First Number (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1595143971 As the spaceship Godspeed travels toward a new earth, the lives of 100 cryogenically frozen settlers hang in the balance after someone endeavors to quietly murder them. The other passengers aboard the ship have never known life outside its walls and are enslaved by the machinations of Eldest, their tyrannical leader, who divides them into three distinct classes. A first edition with the copyright page listing the full number sequence of 1-10. The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

StapleBound. Condition: Very Good. Text Figures And Cover Illustration; First Number Of a New Short Lived Periodical for Alpine Gardeners (illustrator). No.1, November 1986. Copyright Date: 1986 Octavo, Nov. 1986, PP.31,

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Fine unused paperback first edition (complete number line). 326 pages, unmarked; DD0422 OV28; 10.3 X 8.0 X 0.0 inches; 326 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Octavo, single issue, cover by John B. Mussachia, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Arthur J. Burks, Donald A. Wollheim writing as "Martin Pearson," Hannes Bok and others. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 545-550]. Clear tape along spine, several mild cover creases, rubs to lower right front edge, a very good copy. (27407).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue leatherette covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and front panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubs and creases. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'Best Wishes Ronald Cox'. Loosely inserted book advertisement from the publishers. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0947665005 FIREMEN & FIRE SERVICE.

Small octavo, single issue, cover by H.W. Perl, pictorial wrappers, stapled. This the variant cover by Perl. The first of two issues published. Most of the stories were reprinted from WEIRD TALES. Fiction by Jack Williamson, Robert Bloch (as "Tarleton Fiske"), Clark Ashton Smith, Ray Bradbury and others. This was allegedly Bradbury's first U.K. magazine appearance. [Reference: Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Volume 1, p. 3. Parnell, Monthly Terrors, p. 202. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 625-26. Tuck (1982), p. 596]. Text paper tanned, mild edge rubs and wear, a nearly fine copy of this fragile magazine. (31564).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. The first edition of Number One Observatory Circle: The Home Of The Vice President Of The United States by Charles Denyer. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, xv, [3], 262pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in silver gilt on the cover. No additional printings noted. This copy appears unread. In the publisher's dust jacket, touch of shelf wear, a bright, near fine example. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, water-marked silk end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains [xii] 403 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and across the op of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For John Badock (Royal Signals), a comrade-in-arms - From Tony Farrar-Hockley'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0246640596 MILITARY (Armed Warfare).

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Raincoast Books/ Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Vancouver/London, 2003. Number line: 03 04 05 06 * 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Stated First Canadian Edition. (illustrator). A fine copy in glazed boards. Clean and tight throughout. With a substantial 766 pages and 2 pages of ads at the end. In. a crisp, fine dust jacket with the price of $43.00 and a special sticker of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix laid in. This is a collector's copy. Stated First Canadian Edition with the complete number line. First Edition.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black, end paper maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains 285 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Tiny ink squiggle to the verso of the front free end paper. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine tips and corners, red band across the spine sun faded, not price clipped + corner mounted close cut signature on light blue sugar paper of the period and probably from a souvenir | autograph book to the title page SIGNED 'Gort' + mounted period monochrome photograph. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Signed first edition of Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether, inscribed to public relations executive Paul Werth. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 208pp. Cream cloth, title in black on spine. No additional printings listed. Slight lean to text block, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, touch of wear to corners, shelf worn. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Paul Werth / Thanks for an exciting interview. Best of Luck, Louise Meriwether." A scarce title with the author's signature. Louise Meriwether (1923-2023) was a prominent African-American author. Her popular debut novel, Daddy Was a Number Runner, explores themes of race, poverty, and family life in Harlem during the 1930s. In addition to writing she was involved in numerous activist groups, including the anti-apartheid Black Concern, the Harlem Writers Guild, and the Black Anti-Defamation Association. She passed away in 2023 at the age of 100. The recipient of this copy, Paul Werth, opened his PR firm "Paul Werth Associates" in May, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio. The firm grew to national acclaim, representing companies like Anheuser-Busch, Ohio National Bank, and American Electric Power. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SCHAEFFER, Albrecht. Die Wand. Dramatische Phantasmorgie in einem Aufzug. Berlin, Otto von Holten, privately printed for Gotthard Laske, May 1922. 4to. 67 + [1] pages of text + colophon leaf with author s autograph signature in ink. First word of the title and the name of the recipient on colophon leaf printed in blue letters. Original publisher s half morocco binding with author s name and title in gilt lettering on spine; lightly worn. This dramatization of an interlude in Goethe's Italian journey is the first book privately printed for the noted Berlin bibliophile Gotthard Laske (1882-1936), a wealthy outfitter, who acted as a generous patron to authors, and commissioned a number of publications. Unique edition, beautifully printed in the New Elzevir type on hand-made paper, limited to 100 copies only: the present copy, number 10, was printed for Lilli Wolff, a member of a Berlin music publishing family. The subject of the play, written in 1919 by the wellknown German writer Albrecht Schaeffer (1855-1950), is Goethe s visit to his friend Heinrich Meyer at Stäfa on the Lake of Zürich in 1797 as part of his celebrated Italian journey. The action is set at the Alte Krone Inn, the main characters being Goethe, Meyer, and a young lady also lodging at the inn. Meyer, Privatdrucke von und für Gotthard Laske no 1; Katalog der Sammlung Kippenberg I,143; Wilpert & Gühring, Erstausgaben deutscher Dichtung 1600-1960, 36; for Laske, see Homeyer, Deutsche Juden als Bibliophilen und Antiquare, p.50. Signed by Author(s).

s/w-Großfoto (gr. 8 to, kleiner Eckbug linke untere Ecke) in Tinte mit Empfehlung, Unterschrift (Vorname) eigenhändig signiert Thanks for Everything / Yours Pal / DAVID.

Octavo, five issues, pictorial wrappers, first two perfect bound, thereafter saddle-stapled. All published. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 313-5. A fine set. (#161351).

A very nice item relating to one of the greatest and best-loved of all cricketers: his signature to a scorecard of his final innings in first-class cricket, in which he scored a hundred, accompanied by a newspaper cutting describing the event. Official scorecard with serial number, printed on both sides of a 24 x 12.5 cm piece of card. Priced at twopence, and headed: 'This card does not necessarily include the fall of the last wicket | 2d. Lords [MCC device] Ground | Middlesex v. Surrey | Saturday & Monday, August 28, 30, 1937. (Three-day Match.)'. On reverse is a list of 'Matches for the Season at Lord's, 1937.', followed by details of 'Elementary Schoolboys' Matches at Lord's', topped and tailed by advertisements. The scorecard has been filled-in in manuscript, completing details of the Surrey first innings (all out for 509) and with Middlesex replying with a first innings of 377 for 6 at the end of the day. '4 Hendren, E.' is recorded in manuscript as being out 'c. Fishlock, b. Squires 103', and beside this he has written his signature: 'E Patsy Hendren/'. The next man in is '5 Compton, D.', who was 'c. Gregory b. Parker 28'. In manuscript at the head of the page: 'Patsy Hendren's last century in first-class cricket. | August 30, 1937.' The scorecard is accompanied by a 24 x 6 cm newspaper cutting of a report titled: '"Patsy" Goes Out with a Big Knock | Wonderful Farewell to Most Popular Man In Cricket | ("Universe" Sports Correspondent)'. An appreciative article with a caricature of Hendren, describing 'The unprecedented reception accorded "Patsy" Hendren at Lord's on Monday, on the occasion of his last appearance for Middlesex in a county championship match'. Hendren was 'Cheered all the way to the wicket and there cheered again by the Surrey players [.] When he made the stroke which brought him into three figures, the delight of the spectators knew no bounds. They cheered and clapped for several minutes and then sang together "For he's a jolly good fellow."' The latter part of the article describes Hendren's 'Great Career': 'He will go down in cricket history as the most popular player of all time. | Next season "Patsy" will start coaching at Harrow, so he will not be lost to the game.'.