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Best.-Nr. 7605London: Hutchinson & Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket unclipped 7/6 net generally rubbed and with multiple chips closed tears creases and scuffs. Grey boards a dent matching the one on the jacket with black ink lettering on the spine. Bound with a slight forward lean and some reading wear foxed at the edges. Oliver's time-travelling novel that sees a man back in 50000 BC fighting for survival on the plains of the Ice Age. Hutchinson & Co hardcover books
1979Best.-Nr. 45247Boston: Gregg Press 1979. Near fine in near fine jacket. Scarce Gregg Press reprint edition of Symmes Chadwick Oliver's first novel. MISTS OF DAWN was originally published in 1952 as part of the Winston Juvenile Series of science fiction novels for young adults brought back into print by editors David G. Hartwell and L.W. Currey. All books in the series featured an authorial introduction discussing the scientific foundations of the story to follow; in MISTS OF DAWN a time-travel adventure Oliver provides a brief essay on "The Science of Man" with such subheadings as "How to travel in time" and "What is Anthropology" He regrets to inform the reader that there are no dinosaurs in this book. A beautiful copy of this uncommon edition. 8'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original pictorial dust jacket by Mike Symes. 208 pages. Light foxing and wear to top edge of text block and upper edge of jacket flaps. Gregg Press unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 15134MISTS OF DAWN Winston 1952 first edition pages tanning somewhat as usual else just about fine in a vg/vg dust-wrapper save for some rubbing to the front dust-wrapper panel and shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. The authors first book. Winston unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 26010052First edition stated. No jacket. Grey cloth boards are heavily soiled and stained with a large brown splash to top portion of front board. Shelfwear to edges corners bumped. Rubbing to joints. Heavy shelfwear to head and tail of spine with fraying starting. Interior heavily age-toned with some discoloration to great illustrated endpapers. Binding mostly tight but starting at a few signatures throughout. A loved but decent copy of the first edition. John C. Winston Company hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 11862Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co 1952. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Alex Schomburg. 1952 First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dust Jacket. Bumped corners. Some wearing on the covers and spine. Interior is unmarked. DJ Fair with wearing and some damage. 208p. John C. Winston Co hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 006590Gregg Press 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Mists of Dawn by Chad Oliver. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. Reprint hardcover first edition published in 1979 by Gregg Press. Book and jacket both in near fine condition. Gregg Press hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 094639Philadelphia PA: The John C. Winston Company 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208 pp. Tightly bound. Top corners are lightly bumped. Rounding at heel of spine. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by Alex Schomburg. End pages by Alex Schomburg. Jacket not price clipped with $2.00 price.The jacket is only "good" because there are chips and short tears to the edges and extremities. There is the typical age toning to the paper. First Edition / First Printing. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages referred to as signatures are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. The John C. Winston Company hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. mon0003920780John C Winston 1952T. hardcover. Good. . stated first. lacking dj. cover shows minor wear tear rubbing tanning bumped corners. minor writing on the ffep. pages tanned and clean. John C Winston hardcover
Best.-Nr. 083982520XNew. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 020246PA: John C. Winston 1952. Book. Illus. by Alex Schomburg. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has page toning thus very good. Dj has edgewear rear cover soiling with the $2 price present. . John C. Winston Hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 11139Philadelphia: John C Winston 1952. First edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Alex Schomburg. Philadelphia: John C Winston: 1952. First edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket 208 pp. Cover artwork by: Alex Schomburg A clean straight and tight copy with lightly dusted head in complete jacket with modest edgewear and with two small about one-quarter inch chips at fold of front panel. John C Winston hardcover
Best.-Nr. 031855Philadelphia; 1952: John C. Winston Company. First Edition. Octavo. Chad Oliver's first book marvelous classic with jacket and endpaper designs by Alex Schomburg. "Collision with the controls of a space time machine traps a twentieth century youth in the terrifying days at the dawn of civilization when half human Neanderthals prowled the plains in deadly packs". A very good sharp cornered copy bound in gray cloth spine lettering brown in the original unclipped pictorial dust jacket rubbed and chipped. Anatomy of wonder II 632. John C. Winston Company unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 68426E-281: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The John C. Winston Company Philadelphia PA. 1958. Xvi 208 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Alex Schomburg designed DJ has shelf-wear present DJ is chipped and worn. Bound in grey cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A 17-year-old makes an unplanned trip through space and time to Europe 50000 years ago where Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man engage in conflict for survival. EB; 208 pages . John C. Winston hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 61183Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1952. 8vo. xv 1 208 pp. Illust. endpapers showing robots flying saucers and spacesuits & rockets by Schomburg. Gray publisher’s cloth black lettering uniform interior toning as usual offsetting at gutter margin w/ d.j. vivid cover art of time machine portal in prehistoric 50000 B.C. by Alex Schomburg chipping head & foot of spine edgewear creasing some slight scuffing price-clipped still VG/G copy. First edition stated of this Winston Science Fiction title and anthropologist Chad Oliver’s first work set against the backdrop of 17-year-old Mark returned to 50000 B.C. and the battles between Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon peoples. John C. Winston Co., hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 66058C2a: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The John C. Winston Company Philadelphia PA. 1958. Xvi 208 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Alex Schomburg designed DJ has shelf-wear present DJ is lightly chipped and worn. Bound in grey cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A 17-year-old makes an unplanned trip through space and time to Europe 50000 years ago where Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man engage in conflict for survival. The Winston Science Fiction set comprises 35 science fiction juvenile novels by famous science fiction authors such as Poul Anderson Arthur C. Clarke Ben Bova and Lester del Rey one anthology and one non-fiction book Rockets through Space: The Story of Man's Preparations to Explore the Universe by del Rey which details the factual science and technology of rocket flight. The set was published by The John C. Winston Company between 1952 and 1960 then by Holt Rinehart & Winston until 1961. The dust jackets feature classic science fiction illustrations by artists like Hugo Award winners Ed Emshwiller and Virgil Finlay along with Hugo nominees like Mel Hunter and Alex Schomburg. ; 208 pages . John C. Winston hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. Q-083982520XGregg Press 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Gregg Press hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 45247Boston: Gregg Press 1979. Near fine in near fine jacket. Scarce Gregg Press reprint edition of Symmes Chadwick Oliver's first novel. MISTS OF DAWN was originally published in 1952 as part of the Winston Juvenile Series of science fiction novels for young adults brought back into print by editors David G. Hartwell and L.W. Currey. All books in the series featured an authorial introduction discussing the scientific foundations of the story to follow; in MISTS OF DAWN a time-travel adventure Oliver provides a brief essay on "The Science of Man" with such subheadings as "How to travel in time" and "What is Anthropology" He regrets to inform the reader that there are no dinosaurs in this book. A beautiful copy of this uncommon edition. 8'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original pictorial dust jacket by Mike Symes. 208 pages. Light foxing and wear to top edge of text block and upper edge of jacket flaps. Gregg Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 083982520X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 15134MISTS OF DAWN Winston 1952 first edition pages tanning somewhat as usual else just about fine in a vg/vg dust-wrapper save for some rubbing to the front dust-wrapper panel and shallow chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. The authors first book. Winston unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 318013Winston 1953 first edition . Fine book fine jacket some bumping trace of spine fading Winston unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 18408London: Hutchinson & Co 1950 First UK Hardcover Edition cr.8vo 240pp 1950 VG original teal cloth slightly soiled spine slightly sunned illustrated end-papers rear page almost loose otherwise internally very clean throughout. London: Hutchinson & Co 1950 First UK Hardcover Edition cr.8vo 240pp hardcover
1962Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques 1962. In-4 carré, sous jaquette illustrée rempliée de 375 pages. Bibliographie. Cartes hors texte, planches couleurs, planches photos et figures dans le texte. Publié par les soins de Henri J Hugot. Préface de L Balout. Quelques passages soulignés au crayon de papier. Petite déchirure sans manque sur le haut de la jaquette. Bon état
Best.-Nr. 747Arts et metiers graphiques , trés bon état , jaquette défraichie , 1962 , 375 p , Documents scientifiques
Best.-Nr. PHO-809Paris, Masson, 1902, fort in-8, 11-829 pp., cartonnage illustré de l’éditeur, carte dépliante en fin d’ouvrage., nombreuses illustrations. et photos in-t., tête dorée , belle reliure de Engel
1953Best.-Nr. 10667MISSION OF GRAVITY in Astounding Science Fiction for August through October 1953 Street & Smith first edition 4 volumes complete some light chipping to the base of the spines of 3 volumes else vg in full color pictorial wraps. The true first printing of this novel. Also contains original contributions by John W. Campbell Chad Oliver Alan E. Nourse A. J. Budrys Robert Sheckley Frank M. Robinson Philip K. Dick IMPOSTER Poul Anderson Mark Clifton et.al. Astounding Science Fiction / Street & Smith paperback books