First Printing Of The First Softcover Edition, Dell #696. Inscribed By A E Van Vogt To A Friend And Neighbor Who Was A Long Time Sf Fan, "For ----Dell Denies They Ever Printed This But Here It Is-- With My Best Wishes A E Van Vogt." The Book Is Not Uncommon But Is Scarce Signed. Van Vogt, According To An Account By His Wife, Haunted The Bookstores For Decades Of Hollywood To Find Paperback Reprints Oif His 100 Books, Because Although He Would Be Paid For The First Printing, Often, If Not Usually, He Failed To Receive Royalties For Successive Printings Until He Could Write Them Telling Them He Had A Copy In Hand, Then Sometimes Receiving The Royalties With An Apology For The "Oversight" (As If The Failure Wasn't Habitual, Too Common To Be Otherwise Than Intentional, And A Widespread "Error" Throughout The Industry). Some Wear, Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Slan ( Rare First Softcover Edition, Inscribed By A E Van Vogt)

Publisher

Dell Books #696, New York

Publication Date

1953

Language

English

ISBN 10

0448121271

ISBN 13

9780448121277

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Softcover Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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Inscribed by Author(s)

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Literature: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Utopian

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"Writing with excitement and intensity unique in the annals of science fiction, A. E. van Vogt and wife E. Mayne Hull give you a startling story of red blooded adventure among the Ridge Stars. . ."

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