Mutant [SIGNED First Edition hardcover + 1st US paperback]

Published by Gnome Press, New York, 1953

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As "Lewis Padgett", Catherine L. Moore and her husband, Henry Kuttner, wrote four "Baldy" stories about teenage mutants in 1945. In 1953 Gnome Press collected those four stories plus a new "Baldy" novelette in the fix-up novel "Mutant". Offered here are TWO editions of "Mutant": a 1953 Gnome Press first edition hardcover in very good condition featuring a C. L. Moore signature, PLUS a 1963 Ballantine 1st US paperback edition in near fine condition. The Gnome Press book has "First Edition" on its copyright page. Glued to its front end paper is an index card that was signed by Catherine L. Moore in the 1980s for the Old London Bookshop in Seattle WA. The book's binding is sound, with a little spine lean. The blue cloth-covered boards are unmarked and unfaded, with light wear at top and bottom of spine and on corners. The pages have some light stains and a little foxing around edges of the text block, and in the margins of a few pages. Otherwise the pages are unmarked, and have almost no age toning. The price-clipped dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover has light wear at top and bottom of spine and on corners, plus some light soiling on back, a 2" closed edge tear in top back hinge, and a little light rubbing on front. The Ballantine "F 724" paperback has a shallow crease in its back cover, but no reading crease in its spine. Its covers and pages are unmarked, with only traces of wear on cover edges and corners, and almost no age toning. As with all Space Age Book purchases, I will ship these books in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure they reach their proud new owner in the same condition as my description.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Mutant [SIGNED First Edition hardcover + 1st US paperback]
Author
Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & Catherine L. Moore)
Publisher
Gnome Press, New York
Publication year
1953
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
1.1 pounds
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Paperbacks, SF & Fantasy Novels & Chapbooks, Signed Books

Space Age Books LLC

Conroe, TX, U.S.A.

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Hi! Space Age Books specializes in collectible and high quality fantastic fiction, plus related non-fiction and juvenile books.

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Space Age Books LLC

6160 Canyon Ridge Ln
Conroe, TX U.S.A. 77304