Hellstroms Hive, First Edition (6 results)

Condition: NEAR FINE. Book club edition: the first hardcover printing. A horror novel originally published in Galaxy magazine under the title 'Project 40' and inspired by David Wolper's 1971 quasi-documentary film 'The Hellstrom Chronicle'. Hellstrom, an entomologist and successful film maker is living in rural Oregon, but he attracts the attention of a government organization; an operative is sent from the government but quickly assassinated. When more are sent, it is revealed that the farm is situated above a vast system of tunnels and caves, hosting a hive-like subterranean society of nearly 50,000 specialized hybrid human-insect workers. Winner in 1978 of the Prix Tour-Apollo Award for best science fiction novel published in French. Gutter code 42P on page 277. Dust jacket art by David Stone. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. David K. Stone (illustrator). first edition. First edition. Good book in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a scratch on the front, edge wear, and closed tears; now in new removable protective cover. Clay boards with green print on spine. Prior owner's name with brief note on front free end paper. Otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. Nelson Doubleday (imprint of Science Fiction Book Club) hard cover with dust jacket, first edition, first printing Nov. 1973 (code 42P), SFBC # 5956, 278 pages, cover art by David K. Stone. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") Winner, 1978 Prix Apollo. Originally serialized in Galaxy Magazine as Project 40, the first edition (and only hard cover edition) was this 1973 book club original edition. It was followed by a March 1974 Bantam paperback edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 180 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/first printing (1973). Hardcover bound in boards with a contrasting cloth spine. Condition graded Good: boards show mild shelf wear and rubbing to corners, page edges exhibit light spotting and a slight lean but the binding is sound. Dust jacket is graded Good, retaining price, with moderate edge wear, small chips and creases; now protected in a removable mylar cover. A solid collectible copy of Frank Herbert's ecological thriller. Seller inventory #0061.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition, of title previously issued as Paperback Original. Correct first hardcover edition, with requisite code 42P at in lower gutter of page 277. Issued upon first publication by the Science Fiction Book Club. Octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 ½ inches. Lettering and ruling in dark green on spine. Deckle fore-edge. 278 pp. Two blank leaves at end. Clean, unworn boards; tight, square binding; bright, clean pages. Ever so slightly canted, else Fine. Near Fine dust jacket has light rubbing/edgewear, two short closed tears at head of spine, shallow wrinkle at upper left corner of front panel; dark scuff at lower left corner of rear panel. Now in removable archival cover. Hardcover. Ochre paper over board First Hardcover Edition, First Hardcover Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, UK. First UK edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket interior is discoloured, and edges are creased and nicked. Page block and page edges are tanned, and board edges are lightly bumped. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.