Vortex Blaster by Smith Edward: First Edition (13 results)

Published by Gnome Press, Hicksville, New York 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerOctavo, cloth. First edition, trade issue. Second binding of gray cloth with spine panel lettered in red. Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. Mild tanning to text paper, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with small closed tear at upper spine end with internal…tape mend. (#168874).

Published by Gnome Press, Inc. [1960], Hicksville, New York 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerOctavo, cloth. Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. Mild tanning to text paper, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with small closed tear at upper spine end with internal tape mend. (#168874) (29656) First edition, trade issue. Second binding of gray cloth with…spine panel lettered in red.
Published by gnome press 1960
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerfirst edition. fine book, fine jacket, like new, somewhat ageing paper as usual, grey cloth, red lettering.
Published by Gnome Press, Hicksville, NY
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.Russ States
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 40.00
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Cloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. (1960), 191pp, jacket design by W. I. Van der Poel, pgs yellowing, slight stain at bottom edge of frnt cover, shelfwear, fading to dj spine, some chipping to dj.
Published by Gnome Press 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.JAC Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 45.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gnome Press, Hicksville, NY, 1960. First Edition/Printing light blue cloth Hardcover, red print on spine, with DJ, 191 pp. A runaway atomic vortex is but one of many threats to galactic civilization that must be faced in this in this wild SF adventur…e by the famous "Doc" Smith. Unclipped DJ ($3.00 price) is near fine with just a bit of rubbing along the spine and thin browning streaks along edges of DJ folds; no tears, edgewear. Book has my name-stamp on ffep and top text block edge. Pages are lightly browned but unmarked. Otherwise book is unusually tight & square; very collectible copy. W. I. Van der Poel (illustrator).
Published by Gnome Press, Inc., [1960]., Hicksville, NY: 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. 191, [1] pp. Gray publisher's cloth, red lettering on spine (very minor rubbing to corners, light uniform toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art by W.I. Van der Poel (slight sunning to spine, edgewear), VG/VG copy. First edition, 2nd state, of one of E.E. Doc Smith's Science Fiction novels set in the Lensman universe.
Published by Gnome Press, Hicksville 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 50.00
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hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First. 8vo, gray cloth lettered in red., d.w. Hicksville: Gnome Press, (1960). First Edition. The dust wrapper is rubbed, with a 1/2 inch chip at the base of the spine. First issue, with the second variant binding, Currey, p. 458.

Published by Gnome Press, Inc. [1960], Hicksville, New York 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerOctavo, boards. Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. Age darkening to text block, touch of rubbing to boards, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends. (35807) First edition, trade issue. First binding of…blue boards with spine panel lettered in yellow.
Published by Fantasy Press, read 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 119.50
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight very carefully read copy. Some board edge wear, small stain to front board. Sans jacket THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Book.

Published by Gnome Press: NY 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United KingdomCOLD TONNAGE BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 113.11
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Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF stories set in the Lensman universe. ''First edition'' stated on copyright page. First issue with the Gnome Press imprint, and first binding (of three) of blue boards, spine lettered in yellow. See L. W. (Currey: SF & Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography Of First Printings Of their Fictio…n, p. 458. Later issued as MASTERS OF THE VORTEX (Pyramid paperback, 1968). Page edges a little browned, an almost fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket with edge wear and one small (1cm) closed tear at top of spine.

Published by Fantasy Press, Reading 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, limited issue. Octavo, cloth. 341 copies printed. According to publisher Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, these copies were "run immediately after Gnome Press edition . on better book paper." Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. Mild toning to page edges and end pa…pers, slight rubbing to cloth edges, a nearly fine copy in a good dust jacket with loss to spine ends corner tips, spine darkened, edges of rear panel darkened with light stains. (35868).

Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, Pa. 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerOctavo, cloth. First edition, limited issue. 341 copies printed. According to publisher Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, these copies were "run immediately after Gnome Press edition . on better book paper." Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with… just a bit of the nearly inevitable age-darkening to spine panel. A sharp copy. A postcard from Smith's daughter Verna to legendary SF collector "Doc" Barrett regarding her father's hospitalization in June 1964 is laid in. (#162247).

Published by Fantasy Press, Reading 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, limited issue. Octavo, cloth. 341 copies printed. According to publisher Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, these copies were "run immediately after Gnome Press edition . on better book paper." Not part of the Lensman series, but set in the same universe, with several Lensmen as characters. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket wi…th two light blue horizontal lines on the verso of the jacket (offset from a previous jacket protector) with slight bleed through at rear panel. A sharp copy. (16761).