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1956réf. 031865New 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. Doubleday hardcover
1959réf. 621295London: 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
1923réf. 026234New 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. Frederick A. Stokes [Harrap] hardcover
1950réf. 006352New 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. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown
1935réf. 018864London: 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. London: Methuen, 1935 hardcover
1964réf. 035879London: 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. George Allen And Unwin hardcover
1947réf. 018934Sauk 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. Arkham House hardcover
1946réf. 024513Los 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. 4th World Science Fiction Convention Society unknown
1956réf. 022816New 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. Ballantine Books hardcover
1914réf. 023570New 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. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1898réf. 5498The first Russian translations of the novel. This Russian translation was issued in the same year as the first edition of 'The War of the Worlds' was published. The translation appeared in the magazine 'Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury Iskusstva i Nauki' '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. According to some sources the translator might have been Konstantin Tolstoi 1842-1913 a doctor and publicist known for his attempt to translate Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Later that same year another Russian translation of the novel was released. Novyi Zhurnal Inostrannoi Literatury hardcover
1951réf. 006743New 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