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Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 100 g; 64 pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations throughout the text by various illustrators, illustrators not credited. Colour illustrated cover with white, red and blue titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book edges and rubbing to either side of the spine and to the rear book panel. Browning to the text block edges and of the internal text. Heavy rubbing to the panels. Chipping of the backstrip edges. The front cover has almost come away from the backstrip. Chipping to the top edge of the top backstrip edge. Astounding Science Fiction; Volume VIII [8] Number 4 [ British Edition), April 1952. Including stories by Harry Stine -- Galactic Gadgeteers and Walter M Miller, Jr -- Iizzard and the Membrane. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Kelly Freas -- Cover Art. 120 g.; 128 pages. Colour illustrated front cover Kelly Freas, with yellow and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by various artists. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. Creasing to the book edges and rubbing to either side of the spine and to the rear book panel. Astounding Science Fiction magazine; Volume XIII, Number 3 (British Edition), March 1957. Including short stories by Isaac Asimov -- The Naked Sun -- Part Two, Robert Silverberg -- Sourdough and James H Schmitz -- Sour Note on Palayata. 011 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Kelly Freas -- Cover Art. Quantity… Read More

Street & Smith Publications, New York, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 100 g; 64 pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations throughout the text by various illustrators, illustrators not credited. Colour illustrated cover with yellow and white titles to the front panel red and white titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book edges and rubbing to either side of the spine and to the rear book panel. Browning to the text block edges and of the internal text. Heavy rubbing to the panels. Chipping of the backstrip edges. Chipping to the top edge of the front panel. Astounding Science Fiction; Volume VI [6] Number 9 [ British Edition), April 1949. Including short stories by A.E. Van Vogt -- The Rull, L Ron Hubbard -- The Obsolete Weapon and John D. McDonald -- The Mechanical Answer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various.… Read More

Arrow Books, London, 1980. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: W. Heath Robinson. The text is illustrated with W. Heath Robinson's goblins, with poultry by Spike Milligan. Colour illustrated card with brown and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. "For over forty years, Heath Robinson's problems have been among his best-loved creations. Now, with the help of Spike Milligan, the goblins have taken on new names and somewhat eccentric characters in a unique and hilarious celebration of the genius of Heath Robinson." -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and there is a large triangular crease to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. Rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Previous owners name to the top edge of the half title page. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 16mo (very small). Not paginated. [64] pages..… Read More

Allen Lane, Camberwell, Victoria, 2010. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 700 g.; (13), XIV, (5), 4-459, (5) pages, A Note to Readers, acknowledgements, a note on sources, notes and bibliography. Photographic title page, showing the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, and on and the 4th page following are mug shots of James Earl Ray. Black-and-white photographic front cover, showing Martin Luther King Jr. in an open topped car, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners. "Hellhound on His Trail is the story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweave over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s; one was a thief and a con man called James Earl Ray, the other one the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr." -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

Associated Professional Services, Hollywood, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 98 pages. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs, black-and-white illustrations, diagrams and facsimiles of documents. Plain text front cover, with small black-and-white photograph to the lower left-hand corner, with black and red background and white and black titles to the front panel. Duotone photograph of John F. Kennedy on the back panel. Rubbing and creasing to the book corners and there is a little chipping to the top and bottom back strip edges. Soiling to the front fore edge of the book. Slight foxing to the front and back panels and the front panel is also sunned. The front hinge is beginning to slightly come away from the text block its self. Foxing to the text block edges. The internal pages are surprisingly clean and crisp. The highlights of the flawed investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy… Read More

World Distributors ( Manchester ) Limited, Manchester, England, 1968. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 93 pages, letter " Struggle for Survival " written by Cyril Littlewood, Director, The Wildlife Youth Service of The World Wildlife Fund. Illustrated endpapers showing a montage of animals and reptiles. The text is illustrated with both coloured and two toned drawings for the stories and for the activities within the book. There are a few black-and-white photographs as well. Illustrated front cover, showing the major characters from the Television Series Daktari, with white background and black, green and red writing on the front panel and black and white on the spine. The book has been covered in plastic for a long time, so consequently very little marking to the book covers and just a little bumping to the book corners. Gift inscription to the free front endpaper and remains of tape can be seen to the endpapers. The internal pages are very slightly… Read More

Little, Brown and Company, Boston . New York . Toronto . London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.190 kg.; IV, 6-256 pages, foreword by authors, index and acknowledgements. Black coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs and black-and-white film stills and the occasional colour photograph. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the top backstrip corners and rubbing to the book corners. Colour illustrated dustwrapper showing numerous movie posters, with a black insert to the middle of the dustwrapper and gilt and white titles to that insert. White titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and to the gilt titles on the front panel. This book was put out as a companion to the Michael Aspel's ITV series of the same name. It tells 100 years of fascinating history of the Cinema from its beginnings to the 90s. Size: 4to 9¾" -… Read More

Griffin Press,, Adelaide, 1984. Not Stated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. Signed by Author. 118 pp, numerous photograph illustrations. Slight rubbing of the cover on both the top edge front and rear panels of the jacket, and a short tear on the bottom edge of the rear panel, otherwise in very good order. Fred Archer's story of the old Menzies hotel is one of the best pieces of social history so far written about Australia. (Geoffrey Blainey) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Popular Culture; Australia; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 0248029. .

Griffin Press, Adelaide, 1984. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. Inscribed by Author. Black and white photographic frontispiece,showing part demolition of the Menzies Dining Room. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white photography and illustrations. Dark blue coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and the backstrip . Fred Archer's story of the old Menzies hotel is one of the best pieces of social history so far written about Australia. (Geoffrey Blainey) -- rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the backstrip edges and of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 118, (4) pages stop. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity… Read More

Robson Books, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Stanley Franklin. VIII, 96 pages, last page blank. Dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Stanley Franklin. Illustrated front cover, showing a caricature of Alf Garnett, set against the union Jack with white titles to the front panel and blue to the back strip. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the back strip and rubbing to the book corners. There has been some rubbing and marking of the laminate of the book. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the lower left-hand corner of the front paste down. In this book Alf Garnett " .... he reveals himself to be the uniquely ignorant, loud-mouthed, opinionated bigot who has enraged and delighted 20 million television viewers, the man whose inimitable, convoluted logic defies all attempts at argument." From the half title page. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard… Read More

Robson Books, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Stanley Franklin. VIII, 96 pages, last page blank. Dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Stanley Franklin. Illustrated front cover, showing a caricature of Alf Garnett, set against the union Jack with white titles to the front panel and blue to the back strip. In this book Alf Garnett " .... he reveals himself to be the uniquely ignorant, loud-mouthed, opinionated bigot who has enraged and delighted 20 million television viewers, the man whose inimitable, convoluted logic defies all attempts at argument." From the half title page. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). No damage to describe. Clean tidy copy. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Stanley Franklin. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Humour; Popular Culture; TV… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Colour illustrated front cover, illustrator and not credited, with red, yellow or, blue-and-white titles to the front panel with red and blue titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. Foxing to the panels. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in red coloured ink, to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 4, February 1964; Including short stories by Robert Bloch -- That Hell-Bound Train, PG Wodehouse -- Honeysuckle Cottage, and James E. Gunn -- Space Is a Lonely Place. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams.… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Colour illustrated front cover, illustrator and not credited, with pink, white and blue titles to the front panel and pink and blue titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. Foxing to the panels. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in red coloured ink, to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 3, January 1964. Including a short story by Zenna Henderson -- And a Little Child. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Popular Culture; Ephemera; Pulp Fiction; Inventory No: 0110633. . Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Colour illustrated front cover, illustrator and not credited, with red, blue and white titles to the front panel and red and blue titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. Foxing to the panels. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in red coloured ink, to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 1, September 1963 magazine; Including short stories by Isaac Asimov -- The Dust of Death, James White -- Counter Security and Alfred Bester -- The Pi Man. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Colour illustrated front cover, illustrator and not credited, with green, pink and yellow titles to the front panel and green and pink titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. Foxing to the panels. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in red coloured ink, to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 2, December 1963; Including short stories by Gordon R Dickson -- Friend for Life and Leigh Brackett -- The Strange. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Popular Culture;… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Plain colour cover, with blue coloured background with black and purple titles to the front panel and black-and-white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . A small chip to the lower backstrip edge . Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 12, August 1964. Including short stories by Poul Anderson -- The Game of Glory and A. Bertram Chandler -- Critical Angle. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Popular Culture; Ephemera; Pulp Fiction; Inventory No: 0110638. .

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Plain colour cover, with blue coloured background with black and red titles to the front panel and black-and-white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . A small chip to the lower backstrip edge. Previous owner's name has been placed at the top left-hand corner of the front panel and blue coloured marks have been made to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 18, February 1965. Including short stories by Robert Graves -- The Shout, Isaac Asimov -- Obituary, Howard Fast -- The Cold, Cold Box. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Plain colour cover, with yellow coloured background with green and black titles to the front panel and black-and-white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in blue coloured ink, to the title page. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 11, July 1964. Including short stories by Fritz Lieber -- The Silver Eggheads and Leigh Brackett -- All the Colours of the Rainbow. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Popular Culture; Ephemera; Pulp… Read More

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 150 g.; 128 pages. Plain colour cover, with blue coloured background with blue and black titles to the front panel and black and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing and some creasing of the book covers. Browning to the text block edges and internal text. On the front panel, the top right-hand corner, are the words "Australian Edition" . Previous owner's name, in blue coloured ink, to the title page. There is a 0.5 " tear to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Venture Science Fiction magazine (British Edition), Number 8, April 1964. Including short stories by Alfred Bester -- The Men Who Murdered Mohammed and Roger Zelazny -- A Rose for Ecclesiastes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams.… Read More