Ace Books - Ace Books Titles

Ace Books Titles

Ace titles are frequently collected, both for their covers and for their affiliation with individual genres. Many individual titles are now highly sought after. Much of Philip K. Dick's early work appeared in Ace editions, and is now difficult to find in good condition. Among the rarest Ace titles are:

• William Burroughs (as William Lee) Junkie (1955, D-015, bound with Maurice Helbrand's Narcotic Agent)
• Harlan Ellison The Deadly Streets (1958, D-312)

The doubles format in itself has proved particularly attractive to collectors, with specialist reference works created for both the mystery and sf books, listing only the doubles. Several of these works are listed at the end of the reference section below. The following articles provide lists of all the Ace titles, organized by genre and by format (i.e., tête-bêche vs. normal format).

• Science fiction: SF Doubles, SF Letter-Series Singles, SF Numeric-Series Singles; (SF)
• Mysteries: Mystery Doubles, Mystery Letter-Series Singles, Mystery Numeric-Series Singles; (MY)
• Westerns: Western Doubles, Western Letter-Series Singles, Western Numeric-Series Singles; (WE)
• Other genres: Doubles, Letter-Series Singles, Numeric-Series Singles; (NA)
• Combined-genre lists: all Ace Doubles volumes; all Ace Singles volumes.

The following lists give the individual series titles, for all genres.

• D/G/S-series—599 volumes;
• G-series—about 266 volumes;
• F-series—about 330 volumes;
• M-series—about 66 volumes;
• H-series—about 108 volumes;
• K-series—about 207 volumes;
• A-series—probably 30 volumes;
• N-series—6 volumes;
• Numbered series—over 1,000 volumes listed; many more are not included.