Monday, October 7, 2013

Ace Doubles D-471

Serial Number: D-471

Published: 1960, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Very good cover condition, pages are very tight to spine. No visible creases may never have been read


The Secret Martians - Jack Sharkey

Cover Art: Ed Valigursky









Sanctuary in the Sky - John Brunner

Cover Art: Basil Gogot




Sunday, October 6, 2013

Ace Doubles D-491

Serial Number: D-491

Published: 1961, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Very good cover condition, pages are very tight to spine.


The Big Time - Fritz Leiber
Magazine version copyright 1958 by Galaxy Publishing Inc.

Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)

Appeared in two parts in Galaxy Science Fiction, March and April 1958





The Mind Spider and Other Stories - Fritz Leiber

Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)







The Mind Spider contains the following short stories by the same author:

  1. The Haunted Future - Copyright 1959 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. (Magazine title: Tranquility or Else! - Fantastic Science Fiction, November 1959)
  2. Damnation Morning -  Copyright 1959 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
  3. The Oldest Soldier - Copyright 1960 by Mercury Press Inc.
  4. Try and Change the Past -Copyright 1958 by Street & Smith Publications Inc.
  5. The Number of the Beast - Copyright 1959 by Galaxy Publishing Inc.
  6. The Mind Spider -  Copyright 1959 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co, appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction, November 1959
Notes: Fantastic Science Fiction November 1959 was a special Fritz Leiber edition



Thursday, October 3, 2013

Ace Doubles D-431

Serial Number: D-431

Published: 1960, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Good cover condition, pages are tight to spine.



Lost In Space - George O. Smith
Copyright 1959 by George O. Smith
Copyright 1954 by Better Publications Inc.
By arrangement with Thomas Bouregy & Co.
Cover Art: Ed Valigursky





Earth's Last Fortress - A.E. Van Vogt
Copyright 1960 by Ace Books Inc.
Magazine version entitled Recruiting Station appeared in Astounding Science Fiction and is copyright 1942 by Stuart and Smith Publications Inc.
Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)





Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Ace Doubles D-375

Serial Number: D-375

Published: 1959, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Fire in the Heavens ok. Masters of Evolution has pages falling out. Covers are in good shape.


Fire in the Heavens - George O. Smith
Copyright 1958 by Thomas Bouregy & Co.








Masters of Evolution - Damon Knight
Copyright 1958 by Thomas Bouregy & Co.
Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)







Monday, September 30, 2013

Ace Double D-249

Serial Number: D-249

Published: 1957, AA Wyn Inc.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Unreadable. Poor, pages falling out. Covers are in good shape however with slight creasing.

The  Cosmic Puppets - Philip K Dick
First published by Satellite Science-Fiction magazine 1956, Renown Publications Inc.
Cover Art: Ed Valigursky







Sargasso of Space - Andrew North (Andre Norton, Alice Mary Norton)
Copyright 1955 by arrangement of Gnome Press Inc.
Cover Art: Emsh. Note: The artists name has been incorporated into the control panel on or over the astronaut's left shoulder.