Published by Polaris Press, Reading, PA, 1952
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Slipcase. Limited Edition. Reading, PA: Polaris Press, 1952. Limited edition, 1952, number 49 of 1500 copies printed. Includes small black and white illustrations in the text. Blue-green cloth printed in silver gilt, top edge tinted to match covers, other edges untrimmed, plain green slipcase. The book has a slightly faded but readily legible spine, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The slipcase is good to very good with uneven fading, light edgewear, structurally sound. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Polaris Press, Pennslyvania, 1952
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Ric Binkley (illustrator). First Edition.
Published by Polaris Press, Reading, PA, 1952
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Ric Binkley (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 1500 copies (1490 for sale). This copy is unnumbered. The book is in Near Fine condition, has a Near Fine dust jacket and a near fine slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some extremely beginning fading to the spine of the dust jacket. "Groff Conklin called it "perhaps the first science fantasy to use the alternate time-track, or parallel worlds, idea." Boucher and McComas praised the novel as "a slightly dated but still originally imaginative and acutely satiric story." P. Schuyler Miller found Cerberus "dated and old-fashioned", but noted it was "a pioneering variation on the parallel worlds theme." " (from Wikipedia).
Published by Polaris Press, Reading, PA, 1952
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Illustrated by Binkley, Ric (illustrator). First Edition. Edition limited to 1500 copies, this being #589. Originally published in The Thrill Book in 1919. Green cloth stamped in silver on cover and spine. Slightly darkened spine else a fine copy in about fine green cardboard slipcase with a couple of tiny nicks. Introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Illustrations by Ric Binkley. ".a fascinating dimensional fantasy which borders on sf in its description of a dystopian Philadelphia of the future." The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, eds. Clute and Grant, 1997, p. 896. Currey notes that not all copies were issued with a dustjacket. A nice copy.; Octavo.