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1947Best.-Nr. 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
1946Best.-Nr. 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
1956Best.-Nr. 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
1914Best.-Nr. 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
1898Best.-Nr. 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
1951Best.-Nr. 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