Taine John Pseud Bell (11 results)

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 255. Decorations by Ric Binkley. Ex library, pocket removed, jacket blurb pasted on blank. Somewhat soiled and worn, good only, in torn dj. Ric Binkley (illustrator).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 278 pages; Description: 278 p. Illus. 20 cm. Form/genre: Science fiction 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 278 pages; Description: 278 p. Illus. 20 cm. Form/genre: Science fiction 1 Kg.…

8vo. [10], 278 pp. Frontisp., 3 plates, historiated initials. Tan publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art by A.J. Donnell (slight shelfwear, dustsoiling), NF/NF copy. First edition of this Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, set against the backdrop of a palaeo-botanist and geologist duo heading to the Himalayas and Central Asia to investigate the need for a scarce soil sample from a British herbarium.…

8vo. [8], 251, [1] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Allan Halladay (slight chipping foot of spine, 1 closed tear at lower front corner), NF/G copy, w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First Buffalo edition, 1 of 2000 copies, of this classic Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell.…

8vo. 254 pp. Historiated initials. Light blue publisher's cloth, black lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers (minor spotting & sunning to spine), w/ d.j. cover art by Hannes Bok (slight shelfwear, dustsoiling), NF/NF copy. First edition of this Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, set against the backdrop of a Yellow Peril plot surrounding crystalline life and conflict in the Far East, originally published in Amazing Stories as "White Lily.".…

4to. 159, [1] pp. Text illustrations by Elliot Dold, Jr. & M. Marchioni. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art by Harold V. Brown, yapp fore-edges (uniform light interior toning as usual, minor shelfwear), still G copy. First edition of this installment in Astounding Stories, featuring Part IV of John Taine's "Twelve Eighty-Seven," Williamson's "The Galactic Circle," and Stuart's "Rebellion.".…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. First Edition, Limited Issue of 500 numbered copies signed by author Eric Temple Bell with brief inscription to previous owner, this being #221. Octavo. 278 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows moderate wear to edges with some shallow chipping and a couple very short tears; general rubbing. Boards with a couple bumps along edges and binding is sound. Fading to endpapers and interior else unmarked. Very Good.…

4to. 157, [1] pp. Text illustrations by Elliot Dold, Jr. & M. Marchioni. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art by Harold V. Brown, yapp fore-edges (uniform light interior toning as usual, minor shelfwear, old tape repair head of spine), still G- copy. First edition of this installment in Astounding Stories, featuring Part II of John Taine's "Twelve Eighty-Seven," Bates's "Alas, All Thinking," Wandrei's "Murray's Light", and others.…

8vo. [10], 278 pp. Frontisp., 3 plates, illustrated limitation page, historiated initials. Brick-red publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art by A.J. Donnell (slight shelfwear, dustsoiling), NF/NF copy, inscribed by author & numbered presented to J.C. Richards, w/ very scarce 4-pp. colour-printed publisher's prospectus, illustrated by A.J. Donnell, and bookplate on ffep. First edition, No. 277 of 500 copies, & signed, of this Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, set against the backdrop of a palaeo-botanist and geologist duo heading to the Himalayas and Central Asia to investigate the need for a scarce soil sample from a British herbarium. …

8vo. [8], 258 pp. Green publisher's cloth, gilt illust. on front cover by Jack Perkins, gilt lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art by Jack Perkins (very minor chipping head of spine, edgewear, some dustsoiling), still VG/VG copy, from the library of Donald Wandrei, author & co-founder of Arkham House, w/ small label laid-in. First edition, stated, of this famed lost race Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell, set against the backdrop of a young woman aviatrix joining a scientific expedition to Antarctica in search of a lost world.…