Torch by Bechdolt Jack (34 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor chipping at head of spine.

GOOD, corner chipping, soiling jacket only, NO BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). First Edition. Red cloth. 229 pp. No dust jacket. Bookstore stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. First edition thus; previously published in magazine. No dustjacket; bound in red boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to corners and edges; spots of what appears to be white-out on boards- two on front, one on back; minor browning throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A post-catastrophe novel. "Beginning in 3010 AD when the brief flame of atomic energy has flickered and gone out, this tells of the life amid the ruins that remain of New York, a brutal, savage life. " The first book publication, in an edition of of only 3,000 copies, of this work originally serialized in Argosy Weekly in 1920. Dustjacket art and interior line drawings by Robert Tschirky. In the first issue binding of red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 229 pp. Very good in very good dust minus jacket. with a tear to the front cover, some wear to the top of the spine.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). 229 pages, hardcover. Reprint of a lost 1920's science fiction novel. With illustrations by L. Robert Tschirky. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards. Mild age toning to top text block edge. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Light fading to preliminary pages. Bright and clean; a tight copy. Record # 951775.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First thus. Jacket tanned at spine, minor repairs w/ tape at top and bottom of jacket spine. Jacket in mylar, otherwise VG.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). 229pp, illus., water damage to frnt cover & dj, does not affect contents, slight shelfwear to cover, some chipping to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by author, Jack Bechdolt, on ffep. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tschirky, L. Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Science fiction novel set in the ruins of New York in 3010. First serialized in Argosy Weekly in early 1920. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid, with a couple of small drip marks to the edges of the text block. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, in Brodart.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/unclipped price; ownr's name; 299 clean, unmarked pages; solid red c w/silver gilt spine titles.

Single Issue magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Kokomo: New Publications Inc. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Single Issue magazine. Pictorial pulp magazine, 114 pages, illustrated. A Very Good copy with the usual cover edge fraying, plus some chipping to the spine head a few small edge chips, tear at the spine gutter of the rear cover lower edge. See Photos ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 114 pages . Mag Bx 3/ E.

first edition. very good - fine book very good jacket corner and spine end chipping,

first edition. very good book, chipped spine, very good jacket, spine chipping, edge creases and slits.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. near fine book, tiny damp mark at the base of the spine, very good - fine jacket one corner chip,

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol.4, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Lawrence. Includes "The Torch" (novel) by Jack Bechdolt. Features: "What Do You Think"; "In the Next issue". Illustrated by Lawrence. Letters from Gerry de la Ree, Bob Silverberg, and more. Minor staining along rear hinge; less than standard wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fair hardcover with straight secure spine, tight hinges, and clean interior. Page edges are toned due to age. Head of spine has moderate chipping. Extremities have moderate shelving and handling wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket and interior illustrations by L. Robert Tschirky (illustrator). First Edition. Philadelphia: Prime Press. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Red binding with gold lettering, 229 pages, illustrated. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 30 "Science fiction novel of the remnants of civilization in the year 3010; the first book appearance of a story published in the American Argosy magazine in 1920"]. Reginald 01006. A very good copy with light soiling to the top page edges, light edge wear, in a dust jacket with light dust soiling and edge wear. See Photos cel E,

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol.4, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Lawrence. Includes "The Torch" (novel) by Jack Bechdolt. Features: 'What Do You Think"; "In the Next issue". Illustrated by Lawrence. Letters from Gerry de la Ree, Bob Silverberg, and more. Tanning; minor mosses at edges and spine heel. Book.

Condition: Very Good+. Vol.4, No. 6. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Lawrence. Includes "The Torch" (novel) by Jack Bechdolt. Features: 'What Do You Think"; "In the Next issue". Illustrated by Lawrence. Letters from Gerry de la Ree, Bob Silverberg, and more. Standard wear and tear at overlaps; tanning. Book.

first edition. 1948, very good -fine book in a very good - fine jacket with corner and edge chips, soiling.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 229 pages; Form/Genre; Fantasy and Science Fiction. 3 Kg.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. First binding of red cloth with spine panel lettered in gold. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online). In 333. Reginald 01006. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges and mild dust soiling to rear panel. (#145300).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. First binding of red cloth with spine panel lettered in gold. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online). In 333. Reginald 01006. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges. (#138713).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Later binding of boards instead of cloth. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online). Light wear to corner tips and spine ends with a small chip at the base of the spine, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends. (28349).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Later binding of boards instead of cloth. SF tale of the year 3100 A.D. after nuclear disaster. First published in Argosy magazine. Near fine in very good dust jacket with some shelf wear and edge rubbing, small closed tear and crease to upper front panel. (9662).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 229 pages; Form/Genre; Fantasy and Science Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Tschirky, Robert (illustrator). 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full red cloth. 229 pp. B&W full-page illustrations in text. Spine ends bumped. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities, small chips to corners, foxing to edges of flaps, some light creasing. Beginning in 3010 AD, when the brief flame of atomic energy has flickered and gone out, it tells of the life amid the ruins that remain of New York. It is a brutal and a savage life that is shown; but it is also a life of raw courage with a flaming drive toward the ending of the dark ignorance and superstition that have extinguished the Torch.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 229 pp; Signed by author on front endpage. Illustrated by L. Robert Jschirky. $2.50 price on top corner of inner DJ flap. Light toning, minor shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. DJ has some soiling and edge wear. An attractive book. DJ protected in clear Brodart cover.; Signed by Author.

Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-229 [230-232: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. First binding of red cloth with spine panel lettered in gold. Post-catastrophe novel, first published as a serial in ARGOSY WEEKLY, 24 January-21 February 1920. "A ruined Earth tale, set in a devastated New York a thousand years after a comet has destroyed civilization; almost betrayed by the passions of love, but enabled in the end by the inventions of a dwarf scientist, the underclass topples the tyrants, and a new torch shines in the grasp of the Statue of Liberty." - John Clute, SFE (online). In 333. Reginald 01006. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of wear at head and tail of spine panel. (#65372).