Vortex Blaster by Smith, First Edition (29 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Pyramid edition, first printing # X-1851 of the final collection of short stories in the "Lensman" series. Originally published in 1960 under the title "The Vortex Blaster". Light crease to the rear cover. In near fine condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. [1st printing] Aug. 1968; #X-1851. Cover art by Gaughan. Creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear; stress; tanning; mark on top end. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Vortex Blaster by E.E. Smith, Ph D. Hardcover first edition published in 1960 by Gnome Press. Price of $3.00 on inside flap. Toned pages. Minor wear to corners of jacket with 2-inch closed tear at bottom end of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely, crisp, clean hardcover in very good condition; faintly bumped upper corners, light age toning to pastedowns. Dust jacket in very good condition with light edge wear, small chip at rear, now in protective mylar cover.We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1st edition. The pages are tanned and the gray boards are clean. The unclipped dj has some small rubs. From the Rosser estate sale. There is pencil erasure marks on the ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.75". 191pp. Grey cloth stamped in red; tanning to text paper (as usual) , else a fine copy. In very good dust jacket with small edge tear to front.

Octavo, 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).

Octavo, 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.

Hardcover. hardcover first edition stated. fine book in a near fine dust jacket slight spine end and corner bumping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Story & Significance Edward E. "Doc" Smith, the "Father of Space Opera," expanded his legendary Lensman universe with The Vortex Blaster (1960). This fix-up novel compiles stories originally published in Comet and Astonishing Stories (1941-1942), centered on Neal "Storm" Cloud, a specialist tasked with the suicidal mission of neutralizing uncontrolled atomic vortices. Unlike the grand galactic wars of the main series, this volume offers a more localized, procedural look at the dangers of nuclear power in the Lensman era. For collectors, it represents one of the final hardcover releases from the prestigious Gnome Press before its eventual dissolution. Physical Description & Provenance Binding: Original light blue cloth boards with yellow-stamped spine lettering. This is the first state binding , as identified in the Currey bibliography. Boards are square with sharp corners; the blue cloth remains vibrant. Dust Jacket: Features original wrap-around artwork by W.I. Van der Poel . The jacket is unclipped ($3.00 price intact) and is now protected in a new archival Mylar sleeve. Internal State: First Edition, First Printing (one of approximately 3,000 copies). The binding is tight and the hinges are fully intact. Condition Note (Text Block): This copy exhibits significant tanning/darkening to the text block edges and internal pages. This is a common point of issue for this specific title, as Gnome Press utilized high-acid, lower-grade paper stock during their 1960 production run. Points of Issue: Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page with the Hicksville, NY imprint. The presence of the blue/yellow cloth combination confirms this as the earliest trade state. Collector's Note: The blue cloth variant of The Vortex Blaster is the most sought-after state for Gnome Press completists. While the text block shows the typical browning associated with late-stage Gnome Press paper, the exterior presentation of this copy is exceptional. The Van der Poel jacket has escaped the heavy spine-sunning that usually affects this title, making it a beautiful "shelf-copy." This represents a rare opportunity to own the first state of a "Doc" Smith cornerstone.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($3.00 price intact) with uniform fading to red spine and offsetting to interior quarter-inch of flaps from an old-style Brodart--which otherwise did a magnificent job of protecting the jacket.

first edition. fine book, fine jacket, like new, somewhat ageing paper as usual, grey cloth, red lettering.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First Edition" on its copyright page, and publisher's original "$3.00" price on its jacket's front flap. Currey "priority (A)" binding: "blue boards, spine lettered in yellow". This book is in near fine condition, marred only by light bumps on its covers' spine ends and front bottom corner. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with some normal light toning around their edges. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in near fine condition: whole, bright and unmarked, with some thin scrapes down its spine, two tiny holes in its back flap fold, and faint traces of wear on the ends of its spine and flap folds. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble cushion, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. W. I. Van der Poel (illustrator). 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 adventure 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.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. stated first. dj shows minor wear and tear, pages tanned and clean.

8vo. 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.

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.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Editoin. A fine hardcover copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered. Stated First Edition. A much nicer copy than usual. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No tears, no chips to jacket. Jacket is not priced clipped.

Octavo, 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.

first edition. near fine book with some spotting, almost near fine jacket with bumping and tears at the bottom of the spine, blue cloth lettered in yellow,

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.

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 Fiction, 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.

First 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 papers, 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).

Octavo, 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).

First 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 with 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).

First Edition. THE VORTEX BLASTER, Gnome Press, 1960, first edition, pages tanned, else vg/vg+ in a vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Signed check from the author laid in.

First Edition. THE VORTEX BLASTER, Fantasy Press, 1960 first edition, t.p.e.'s dusty, some brown stains to the r.e.p. & r.p.d., else a tight vg+ copy in a vg Cartier pictorial dust-wrapper save for some light wear to the bit tanned dust-wrapper spine extremities and some soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. 1/341 copies. Authors SIGNED canceled check laid in.

First Edition. *** AUTHORS OWN COPY ***THE VORTEX BLASTER, Fantasy Press, 1960, first edition, slight moisture discoloration to the rear gutter, else a fine copy in like pictorial dust-wrapper. From the library of "Doc" Smith, letter of provenance available upon request.