Mysterious Planet by Kenneth Wright (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. There is NO dust jacket. There is wear around the edges and corners; there is some staining on the cover; there is very light foxing around the page block. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Schomberg, Alex (illustrator). 1st Edition. Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1953 209 pp. extraordinary endpaper illustrations of robot distroying a skyscraper. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, somewhat yellowed. Red cloth boardshave considerable rubbing. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Schomberg, Alex. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing. Small octavo hc w/jacket in mylar, 209pp, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with touches of corner wear, gift inscription on ffep, clear spine titles, Colorful jacket has a m,ild spine fade and light soiling on back, minor corner wear, Very Good.

first edition ed. hardback good to very good condition with some wear and tape marks to the cover and in a dust jacket with moderate wear and rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gd. Condition Classic Science Fiction ( SF17B ). Book.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. 1953, very good -fine in a nice 2nd reproduction dust jacket , spine fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Very good condition book, unmarked, in VG- condition dustjacket, unclipped. [0903].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 6", cloth, 209pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and wearing, pp a bit toned, in a rubbed, edge-worn, finger spotte and soiled and price-clipped dustjacket with some abrasions to the spine cover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Philadelphia / Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, First edition, third printing. Hardcover. 6 x 8 ½". 209 pp. Good in a fair price clipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Rubbing and chipping to the dust jacket's extremities with underlining in ink on the rear panel. Minor to moderate foxing to some of the inside pages. Otherwise the interior appears unmarked. The binding is solid.

Later, second printing. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Previous owners name in ink to rear free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with red/orange background color of the jacket evenly faded to tan/yellow. Part of an original single owner collection. (27525).

first edition. 1953, very good -fine book in a nice color reproduction jacket.

Condition: Good. G/Fair 1st edition Browning to hinge area of pastedowns, jacket has large chip to heel and spine edge tearing, spine sunned.

h/c + d/j, 21.5x14.5cm, 209 pages, light edge and corner wear, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Alex (Jacket Design) Schomburg (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Mysterious Planet by Kenneth Wright (a.k.a. Lester Del Rey) (1958 Hardcover in Scarce Dust Jacket) A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Title originally published April 1953. xii + 209pp. Hardcover has red cloth boards with yellow lettering & designs on spine, in fair DJ. Major shelf/edge wear to scarce DJ (29 Winston titles listed on the rear panel), clipped on all corners of the inner panels, missing chips at head and foot of spine. End-pages not decorated. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. Always privately owned with no ownership markings. Copyright 1953. Made in U.S.A. This copy from 2nd printing, May 1958. Written by Lester Del Rey under the name Kenneth Wright. Jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg. Marketed as part of Winston's Best in Science Fiction series. No ISBN. LCCN: 52-14254. MSR unknown. Thanks for looking! No Ownership Markings.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alex Schomberg (dust Jacket & Endpapers (illustrator). First Edition. First edition (stated) / first printing. Book is in very good (pages aged, light soiling and wear) condition with a very good (15 titles listed on back, some overall fading, edgewear and chipping) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. 1953, near fine in near fine 2nd dust jacket , spine fading, name written inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover with the scarce DJ, Stated First Edition 1953 John C. Winston 209 pages. Very Good in a Fair to Good DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to rust colored cloth boards with yellow titles - corners lightly bumped with a touch of wear to tips. Major shelf/edge wear to scarce DJ (29 Winston titles listed on the rear panel), chipping to three corners of the front panel, one corner of the rear panel and the head of the spine, tape repair to large crease and tear to rear panel, DJ now in mylar with a paper backing. No previous owner marks - all pages are clean and crisp, endpapers decorated by Alex Schomburg but the ffep has a faint shadow from something that was laid in by the previous owner -- One of the famous Winston Science Fiction series for young adults. Kenneth Wright was one of the pseudonyms under which Lester del Rey wrote for this series. The SFWA awarded del Rey the title of Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1990 -- A very presentable copy in the scarce DJ despite the flaws noted. (29 Winston titles listed on the rear panel starting with The Year When Stardust Fell by Raymond F. Jones and ending with Marooned on Mars by Lester del Rey).LOC SSS-08.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. Original cloth. 2nd printing stated. Hint of rubbing to spine ends/points. Endsheets faintly toned. The price clipped DJ is slightly sunned to spine with trace shelf soil, flap edge a bit foxed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover 8vo. John C. Winston, Philadelphia, PA. 1958. 209 pgs. Later Printing. Alex Schomburg DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ (DJ is chipped and worn along the extremities, spine sunned). Red cloth boards with titles present to the spine have light shelf-wear present. No ownership marks present. Light tanning present to the page block Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lester del Rey wrote more of the Winston novels than any other single writer, sometimes under his own name and sometimes under a variety of pseudonyms. As you might expect, his performance was uneven. He would sometimes turn out an excellent book, sometimes a mediocre one. The Mysterious Planet (1953) was an early Winston published under the pseudonym of Kenneth Wright. It has since been reprinted in paperback using the del Rey byline. Not to keep you in suspense, the novel is an average performance for del Rey-- neither his best nor his worst. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First State. First edition, hardcover, first state dustjacket with fifteen titles on rear, pen name of Lester Del Ray, light soiling to page edges, slight bow to front board, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, light soiling to boards, light wear to edges and corners, otherwise clean and tight, a Very Good + copy in a VG dustjacket that has been price clipped, top outer corners lightly bumped, tiny chips to spine ends and corners, somewhat rubbed, light soiling to rear, few tiny closed tears to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover stated. Signed to the title page by Lester Del Rey, real name of Kenneth Wright. Points slightly rubbed, pages softly toned. The first state DJ in mylar is lightly chipped with a little damping to rear panel edge, sunned spine, price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. A fine copy in bright, very good or better first printing dust jacket (15 titles listed on rear panel) with light wear along top edge of front and spine panels and mild dust soiling to rear panel. Jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg. An attractive copy. (#150195).