Triplanetary by Smith Edward, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First thus; including both new material and material previously serialized in Amazing Stories in 1934, which appears here in book format for the first time and is also revised and expanded from the original. From an edition of 5,000 first edition copies, of which 500 are numbered and autographed - this is #260, inscribed by Smith to a previous owner at the limitation page. No jacket. Blue cloth with gilt spine titling; toned, foxed, soiled; faded to spine; edgeworn, with bumping to top fore-edge corner of front panel and light bumping to spine ends. Spine tilted forward. Binding intact. Heavy foxing to endsheets, only sparsely foxed through text. Text else unmarked. Signed.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Second edition of Triplanetary by Edward E. Smith, signed by the author. (illustrator). Second Edition. Octavo, 287pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Soiling to covers, dust along top edge. Some transference to endpapers. (Currey, page 457) In the publisher's second issue dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, title in yellow on front panel (red in first issue), light chipping to edges, previously folded along bottom edge with archival repair to verso, a very good example. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author. E.E. Smith (1890-1965) was an American science fiction writer, best known for his Lensman and Skylark series. He is often referred to as the father of space opera, a subgenre of science fiction that looks at warfare in space. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Limited edition hardcover number 415 of 500 numbered/signed copies. Inscribed to the limitation page by Smith to Sci Fi fan and bibliographer Virgil Utter, who has written his name to the ffep. Faintly nudged spine ends, endpages slightly toned. The DJ in mylar is slightly edgeworn/soiled/rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Consignment. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition, number 361. 1st editon run was 5000 copies, first 500 copies were numbered and signed. Inscribed and signed by E. E. 'Doc' Smith on the copy number page. DJ has some small tears, edge and corner wear, but still intact. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Slight tanning along edge of endpapers. Slight foxing along side of text block. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. First of the Lensmen series. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request. Inscribed and signed by author.

Octavo, six volumes, leather-backed cloth. Limited edition. One of 75 sets (number 25), each volume with inserted numbered limitation leaf signed by Smith. The first volume is warmly inscribed to a long time friend. Collects the six-volume "Lensman" series comprising TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. "The space opera to end all space operas, with humans and aliens arrayed (some on each side) in a cosmic war of Good and Evil ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. A fine set. The original unprinted acetate dust jackets have a few minor chips and there is a closed tear at the upper front panel on volume three. The fragile cardboard box is not present. A lovely set. (#154601). Signed.

Limited edition. Octavo, six volumes, leather-backed cloth. One of 75 sets (number 25), each volume with inserted numbered limitation leaf signed by Smith. This first volume warmly inscribed to a long time friend. Collects the six-volume "Lensman" series comprising TRIPLANETARY, FIRST LENSMAN, GALACTIC PATROL, GRAY LENSMAN, SECOND STAGE LENSMEN, and CHILDREN OF THE LENS. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. "The space opera to end all space operas, with humans and aliens arrayed (some on each side) in a cosmic war of Good and Evil ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-167. [Reference: Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87]. A fine set. The original unprinted acetate dust jackets have a few minor chips and there is a closed tear at the upper front panel on volume three. The fragile cardboard box is not present. A lovely set. (18866).

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. 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.