Children of the Lens

Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA, 1954

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)

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B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. All three edges of the text block have somew spotting / foxing. The dust jacket colors have faded a bit. There is some rubbing, edge wear and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. The bottom front spine joint has a small semi-closed tear, and there is some rubbing to the spine of the dust jacket. There is a tiny chip to the bottom rear corner and the rear panel has some ground-in dirt. "Smith had been contemplating writing a "space-police novel" since early 1927 once he had "the Lensmen's universe fairly well set up", he reviewed his science-fiction collection for "cops-and-robbers" stories. He cites Clinton Constantinescue's "War of the Universe" as a negative example, and Starzl and Williamson as positive ones. Tremaine responded extremely positively to a brief description of the idea. " (from Wikipedia).…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Children of the Lens
Author
Smith, E. E. "Doc"
Publisher
Fantasy Press, Reading, PA
Publication year
1954
Condition
Very Good+
Dust jacket
Very Good-
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Illustrated by Ric Binkley
Edition
1st Edition; 1st Printing.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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