Powers George W Editor (5 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Richard Powers (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------paperback. A 175-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology, unusual in that both the editor and the writers are English, yet the book is first published in the US. 1st page largely torn out (no copyright or story text affected), spine and reading creases, edgewear, former owner scribble inside, a VG copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Gibson Jones; Don Simmons; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Digest format. Light rubbing on the corners; some ink marks on the Contents page. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones; interiors by Michael Becker, Don Simmons, H. W. McCauley, Malcolm Smith, Don Mills, and D. C. Buhrmann. This issue contains: The Breaking of Jerry McCloud by Gordon R. Dickson; Election Campaign by William Campbell Gault; Up the Mountain or Down by Sylvia Jacobs; Reward for Valor by Mark Clifton; The Calibrated People by W. T. Powers; and Janushek by Roger Flint Young Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. iv,364pp. Mustard cloth-covered boards, top text block edge gilt. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Fore and bottom text block edges starting to tan and fox. Gift inscription on second blank page. Prelims foxing. Gutters cracked and stretched in a couple of places; volume still tight. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Portrait frontispiece of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; D.C. Buhrmann (illustrator). 1st Edition. Chicago: Bell Publications, Inc., 1953. The September, 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction, Volume 1, Number 2 - the second issue ever. 12mo, illustrated wraps (cover by Robert Gibson Jones), 128 pp. Very Good Plus; faint traces of sunning at periphery of the cover (see scan), toning to pages, as always with pulp fiction from the fifties. A strong, clean, collectible copy. Plenty of bi-color illustrations (see scan) by Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; and D.C. Buhrmann grace six good lengthy stories: The Caibrated People (W.T. Powers), Janushek (Roger Flint Young) , The Breaking of Jerry McCloud (Gordon R. Dickson), Election Campaign (William Campbell Gault), Up the Mountain or Down (Sylvia Jacobs), and Reward or Valor (Mark Clifton). L-35n.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. Sixteen Issues, First Printings. From The Library Of Ian Ballantine, Then The American Representative For Penguin Books, Prior To His Founding Of Ballantine Books. The Issues Contain A Mixture Of Original Items And Reprints From Earlier Publication. All Are Near Fine Or Fine, Unread, No Marks. American Issue Dust Jackets Present On #6, #7, #8, (With 25 Cent Prices On Front Flap, List Of "Recent American Releases" On Rear Flaps, Flight To Victory Ads On Rear Panels), All Near Fine Or Fine Except 23 Which Has A 1" Open Tear At Bottom Of Spine Panel, 31 Which Is Worn And Only Very Good, And 33 Which Has Slight Rubbing At Corners. A Few Issues With Ballantine's Tiny Handwritten Editorial Note "Anthol 436" At Upper Left Corner Of Front Cover, No Other Marks.