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The movie edition tie-in hardcover of FRANKENSTEIN is rarely found in dust jacket. It is one of many horror movie hardcovers in Bob's collection. |
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Even scarcer than FRANKENSTEIN is the British hardcover movie tie-in for THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. The U.S. edition has a different picture on the jacket. |
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THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN ATOM by Ray Cummings is incredibly scarce in dust jacket. Making this copy unique is the inscription inside from Cummings to Forrest J. Ackerman, who acted as Cumming's agent for many years. |
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BRIGANDS OF THE MOON by Ray Cummings has a stunning dust jacket by J. Allen St. John. |
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The hardcover edition of Cummings' novel, THE SEA GIRL, used the same cover illustration by Robert A. Graef that had been painted for the story's serialization in ARGOSY magazine. |
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One of the Philip Allen fantasy-adventure hardcovers from the 1930's. This publisher printed a number of scarce titles that only appeared in England. Finding them in dust jacket is a challenge. |
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Another scarce Philip Allen hardcover, this book appeared in the USA in the 1950's as THE GREEN MAN OF GRAYPEC. This copy is unique as it's inscribed from the author to SF writer and editor, Donald Wollheim. |
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Tod Robbins is one of the great forgotten writers of the pulps. His novel, THE TERRIBLE THREE was made into the movie, THE UNHOLY THREE, and his short story, "Spurs" was filmed as FREAKS. This collection of Robbins short stories is seldom encountered in dust jacket. |
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George Allan England was a famous pulp novelist, whose most popular work was DARKNESS & DAWN. His early novel, THE FLYING LEGION, featured a giant airplane filled with adventurers traveling to Mecca. |
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All of A. Merritt's novels are extremely scarce in dust jacket. Most fans agree that the cover art for DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE is the best image used on any of his first editions. |
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The novelization of the famous German silent SF film, THE GIRL IN THE MOON, featured a stunning wrap-around jacket. |
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The novelization of the German silent film classic, METROPOLIS, also featured a spectacular wrap-around jacket. |
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I FOUND CLEOPATRA is a scarce Canadian paperback that reprints the Thomas P. Kelley serial from WEIRD TALES. |
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This British paperback reprints Edmond Hamilton's novel, "The Prisoner of Mars" from STARTLING STORIES, May 1939 |
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This British paperback is a scarce reprint of Hamilton's novel, "A Yank at Valhalla." |
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This very rare British paperback reprints Manly Wade Wellman's science-fantasy novel, "Strangers on the Heights" from STARTLING STORIES. Not only was the title changed, but Wellman's first name was spelled wrong! |
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This Harlequin paperback from Canada is the first of a long series of Golden Amazon novels published in the 1940's and 1950's. |
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Another Golden Amazon novel from Harlequin Books in Canada. |
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The movie edition tie-in hardcover of KING KONG features a spectacular jacket based on the movie. Copies of this book in dust jackets are incredibly rare. |
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THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH by H.P. Lovecraft was the only hardcover by HPL published during his lifetime. It features four illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Approximately 200 sets of the pages were run off, but the actual number of copies that were bound was probably much less. |
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Dian of the Lost Land by Edison Marshall, another extremely rare book in dust jacket. |
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The scarce British movie edition of BURN, WITCH, BURN (retitled THE DEVIL DOLL) by A. Merritt, from the 1930's |
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An extremely hard-to-find H. Rider Haggard book |
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Mark Channing wrote lost race novels in the 1930's in the style of Talbot Mundy. This British first edition in jacket is especially collectible as it is inscribed by Channing on the date of publication |
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In the 1950's and 1960's, Winston Books published a series of SF novels aimed at teenagers, featuring great jacket art, usually by Alex Schomberg. All of the Winston titles in jacket are very collectible now as baby-boomers like Bob look to relive their childhood memories! These covers are one of Bob's favorites. |
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Another great Winston cover. |
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Another great Winston cover (and one of Bob's favorite novels as a teen!). |
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This Winston book was Ben Bova's first novel. |
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A Canticle for Leibowitz is one of the most honored books in SF. This copy of the first edition is special as it has a perfect copy of the incredibly scarce orange advertising promotional banner still on it. |
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The lead novel for the first issue of UNKNOWN, March 1939, was "Sinister Barrier" by Eric Frank Russell. It was published in the USA in hardcover after World War II in a much expanded edition by Fantasy Press. Much rarer is the British hardcover edition from 1943 which reprinted the magazine version. This book, very scarce in jacket, is also inscribed by Russell. |
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Perhaps the most desirable of all small press books, THE OUTSIDER by H.P. Lovecraft, the first book published by Arkham House. |
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Another highly collected Arkham House book, Robert E. Howard's collection, SKULLFACE & OTHERS |
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A stunning first edition in English of a classic Jules Verne adventure. |
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H. Ridger Haggard's CHILD OF STORM from 1913 in the very rare and hard to find dust jacket from that period, in near mint condition! |
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THE GOLDEN BLIGHT by George Allen England. One of his rarest hardcovers, this copy is the only one I've ever encountered in dust jacket. |
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THE PHANTOM IN THE RAINBOW. Slater MacMaster's famous serial from Argosy was reprinted in hardcover, using the same cover art that oiriginally appeared on the serial. |
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KING COBRA. Another great Mark Channing adventure in India and Tibet, with a great dust jacket. |
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POISONED MOUNTAIN. Another great Channing cover! |
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The famous serial novel, "The Return of George Washington," from Argosy, reprinted in book form. Another very scarce item. |
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THE UNHOLY THREE by Tod Robbins, the movie edition of this famous novel in the extremely scarce photo dust jacket. Robbins, who is mostly forgotten now, was one of the great mystery/horror writers of the first quarter of the 20th century. |
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THE GHOST PIRATES by William Hope Hodgson - the very rare Britishfirst edition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever written. |
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MEN OF DEEP WATERS by William Hope Hodgson - another British first edition, a rare short story collection by Hodgson. |
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THE BOATS OF THE GLEN CARRIG by William Hope Hodgson - a first edition of Hodgson's first book, inscribed by the author on date of publication! |
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THE LADY OF THE SHROUD by Bram Stoker - an English first edition of this Stoker novel, inscribed by Stoker. |
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