Needle by Hal Clement, Signed (13 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VG-. 5th Printing. The first book in the Needle series. Also released as 'From Outer Space.' Uncredited Clyde Caldwell cover art. Signed ' "Hal Clement" (Harry C. Stubbs)" ' on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (2 signed books: Through the eye of a needle (Del Rey First Edition/First Printing) ; star light (Del Rey Second Ballantine Printing). Covers have light wear and creases but clean, bright, and in very good- condition. Both books signed by author on title page. Pages are clean and pristine. .; 6.8 X 4.1 X 0.6 inches; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Thus. Navy blue cloth with spine text in orange. A near fine book with a bit of shelfwear on the bottom edge and at the head and heal of the spine. One of three early Doubleday science fiction books issued in a Young Moderns edition. Bound in the original, slightly smaller, size. Signed "Hal Clement, Harry C. Stubbs" on the title page. In a price clipped dust jacket with some edge wear, some sun fading on the spine and has been extensively tape-reinforced on the inside along the top and bottom edges. Signed by Author(s).

Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed by author on title page. Jacket is worn and chipped along edges, but protected by a mylar cover. Jacket spine is lightly sunned, but text is legible. Top corner of front jacket flap is clipped. Cover corners are lightly worn. Binding is secure. Pages are tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

2nd. NEEDLE, Doubleday, 1950, the Young Moderns edition, some rubbing to the spine edges and bottom edges of the boards, page margins tanning as usual, else a tight vg+ copy in like dust-wrapper with some shallow chipping. Signed by the author using both his real name and nom-de-plume. Clement's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. From the library of Winona McClintic with her signature on the front and rear paste-down endpapers. McClintic was the author of science fiction short stories and poetry which appeared in "Best Of" collections and sf magazines. Very good in near very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author. Contains Seal of Signature Certification. This classic novel is about alien cop taking over a human body. "An adequately exciting tale of possession from outer space, by a writer who is well versed in the hard sciences. Clement's first novel, it introduced the word "symbiote," use ever since by SF writers." As said by Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover inscribed by Clement to the title page. Points gently bumped, slight foxing to cloth and textblock edge. Offset toning to endpages. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, edgeworn, foxed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. Tan cloth with black spine lettering. First edition stated on copyright page. A fine book. Signed by "Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)" on the title page. The dust jacket has some wear at the corners and a small chip or two at the head and heal of the spine. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Signed on the title page as Clement and Stubbs. Author's first book. An alien cop takes over the body of a human. "An adequately exciting tale of possession from outer space, by a writer who is well versed in the hard sciences. Clement's first novel, it introduced the word "symbiote," use ever since by SF writers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 251. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 3-110]. Upper corner tips bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and head of the spine pane, some darkening to the spine panel. (31255).

First Edition. * THE AUTHORS OWN UNIQUE COPY * NEEDLE in Astounding for May & June, 1949, first edition, a vg+ set specially bound in red & blue cloth. The authors first book. An interstellar detective pursues a criminal of his own race to earth and must capture him while in the native form. The authors own copy with his bookplate on the f.p.d. specially prepared and given to him by a fan in 1951 with the presenters essay penned to the rear blank sheets. Signed by the author as well.

First Edition. NEEDLE, Doubleday, 1950, first edition, fine in vg+/near fine dust-wrapper save for some bleed through shadow staining to the lower front flap fold extremity, the upper rear flap fold extremity and the dust-wrapper spine extremities from the verso. The authors first book. An interstellar detective pursues a criminal of his own race to earth and must capture him while in the native form. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid in. (A copy with a seemingly bit nicer dust-wrapper sold at auction on 9/12/2011 for $335!).

First Edition. NEEDLE, Doubleday, 1950, first edition, g/vg in near vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some wear and tear. There is no printed dedication page for this, the first edition, but you can bet that this copy is it as it is INSCRIBED by the author, "To my parents -who must certainly share some of the responsibility for what follows! Hal." The dedication copy of the authors first book.