Weird Science from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Hermitage House, 1950. Third printing. Octavo (22cm). Teal cloth stamped in gilt on spine, yellow topstain, dark green dust jacket; [xxviii],452pp. With self-mailing card for requesting notifications about new publications. A sound, upright volume, lightly rubbed, edges foxed but internally clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $4.00), rubbed at edges, spine browned, a few small perforations to… Read more about this item

Topanga, CA: Eden Ranch / The National Health Federation, 1974. Original mimeographed newsletter. 1pp on single letter-sized sheet. Together with a supplementary fact sheet, dated 1/6/1975, headlined "preliminary study indictes...Cancer Death Rate Highest in Fluoridated Cities." First sheet with holes punched in left margin for binding; minor edgewear and aging; Very Good. Two mailings relating to the… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Maloine, 1897. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Contemporary morocco over marbled boards; xii,[4],631pp; illus; one photographic plate (portrait); 52pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Gentle rubbing to joints and spine ends, else a fine copy. Contemporary ownership signature of a C.H. Harbaugh, M.D., datemarked Paris, 1898. Text entirely in French. One of numerous contemporary treatises built… Read more about this item

New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1999. Quarto (29cm). Grey paper over boards, stamped in gilt, with dust jacket; xxxii,448pp; black and white illus. A straight copy, bumped at head and tail, minor marks to textblock edges, else clean: Very Good. Jacket faded at spine, lightly rubbed at edges: Very Good. "A body-mind discipline is an organized program… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1927. First American Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); dark blue cloth, ribbed, stamped in blind and gilt (on spine); 208pp. Spine sunned, gilt dulled; boards mildly soiled, rubbed and worn, with some material loss to leading corners and spine extremities. Binding shaken; ex libris on front pastedown; mild reading wear and spots of foxing intermittent throughout. Else Very… Read more about this item

[Salisbury, Wiltshire: Wessex Books, 2002]. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 64pp.; illus. Light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Forms part of the Wessex Series.

Cedaredge, CO: Freedland Publisher, 1991. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's blue pictorial spiral-bound card wrappers stamped in silver foil; iv,138pp. Fine condition. "The best UFO book" (p. [i]).

Moorabbin, Victoria: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society, 1993. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; 32pp.; illus. Fine condition. UFO news, both domestic and international, from Michigan to Tasmania to Puerto Rico. OCLC locates holdings in only one North American institution, at Ohio State.

Launceston: Bossiney Books, [2000]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 40pp. Near Fine condition. History of UFO sightings in Devon.

Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Co, [1956]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in blue and red; 61pp.; three leaves of plates. Minor soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound.

Moorabbin, Victoria: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society, 1993. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; 32pp.; illus. Fine condition. "Flying saucers vs. Flying Tomales" and other important research. OCLC locates holdings in only one North American institution, at Ohio State.

Evanston: Palmer Publications, 1958. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's pictorial wrappers; 98pp.; illus. Some wear from handling with shallow chipping along extremities, else About Very Good. Cover story: "Is Russia Training Pilots for Space?

Jane Lew, WV: New Age Books, [1983]. Second (1985) printing. Quarto (27.75cm.); publisher's purple pictorial spiral-bound card wrappers; 91,[31]pp.; illus. Previous owner has neatly colored in frontispiece, else About Fine.

London: Lionel Beer, 1969-1970. Slim quartos (25.25cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; illus. Near Fine condition. "An Independent magazine specialising in World UFO News and the Flying Saucer Scene." Publication sequence as follows: Vol. 5, no. 4; Vol. 6, nos. 1-3. OCLC locates no copies in the United States as of January, 2018.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's pictorial wrappers; 66pp.; illus. Light wear and dust-soil, else Very Good or better. "Is the Earth Donut Shaped?" and "Brazilian Top Secret Saucer Report Unveiled.

[Mansfield, Nottinghamshire: SUFORA, n.d., ca. 1990s]. Quarto (25cm.); publisher's white pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 17pp.; illus. Minor dust-soil, else Very Good and sound. Extraterrestrials, crop circles, and more. Unlocated in OCLC as of February, 2018.

New York: Global Communications, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (27.75cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 68pp.; illus. Light soil and wear from handling, else Near Fine. This edition unlocated in OCLC as of February, 2018, though two variants have been catalogued.

[Norcross, GA: Aztec Publishing, 1992-1995]. First Edition. Six issues; quarto (27.75cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; illus. throughout. Near Fine condition. "Worldwide coverage of the UFO phenomenon" - upper cover. Publication sequence as follows: Vol. 1, nos. [1]-4; Vol. 2, nos. 1 & 4. Ohio State only in OCLC as of February, 2018.

[Pleasantville, NY]: Reader's Digest, [1998]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 188pp.; color illus. throughout. Minor wear from handling, else Very Good or better.

Clarksburg, WV: Saucerian Books, [1971]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's blue-grey pictorial card wrappers; 80pp.; illus. Wrappers rather rubbed and toned at extremities, previous owner has briefly colored in part of the upper cover illustration, else Near Very Good and sound. Account of the UFO studies ("Project Sign," "Project Grudge," and "Project Blue Book") conducted at the Wright-Patterson Air… Read more about this item