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1951006743New York: Gnome Press 1951. Book. Illus. by David Kyle Edd Carter and Ric Binkley. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Editions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An exceptional and RARE set all three books having been SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Isaac Asimov to the same lady in the most intriguing and charming manner - "Foundation" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a passionate Southern gal Isaac Asimov" "Foundation and Empire" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a persistent Southern gal Isaac Asimov" and "Second Foundation " SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a married Southern gal Isaac Asimov". Ah to have been a witness to THAT book signing where the sparks were obviously flying ! All three books stated Gnome Press First Editions "Foundation" in dark blue boards with red lettering at spine thinner and narrower paper and with dust jacket too large for this thinner book although stating First Edition 1951 on CP is actually the 1954 2nd Edition. Book is Very Good pages browning slight toning to edges of end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket priced $2.75 front flap small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. "Foundation and Empire" 1952 is First Edition First State in original red cloth in Second Issue dust jacket in blue tones. Book is Very Good pages uniformly browning. In Near Fine dust jacket small chips top and bottom edges rear panel at spine. "Second Foundation" 1953. is First Edition First State in original light blue boards spine stamped in brown Very Good cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends light toning to end pages at edges top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket 1/2" chip top edge front panel at spine light edge wear and soiling. Overall a Very Good set with unique Asimov inscriptions of this towering classic of the science fiction genre that continues to remain fresh and current. Gnome Press Hardcover
18985498<p><strong>The first Russian translations of the novel.</strong></p><p>This Russian translation was issued in the same year as the first edition of '<em>The War of the Worlds</em>' was published. The translation appeared in the magazine '<em>Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury Iskusstva i Nauki</em>' 'New Journal of Foreign Literature Art and Science' Nos. 6-9 and this particular copy is an offprint from the magazine. It was also published in 1898 as a separate book in a smaller format with different pagination.</p><p>According to some sources the translator might have been <strong>Konstantin Tolstoi</strong> 1842-1913 a doctor and publicist known for his attempt to translate Shakespeare's '<em>Romeo and Juliet</em>'.</p><p>Later that same year another Russian translation of the novel was released.</p> Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury hardcover
1947018934Sauk City: Arkham House 1947. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. 313 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. Signed By Bradbury. One Of A Stated Edition Of 3000; Chalker Cites 3112 Copies As The Actual Printing Run. A Bright Clean Example Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Book Hinges Tight No Marks No Fraying Spine Gilt All Bright Although With A Few Minute Losses To Gilt In Publisher's Name. Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped Light Edge Wear Tiny Chips At Corners Under 1/8" And About 1/32" Chipping Along Bottom And Top Spine Edges Light Rubbing At A Few Places Both Flaps Clean And Bright Red Lettering On Spine Faded To Pink But Clear Red Lettering On Front Panel Still Bright Red. A Member Of The Lasafs Himself Later The Dedicatee Of A Philip K. Dick Novel Received This Book When The Book Came Out In 1947; And He Remembered Bradbury Coming In To Lasfs With A Stack Of His New Author's Copies Of Which This Is One. It Was Much Later Signed For Me By Bradbury. <br/> <br/> Arkham House hardcover
1914023570New York: The Macmillan Company 1914. First Edition . Decorated Blue Cloth. Fine/Dustjacket. Frontispiece. Vi 378 Pp 7 Pp Ads At Rear. First Printing One Of 3948 Copies Blue Cloth White Lettering Gilt Design. An Unusually Bright Unworn Unrubbed Book Entirely Original Without Any Restoration. With The Rae Dust Jacket Which Has Undergone Professional Restoration Including Replacement Of Bottom Half Of Spine Panel And A Large Chip At The Bottom Of The Rear Panel Also Reattachment Of Chip At Top Of Spine Reattachment Of Split Along Rear Spine Edge And Repair Of Minor Edge Chips; The White Surface Has Been Retouched Leaving The Original Lettering; The Publisher's Name Has Been Added At Bottom Of Spine When The Bottom Was Replaced. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1956022816New York: Ballantine Books 1956. First Edition . Yellow Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Yellow Cloth With Spine Lettering In Blue. First Printing. This Is The Publisher Ian Ballantine's Personal Copy Direct From The Publisher's Library. Book Clean No Wear Spine Lettering As New Pages Aged As Usual. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped. Light Rubbing At Corner Edges And Top Edge Of Spine And At Top Edge Of Front Panel 1/2" Entirely Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel And A 3/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold Dj Clean And Front Panel Illustration Particularly Bright No Fading. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
1946024513Los Angeles: 4th World Science Fiction Convention Society 1946. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover By Lou Goldstone. Covers 48 Pp Of Ads And Support Statements. Promotional Fund-Raising Booklet For The Convention. At The Convention In His Keynote Speech Van Vogt Foresaw An Atomic War "Because Human Beings Have Not Yet Learned To Understand Themselves. Notice That I Did Not Say They Haven't Learned To Understand Others- It Is Themselves They Don't Understand" A Concern Which Later Led To His Work In Developing Dianetics With L Ron Hubbard His Assuming Reesponsibility For The Dianetics Organization When It Went Bankrupt In 1951 And Later To His Founding Of The International Dianetic Society. Signed By A E Van Vogt On His Centerfold; He Was Guest Of Hionor At This Convention And His Book "Slan" Was The Source Of The Informal Motto "Fans Are Slans". Van Vogt Was Awarded A Retroactive Hugo Award For This Novel In 2016. Also Signed By Dozens Of Writers Fans Publishers Agents And Members Of Lasfs Including A E Van Vogt Robert Bloch Bryce Walton Wilson "Bob" Tucker Forrest Ackerman And 3 Members Of His Family Russ Rocklynne Erle M Korshak Rick Sneary Tigrina Lou Goldstone Walt Leibscher Len Moffat Walt Daugherty Arthur Jean Cox Etc. All Signatures From 1946. With Original Envelope With Pencil Title Written By Roy A Squires. <br/> <br/> 4th World Science Fiction Convention Society unknown
1935018864London: Methuen 1935 1935. First Edition First Issue . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition First Impression First Issue Satty & Smith A6.1.1.1 In Earliest Binding: Light Blue Cloth 19.1 Cm Tall With Dark Blue Spine Printing With Earliest Ads At Rear Dated May 1935. Dustjacket Is First Issue Still Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap No Later Issue Price Reduction Stamps Or Labels. The Dustjacket In Blue Pink White Tan And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. A Very Good Tight Copy. Book Lightly Foxed. Previous Owner's Gift Inscription Dated Christmas 1935 Unsigned. Dj With Edge Wear Chipping At Corners Spine Lightly Faded All Lettering Still Present And Clear Front Panel Fairly Bright And Unfaded. One Of The Scarcest English 20Th Century Sf/Fantasy First Editions In Jacket; Copies With The Original Price Are Rare Particularly Without Later Price Reduction Labels/Stamps. <br/> <br/> London: Methuen, 1935 hardcover
1950006352New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1950. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers / Box. Very Good. Exceptionally Rare Signed Copy Of The Masters Of Sleep The Continuation Of Slaves Of Sleep In The First Printing In Fantastic Adventures October 1950. No Early Separate Hardcover Publication; This Was Published In Hardcover Several Decades After This Original Printing. First Published After The Beginnings Of Dianetics After Hubbard Stopped Writing Science Fiction. Signed In Aging Blue Ink At The Top Of Page Six The First Of Two Title Pages For "The Masters Of Sleep." This Copy Was Signed For His Agent Forrest Ackerman At A Luncheon Meeting. Any Magazine Appearances Signed By Hubbard Are Rare; We Are Unaware Of Any Other Copy Of This Story Signed By Hubbard Ever Being Offered For Sale; Hubbard Had Already Begun His Intense And Exclusive Involvement With Dianetics By The Time The Story Was Published And He Apparently Did Not Return To Science Fiction Until The Mid To Late 1970'S. The Signature Compares Favorably With Other Hubbard Signatures From This Time And Authenticity Is Guaranteed. The Signature Was Confirmed To Me Personally Some Years Ago By Forrest Ackerman Who Remembered When It Was Signed For Him On The Occasion Of Their Lunch Together While Ackerman Was Still Hubbard's Agent For Science Fiction. Probably The Only Signed Copy Of This Work. This Copy Worn At Ends Placed In Better Covers From Another Copy Of This Issue Of The Magazine; With Original Covers Loose. Both Housed Inside A New Deluxe All-Morocco Covered Archival Box With Gilt Lettering. <br/> <br/> Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown
1959621295London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1959. Three Volumes with clipped dust jackets in very good condition: The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the King. From the collection of Oliver Impey whose bookplate is noted on the front pastedowns. Cloth hardcovers 423 pages 352 pages 416 pages respectively with folding maps of Middle Earth at the rear of each volume. Gilt lettering to the spines. 'Fellowship' an Eighth impression 1959. 'Towers' a sixth impression 1959. 'Return' a fifth impression 1959. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed and boards are somewhat blemished. Jacket edges are creased and nicked with tears to the edges of 'Fellowship' and 'Towers'. Jackets are marked and discoloured particularly the spines. Pages are tightly bound and clear and bright throughout. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. George Allen and Unwin Ltd Hardcover
1923026234New York: Frederick A. Stokes Harrap 1923. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth / Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Color Plates and Calligraphic Text. U. S. edition published by Stokes; one of 200 copies 1750 copies were printed of the UK first edition published by Harrap this is the simultaneous US printing by Stokes one of 250 copies with Stokes imprint on spine panel of DJ and book and on title page "Printed in Great Britain" printed on inside of DJ. Complete with all 48 color plates and all text title and contents pages all plates and text mounted on gray paper as issued. Cloth and boards are immaculate gilt on spine still brilliant no fraying to cloth but paper covering tips and bottom edges of boards has frayed due to weight of book. Hinges tight but title page professionally re-attached. DJ is clean but worn along top and bottom edges with loss at top of spine and adjacent top edge of panels for a length of 4 3/8" up to 3/4" deep removing most of "The Ship" in title; V-chip at bottom of rear spine fold up to 1 7/8" deep and up to 1 3/4" deep removing all but the "E" in the publisher's name; squarish chip at bottom of front flap up to 1" wide and up to 1 1/8" deep; 1/4" rectangular chip near upper tip of front panel with 1" tear to corner; light chipping at corners. Reverse of DJ had clear tape reinforcement along much of folds and some of edges with no show-through on front. <br/> <br/> Frederick A. Stokes [Harrap] hardcover
196932779Holywood: Desilu Studios unpublished Circa 1969-1971. A reel of original black and white 16mm film containing a film print of the full footage of the blooper reels Roddenberry had assembled following seasons one and two of STAR TREK September 8 1966 to March 29 1968. Roughly fifteen minutes of black and white footage from film originally rescued from the cutting-room floor at Deslu Studios. On a contemporary 12.5 inch film spool and in a film can from the same period. The digital print is made from the actual film provided and is on modern "thumb-drive" media. Request for conversion to DVD. The celluloid film appears to be very well preserved there is no odor of acetate or evidence of brittleness associated with degraded film the actual projected images range from scene to scene but are as in virtually all known examples generally of fairly low quality. The history of the their creation and early distribution explains this. A VERY ENJOYABLE AND YET ALSO AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ITEM FROM THE MOST FAMOUS TELEVISION SCIENCE FICTION SERIES OF ALL TIME. STAR TREK has lived on to be a cultural phenomenon with an almost 60 year life comprised of twelve television series twelve major motion pictures and a countless array of books graphic novels parodies and various merchandise. In the history of modern Science Fiction only STAR WARS rivals its popularity.<br> The STAR TREK bloopers were also the first generally viewed or distributed films of their kind. In the decades since bloopers have become big business spawning a popular television series and commonly shown at the end of movies such as the Marvel film series and Dreamworks productions. But prior to STAR TREK unusable footage such as this was in virtually all cases simply discarded.<br> The making of the STAR TREK Blooper Reels began as a labor of love. Series creator Gene Roddenberry hand-assembled the first original reel from film scraps rescued from the cutting room floor of things such as goof-ups horseplay practical jokes etc. This first reel was made to show to the cast production staff and other studio personal at a 1966 Desilu Christmas party. It was a hit and he had a few copies made to give as gifts to the studio execs. At the conclusion of season one he created a second reel using film from reel one combined with additional new footage from the episodes produced after Christmas. Copies of this reel were also produced again as gifts to studio execs. Another reel was made using clips from season two.<br> STAR TREK was canceled in 1968 but knowing it had a broad base of mostly well educated fans the studio heavily promoted it for syndication. These afternoon "reruns" quickly gave the series a second life. Roddenberry began as early as 1969 going to colleges to give public speaking appearances and occasionally brought along his copies of the popular "bloopers". These appearances eventually led to the early S.T. conventions where Roddenberry would speak and often show his film reels. Eventually as the conventions grew in popularity copies were made from Roddenberry's copies for wider distribution. And occasionally copies of those copies were made to sell to the devoted fans. While the original broadcast episodes of the series were protected by copyright the editing room scraps were not. The conventions could show these as they pleased; and in fact the series owners by this time Paramount/Gulf Western encouraged it as free advertising for the franchise; they would later try to clamp down on this but the genie was already out of the bottle.<br> The distribution reels being made from Roddenberry's already well-loved and often-shown originals is what accounts for the generally poor audio and video to be found on the film. Fan complaints about the viewing quality go back as far as the early 1970s. No official effort to restore or market the bloopers has ever been made though parts of them showed up on unauthorized VHS anthologies in the 1980s and later on unauthorized DVDs.<br> The reel of film offered here contains the full season one reel combined with the full reel from season two making for just over 15 minutes of viewing pleasure. It is also an uncommon example as it was produced in black and white. The bloopers themselves provide a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse not only into STAR TREK but into the television industry of the era. They show us a typically good-natured group of fun and creative people who seem to be genuinely enjoying their work. Many of the scenes are physical mishaps such as tripping falling dropping things or walking into doors that happens a lot. Others are line flubs and slips of the tongue and many more are the cast of actors just goofing around horse-playing or pulling gags on one and other. Much of the activity is clearly from a different era and would be considered highly "workplace inappropriate" by today's standards! [Desilu Studios, unpublished] unknown
1956031865New York: Doubleday 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Stated First Edition. Black Boards Lettered In White. Hugo Award Winner 1956. First Edition Stated. Dust Jacket Is First Issue Bright Clean And Almost Unworn Not Price Clipped $2.95 With "The Long Tomorrow" On Rear Panel. A Fairly Clean Tight Ex-Library Copy. New Endpapers With Some Glue/Paper Traces A Little Wrinkling Where The Charge Slip Was Attached Page Edges Very Dusty Binding A Little Cracked At Page 30/31 With 1/4" Yellow Spots On A Few Pages. Dj Rear Panel Clean Except For Those Faint Tape Ghosts Spine With Small Chip At Top And Bottom And Blacked-Out Area At Bottom Flaps Clean And Complete. The 1" X 3/4" Area Of The Lower Spine Containing The Doubleday Sf Logo And Name Was Blacked Out To Cover A Tape Removal Scar; The Doubleday Symbol Has Been Restored But The Other Lettering And Design Including The Blue Title And Yellow Author's Name On The Spine Are Original And Are Not Unfaded. Dj Has A 1/2" Deep Narrow V-Chip At Top Rear Spine Edge Minor Restoration To Interior Tape Reinforcement At Head And Heel Of Spine And At Bottom 2" Of Rear Flap With Slight Show-Through Remaining On 3/4" X 2" Area Of Lower Right Rear Panel And A 3/4" X 2" Area Centered On The Rear Bottom Flap Fold. <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
1949021677Los Angeles: Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Original Program Red Covers With Black Printing. This Example With "E. E. E. " At The Top Apparently E. Everett Evans' Copy As He Participated In The Organization Of This Second Annual Convention With "Th' Ol' Foo" Added Below By Forrest Ackerman And This Being His Copy. Signed By Ray Bradbury And With His Own Caricature Marguerite Bradbury A E Van Vogt Arthur Joquel R. Dewitt Miller Eph Konigsberg Forrest Ackerman Bryce Walton William Rotsler Also With His Caricature Roy A Squires Kris Neville Henry Eichner Len Moffat Rick Sneary Walt Daugherty Jean Cox. And Several Dozen Other Members. With An Extra Cover Sheet. <br/> <br/> Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society unknown
1950008118London: Methuen 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. One Of 3 370 Copies Publisher Out-Of-Print In May 1953. 187 Pp. Purple Cloth Gilt. Signed Neatly By Philosopher And Science-Fiction Writer Stapledon Below His Name On The Title Page And Later Inscribed On The Front Endpaper From Golden Age Literary Agent Forrest J. Ackerman To His Client Golden Age Science Fiction Writer A. E. Van Vogt Winner Of The Retroactive Hugo For "Slan". Included Is Ackerman's Publicity Sheet For Stapledon One Page "The Philosopher Of Fantasy" Circa 1949 Mentioning That Stapledon's Next Book Would Be "A Man Divided" The Sheet Signed At Bottom For Me By Mr. Ackerman. Signed Copies From Stapledon Are Scarce Although Apparently Forrest Ackerman Brought A Number Of Signed Copies Of This Particular Book To America Before Stapledon's Death The Same Year. Ackerman Was A Great Fan Of Stapledon And Was Involved In Promoting His Trip To The Us. This Copy With A Little Rippling To Cloth On Rear Cover With Bleed Through Of The Red Color In A Strip 3/8" Wide Along Bottom And Foredge Of Rear Pastedown No Other Traces Of Damp. Dustjacket Is Unusually Complete With No Chipping Not Price-Clipped Just A 1/8" Closed Tear On Bottom Of Front Panel As Usual But Some Rubbing/Dustiness And Some Fading To Spine Although All Lettering Remains Quite Clear. <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover
1964035879London: George Allen And Unwin 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 92 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dj Not Price Clipped Minute Loss At Top Of Two Flap Folds No Foxing Bright And Clean Hint Of Fading To Spine Panel. <br/> <br/> George Allen And Unwin hardcover
1910010555Fawside House London: Eveleigh Nash 1910. Book. Illus. by W. Graham Robertson. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition same date 1910 title page and copyright page. vi 328 p. All eight W. Graham Robertson illustrated plates present the plate listed at p. 324 is at the frontis with tissue guard. The first appearance in print of THE WENDIGO which has been directly adapted into several films and TV episodes and influenced such writers as H.P. Lovecraft August Derleth and Stephen King. Very Good no jacket in original green cloth gilt lettering at spine a 2" tear to clothe at top front gutter the spine and top 1/2" rear cover uniformly sunned moderate toning at end papers prior owner name in ink front end page. A RARE book uncommon in current commerce with all eight plates present RBH locates a single copy in a 1965 auction ABSA shows no results. . Eveleigh Nash Hardcover
1967001982London: Dobson 1967 Papered boards with minor bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners faint age browning to closed edges DW under a plastic and paper sleeve unclipped with rubbing to the ends light age yellowing to the surface small split lower part of the lower joint no loss but some wear to DW 383pp an excellent first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Dobson hardcover
1886010143London: Longmans Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Three First Edition books bound in one volume consecutively Underwoods Chatto and Windus 1887; The Dynamiter Longmans Green & Co. 1885 and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Longmans Green & Co 1886. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards marbled end papers top edge gilt the bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library at front paste down. The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club established in 1883 and disbanded in 1979 that was closely aligned with the Conservative Party and at one time counted P.G. Wodehouse as a member. Very Good horizontal closed tear at p. 109 of The Dynamiter boards rubbed occasional widely scattered toning. xv 138 1 half-title 207 title 141 pp. Basis for every Dr. Jekyll movie. Longmans, Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus Hardcover
1919032176London: Elkin Mathews 1919. Third Edition stated . Cloth/Boards. Very Good/Very Good DJ. 94 Pp.Beige Cloth Over Tan Boards Lettered In Brown. Stated Third Edition Actually A Third Printing In Modern Terminology. A Near Fine Book Trace Of Rubbing At Tips Pages Partly Unopened Still Attached Along Top Edge. Full Page Inscription " For --- Since First I Brought To Birth These Dreams Of A Strange God Have We Not Seen Our Earth Grow Near As Odd Dunsany May 17 1948." . Foxing To Front And Rear Free Endpapers From Chemical Reaction With Binder's Glue1" Crack Near Center Of Gutter Between Endpapers. Pink Dj With Light Wear At Corners 1/8" Loss At Lower Right Corner Of Spine 1/2" Almost Closed Tear At Lower Left Corner Of Spine With Minute Loss Spine And Edges Slightly Browned To Pinkish-Beige Black Lettering All Strong No Creases. <br/> <br/> Elkin Mathews hardcover
2000010348New York: Knopf 2000. First American edition of book 3 of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy; A most acceptable copy; 518pp. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Knopf Hardcover
1955004488New York : Ballantine Books 1955 First printing of the first edition first state with the "BB" monogram on spine of book inverted red cloth with black lettering on spine 8vo 306pp. Preceded by a limited edition of 50 copies bound for the author. Signed by Ray Bradbury directly on the title page. Minor rubbing to board edge primarily to spine ends else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tanning to spine minor paper loss to spine ends lightly rubbed/soiled panels a few short close tears to top and bottom front cover and light paper loss primarily at spine ends else fine. Ballantine Books hardcover
1955024114New York: Doubleday 1955. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Beige Boards. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 222 Pp.Beige Boards Stamped In Red. Stated First Edition. Book Is Near New Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners Of Spine And Light Offsetting On Free Endpapers From Binder's Glue On Opposite Pages. Inscribed To A Early 1950'S Sf Fan Who Became Friendly With Brackett And Her Husband The Sf Writer Edmond Hamilton "For --------- With Many Thanks For Your Hospitality - Leigh Brackett". Books Signed By Brackett Are Rarely Encountered And This Personal Inscription Is Unusual Signed By The Author On A Visit To The Fan's House. Dj Not Price Clipped No Fading Or Soiling Touch Of Wear At Corners And Along Top Edge Of Spine Tiny Tear At Bottom Of Rear Spine Fold Minute Losses At Two Upper Tips 1.7 Cm Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel. Brackett Is Best Known For Co-Authoring The Screenplay Of The Big Sleep With William Faulkner; This Was Her Second Sf Novel. <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
1954036545New York: Frederick Fell 1954. First Edition . Orange Boards. Near Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 192 Pp. Bright Peach Boards Stamped In Black. First Printing. A Fine First Edition Rubbing To Orange Boards Only At Points At Corners Of Spine No Fading Or Marks. Dj Priced $2.75 Fine Slight Spine Fading Hint Of Rubbing At Corners. Inscribed To A Neighbor And Long Time Sf Fan "To ---- Best Wishes E Mayne Hull". Van Vogt Later Took Credit For Partial Authorship Of All The E Mayne Hull Work And Much Later Claimed Complete Credit For All Of The Sf Written Under Her Name And Published "Planets For Sale" In An Anthology Of His Own Stories- But That Claim May Not Be True Partial Authorship Appears To Be The More Probable Explanation. Copies Signed By Hull Are Very Scarce. <br/> <br/> Frederick Fell hardcover
1966024218New York: Doubleday 1966. First Edition stated . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. 190 Pp. Stated First Edition Code H-1 On P. 190. First Printing. Expanded Into A Novel By Van Vogt From A Short Story Officially But Highly Unlikely By His Wife E Mayne Hull. Trace Of Rubbing At Corners Of Book. Doubly Inscribed To A Long-Time Sf Fan By The Authors "For ----------- And --------------- With My Very Best Wishes - All The Luck And Good Fortune In The World Particularly Right Now - Van" And "I Add My Good Wishes To Van's - Affectionately Mayne". Dj Unworn Not Price-Clipped Fine. Van Vogt's Explanation Of Their Collaboration Was That She Had Written A Short Story Which He Greatly Expanded; Van Vogt Later Told His Second Wife That All Of Mayne's Work Was His Own; He Pasted Labels In His Own Copies Of Their Books To That Effect; And Said That He Wrote Under Her Name Only Because Astounding Had A Policy Of Publishing Only One Story By An Author In A Single Issue And He Got Around That By Using Her Name For A Second Story In The Same Issue. This Is All Murky; Friends Have Indicated That Mayne Had No Interest In Sf But It Is Not Implausible That She Would Be Writing During Van Vogt's Years Of Great Success Starting In The Mid 1940'S Given Her Education Background And Personality. . <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
1964010125New York: The Limited Editions Club 1964. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. # 615 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Joe Mugnaini at colophon page of both volumes. Fine books in a Near Fine slipcase spine and top edge of slipcase a bit soiled and spotted. Monthly Letter of the Club laid in the letter with creases. Lacking the fragile unprinted glassine jackets. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover
