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195035453New York: Greenburg 1950. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of the revised and enlarged edition of the 1935 novel. Light wear to tips and soling to endpapers else fine in lightly chipped price-clipped Hannes Bok illustrated dj. No previous owner's marks. Greenburg hardcover
190143425NY: J. F. Taylor & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed especially at spine corners . worn front hinge tender foxing to leaves surrounding frontispiece. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Original navy decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Black and white illustrations by Bernard J. Rosemeyer and Chauncey Gale. 327pp 16pp of publishers ads. A lost race novel purporting to be an explorers account of an expedition to Antarctica and the South Pole. Signed by Albert Bigelow Paine on the title page. Further inscribed on the front free endpaper To A Scientist but not the scientist. From The Author. Stamp on front pastedown notes From Edward F. Bigelow Stamford Conn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. F. Taylor & Company hardcover
196361407New York: Avalon Books Thomas Bouregy & Co. Inc. 1963. 8vo. 192 pp. Beige-yellow cloth black lettering on spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Ed Emshwiller minor dustsoiling slight rubbing still VG/VG copy. First edition of this rare Avalon Science Fiction title of this menacing science fiction/horror novel with possible alien ghosts seances and truth of life beyond. Holly 1932-1982 was a noted Lansing Michigan science fiction author who also published short stories and even a title in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series. Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy & Co., Inc., hardcover
1975049238Baltimore MD: Smoloskyp 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163pp. Yellow boards with blue lettering to cover and spine. No edgewear to covers or spine bumping to bottom front corner. Illustrated DJ clean and without wear. Ukrainian language collection of science fiction stories by the famous Ukrainian dissident Oles Berdnyk 1926-2003. A reprint of the original Samvydav Samizdat publications from the Soviet Ukraine. Volume 18 from the series Biblioteka Smoloskypa <br/> <br/> Smoloskyp hardcover
1972004501London: Victor Gollancz 1972 First printing of the British edition. Book with faint toning to top edge of boards slight crimping to spine ends and a tiny bump/crimp to upper front corner else in fine condition; dust jacket with minor creasing primarily at spine ends and upper corner else fine. A Lovely copy! Victor Gollancz 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
1927003994New York: Houghton Mifflin 1927. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/4" High. 131 Pp. First Edition. Clean And Unmarked Pages. Green Cloth Stamped In Black. No Inscriptions No Foxing. Silk Ribbon Bookmark Attached. Illustrated Endpapers. Dj With Fine Color Illustration Not Price-Clipped $2.00 And In A Protective Plastic Cover. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket With Just Traces Of Rubbing At Corners. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1911018149Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Fair. Front Endpaper Lacking; 3 Pp Of Ads Blank Verso; Half Title With Printed Quotation From By The Fireside On Verso; Title Verso Blank; Dedication Page With Publishing History Of These Stories Two First Published Here; Contents Verso Blank; 1 2-306; 64 P Blackwood's Catalogue At Rear. Edmund Candler 1874-1926 Was An English Journalist Novelist Educator And Served For Two Years As Director Of Publicity For The Government Of The Punjab 1919-1921 Until Retiring To England. Candler Was An Acquaintance Of E M Forster In India. Candler Was Also A Long Time Correspondent And Friend Of Joseph Conrad; In October 1918 He Wrote To His Brother Henry Candler "I Lunched With Conrad Yesterday. He Is A Real Friend. He Knows And Remembers Every Story In 'The General Plan.' !" His Second Novel Abdication 1922 Was Praised In The Edinburgh Review As One Of Two Novels Published That Year That Opened Up A New Era Of Anglo-Indian Literature The Other Being A Passage To India By E M Forster. This Copy With Ownership Information On Title Page Dated 1935 In Paris Of Kermit Roosevelt Grandson Of President Theodore Roosevelt And Famous In His Own Right For His Role In The Oss Including Leading Operations To Overthrow Mossadegh In Iran In 1953 . Contents Clean But Binding Quite Worn; Spine Is Re-Backed It Was Browned And The Left 1/3 Detached But Present With Some Loss Including Left Half Of Publisher's Name At Foot. However The Book Itself Has Become Scarce Possibly Being Bought Up And Destroyed; I Have Not Been Able To Identify Any Reprints. <br/> <br/> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1931IN33London: Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1931. blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 302pp 2 page catalog. In Blieler. Future war. Spine sunned; cloth stained; name on ffep. Otherwise solid and truly scarce. Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press Hardcover
1963016574NY Ace 1963 F-251 1963. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. Some light wear one light cover reading crease tiny chipm at bottom of spine bookseller's stamp on first page. <br/> <br/> NY Ace 1963 F-251 unknown
1955024128New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition . Light Blue Boards. Fine/Fine Dustjacket. A Fine Book No Wear At All. Dust Jacket Also Fine Not Price Clipped No Wear No Tears No Dust. The Book Was Enclosed In Heavy Plastic Wrap Protecting The Dust Jacket And Boards Hence No Wear At All But Tape Across The Folds Of The Protector Has Left Two Offset Foxing Marks Not Adhesive Stains On The Free Endpapers. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
194634496New York: New Collectors Group 1946. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Bok Hannes. 4to full black cloth stamped in bright unblemished gilt. One of 1000 numbered copies this one unnumbered combining Merrritt's the Fox Woman with Bok's The Blue Pagoda both illustrated in b&w by Bok. Fine in fine original unprinted dj no previous owner's marks. New Collectors Group hardcover
1948001239Sauk City Wisconsin: Arkham House 1948. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Bottom edge a bit shelf-rubbed. Dustjacket has a few small closed edge tears. One of 3000 copies printed. Ronald Clyne dustjacket art. Arkham House Hardcover
1988012412Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1988. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Full leather with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. 236 pages. Introduction by Ben Bova. Color frontispiece by Vincent DiFate. Has one minor bump to front board. A clean attractive copy. Collector's Notes laid in. <br/> <br/> The Easton Press hardcover
1904000225London: MacMillan 1904 true first as colonial preceeds Uk edition. Blue cloth with embossed vignette about gilt title on upper board. Gilt titled spine. Boards soiled and rubbed to edges with splitting to spine joints and chipping to cloth at head and tail corners rubbed through to boards. Could look reasonable with repair to cloth but may be better as a rebound copy. Text block is fully detached from boards lacks prelims upto half title. ex-library stamps to paste downs and half-title. Some foxing and/or soiling throughout. Text block is loose on sewing and some pages are separated and detached. Rear free endpaper has peice from top corner missing and former owners ink name dated may 1919 this is repeated on the rear pastedown i-viii 3 -317 1 unpaginated leaf advertising HG Wells and also Popular Works Thomas Hardy followed by 8 page catalogue of MacMillans Colonial Library with the code CL.30.7.04 at the foot. With competent repairs and rebinding would look good enough but the pages are a bit unsightly unless you defox them. Scarce true first edition of one of Wells science fiction classics. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. MacMillan hardcover
1904000740London: Macmillan & Company 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Vii 317 2 Pp Catalog Not Numbered 61 Pp Catalog Dated 20.7.4. First Edition First Issue. With Ads Dated 20.7.04 Green Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind T.E.G. Front Panel Including Gilt Bright And Clean But Spine A Little Faded And Worn At Ends "Macmillan" Is Difficult To Read Gilt Title And Author's Name Are Weak But Clear Some Wear At Corners A Few Points Beginning To Fray At Top/Bottom Of Spine 1/8" Split At Top Of Spine. Small Morocco Bookstore Label Of R. L. Goulden Canterbury On Front Pastedown <br/> <br/> Macmillan & Company hardcover
1990021655London : Victor Gollancz 1990 First printing of the first British edition. Signed by Ian Watson directly on title-page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Victor Gollancz hardcover
1908IN31Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing May 1908 Light gray-green cloth with lettering in cream on front and spine and decoraions in blue and cream; 340pp 6 page publisher's catalog. In Hubin. Foredge corners bumped and edges show a little wear; owner's marks on ffep. A scarce mystery. Little, Brown and Co. Hardcover
1978041551New York NY USA: A Wallaby Book / Pocket Books 1978. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good . Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 192pp 1 glossary. Illustrated by Jack Katz. Colour illustrated wrap is clean showing light handling soft diagonal creasing to bottom front corner. Binding square and not creased. Originally published as a 24-issue serial by Comics & Comix Co. from 1974 to 1977. Folio - 33 x 23cm. <br/> <br/> A Wallaby Book / Pocket Books paperback
198917100098Hutchinson UK 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 122 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson UK 1989. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0099654903. ISBN/EAN: 9780099654902. Inventory No: 17100098. 9780099654902 Hutchinson paperback
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
1979012162New York: Simon and Schuster 1979 first edition of her second work VG/VG short nicks to edge of DW spine ends a little light spine fade to DWlight dust soiling to top edge otherwise VG copy unclipped with a light crease to the front fold in flap and with full sequence of 12345678910 on copyright page. 571pp nicely produced book. . First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1928biblio6360<p>First edition first printing of the second full length novel by this author. A stand alone sci fi novel. Light edge wear and light rubbing to the front board. No dust jacket. In very good condition.</p> Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
1991VF03Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 1991. Book. Illus. by Dameron Ned. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. 1st printing1991 Cover art and interiors by Ned Dameron who has signed a tipped-in limitation page; burgandy textured box. Donald M. Grant Hardcover
1951034970New York: Harper & Brothers 1951. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Xiii199 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First American Edition "First Edition" Stated On Copyright Page. Signed By Clarke On The Title Page. Near Fine Very Clean And Bright Gilt Brilliant Slight Rubbing At Corners. Very Faint Dampstain 1/2" Deep At Foredges Of Pastedowns And Free Endpapers And 1/4" Deep At Top Half Of Foredge Of Blank Side Of Frontispiece. No Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
