Hubert Rogers Jacket (3 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. First Edition [stated]. Signed by Heinlein on the flyleaf. Jacket design by Hubert Rogers. Octavo, 317 pp. Black cloth-backed red boards, gilt spine imprinting. timeline endpapers. Some soiling of top page edges and endpapers, original owner's signature, otherwise Near Fine book in a VG jacket with a small amount of spine darkening, light occasional soil, micro-shelfwear at places. Sharp and handsome (see scan). A seminal work, an early portion of Heinlein's "Future History" series (so named later by John W. Campbell] which was second only to Isaac Asimov's Foundation series in competition for the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. Contains the novel-length "If This Goes On.", plus the short stories "Coventry" and Misfit", all three of which were formally included in the original Future History aggregation, "The Past Through Tomorrow" (1967). Not one of the subscriber's copies with tipped-in signature page; this was signed on the flyleaf for the original science fiction enthusiast whose name is on the ffep, though Heinlein's signature was by request stand-alone and not personalized to him. Provenance to purchaser. L101. Hubert Rogers [jacket] (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, first impression. Some edge wear, creasing and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners and folds slightly rubbed, some slight browning to back jacket. Not price clipped ($3.50), small date in biro to rear pastedown, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 306pp. Classic sci-fi 'space opera' by E. E. 'Doc' Smith (1890-1965). The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1939. 'Gray Lensman' is the fourth (originally the second) book in the classic 'Lensman' series and the second to focus on the adventures of Lensman extraordinaire Kimball Kinnison. Jacket by Hubert Rogers, illustrations by Ric Binkley (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 317pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; boards quarter-bound in red and black cloth with gilt stamping to spine; decorative chart endsheets. Dust jacket toned with tears forming at spine head; verso foxed and toned. Boards bumped. Binding sound. Textblock toned; endsheets and first few pages foxed. Very Good.…