Time Stream by John Taine (37 results)

Frank R. Paul (illustrator). by John Taine, pen name of Eric Temple Bell. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1971). First edition thus; trade paperback. "This Dover edition first published in 1971 is a slightly edited republication of the text and illustrations as originally published in Wonder Stories December 1931-March 1932" statement to the copyright page. Four striking full page illustrations by Frank R. Paul. The first book publication of this classic time-travel novel was originally in hardcover in 1946 with different illustrations. A nice illustrated trade paperback collectible. Tight, square and probably unread, faint small tan spot to the rear cover's lower edge, minute corner tip creases to the front cover, minuscule rubs to the shelf-edges, else near fine in glossy stiff-card wraps with front cover art in red by Frank R. Paul, still bright and UN-faded red and blue spine titles; original printed $1.75 price still intact to the front cover.

Paperback. first edition. very good, creases trade paperback,

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 3, No. 8. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "Martian Guns" by Stanley D. Bell. Includes "The Time Stream" (pt 2 of 3) by John Taine [Eric Temple Bell]; "The Derelicts of Ganymede" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Duel on the Asteroid" by P. Schuyler Miller & Dennis McDermott; "The Crystal Empire" by Sidney D. Berlow; "Welcome to Mr. Brandt" (p. 949; brief bio of and introduction to C. A. Brandt). Illustrated by Paul. Letters from Willy Ley and Milton Kaletsky. Tanning; spine tears with losses; cover half loose; old tape ghost and bits on rear; first page loose; creasing; tears and small losses; marks on front. See scan. Reading copy. Book.

good, darker spine area, stains?, tiny corner chips jacket only, NO BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -.

Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. . Three books in one. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front endpage. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (sci-fi, anthology).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. All around cover wear, front cover fold, sticker residue front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Full cloth binding, unmarked but with toned page edges and endpapers. 251pp. Jacket is fair only, worn and chipped at spine and in two pieces, covered by a mylar protector. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. 3, No. 10. Printed on quality paper. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "Red April, 1965" by Frank K. Kelly. Includes "The Final War" by Carl W. Spohr; "The Eternal World" by Clark Ashton Smith; "Waves of Compulsion" by Raymond Gallun; "Mutiny on Mercury" by Clifford D. Simak; "The Time Stream" (conclusion) by John Taine [Eric Temple Bell]. Letters from Raymond A. Palmer, Forrest J. Ackerman, P. Schuyler Miller, and others. Illustrated by Paul. Wraps a biut dingy; edeg and corner wqear; creasing; stress; losses at spine ends. Magazine.

Wraps. Condition: Fair to Good-. Vol. 3, No. 9. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "The Moon Era" by Jack Williamson. Includes "The Challenge of the Comet" by Arthur K. Barnes; "A Conquest of Two Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton; "The Radium World" by Frank K. Kelly; "The Time Stream" (pt. 3 of 4) by John Taine (Eric Temple Bell). Editorial: "The Wonders of 2031" by Hugo Gernsback. Illustrated by Paul. Letters from John Beynon Harris, Forrest J. Ackerman, and others. Loose pages; nearly a quarter of last page lost (book reviews and ad); losses to rear cover; stress; creasing; front cover glued inside front hinge; 1932 in pencil on cover. Magazine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 3, No. 8. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "Martian Guns" by Stanley D. Bell. Includes "The Time Stream" (pt 2 of 3) by John Taine [Eric Temple Bell]; "The Derelicts of Ganymede" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Duel on the Asteroid" by P. Schuyler Miller & Dennis McDermott; "The Crystal Empire" by Sidney D. Berlow; "Welcome to Mr. Brandt" (p. 949; brief bio of and introduction to C. A. Brandt). Illustrated by Paul. Letters from Willy Ley and Milton Kaletsky. Tanning; separation tears to pg 929 & 931 with marginal losses; creasing; edge tears and losses; risuty staples through rear cover; penicl marks on first page; soime soiling; spine faded with tears, small losses and separation. Book.

paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover, great condition. Clean text, tight binding. Some light creasing on the spine, light foxing, mild general handling wear. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Near-fine in stiff card wraps with a touch of wear to spine ends, otherwise clean and tight. Scarce.

Paperback. first edition thus. trade paperback, near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, in Very Good condition, previous owners name inside the cover, there are no other writing or marks, straight spine, good binding, clean unmarked pages, covers look nice,

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 8. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "Martian Guns" by Stanley D. Bell. Includes "The Time Stream" (pt 2 of 3) by John Taine [Eric Temple Bell]; "The Derelicts of Ganymede" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Duel on the Asteroid" by P. Schuyler Miller & Dennis McDermott; "The Crystal Empire" by Sidney D. Berlow; "Welcome to Mr. Brandt" (p. 949; brief bio of and introduction to C. A. Brandt). Illustrated by Paul. Letters from Willy Ley and Milton Kaletsky. 3" tear to spine head with some associated small losses; edgewear; dusty; creasing; dealer's markls on cover; tanning; short edge tears. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Buffalo Book Company, Providence, 1946. The First US Edition dark blue cloth Hardcover, gold print on spine, no DJ, 251 pp. Reportedly, only 500 copies printed and half of those ruined in rainstorm. Early, much admired time travel adventure by Taine (Dr. E. T. Bell). This book has faded spine, my name-stamp and two areas of crayon (?) marks on the ffep; overall good copy.

Condition: very good soft cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 1946. Publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Spots of faded color on front and spine. Corners sharp. Binding tight. Very slight forward lean. No markings. 251 pgs. only slightly tanned. Approx. 7.5 x 5.25" w. Damaged black and gold illustrated dust jacket missing pieces on front panel; spine panel tears repaired internally with tape. Unclipped front flap ($3.00). A good+ copy in fair dj. The author's 9th novel, The Time Stream, was first released as a four-part serial, in the December '31 to March '32 issues of Hugo Gernsback's 25-cent Wonder Stories magazine. The novel concerns time travel and links the world Eos at the beginning of the universe with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+. Vol. 3, No. 7. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "The Reign of the Robots" by Edmond Hamilton. Includes "The Time Stream" (pt. 1 of 3) by John Taine; "The Andromeda Menace" by Joseph H. Houghton; "Lord of the Lightning" by Arthur K. Barnes; "The World of the Red Sun" by Clifford D. Simak; "The Terror from the Sea" by Robert Arthur, Jr.; "What Is Your Science Knowledge?"; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Reader Speaks". Illustrated by Paul. Letters from Nathan Schachner, L. A. Eshbach, J. Harvey Haggard, Forrest J. Ackerman and others. Edges have been wet with minor staining and waviness; mark on front cover (see scan); creasing; stress; edge and corner nicks and minor losses and wear; short tears and minor losses at spine ends. Book.

Condition: very ood. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.186. book.

8vo. [8], 251, [1] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Allan Halladay (slight chipping foot of spine, 1 closed tear at lower front corner), NF/G copy, w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First Buffalo edition, 1 of 2000 copies, of this classic Science Fiction adventure by the noted Caltech mathematician and historian of science, Eric Temple Bell.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original navy blue cloth titled in gilt. Very slight bumps to tips, textblock slightly toned. The DJ in mylar has some penciled marks to the list of books on rear panel, slight toning to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Dover Publications, 1964. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with shelf wear and light ring stains to front. No dust jacket. A nice and scarce hardcover copy of this collection of vintage science fiction titles.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Bleiler; The Checklist of Science Fiction and Supernatural Fiction, pg 191. "The best of Taine's novels. One of the finest pulp SF novels of the period." Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, *2-127. Near fine in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. HARDCOVER, NO JACKET, RED BOARDS BLACK LETTERING TO SPINE, SCARCE, SPINE HAS PETER SMITH AS PUBLISHER BUT THIS IS A DOVER PUBLICATION.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The first US Edition of this science fiction work. John Taine is a pseudonym for the mathematician and science fiction writer Eric Temple Bell. Temple Bell spent most of his life in America and published his non-fiction works under his given name and his fictional writings under the name John Taine. With the bookplate of Raymond Epstein to front pastedown. 'The Time Stream' was originally serialised in four parts for the magazine 'Wonder Stories'. The first part of which began in December 1931. This is the first edition in book form and the first U.S edition, of which there were only 2,000 copies printed and 500 bound. Unfortunately, lacking original dustwrapper. Notably, this is the first science fiction novel to see time as a flowing stream. In original cloth binding and preserved in an acetate wrap. Externally, smart with some heavy fading to the spine and some bumping to the head and tail. External wrap has a few marks with a small closed tear to the rear wrap. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, Raymond Epstein. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges but clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Edition. THE TIME STREAM, Buffalo Book Company, 1946, first edition, slight tanning to end-papers and paste-downs, thumbnail-sized discoloration to front cover, as well as some lightening to top and bottom cloth edges, else a vg+ or better copy in good to very good jacket with some wear to head and heel of dust-wrapper spine and a tear to top of dust-wrapper spine at spine fold. Pages containing typos notated on title page. From the library of Verna Smith Trestrial, letter of provenance available upon request.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine book in a fine dust jacket 1946, bumped spine,