Keir Cross Robin Jacques Illustrator (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition First Printing. This sequel to the author's "The Angry Planet" is purportedly "a first-hand account of the second and third Martian expeditions, by the space-ships Albatross and Comet.compiled from notes & records by various members of the exploring parties made available by Stephen MacFarlane,"with illustrations throughout the 253 pages again by Robin Jacques. a First Edition, first printing from 1954, this is an Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps in the front matter & ffep neatly sliced out (presumably where card pocket was). Hardcover book is downgraded to only Fair due to heavy reading edge wear, expected light soil & page tanning, unmarked. The old library mylar has been removed & replaced with new. Having been protected all these years, the DJ is bright, colorful, & clean-looks lovely! Only flaw is teeny tear in center of spine, causing it to be downgraded from Near Fine to VG+.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Jacques, Robin (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 200. Original publisher's cloth binding in bright red, lettered gilt at spine. Dust jacket in yellow, lettered black with three small black-and-white illustrations and an announcement:"One of the most fantastic and thrilling children's adventure stories ever written; with drawings as unusual & strange as the story." Frontispiece and b/w drawings by Robin Jacques illustrate the text, with an editors note on the illustrations "all agreed that his pictures are true representations of what they saw during their fantastic adventures in the strange, romantic and terrible places they visited so many millions of miles away." Very good-minus. Just jacket slightly nicked and chipped at edges.…