Eric Temple Bell Pseudonym John (39 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. First paperback printing - digest size. Originally published by Fantasy Press in 1951, this is a provocative science fiction novel of an experiment using atomic radiation that accidentally creates a super human, in every sense of the word. 174 pp. Very good in illustrated wrappers - front cover bright, no creasing (usual toning to the pages).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Ed Emshwiller (front cover) (illustrator). ----------vintage paperback. Spine tilt, spine and cover creases, 1 inch front and back cover tears, edgewear, small label scuff, a fair but solid and complete reading copy.

First edition. Octavo, illustrations by Lou Goldstone, cloth. Collects two stories, "The Cosmic Geoids" and "The Black Goldfish." The first was serialized in SPACEWAY magazine, the second in FANTASY BOOK magazine. Small address label affixed to front free end paper, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with closed tears and chipping to upper edges and spine ends. (28811).

Later edition. Octavo, boards. First published in 1928. by E. P. Dutton. An uncommon issue of this book. In an FPCI dust jacket which is price-clipped and has "BOOK CLUB EDITION" rubber-stamped at lower edge of front flap. Development of atomic power in 1990 threatens the destruction of the universe. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with edge wear and edge rubbing, several tiny tears, small chip to upper front panel, slight loss along top spine edge. (28350).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. A fine copy in a good dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear with some minor loss at the extremities, small chip to front panel. (16769).

First edition, trade issue. Octavo, cloth. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. [Reference: In 333]. Neat inked name to upper front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the spine ends several rubs to spine fold and upper front edge, slight wear to corner tips. (25560).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Edition. E.P. Dutton of this era didn't mark 1st edition as such, but would on following edition. This copyright page bears no edition mark, so follows that this is a first. Green flame DJ is worn with numerous chips. However, it comes with 2 additional DJ's. A facsimile of the 1st edition DJ, and a VG copy of a later cover art. Age toned pages. First several pages have a rip at thetop.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mild wear to book and dustjacket. Price clipped. ; First published in 1928. By E. P. Dutton. An uncommon issue of this book. In an FPCI dust jacket which is price-clipped and has "BOOK CLUB EDITION" rubber-stamped at lower edge of front flap. ; 313 pages.

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears at edges. (#175023).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original Price $3.00, Green cloth with gilt lettering and salmon end papers; with a dust jacket with art by Crozetti in red and yellow, with a bit of wear to the top of the spine; Now protected with an added clear mylar dust jacket wrap.

cat40a (illustrator). NY: Dutton, (1927). First edition. Orange cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. A bit of dust soilng, moderate edge wear, a small stain to the fore-edge affecting the first 50 pages; in general a bright very good copy. Small ownership sticker in the front. Also seen in green cloth, no known priority.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-313 [314: blank], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained green. First edition. Development of atomic power in 1990 threatens the destruction of the universe. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-62 and (2004) II-1117. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2153. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 742. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 210. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 190. Reginald 13965. Early owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Green lettering on spine panel faded to white, else a very good copy. (#175021).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. inscribed and number 430 of 500 copies. CLEAN near fine 1947 hardcover with good dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126]. Small inked name to upper corner of half title page, a fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket. (25558) First edition, trade issue, first binding.

Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, two small closed tears to rear panel. (25559) First edition, trade issue, first binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The photos in the listing are of the actual book you will receive. Foxing to end papers, light toning to pages, binding slightly shaken, light wear, in jacket with large chips to rear panel, a 3 inch triangular chip at bottom and a 1.5 inch triangular chip at top edge. A 5 inch by 1/2 inch chip that starts on the rear panel and runs across the spine to the front panel. A 1 inch square chip to the heel of the spine. Small chips to all corners. Overall light rubbing and soiling. See photos clphE.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-451 [452-458: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge not stained, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. The author's second SF novel. Discovery of a process to extract gold from sea water and its consequences. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2151. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 745. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 211. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 13968. A tight, clean, very good copy. (#175022).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. In 333. Tiny inked price at upper right corner of front free endpaper, a fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with hint of wear at head of spine panel and upper front corner tip and minor rubbing to black background ink on spine panel. An attractive copy. (#87281).

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first binding. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; (1995) 2-126; and (2004) II-1118. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#157851).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. A first edition of this scarce science fiction novel by a Caltech math professor writing under a pseudonym. Hardcover in dust jacket, with price intact on rear flap. Book is clean and crisp in blue cloth boards with a claw embossed in the corner, and title and author in yellow on spine. Light wear to spine ends. Tan dust jacket has chips along top edge and loss at top of spine but presents well nonetheless. "A narrative of the revelations of the Langtry televisor concerning the frightful terrestrial upheavals and the losing struggle for existence of the great saurians, by an eye-witness of those stirring events." Described as "a literary fable having a scientific warp but a fictitious weft." The publisher specialized in books on science. 8vo. 247 pp. In protective Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Presentation Copy. Inside rear panel of dustjacket is separated - all are protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Signed presentation copy to Bill Hotchkiss, stating: "This brief history of the world as his father knew it - to be read at the age of 102." Scarce First Edition, Presentation Copy, Signed by author copy, in this condition and with a dustjacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; Signed by Author.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1000 copies were printed but only 500 were bound, many of which were ruined by a rainstorm. One of Bell's earliest works of speculative fiction, written ten years before it was published as a three-part serial in WONDER STORIES, December 1931 - February 1932. A complex novel of time travel, "one of the best SF novels of its period; the difficulty Bell had in getting it into print . is illustrative of the inhospitality of the contemporary marketplace to intellectually guided speculation." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1119. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-107; (1987) 2-118; (1995) 2-118; and (2004) II-1119. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. In 333. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 215. Donald A. Wollheim ink-stamp on rear free endpaper, touch of asphaltic residue from old dust jacket protector at bottom edges of front and rear free endpapers, else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket with age-darkening to spine panel, several closed tears, tiny chip from upper front corner tip, and some dust soiling, mainly to spine panel and along flap folds. (#72959).

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-451 [452-458: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge not stained, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. The author's second SF novel. Discovery of a process to extract gold from sea water and its consequences. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2151. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 745. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 211. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 13968]. Front and rear covers mottled, possibly damp stains, a very good copy in a good price clipped dust jacket backed on the verso with brown paper tape wear to spine ends with minor loss, light wear to corner tips, vertical crease to left front panel. (24565).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bell with a brief inscription to Edward Flower. In 333. A fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with light wear at upper spine end and tiny nick to front panel at spine fold. An attractive copy. (#72454). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. Some foxing to edges of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#72455). Signed.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell. Medical science fiction. Not one of the author's better works, according to Anthony Boucher. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 9 mm closed tear at top edge of front panel. (#134797). Signed.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell (as Taine). This is copy 67. Science fiction novel involving genetics and communist scientists during the cold war. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the base of the spine panel. A very nice copy. (35840).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. [Reference: In 333]. Some toning to end papers, a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a slight rubbing/wear to spine ends and corner tips. Fantasy Press promotional flyer laid in. (35843).

First edition. Octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bell as Taine. This is copy 242. "Originally published in AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY (1930) as 'White Lily,' under which title it was once reprinted, this is an extravagant scientific romance involving crystalline life and social strife in the Far East, with the kind of cataclysmic conclusion that Taine loved." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-124. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. (35842).

First edition. Octavo, cover art by Ric Binkley, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell. This is copy 65. A novel concerning the creation of a superman by science. First published in AMAZING QUARTERLY, Fall 1931. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-106; (1987) 2- 117; and (1995) 2-126]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (35841).