Wonder Paperback, Signed (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: See Description. John Schoenherr (cover); Jack Gaughan (interior + map); H. R. Van Dongen (Siege) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Starship - First edition/printing paperback original (PBO) 1967 Ace G-673. Very Good condition. Signed by Geston and uncommon thus.".remarkable first novel Lords of the Starship (1967) was published while he was still a student at Kenyon College. This work, which establishes the dark mood of all his fiction and is like its immediate successors - each of which is a study in cultural and technological Decadence - is set in a weary, war-torn Far-Future Earth, describes a dilapidated centuries-long attempt to construct an enormous Spaceship whose completion would transform the fortunes of everyone involved and mark a phase of rebirth. The project is, however, a shambles and a sham, and the novel closes in Entropy and despair." [JC] - The Encyclopedia of SF (3rd Edition/Internet) Siege - First paperback edition/printing (1977 DAW No. 258 UW1325) in Very Fine, unread condition with new Van Dongen cover art. Two books, one shipping price. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Kirk (illustrator). 1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. In archival bag for protection. In happy anticipation of this treasured tome you'll find yourself planning a day in the country, an outing to some sylvan grove where you might read underneath a shady tree, the map out on the table, your finger traces the secondary roads out off of the main New England throughways -- Arkham -- Dunwich -- Kingsport -- or perhaps a root beer and lobster roll to-go from a take-out counter at Innsmouth? Signed by Author(s).