Gray Lensman by E E Smith, Signed (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Joseph Cellini (illustrator). Pub by Old Earth Books, Baltimore, 1999. BCE. NOT exLib. Near-Fine or better hardcover w/ VG+ or better unclipped (& unpriced pict dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Black bds w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. Lightest of wear to dj. 730pp + 1pp. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean, overall NF/VG+ or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. Inscribed by Author(s).

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Color Covers and b/w Interior Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing Of Part I Of "Grey Lensman", Inscribed By E. E. Smith. Wear, Small Tears And Minute Losses At Spine Ends Without Loss Of Lettering, Small Detached Piece At Upper Left Of Front Cover (Which We Can Attach With Archival Tape, On Request.). Inscribed by Author(s).

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Color Covers and b/w Interior Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing Of Part I Of "Grey Lensman", Inscribed By E. E. Smith At Norwescon 1956. Wear, Upper 1" Of Spine Chipped Away, Small Loss Bottom Of Spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition Stated, #446 Of 500 Subscribers' Copies With An Inserted, Numbered Limitation Page Signed By The Author, This Copy With A Long Inscription To A Contemporary Sf Fan.Blue Cloth, Gilt. A Lightly Worn Copy, Spine Cloth Faded But Gilt Lettering All Readable, Light Damp Staining To External Covers, Small Magic Marker Spot Covering An Old Price (10), With 1" X 1/2" Damp Stain At Lower Right Corner Of Limitation Leaf (No Damp Staining Elsewhere On Endpapers Or Pages). In A First Issue Dj (Three Titles Described On Rear Panel, Cover Title As "Grey Lensman"), Price Clipped And With The Publisher's Corrected $3.00 Price Rubber-Stamped On Front Flap (As On All Copies). Dust Jacket With Wear, Small Losses And Tears At Edges Not Affecting Lettering, Slight Foxing To Front Panel, More Pronounced Foxing To Rear Panel. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. From an edition of 5,000 copies, of which 500 are numbered and autographed - this is #160, with a lengthy inscription by Smith to a previous owner at the limitation page. No jacket. First thus; first appearance in book format, of a story first serialized in Astounding Stories from October 1939 - January 1940. Blue cloth with gilt spine titling, good with staining, heavily faded to spine and along top edges, lightly bumped to spine ends and bottom fore-edge corners. Spine tilted forward. Binding sound. Lightly foxed to textblock edges and endsheets, and only sparsely through text; pages toned, text else unmarked. Signed.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Inscribed (generic) and signed by Smith on front free end paper. The fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera. [this novel] best of series." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. The cover by Hulbert Rogers is one of the classic Golden Age paintings. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333]. Previous owner's ink stamp to half title page, some toning to end papers, a fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear at the corner tips and base of spine panel, tiny nick and closed tear with crease at head of spine panel. (30667).

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Signed first edition of Gray Lensman by Edward E. Smith. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 306pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light soiling to cloth, touch of foxing to edge of text block. This copy appears largely unread. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, shallow chips along edge, light foxing to back panel, a very good example with bright illustrations. Signed on the front free endpaper by author. (Currey, page 456). E.E. Smith (1890-1965) was an American science fiction writer, best known for his Lensman and Skylark series. He is often referred to as the father of space opera, a subgenre of science fiction that looks at warfare in space. Signed.

Octavo, six volumes, leather-backed cloth. Limited edition. One of 75 sets (number 25), each volume with inserted numbered limitation leaf signed by Smith. The first volume is warmly inscribed to a long time friend. Collects the six-volume "Lensman" series comprising TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. "The space opera to end all space operas, with humans and aliens arrayed (some on each side) in a cosmic war of Good and Evil ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. A fine set. The original unprinted acetate dust jackets have a few minor chips and there is a closed tear at the upper front panel on volume three. The fragile cardboard box is not present. A lovely set. (#154601). Signed.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 500 copies signed by Smith (this is copy #407) with his additional personalized inscription on the limitation leaf to Edward L. Corton. Fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera. [this novel] best of series." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1052. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87]. Corton's name, address and date in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper and his book label affixed to front paste-down. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of wear at lower rear corner tip and 32 mm closed tear along bottom edge of front flap fold. A lovely copy in a very bright, attractive jacket. (13731).

Limited edition. Octavo, six volumes, leather-backed cloth. One of 75 sets (number 25), each volume with inserted numbered limitation leaf signed by Smith. This first volume warmly inscribed to a long time friend. Collects the six-volume "Lensman" series comprising TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. "The space opera to end all space operas, with humans and aliens arrayed (some on each side) in a cosmic war of Good and Evil ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167. [Reference: Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87]. A fine set. The original unprinted acetate dust jackets have a few minor chips and there is a closed tear at the upper front panel on volume three. The fragile cardboard box is not present. A lovely set. (18866).

First Edition. GRAY LENSMAN, Fantasy Press, 1951, first edition, some light dust-soil to the t.p.e.'s, else just about a fine bright copy in like first issue dust-wrapper with price correction and some slight wear and tear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and a small chip missing from the base of the dust-wrapper spine. Signed canceled check by the author laid in.

First Edition. GRAY LENSMAN, Fantasy Press, 1951, first edition, spine just a bit lightened, else a near fine bright copy in as new second issue dust-wrapper. #96/500 copies of the special plated edition INSCRIBED by the author.