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Published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1952
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJ has tears at spine ends and flap corners, edgewear, stain to bottom edge, mild soiling; Boards in green cloth with gold print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, rubbing stains to front and rear; Text block has tanning to endpapers, spotting to front edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; v, 313 pages. 1324457. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, 1947
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo; First edition; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with yellow print; DJ has tears to all edges including flap folds, shelfwear; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, light wear to corners and spine caps, small blemish to rear bottom spine corner; Text block has tanning to front endpapers, small stain at bottom of spine pp. 123-232, else clean and tight; 278 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1324696. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA, 1951
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Ric Binkley (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 255. Decorations by Ric Binkley. Ex library, pocket removed, jacket blurb pasted on blank. Somewhat soiled and worn, good only, in torn dj.
Published by Reading, Pa. , Fantasy Press, 1947
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 278 pages; Description: 278 p. Illus. 20 cm. Form/genre: Science fiction 1 Kg.
Published by Reading, Pa. , Fantasy Press, 1947
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 278 pages; Description: 278 p. Illus. 20 cm. Form/genre: Science fiction 1 Kg.
Published by New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1928
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. The Story of the Terrible Days in the Summer of 1990. Now told in full for the first time. Publisher's textured orange cloth, lightly soiled, with stamped green letters on front and spine. Sunned spine with 1/2" fabric split on upper edge of front fold. Extremities obviously nibbled and lightly frayed. Binding tight with slight forward lean. Age toned pages without markings. Pps. v; 313. 7.5" x 5.25" w. A good copy with flaws noted. A mad scientist attempts to control atomic energy, but almost blows up the entire universe.
Published by New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1930
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Publisher's light purple cloth with stamped gilt letters on front and spine. Gilt rubbed but legible. Sunned spine and lightly soiled front cloth with slight loss of color. Top edge of front and spine is nibbled and lightly frayed. Binding tight. Dust jacket fold clipped and glued to first free end paper. Newspaper clippings pasted to two end papers leaving brown shadows on prior leafs and title page. See images. Foxing on page edges. Vii; 357 age toned pages. 7.75" x 5.25" w. A good copy with flaws noted. "an exploration of Africa by three American doctors who hope to find the diabolical power which is depriving one of their patients of his articulate speech and is slowly reducing him to the level of a wild beast."/blurb.
Published by New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1927
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Publisher's purple cloth with stamped orange lettering on front and spine. Tiny spots of lost color on front board. Spine sunned; fore edge of front board and foot fore edge corner of rear board nibbled by sharp teeth, not likely gold teeth. See images. Binding tight. Trimmed fold of dust jacket laid in, previously glued to first free endpaper over stamp from circulating library at Stevenson News Stand. Age toned pages without markings. Pps. v (uncut), 436. 7.75" x 5.5"w. "This is a thrilling scientific mystery story of a white gold tooth that concealed a deep scientific secret which gave the owner untold power for good and evil."/blurb "Eric Temple Bell was a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine."/ Wikipedia.
Published by Rich and Cowan, 1955
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
FIRST UK EDITION, occasional spots, pp. 224, 8vo, original maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-edge spotted, dustjacket design by A.H. Eisner,upper corner of flap detached, rear panel with 1cm tear with loss, chips at lower edge, good. A paranoid tale of Russian genetics concerning a mutant ape known as G.O.G. 'General Order in Genetics', 666 referring, of course, to the Beast of the Apocalypse, which received mixed reviews at the time. 'Based on actual fact, according to John Taine.' (flap description).
Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA, 1947
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. First Edition, Limited Issue of 500 numbered copies signed by author Eric Temple Bell with brief inscription to previous owner, this being #221. Octavo. 278 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows moderate wear to edges with some shallow chipping and a couple very short tears; general rubbing. Boards with a couple bumps along edges and binding is sound. Fading to endpapers and interior else unmarked. Very Good.
Published by New York : EF Dutton, 1927
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Original purple cloth with orange lettering to the front and the spine. Spine slightly winkled; top edge of pages orange. No internal markings or old signatures. Small worm hole to page edges effecting about 100 pages in the middle. Lost race adventure novel of the discovery of an ancient race in the mountains of North Korea who possess a new element that is a powerful catalyst for transforming mercury into gold. Book.
Published by The Williams & Wilkins Co.,, Baltimore, MD:, 1934
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. vii, [1], 247, [1] pp. Cobalt-blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering (very minor shelfwear, minor wear to lower corners), w/ d.j. cover art of Brontosaurus dinosaur front cover (slight chipping to foot of spine, edgewear), still VG/VG copy. First edition of this classic Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, describing a television-like device enabling palaeontologists to view the age of the dinosaurs.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1929]., New York:, 1929
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. [8], 258 pp. Green publisher's cloth, gilt illust. on front cover by Jack Perkins, gilt lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art by Jack Perkins (very minor chipping head of spine, edgewear, some dustsoiling), still VG/VG copy, from the library of Donald Wandrei, author & co-founder of Arkham House, w/ small label laid-in. First edition, stated, of this famed lost race Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, set against the backdrop of a young woman aviatrix joining a scientific expedition to Antarctica in search of a lost world.