Humanoids by Williamson Jack, Signed (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine-. #72-129. First Prinitng. 178pp. Short inscription on title page dated 1967, signed by the author. Photos on request Size: Mass Market. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ink price residue on cover, pages yellowing.; Signed by the author.; 12mo; 178 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Digest Magazine Size. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. Orig. Price $0.35. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First British Edition. Has news clipping about original publication taped on FFEP below inscription and signature. Lightly soiled. Unmarked. 191 pgs. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Lancer 72-129. Gently rubbed, faint spine crease. Pages lightly tanned. Signed by Williamson on the title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Leather Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Klein, David G. (illustrator). Presumed First Thus. Presumed first edition thus, leather bound Collector's Edition, previously owned by Ed Bryant and is inscribed to him with place/date by Williamson on title page. A folded invitation or program to The Jack Williamson Science Fiction Library dedication is laid in. The book has a slight skew to the binding, a hint of shelfwear to spine ends and board corners, a small touch of rubbing to gilt on edges of text block, a very small chip to upper corner of front pastedown, and the Easton Press "Signed First Editions of Science Fiction" book plate has been stuck to the first free endpage with the name of one of Bryant's relatives written on the line, while the blank "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" book plate is laid in at back with Collector's Notes. Otherwise a solid, tight, VG+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. SF novel. SIGNED and inscribed to fellow SF writer, Jim Young "To Jim Young, with all the best. NYcon III". VG; wear to bottoms of boards; in Poor to fair jacket; long closed tears - stains; pieces cut from back flap. Looks to be "married" from another book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Collector's Edition, a volume in The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Inscribed by Jack Williamson on the title page. Intelligent robots, instructed to let no one come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion. Introduced by F.M. Busby. Illustrated by David G. Klein. Collector's Notes laid in. Octavo. Full brown leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, decorative endpapers, and a ribbon marker. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. David G. Klein (illustrator). Signed on Title page. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather. Gold is very vibrant. Straight, secure spine. Clean interiors. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition; A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page. A handsome copy of this classic science fiction novel by one of the great SciFi authors of the 20th century; scarce signed. This copy is in very good condition with bright spine lettering and clean pages; the book does show a cracked front hinge (still intact), a 1/4" tear to the spine head, and some moderate shelf wear. Housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that has had internal tape reinforcement to the spine ends and flap edges (tape shadow somewhat visible on the exterior), and some moderate rubbing and chipping to the spine ends, edges, and corners (no loss of material). Overall, a nice, collectible copy of a scarce book, enhanced by the author signature. Not price clipped ($2.00 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 239 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine dark blue with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$2.00." General shelf wear. Large crease across dust jacket and more creasing to front inner flap. Light foxing to rear cover and inner flaps. Rubbing to head and tail of spine and lightly along edges of boards. Spine slightly cocked. Light age toning throughout textblock. Signed flat by Williamson on title page. Shelved in Case 8. 1411071. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

First edition. Octavo, boards. Inscribed and signed by Williamson on the title page. Sequel to "With Folded Hands" (ASF, 1947), this was first published in ASF in 1948 as ".And Searching Mind." "Intelligent robots, instructed to let no come to harm, serve their masters so well that they institute a new tyranny of kindness which provokes rebellion." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 178. ".early in the genre's timetable of speculative insights, the [Humanoids] series confronted the near impossibility of assessing the pluses and minuses of a humanoid (i.e., AI-driven) hegemony over the world, however benevolent." - SFE online. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 34-6. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333]. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down, some rubbing to board edges, a very good copy in a very good or better dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner tips with stress crease at lower right front corner, mild wear to the head of the spine panel with a 12 mm closed tear, vertical crease to rear panel. (25418).

First Edition. THE HUMANOIDS, Simon & Schuster, 1949, first edition, head of spine a bit bumped, else vg+/near fine in vg+ color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Inscribed by the author to another science fiction writer.