Big Eye by Max Erlich (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Rare. Covers rubbed and lightly scuffed, edge worn, front cover has few creases and bumped corner, writing on back cover, edge of pages darkened, damp stain to edge of many pages, first few also soiled and wrinkled, title page has large dark stain and corner missing. 223 pages plus one page of ads.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later. Good Hardcover has spinw lean, no dust jacket corners and spine bumped, text edges smudged, end pages foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Big Eye by Max Ehrlich. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1949. First Edition. Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good -; Original green cloth boards with maroon spine lettering and Doubleday Science Fiction device. Binding remains tight and square. Moderate overall rubbing and discoloration to boards. Noticeable surface wear and scuffing, including a significant abrasion to lower front board with exposed board material. Spine shows edgewear and minor fraying at extremities. Corners bumped. Interior pages moderately toned as typical for 1940s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions observed. Some scattered light foxing and faint handling marks. Adhesive shadow to front pastedown from removed jacket or prior protector. Text clean and fully legible throughout. No dust jacket present. (see photos) Printing Identification Note: The copyright page shows only the 1949 copyright date with no subsequent printings stated. Doubleday typically noted later printings. This copy is consistent with a first edition, first printing (1949) in the Doubleday Science Fiction series. The Big Eye is Max Ehrlich's Cold War-era science fiction novel imagining a colossal extraterrestrial entity appearing near Earth and threatening humanity with incomprehensible intelligence and power. Blending speculative science with psychological tension, the novel reflects postwar anxieties and early atomic-age science fiction themes.…