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ALLEN, Glen : OPERATION JET. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1950]. First edition. “There was something wrong with the old box of tricks that was stooging around way up in the blue there” – a title in the Curtis Warren “Aero Fiction” series. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 43583 – or simply click on the button
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“BARONI, Nick” : MANHATTAN HONEY. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1950]. First edition. “The young dame didn’t look like she ever ought a been in a place like Morelli’s. She was sitting on one of the high stools in front of the bar, twiddling the stem of the glass of stuff she had, trying not to look goggle eyed at the things she saw”. “Nick Baroni” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers, but although over twenty “Baroni” titles are known, just one has been located in major libraries worldwide. SOLD |
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“BARONI, Nick” : NIGHT CLUB MOLL. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1950]. First edition. “Gilda’s voice sounded as stonecold dead as Johnny Morgan was. She had just entered the room, The Midge hot on her tail. None of the boys screening the bloody mess on the couch moved. None of them met her grey eyes. Except Chummy Ricketts, and he didn’t like what he read there”. “Nick Baroni” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers, but although over twenty “Baroni” titles are known, perhaps eight by Foden, just one has been located in major libraries worldwide. £40 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45621 – or simply click on the button
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“BARONI, Nick” : RED DOLL. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1951]. First edition. “I got a funny kind of a nose. I can smell dough a mile away. I can smell trouble, too. When I see the guy walk into my office in Chicago, I smell both ...” – “Nick Baroni” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers. SOLD |
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“BARRY, Ray” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : DEATH DIMENSION. London : Curtis Warren, [1952]. First edition. Robert Varden almost dies when his plane hits an electrical storm. When he awakes in hospital he has an invisible double. “An extraordinary and chilling fantasy” (Harbottle & Holland A244). £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 42965 – or simply click on the button
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“CAMERON, Berl” – [HOLLOWAY, Brian] : DESTINATION ALPHA. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition. “A unique example of post-war British SF mediocrity ... the main action and dialogue is obviously based on the author’s then recent wartime experiences in the R.A.F.” (Harbottle & Holland A47). Earth’s space armada is tricked into departing for planet Alpha, while the devious Martians plan to invade Earth. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45695 – or simply click on the button
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“CHARLES, Neil” – [HOLLOWAY, Brian] : TITAN’S MOON. London : Curtis Warren, [1952]. First edition. Runaway planet that has slipped its orbit heads towards Earth – the peace-loving Titanians having taken science to a disastrous new level. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45760 – or simply click on the button
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“CHARLES, Neil” – [HOLLOWAY, Brian] : PLANET THA. London : Curtis Warren, (1953). First edition. Carelessness sends the rocket-ship Ventura on its way to Tha a day too early – short-crewed and with three civilians on board, one a woman. Tha turns out to be inhabited by “a vastly superior race of corporate beings” – creatures planning to evacuate their world and invade another. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 44722 – or simply click on the button
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“CHARLES, Neil” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : THE LAND OF ESA. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition. Naked, mysterious and well-educated young woman fished out of the Mediterranean – the presentation of a golden clasp leads to another time. SOLD |
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“GRUEN, Von” – [HOLLOWAY, Brian] : THE MORTALS OF RENI. London : Curtis Warren, (1953). First edition : the wrappers issue. The long-established Earth colony on the planet Reni has to be evacuated when its sun fails, abandoning the gentle and trusting Renians to their fate – but some Earth mortals decline to leave. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 30644 – or simply click on the button
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HUGHES, Denis (Denis Talbot), 1917-2008 : MOON WAR. London : Curtis Warren, [1951]. First edition. A vast force of spaceships is spotted in the outer galaxy, aliens from Gamma 7 have taken a base on the moon – “a ghastly space opera mish-mash” (Harbottle & Holland A239). £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45231 – or simply click on the button
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“HUNT, Gill” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : ELEKTRON UNION. London : Curtis Warren, [1951]. First edition. Newly opened space-route between Earth and Tanus, ships disappearing, convoy lands on alien planet – “Another of the atrociously-written space operas by Hughes, essentially a transplanted western” (Harbottle & Holland). £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 43505 – or simply click on the button
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“LANG, King” – [GRIFFITHS, David Arthur] : GYRATOR CONTROL. London : Curtis Warren, [1951]. First edition. The “Leinster Principles” are adopted after the conclusion of the Earth/Mars wars, but one of Leinster’s assistants steals the secret of the gyrator control and offers it to the Martian warlords. The Curtis Warren “King Lang” house-name here in the capable hands of one of their readers, David Arthur Griffiths. £30 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45203 – or simply click on the button
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“LE PAGE, Rand” – [BIRD, William Henry Fleming, 1896-1971] : WAR OF ARGOS. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition. “A story by the modern French master of Science Fiction” runs the strapline, although the eight or so “Rand le Page” titles produced by Curtis Warren all appear to have been written by British authors, in this instance by William Bird. The planet Argos has been under the Earth’s control for centuries, but now there is an uprising fuelled by telepathy. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 30580 – or simply click on the button
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“MALCOM, Grant” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : RAY ELLIS IN THE GREEN MANDARIN MYSTERY. London : Curtis Warren, [1950]. First edition. “A scientific detective story. Ray Ellis is asked to find why a number of top scientists have dissapeared ... plot to take over the world ... superior to anything else that Hughes wrote during this period” (Harbottle & Holland A266). £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 43978 – or simply click on the button
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“REED, Van” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : HOUSE OF MANY CHANGES. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition : the wrappers issue. “When creation which is contrary to all the accepted laws of Nature springs directly from Genius in the grip of Evil the results may well take a form so terrible as to be beyond human understanding ...”. Mad scientist, laboratory horror, allegorical fantasy – “charmingly bizarre” (Harbottle & Holland A268). £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 30578 – or simply click on the button
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“ROMILUS, Arn” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : BRAIN PALAEO. London : Curtis Warren, (1953). First edition. Telepathy developed, but a time-space gap opens up and an evil half-brain, half-robot, life form is listening in. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 30372 – or simply click on the button
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“VANE, Brett” : ALWAYS A DAME. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1950]. First edition. Set in Los Angeles – Dulcie Friede, “a well-bred girl with a background of dough ... a girl in a million – like Cleopatra, Juliet and Betty Grable”, falls in with a man just out of jail and looking for recompense. “Brett Vane” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers, including Norman Lazenby (1914-2003). Although fifty or so Brett Vane titles are known, over half by Foden, only six are to be found in major libraries worldwide. SOLD |
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“VANE, Brett” : MISS SUSAN REGRETS. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1951]. First edition. A fake message and a fake cab lead to the kidnap of the beautiful Sylvia Karlton right outside the Silver Bowl nightclub in Chicago. “Brett Vane” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers. SOLD |
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“VANE, Brett” : SMART HUSSY. London : Curtis Warren, [ca.1951]. First edition. “I couldn’t tie that dame up with Lisell anyhow. She’s just a chorine. He’s a crook, a big time crook, and me, I’m Bat Scrimms, burlesque agent, I been a lot of other things as well, but I’m aiming to forget them now” – “Brett Vane” was a Curtis Warren house-name, first used by Frederick Tom Foden (1907-1982) and subsequently by various other writers. SOLD |
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