Publisher:Fantasy Press

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Fantasy Press was founded in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach and based in Reading Pennsylvania; another Fantasy Press was publishing books at the same time in Oxford, England (poetry).

Special Author and Publisher editions

The publication The Book of Ptath is a leather bound Fantasy Press edition that states "This Special Edition is limited to two copies, numbered, autographed [by the staff of the press] and bound in leather." The seller of this publication reports

On one of the two copies the limitation page also has a note in Lloyd Arthur Eshbach's hand, which reads, "For A. E. van Vogt -- As an expression of our appreciation for his fine work as a writer, and our thanks for his cooperation with Fantasy Press." [Signed by] L.A. Eshbach / A.J. Donnell / G.H. MacGregor / L.H. Houck. Fantasy Press always did two "presentation copies" bound in leather. One for the author and one for Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, the publisher.

It's not known if Fantasy created this pair of leather bound editions for every single one of their publications.

1947

None The Forbidden Garden [$3.00, hc, 278pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Eric Temple Bell

1948

48-7765 Beyond This Horizon [$3.00, hc, 242pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Robert A. Heinlein
None Darker Than You Think [$3.00, hc, 310pp, cvr: Edd Cartier] Jack Williamson
None Divide and Rule [$3.00, hc, 231pp, cvr: unknown] L. Sprague de Camp
None Skylark Three [$3.00, hc, 256pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Edward E. Smith
None Sinister Barrier [$3.00, hc, 253pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Eric Frank Russell
None The Black Flame [$3.00, hc, 240pp, cvr: unknown] Stanley G. Weinbaum

1949

None A Martian Odyssey and Others [$3.00, hc, 289pp, cvr: unknown] Stanley G. Weinbaum
None The Incredible Planet [$3.00, hc, 344pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] John W. Campbell, Jr.
None Skylark of Valeron [$3.00, hc, 252pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Edward E. Smith
None Seven out of Time [$3.00, hc, 240pp, cvr: unknown] Arthur Leo Zagat
None The Incredible Planet [hc] John W. Campbell, Jr.

1950

None The Bridge of Light [$3.00, hc, 248pp, cvr: unknown] A. Hyatt Verrill
None First Lensman [$3.00, hc, 306pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Edward E. Smith
None Genus Homo [$3.00, hc, 225pp, cvr: Edd Cartier] L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller
None Galactic Patrol [$3.00, hc, 273pp, cvr: Ric Binkley] Edward E. Smith
None Masters of Time [$3.00, hc, 227pp, cvr: Edd Cartier] A. E. van Vogt
None The Cometeers [$3.00, hc, 310pp, cvr: Edd Cartier] Jack Williamson
None Triplanetary [$3.00, hc, 287pp, cvr: A. J. Donnell] Edward E. Smith

1951

None Beyond Infinity [$2.75, hc, 236pp, cvr: unknown] Robert S. Carr
None Dreadful Sanctuary [$2.75, hc, 276pp, cvr: Edd Cartier] Eric Frank Russell
None Gray Lensman [$3.00, hc, 306pp, cvr: Hubert Rogers] Edward E. Smith
None Seeds of Life [$2.75, hc, 255pp, cvr: unknown] Eric Temple Bell (as John Taine)
None The Moon Is Hell [$3.00, hc, 256pp, cvr: unknown] John W. Campbell, Jr.

1952

None The Crystal Horde [$3.00, hc, 254pp, cvr: unknown] Eric Temple Bell (as John Taine)
None The Legion of Time [$3.00, hc, 252pp, cvr: unknown] Jack Williamson
None The Red Peri [$3.00, hc, 270pp, cvr: John T. Brooks] Stanley G. Weinbaum
None The Titan [$3.00, hc, 252pp, cvr: unknown] P. Schuyler Miller

1953

None The Black Star Passes [$3.00, hc, 254pp, cvr: unknown] John W. Campbell, Jr.
None Man of Many Minds [$3.00, hc, 222pp, cvr: Mel Hunter] E. Everett Evans
None Second-Stage Lensman [$3.00, hc, 307pp, cvr: Ric Binkley] Edward E. Smith
None Assignment in Eternity [$3.00, hc, 256pp, cvr: Ric Binkley] Robert A. Heinlein
None The Black Star Passes [$3.00, hc, 254pp] John W. Campbell, Jr.

1954

None Deep Space [$3.00, hc, 249pp] Eric Frank Russell
None G.O.G. 666 [$3.00, hc, 256pp, cvr: unknown] Eric Temple Bell

1955

None Alien Minds [$3.00, hc, 223pp, cvr: unknown] E. Everett Evans
None The Tyrant of Time [hc] Lloyd Arthur Eshbach

1960

None The Vortex Blaster [$3.00, hc, 191pp] E. E. Smith