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London : Panther Books – Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), (1953). First edition : the wrappers issue. Security officer becomes suspicious of a physicist at the Spaceship Development Centre – “something had walked through walls all right – but certainly not a man”. Panther Book 40.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 143,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers in a design by Gordon C. Davies; short splits at head and tail; short tear to upper wrapper; some marking and creasing; staples rusting, but a reasonable copy. No copy located in any of the major UK libraries.

£10

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London : Panther Books – Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), (1952). First edition. Alien planet in revolt at the threat from human civilization – in Deegan’s “Old Growler” series, a rather attractive British precursor of “Star Trek”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by Gordon C. Davies; light wear and bruising; vertical crease to wrappers; text lightly tanned, but a good copy. Just a single copy (Bodleian) located in the major UK libraries.

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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.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 159,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an unsigned but typical design by Gordon C. Davies; a little rubbed and creased; staples a little rusted; text a little tanned, but a good copy. Only a single copy (Liverpool) located in any major UK library.

£25

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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”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – design by Gordon C. Davies; a little worn, creased and chipped, with a short tear to the rear wrapper; spine lightly mottled; staples rusting; text lightly tanned, but a good and serviceable copy. Just a single copy (Liverpool) found in major UK libraries. Harbottle & Holland A260 – “a superior Hughes fantasy”.

£20

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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).
Crown 8vo (19cm). 159,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a typical Gordon C. Davies design; a little rubbed, worn and somewhat creased; pencilled price on front wrapper; staples rusting; text a little tanned, with some occasional spotting, but a good copy.

£25

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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.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 127,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an unsigned design attributed to Gordon C. Davies; wrappers slightly chipped at head; a little worn and creased; staples rusted, but a good and serviceable copy. Just a single copy (Liverpool) located in the major UK libraries.

£25

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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).
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a perplexed design attributed to Gordon C. Davies; chipped at head (2cm), with minor chip at foot; some rubbing and light creasing; staples badly rusted; a serviceable copy. No copy located in any major UK library.

£20

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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.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 159,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design attributed to Gordon C. Davies; short split at head; some rubbing and creasing; staples rusted, but a reasonable copy. Bookseller stamp of McGills, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, on title-page. No copy located in any major UK library.

£25

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