Space Platform by Murray Leinster: Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in orange cloth boards, spine titled in black and white, cover decorated in white, jacket designed by I. Heilbron. Signed on the first f.f.e. in blue ink, "Murray Leinster" Will F Jenkins. Chicago: Shasta Publishers (1953), 222 pages. A Fine unmarked copy with foxing to front and rear end papers. VG unclipped ($2.50) mylar protected jacket has the price crossed and foxing along the edges-mostly on flaps, modest sun fading to spine. I. Heilbron (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "FIRST EDITION" on its copyright page. Signed by its author on its front end paper, as both "Murray Leinster" and Will F. Jenkins. (Likely a "subscriber copy", thus.) This book is in very good+ condition, marred only by light wear on spine ends, a pinhead-sized scrape on its front cover, and hand-written "Joseph Schaller" and "June 5, 1953" on top of its front end paper. There is also an "EX LIBRIS Joseph Schaller" period bookplate on its front pastedown with charming science fictional images. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good+ condition: whole, bright, and unmarked, with light wear on ends of spine and front flap fold, a thin 1.5" scrape on its back, and shallow creases along top edges of its flaps. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young adult science fiction novel, the first in the Joe Kenmore series. At the outset of the novel, America is seeking to construct a Space PlatformWritten by Murray Leinster, the pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and tot he extremities. A couple of light marks to the boards. Dustwrapper with light edgewear with a small chip, and some minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Jenkins as Jenkins and "Murray Leinster" to Shasta co-publisher Ted Dikty "who undoubtedly lost weight worrying about this book" on front free endpaper. Early military SF for young adults. An account of mankind's first venture into space, set during the Cold War. The United States constructs a space station from which the first mission to the Moon will be launched, and which is armed with missiles to protect Earth from communist aggression. The sequel, also featuring Joe Kenmore, is SPACE TUG (1953). One of several books in Shasta's short-lived "Shasta Junior" series and the first book in the "To the Stars" series. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and corner tips. Jacket illustration by L. Heilbron. A nice association copy. (#163539). Signed.…

First Edition. Space Platform, Shasta Publishers, 1953, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Signed by the author using both his real name and nom-de-plume.