The World at Bay by Capon, Paul - 1954

Brown, Watson Ltd/Digit Books: London, 1964. vg+. vg+ 1st Digit R863 1964 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Winston, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The World At Bay A Science Fiction Novel by Paul Capon. Cecile Matschat, Editor; Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor. Published by The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia, PA. 1954 First Edition. 8.5 x 5.75 inches, 208 pages. Beautifully illustrated endpapers by Alex Schomburg. Condition: Lacking the dust jacket. Very good condition with edge wear, rubbing to spine ends and corners, 3 tiny tears to lower edges of page 98. "Creative Playtime" sticker to lower corner front paste down. See photos clph

Philadelphia:: John C. Winston, 1954. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. very good+ with very good+ dust jacket. 8vo. 208pp. double page illustrated endpapers. black cloth. remains of bookplate on front endpaper roughly removed. also previous owner embossed stamp on front endpaper. slight faded spot on rear cover of book.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

Winston. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tight, clean, vg book, free of former owner writing or bookplates. First edition, stated. Some tone to inside joints. Fair, non price clipped ($2.00) DJ. Some chips, wear/rub to edges and approx 1" off bottom of spine and 1/2" at spine crown. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (this book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for non domestic) *; 8vo .

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. 208 pp. B/w illustrated endpapers. Black cloth with red titles. Three corners bumped and lightly worn, head and tail of spine lightly worn, small scratches. VG. First Edition.

London: William Heinemann, 1953. TRUE FIRST EDITION (NOT the later 1954 US edition). Gilt title on red boards which have fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers, to closed edges and a little to some pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 199 pages. Harry Paul Capon (1912-1969). Paul Capon was a UK writer who also worked for many years as an editor and administrator in film and television production, ending his career as head of the Film Department of Independent Television News. From 1942 he wrote fairly copiously in various genres, including detective stories. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet,… Read More

Pa., John C. Winston, 1954 First Edition Stated 208 page Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket and endpaper art by Alex Schomburg. A very good book with light edge wear and light dust soiling to the page edges, in a goo price clipped dust jacket with dust soiling to the rear cover and flap edges. See Photos celphE

First Edion, stated.: Winston. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition, generally crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket shows some wear but remains fresh and bright.8vo 208 pp. ; Winston Science Fiction Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Black boards with red print. Decorative endpapers. 208pp. Slight rounding to the cover corners. Faint bumping to the spine ends. Name of the previous owner written on the front fly page in pen. Light toning to the outside edge of the text block. The page

NY: Crest Books. F. 1964. 1st Printing. Paperback. Crest Book #R682, 1964. Stated first Crest printing. Fine condition. R ubs at the head of the spine. .

A respectable used copy of one of the most-liked New Adventures -- slight rubbing, slight edge wear. See the photos, and ask if you need more info.

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The Near Fine slipcase has a faint mark at the tail of the spine edge. ; Early science fiction that imagines a human colonized brick and mortar satellite moon of the Earth. Satirical subtext throughout, based on personalities and society in Boston, MA. Originally serialized in The Atlantic in 1869 and 1870. Copy 712 of a limited edition of 1,950. Signed by the illustrator. Seventeen woodcuts printed in brown, directly from the blocks, by Michael McCurdy, prolific illustrator and founder of the Penmaen Press. Printed by Spiral Press on fine paper. Half dark linen with gilt image of a telescope, the remainder natural linen on boards. This is the later binding, the first being in quarter brown linen, no image, the remainder natural. Slipcase is clean, with sharp corners, and a clean, woodcut illustrated, title label that wraps around the spine edge. Signed by the illustrator. A clean… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. Mass market paperback. 276 pages + 64 pages of photographs. First printing of this paperback original. An inside picture of the 3 worlds of Star Trek: 1) Gene Roddenberry" conception of the TV series; 2) the show itself--writers, stars and technicians; and 3) the world of the fans who kept the series alive after NBC cancelled it. The book is clean and bright, with just a hint of edgewear; a couple of reading crease on the spine, but still square and tightly bound. Bookstore stamp at top of page facing the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED BY MR. BRADBURY ON TITLE PAGE.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Signed by the author, Ray Bradbury. The later printing of this edition which contains a new introduction written by Ray Bradbury specifically for this edition. As new in dust jacket. remainder mark

SIGNED. First Hardcover Edition. First Printing. Elmfield Press/ London (1976). Wraparound jacket art by Josh Kirby. Very near fine, full cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Spine head and heel edges very lightly pushed and two mildly bumped corners. Jacket is quite fine, as new, and bright in fresh, removable mylar sleeve. Signed (signature only) by Farmer on first blank page. Boxed for swift shipping. 11-b

Hollywood, CA: Brentwood Publishing Co. / Crime-Adventure Series Book No. 101 1st Edition, 1964 ----------paperback. An erotic fantasy novel. Covers slightly rubbed, very modest shelfwear, a near fine copy.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by The Author (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950 First printing of the first edition. Book with light foxing to endpapers, else in fine condition; dust jacket with light rubbing and foxing, else fine.