Shadow on the Hearth by Merril, Judith - 1950

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First Edition, stated. Octavo, black boards (hardcover), silver letters, uncut, 277 pp. Near Fine, with former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: Shadow on the Hearth is the story of Gladys Mitchell, a young, attractive Westchester housewife who, through hope and courage, successfully fought the chaos in the wake of an atomic war. This day started as it usually did. Gladys occupied herself with the irksome but satisfying routine of a pleasant and happy housegold. Then she half noticed the sound -- a sort of far-off thunder. Soon there was the ominous feeling of something wrong; and finally the dawning, numbing comprehension... Then the frantic terror, mounting slowly as the great mushrooming cloud had mounted a few hours ago over New York Harbor. As the holocaust reached out and seemed to envelope all, Gladys thought first of her family. Was her husband alive or… Read More

Doubleday, 1950-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 7x5x1. Shelf wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.

Doubleday, 1950. 1st. hardcover. Fine in VG+litely edgeworn dj.

First edition, first printing of the first non-serialized novel by this author. Light edge wear. Slight spine slant. Spots of soiling to the top edge of the book. In very good / very good condition.

Doubleday, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x1. 1950 Hardcover Edition. Small bookstore stamp inside back cover. Rubbing & small chip to DJ edges. Small stain to inside spine of DJ. Deckled paged. Pages unmarked.

Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1950. 1st . Hardcover. near fine in vg+ dj/Dust Jacket Included. Most attractive and tight Edward Kasper dj. near fine in vg+ dj, black boards 277 pgs

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. First English edition. Very Good book in a Fair, chipped and worn dust jacket.

Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Used; Good. First edition of the first novel from the "little mother of science fiction". At the time she was married to Frederik Pohl.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1950. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 277 pages. Light edge wear, small tears to dust jacket. small piece missing from top edge; in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 851404

New York: Doubleday, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Light stain to the spine, else near fine in very good, lightly soiled dustwrapper with some creasing and rubbing and a tear to the top of the front panel.