Eric Temple Bell Pseudonym John Taine (27 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Ed Emshwiller (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback. Spine tilt, spine and cover creases, 1 inch front and back cover tears, edgewear, small label scuff, a fair but solid and complete reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Edition. E.P. Dutton of this era didn't mark 1st edition as such, but would on following edition. This copyright page bears no edition mark, so follows that this is a first. Green flame DJ is worn with numerous chips. However, it comes with 2 additional DJ's. A facsimile of the 1st edition DJ, and a VG copy of a later cover art. Age toned pages. First several pages have a rip at thetop.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mild wear to book and dustjacket. Price clipped.; First published in 1928. By E. P. Dutton. An uncommon issue of this book. In an FPCI dust jacket which is price-clipped and has "BOOK CLUB EDITION" rubber-stamped at lower edge of front flap.; 313 pages.

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears at edges. (#175023).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original Price $3.00, Green cloth with gilt lettering and salmon end papers; with a dust jacket with art by Crozetti in red and yellow, with a bit of wear to the top of the spine; Now protected with an added clear mylar dust jacket wrap.

cat40a (illustrator). NY: Dutton, (1927). First edition. Orange cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. A bit of dust soilng, moderate edge wear, a small stain to the fore-edge affecting the first 50 pages; in general a bright very good copy. Small ownership sticker in the front. Also seen in green cloth, no known priority.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-313 [314: blank], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained green. First edition. Development of atomic power in 1990 threatens the destruction of the universe. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-62 and (2004) II-1117. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2153. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 742. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 210. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 190. Reginald 13965. Early owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Green lettering on spine panel faded to white, else a very good copy. (#175021).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. inscribed and number 430 of 500 copies. CLEAN near fine 1947 hardcover with good dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The photos in the listing are of the actual book you will receive. Foxing to end papers, light toning to pages, binding slightly shaken, light wear, in jacket with large chips to rear panel, a 3 inch triangular chip at bottom and a 1.5 inch triangular chip at top edge. A 5 inch by 1/2 inch chip that starts on the rear panel and runs across the spine to the front panel. A 1 inch square chip to the heel of the spine. Small chips to all corners. Overall light rubbing and soiling. See photos clphE.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-451 [452-458: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge not stained, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. The author's second SF novel. Discovery of a process to extract gold from sea water and its consequences. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2151. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 745. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 211. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 13968. A tight, clean, very good copy. (#175022).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. In 333. Tiny inked price at upper right corner of front free endpaper, a fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with hint of wear at head of spine panel and upper front corner tip and minor rubbing to black background ink on spine panel. An attractive copy. (#87281).

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#157851).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. A first edition of this scarce science fiction novel by a Caltech math professor writing under a pseudonym. Hardcover in dust jacket, with price intact on rear flap. Book is clean and crisp in blue cloth boards with a claw embossed in the corner, and title and author in yellow on spine. Light wear to spine ends. Tan dust jacket has chips along top edge and loss at top of spine but presents well nonetheless. "A narrative of the revelations of the Langtry televisor concerning the frightful terrestrial upheavals and the losing struggle for existence of the great saurians, by an eye-witness of those stirring events." Described as "a literary fable having a scientific warp but a fictitious weft." The publisher specialized in books on science. 8vo. 247 pp. In protective Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Presentation Copy. Inside rear panel of dustjacket is separated - all are protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Signed presentation copy to Bill Hotchkiss, stating: "This brief history of the world as his father knew it - to be read at the age of 102." Scarce First Edition, Presentation Copy, Signed by author copy, in this condition and with a dustjacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; Signed by Author.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1000 copies were printed but only 500 were bound, many of which were ruined by a rainstorm. One of Bell's earliest works of speculative fiction, written ten years before it was published as a three-part serial in WONDER STORIES, December 1931 - February 1932. A complex novel of time travel, "one of the best SF novels of its period; the difficulty Bell had in getting it into print . is illustrative of the inhospitality of the contemporary marketplace to intellectually guided speculation." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1119. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-107; (1987) 2-118; (1995) 2-118; and (2004) II-1119. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. In 333. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 215. Donald A. Wollheim ink-stamp on rear free endpaper, touch of asphaltic residue from old dust jacket protector at bottom edges of front and rear free endpapers, else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket with age-darkening to spine panel, several closed tears, tiny chip from upper front corner tip, and some dust soiling, mainly to spine panel and along flap folds. (#72959).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bell with a brief inscription to Edward Flower. In 333. A fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with light wear at upper spine end and tiny nick to front panel at spine fold. An attractive copy. (#72454). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. Some foxing to edges of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#72455). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. Medical science fiction. Not one of the author's better works, according to Anthony Boucher. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 9 mm closed tear at top edge of front panel. (#134797). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. This copy inscribed to Hugh F. Henry. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#89591). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. This copy inscribed to Hugh F. Henry. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#89592). Signed.

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v [vi] [1-3] 4-258 [259-264: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. "Generally considered one of John Taine's better novels." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2154. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1116. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 741. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 190. Reginald 13964. A fine, bright copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (designed by Jack Perkins), with wear along top and bottom edges and chipping along top edges of spine and rear panels, including an 18x15 mm chip from top edge of rear panel, and small abrasions on spine panel and on front panel. (#163194).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bell. This copy is personalized to Parker Wheat, M.D., whose bookplate is affixed to the verso of the front free endpaper, In 333. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light rubbing at edges to black background ink. (#154925). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#134798). Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. RARE signed book on numerology by famous mathematician and author Eric Temple Bell (haven't seen a signed copy of this ever come up for sale before) known by the pseudonym John Taine for his science fiction novels. Flat signed by author on the FFEP with a very curious inscription! Condition: GOOD/VERY GOOD ABOUT THE BOOK This is a tongue-in-cheek, humorous history of Numerology and its practice with some mathematics thrown in for good measure. Published in 1945 by United Book Guild in New York. First edition thus, first printing: in original cloth boards with black spine lettering. Octavo. With its original dust jacket. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Temple Bell (February 1883 - December 1960) was a Scottish-born mathematician, educator and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine. Bell was part of the faculty first at the University of Washington and later at the California Institute of Technology. While at the University of Washington, he taught Howard P. Robertson and encouraged him to enroll at Caltech for his doctoral studies. Bell researched number theory; see in particular Bell series. He is the eponym of the Bell polynomials and the Bell numbers of combinatorics. In 1924 Bell was awarded the B cher Memorial Prize for his work in mathematical analysis. In 1927, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1937. He also wrote several science fiction novels by the pseudonym John Taine, which independently invented some of the earliest devices and ideas of science fiction. Bell wrote a book of biographical essays titled Men of Mathematics which inspired notable mathematicians including Julia Robinson, John Forbes Nash, Jr., and Andrew Wiles to begin careers in mathematics. His book on Fermat's Last Theorem, The Last Problem, was published the year after his death and is a hybrid of social history and the history of mathematics. It inspired mathematician Andrew Wiles to solve the problem. CONDITION REPORT The book is in GOOD condition. Clean, unfaded cloth with a spot or two. Tight binding. Rubbing to extremities. Several pages with marginalia and some highlighting. Some creasing, bent corners and some smudges and stains. The unclipped dust jacket is VERY GOOD - some dust soiling (particularly on rear panel) and edge wear - chipping, small tears and some creases. A larger chip from head of spine. Overall, a rare SIGNED copy!. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [1-2] 3-357 [358-360: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Of 2000 copies printed, this is one of 750 in the second binding. Signed on the title page by Bell as Bell and "Taine." Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2-117; and (1995) 2-125. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2155. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 743. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 210. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 190. Reginald 13966. Narrow strip of mild tanning along gutter margins of free endpapers, else a fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (designed by Julie Brown) printed on pink paper with shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips. A nice example of the jacket which is rarely seen in decent condition. Signed copies of this book are uncommon. (#163196). Signed.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] 1-247 [248: blank], original decorated blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in yellow. First edition. One of Bell's personal copies with "E. T. Bell / 21 June 1934 / Pasadena, California" in his hand at upper right corner of the front free endpaper. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Bell to Dirce Archer on the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Arthur G. Archer, / with the compliments / of E. T. Bell. / 1 June 1955." Scientists use television to view the earth's past. A "hopelessly incompetent" picture of life during the age of reptiles. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-104; (1987) 2-115; and (1995) 2-115. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 739. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 149-52. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 190. Reginald 13958. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear along top edge. Copies of this book signed or inscribed by Bell are uncommon. (#161264). Signed.

First Edition. Rare Bleiler listed fantasy novel, "weird and fantastic, of two rival scientists, who struggled to release and gain control of the terrible energy concealed in the atom - one for good, the other for evil. Look! the Milky Way is a blaze with a sinister green fire. Strange dangers threaten the Earth. Someone had been tampering with the atoms". This copy inscribed by the author to his wife in year of publication: "Toby Bell, / from the Author. / 27 March 1928". "Toby" was the author's nick name for his wife, Jessie Bell. Very Good or Near Fine with some wear at spine ends, in Good or better, edge chipped dustjacket, about an inch of loss at lower rear spine edge, nickel sized abrasion at spine.