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Winston, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Brown, Watson Ltd/Digit Books: London, 1964. vg+. vg+ 1st Digit R863 1964 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The World At Bay A Science Fiction Novel by Paul Capon. Cecile Matschat, Editor; Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Published by The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia, PA. 1954 First Edition. 8.5 x 5.75 inches, 208 pages. Beautifully illustrated endpapers by Alex Schomburg. Condition: Lacking the dust jacket. Very good condition with edge wear, rubbing to spine ends and corners, 3 tiny tears to lower edges of page 98. "Creative Playtime" sticker to lower corner front paste down. See photos clph

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1954. VG-/none; 208 pages; First edition stated; Very Good- ex-school-lib in black cloth titled in red, backstrip and library label "protected" with strip of packing tape, corners and edges rubbed, "property of" and "discarded" stamps on front free endpaper, number written at bottom left of title page. Interior clean, pages supple. Endpapers designed by Alex Schomburg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Alex Schomburg. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winston. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tight, clean, vg book, free of former owner writing or bookplates. First edition, stated. Some tone to inside joints. Fair, non price clipped ($2.00) DJ. Some chips, wear/rub to edges and approx 1" off bottom of spine and 1/2" at spine crown. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (this book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for non domestic) *; 8vo .

Philadelphia:: John C. Winston, 1954. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. very good+ with very good+ dust jacket. 8vo. 208pp. double page illustrated endpapers. black cloth. remains of bookplate on front endpaper roughly removed. also previous owner embossed stamp on front endpaper. slight faded spot on rear cover of book.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

Winston. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/Good+. Gift inscription on FEP; DJ is edge worn with rubbing and staining; Age toned pages and fore-edges; Light foxing to fore-edges; Pages 141 and 143 are creased. ; Winston Science Fiction Novel; 208 pages

Philadelphia: John C. Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; 1954 John C. Winston. HC/DJ 1st edition, stated. Snugly bound and neat in original wraparound color pictorial dust jacket from art by Alex Schomburg. Publisher's $2.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges and tips with trace fray at spine ends; tiny closed tear at the rear flap fold. Mild toning in the gutters of the pictorial endpages. Solid, bright and attractive copy. VG+/VG .

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. 208 pp. B/w illustrated endpapers. Black cloth with red titles. Three corners bumped and lightly worn, head and tail of spine lightly worn, small scratches. VG. First Edition.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., [1959]. 8vo. ix, [1], 208 pp. Black cloth, red lettering (minor dampstain to fore-edge, corners, minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art of flying spaceships above Big Ben in London by Alex Schomburg (minor chipping & edgewear, head & foot of spine, creasing, wear to corners), still G/G copy. Second printing of this Winston Science Fiction series invasion story.

London: William Heinemann, 1953. TRUE FIRST EDITION (NOT the later 1954 US edition). Gilt title on red boards which have fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers, to closed edges and a little to some pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 199 pages. Harry Paul Capon (1912-1969). Paul Capon was a UK writer who also worked for many years as an editor and administrator in film and television production, ending his career as head of the Film Department of Independent Television News. From 1942 he wrote fairly copiously in various genres, including detective stories. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet,… Read More

Pa., John C. Winston, 1954 First Edition Stated 208 page Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket and endpaper art by Alex Schomburg. A very good book with light edge wear and light dust soiling to the page edges, in a goo price clipped dust jacket with dust soiling to the rear cover and flap edges. See Photos celphE

EB: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia PA. 1959. 208 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Second Printing. Alex Schomburg designed DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is chipped and worn with a chipping and loss present to the panel). Bound in black cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet, Poppea, had a civilization which was technologically far more… Read More

First Edion, stated.: Winston. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition, generally crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket shows some wear but remains fresh and bright.8vo 208 pp. ; Winston Science Fiction Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Black boards with red print. Decorative endpapers. 208pp. Slight rounding to the cover corners. Faint bumping to the spine ends. Name of the previous owner written on the front fly page in pen. Light toning to the outside edge of the text block. The page

The John C. Winston Company, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo in black cloth. Hint of rubbing to extremities, else boards crisp and unworn; interior clean and crisp; light chipping to vibrant jacket, fading to jacket spine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

E-157: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The John C. Winston Company. 1954. 208 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Alex Schomburg designed DJ has light shelf-wear present (DJ is lightly chipped and worn with a chip present to the rear panel, panels lightly rubbed). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (discolored along the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet, Poppea, had a civilization which was technologically… Read More

A near fine first edition in a fair dust jacket, first edition stated, dust jacket has chip noted to front cover and tear to back upper corner by spine. Bindings are tight and straight, minimal wear to book. A very nice copy

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; VG/G; multi-colored spine, white text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing and staining on back, edge wear, chipping on spine head and tail, spotting on front and back flap, price clipped; boards are strong, bumping around edges; textblock has age tanning, writing on top of first leave, otherwise clean; pp 208. case 8. 1285279. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

THE WORLD AT BAY, Winston, 1954, first edition, vg+ in like full color pictorial dw.