Language: English
Published by The Prime Press, Philadelphia, 1949
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Sol Levin (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, stated second printing. Hardback. 456 pp. red cloth black titles Lacks front end paper otherwise Very Good condition No inscriptions No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Sol Levin (illustrator). 2nd. Waterstains on cover. Jacket spine faded,; 8vo; 455 pages Good+ chips out edges, edge tears and creases, shelfwear.
Published by Prime Press, Philadelphia, 1949
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo, 331 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, small green dot sticker to the spine. Spine pictorial blue and yellow with white lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including mild age toning and few, minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including mild edge wear. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the edges and slight offsetting to the end papers. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. 1411110. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Prime Press, Philadelphia, 1947,, 1947
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 455pp, illustrated, signed by the author and artist on endpaper, no further inscriptions, edges browning, text clean and sound, red cloth, discoloured at top of spine, Good condition in rubbed and frayed dustwrapper.
Published by Philadelphia: Prime Press., 1948
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the L. Robert Tschirky designed dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Sol Levin. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities, the spine tips and bottom corner of the upper board slightly bumped. There is some faint spotting along the top edge of the closed text-block, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper which is faded to the spine and has a closed tear midway up the front panel. Not price-clipped ($3.00 on the front flap). Signed by Lester del Rey in blue ink on the front free endpaper. The author's first short story collection. Lester del Rey started his career writing for and editing weird fiction magazines such as Astounding Science Fiction, Space SF and Fantasy Fiction, and in 1977 he established the successful science fiction imprint Del Rey Books with his wife Judy-Lynne del Rey, who was an influential science fiction editor at Ballantine Books. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).