Dianetics, Signed (6 results)

L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics 55! Scientology Book Signed HCDJ 174 pages Previous owner's name whited out.

First Edition. DIANETICS AND THE PROFESSIONS, The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, Inc., 1953, first edition, fine in wraps as issued. Along with a check to Forrest Ackerman from ALL-FICTION FIELD, INC. which has been holographically endorsed and thus SIGNED by both Ackerman and Van Vogt, seemingly having no relation to the pamphlet offered above. Perhaps the authors rarest book as we have never seen nor handled a copy in over 37 years.

First Edition. *** IN THE SCARCE DELUXE BINDING ***DIANETICS, Hermitage, 1950, first edition, some light wear to the lower fore edge corner tips, some rubbing and light wear to the bottom edges of the boards, else a tight, bright vg+ copy with the t.p.e.'s in gold gilt as called for in a vg+/near fine dust-wrapper. (About thirty years ago, while visiting a bookshop in another state, the proprietor, whom I had known a long time, invited me into his office and asked me if I had ever seen any copies of the special edition of this work SIGNED by both the author and the author of the introduction which were bound in red leather. I not only replied, no, I haven't, but also assured him smugly that there was no such thing ---to which he responded by reaching into a drawer of his desk and placing this imaginary book into my hands! In this instance, the crow didn't taste too bad as just the new knowledge of its existence was the condiment which made it very palatable indeed). Alas, this copy offered up here, one of only 2 copies I have ever seen, lacks the signatures of Mr. Hubbard and Dr. Winter. This fact may not be too hard to swallow, however, as only 35 copies were bound in this fashion and of those, only a handful were SIGNED! But, to make up for this unfortunate circumstance, we have added a SIGNED letter from Mr. Hubbard to one of his long time peers, Grandmaster, multi HUGO & NEBULA award winner, agent and editor, Fred Pohl.

First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by L. Ron Hubbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a single short tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed. Dianetics has remained a bestseller for more than 60 years and has sold over 20 million copies. Hubbards's work spawned a movement that spans virtually every country on Earth, and has indisputably become one of the most widely read and influential books ever written about the human mind.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. Fourth printing of the first edition. Signed by L. Ron Hubbard and inscribed to a former owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Very Good with light soiling and shelfwear to cloth, waterstain to yellow topstain only minutely intruding into margins. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some wear at the extremities, chipping, toning and soiling. The main text of Scientology, scarcely found signed by it's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fifth Printing. Fifth printing of the first edition. Signed by L. Ron Hubbard and inscribed to a former owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Near Fine with light insect wear to textblock top edge, pages lightly toned. Browning between to textual pages from loosely laid in clipping, still present, reading "Come in and Meet L. Ron Hubbard" in an advert for the Kansas City department store Emery, Bird, Thayer. In a Very Good dust jacket with insect holes to spine and rear panel, tear to base of spine repaired from verso. The main text of Scientology, scarcely found signed by it's founder, L. Ron Hubbard.