Portwin E T (28 results)

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 205 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white frontispiece. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Ern Shaw, Elwyn Bewick, Leslie H. Shepherd (illustrator). 1st Edition. First story in this magazine annual. Undated, c.1946. A lost world may exist far beneath a vast underground lake under London, which aquatic half-fish half-mammal monsters visit in search of food. 3pp, illustrated by Leslie H. Shepherd. The annual allso includes school and adventure stories and puzzles. Colour illustrations by Ern Shaw and Elwyn Bewick. Page edges tanned and spine frayed.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 135 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. . A werewolf story, no dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rivers 45 (illustrator). First Edition. Portwin, E. T. The Zero Ray Terrors. London: Vawser & Wiles, Ltd., [1946]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-122 [note: frontis piece included in pagination of prelims]. Original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. (Other colors of binding cloth have been noted.) Illustrated with a full-color frontispiece signed "Rivers 45." A very good copy without the dust jacket. #3357. $25. "Juvenile science fiction thriller involving a plague of giant rats [in tunnels under London] and the efforts of the inhabitants of an invisible dying world above the Heaviside Layer to reach Earth." -- Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, vol. I, p. 177. Bleiler (1978), p. 160 (the author's last name mis-spelled as "Portwine"). Reginald 11822. The author, Elizabeth T. Portwin, wrote at least two other similar novels around this time.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift certificate on front endpage dated christmas 1947 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1st edition. 1st edition, in brown cloth with dark blue titles. End papers foxed; text clean; binding tight; cloth very slightly soiled Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. CI1 - A hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, some tears on the edges, corners and sides, 1.5" tear on the back top right corner, scattered stains/smudges, rubbing and wrinkling, light tanning and shelf wear. Book cocked, wrinkling on the spine edges, some cover edgewear, significant tanning, and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 7.5"x5", 122 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print (first published in 1947). Hardback copy in red cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 205pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout (both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions. (76/3).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. WITH DUST JACKET. Minimal wear to hard back book D/j still has price corner and small loss to rear lower corner. . 205 pages. Pages are clean and tight.Inscription on f.e.p.2nd impression.Minor cracking to front and rear hinges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket, prize inscription, frontis has been glued in somewhat inexpertly, 1948 second impression.

Condition: Fair. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 122 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate to front pastedown dated 1946. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some heavy rubbing and scuffing to rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ERN SHAW (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover published by Vawser & Wiles 1st edition, no date (1940s) illustrated VG in VG dust-jacket.

Undated but 1946 publication with colour frontispiece, tightly bound in red cloth with black lettering to front and spine; top edge of spine and back panel faded; some discolouration spots to front panel; corners a little bumped. Internally, pages yellowed, especially at edges; some discolouration marks, particularly to final pages; otherwise, a good, readable copy. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

SOFTCOVER. Vawser and Wiles, nd. First edition. A very good copy only marked by the wraps being partially detached from the spine. The contents are fine and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No date but C 1940s. 64 pages, diagrams etc. A firm, straight clean book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Rear of jacket slightly soiled. Rats figure prominently on the front. Price intact on dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in dw. Undated (c. 1945). Probable 1st edition. 122pp. Colour frontispiece. Book generally near VG, though paper rather toned, with light foxing to edges. Dw has foxing on reverse and minor soiling externally. There are several closed tears and some edgewear, though with minor loss only. Pics available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ern Shaw (illustrator). 1st Edition. Undated, and seemingly unrecorded, probably dating to the 1940s, this is the First Edition of this short story from Children's Science Fiction author, E. T. Portwin, here writing under his wife's name Elizabeth Portwin, Known for the children's science fiction story "The Boy in the Moon" published in 1945,and The Werewolf story "The Limping Wolf", And "Death Swamp & Other Stories" & "The Zero Ray Terrors",etc, This children's story tells of The carrot folk who live in the centre of the earth and who operate a big machine that keeps the world spinning, and what happens when the machine stops. I can find no copies of this particular title recorded in any of the main institutional library collections. Illustrated in colour by Ern Shaw, running to 14 pages, covers rubbed with some creasing wear, internally old inscription to front paste down, the centre page has become loose from rusted staples else in good general condition, Very Scarce. This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible.

"A New Kind of Thriller". A werewolf prowls the vicinity of an isolated English country estate. Pp.140, has worm damage to lower inner margins occasionally touching edge of text, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, title to front and spine. Scarce. Fair.** E.T.Portwin (1912-2006) UK publisher and author, born Portwine (name changed legally), who sometimes wrote as by Elizabeth Portwin, his wife's name; as he normally signed his books E T Portwin, some confusion ensued". (SFE).

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Bottom edge slightly darkened, pages lightly age-toned, otherwise near very good indeed in slightly edge-nicked and frayed, slightly dust marked, near very good dust jacket. No date, c.1946.

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. VG+/VG. Sunday school dedication on front pastedown, wrapper price clipped with some marks on back panel which is plain white. Four stories for children, two fantasy: 'Death Swamp' (impregnated with radium) and The Lake under London (subterranean lake filled with monsters) Uncommon in jacket. Book.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. Undated. Illustrated jacket by Jas E McConnell over red cloth with navy blue lettering to front and spine. A B&W illustrated frontispiece after the contents page. In which a werewolf wreaks havoc (as they so often do), in this instance on an English country estate. Pages have slight foxing and minor thumbing. Tanning is extremely heavy to some sections but not others due to variable paper quality. Pen inscription to FEP. Mild bubbling to rear pastedown. Block edges very foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Minor rubbing. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket (price 5. net) has edgewear, chips, minor tears and creases. Tiny loss to front panel. Rather rubbed and marked (esp. rear panel). Some red rub marks from cloth to jacket underside. Small hole to spine. Flaps slightly foxed; minor pencil marks to front flap.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon volume containing four science fiction adventure stories for young readers by E. T. Portwin. The first edition of this uncommon short-story collection.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A selection of four imaginative science fiction adventure stories, the title novella of which dramatises the almost fatal discovery of 'liquid radium'. The work also includes 'The Lake Under London', which hints that a Lost World may exist beneath the city with aquatic half-fish half-mammal monsters.Written by E. T. Portwin, a children's science fiction author who sometimes wrote under his wife's name Elizabeth Portwin. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. With only minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is smart, with general wear and handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a couple spots to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. book.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. Jas E McConnell (DW) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Grey endpapers. Title and contents page followed by bw frontispiece. Main text (1)-140 pages. Red cloth lettered in black on spine and front cover. Pictorial DW is priced 5/- net. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT sections of text have noticeably browned. Clean DW has minor edge loss and is a little worn. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The Limping Wolf by E.T. Portwin (First Edition) Scarce A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Minor dampening to lower spine. Tanning to some pages. Not price-clipped. 5/- Net. A bright pictorial jacket. Chips to edges and tear to front flap fold. Soiling to spine and rear cover. In clear protective cover. No publication date given [1946]. Red cloth with navy lettering; green endpapers. 140 pp. Illustrated. An extremely scarce book. BOOK.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-140, inserted frontispiece, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A werewolf prowls the vicinity of an isolated English country estate. E. T. Thomas (1912-1907), writer, journalist, publisher, also wrote (mostly children's books and women's fiction) as "Elizabeth Portwin." Not in Bleiler (1949; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). See Tuck (1978), p. 353. A very good copy in very good 5/- pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges, shallow chip from upper spine end and dust soiling to spine and rear panels. COPAC reports 2 copies; OCLC adds 4 copies. A very scarce book. (#170330).