Return Orbit, First Edition (13 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used - Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A large, heavy book which will require extra shipping charges - cannot ship outside U.S.A.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Well-illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 163 pp., Foreword by Scott Carpenter.

Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First edition/first printing. Book is in fine (unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine with very good to fine dust jacket. Dust jacket has a one inch scratch on front panel and is very lightly bumped at top of spine. 163 pages with many illustrations. 4to size. Foreword by Scott Carpenter.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, fine.

Condition: good, ex-lib., good. First Printing. 176, few library markings, pencil erasure on half-title. Foreword by Scott Carpenter.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good to fine with very good dust jacket. Inscribed and dated (2006) by John Glenn on half title page. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at spine tips and top edges. 163 pages with many illustrations. Foreword by Scott Carpenter. 4to size.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG. Front cover slightly chipped, rear cover chipped & detached, internally very clean & solid. Cover art by Thomson.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Fine. 1st Printing. Two-page 1982 typed letter from Senator Glenn, signed "John," to Paul Tipps, then head of the Democratic Party in Ohio, laid in. Size: Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 163 pages. 4to, (11 1/4" tall). Stated First Printing. Illustrated. Signed on the half title page by John Glenn and inscribed to an individual by first name only, dated 11-28-06. Copies of this book signed by John Glenn are very scarce. Foreword by Scott Carpenter. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket and book are in excellent condition, no chips, no marks. John Glenn was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling three times in 1962. In 1998 he became, at that time, the oldest astronaut at 77 to fly into space on the space shuttle Discovery. He is the only astronaut to have flown in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs. In 2016 he passed away at the age of 95. A very scarce, signed, collectible copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A collection of twenty two works by prolific science fiction writer Poul William Anderson A collection of twenty two works by American fantasy and science fiction author Poul William Anderson. Active from the 1940s until his death at the beginning of the millennium, the prolific writer won seven Hugo Awards and Three Nebula Awards over the course of his career, and was nominated for works included in this set such as The Enemy Stars, The Star Fox, and The Byworlder. Includes first paperback editions of The Byworlder, Orbit Unlimited, Mayday Orbit, The Star Fox, and We Claim These Stars. Includes the first four volumes in the Flandry series. The series reveals around protagonist Dominic Flandry, a dashing field agent of the Imperial Intelligence Corps who travels the stars to fight threats to the 31st century empire. The Star Fox has a price sticker to the front cover, as does Mayday Orbit, which is a reversible volume that also contains 'No Man's World' by Kenneth Bulmer. Mirkheim has a price sticker to the rear cover. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the front cover of Orbit Unlimited. Library stamp from Hereford and Worcester County Library to the front endpaper and the title page of The Horn of Time, which has been rebound and has tape support at the first page. The collection includes: We Claim These Stars Mayday Orbit Orbit Unlimited The Star Fox Ensign Flandry The Trouble Twisters The Rebel Worlds A Circus of Hells Byworlder Let The Spacemen Beware Enemy Stars Fire Time The Winter of The World Flandry of Terra Agent of Terran Empire Mirkheim Virgin Planet The Day of Their Return The Knight of Ghosts and Shadows The Avatar The Horn of Time The Boat of a Million Years In the publisher's original paperback binding. Externally, generally smart. Orbit Unlimited and The Horn of Time are a little more worn than the rest of the volumes, with some wear to the joints and extremities. The Horn of Time has been rebacked, and has a tape repair to the first page. The front cover of Ensign Flandry is rather worn, as is the front cover of The Star Fox, and there is a small crease to the bottom corner of the front cover of The Avatar. Some very light wear to the head and tails of the spines, a little more so to the head of Byworlder, the head and tail of the Let the Spaceman Beware, and the tail of The Day of their Return. The Virgin Planet is a little worn at the joints. The front hinge of Orbit Unlimited is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound, except for Orbit Unlimited where the binding is slightly tender. Pages are clean throughout, and vary from bright to moderately age-toned. Very Good. book.

First edition. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 3 volumes. 21, 20, 21 loose plates (several in colour). Oblong folio. Original flexible cloth folders in cardboard slipcase. Overall a close to fine set. No text. Tokyo, Privately Printed, Printed on the occasion of an exhibition at the Polaroid Gallery in Tokyo, this book comes as close to being a work of art as a printed book can ever get. All the plates are loose, printed on high quality paper. The pale colours of the covers beautifully reflect the delicacy of the images. The title hints at some form of return to a previous endeavour: Some of the photographs are reminiscent of the abstract and often sculptural work of Fukuhara Roso (Shinzo's younger brother) in the early modernist period some fifty years previously, radiating with a quiet and delicate softness. However, Ueda takes a fresh look and presents us with an unexpected and deliberate artificiality of the highest order. He took the images with a 35mm Polaroid camera. Some of them are reproduced in colour, others in b-w. Ironically, Ueda considered himself more of an amateur than a professional, something that is less of a reflection on his status than his spirit. The present series reflects this spirit where the images are produced simply for their own sake. Only one copy in OCLC.