Ace Doubles D-509

Serial Number: D-509

Published: 1961, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Very good cover condition. Pages are tight to spine but do not want to bend them back fully.

The Beast Master - Andre Norton

Cover Art: Ed Valigursky








Star Hunter - Andre Norton

Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)

Ace Doubles D-507

Serial Number: D-507

Published: 1961, Ace Books.

List Price: 35 cents

Condition: Readable. Very good cover condition but they are weak at the spine. Pages are very tight to spine.

Meeting At Infinity - John Brunner

Cover Art: John Schoenherr









Beyond the Silver Sky - Kenneth Bulmer

Cover Art: Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)

Notes in the Margin

One of the aspects of collecting anything is the perceived assumption that the thing being collected should be in some type of pristine condition to make it more attractive. Though this is true to some degree, I do not always hold true to that ideal. In fact one of the things I enjoy about my collection of Sci Fi books and a few magazines is imagining what they were like in their new condition as they sat on a shelf somewhere waiting to be purchased. I imagine the kid many decades ago looking at the ads in the magazine or comic and wondering about if those things for sale were really as cool as depicted and wonder how many times someone may have decided to part with their money and take a chance. So I was pleasently surprised to find some handwritten notes in the margin of a November 1959 edition of Astounding Science Fiction that I bought this weekend at the Fort Langley antiques mall. It also ties into being a long time fan of the Canadian Football League. These notes were written on the exact date of November 26, 1983 and for some reason the author decided to jot down that he had made a $25.00 bet on the BC Lions to win the Grey Cup the next day. I thought it was strange that the person would choose a 1959 copy of Astounding Science Fiction to make this note. Further to this revelation the author also revealed that they had never placed a bet on the Lions before. Of course my interest was piqued so I immediately looked up the results and saw that BC had actually lost the 1983 Grey Cup to the Toronto Argonauts. However as I was flipping again through the magazine I saw the person had made notes the next day that they had lost the money.

So what would make a person right a note to self in a magazine I wonder? Was it a note to future readers? A moment caught in time inspired by the fact they were reading a science fiction magazine? Do you have any opinions or perhaps you were the one who made the note!

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

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

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)

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)