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1977120621Garden City: Doubleday & Co. 1977. First edition first prnt. Introduction by Asomov. Signed by Asimov on the title page. Cloth spine ends just touched; dustjacket front flap fold lightly rubbed one corner touched and spine topedge with few tiny creases and light wear. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. An Asimov title not commonavailable signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover books
1982140938551Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1982. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a slight spine-fade and light foxing. A beautiful copy signed by the author. Doubleday & Company unknown books
198844605New York: Doubleday & Co 1988 . SECOND PRINTING. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Doubleday & Co hardcover books
1950158275Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first SF novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at spine ends and corner tips short closed tears with associated wrinkles at top and bottom edges of front panel and clipped price. #158275 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1950150093Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first SF novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. A fine copy in good dust jacket with wear at edges some rubbing to along folds and to front panel some tanning mostly internal but with some show through on rear panel and dust soiling to rear panel. #150093 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1950126805Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first sf novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. Corners very gently bumped some mild age-darkening to text pages a near fine copy in very good dust jacket with some wear and rubbing at edges surface scuff to lettering of "PEBBLE" on front panel and clipped price. #126805 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1952142670Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. ". an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series. A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 83. Boards a bit faded at edges edges rubbed a very good copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to spine ends and corners and hint of dust soiling to rear panel. A nice copy overall. #142670 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955170816006Garden City New York: Doubleday and Company Inc 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with red title stamping to spine. Near Fine with light stains to cloth offsetting to end sheets. In a Near Fine dust jacket with foxing along flap folds light wear along the top edge and light rubbing and toning to spine panel. First edition stated. Doubleday and Company, Inc hardcover books
1954125462Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1954. Octavo cloth. First edition. Third of the six David Starr novels. Review slip laid in. Indents and rust marks to front free endpaper and half title leaf from paperclip which once secured the review slip a near fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with shelf wear and mild chipping at upper spine end small closed tear at upper edge of front panel light rubbing at upper right corner longish closed tear and creasing to rear panel and some rubbing to upper rear panel. A respectable copy of an uncommon title. #125462 Doubleday & Company unknown books
198862853NY:: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0385239157 . Text by William Schwenck Gilbert. Second printing. SIGNED by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few small chips at the spine ends dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Hilary Knight.; 1056 pages . Doubleday, hardcover books
1966111863Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1966. Octavo cloth. First edition. 1966 Nebula nominee. Filmed in 1966 by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasance. This is a novelization of the screenplay by Harry Kleiner from the original story by Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 3-43. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some light wear to spine ends and edges of front panel. #111863 Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1952150091Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. ". an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series. A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 83. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to upper spine end and corners and hint of dust soiling to rear panel. A very nice copy overall. #150091 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1979132786Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title all distinct from the final lettering design used. <br/><br/>Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The Magician of Lublin" his credits include "Comanche!" 1956 "The Man with the Golden Arm" 1955 "The Seven Year Itch" 1955 "Carmen Jones" 1954 "Psycho" 1960 "The Birds" 1963 "In the Heat of the Night" 1967 and "Finian's Rainbow" 1969. In 2012 an exhibition of Adler's work was organized by noted typographer and design historian Jill Bell at the American Advertising Federation Kansas City. <br/><br/>At the turn of the Twentieth century a Jewish stage magician and con man whose career has been ruined by womanizing gets one more shot at the big time by attempting to pull off a never before seen trick. <br/><br/>Two leaves. First leaf: 19 x 18 inches. About Near Fine with creasing to the edges. Two designs executed in black ink on white paper with a holograph notation to the side in blue pencil. Second leaf: 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink on white paper. Near Fine with holograph annotations in blue pencil. Golan-Globus Productions unknown books
1911WRCAM53566Atlanta 1911. 285pp. including frontispiece and plates. Original grey cloth boards blind-stamped spine gilt. Front hinge cracked boards a bit soiled. Later ownership and gift inscriptions on front free endpaper several clippings and manuscript presentation card from the author's family laid in. Light tanning very good. "This narrative has been regarded by collectors as highly for its scarcity as for its content. It is well worth reading for its unvarnished description of soldier life and is of some special interest as a narrative by a Jewish immigrant who enlisted in a country Georgia regiment. Hermann served in the Cheat Mountain campaign in western Virginia at Fort McAllister near Savannah in Mississippi and in Hood's Tennessee campaign" - IN TALL COTTON. HOWES H436. IN TALL COTTON 89. NEVINS I p.103. DORNBUSCH II:239. hardcover books
1950212896New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1950. First edition in English. 611 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crimson and black cloth. Fine in almost fine unclipped dust jacket with one closed tear else a fine copy of Singer's first book. First edition in English. 611 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19671331506London: Cambridge University Press 1967-1971. First Edition first printing. Hardcover. 4 Quartos; VG/G Jackets; Green jacket spines with white and black lettering; 590 520 576 & 678 pages; Volume 1: 1664-1666; Volume 2: 1667-1669; Volume 3: 1670-1673; Volume 4; 1674-1684; Jackets on all volumes show wear and some tearing to the edges water damage to interior of jacket of volume four small chip on front of jacket of volume four all jackets have some toning now protected by mylar covers; Boards are straight with bumping at the corners; Previous owner's name inked on ffep of all volumes interiors slightly toned but free of other markings; Shelved above Lit Crit ; Note: Set is heavy please contact us for international or priority shipping. 1331506. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1950142710Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first SF novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing at edges mostly along top edge several small nicks and abrasions at upper edge of rear panel mild tanning to rear panel and orange lettering on spine panel mostly faded to white. #142710 Doubleday & Company unknown books
195081888Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first sf novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. Moderate dust soiling to top edge free endpapers show some offsetting a very good to near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with some light rubbing to edges corners and folds light shelf wear to head of spine panel small closed tear with crease at upper right corner and touch of fading to spine panel lettering. #81888 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955138654Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1955. Octavo cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 120. ". a complex thoughtful story of time travel time paradoxes and time police considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. Some age-darkening to endpapers mostly along gutter margins a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with internal tanning mostly to spine panel and along flap folds some shelf wear along top edge and several closed tears and associated creases along top edge of front panel. #138654 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1953129321London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1953. Octavo boards. First British edition. The first volume of the Foundation series awarded a special Hugo in 1966 for best all-time series. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-46. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II pp. 819-31. Fine light foxing to cut edges in a very good plus dust jacket very light rubbing to corners and edges some soiling and spotting to rear panel some spotting to spine panel front panel nice and bright. A very attractive copy of an uncommon edition of this title. #129321. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books
1952140904004New York: Gnome Press 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition First Printing. In first state binding with red binding and black nebula insignia on the front cover. Very Good in a Good first state dust jacket with price of $2.75 intact. Pages lightly age toned. Cloth shows edge wear and wear at spine ends. Light shelf lean. The dust jacket shows rubbing chipping and edge wear with loss at spine ends and splitting and loss to flap folds some of which has been repaired and strengthened with archival mending tissue from the verso. A nice copy presents well. Gnome Press hardcover books
1952155202Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. ". an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series. A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 83. Endpapers mildly tanned touch of fade to edges of boards a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild rubbing at edges. An attractive copy. #155202 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955142674Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1955. Octavo cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 120. ". a complex thoughtful story of time travel time paradoxes and time police considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards SFE online. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping along top and bottom edges a sticker stain to spine panel and a bit of age tanning but no show though on the outer surface. #142674 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1955142683Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1955. Octavo boards. First edition. Asimov's first collection of short fiction. Collects "The Martian Way" "Youth" a first contact story "The Deep" an amusing Earth invaded by aliens satire and "Sucker Bait" all written between 1952 and 1954. "Good traditional SF of the period." - Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-21. Most of the best of his short stories . were initially assembled in a series of impressive volumes including THE MARTIAN WAY AND OTHER STORIES 1955 EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH: SCIENCE FICTION TALES OF OUR OWN PLANET 1957 and NINE TOMORROWS: TALES OF THE NEAR FUTURE 1959. Just a hint of tanning to endpapers a fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and corners a bit of soiling to rear panel and faint sticker stain on front flap. A nice copy of a scarce book. #142683 Doubleday & Company unknown books
195100007892Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 12 13-218 2 pp. Navy cloth with light pink lettering on the spine. Price of $2.50 on front flap of jacket. Currey 19. A very attractive copy of this early Asimov science fiction novel and uncommon thus. Just about Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with a few traces of edge wear and moderate sunning to spine panel. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
