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1921021911Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1921. SEE PHOTOS. Fair condition with considerable soiling to the original green cloth binding. Some cover rubbing but only a little fraying. Inner hinge cracks neatly reglued and holding firm. Some pages show brown spots/discoloration but remain easily legible. Spine NOT faded. NO owner's name or bookplate. Some ink notes on the 3 page publisher's catalog at the end. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. "Published October 1921" on the copyright page. "M.A. Donohue & Co. Printers and Binders Chicago" at base of copyright page. Complete with all 5 plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. The plates are Very Good with only a little foxing at the edges of the last plate. This is the first book appearance of the complete text. This book is noticeably taller than most other ERB first editions being 7-7/8" in height as called for by Heins compared to the standard 7-1/2". Said to be one of ERB's personal favorites. ERB is quoted as having said he thought it was one of his best novels. Zeuschner 359. Heins M #1 page 156. Currey p. 90. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fair condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by St. John J. Allen. 8vo. xii 414pp 3 page catalog. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. C. McClurg & Co Hardcover
1905D1322NY: Doubleday Page & Co. 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1905. Rust cloth with color pictorial pastedown on front cover; 293pp; Illustrated. "One of the many outgrowths of Mortimer Prince's studies of dissociated or multiple personality. . .Bleiler; Science-Fiction The Early Years: #1045." "Science fiction: An electrical experiment changes a person's personality" Locke; Spectrum I p. 105. Unusually bright & crisp copy. Doubleday, Page & Co. Hardcover
1943029954New York: Doubleday Doran 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good DJ. 485 Pp.Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt. First Edition Stated. Well-Collected Edition Of Fanciful And Fantastic Tales. Book With Slight Wear No Fraying Previous Owner's Signature And 1943 Date On P. 3. Dj Not Price Clipped $3.00 Wear With Small Tears And Losses At Edges With Some Interior Tape Reinforcement. <br/> <br/> Doubleday Doran hardcover
1967013151London: Dobson 1967 Papered boards with tape residue from where DW sleeve was held down fep has library cancels stamps binding showing between Books By Heinlein and title pages copyright page has cancelled stamps and library acquisition numbers etc the ghost of these show through onto the title some internal marking to pages the worst being two leaves with some light transparent blue spots a few pages slightly damp rippled but no watermarking or staining foot of final text page has library cancels as does one other text page book boards lightly rubbed to edges and with white shelf mark to spine DW is price clipped with rubbing to the ends some chipping with loss to the spine head loses R of Robert and T of The from title black shelf mark to the spine a little water mark at the head of spine 383pp a good first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works offered as a binding copy or a cheaper one to fill out the collection scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Ex-Library. Dobson 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
1962004903New York: Canaveral Press 1962 First printing of the first Canaveral Press edition. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Canaveral Press hardcover
199736171ABLondon, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. 18 cm, 480 pages, Taschenbuch. 2nd Edition Kanten und Ecken berieben, recht gut erhalten. Voyager.
1952036542New York: Gnome Press 1952. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj By Ric Binkley. 223 Pp. First Binding Of Blue Boards One Of 3000 Printed. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket. Book Clean And Square Light Rubbing At Corners.Incribed To A Friend And Fan "My Very Best Personal Wishes A E Van Vogt" With The Recipient's Ownership Name And Date May 1953 Above He Was A 1950'S Sf Fan And Later A Neighbor Of Van Vogt. Dust Jacket Priced $2.75 Light Wear At Corners. <br/> <br/> Gnome Press hardcover
196661409New York: Avalon Books Thomas Bouregy & Co. Inc. 1966. 8vo. 192 pp. Tan publisher’s cloth black lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Gray Morrow slight rubbing very minor sunning to spine still a NF/VG copy. First edition of this scarce Avalon Science Fiction title of this science fiction/detective investigation into millions of kidnapped humans on an alien world. 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
195835611London: Michael Joseph 1958. 1st ed. Hardcover. 3rd ptg. 8vo full black cloth a nice tight copy of the classic no dj or previous owner's remarks. Michael Joseph hardcover
1968005213London: Leslie Frewin 1968 unclipped dust jacket shows dust soiling to edges where publisher's lamination did not extend to the very edge of the wrapper book closed edges foxed some heavy pencil ghosts to fep 255pp collects 18 vampire tales ancient and modern as well as a factual piece by Montague Summers on Fritz Haarmann 'The Hanover Vampire'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Leslie Frewin hardcover
1998002125London: Headline 1998 near fine in same DW unclipped no tears or inscriptions just a little light creasing to extreme edges of DW 438pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Headline hardcover
191734789New York: McClurg 1917. 1st US edition. Coll Joseph Clement. 8vo full green cloth stamped in dulled gilt an early tale of waking up in a grim future society. With 8 line illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll four of them double spage spreads. Mildly cocked with an ink ed name and brief review "more or less rot" on the front free endpaper. McClurg unknown
1920MSC430NY: James A. McCann Co. 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st printing 1920. Burgundy cloth lettered in white on fronty and spine. Bleiler; 'Checklist'. James A. McCann Co. 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
2000012414Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 2000. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Joseph Mugnaini. Full burgundy leather with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. 291 pages. Introduction by Damon Knight. Illustrated. Blank Easton Press bookplate tipped in. Signed by the author. A clean attractive copy. Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid in. <br/> <br/> The Easton Press hardcover
1953540974London: The Science Fiction Book Club 1953. Hard cover in very good condition. No jacket. This edition was published by the Science Fiction Club for sale exclusively to its members. Minor rubbing and marks to boards with small tear and crease mid-spine. Corners slightly bumped. Page block is tanned leading into page edges. Leaves are tightly bound and content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. The Science Fiction Book Club Hardcover
1999001075Toronto Ontario: Doubleday Canada 1999. Trade Paperback. Like New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pristine copy of the Canadian printing. Taller of the two printings. No spine creases; bright crisp cover colors. The final novel in David Wingrove's brilliant epic. "The Great Experiment has failed. The Ten Thousand Year Empire of the Han has lasted less than two centuries and now not a single stack remains of the great city of ice that once covered the habitable earth. Eurpie is Devore's America is a brutal dictatorship while the rest of the globe groans beneath the rule of callous warlods." from the back cover. Pictures available upon request. <br/> <br/> Doubleday Canada paperback
1983024219San Francisco California: California Book Auction Galleries 1983. Signed by Mark Marlow on the limitation page. FINE condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. California Book Auction Galleries Auction Sale #193. 1983. First Edition. Scarce casebound issue. Limited to 100 numbered copies this being #27. 104 illustrations mostly of dust jackets. Perhaps 1200 descriptive entries in 906 lots. Includes complete or extensive collections of Heinlein Clarke Asimov Tolkien Le Guin Vance Arkham House etc. Prices realized inserted in a pocket at the rear. A valuable source of much uncommon bibliographical data. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Signed by Mark Marlow. First Edition Limited 100 copies. Hardcover. FINE condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 110pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. California Book Auction Galleries Hardcover
1977539492London: Dobson Books Ltd 1977. First UK and hardcover edition with clipped dust jacket designed by Richard Weaver in very good condition. Some shelf wear to the jacket and page block. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Dobson Books Ltd Hardcover
1975036555London: Sidgqick & Jackson 1975. First Hardcover Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 159 Mpp. Blue Boards Stamped In Silver. Near Fine Book No Wear No Foxing But Slight Bumping To Top Of Spine. Dust Jacket Near Fine Very Slight Fading To Orange Background Color On Spine Slight Bumping At Top Of Spine Touch Of Wear To Upper Rear Tip. Inscribed By The Author To A Friend Neighbor And Long Time Sf Fan And Dated In 1989. <br/> <br/> Sidgqick & Jackson hardcover
19743345ABLondon, Coronet Books, 1974. 18 cm, 174 pages, Paperback. used condition with some signs of use, nevertheless still a good copy to read.
1958005003New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958 First printing of the stated first edition. Publisher's quarter black cloth over blue cloth boards with publisher's monogram in silver on the front cover and silver-lettered spine twenty-four illustrations within text and twenty-four illustrated plates.205pp. with index. Book with age-toning along margins of endpapers chip/tear to bottom half-title page short vertical indentation mark at bottom page to first 15pp. else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some rubbing and mild edge wear else fine. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
1922DEMO007523IChicago: P.F. Volland 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12 color plts by the Author. Small 4to 157 pages pictorial blue boards. rebacked with original spine laid down map endpapers. <br/><br/>Wondrous story with a lemonade spring a rubber river molasses candy bog with Mr. Tiptoe Jingles the Magician the Faun Boys. 12 color plates by Gruelle. "With Sundry and Mundry Illustrations by the Author". P.F. Volland hardcover
1929027182Annapolis: U S Naval Academy 1929. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good . 4 Color Plates By Andrew Wyeth b/w Photos Throughout. 534 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind Top Edge Gilt Illustrated Endpapers. Four Color Plates After Wyeth With Glassine Guards. Clean Hinges Intact No Names Or Marks Small "Mother" Printed In Gilt At Lower Right Of Front Cover. <br/> <br/> U S Naval Academy hardcover