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Published by Gnome Press, 1953
Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition.
Published by Grayson & Grayson Ltd., London, 1954
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition.
Published by Gnome Press, Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edd Cartier (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good, no markings, no bookplate. In FAIR ONLY dust jacket with rear jacket flap DETACHED. Medium size chip to top left corner of front panel, shallow chipping to spine ends, additional wear and tear and some abrasions. Still, a passable jacket now housed in archival jacket protector.
Published by Gnome Press, NY, 1954
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. DJ has some rubbing and edgewear with numerous chips and small tears; 1/4" piece of at bottom edge of DJ spine missing. Stories by John D. MacDonald, Bernard Wolfe, John S. Browning, A. E. Van Vogt, H. H. Holmes, Lewis Padgett, Joseph E. Kelleam, Lester del Rey, and Robert Moore Williams.
Condition: Good Plus. First Edition, octavo hardcover lacking original dust jacket, 251pp. Collects 10 stories. Andrew J. Offutt name stamp on the front endpaper. Good Plus, lean, rubbing, heavy toning, edge foxing, corner bumps, a few pp w/ pencil notations. A reader copy.
Published by GRAYSON & GRAYSON, LONDON, 1954
Seller: clifford milne books pbfa, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8 VO , 1ST ED 1954 , RED CLOTH , 224 PAGES , VERY GOOD IN SL NICKED DUSTWRAPPER .
Published by The Gnome Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. First edition. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 251pp. Tan cloth with dark brown cloth spine in dust jacket. Stated first edition. 1/5000 copies. Chipping to jacket spine. The jacket flaps are clipped but original price of $2.95 remains present. Jacket design by Ric Binkley. Anthology collecting 9 stories from "Astounding" and 1 from "Galaxy". Adventures in Science Fiction Series. Reference: website: "Gnome Press: The Complete History and Bibliography" #29.
Published by Gnome Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 251 p.; 22 cm. Brown cloth spine with silver-stamped spine title; beige paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley, in mylar cover. Part of the publisher's Adventures in Science Fiction Series. Contains ten stories about robots by John D. MacDonald, Bernard Wolfe, Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore), H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), John S. Browning (Robert Moore Williams), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey (2 stories), Joseph E. Kelleam, and Robert Moore Williams. Stated First Edition. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: pencilled observations by an unidentified former owner on the table of contents; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: 2.5-cm. tear from upper edge of front section, without loss; edges rubbed; ends of spine chipped; 2 tears from upper edge of back section of 1 cm. or less; illustration is intact and clean.
Published by The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, New York, 1953
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition in variant binding. Our copy bound in beige tweed boards, with black lettering on spine. Upper right corner bumped. Light yellowing along one edge of front and rear gutter. Faint smudges on edge of text block. Manufactured in the U.S.A. Country Life Press on copyright page. In First Edition slightly shelf-rubbed dust jacket with $2.95 price on front flap. 30 titles listed on back panel. Tips of flaps clipped. Some wear to jacket at tips of covers, small tears at left corner of spine head and heel. Small tear and creases in top right corner on back panel.
Published by Gnome Press, [1953]., New York:, 1953
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. 251, [1] pp. Quarter brown cloth over beige-coloured boards, silver lettering on spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art of robots on chess board by Ric Binkley (minor edgewear, creasing, slight chipping head of spine, couple very minor closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First hardcover edition of one of John D. MacDonald's early science fiction stories on computing and artificial intelligence, "Mechanical Answer," first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1948). This anthology also includes stories by Lester del Rey, Joseph E. Kelleam, A.E. van Vogt, John Browning, Lewis Padgett, and others.
Published by Gnome Press, 1954
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Gnome Press, 1954
Seller: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition. Book has some rubbing and notes in the cover. Jacket protected poorly with taped on cellophane. Can be removed. JAcket has some rubbing. Price not clipped. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!.
Publication Date: 1953
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Gnome Press, New York. 1953. DW. vii + 251 pages. Wear to extremities of DW rear flap of which has been carefully reinforced on both sides along fold with rear panel.
Published by Grayson & Grayson, London, 1954
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First British edition. Collects ten stories by John D. MacDonald, Lewis Padgett, H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, and others. Includes "Robots Return" by Robert Moore Williams, "a parable of machine evolution whose robot protagonists, visiting from their home on Mars, cannot believe that flesh creatures could have created them back on Earth ." - SFE (online). Faint Australian book store stamp at bottom fore-edge of front free endpaper. Top edge of sheets foxed, else a fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with 11x16 mm chip from the upper edge of the rear panel at the fore-edge. (#158962).
Published by The Gnome Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Earl The Pearls, Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. BC04C/D Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Jacket is edge worn with several small chips and tears. Pages slightly toned.
Published by Gnome Press, 1953
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE ROBOT AND THE MAN, Gnome Press, 1953, first edition, upper fore edge corner tips bumped, else near fine in vg+ pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and some inner tape stain bleed through at the head and heel of the dust-wrapper spine which wraps around some to the bottom of the rear dust-wrapper panel. Contributions by John D. MacDonald, Bernard Wolfe, A. E. Van Vogt, Anthony Boucher, Lewis Padgett, Lester Del Rey, et. al.
Published by Gnome Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dustjacket. Ric Binkley Dustjacket (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition Stated. Beige Boards Stamped In Brown. Very Near Fine, Slight Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Slight Foxing To Endpapers, In A Near Fine Dj With Slight Rubbing, Two 1/4" Closed Tears At Top Of Front Panel, Not Price-Clipped, With Two 3/8" Closed Tears At Top Of Rear Panel And A 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold.
Published by The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers [1953], New York, 1953
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Collects ten stories by John D. MacDonald, Lewis Padgett, H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, and others. Includes "Robots Return" by Robert Moore Williams, "a parable of machine evolution whose robot protagonists, visiting from their home on Mars, cannot believe that flesh creatures could have created them back on Earth ." - SFE (online). Lower edge of pages 163-182 creased with some small tears (binding error?), a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear at corner tips and spine ends, a small chip to the lower left front panel. (15474).
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. The 4th anthology edition released by Gnome Press in the early 1950's. The theme of this volume being the invention of the robot and it's evolution. Edited by Martin Greenberg. NF book, outline of old pencil note in the front. VG+ or better DJ some chipping at the top of the spine and general edgewear. Now with brodart jacket. Provenance: From the Estate of Dr Stephen Landan, a life-long Sci-Fi fan who regularly attended conventions in USA and UK and who was a longtime member of The World Science Fiction Society; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Gnome Press, New York, 1953
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition copy of a collection of robot-themed SF fiction.Publisher's tan and brown cloth with silver embossed to spine. The book is square and tight with a previous owner's name and date on the ffep. Also has previous owner's embossed" From the library of." to the title page. Otherwise internally clean and unmarked. Jacket has great cover art by Ric Binkley and has not been price clipped. Does have minor wear to extremities and fragmentary loss to the top of the spine. Includes stories by Lester del Rey, John D. MacDonald, A.E. vanVogt, Lewis Padgett and others. Overall, a very nice copy of an uncommon title.
Published by gnome press, 1953
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine book in a near fine dust jacket bumped spine ends,tiny chipped corner.
Published by The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, New York, 1953
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects ten stories by John D. MacDonald, Lewis Padgett, H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, and others. Includes "Robots Return" by Robert Moore Williams, "a parable of machine evolution whose robot protagonists, visiting from their home on Mars, cannot believe that flesh creatures could have created them back on Earth ." - SFE (online). A fine copy in very good dust jacket with several rubs and surface scuffs, light wear at spine ends and neat internal tape mends at spine ends. Presents well overall. (#168258).
Published by Gnome Press, 1953
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE ROBOT AND THE MAN, Gnome Press, 1953, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by John D. MacDonald, Bernard Wolfe, A. E. Van Vogt, Anthony Boucher, Lewis Padgett, Lester Del Rey, et. al. SIGNED by publisher Martin Greenberg.