Search Results: the world of a by van vogt alfred

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. dj w/3" piece missing, unclipped price, in mylar; bookstore stamp on flyleaf; 246 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8 Vo.

New York: Ace Books, Inc, 1964. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. Ace Book F-295. A very good+ copy. Cover illustration by Ed Emshwiller.; Small octavo.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Green boards stamped in white on the cover and the spine. Spine head frayed, wear to corner tips, mild toning to text block. About very good in good dustjacket with chipping to edges, a few tears and toning, especially to spine panel. ; Octavo.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1988]. Later edition. A fine copy. (30606). Octavo, illustrated by Vincent DiFate, full leather, a.e.g. New introduction by James Gunn. Collector's notes laid in. Part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-183.

London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. First British Edition. Hardcover. Bruised spine head else a fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light toning to edges and light scuffing to spine panel. ; Octavo.

New York: Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated, 1945. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are slightly toned. Light overall wear, cover is mistrimmed. About fine. Contributions by Lewis Padgett, Hal Clement, and others. Cover art by Timmins. ; Octavo.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. 2nd Edition . Green Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 246 Pp. Green Boards. First Printing Of This Throughly Revised And Newly Copyright Edition With A New Introduction By Groff Conklin. Near Fine Book, Traces Of Rubbing At Corners. A Bright And Very Clean Dj With Three Minute Corner Losses, The Best I've Seen. Nominee In 1996 For Retrospective Hugo For 1946.

New York (originally Published 1948-1951): Simon and Schuster, 1951. First Edition Thus . Grey Boards. Very Good Book/Very Good Dustjacket. First Collected Edition, For The Science Fiction Book Club, Included The Text Of The Second, Revised Hardcover Editions Of "Voyage Of The Space Beagle" And "Slan", Per The Copyright Dates; The "World Of A" May Be The Original 1948 Hardcover Version, Later Revised By Van Vogt. Inscribed By The Author, A. E. Van Vogt, To A Serious Collector Of His Work. Lightly Used. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket With Orange Color On Spine Faded From Orange To Yellow. This First Combined Edition Is Very Scarce When Signed (No Book Store Signings As There Was No Similar Trade Edition).

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket mild wear to spine ends and lower front corner tip, some toning to spine panel and mild dust soiling to rear panel. (31235). Octavo, illustration by Lee Manso, cloth. Signed inscription by Van Vogt on the front free end paper: "With all good / wishes / A. E. Van Vogt." Also affixed to the front paste down is a label with a nice inscription signed by Van Vogt to a well known early fan. "A space-operatic mystery story in its author's best vein, with a hero who seemingly can die and be reborn endlessly (thanks to his 'non-Aristotelian' mental powers). It's dreadful old garbage by any reasonable critical standard, and yet it has a dreamlike conviction which has endeared it to generations of readers. The works of van Vogt, which have provided so much escapist joy, are among the great embarrassments of modern SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 427. Anatomy of Wonder… Read More