Five Against Venus by Latham, Philip (pseudonym of Robert Shirley Richardson) - 1952

The John C. Winston Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges.; 0 pages .

U.S.A: John C. Winston Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in faded red cloth with black titles, boards rubbed at edges, pages tanned and page edges water marked, notes on the author in pencil on the front endpaper verso but no other inscriptions. 214 pages, pictorial endpapers .

John C. Winston Company, The, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing, No DJ, wear to top and bottom of spine

The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Stated first edition. Red cloth with black spine titles, very good with edgewear, slight fading along top edge. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket heavily scuffed and edgeworn, with chipping to corners and spine tips, pencil writing to rear panel. DJ price-clipped, protected in Mylar. Pages toned, text unmarked. With dust jacket design by Virgil Finlay, and endpaper art designed by Alex Schomburg.

Winston, 1952 First Edition in Very Good condition with a Very Good Minus unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Red boards with black lettering. Pages tanning due to age.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Hardcover.

John C Winston, 1952. 214pp. Red cloth hardback, DJ VG, paper has turned light brown, owner name on half title page, DJ has $2.00 price, stated First edition, Five Against Venus, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First Edition. This book is a first edition. This book measures approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 214 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Heavy staining both front and rear boards. Previous owner's signature on dedication page. Musty smell coming from book. Dust jacket is in good plus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate scuffing and staining to both panels. Original 2.00 price on front flap. "Five Against Venus" written by Philip Latham is a science fiction novel that is one of thirty-five novels that comprise the Winston Science Fiction set. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N4-16).

John C.Winston, 1956. 2nd Printing . Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Cover Art By Virgil Finlay. crease to the dw front and rear panel

John C. Winston Company, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1952 John C. Winston. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering and decorations. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Jacket Design by Virgil Finlay. First state dust jacket, with four titles listed on rear panel. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with light fading at the very bottom edge where the dust jacket did not completely protect the book from light. Top page edges lightly foxed. Pages tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 214 pages. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and 2 small tears. Jacket is sunned so it has lost much of its original color. Jacket lettering is still bright, but only blue and faint red color remain; yellow and darker reds are no longer present. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped, showing… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Co., 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Virgil Finlay. VG/VG dj; now in archival Brodart. Stated First Edition; red boards, light rubbing, slight slant. Small chips and tears at spine ends, light overall rubbing to jacket, light soiling, pages typically browning. Four titles listed on back panel as correct for 1st state jacket. Alex Schomburg illustrated endpapers.

NY: Crest Books. F. 1964. 1st Printing. Paperback. Crest Book #R682, 1964. Stated first Crest printing. Fine condition. R ubs at the head of the spine. .

A respectable used copy of one of the most-liked New Adventures -- slight rubbing, slight edge wear. See the photos, and ask if you need more info.

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The Near Fine slipcase has a faint mark at the tail of the spine edge. ; Early science fiction that imagines a human colonized brick and mortar satellite moon of the Earth. Satirical subtext throughout, based on personalities and society in Boston, MA. Originally serialized in The Atlantic in 1869 and 1870. Copy 712 of a limited edition of 1,950. Signed by the illustrator. Seventeen woodcuts printed in brown, directly from the blocks, by Michael McCurdy, prolific illustrator and founder of the Penmaen Press. Printed by Spiral Press on fine paper. Half dark linen with gilt image of a telescope, the remainder natural linen on boards. This is the later binding, the first being in quarter brown linen, no image, the remainder natural. Slipcase is clean, with sharp corners, and a clean, woodcut illustrated, title label that wraps around the spine edge. Signed by the illustrator. A clean… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. Mass market paperback. 276 pages + 64 pages of photographs. First printing of this paperback original. An inside picture of the 3 worlds of Star Trek: 1) Gene Roddenberry" conception of the TV series; 2) the show itself--writers, stars and technicians; and 3) the world of the fans who kept the series alive after NBC cancelled it. The book is clean and bright, with just a hint of edgewear; a couple of reading crease on the spine, but still square and tightly bound. Bookstore stamp at top of page facing the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED BY MR. BRADBURY ON TITLE PAGE.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Signed by the author, Ray Bradbury. The later printing of this edition which contains a new introduction written by Ray Bradbury specifically for this edition. As new in dust jacket. remainder mark

First Edition. First Printing. Wesleyan (1994). Fine, as new, black full cloth hardcover, with vivid silver lettering. No jacket was issued by publisher. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 11(1b)

Hollywood, CA: Brentwood Publishing Co. / Crime-Adventure Series Book No. 101 1st Edition, 1964 ----------paperback. An erotic fantasy novel. Covers slightly rubbed, very modest shelfwear, a near fine copy.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by The Author (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950 First printing of the first edition. Book with light foxing to endpapers, else in fine condition; dust jacket with light rubbing and foxing, else fine.