salamander Press, [1993]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (28956). Octavo, cloth. Limited to 875 copies of which this is one 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Shea and introducer Larry Tritten. Parasitic bug-like aliens take over human bodies and use them as incubators for their offspring.

Philadelphia: Milton F. Wells, 1949. First U. S. edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubs to corner tips and spine ends. (25528). Octavo, cloth. Non-fiction posthumous book published from the author's notes concerning his personal philosophy.

[New York]: ROC, [1991]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (19686). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Collects twenty-two stories. Authors include Stephen King, Ruth Rendell, Robert Aickman, Tom Disch, Clive Barker, Angela Carter and others.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear and a small 7 mm closed tear to the upper front panel. Publisher's review slip laid in. (31410). Octavo, cloth. Review copy. Label signed by Bradbury affixed to the front free end paper. Formerly Judy-Lynn Benjamin's copy (later Judy-Lynn Del Rey) with her bookplated affixed to the front free end paper. Collection of eighteen stories. "Eighteen stories, Bradbury's first collection in five years. He's a sorcerer who stretches psychological infinities like no one else. .. Ray Bradbury can be funny, sad, poetic and terrifying . . . sometimes simultaneously . . . he lights up the crackle of doom in the Rice Crispies." Kirkus review 1 October 1969. At the time of the publication of this book Ms. Benjamin was managing editor of Galaxy magazine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a stress crease along the upper front panel. (31411). Octavo, cloth. Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury on affixed label to front free end paper to a well known fan, dated "HALLOWEEN 1969." The publication date of this book was October 1969. Collection of eighteen stories. "Eighteen stories, Bradbury's first collection in five years. He's a sorcerer who stretches psychological infinities like no one else. .. Ray Bradbury can be funny, sad, poetic and terrifying . . . sometimes simultaneously . . . he lights up the crackle of doom in the Rice Crispies." Kirkus review 1 October 1969.

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1941. First edition. A very good plus or better copy, front flap of jacket pasted to front free end paper, glue stain and abrasion to lower rear paste down/rear free end paper, ink stamp to rear paste down, mild rubbing to spine ends, slight lean. (9786). Octavo, cloth. Mystery novel. Made into a film noir of the same title, released in 1942 starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature.

[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1944]. First paperback edition. Some age darkening to text paper else a bright fine copy, touch of rubbing to spine corners and spine edge. A bright, superb copy. (12004). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Handi-Book #27. Classic hardboiled mystery novel.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1970]. First edition. Corners gently bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light edge rubbing and some age darkening to rear panel. (11032). Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by the Heinlein on the front free end paper and again signed on the title page.

New York: Lancer Books, 1966. First U.S. edition. Some darkening to text block, a fine unread copy with some light rubbing. (6853). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers.

New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, [1965]. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, small closed tear at the lower left front corner, some overall dust soiling. (30822). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Early biography of Fleming, includes eight pages of photographs.

New York: Arbor House, [1983]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (14966). Octavo, cloth backed boards. An 87th Precinct novel. Source for a made for television movie.

[Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications], 2000. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (16502). Octavo, leather-backed boards. One of 225 numbered cloth copies signed by Phillips. The author's first novel, a noir crime novel which takes place during the Christmas holiday. Made into a feature film in 2005 with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton.