Stapledon Olaf W (60 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Red cloth boards, light stains / marks. Silver titles on shelf faded spine. No edge / corner wear. Light mottling to cut edges. Small water stains along top of some endpapers. Text block clean. Binding solid.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. Good, green cloth, gilt title on spine, small return address label on ffep and next blank page, this page also has some glue residue, binding is tight.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 232pp. Tight copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1963 FIRST SFBC EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, the binding is a bit loose but remains solid, the book has light bumps to the spine ends, mild sunning to the head, some spots and smudges to the edges of the text block, and a couple notations from previous owners to the front and rear end pages. Otherwise, this is a solid, bright Near Very Good copy in an unclipped, Good only dust jacket, which has short chips and tears to the spine ends, corners and edges, a couple areas of sticker remnants, rubbing to the covers, very faint soiling to the lower third of the front, and a previous owner's acquisition notes to the inside of the back cover. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 308 pages. 9.30x6.20x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. GD+ original blue cloth, moderate shelf wear, corners bumped, edges worn, covers slightly scuffed, hinges a lttle slack; Possibly ex-library, ffep removed, bookplate removed, otherwise internally clean throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Figures (illustrator). 1st Edition. 916 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt; Illustrated Endpapers. First Printing. Corners Slightly Bumped, No Fraying, Gilt Bright, No Marks, Faint Splash Marks Right On Fore Edges Of Covers But No Traces On Endpapers Or Pages. Per Wikipedia, Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison Cbe (Née Haldane; 1897 - 1999) Was A Scottish Novelist And Poet. Often Called A Doyenne Of Scottish Literature, She Wrote More Than 90 Books Of Historical And Science Fiction, Travel Writing And Autobiography. Her Husband Dick Mitchison's Life Peerage In 1964 Entitled Her To Call Herself Lady Mitchison, But She Never Did. Her 1931 Work, The Corn King And The Spring Queen, Is Seen By Some As The Prime 20Th-Century Historical Novel. The Haldanes Were Known For Their Self-Styled Domestic Experiments. She And Her Brother John Started Investigating Mendelian Genetics In 1908. They Initially Used Guinea Pigs As Experimental Models, But Changed To Mice As They Were More Convenient To Handle. Their Findings Were Published As "Reduplication In Mice" In 1915. This Was In Fact The First Demonstration Of Genetic Linkage In Mammals. Mitchison Was A Prolific Writer Of More Than 90 Books In Her Lifetime, Across A Multitude Of Styles And Genres. These Include Historical Novels Such As Her First Novel The Conquered (1923), Set In Gaul In The 1St Century Bce, During The Gallic Wars Of Julius Caesar, And Her Second Novel Cloud Cuckoo Land (1925) Set In 5Th-Century Bce Ancient Greece During The Peloponnesian War.In 1932, Mitchison Was Commissioned By Victor Gollancz To Edit A Guide To The Modern World For Children. Mitchison's Book, An Outline For Boys And Girls And Their Parents, Included Several Distinguished Contributors, Including W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes, Gerald Heard, And Olaf Stapledon. On Publication, An Outline Was Praised By The Times Literary Supplement, The New Statesman And The London Mercury. However, Several Clergymen, Including The Archbishop Of York, Were Angered By The Book's Lack Of Emphasis On Christianity, While Other Right-Wing Authors Objected To A Perceived Sympathy With The Soviet Union. The Conservative Writer Arnold Lunn Wrote A Lengthy Attack On The Book In The English Review,[10] Which Contributed To Its Commercial Failure. Undoubtedly Her Most Controversial Work, We Have Been Warned, Was Published In 1935, Based On A Journey To The Soviet Union. In It She Explored Sexual Behaviour, Including Rape And Abortion. The Book Was Rejected By Various Publishers And Ultimately Censored. She Approached First Her Friend Victor Gollancz, Who Flatly Turned Her Down, Observing That "Publication Of The Book Would Cause A Real Outcry." The Book Was Extensively Rewritten To Make It More Acceptable To Publishers, And Was Still Subject To Censorship. On Publication It Was Universally Despised For Its Depiction Of Rape, Free Love And Abortion That "Alienated Readers On The Left And Horrified Those On The Political Right." In 2005, Files From The National Archives Revealed That The British Government Had Considered Prosecuting The Publishers Of We Have Been Warned, But Ultimately Decided Not To Do So. Mitchison, Like Her Brother, Was A Committed Socialist In The 1930S. She Visited The Soviet Union In 1932 As Part Of A Fabian Society Group And Expressed Some Misgivings About The Direction Of Soviet Society. An Active Anti-Fascist, Mitchison Travelled To Austria, Where She Undertook The Risky Task Of Smuggling Documents And Left-Wing Refugees Out Of The Country. She Stood Unsuccessfully As A Labour Party Candidate For The Scottish Universities In 1935, At A Time When Universities Were Still Allowed To Elect Mps. Eventually, As Her Political Candidacy And Her Pro-Left Writings Had Failed, She Gradually Became Disenchanted With The Left. At That Time, She Became Politically Attracted To Scottish Nationalism. She Was Also A Good Friend Of The Writer J. R. R. Tolkien, And One Of The Proof Readers Of The Lord Of The Rings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Spine a little slanted and with a vertical line and spots of fading. Neat gift inscription on front end-paper dated 1932. Pp.viii,312 + 8pp adverts dated 932 (making this the first issue). A fantasy novel. Photograph available on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust jacket. 1st Edition. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. First and last few pages have a bit of foxing, otherwise clean pages. Nice firm binding. 1st edition. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1950. The September, 1950 issue of Fate Magazine, Volume 4, Number 5, a scarce issue in Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise, which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 98 pp. A much better than Very Good example, approaching Near Fine copy but for an small-scale top edge and a lightly touched lower right corner (see scans). As always in 50s pulps, some modest age-toning to the newsprint paper pages, which remain fully supple. See scans. High grade condition for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use. See scans. Cover has the look of a J. Allen St. John work, but is in fact uncredited. See the scanned image of the contents page for the articles herein, which cover such topics as Hypnotism, Possessed Theater Jacket, Bleeding Sugar Cane, Oliver Lerch, Phantom Billiard Player, Hex, Bleeding Saint, Pan, Spirit Sculpting, Black Magic, Lincoln Prophecies, Flyings Saucers, Midget Mummy (a piece by founder Ray Palmer on a 14" tall adult mummy, Interplanetary Man, and of course much, much else, including the standard Departments, always engrossing in themselves, all on various other paranormal or inexplicable phenomena. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. A very rare issue. Please see scans. l33n.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition. Clean, square, tightly bound. Previous owner's name in pen to front end paper. Gilt to spine, still bright and unfaded. Minor bumping to spine ends and extremities. A lovely copy of a classic work of science fiction. Uncommon.

Condition: Hervorragend. Apricot, David (illustrator). Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 556 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt; a miniscule white spot on front. Slight lean to spine. Text block edges foxed. Internally traces og gum residue on end papers and Complements slip from Methuen tipped in. Foxing to first 19 pages, infrequent thereafter.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, first issue [Satty and Smith, A4.1.1.1.only 1518 copies] in medium blue cloth, cover with rectangle in blind, spine ruled and titled in gilt, fore and bottom edge are rough cut. Scarce 3rd state jacket with 4/6 price on spine, only 517 copies [per Satty and Smith Bibliography]. Sections of original jacket laid in. Author's second novel and a sequel to Last and First Men. London: Methuen & Co. (1932), 312 pps + 8 page ad catalog dated 9/32 at rear. VG copy with some minor soiling to spine and back cover, shelf wear, and bookseller pencils on f.f.e. Fair/Good protected jacket has some old tape repair on reverse, and tears along spine folds, sun fading.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second Edition, stated. xi; 356 pps.; 7.25 x 5.25" w. Navy blue binding with white hand-printed letters on spine. Amateurly, (too) tightly, but effectively rebound in cloth material similar to the original but does not lay completely flat. Crack on front pastedown is readhered. Front pastedown extends a bit past fore edge. Negligible shelfwear. Some foxing within text and edges. Age toned pages with no markings. Unique and uncommon edition. "A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. The book employs a narrative conceit that, under subtle inspiration, the novelist has unknowingly been dictated a channelled text from the last human species." / Wikipedia.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first American edition hardcover, deep sand boards, black lettering. Boards a little dirty, small split at bottom at spine, a little wear to top points. No writing, no foxing. Sound binding. A classic. 371 pages. M07110.

NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. 8 PAGE CATALOGUE DATED 9/32 INSERTED BEHIND THE TEXT NARRATIVE FIRST ISSUE (SATTY AND SMITH A4.1.1.1. ) VERY CLEAN LIGHT BULE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE WITH NO INDICATIONS PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP . OTHER THAN A CRIMP TO THE TOP OF THE REAR COVER AND A GENTLE TAP TO THE HEEL OF THE SPINE THAT RADIATES A BIT TO THE TEXT BLOCK, AN EXCELLENT BRIGHT AND CLEAN COPY WITH JUST A HINT OF FOXING TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER AND PRELIMINARY LEAFS AND THE EDGES OF THE TEXT BLOCK AND NO SUNNING OR FADING TO THE SPINE. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. 1st ed. 1st ptg., 8vo, full blue cloth. Stapledon's second novel, written as a companion piece to his Last and First Men (1930). One of Stapledon's most powerful and personal novels. Lacking pp 2-6 of the 8-page catalogue dated 932 at back, apparently a binding error as there is no gap in the binding. Otherwise near fine without previous owner's marks.