1970. No Edition Remarks. 263 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.
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Seller: Pink Casa Antiques, Frankfort, KY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, foxing on upper page edges, shelf and edge wear, cocked, corners bumped, dust jacket has fading, tanning, wear and edge chipping, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders. Seller Inventory # 101572
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0870000624I5N00
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 7 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with light wear, spine sunned and titles worn. Binding tight. PO's sticker on ffep. Books. Stax. Seller Inventory # 32680
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. A very good copy with a little spine slant in a very good DJ with light surface rubbing, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #147. Seller Inventory # 022191
Seller: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; Illustrated, some in color. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 263 pages. Seller Inventory # 32522
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
[0-87000-062-4] 1970, 1st edition. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 263pp. 8vo. First edition. Orange cloth boards with black imprint to front and black title to spine. The first book to recognize comic books as a serious field of collectables. The classic history of comic books as described throught the essays of Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Ted white, Don Thompson, Ron Goulart, Richard Ellington, Dick Lupoff, Bill Blackbeard, Tom Fagan, Jim Harmon, and Chris Steinbrunner. There are 16 pages of full colour reproductions of classic Golden Age comic covers, as well as B / W illustrations. Corners lightly bumped and there is a light marking to the front free endpaper; else is clean, bright and solid. Seller Inventory # 124981
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket lightly tanned, some wear and chipping on edges. Clean and unmarked inside with good binding. One bump to bottom edge of back board. Seller Inventory # 1133413
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). Octavo with red boards, printed titles to spine; 263 pp. illustrations (some color), 24 cm. Richard Allen "Dick" Lupoff is an American science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor and satire. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he has also edited science-fantasy anthologies. He is an expert on the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1970 he worked in the computer industry. Very Good(+), boards are smooth and clean, corners sharp, very slight bumps to top and tail of spine; pages crisp, no markings, tears, or wrinkling present; dust jacket shows mild rubbing to corners, else pictorials remain intact First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Seller Inventory # 105261
Seller: Neutral Balloon Books, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Pages look free of highlighting and underlining. Foxing to a couple pages and the top of the text block. Dust jacket has some small tears and foxing. DJ has been custom fitted with an archival wrap. Seller Inventory # 081025015
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 263p. A hardcover book in good condition with a very good dustjacket. Smoky smell inside and foxing on top foredge; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly sunfaded and mildly edgeworn, with a small closed tear at the bottom of the rear flap fold, but is otherwise intact. An inside look at the creation of beloved comic book superheroes and the artists and publishers who brought them to life. Seller Inventory # 181420