The Ladder In The Sky/The Darkness Before Tomorrow by Brunner, John (writing as "Keith Woodcott")/Robert Moore Williams - 1962

NY: Ace Double, 1962. [1st printing](1962) #F-141. [Cover art by Emsh / Valigursky.] Paperback original. Tanning; foxing; shallow chipping at front foredge; edge and corner nicks and wear; bumps to covers.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.

Ace Double F-141, 1962 Ace Double F-141 in Very Good Plus condition. A Paperback Original. Woodcott side cover art by Ed Valigursky, Williams side cover art by Ed Emsh. Pages tanning due to age.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus.

NY: Ace Double, 1962. [1st printing](1962) #F-141. [Cover art by Emsh / Valigursky.] Paperback original. Tanned; short tear at lower edge of Williams side; uneven edges.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-.

First edition first printing of this Ace Double # F-141. Light edge wear and light reading creases. In good condition.

First edition first printing # F-141 of these two novels. Reading creases. Edge wear. A solid reading copy. In poor condition.

NY, NY: Ace Double, 1962. 137 pp. / 118 pp.; pictorial wraps, # F-141; Book shows a bit of light edgewear w/ a little surface chipping to ends of spine; some light foxing to edges of page block; binding is tight & square w/ no stress lines on spine; covers are bright / . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good.

NY: Ace Double, 1962. [1st printing](1962) #F-141. [Cover art by Emsh / Valigursky.] Paperback original. Tanning; minor creasing; ink smudge to first page; minor bumps and dings.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.

New York: Ace Books, 1962. Near Fine. 137, 118, [1] p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. One page of publisher's advertisements follows The Darkness Before Tomorrow. Ace F-141. An Ace double novel containing the first book publication of The Ladder in the Sky by John Brunner (using the pseudonym Keith Woodcott) and the complete text of Williams' The Darkness Before Tomorrow. In Near Fine Condition: edges very slightly rubbed; pages are clean. As is typical of inexpensively produced pulp fiction of the period, it should be handled with care. Opening of the book could cause the glue to crack and pages to detach.

New York: Ace Books Inc [1962]. Good. 1962. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. Ace Double F-141 with 40 cents cover price. 137 ["Black magic---or unimaginable super-science?"] + 118 ["Were all humans their guinea pigs?"] pages. Staining to one corner else VG copy [spine creased and slightly cocked, cheap paper tanning] save for being slightly misbound. .

New York: Ace Books Inc [1962]. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. Ace Double F-141 with 40 cents cover price. 137 ["Black magic---or unimaginable super-science?"] + 118 ["Were all humans their guinea pigs?"] pages. VG+ copy [light spine/cover creasing, cheap paper tanning] save for two ink lines to one edge. .