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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition Dust Jacket/Wrapper. Not price clipped, slight edge marks, light edge wear. Please Note that this is a Dust Jacket ONLY, the book is not included.

A very good copy, digital photos available.

Spine creased, covers label marked and worn, page edges tanned, foxing. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. [Loc. C7-1]

8vo. Dust-jacket only. Rubbed and creased. Not price-clipped 25s.

First U.S. edition/printing. Book (remainder spray BTE) and jacket (in a protector) each in Fine condition - a sharp copy. Signed by Disch! Collection by the remarkable Disch.

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light edge wear along top edge and rubbing at the head of the spine panel, tiny chip from lamination at lower front panel. (3366)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with tiny, faint stain at bottom edge of front panel and similar stain at bottom edge of front flap. Still a sharp copy overall. (#118538)

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some mild wear to upper and lower edges. (775)

8vo. First edition. Original grey hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Ken Reilly. Fine in fine d/w. The American author's third book, (published in the US as Fun with Your New Head in 1971), and second collection of short fiction.

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. [Reference: See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344]. Some light foxing to top edge of text block in fine dust jacket with a light shelf wear to head of spine panel and lower rear panel. Review slip laid in. (218)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. Review slip laid in. Some light foxing to top edge of text block, a nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket with a light wear to upper spine end and along lower edge of rear panel. (#83970)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. Light foxing to top edge of text block, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with trace of wear to head of spine panel and tiny nick to top edge of front panel. A sharp, superior copy of this book. (#1972)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a trace of shelf wear to upper edge of spine panel. An excellent copy of this book. (#1973)

First British Edition (published later in the U.S. under the title Fun With Your Head, 1971). A Very Fine copy in medium grey cloth, in a Fine glossy silver, black and red dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with one tiny closed tear. 220pp. A collection of highly admired science fiction stories. This copy SIGNED (no inscription) by the Author on the title page. Q21263

First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of seventeen stories by Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), including "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." The collection was published in the U.S. as Fun with Your New Head (1971). "Much of Disch's best work in the years around Camp Concentration is in shorter forms [.] Because of his intellectual audacity, the chillingly distanced mannerism of his narrative art, the austerity of the pleasures he affords, and the fine cruelty of his wit, Disch was perhaps the most respected, least trusted, most envied and least read of all modern sf writers of the first rank" (SFE). Inscribed by the author to New York editor David G. Hartwell around a slp of paper on the flyleaf, a bookseller''s listing for the title on a narrow slip, and quoting one of the blurbs from the back panel, "For David H. A born story teller with an ability to grip the reader. Fondly, Tom Disch" Inscribed copies are uncommon. Currey, p. 165. Provenance: David G. Hartwell Grey boards titled in gilt. Corners bumped. Fine copy in very good plus dust jacket by Ken Reilly (short tear along front flap fold)