The following were donated from Art Widner’s estate by his family. Tom Becker transported them to the Bay Area and I am sending most of these to the Worldcon for auction. If you’ll be there, please bid!
Hardcovers
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Cecelia Holland |
Floating Worlds |
Knopf |
1976 |
HC 1st |
Good |
Slight wear and small tears on dust jacket. Discoloration due to dust. |
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Norton Juster |
The Phantom Toolbooth |
Random House |
1961 |
HC |
Very Good |
Slight wear on dust jacket Book club edition |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
Red Mars |
Bantam |
1993 |
HC 1st |
Very Good |
Slight wear on dust jacket Nebula and BSFA award winner |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
Green Mars |
Bantam |
1994 |
HC 1st |
Very Good |
Slight wear on dust jacket Hugo and Locus award winner |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
Blue Mars |
Bantam |
1996 |
HC 1st |
Very Good |
Slight wear on dust jacket Hugo and Locus award winner |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
The Martians |
Bantam |
1999 |
HC |
Very Good |
Bent edges on dust jacket. Slight creasing on interior pages. |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
The Years of Rice and Salt |
Bantam |
2002 |
HC 1st |
Fine |
Locus award winner |
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Robert Sheckley |
Dimensions of Sheckley Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley |
NESFA Press |
2002 |
HC |
Fine |
Contains: Immortality, Inc., The Journey of Joenes, Mindswap, Dimension of Miracles, The Minotaur Maze. Dust jacket illustration by Bob Eggleton |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (The 1818 Text) Edited, with variant readings, an introduction and notes, by James Rieger |
Bobbs-Merril |
1974 |
HC 1st |
Good |
Dust jacket worn and slightly torn. Highlighting in the text and comments in the margins. This probably was Art’s teaching copy. Includes Art’s photocopy of an essay “Frankenstein Descending” with highlighting and notes by Art. |
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Cordwainer Smith |
The Rediscovery of Man The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith |
NESFA Press |
1993 |
HC 1st |
Fine |
Dust jacket art by Jack Gaughan |
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Norman Spinrad |
Bug Jack Barron |
Walker and Co. |
1969 |
HC |
Good |
Signed to Art Widner, 1979. Nebula and Hugo nominee |
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Olaf Stapledon |
Odd John |
Science Fiction Book Club |
1954 |
HC |
Good |
No dust jacket (if there ever was one) Book club edition Originally published 1935 |
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John Taine |
Quayle’s Invention |
Dutton |
1927 |
HC 1st |
Good |
Dust jacket faded, worn and torn |
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John Taine |
The Greatest Adventure |
Dutton |
1929 |
HC 2nd |
Good |
No dust jacket |
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John Taine |
The Time Stream |
Buffalo |
1946 |
HC |
Very Good |
Slight wear and small tears on dust jacket. Reprint of 1931 original |
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Stanley G. Weinbaum |
The New Adam |
Ziff-Davis |
1939 |
HC 1st |
Good |
Dust jacket worn and torn. Discoloration due to dust. |
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H. G. Wells |
The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, also Selected Short Stories |
Platt & Munk |
1963 |
HC |
Fair |
Dust jacket worn and torn. Phrases highlighted in the text. Comments in margins. |
Paperbacks
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A. Bertram Chandler |
Kelly Country |
Penguin Books Australia |
1983 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
Faded on spine |
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Frank Clune |
Ned Kelly |
Angus & Robertson |
1980 |
PB |
Very Good |
Adapted from The Kelly Hunters, 1954. First published in PB as Ned Kelly’s Last Stand, 1962. |
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Theodora Kroeber |
Ishi, Last of His Tribe |
Bantam |
1978 |
PB |
Good |
Cover folded and slightly worn. Classic biography of a California Indian written by Ursula K. Le Guin’s mom. |
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David Langford |
The Space Eater |
Timescape |
1983 |
PB 1st |
Good |
Cover folded and worn Locus award nominee for Best First Novel |
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Vonda N. McIntyre |
The Exile Waiting |
Fawcett |
1976 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
Slight wear, marks on cover Nebula and Locus award winner |
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Vonda N. McIntyre |
Starfarers |
Ace |
1989 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
Slight wear on spine. Pen mark on last page. 1st of 4 in a series. Signed to Art Widner, 1991 |
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Vonda N. McIntyre |
Transition |
Ace |
1991 |
PB 1st |
Fine |
2nd of 4 in a series. Signed to Art Widner, 1991 |
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Joanna Russ |
And Chaos Died |
Ace |
1970 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
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Joanna Russ |
The Female Man |
Bantam |
1973 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
James Tiptree, Jr. award winner (retrospective) |
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Joanna Russ |
We Who Are About To… |
Dell |
1977 |
PB 1st |
Very Good |
Fanzines
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Flabbergasting #27 |
July, 1963 |
Burnett R. Toskey |
SAPS Mailing 64 |
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Wabe #7 |
February, 2005 |
Jae Leslie Adams, Bill Bodden, Tracy Benton |
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Littlebrook 4 |
January, 2005 |
Jerry Kaufman and Suzanne Tompkins |
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A Bear Went Over the Mountain #2 |
February/March, 2005 |
Chaz Boston Baden |
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Vegas Fandom Weekly #14 |
February 22, 2005 |
Arnie Katz |
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Crazy From the Heat #3 |
February, 2005 |
Aileen Forman and Joyce Katz |
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Hi-Vis Girl |
Yvonne Rowse |
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Detours 55 |
November, 1995 |
Russ Chauvenet |
FAPA Mailing #233 |
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DUFF 1988 |
December, 1987 |
Includes “The Rogers Street Laundry Room Door for DUFF” |
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Sandcastles 3 |
1987 |
Vicki Rosenzweig |
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Taffluvia #10 |
April, 1987 |
Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden |
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The Rogue Raven 36 |
Frank Denton |
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The Texas SF Inquirer #20 |
February/March, 1987 |
Pat Mueller |
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Corflu 2 Program Book |
1985 |
Cheryl Cline and Lynn Kuehl |
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Shangri-L’Arraires #67 |
November-December, 1963 |
Redd Boggs |
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A&A Infos #4, alias Ailleurs et Autres #33 |
October, 1979 |
Francis Vallery and P. J. Thomas |
En Francais |
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Knockers from Neptune #6 |
August, 1978 |
Mike and Pat Meara |
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Yandro #151 |
September, 1965 |
Robert & Juanita Coulson |
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Yandro #150 |
August, 1965 |
Robert & Juanita Coulson |
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Raffles #1 |
End of 1977 |
Larry Carmody and Stu Shiffman |
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Yandro #250 |
Robert & Juanita Coulson |
Special trip report issue |
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22 Times #5, The Corflu Titanium Program Book |
February, 2005 |
DUFF, the Down Under Fan Fund 