Gray Lensman by E E Smith: First Edition (50 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "Pyramid edition published October 1965" (The hardcover first was Fantasy Press 1951.) Pyramid mass market paperback X-1245, originally priced 60 cents, as-new unread. 253 pp., followed by 3 pp. publisher's ads. Reduced from $24. Cover painting by Jack Gaughan (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 253pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears; head tip of upper has two diagonal creases. Corners square. X-1245, second printing. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, Oct. 1965; #X-1245. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Creasing; tanning; light lean. Book.

Paperback. first edition. X-1245 , very good ,creases paperback.

Science Fiction First Paperback Edition. Very Good. General minor edgewear and scuffing. Hairline vertical crease along spine on front cover. No. X-1245. First printing. Cover art by Jack Gaughan.

Condition: Fair. 1951. First Edition. 306 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Severe cracking to front hinge, causing board to be loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible sunning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering has darkened. Visible water staining to boards.Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover in near fine condition; faint bit of foxing to top edges of boards. Dust jacket in very good condition with edgewear at spine head and tail, mild rubbing, now in protective mylar cover. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Light blue cloth. 1st edition. 306pp. Edges of covers faded, else very good in edge-worn dust jacket. No serious chips. Not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. 1st edition. Light blue cloth. 306pp. Very good in unchipped dust jacket with bright, white rear panel. Price-clipped. A well above average copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st printing, June 1998. Dj art by John Berkey. Edge and corner wear; bumps and dings. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good + to Very Good +. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Book has sunning to spine and partial to boards with no writing or marking. Frontis, [10], 306 pages. Ric Binkley (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First paperback edition. Publisher's book numbe X-1245. with 60¢ cover price. Inside cover edges mildly toned. A near fine copy. Book.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing Of A Classic Sf Short Story By Van Vogt. Wear, Small Losses At Spine Ends, No Loss Of Lettering. Color Covers and b/w Interior Illustrations (illustrator).

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing Of Part 2 Of "Grey Lensman", Light Wear, Upper 3/4" Of Spine Chipped Away, Small Loss Bottom Of Spine, Pencil Checks In Table Of Contents. Color Covers and b/w Interior Illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First SFBC Science Fiction Edition. New. Very little shelfwear. 730 pages. Includes the fold out poster that matches the jacket art by John Berkey. The dust jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Science Fiction.

Hardcover. 1st thus hardcover. fine book near fine jacket some bumping.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. First Edition, Stated. Near Fine, Spine Gilt Brilliant, Former Owner's Name On Front Pastedown. In A Good Second Issue Dj (1954), Five Titles On Rear Panel, Cover Title Corrected To "Gray Lensman", Priced $2.50. Dust Jacket With Light Wear, Minute Losses At Corners, Split Along Front Flap Fold But Holds Together In The Dust Jacket Protector. Illustrated By Ric Binkley (illustrator).…

Later edition. Octavo, cloth. Offset from the 1951 Fantasy Press edition (which erroneously keeps the "first edition" statement on the copyright page). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87]. Some fade to cloth edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a few of black ink touch ups to spine ends. (35806).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition hardcover stated. Gnome press reprinted this book directly from the Fantasy Press edition, including the "First edition" statement, even though it is a reprint. The actual date is 1961. Board extemities sunned, hint soil to block edge. The DJ in mylar has slight sunning to spine lettering, trace edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First SFBC Science Fiction Printing: May 1999" stated. Near fine plus hardback in near fine plus unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Book spine has minor sign of having been read and book has minor if not trivial rubbing/shelf wear. Few if any other signs of age/previous use. Dust jacket has a 1/4 inch and a 1/2 inch closed tear to to middle of top edge of front panel; a 3/8 inch band of light hairline wrinkles at head of spine and 3/8 inch patch of front panel at spine; a 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch patch of hairline wrinkles at top of fore-edge corner of front panel and to top 1/2 inch of front flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Gnome Press, 1951. The further adventures of Kim Kinnison, of the Galactic Patrol, in his and the Patrol's conflict with the forces of Boskonia. Sky blue cloth covered boards with the author's name and title imprinted in gold on the spine. 304 pages, 5-1/4" X 7-5/8". Fourth in the 'Lens' series of novels by Smith, first serialized in Astounding Magazine in 1939. Cover art by Hubert Rogers with interior illustrations by Ric Binkley. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original price of $3.50 printed on the top corner of the front flap. The dust jacket has some light edge wear to the lower corners, but no tears, slight sun fading to the title on the spine. Stain mark on the obverse side of the dust jacket across the lower edge about 2 inches tall, stain is also apparent on the lower left side of the front flap - about 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches tall. Jacket has been covered with a clear, removable cover. Blue cloth covered boards show some fading to the edges, but no edge wear. Gold lettered title and author's name on the spine, lettering is intact, but the blue cloth on the spine shows fading from the stain. Corners are straight and not bumped. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Age appropriate toning to the edges of the text pages. This is not a library discard copy. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Lensman series, 7 volumes. TRIPLANETARY. Fine. 10th Pyramid printing. (1975). Hardly any edge-wear. Some age discoloration around edges. Partial crease up one-half the spine. Lightly read. FIRST LENSMAN. Fine. 9th Pyramid printing. (1974). Some discoloration on covers from age and handling. Also lightly read. GALACTIC PATROL. Very Good. 2nd Pyramid printing (1966.) Moderate scattered edge-wear. Crease up front cover next to the spine. Crease on upper left of back cover. Narrow band of surface paper loss on the right edge of mid-spine (not distracting). GRAY LENSMAN. Fine. 5th Pyramid printing (1970). Scattered spots of light edge-wear. Crease at upper corner of front cover; light crease on the spine. Text Block is foxed. Stamp on upper text block is faded due to the foxing. SECOND STAGE LENSMAN. Very Good. 1st Pyramid printing (1965). Edge-wear and creases on the spine and front and back covers. Front and back pages are a bit age-toned (but not brittle). CHILDREN OF THE LENS. Near Fine. 6th Pyramid printing (1970). Light edge wear. Crease on upper third of spine. Cover colors are exceptionally bright for a book of this vintage. Lightly read. MASTERS OF THE VORTEX. Near Fine/Very Good plus. 3rd Pyramid printing (1970). Light discoloration or stain to top corner of front cover and top one-quarter of back cover. (Text not affected.) Minor paper loss to bottom of spine due to label removal. Also Lightly read. …

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. First Edition. stated first. dj with minimal wear. pages clean.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. 1951, good maybe, well worn book, in a fine like new dust jacket , looks great on the shelf.

hardcover. Condition: fine. near fine. Illustrated. 8vo, light blue cloth, d.w. Hicksville: Gnome Press, (1951). First Edition. Fine First Gnome Press edition.

dj. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket designed by Hubert Rogers. Illustrations by Ric Binkley. Bump to head of spine. Minimal wear to edges and spine of dust cover. Near fine book in very good jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 306pp. Sharp stated First Edition but this is the offset reprint Gnome published in 1962 bound in light blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Illustrations by Ric Binkley. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear and toning to edges and spine ends bu very mild. A couple of faint spots to the cloth. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has some minor rubbing to spine ends and tips but is remarkably fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. (Currey p.392).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 4th book in the Lensman saga. A sharp, unread copy in 2nd state DJ.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, Stated. Fine, Unworn,Spine Gilt Brilliant. Former Owner's Name Dated October 25, 1951. In A Very Good +, Bright First Issue Dj, Three Titles On Rear Panel, Cover Title As "Grey Lensman", Price Clipped And Price Stamp $3.00 (As On All Copies), Mis-Alignment Of Colors During Printing So That White Lettering Is Strongly Edged In Blue. Dust Jacket With 1/2" Corner Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Front Panel, Minute Losses At Corners.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. rst hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Gnome Press, 1951. Sky blue cloth covered boards with the author's name and title imprinted in gold on the spine. 304 pages, 5-1/4" X 7-5/8". Fourth in the 'Lens' series of novels by Smith, first serialized in Astounding Magazine in 1939. Cover art by Hubert Rogers with interior illustrations by Ric Binkley. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original price of $3.50 printed on the top corner of the front flap. The dust jacket has some light edge wear to the head of the spine with a small chip there as well. Some of the edges of the jacket have been covered with clear tape which has discolored in some areas. Sun fading to the title on the spine and to the "G" in the title on the front cover. Blue cloth covered boards show some spots of fading. Appears as though the sun fading of the title has transferred to the blue cloth of the spine too - so that there is a 'ghost' of the title from the dust jacket onto the spine. Gold lettered title and author's name on the spine, lettering is intact. Corners are straight and not bumped. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Age appropriate tanning to the edges of the text pages. Stain mark on the bottom of the text block, about 1/4" circle, only appears on the edge of the text. Staining to the board edges but very little edge wear to the cloth covered boards. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The binding is tight and square. This is not a library copy, not a remainder copy. We have the entire series of Lensman books listed too. Attached are photos of the copy we have in our inventory. …