1955 Advent:uring Through the Years 2005

By Earl Kemp

Robert Briney
Sidney Coleman (Retired 2001)
Earl Kemp
James O'Meara
George Price
Jon Stopa
Ed Wood (Deceased 1995)

In the first issue of eI, my friend and Advent partner George Price wrote an article under this same heading. It was George's inside view of the history of Advent:Publishers. The thought occurred to me that I should use the same title to introduce George's Master Archive of the titles published by Advent:Publishers.

Mr. and Mrs. George Price photographed in August 2004.

Originally I wanted George to name the piece "Fifty Years of Advent" only George was adamant. Because it hadn't actually been fifty years of Advent, we couldn't say it. Now, of course, as it is still not quite yet 2005, Advent is still not yet fifty years old.

It's a bit difficult, though, to think of this not being at least the pre celebration to Advent's Fiftieth Anniversary…that will be accomplished with the publication of Joseph Major's definitive study of Heinlein's juvenile novels, Heinlein's Children.

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Questions regarding the availability of Advent titles, and orders for same, should be addressed directly to http://nesfa.org/press/Books/Advent/index.html who have been handling those tasks for a number of years now and are expected to continue doing so in the future.

Following is George Price's Master Archive of Advent titles:

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The Advent:Publishers Master Archive

Compiled by George W. Price
(with a little help from Robert E. Briney, Earl Kemp, and Jon Stopa)

 

First cloth edition

Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight (or damon knight)
Edition & binding First cloth
Date 1956
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vi-xi
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior J. L. Patterson
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages xii+180
Chapters 22
Acknowledgments Pp. 166-167 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 168-172, compiled by Earl Kemp
Index Pp. 173-180
ISBN  
Price, first published $4.00
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
 
   
Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight (or damon knight)
Edition & binding First SECRET paperback [A test run of 100 copies was instantly sold out.—EK]
Date 1960
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vi-xi
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Clipart [assembled by Earl Kemp]
Illustrator, interior J. L. Patterson
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages xii+180
Chapters 22
Acknowledgments Pp. 166-167 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 168-172, compiled by Earl Kemp
Index Pp. 173-180
ISBN  
Price, first published $1.65
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   

Secret paperback edition

First paperback edition

First paperback edition

Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight (or damon knight)
Edition & binding First paperback
Date 1960
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vi-xi
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior J. L. Patterson
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages xii+180
Chapters 22
Acknowledgments Pp. 166-167 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 168-172, compiled by Earl Kemp
Index Pp. 173-180
ISBN  
Price, first published $1.60
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   
   
Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight (or damon knight)
Edition & binding Second, "Revised and Enlarged", cloth
Date 1967
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vi-xi
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior J. L. Patterson
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages xiv+306
Chapters 27
Acknowledgments Pp. 285-286 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 287-293
Index Pp. 294-306
ISBN 0-911682-07-4
Price, first published $6.00
Price, current  
Special notes While this has been replaced by the Third Edition, we still have a few copies if anyone specifically wants this edition. No one has, yet.
Print status Out of print—but see Special Notes.
   

Second cloth edition

Second paperback edition

Third cloth edition

Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight (or damon knight)
Edition & binding Second, "Revised and Enlarged", paperback,
Date 1968
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vi-xi
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior J. L. Patterson
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages xiv+306
Acknowledgments Pp. 285-286 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 287-293
Index Pp. 294-306
ISBN 0-911682-15-5
Price, first published $2.45
Price, current  
Special notes While this has been replaced by the Third Edition, we still have a few copies if anyone specifically wants this edition. No one has, yet.
Print status Out of print—but see Special Notes.
   
   
Title In Search of Wonder
Subtitle Essays on Modern Science Fiction
Author Damon Knight
Edition & binding Third, "Expanded and Revised", cloth
Date 1996
Introduction Anthony Boucher, pp. vii-xii
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior None
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages xiv+402
Chapters 33
Acknowledgments Pp. 370-372 (for original sources of reprinted items)
Bibliography Pp. 373-382
Index Pp. 383-402
ISBN 0-911682-31-7
Price, first published $20.00
Price, current $20.00
Special notes  
Print status In print
   
   
Title Frank Kelly Freas
Subtitle A portfolio
Author Frank Kelly Freas
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1957
Introduction Frank Kelly Freas (with photo)
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Frank Kelly Freas
Illustrator, interior Frank Kelly Freas
Size 8½ x 11 inches
Pages 34 (1 sheet printed 2 sides and 16 sheets printed one side only)
Chapters  
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index  
ISBN  
Price, first published $1.50
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   
Title The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels, Ninth Series
Subtitle  
Author T. E. Dikty, Editor
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1958
Introduction  
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Julian May
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8½ x 5¾ inches
Pages vi + 258
Chapters See special notes
Acknowledgments vi
Bibliography See special notes
Index  
ISBN  
Price, first published $3.50
Price, current  
Special notes Includes 12 stories; "The Science-Fiction Year," by T. E. Dikty (pp. 1-13); and "The Science Fiction Book Index," by Earl Kemp (pp. 233-258). This book was typeset and printed by Doubleday for the Science Fiction Book Club (under the Advent logo), with additional copies supplied to Advent for sale.
Print status Out of print
   

First cloth edition

Title The Science Fiction Novel
Subtitle Imagination and Social Criticism
Authosr Basil Davenport; Robert A. Heinlein; C.M. Kornbluth; Alfred Bester; Robert Bloch
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1959
Introduction Basil Davenport
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa Associates
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 160
Chapters 5 (Introduction and 4 essays)
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography Pp.
Index Pp. 156-160
ISBN  
Price, first published $3.50
Price, current  
Special notes Essays presented in a University of Chicago lecture series in 1957. Davenport is listed as an author, for the Introduction, but was not one of the lecturers.
Print status Out of print (replaced by Third Edition)
   

Second, revised, cloth edition

Title The Science Fiction Novel
Subtitle Imagination and Social Criticism
Authors Basil Davenport; Robert A. Heinlein; C. M. Kornbluth; Alfred Bester; Robert Bloch
Edition & binding Second, Revised, cloth
Date 1964
Introduction Basil Davenport
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa Associates
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 160
Chapters 5 (Introduction and 4 essays)
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 156-160
ISBN  
Price, first published $3.50
Price, current  
Special notes Essays presented in a University of Chicago lecture series in 1957. Davenport is listed as an author, for the Introduction, but was not one of the lecturers.
Print status Out of print (replaced by Third Edition)
   
Second, revised, paperback edition
Title The Science Fiction Novel
Subtitle Imagination and Social Criticism
Authors Basil Davenport; Robert A. Heinlein; C. M. Kornbluth; Alfred Bester; Robert Bloch
Edition & binding Second, Revised, paper
Date 1964
Introduction Basil Davenport
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa Associates
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 160
Chapters 5 (Introduction and 4 essays)
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 156-160
ISBN  
Price, first published $1.95
Price, current  
Special notes Essays presented in a University of Chicago lecture series in 1957. Davenport is listed as an author, for the Introduction, but was not one of the lecturers.
Print status Out of print (replaced by Third Edition)
   
   
Title The Science Fiction Novel
Subtitle Imagination and Social Criticism
Authors Basil Davenport; Robert A. Heinlein; C. M. Kornbluth; Alfred Bester; Robert Bloch
Edition & binding Third, cloth
Date 1969
Introduction Basil Davenport
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover John Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 128
Chapters 5 (Introduction and 4 essays)
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 122-128
ISBN 0911682-02-3
Price, first published $3.50
Price, current $15.00
Special notes Essays presented in a University of Chicago lecture series in 1957. Davenport is listed as an author, for the Introduction, but was not one of the lecturers. This edition differs from the Second principally in being reset with better typography.
Print status In print.
   
   
Title The Science Fiction Novel
Subtitle Imagination and Social Criticism
Authors Basil Davenport; Robert A. Heinlein; C. M. Kornbluth; Alfred Bester; Robert Bloch
Edition & binding Third, paper
Date 1969
Introduction Basil Davenport
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover John Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 128
Chapters 5 (Introduction and 4 essays)
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 122-128
ISBN 0-911682-02-3 (later changed to 0-911682-13-9)
Price, first published $1.95
Price, current $8.00
Special notes Essays presented in a University of Chicago lecture series in 1957. Davenport is listed as an author, for the Introduction, but was not one of the lecturers. This edition differs from the Second principally in being reset with better typography.
Print status In print.
   
Title Some Notes on Xi Bootis
Subtitle  
Author Hal Clement
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1960
Introduction  
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Clipart [arranged by Earl Kemp]
Illustrator, interior Diagrams and maps, presumably by Clement
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 12
Chapters  
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index  
ISBN  
Price, first published Free
Price, current  
Special notes Pamphlet distributed free (compliments of the Advent proprietors) to members of the 18th World Science Fiction Convention, Pittsburgh, Penna, in conjunction with Clement’s talk "Interstellar Stage-Setting" to be delivered to the convention September 2, 1960.
Print status Out of print
   

Cloth edition

Title The Eighth Stage of Fandom
Subtitle Selections from 25 years of fan writing
Author Robert Bloch
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1962
Introduction Wilson Tucker, (as "Introduce Robert Bloch?"), pp. 9-10
Foreword Earl Kemp (as "Thank You . . ."), pp. 7-8
Preface P. 11
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 176
Chapters 50
Acknowledgments Pp. 171-172
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 173-176
ISBN  
Price, first published $5.00
Price, current  
Special notes Edited by Earl Kemp
Print status Out of print (has been re-issued by a different publisher, and may be in print from them)
   
Paperback edition
Title The Eighth Stage of Fandom
Subtitle Selections from 25 years of fan writing
Author Robert Bloch
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1962
Introduction Wilson Tucker, (as "Introduce Robert Bloch?"), pp. 9-10
Foreword Earl Kemp (as "Thank You . . ."), pp. 7-8
Preface P. 11
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 176
Chapters 50
Acknowledgments Pp. 171-172
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 173-176
ISBN  
Price, first published $1.95
Price, current  
Special notes Edited by Earl Kemp
Print status Out of print (has been re-issued by a different publisher, and may be in print from them)
   
Title The Proceedings; CHICON III
Subtitle The 20th World Science Fiction Convention, Chicago—1962
Author Earl Kemp (Editor)
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1963
Introduction  
Foreword Earl Kemp (as "No Matter What You Do, Someone’s Going to Bitch!!"), pp. 3-5
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Photographs, Arthur Shay for LIFE Magazine
Illustrator, interior Photographs, Credits on page 41
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 208
Chapters  
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index  
ISBN 0-911682-06-6
Price, first published $1.95 (from memory)
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   

Cloth edition

Title A Requiem For Astounding
Subtitle  
Author Alva Rogers
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1964
Introduction As three "editorial comments"
   
"Editorial Number One To Begin", by Harry Bates, pp. viii-xvi
"Editorial Number Two In Absentia", by F. Orlin Tremaine (1899-1956), pp. xvii-xviii
"Editorial Number Three Letter From The Editor", by John W. Campbell, pp. xix-xxi
Foreword  
Preface Pp. v-vii
Illustrator, jacket/cover Alex Eisenstein
Illustrator, interior Reproductions of cover paintings (in black and white) and interior
drawings from Astounding Science Fiction  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages xxvi + 224
Chapters 16
Acknowledgments xxii-xxiv
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 219-224 (as "Some Astounding People"; people’s names only, not story titles)
ISBN 0-911682-08-2
Price, first published $6.00
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   
Paperback edition
Title A Requiem For Astounding
Subtitle  
Author Alva Rogers
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1967 (has "1964" on title page, reproduced from first cloth edition)
Introduction As three "editorial comments"
   
"Editorial Number One To Begin", by Harry Bates, pp. viii-xvi
"Editorial Number Two In Absentia", by F. Orlin Tremaine (1899-1956), pp. xvii-xviii
"Editorial Number Three Letter From The Editor", by John W. Campbell, pp. xix-xxi
Foreword  
Preface Pp. v-vii
Illustrator, jacket/cover Alex Eisenstein
Illustrator, interior Reproductions of cover paintings (in black and white) and interior
drawings from Astounding Science Fiction  
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages xxvi + 224
Chapters 16
Acknowledgments xxii-xxiv
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 219-224 (as "Some Astounding People"; people’s names only, not story titles)
ISBN 0-911682-16-3
Price, first published $2.45
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print
   

First cloth edition

Title Of Worlds Beyond
Subtitle The Science of Science Fiction Writing
Authors Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Editor); Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; John W. Campbell, Jr.; L. Sprague de Camp; Robert A. Heinelin; Jack Williamson; A. E. van Vogt; John Taine
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1964
Introduction Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, p. 9
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover John Stopa
Illustrator, interior Uncredited thumbnail photograph of each author.
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 104
Chapters 7 essays
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 102-104
ISBN 0-911682-05-8
Price, first published $3.50
Price, current $15.00
Special notes Text photoreproduced from the 1947 Fantasy Press edition
Print status In print
   

1964 paperback edition

1964 paperback edition

1970 paperback edition

Title Of Worlds Beyond
Subtitle The Science of Science Fiction Writing
Authors Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Editor); Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; John W. Campbell, Jr.; L. Sprague de Camp; Robert A. Heinelin; Jack Williamson; A. E. van Vogt; John Taine
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1964
Introduction Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, p. 9
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover John Stopa
Illustrator, interior Uncredited thumbnail photograph of each author.
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 104
Chapters 7 essays
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 102-104
ISBN 0-911682-14-7
Price, first published $1.95 (from memory)
Price, current $8.00
Special notes Text photoreproduced from the 1947 Fantasy Press edition
Print status In print
   

1964 cloth edition

1973 cloth edition

Title The Issue at Hand
Subtitle Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction
Author William Atheling, Jr. (pseud. of James Blish); edited by James Blish
Edition & binding First, cloth
Date 1964
Introduction James Blish, pp. 7-9
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages 136
Chapters 13
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 131-126
ISBN 0-911682-09-0
Price, first published $5.00
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print; replaced by Second Edition
   
   
Title The Issue at Hand
Subtitle Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction
Author William Atheling, Jr. (pseud. of James Blish); edited by James Blish
Edition & binding First, paper
Date 1967 ("1964" on title page, from first cloth edition)
Introduction James Blish, pp. 7-9
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages 136
Chapters 13
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 131-126
ISBN 0-911682-17-1
Price, first published $1.95
Price, current  
Special notes  
Print status Out of print; replaced by Second Edition
   

1967 paperback edition

1973 paperback edition

Title The Issue at Hand
Subtitle Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction
Author William Atheling, Jr. (pseud. of James Blish); edited by James Blish
Edition & binding Second, paper
Date 1973
Introduction James Blish, pp. 1-4
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8½ x 5½ inches
Pages vi + 158
Chapters 13
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 151-158
ISBN 0-911682-17-1 (same as first paperback edition)
Price, first published $1.95
Price, current $8.00
Special notes This edition differs from the First principally in being reset with better typography.
Print status In print
   
   
Title The Issue at Hand
Subtitle Studies in Contemporary Magazine Science Fiction
Author William Atheling, Jr. (pseud. of James Blish)
Edition & binding Second, cloth
Date 1974 ("1973" on title page, from Second paperback edition}
Introduction "Edited and with an introduction by James Blish", pp. 1-4
Foreword  
Preface  
Illustrator, jacket/cover Jon Stopa
Illustrator, interior  
Size 8¾ x 5¾ inches
Pages vi + 158
Chapters 13
Acknowledgments  
Bibliography  
Index Pp. 151-158
ISBN 0-911682-09-0 (same as first cloth edition)
Price, first published $6.00
Price, current $15.00
Special notes This edition differs from the First principally in being reset with better typography. The paperback second edition appeared before the cloth second edition because the new editions were issued as supplies of the first editions ran out, and the paperback ran out first.
Print status In print