Childhood's End

New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. Reprint 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bound in original wrappers. Previous owner's name on the title page and on the inside of the rear cover, otherwise unmarked. The binding is tight with no vertical creases to the spine but two areas of twisting/compression damage… Read more about this item

NY: Ballantine Books, 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First paperback printing, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. Signed by Clarke in his customary blue ballpoint pen on the title page. Mass-market paperback (7 x 4.25 in.), 214pp. Very good condition, with no serious structural issues, but with the following minor cosmetic imperfections (all visible in photos):… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1953. Later printing (H I J), Not a BCE. Book is in very good (upper front corner bumped, previous owners bookplate on first blank page) condition with a very good + (tiny chips at corners, price of $7.95 on front flap) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel… Read more about this item

0 First edition/First printing published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1954. No marks or inscriptions. Very occasional spotting. Binding error to rear pastedowns at bottom. Clean Blue cloth covers. Dustjacket not price clipped (10s. 6d. net) General minor wear with mild creasing to edges. Protected in archive cover.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. Association copy. Inscribed to Dennis Gabor by the author on the cover's verso in blue ink. In publisher's printed wrappers. Cover creased, corners bumped. Pages yellowed, moderately wavy from humidity at the tail towards the second half of the book. First two leaves partly torn at the lower edge. Dennis Gabor's estate stamp, and… Read more about this item

CHILDHOOD'S END, Ballantine, 1953, first edition, slight rubbing to corner tips, else a tight, bright vg+ copy in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear and minor professional restoration to the dust-wrapper spine tips. One of the authors best and most certainly a highspot in any Science Fiction collection. Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1983 A very good reprint copy.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth binding with titles in black on spine. Very Good with light rubbing at extremities, pages lightly toned, endsheets offset. In a Good dust jacket with price of $2.00 intact, staining, edge wear with chips missing at corners and fading to the spine… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 1953. 1st. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall GLASS1-Fine mass market paperback. red w/yellow lettering .

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1954. Paperback. Minor corner crease to one of the leaves else a fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Del Rey. Very Good. 1980. Paperback. 0345284658 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition, a solid binding with a clean, unmarked text. Light cover wear with some creasing to the spine. "The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world." ; 6.80 X 4.20… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. A reissue of an all-time science fiction classic, from the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey

London: Gollancz. NF. 1990. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, part of Gollancz's SF Masterworks seri es, bound in blue cloth with silver spine lettering. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The book the inevitable browning of the type of pages that Gollancz used during the 1990's. This edition has a new Pr… Read more about this item

The Science Fiction Book Club, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. Book Club Edition. 253 pages. Green jacket over red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight red marks to text block edges. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is… Read more about this item

Ballantine Books, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus/Very Good. Very good plus with slight shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with a bit of chipping to spine ends and corners, slight fading to red title on spine, small (and very light) stain to… Read more about this item

USA: Ballantine Books, 1977. Book. Illus. by Stanislaw Fernandes - Painted Cover. Very Good. Soft cover. 37th Edition By Publisher.. 218 pages. "They had come from outer space - they had brough peace and prosperity to earth. But then the change began. It appeared first in the children - frightening, incomprehensible. Now the Overlords made their annoucement: This was to… Read more about this item

Hardback. New. Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolution. Now a major TV series from SKY!

Paperback. Very Good.

Harcourt, 1963. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x10. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. BCE. Small tears on dj. Later printing.

Harcourt Brace & World. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ; Red cover has lightly turned in spine cap, otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. ; 8.5 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches .