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GERNSBACK, HUGO

Ralph 124C 41+: a romance of the year 2660. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925. First edition thus.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to front board and spine. With full jacket, noticeabley worn, with minor staining to verso. Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper. Some strain to gutter. Illustrated with frontispiece and ten black-and-white plates, along with several engravings.

From the author whose name was appropriated for the annual Hugo Awards, being granted to the best science fiction or fantasy works. This publication of the prophetic Ralph includes significant textual changes from the earlier magazine appearance in 1911. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, Sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800 141

GERNSBACK, HUGO

Ralph 124C 41+: a romance of the year 2660. New York: Frederick Fell, 1950. Second edition; association copy.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), lettered in red, with price-clipped jacket; otherwise in fine condition. With a half-page inscription from the author on front endpaper to Frank E. Mullen, “one of the oldest radio pioneers;” dated New York, 1950.

This second edition, with a new preface from Gernsback, also features forewards by Fletcher Pratt and Lee de Forest, “the father of radio.” Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, Sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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caPEK, KaREL

Krakatit. New York: the Macmillan Company, 1925. translated by Lawrence Hyde.

Blue cloth boards, with fresh paper labels to front board and spine. With full illustrated jacket; sunned, with minor chipping to top of spine and abrasion to front panel. With bookplate of Howard and Dorothy Mott to front pastedown. A contemporary newspaper review of the work has been laid to rear endpapers. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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caPEK, KaREL

The absolute at large. New York: the Macmillan Company, 1927.

Black cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with paper labels inset to front board and spine. With full jacket, showing closed tears to top-edge and some scuffing. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200 144

MERRItt, a.

The ship of Ishtar. New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1926. First edition.

Red cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with yellow lettering to front board and spine. With full illustrated jacket, showing some sunning and slight chipping; otherwise in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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MERRItt, a.

The moon pool. New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1919. First edition.

Red cloth boards (19 cm. tall); gilt-stamped, with gilt lettering to front board and spine. ownership inscription to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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MERRItt, a.

Dwellers in the mirage. New York: Liveright Inc. Publishers, 1932.

Black cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to front board and spine. With price-clipped jacket, showing some edge-wear, with minor chipping to spine ends; mended tears to verso. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 147

BaLMER, EDWIn and PHILIP WYLIE

When worlds collide. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1933. together with After worlds collide. Lippincott, 1934. Both later printings.

two works. Cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in blue. With price-clipped jackets showing spotting and general shelf-wear; some chipping to jacket of the earlier work. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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RaYMonD, aLEX

Flash Gordon in the caverns of Mongo. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. First edition.

Orange cloth boards (19 cm. tall). Full jacket lightly worn at edges, with several mended tears. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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StaPLEDon, oLaF

Last and first men: a story of the near and far future. London: Methuen and Co., 1930. First edition; signed, presentation copy.

Blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), scuffed, with some bubbling; gilt lettering to spine. Lacks jacket. With eight pages of ads at rear. Inscribed by stapledon to front endpaper to W. M. Mathieson on october 28, 1930; date of stapledon’s death inscribed in pencil at bottom of said page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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StaPLEDon, oLaF

Last men in London. London: Methuen & Co., 1932. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (19 cm. tall). top edge lightly dust-stained, with minor bumtp to corner. ownership inscription to front endpaper. Contents: 312 pages, with eight pages of ads inserted at rear, dated “932” at bottom. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 151

StaPLEDon, oLaF

An annotated typescript for the essay “Conflict of Wisdoms,” which appeared in John Gawsworth’s Enquiry in August 1949. Cover page plus ten numbered pages; secured with brad fastener. With Gawsworth’s annotation to cover page. Accompanied by short autograph letter signed from stapledon to Gawsworth--the poet-King of the micronation Redonda--concerning stapledon’s return of this corrected proof.

In this short comparative essay on mentalities, Stapledon differentiates ancient from modern (see “scientific”) wisdoms; the latter being identified as originating in ancient Greece. “Each of these two wisdoms, these attitudes to the universe, contains important truths which the other ignores.” the corrected proof contains a number of significant excisions, along with the insertion of numerous sub-headings, to further structure his argument towards synthesis.

Accompanied by an obituary clipping, identifying stapledon as “a writer of boldly speculative and scientific fantasies and a left-wing liberal thinker who in recent years had taken a prominent part in various Communist-organized international conferences of intellectuals.” Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200 152

StaPLEDon, oLaF

Four works, all published in London; all but the last in jackets: (1) The flames: a fantasy. secker & Warburg, 1937; (2) Sirius: a fantasy of love and discord. secker & Warburg, 1944; (3) Death into life. Methuen, 1946; (4) Old man in new world. George Allen and Unwin, 1944. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan the untamed. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition.

Green cloth boards (19 cm. tall). With full original unrestored jacket; soiled with heavy wear, but still bright and retaining its colors. Illustrated with nine plates by J. Allen st. John. ownership inscription, otherwise an exceptionally bright and square copy. $800-1,000

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan the invincible. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1931. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddishorange. With quality facsimile jacket. Ownership inscription to front endpaper. Illustrated with frontispiece by studley o. Burroughs. With single leaf of ads at rear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan triumphant. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1932. First edition.

Pebbled cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddish-orange, with red top-stain; rubbing to spine ends and minor staining to rear panel. With quality facsimile jacket. Cosmetic split to rear hinge of text-block. Illustrated by studley Burroughs, with frontispiece and four additional black-andwhite plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 155

BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan and the leopard men. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1935. First edition.

Pebbled cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddish-orange, with red top-stain; slightest lean. With full jacket; some cresing to front flap and chipping to spine ends, with tape repair to verso; patented blind-stamped as “Protect-o-cover,” albeit with laminate removed. With ownership inscription to front endpaper. Illustrated by J. Allen st. John, with frontispiece and three additional black-and-white plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan and the forbidden city. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1938. First edition.

Pebbled blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddish-orange, with red top-stain. With full facsimile jacket, showing crease to top corner of front panel, with tape repair to verso; otherwise Very Good. llustrated by John Coleman Burroughs, with color frontispiece and four black-and-white plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 157

BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Land of terror. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1944. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddishorange, with red top-stain. slight rubbing to spine ends. With full facsimile jacket, originally designed by John Coleman Burroughs; minor shelf-wear and 2 cm. tear to front hinge. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1947. First edition.

Pebbled blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddish-orange, with red top-stain. With full facsimile jacket, showing slightest shelf-wear. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs, with frontispiece and four additional black-and-white plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

A group of two first editions published by Canaveral Press, including (1) Savage Pellucidar (1963) and Tarzan and the castaways (1965).

two volumes. Both with black-lettered cloth boards (21 cm. tall). Both with jackets, the former priceclipped, with some sunning to the latter. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE (REPRIntS)

A group of five early Tarzan reprints from Chicago publisher A. L. Burt: (1) Tarzan of the apes, 1914; (2) The return of Tarzan, 1915; (3) The beasts of Tarzan, 1916; (4) The son of Tarzan, 1917; and (5) Tarzan and the Opar, 1918. All in full jackets, with expected wear, with the exception of the final volume, which has the bottom portion of the jacket torn, but present.

Also included are two early reprints from Grosset & Dunlap, in full jackets (worn) comprising: The warlord of Mars, 1919, and Jungle tales of Tarzan, 1919. $400-600

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE (cuLt)

Beyond thiry and The man-eater; two unauthorized editions (circa 1955).

Plain wrappers; staple-bound. Offsets taken from typescripts published by Lloyd A. Eschbach. Offered here with a publication from Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishers (1957), in which the two works are combined; printed in an edition of 3000. Red cloth boards in full jacket.

Also included are two publications from the House of Greystone (Kansas City, circa 1965): The girl from Farris’s, an authorized first edition of an ERB story, and David Innes of Pellucidar, a comic book illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Both in yellow illustrated wrappers. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan $200-400 161

BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE (InDuStRY)

A group of seven later reprints, from Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All in gray cloth boards with bluestamped design and lettering. All in facsimile jackets.

some of these copies are with printed labels affixed to front endpapers reading: “This book is one of the few survivors of a near-disastrous fire that occurred in our store-room on Saturday, May 3, 1958. The fire started as a result of the spontaneous combustion of old tarzan motion pictures printed on nitrate film. Although this book shows some fire damage, we are told that it has considerable value among collectrs. We sincerely hope it will add to the worth of your own personal collection.”

Accompanied by reprint price list, which justifies said label and announces the publication of an otherwise unpublished ERB story: I am a barbarian; also included in this lot. Red cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with gilt lettering and full jacket. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Pirates of Venus. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1934. First edition.

Pebbled cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in red, with red top-stain; minor rubbing to spine ends. With quality facsimile jacket; minor tears to topedge and light staining to front panel (apparent on verso). With ownership inscriptions to preliminary leaves. Illustrated by J. Allen st. John, with frontispiece and four additional black-and-white plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 163

BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Carson of Venus. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1939. First edition.

Pebbled cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in red, with red top-stain; minor rubbing to spine ends. With full facsimile jacket; minor tears to top-edge and light staining to front panel (apparent on verso). With ownership stamp to front endpaper. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs, with frontispiece and five additional black-and-white plates. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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BuRRouGHS, EDGaR RIcE

Escape on Venus. tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1946. First edition.

Pebbled blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), lettered in reddish orange, with red top-stain. With full facsimile jacket, showing some edge-wear; Very Good. Illustrated with frontispiece and four additional black-and-white plates. Label to front endpaper referring to 1958 store-room fire. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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PEaKE, MERVYn

three works composing Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy, all in first editions (as per Currey). All in full jackets, showing some toning and minor edgewear; with the exception of Titus Groan which has been clipped at the front flap. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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DERLEtH, auGuSt

A group of twenty works by writer, anthologist, and Arkham House publisher August Derleth. Works include: Someone in the dark, 1941; Something near, 1945; Habitant of the dusk, 1946 (signed); Not long for this world, 1948 (signed); Portals of tomorrow, 1954 (with press material laid in); The trail of Cthulu, 1962; Dark mind, dark heart, 1962 (inscribed) and others.

Offered together with fourt collaborations between Derleth and the illustrator DWIG (Clare Victor Dwiggins), each signed by both with original drawing: Bill’s diary, Oliver the wayward owl, A boy’s way, and Wilbur, the trusting wippoorwill.

Inquire for further details. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800 166

(aRKHaM HouSE--EaRLY)

A group of twelve early works published by Arkham House in jackets, from 1946 to 1967, including: Robert Bloch, The opener of the way, 1945 (inscribed); Robert E. Howard, Skull-face and others, 1946 (with characteristic Hannes Bok jacket); Frank Belknap Long, The hounds of Tindalos, 1946; and Fritz Leiber Jr., Night’s black agents, 1947. Inquire for more details. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800 167

(aRKHaM HouSE--LatER)

A group of thirty later works published by Arkham House, in fine jackets. Including: Clark Ashton smith, Tales of science and sorcery, 1964; David Wanrei, Strange harvest, 1965; Arthur J. Burks, Black medicine, 1966; E. Hoffman Price, Strange gateways, 1967 (signed); Nelson Bond, Nightmares and daydreams, 1968 (inscribed); Colin Wilson, The mind parasites, 1969; L. sprague de Camp, Demons and dinosaurs, 1970; Lovecraft: a biography, 1975 (signed by L. sprague de Camp and others.

together with seven issues of The Arkham collector, from Winter 1969 to Winter 1971 and the five volume set of H. P. Lovecraft’s Selected Letters. Inquire for further details. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Rocket ship Galileo. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1947. First edition.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing minor rubbing to base of spine. Illustrated by thomas W. Voter. In exceptional condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Space cadet. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1948. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing some rubbing to spine. Signed by Heinlein on title page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500 170

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Beyond this horizon. Reading, PA.: Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition; number 40 of 500 signed copies.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket showing some scuffing. Ownership stamp to front pastedown. signed by Heinlein on limitation page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Red planet: a colonial boy on Mars. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1949. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing tear to bottom of front panel; faded spine with small oval tear. signed by Heinlein on title page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,500-3,000 172

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Farmer in the sky. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1950. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), slightly bumped, with full jacket, showing edge-wear and 2 cm. tear to top of spine. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The man who sold the moon: Harriman and the escape from Earth to the Moon!. Chicago: shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, illustrated by Hubert Rogers. Rear panel shows pencil checkmarks; jacket otherwise Fine. Chronological endpapers feature pasted errata slip “Future History: 1951-2600 A.D.” signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The green hills of Earth: Rhysling and the adventure of the entire solar system!. Chicago: shasta Publishers, 1951. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing minor scuffing; Near Fine. Signed by Heinlein on half-title page, following chronological endpapers. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The puppet masters. Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First edition.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 176

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Between planets. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1951. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket showing some discolouration to front panel; otherwise in near fine condition. Signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The rolling stones. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1952. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket; light staining to verso, also effecting front board and corner of first dozen pages. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. Signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800 178

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Tomorrow the stars: a science fiction anthology. New York: Doubleday, 1952. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket illustrated by Richard Powers; sunning to spine, with ghost of price sticker to rear panel. signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Revolt in 2100: the prophets and the triumph of reason over superstition! Chicago: shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with price-clipped jacket showing minor discolouration. Signed by Heinlein on preliminary leaf, following chronlogical endpapers. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Assignment in eternity. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1953. First edition.

Cloth boards in full jacket, showing some wear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Starman Jones. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1953. Review copy, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing some rubbing to spine. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. Includes loose Scribner’s review slip, stating publication date of sept. 28, 1953. signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200 182

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The star beast. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1954. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with price-clipped jacket, illustrated by Clifford Geary; with some staining to front panel and wear to top of spine. signed by Heinlein on title page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Tunnel in the sky. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1955. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket, illustrated by P. A. Hutchison; modest wear to spine, otherwise in fine condition. Signed by Heinlein on preliminary leaf. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200 184

HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Time for the stars. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1956. First edition, signed.

Decorative cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket, illustrated by Clifford Geary; minor scuffing, otherwise in fine condition. Signed by author on preliminary leaf. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The door into summer. New York: Doubleday, 1957. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with full jacket, illustrated by Mel Hunter; modest edge-wear, with 1 cm. tear to bottom of front panel. signed by Heinlein on title page. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

The menace from Earth. Hicksville, N.Y.: the Gnome Press, 1959. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with fulll jacket illustrated by Richard Powers; sunning to spine, with ghost of price sticker to rear panel. signed by Heinlein on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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HEInLEIn, RoBERt a.

Stranger in a strange land. New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1961. First edition.

Green cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with slight bumping to top corners. With full jacket, showing some wear to top of spine and half cm. tear to top of rear panel.

the controversial winner of the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel, in an incredibly vibrant jacket. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-4,000 188

Van VoGt, a. E.

Slan. sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition; one of 4051 copies printed.

Cloth boards with price-clipped jacket; showing some sunning to spine and wear to corners. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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Van VoGt, a. E. (SIGnED)

A group of four signed first editions from Canadian-born science fiction author A. E. van Vogt. Consisting of: (1) The book of ptath. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. Illustrated by A.J. Donnel. one of 500 signed by van Vogt; (2) Masters of time. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1950. Illustrated by Edd Cartier. one of 500 copies signed and numbered by van Vogt; (3) The violent man. NY: Farrar, strauss and Cudahy, 1962. signed by van Vogt on the front endpaper; (4) Rogue ship. NY: Doubleday, 1965. signed by van Vogt on the front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $300-500 190

Van VoGt, a. E.

A group of eight works from van Vogt, in nine manifestations: (1) The weapon makers, 1947; (2) The world of [null] A, 1948; (3) the same work, in a 1970 French edition, as signed by van Vogt; (4) The voyage of the space beagle, 1950; (5) The weapon shops of Isher , 1951; (6) Destination: universe!, 1952; Away and beyond, 1952; (7) The mixed men, 1952; (8) The war against the Rull, 1959; (9) The far-out world of A.E. van Vogt, 1973, inscribed by van Vogt. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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aSIMoV, ISaac

I, robot. New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition, signed.

Red cloth boards (21 cm. tall), decoratively stamped in black to front board, with black lettering to spine. With full jacket designed by Edd Cartier, showing minor rubbing, with small damp-stain to rear. Inscribed by Asimov on front endpaper, “with best regards.” Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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aSIMoV, ISaac

Pebble in the sky. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First edition.

Gray cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with red lettering to spine. With price-clipped jacket, designed by Richard Powers; closed tears and creasing to edges of front panel.

Asimov’s first science fiction novel. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 193

aSIMoV, ISaac

The stars like dust. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with cream lettering to spine. With jacket illustrated by Whitney Bender; price-clipped, otherwise in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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aSIMoV, ISaac

The currents of space. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with white lettering to spine. With full jacket, designed by George Guisti; in near fine condition. Some toning to text. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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aSIMoV, ISaac

Foundation and empire. New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First edition.

Red cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with black-stamped design to front board and black lettering to spine. With price-clipped jacket in first state, showing minor sunning and edge-wear; Very Good. ownership inscription to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 196

aSIMoV, ISaac

Second foundation. New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition, signed.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with red lettering to spine. With full jacket, showing some scuffing and small tear to front fold, with tape repair to verso. With author’s signature to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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aSIMoV, ISaac

The Martian way and other stories. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with black lettering to spine. With price-clipped jacket, designed by Richard shelton, showing minor edge-wear and some scuffing to rear panel. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 198

aSIMoV, ISaac

Four first editions by Asimov, attributed as Paul French, and published with Doubleday & Company, including: (1) David Starr: space ranger. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952; (2) Lucky starr and the pirates of the asteroids, 1953; (3) Lucky starr and the oceans of Venus, 1954; (4) Lucky starr and the big sun of Mercury, 1956.

Each item with full jacket, showing only minor shelf-wear. Item 4 includes review slips with publicaton date of April 5, 1956. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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cLaRKE, aRtHuR c.

Sands of Mars. New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First edition.

Red cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket designed by Binkley; edge-worn, with staining to rear panel (affecting margin of rear board). Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 201

cLaRKE, aRtHuR c.

Childhood’s end. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition.

Red cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket; showing some sunning, otherwise in fine condition. Concludes with 4 page biography of Clarke. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,500-2,500 202

cLaRKE, aRtHuR c.

Expedition to Earth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition.

Black cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with full jacket designed by Powers; showing some scuffing and minor wear to spine ends. Concludes with four page biography of Clarke. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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Expedition to Earth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. Proof copy.

Stiff wrappers (28 cm. tall), with comb binding. Printed and typescript label to front wrapper, idenfitying publication date (December 14, 1953) and prices: 35 cents for paperbacks, $2 for hardcovers. With tape repair to first page of the chapter “Loophole.” Without annotations. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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Earthlight. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First edition.

Gray cloth boards (21 cm. tall) with dark blue lettering to spine. With full jacket, showing some scuffing and minor wear to spine ends. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 205

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Across the sea of stars. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1959. First edition thus, signed.

Blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with rounding to corners. With full jacket, showing minimal edge-wear. With Clarke’s inscription to front endpaer. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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A group of six works, all published in New York, comprising: (1) 2001: a space odyssey. New American Library, 1968; (2) The wind from the sun: stories of the space age. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1972]; (3) Rendezvous with rama. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1973]; (4) Imperial earth. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976; (5) The foundations of paradise. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979; (6) 2010: odyssey two. Ballantine Books, 1982.

All in cloth boards with jacket; the jacket for 2001 missing a significant portion to the rear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First hardbound trade edition.

Red cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with front panel and spine stamped in yellow; with some rubbing along lower edges. With full jacket showing some edgewear, with minor loss at upper spine and lower rear corner, a 25 mm. closed tear along lower front spine fold, and red “451” on spine faded to light orange.

Expanded from the 1951 novella “the Fireman” and filmed by Francois Truffaut in 1966. Followed in the twenty-first century by the Amazon Fire. $1,500-3,000

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BRaDBuRY, RaY and JoSEPH MuGnaInI

Fahrenheit 451. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. the aluminum edition. Copy number 1175 of 2000, signed by both author and illustrator.

Aluminum covered boards (28 cm. tall), showing only minor wear. With slipcase. Illustrated with original lithographic frontispiece and three fold-out color plates by Mugnaini. Accompanied by LEC newsletter, along with the “sensitive to the touch” notice. With signatures of Bradbury and Mugnaini to colophon. Property from the Estate of John B. Henes, Menominee, Michigan $400-600

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The illustrated man. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. Later printing, presentation copy.

Cream cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with red lettering to spine. With full jacket; sunned, with some scuffing and short tear to upper front fold. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front endpaper in 1968, along with an incredible sketch in blue ink, mimicking the jacket illustration by Sydney Butchkes. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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The illustrated man. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Comany, 1951. First edition.

Cloth boards (22 cm. tall) with full jacket, showing edge-wear and some scuffing. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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Something wicked this way comes. New York: simon and schuster, 1951. First edition.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing some scuffing to rear panel and spine; otherwise clean and bright. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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The pedestrian. Roy A. squires, 1951. one of 130 copies printed for private distribution. signed.

Sewn stiff blue wrappers (22 cm. tall), with red lettering to front. Illustrated with tipped frontispece by Bradbury’s long-time collaborator Joseph Mugnaini; now loose. Housed in sized yellow envelope. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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A group of short stories, published in various magazines. Including: (1) “the other foot,” as it appeared in New-story: the monthly magazine for the short story, no. 1 (1951); (2) “the handler,” as it appeared in Copy: today’s better fiction, vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1950); (3) “to the Chicago abyss” and “Bright phoenix,” as they appeared in The magazine of fantasy and science, vol. 14, no. 5 (May 1963).

together with two copies of Ray Bradbury review. san Diego: William F. Nolan, 1952; both of them signed by Bradbury. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $300-500

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An index of Ray Bradbury’s works as it appeared in Shangri-la, in the Fall-Winter issue of 1953. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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Draft tLs of “Way up in the middle of the air”. Variations. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-3,000

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typescript for “At midnight, in the month of June.” With Ms. annotations from september 1952. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-4,000

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A collection of typed letters signed by Bradbury along with illustrated cover. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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An apparently unpublished poem (“the naysayers”) from Bradbury in typescript, framed alongside a typed letter signed (undated) by Bradbury to Mikhail Francis Itkin, on Bradbury’s Los Angeles letterhead, granting Itkin the right to publish the poem under Bradbury’s 1974 copyright. An envelope affixed to the verso of the frame is addressed to the Most REV. Mikhail Francis Itkin.

Mikhail Itkin (1936-1989), also known as Bishop Michael Francis Augustine Itkin or, after his canonization by the Moorish orthodox Church in America, as saint Mikhael of California, was a seminal figure in the “gay church” movement of the midtwentieth century. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-3,000 the poem reads: “they speak beneth their breath, | they linger long on tombs and graveyards, | Earth and politics by night and moles which dig the dark; | their park is marbled with old names, | old times, old dooms, | they have no rooms to let to life, | Nor any blood nor heat, | the street they shamble on is empty, long and lone, | they moan when they exhale | And with each inhalation cry. | When I say ‘live’ they look astonished and repeat: | Never to have been born is best, | Put down and die. | I will not hear them, cannot hear them, will not try | to even understand | How living up above | they would prefer to sleep beneath the land. | so these cold ones that fail at being warm | Would harm the world with swords of ice and doubt, | While I in Eden stand and wonder, shake my head | And wait for God to throw them out! 218

BRaDBuRY, RaY

Golden apples of the sun. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1953. First edition.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with yellow lettering to spine. With full jacket, with some fading to spine and modest edge-wear; otherwise bright and crisp. Jacket and text illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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Dandelion wine. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957. First edition, signed.

Yellow cloth boards (22 cm. tall). With full jacket, showing minor edge-wear and scuffing, with mended tear to front panel; otherwise very good or better. With inscription by Bradbury to Richard Leekley, dated 1971 and affixed to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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BRaDBuRY, RaY (PoPuLaRItY)

Three different states of the second edition of Dandelion wine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

(1) A copy of the first edition thus, with new introduction from Bradbury, together with (2) review copy of the same, with type letter signed from Knopf’s Publicity Director to an influential reviewer, stating the significance of this re-issue. Both with full jackets. Accompanied by (3) uncorrected proof of this work in wrappers (dated March 1975). Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600

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A medicine for melancholy. New York: Doubledy & Company, 1959. First edition.

Cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with full jacket showing light sunning to spine; small dent and scuffs to rear panel. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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The machineries of joy: short stories. New York: simon & schuster, 1964. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (22 cm. tall) in full jacket. Light wear to corners and some scuffing, with usual fading. signed by Bradbury on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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S is for space. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1966. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with red and white lettering to spine. With full jacket; closed tear to rear panel, otherwise in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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BRaDBuRY, RaY

I sing the body electric! Stories by Ray Bradbury. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition, inscribed.

Cloth boards (22 cm. tall). With full jacket, showing some fading. Inscribed and dated by Bradbury in 1968 on front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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Old Ahab’s friends, and Friend to Noah, Speaks his piece: a celebration. self-published, 1971. Number 34 of 40 signed copies, from a total edition of 485.

Stiff wrappers (25 cm. tall), with marbled jacket. signed by Bradbury at end of text. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BRaDBuRY, RaY

The halloween tree. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition.

Cloth boards (24 cm. tall), with full jacket, showing minor creasing. Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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(BRaDBuRY, RaY) MuGnaInI, JoSEPH

original ink-and-gouache sketch of Dr. Moundshroud (26 x 31 cm., sight) for Bradbury’s The halloween tree. Matted and framed.

With inscription from Bradbury below the sketch: “For Bob Gluckson--this ink-sketch of Mr. Moundshroud flying into the udiscovered country in my “Halloween tree” done by Joe Mugnaini in october, 1971--With the good wishes of Ray Bradbury. Jan 2. 1971.” the sketch would form the basis for the black-and-white frontispiece to the Knopf publication in 1972. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,500-3,000

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BRaDBuRY, RaY

Zen and the art of writing and The joy of writing: two essays. santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. Copy number 141 of 250, signed.

Illustrated papered-boards (19 cm. tall). Illustrated with photographic frontispiece and two illustrated title pages. Accompanied by three sets of printer’s proofs from Noel Young Printing. all housed in a custom-made clamshell slipcase. Number thirteen in the “Yes! Capra Chapbook series.” Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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That son of Richard III: a birth announcement. Roy A. squires, 1974. Autograph edition; copy LXXI of 85, from a total edition of 485.

Stiff titled wrappers (25 cm. tall), with marbled jacket. With Bradbury’s signature to edition page and hand-numbered to colophon. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200 230

BRaDBuRY, RaY

That ghost, that bride of time: excerpts from a play-in-progress based on Moby Dick mythology and dedicated to Herman Melville. self-published, 1976. Number 80 of 150 subscriber’s copies from a total edition of 400; twice-signed.

Titled stiff wrappers (25 cm. tall), in decorative paper jacket. With Bradbury’s signature to both title page and colophon. Housed in original envelope, lettered in red. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $300-500

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three works, in four pulp manifestations, comprising: Fahrenheit 451, in two editions from Ballantine Books (one of which is signed); The autumn peopls; and The October country. All in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200 232

BRaDBuRY, RaY

A group of seven first editions, published by Alfred A. Knopf, unless otherwise noted: (1) The anthem sprinters and other antics. New York: the Dial Press, 1963; (2) I sing the body electric!, 1969; (3) The wonderful ice cream suit and other plays for today, tomorrow and beyond tomorrow. London: Hart-Davis, 1972; (4)When elephants last in the dooryard bloomed celebrations for almost any day in the year, 1973; (5) Long after midnight, 1976; (6) Where robot mice and robot men run round in robot towns: new poems, both light and dark, 1977; (7) The toynbee convector, 1988. All in cloth boards with jackets. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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A group of 4 signed works from Bradbury, including: (1) The martian chronicles. New York: time, 1963; (2) The october country, 1970; (3) When elephants last in the dooryard bloomed: celebrations for almost any day in the year. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970; and (4) Twin hieroglyphs that swim the river dust. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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Islandia. New York: Farrar & Rinheart, 1942. In illustrated wrappers, advance copy. showing edge-wear. together with Basil Davenport’s An introduction to Islandia.... toronto and New York: Farrar & Rinehart, n.d. With maps from John Lang. Papered boards (22 cm. tall), with original glassine; chipped. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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HuBBaRD, L. Ron

Slaves of sleep. Chicago: shasta Publishers, 1948. First edition.

Cloth boards with incredibly illustrated jacket; tape repairs to verso. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200 236

oRWELL, GEoRGE

Nineteen eighty-four. London: secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition.

Green cloth boards (19 cm. tall), with red lettering to spine; slight lean. Red top-stain; some flecking to edges of textblock. With full jacket in preferred maroon state, with scuffing and minor chipping to top of spine. Includes original wrap-around band from the Evening standard, showing only some loss to front.

A well-preserved copy of the work as it appeared in London bookshops in 1949; decades before Ridley scott’s super Bowl commercial for Apple in 1984 helped bring orwell’s screen prophecy full circle. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $2,000-4,000 237

aDaMS, RIcHaRD

Watership down. New York: Macmillan, 1972. First American edition, signed.

Cloth boards (24 cm.), with full jacket in Fine condition. Minor stain to top edge of text-block. With author’s signature to title page, dated March 1974. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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First lensman. Reading, PA: the Fantasy Press, 1950. Number 300 of 500 signed copies, from a total edition of 5000, with addtional inscription.

Light blue cloth boards (20 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to spine. With full jacket, scuffed with tears mended on verso. With author’s presentation inscription to colophon. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 238A

FInnEY, JacK

The body snatchers. New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1955. First edition in book form. Illustrated wrappers, after a painting by John McDermott. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BEStER, aLFRED

Tiger! Tiger!. London: sidgwick and Jackson, [1956]. First hardcover edition, signed.

Blue cloth boards (19 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to spine. With full illlustrated jacket; some wear to upper front corner. Pages showing some browning. With Bester’s bold signature to front endpaper in black marker, dated 1975. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 240

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The demolished man. Chicago: shasta Publishers, 1963. First edition, signed.

Cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with full jacket; showing modest scuffing and edge-wear. With Bester’s signature to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $600-800

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Player piano. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1952. First edition.

Green cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with silver lettering to spine. With price-clipped jacket; scuffed and soiled, with mending to verso. ownership inscription to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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The sirens of Titan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. First hardcover edition.

Navy blue cloth boards (21 cm. tall), with white lettering to front panel and spine. With full jacket, designed by Harvey Applebaum, showing some scuffing to rear and modest wear to corners. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,000-1,500 243

VonnEGut, KuRt JR.

Mother night. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First edition thus.

Half-cloth over papered boards (21 cm. tall). With full jacket, with only minor shelf-wear. Follows upon 1962 edition in wrappers, adding a new introduction by Vonnegut. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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VonnEGut, KuRt JR.

Slaughterhouse-five or the children’s crusade: a duty-dance with death. New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First edition.

Blue cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with Vonnegut’s signature stamped in gilt to front panel. With full jacket, somewhat sunned, otherwise in fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $400-600 245

VonnEGut, KuRt JR.

Between time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5: a space fantasy. New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. First edition.

Half-cloth over strikingly-designed silver papered boards (21 cm. tall). With full jacket, showing only modest shelf-wear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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A group of four works published in New York, including: (1) God bless you, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls before swine. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965; (2) Breakfast of champions. Delacorte Press, 1973; (3) Wampeters foma & gradfalloons. Delacorte Press, 1974; (4) Slapstick or lonesome no more!. Delacorte Press, 1976. All in jackets. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BuRRouGHS, WILLIaM S.

The soft machine. Paris: the olympia Press, 1961. First edition.

Stiff wrappers (18 cm. tall), with jacket designed by Brion Gysin; some sunning to spine. An early airing of the cut-up technique. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BaLLaRD, J. G.

The crystal world. New York: Farrar, straus & Giroux, 1966. Review copy.

Half-cloth over papered boards with crystalized design (21 cm. tall), With full jacket, with only minor rubbing to corners; otherwise in near fine condition. Includes review materials from the publisher, with press photo of Ballard, along with review slip (stating publication date of May 16, 1966). Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 249

HERBERt, FRanK

Three works composing the Dune trilogy; all first editions, including: (1) Dune. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965; advance review copy. (2) Dune messiah. New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1969; (3) Children of Dune. New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1976.

All copies in full jackets, with minor edge-wear to second work. Dune includes review slip, laid in loose, with publication date of oct. 1, 1965. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,500-3,000 249A

HERBERt, FRanK

two proof copies of works by Herbert, comprising: (1) Whipping star. New York: Berkley Medallon, 1970. First paperback edition, with typescript note from Herbert to a Berkley editor David Hartwell stapled to front cover: “Please note corrections in book and insert notes.” With dozens of Herbert’s manuscript annotations throughoutt he text. Also included: (2) an uncorrected proof for The Dosadi experiment. New York: Putnam’s sons / Berkley, 1977. With only minor discoloration to front wrapper, otherwise in fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $300-500

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DIcK, PHILIP K. and RoGER ZELaZnY

Deus irae. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First edition.

Black cloth boards (22 cm. tall) with red lettering to spine. With full jacket, showing minor edge-wear. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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A wizard of Earthsea. Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1968. Library edition, with bibliographical ephemera included.

Decorative cloth boards, corresponding to Currey’s description of the Library Edition binding (no priority). With the vertical smudge to the title page, in accordance with Currey’s description of the first printing of 6800 copies. The jacket includes the “Library Edition $3.50” in the lower corner, but is clipped at the upper-right of the front flap. With short tear to bottom of front panel and mild sunning; otherwise bright and crisp.

Accompanied by authentification letter from pioneering bibliographer L. W. Currey, along with a photocopy of a letter from Parnassus Press confirming first printing points. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $1,200-1,500 252

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The left hand of darkness. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. First hardcover edition; review copy.

Papered boards (22 cm. tall) with black lettering to spine. With full jacket, designed by Lena Fong Lueg and illustrated by Jack Gaughan. With review slip laid in loose, listing publication date of August 27, 1969. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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LE GuIn, uRSuLa K.

A group of three chapbooks, including: (1) From Elfland to Poughkeepsie. Portland, oR: Pendragon Press, 1973. Number 57 of 100 signed copies. Printed wrappers (21 cm. tall), with photographic frontispiece, errata slip, and Le Guin’s signature to colophon. (2) The water is wide. Portland, oR: Pendragon Press, 1976. Number 176 of 200 copies, signed to the colophon. In printed wrapers (21 cm. tall). (3) Wild angels. santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1975. Number 70 of 200 copies numbered and signed by Le Guin. Illustrated papered boards (19 cm. tall). Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400 254

LE GuIn, uRSuLa K.

A group of five works, including: (1) City of illusions. New York: Ace Books, 1967; (2) City of illusions. London: Victor Gollancz, 1971; (3) The lathe of heaven. New York: Charles scribner’s sons, 1971; (4) The dispossessed. New York: Harper & Row, 1974; (5) Orsinian tales. New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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MatHESon, RIcHaRD

I am legend. New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First hardcover edition.

White cloth boards (22 cm. tall), with black lettering to spine. With full jacket, designed by Lena Fog Hor, featuring illustration from Jack Gaughan; in near fine condition. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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MatHESon, RIcHaRD

two signed works: Hell house. New York: the Viking Press, 1971 and A stir of echoes. Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1958. Both in full jackets; near fine. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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anDERSon, PouL

A heavily annotated proof copy of the 1971 work Circus of hells. With 216 typescript pages, heavily annotated, by what appear to be multiple hands (in multiple inks), in regards to both content and layout. Preserved in a simple cardboard box with label affixed to top associating this “manuscript” in some regard with the s. F. Convention of 1971. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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BonD, nELSon

A group of seven warmly inscribed copies from Bond, mostly to the collector Ronald Kuntz; four in hardcover with full jackets, three in wrappers. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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(tWEntIEtH cEntuRY JacKEtS)

A group of twelve striking examples of jacket design in the science fiction and fantasy genres, across five decades in the twentieth century. Inquire for more details. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $100-200

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BLEILER, EVEREtt F.

The checklist of fantastic literature: a bibliography of fantasy, weird, and science fiction books published in the English language. Chicago: shasta Pubishers, 1948. First edition; inscribed by editor.

Red cloth boards (19 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to spine. With full jacket, characteristically designed by Hannes Bok, with central tear to spine and heavily mended on verso. Inscribed by Bieler to Henry Hasse on front endpaper, “thanks for your help and cooperation.” Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $200-400

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twenty-six works from the scholarly Gregg Press Science Fiction Series. All in fine condition. Inquire for more details. Property from the Collection of Ronald Kuntz, sugar Grove, Illinois $800-1,200

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