DENIS TALBOT HUGHES – BRITISH PULP FICTION AT ASH RARE BOOKS
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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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“BARRY, Ray” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : OMINOUS FOLLY. London : Curtis Warren, [1952]. First edition. Jane and Dinah take the Jaguar to Spain looking for adventure, ignore the fisherman’s warning, and take an ill-advised short-cut to another dimension. SOLD |
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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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“ELLIOT, Lee” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : BIO-MUTON. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition : the wrappers issue. Scientists on an isolated island try to create a living entity from a synthetic biological structure, accidently opening a window in time and exposing themselves to the Forces of Darkness. The Watchers come to the rescue. “Compelling fantasy, with realistic characters, woven in Hughes’s unique style” (Harbottle & Holland A95). SOLD |
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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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“KENT, Brad” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : BIOLOGY “A”. London : Curtis Warren, (1952). First edition. “When a war gets so big that the very roots of civilisation are threatened a time may come when someone – or something – must step in to save Mankind from his own folly”. A seeming miracle occurs, and “when the girl with the red-gold hair arrived Waldron was to find himself embroiled in the most amazing experiment of all time ... The Brain, a synthetic slave turned master”. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45697 – or simply click on the button
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“KENT, Brad” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : CATALYST. London : Curtis Warren, [1952]. First edition. Writer and anthropologist moves to a remote cottage on Dartmoor – strange girl without memories found on the moor is frightened of the blue lichen. “This story marked the start of Hughes’s transformation from ‘straight-SF’ hackery to intriguing science-fantasy” (Harbottle & Holland A261). SOLD |
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“KENT, Brad” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : THE FATAL LAW. London : Curtis Warren, [1952]. First edition. Strange side-effects of a duplicating ray – instant travel by telepathy – a race against time to prevent a crime wave – “A weird and wonderful Hughes fantasy with a dreamlike atmosphere” (Harbottle & Holland A262). SOLD |
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“LANE, John” – [HUGHES, Denis Talbot, 1917-2008] : MAMMALIA. London : Curtis Warren, (1953). First edition. “Typical Hughes fantasy, with the Spirit of Mammalia and a fight against The Seven, evil guardians of the darkness” (Harbottle & Holland A264). £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 45694 – 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. “A gorgeously screwy Hughes interdimensional space fantasy” (Harbottle & Holland A273). £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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