The Star Conquerors (40 results)

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Black illustrated card covers, small soft crease to bottom corner of rear cover. 197pp contents unmarked and like new.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Black illustrated card covers, 197pp completely unmarked and brand new.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. First Edition. Text block is mildly age-toned, minor discoloration to lower edge of front cover. A near fine copy. In the Italian language. Rather uncommon. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated, 1959 Ben Bova - First Edition, to the copyright page. Very gently read. Smattering of faded brown stains to the first 23 pages or so ranging from miniscule to 3cm in diameter, most in the 1cm range. Thin vertical 4.5cm stain to the fore-edge. Otherwise, the interior is quite clean. Green cloth boards are gently bumped and rubbed to extremities. Dark blue titles to spine. Black, splashy, (ink?) staining to the bottom right quadrant of the front board. Without dustjacket. Priced accordingly. Bova's first book. Facsimile dustjackets are available from Facsimile Dust Jackets LLC.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (1959). Stated first edition. Octavo green cloth lettered in black. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket which has only minor fraying at the tips and corners. Author's first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first edition. Inscribed, "To Bill -- Reluctantly," and signed by the author on the title page. About Near Fine in like dust jacket. Green cloth boards tapped at upper corners. Binding is square and sound. Unmarked but for author's inscription/signature. Jacket has light edge-wear, no chips or tears. Publisher's original $2.50 price intact on front flap. 215 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mel Hunter (illustrator). 1st Edition. Philadelphia, Winston, 1959. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A tight copy of Ben Bova's first book. Inscribed by Bova to the title page. The most sought after of the Winston juveniles. Star Conquerors was the first in Bova's Watchmen series. A collectable title. Some light edge wear to the jacket, some rubbing to the board edges, collector's plate to the rear pastedown. A nice copy. Cover art by Mel Hunter [10609, Hyraxia Books]. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition, and so stated. Octavo, 215 pp, cloth binding in the Mel Hunter-illustrated jacket. pictorial jacket. A Near Fine copy, with just tiny points of wear at corner tips, top page edges slightly darker than bottom edges as with almost every copy, in a better than VG jacket - though it is price-clipped - whose main flaw is small scale roughening at spine ends, corners just touched. Nicely preserved book and jacket. The first novel of science fiction icon Ben Bova, from the equally iconic Winston series of juvenile sci-fi titles, a memorable 37-title group issued between 1952 and 1961. Many of us remember the Winston stories with a great deal of nostalgia. The Star Conquerors - which also turned out to be the first of three titles in what would become Bova's "Watchmen" series - is among the rarest, and most sought after, of the Winston books, in one of the better-preserved copies. L64.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 216 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.54 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 260.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: NO. SECOND PRINTIN. General shelf wear, worn extremities, faded spine, bumped corners, light foxing to endpages, bottom corner of first few pages has soil spot, lightly shaken binding, pg 22 lightly soiled, and few pages have fingersmudges. DATE PUBLISHED: 1962 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 215.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 12mo, orig green cloth; moderate edge wear, head of spine expertly repaired - loss to top 1/2 of "The" at head of spine, d/j (some chipping to edges, head & foot of spine panel stablized with archival paper stock - some loss to lettering, some spotting to flaps). Minor spotting to front & back matter. Binding and contents sound and clean.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mel Hunter (illustrator). Second printing (stated). Book is in very good (previous owners blindstamp on first title page, lower front corner slightly bumped, small shadow on front & rear cover) condition with a very good (edgewear, small chips at corners) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Mel Hunter (illustrator). 1962 Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Dust Jacket. Bowing. Wearing and rubbing on covers and spine. Interior is unmarked. DJ is Fair with wearing and some damage. 215p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia PA. 1958. 215 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Mel Hunter DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is chipped and worn with chipping to the spine ends). Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. To Explore New Worlds. And Resistance is Futile. All found their home here first with Star Watch Captain Geoffrey Knowland in what some say is a virtual blueprint for Star Trek. The Winston Science Fiction set comprises 35 science fiction juvenile novels by famous science fiction authors such as Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, and Lester del Rey, one anthology, and one non-fiction book Rockets through Space: The Story of Man's Preparations to Explore the Universe by del Rey which details the factual science and technology of rocket flight. The set was published by The John C. Winston Company between 1952 and 1960, then by Holt, Rinehart & Winston until 1961. The dust jackets feature classic science fiction illustrations by artists like Hugo Award winners Ed Emshwiller and Virgil Finlay along with Hugo nominees like Mel Hunter and Alex Schomburg. EB; Winston Science Fiction Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition of Ben Bova's First book. Ex-library copy. Book has tape residue on the top and bottom edges of front and back boards. Stamps from library present on front paste down, title, and dedication pages. Blind stamped on title page, and p. 215. Brown staining on end-papers. Strip of material remaining on first free end page from something being removed. Material lifted and some material remains from the removal of a slip envelope on back paste down page. Spine is cocked. Light wear along top and bottom edges. Jacket has a white label on spine. Rectangular shaped white lines present on spine. Two and a half inch by three inch section missing on bottom of back flap. Back flap has been taped on by a previous owner. Section of brown staining on edge of front flap. Otherwise both book and jacket are in very good condition, and in a mylar wrapper.

First edition. Octavo, jacket illustration by Mel Hunter, cloth. The author's first book. The Terran Confederation, at war with the Masters, a mysterious alien race that rules the Milky Way galaxy, fights for its existence, perhaps against the Others, an ancient enemy that destroyed Terran civilization more than a million years earlier. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Some mild edge rubs, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with light wear to corner tips and spine ends, closed tear to across upper spine panel and another to lower right and left front corners, some rubs with small chips to front fold. (32505).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a near fine, or better, unmarked hardcover first edition, first printing copy in green cloth in a mylar protected Mel Hunter DJ, with just a bit of chipping at the edges, black spine, 2.50 flap price. Photos on request.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). viii, 216 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to its spine and front panel illustration; minor nicks at edges; soiling to white rear panel which lists 31 books in the Winston's science fiction series; foxing to flaps; front flap retains publisher's $2.50 printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with blue stamping to spine. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; two small slender stains to bottom edge with a few leaves shallowly affected at margins; foxing to last three text pages with strongest occurrence being top gutter corner of page 216; interior pages otherwise remain fairly clean. Binding is firm. THE STAR CONQUERORS is Ben Bova's had-to-find debut novel which initiated his Watchmen series.

First edition. Octavo, red textured end papers, pebbled red leather, spine stamped in gold, all edges stained red. A unique, special copy presented as a Christmas gift from the publisher to Bova. The author's first book. The Terran Confederation, at war with the Masters, a mysterious alien race that rules the Milky Way galaxy, fights for its existence, perhaps against the Others, an ancient enemy that destroyed Terran civilization more than a million years earlier. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Top stain a mostly faded, some rubs to spine edges, spine slightly darkened, a nearly fine copy. Holiday card from the John C. Winston Company laid in. A one of a kind item. Rare. (28455).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. The Terran Confederation, at war with the Masters, a mysterious alien race that rules the Milky Way galaxy, fights for its existence, perhaps against the Others, an ancient enemy that destroyed Terran civilization more than a million years earlier. The author's first book. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. One of the most elusive titles in the series. Some rubbing to cloth along top and bottom edges, else a fine copy in nearly fine first printing dust jacket with $2.50 price printed on front flap, with rubbing at spine ends and corner tips, mild dust soiling to rear panel, and three tiny internal tape mends. A nice copy. Jacket art by Mel Hunter. (#163488).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. The Terran Confederation, at war with the Masters, a mysterious alien race that rules the Milky Way galaxy, fights for its existence, perhaps against the Others, an ancient enemy that destroyed Terran civilization more than a million years earlier. The author's first book. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. One of the most elusive titles in the series. A fine copy in bright, fine first printing dust jacket with light touch ups to tiny rub marks at spine ends and clipped price. A sharp copy. Jacket art by Mel Hunter. (#146540).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Mel Hunter(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. The Star Conquerors by Ben Bova (First Edition) Signed A firm square copy. Bright cloth. Rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. A bright original dust jacket. Moderate rubbing to spine edges and corner tips. Original $2.50 price intact on flap. Mylar cover. Stated First edition. Green cloth, spine lettered black. Pictorial dust jacket. Bova's first Science Fiction Novel. One of the hardest to find of the Winston Juveniles. Signed by the Author on the title page, no inscription. BOOK.