World Below by Wright Fowler: Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. LIMITED AUTOGRAPHED EDITION, Shasta Publishers, 1949. Cover and spine of dust jacket are in Good condition, but back of DJ has suffered some significant loss and chipping, mainly in its bottom half. Book boards show some modest signs of handling and dustiness/dirtyness but are in essentially good shape. Binding is tight and pages/textblock are unmarked. Signee on back of front loose endpaper. A solid copy. Will pack carefully. Signed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Limited, autographed edition, part of Shasta's Library of Classics series. A Near Fine copy in a Good dust jacket. Some fading at the covers' upper edges. Mild tanning to the pages. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners. Frays and chips along the head and heel of the jacket's spine. Rubs to the folds. The front panel has a chip at its upper left edge and rubs to its upper edge. Tanning to the rear panel. This is one of 500 copies signed by Wright. Signed by Author(s).…

dj. Limited edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 500 signed by Wright. New introduction by Everett F. Bleiler. A superior novel in which Wright explores human evolution based on degeneration of the race due primarily to continual destruction of past civilizations through the misuse of scientific discoveries. Comprises "The Amphibians," first published in book form in 1925, and its sequel, "The World Below," first published here. A third book was planned but never written. The story is "set in the far future, when humans are extinct and forgotten. the time traveling protagonist accidentally precipitates a crisis in the affairs of a race of telepathic Amphibians who coexist with the giant humanoid Dwellers. the first part [is] an imaginative tour de force." - Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-128. THE AMPHIBIANS is "a work comparable in its scope only to [Wells's ] THE TIME MACHINE and [Hodgson's] THE NIGHT LAND." - Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 183-85. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-72; (1981) 2-128; (1987) 2-144; (1995) 2-154; and (2004) II-1293. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2437. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 833. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 58. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 150. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 235. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1217. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 188. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2497-2500. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 213. Reginald 15670]. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with chips and loss to the upper front panel, closed tears at upper left front corner and lower front panel, light shelf wear to spine ends. (31944). Signed.…

THE WORLD BELOW, Shasta Publishers, 1949, some soiling to the covers, upper fore edge corner of half-title clipped, else a near vg copy. 1/500 copies SIGNED by the author. From the library of a well known multi HUGO winning publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Page edges show some browning and light soil marks, small stain to top edge. Pages also have some very light age browning. Front endpage has name of original owner. Light edge/corner wear present on book. Jacket has shallow chipping and some tears along edges/spine. Rear jacket is browned from age also. Jacket now enclosed in protective sleeve to prevent further wear. Overall a clean copy, inside and out. Solid, tight binding. Great find for the lover of classic sci-fi. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Limited edition hardcover signed by Wright to the ffep verso. Block edge slightly toned else tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to spine and flap edges, hint of edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardback. Condition: G++. No DW. 2nd Impression. Cocked. Signed by Author on front endpaper. Owners name on front pastedown (Richard J. Hooton). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SF novel. SIGNED on the rear front endpaper which is printed on reverse "SIGNED Limited Edition". Near Fine; dusty page tops; in VG jacket; folds on spine, front and back panels. Signed by Author(s).

Limited edition. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 500 signed by Wright. New introduction by Everett F. Bleiler. A superior novel in which Wright explores human evolution based on degeneration of the race due primarily to continual destruction of past civilizations through the misuse of scientific discoveries. Comprises "The Amphibians," first published in book form in 1925, and its sequel, "The World Below," first published here. A third book was planned but never written. The story is "set in the far future, when humans are extinct and forgotten. the time traveling protagonist accidentally precipitates a crisis in the affairs of a race of telepathic Amphibians who coexist with the giant humanoid Dwellers. the first part [is] an imaginative tour de force." - Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-128. THE AMPHIBIANS is "a work comparable in its scope only to [Wells's ] THE TIME MACHINE and [Hodgson's] THE NIGHT LAND." - Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 183-85. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-72; (1981) 2-128; (1987) 2-144; (1995) 2-154; and (2004) II-1293. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2437. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 833. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 58. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 150. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 235. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1217. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 188. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2497-2500. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 213. Reginald 15670]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends, small closed tear to upper front panel, slight darkening to spine panel, mild dust soiling to rear panel, tiny closed tear to right rear edge next to spine. (37101). Signed.…

Hard Cover. Second Impression, SIGNED by the Author. Octavo, pp. vi, 314. Publishers' scarlet cloth with black titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Spine tips rubbed; corners bruised, with minor loss to cloth near upper front corner. Author's signature without dedication to front free endpaper; contents clean and crisp. Jacket toned and creased, with 4 cm tear to front fold, and reinforced to verso with printed paper. A very good copy in good jacket. Time-travel novel set in an alien future world. Scarce, especially so in the fragile 1929 dust-jacket. Tuck p. 470.…