257 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. One Of 2008 Copies Of The First Printing (With 1947 Date And All Interior Illustrations Present, "First Edition" Stated On Copyright Page), #14 Of Of 300 With An Inserted Numbered Plate. The First Book From Fantasy Press. This First Issue Copy In The Proper First Issue Dust Jacket With Only Four Titles On Back. Book With Light Use, All Gilt Present And Bright, Some Letters Brighter Than Others, 41 3/4" X 5/8" Light Ghosts, Offsetting From Smooth Side Of Yellow Tape Used On Dj, Not Taped To Endpapers. Dj With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, 1/2 Closed Tears At Top Of Rear Spine Edge And Rear Flap Fold With Traces Of Staining From Old Tape Repair But No Longer Taped. (The Bibliography Of This Book Is Complex: A Reprint Of 1000 Copies In 1947 Dropped The Interior Illustrations But Not The Date, And A Later 1949 Reprint Of 2510 Copies Also Lacked The Interiors, Except For 985 Bound With Only The Frontispiece. All Later Issue Dust Wrappers List Eleven Titles On The Rear Panel).

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Title

Spacehounds Of Ipc: A Tale Of The Interplanetary Corporation (First Printing In Dust Jacket, Plated Signed Issue)

Publisher

Fantasy Press, Reading

Publication Date

1947

Language

English

Binding

Blue Cloth

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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