Triplanetary by E E Doc Smith, First Edition (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing this publisher. Hard cover 8vo. Very Good book in Near Fine DJ. Boards soiled, spine concave, else Fine and unmarked; jacket worn at spine tips and corners. 709pp. 709 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is in Near Fine condition. Covers are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a tiny bit of reading wear. Interior is clean and legible. No store stamps. Not remaindered. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Omnibus collection of "Triplanetary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol." Bumped at the head and heel of the spine. Jacket has light edgewear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Pyramid Book R-1222. Tight binding. No chips, tears or written inscriptions. Clean and bright interior. Some reading creases and light edgewear. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 240 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First SFBC Science Fiction Edition. New. Very little shelfwear. A little wrinkle at the top edge of the spine. 708 pages. Includes the fold out poster that matches the jacket art by John Berkey. The dust jacket has a small closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel that has creased. The jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Science Fiction.

1st edition. pocket book, very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Lensman series, 7 volumes. TRIPLANETARY. Fine. 10th Pyramid printing. (1975). Hardly any edge-wear. Some age discoloration around edges. Partial crease up one-half the spine. Lightly read. FIRST LENSMAN. Fine. 9th Pyramid printing. (1974). Some discoloration on covers from age and handling. Also lightly read. GALACTIC PATROL. Very Good. 2nd Pyramid printing (1966.) Moderate scattered edge-wear. Crease up front cover next to the spine. Crease on upper left of back cover. Narrow band of surface paper loss on the right edge of mid-spine (not distracting). GRAY LENSMAN. Fine. 5th Pyramid printing (1970). Scattered spots of light edge-wear. Crease at upper corner of front cover; light crease on the spine. Text Block is foxed. Stamp on upper text block is faded due to the foxing. SECOND STAGE LENSMAN. Very Good. 1st Pyramid printing (1965). Edge-wear and creases on the spine and front and back covers. Front and back pages are a bit age-toned (but not brittle). CHILDREN OF THE LENS. Near Fine. 6th Pyramid printing (1970). Light edge wear. Crease on upper third of spine. Cover colors are exceptionally bright for a book of this vintage. Lightly read. MASTERS OF THE VORTEX. Near Fine/Very Good plus. 3rd Pyramid printing (1970). Light discoloration or stain to top corner of front cover and top one-quarter of back cover. (Text not affected.) Minor paper loss to bottom of spine due to label removal. Also Lightly read.

First publication of this novel in the Lensman series as published in AMAZING STORIES magazine for January - April 1934. These magazines are from the collection of Jack Darrow sold to Gerry de la Ree sold to Harry Foster Noble sold to yours truly. Darrow had the habit of rating his favorite stories on the contents page by number, page count and total number of pages of fiction and non-fiction in the magazine. In effect this is a First Fandom grouping. But for the odd habit of writing on the contents page Darrow's magazines (and we have seen quite a few of them over the years) are remarkably well preserved. The January issue appears to be slightly trimmed, the others are not. All with tanned but very supple pages. NEAR FINE copies, writing on the contents page not withstanding. Other contributors to this lot are: Edmond Hamilton, P Schuyler Miller, Harl Vincent, David H Keller, Philip Nowlan (Buck Rogers), Francis Flagg & others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell (illustrator). Limited Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 500 copies signed and numbered by author E. E. Smith on a limitation page. This is copy number 365. The book is in Very Good- condition and has a Near Fine FACSIMILE dust jacket. The book and its contents are in somewhat clean, bright condition. The Spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. The Book covers have toning / fading to the spine and edges, and the blue cloth has noticeable generalized darkening and foxing. The text pages are clean and bright. There are strips of tape residue / tape to the pastedown pages (both front and rear ). All three edges of the text block have noticeable toning / darkening. The text pages are clean and bright. The facsimile dust jacket is clean and bright. "This book would be Triplanetary, "in which scientific detail would not be bothered about, and in which his imagination would run riot." Indeed, characters within the story point out its psychological and scientificimplausibilities, and sometimes even seem to suggest self-parody. At other times, they are conspicuously silent about obvious implausibilities. The January 1933 issue of Astounding announced that Triplanetary would appear in the March issue, and that issue's cover illustrated a scene from the story, but Astounding's financial difficulties prevented the story from appearing. Smith then submitted the manuscript to Wonder Stories, whose new editor, 17-year-old Charles D. Hornig, rejected it, later boasting about the rejection in a fanzine. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author.

first edition. fine book, very good -fine jacket couple small edge chips, some fold foxing,

First Edition. *** GREAT ASSOCIATION COPY ***TRIPLANETARY, Fantasy Press, 1948, first edition, soiling and spotting to the covers, faint scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s and fore edge, some soiling and foxing to the end-papers, else not quite vg in fine second issue color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear to the upper edge of the dust-wrapper spine. To perhaps offset the less than desirable condition of this copy, it is 1/500 of the special plated edition and so INSCRIBED by the author. In this case, the inscription is to Harry C. Stubbs, aka Hal Clement whose bookplate adorns the f.p.d. LENSMAN #1. Illustrated.

First Edition. *** NICE ASSOCIATION COPY ***DIE PLANETEN BASIS (TRIPLANETARY), Balowa Verlag Balvelw (1965), first German edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author in German to his daughter.".

First Edition. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION being TRIPLANETARY & GALACTIC PATROL, Fantasy Press, 1955, first edition, some browning to the gutters and outer margins of the paste-downs as often found, else near fine copies. These 2 orphans most certainly lend credence to the fact that not all sets produced (allegedly 75) and distributed remained intact. I have had other strays from this highly desirable Fantasy Press production as well and have noted other dealers occasionally listing the same over the years. TRIPLANETARY is wonderfully INSCRIBED as usual by the author while GALACTIC PATROL is just SIGNED by Smith. Further testimony to there being less that 75 sets being sold in tact is evidence of simple binding mistakes. Indeed, our copy of GALACTIC PATROL has been mis-bound resulting in a text block of this title incorrectly stamped on the spine as CHILDREN OF THE LENS. All in all, a fun pairing for those who may not have the funds to be able to purchase the complete set of six.