The World of A by Van Vogt, A. E - 1948

Unknown Binding. Very Good.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. Dust jacket clean and bright, price on flap 100100. Former owner's science fiction bookplate on front endpaper. Minor foxing or soiling inside rear flap on top edge. Size: 12mo - 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with while lettering/decoration, top edge stained yellow as issued, 246+ pages. Traces of waterstaining to the bottom edge of the boards, light bumping, slight uneven toning to the paste-downs; but the contents are tight and clean and the hinges are not cracked, in spine toned and lightly edgeworn jacket with waterstaining to the bottom inch or so, plus wear and chipping to the spine ends. clph

Easton Press, 1995 Easton Press Collector's Edition in gilt-stamped illustrated full red leather with 4 raised spine hubs, 1st Thus, satin ribbon marker bound-in, all page edges gilt, Collector's Notes sheet laid in, tarnishing of the gilt to foredge page block, bookplate to first white page, else bright tight copy; 8vo; 246pp; color frontispiece. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1948. Clean and tight with bumped/rubbed corners; light shelf wear, worn and rubbed spine extremities; owner's name plate on ffep. dj faded with rubbed and chipped edges, folds, and spine extremities.. 3rd Prtg.. Cloth. Good+/Good (in mylar). Small Octavo. Hard Cover.

Simon & Schuster, 1948. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Ed. Second ed. Good/Good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, top of page edges dirty, price written on inside back cover..

Simon & Schuster, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good++/Good+. Good++ hardcover in a good dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with title on spine in white. Light edge wear and fraying. Previous owners bookplate on first paste-down. Endpapers and foredges are tanned. Text is clean. Color illustrated dust jacket is chipped corners and spine ends. Edge wear chipping and rubbing. Rear of jacket is tanned and soiled. Looks good when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

1995 leather bound hardcover (collector's edition) as pictured. A very nice copy of the A E Van Vogt classic by Easton Press with artwork by Vincent DiFate and an introduction by James Gunn. Binding is tight. Maroon boards with gold stamping show only a trace of shelf wear. Head and tail bands. Gilt edge of text block with silk ribbon. Patterned endpapers. Text is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket as published. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE1

The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1988. First thus; Collector's Edition. Artwork by Vincent DiFate. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) burgundy leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!

New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1948. First edition, second printing. . Hardcover.. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, *3-386. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pp 2501 - 2505. A near fine copy, without dust jacket.