Cecile matschat editor (22 risultati)

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 211 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Pale green cloth; light soiling and toning to boards; fading to spine cloth. Toning and foxing to edges; light toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; a few spots of foxing to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Foreword by Del Rey, and illustration by Mel Hunter. Grey cloth with red titling and decoration, lightly soiled and edgeworn, toned to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. Slight browning to endsheets and a small tape ghost to top margin of FFEP. Interior else clean, text unmarked. No jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (1938) 296+pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled; spine and edges a bit sunned. Covers slightly cocked. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice. Alexander Key (illustratore). …

Fourth printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published October 1952). xii, 210 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; color fading along spine and at front panel's top and right margins; a few nicks and short tears at edges; toning to white rear panel; shallow trimming to flap corners but front flap's top corner retains publisher's printed price; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Light blue boards; light bumping at spine ends and at boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Toning to edges and endpapers; ink ownership inscription on front pastedown; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Title page cites Alex Schomburg as the endpaper designer but this printing does not have any illustrations on its front or rear endpapers.…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 207 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel and spine illustrated by Kenneth Fagg (as credited on front flap although title page mistakenly credits artist Paul Orban); front panel quite rubbed with color fading to spine; shallow chipping at spine head with nicks at other edges; soiling and foxing to white rear panel and flaps; broad clipping to front flap's top corner with shallow trims (apparently as issued) to bottom corner and both corners of rear flap. Light blue cloth with mottling to boards; color fading to spine. Toning and some foxing to edges; light toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; a few spots of foxing to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy in a good+ dust jacket.…

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published July 1952). xiv, 207 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to front panel and spine illustration; dj rubbed with some scuffs at edges; bumping and wear along top edges as they fractionally overlap the boards and spine; foxing/toning to rear panel and flaps; flap corners trimmed with front flap's top corner price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Gray cloth; toned spine retains its blue stamping; bumping to boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; staining to pages 79-84; a few scattered light foxing spots to interior leaves which otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. Title page cites Alex Schomburg as both dust jacket and endpaper illustrator but this third printing has blank endpapers (Winston tended to issue illustrated endpapers only with their first printings).…

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published February 1952). viii, 214 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to its illustrated spine and front panel; dj rubbed with nicks at edges; foxing to soiled white rear panel; foxing to flaps; front flap's top corner is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth; strong fading to spine with mottling at tops of boards. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; a few light foxing spots to interior text pages which otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. Title page cites Alex Schomburg (1905-1998) as endpaper illustrator but this copy has blank endpapers (Winston tended to issue illustrated endpapers only with their first printings).…

Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published July 1953). xii, 212 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to front panel with just slight fading to spine; minor chipping at spine head; light toning and soiling to white rear panel (listing 29 titles); flap corners equally trimmed but with no publisher price at front flap's top corner per Winston's usual placement; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth with yellow stamping to spine. Foxing/toning to text block edges and non-illustrated endpapers; light staining at page 43's top margin; interior pages are otherwise fairly clean. Binding is firm.…

Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published September 1956). xiv, 209 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to front panel and spine illustration; light soiling with a few nicks at edges; toning to white rear panel; front flap's top corner is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Light green cloth with black stamping to spine. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; slight foxing to interior leaves which otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. Title page cites Alex Schomburg as both dust jacket and endpaper illustrator but this second printing has blank endpapers (the illustrated endpapers were only included with the first printing).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 203 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.25cm. First state dust jacket per rear panel listing thity-one titles in the Winston science fiction series. Dj retains bright color to front panel and spine illustration; some nicks and short tears at edges; foxing to rear panel and both flaps; both flaps have trimmed corners but front flap retains publisher's printed price ($2.50) at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth with light mottling; slight fraying at spine head; minor bumping to boards' top fore-edge corners. Foxing/toning to edges and endpapers (the latter not being illustrated which contrasts to the majority of the series); interior text pages remain clean. Binding is firm.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1953. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 182 pp., bound in publishers tan and green cloth with illustrated dust jacket, $1.50. Minor wear to jacket with some chipping along edges. Previous owners name inside front cover and stamp on title page. From the library of author Paul Green, with his signature on half title page. Text appears unmarked, dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Paul Eliot Green (March 17, 1894 May 4, 1981) was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In Abraham's Bosom. Edward F. Cortese (illustratore). …

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xvii, 207 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket with color pictorial front panel and spine illustration by Kenneth Fagg; dj rubbed with foxing/toning flaps but more prevalent to white rear panel which lists fifteen Winston series titles; 1.5cm chip at spine heel and front panel's adjacent bottom left corner; minor chipping at spine head plus other edge nicks; front flap's top corner broadly clipped with faded price handwritten in pencil; shallow trimming to both flaps other corners apparently as issued; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red boards with black stamping to spine; some bumping and/or light scuffing at spine ends and board corners. Toning and foxing to edges; light toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. …

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published July 1952). xvi, 208 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to front panel with spine illustration having light fading; panels rubbed; shallow chipping/scuffing at spine and flap fold ends; white rear panel (listing 10 titles) soiled and toned with some staining; some foxing to flaps; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Gray cloth with dark brown stamping to spine. Toning/foxing to text block edges and endpapers; a few spots of foxing to leaves which overall remain clean. Binding is firm. Title page does not cite dj artist Alex A. Schomburg but he is cited near top of dj front flap; endpapers are without Schomburg illustrations as Winston tended to drop that embellishment on their later printings.…

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published August 1955). xiv, 206 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains fairly bright color to spine and front panel illustration by Alex Schomburg (credited at front panel's lower left but not on title page); dj rubbed; 3cm jagged chip at spine heel with further ascending closed tearing; shallow chipping at spine head with other nicks and tears at edges; strong horizontal crease at lower front panel with creasing at both lower corners; white rear panel soiled; foxing to flaps; front flap's top corner is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth; slight soiling/staining to boards; slender scuffing along boards' top edges; spine retains yellow stamping. Text block edges toned/foxed as are endpapers; interior leaves remain clean. Binding is firm.…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 208 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to front panel and spine illustration despite light rubbing; soiled white rear panel lost twenty-six books in the Winston series; shallow chipping at spine head, flap fold ends, and at front panel's top center; some other nicks and short tears at edges; front flap is price-clipped at its top corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth with red stamping to spine. Toning/foxing to text block edges. B/w illustrated endpapers; youth's ink ownership inscription on front pastedown; some foxing at top margins of rear leaves but otherwise interior pages are mostly clean. Binding is firm.…

Hardcover, 210 pages. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition, Second Printing. First Edition, Second Printing. Seafoam green cloth boards. Rubbing and bumping to boards and outer spine. Soiling to boards. Foxing and age wear to text block. Spine cocked. Soiling to paste-downs, endpapers and to title page. Bibliosmia present. Pages are clean. Significant soiling, chipping, rubbing, scuffing and creasing to dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in a Brodart mylar protective sleeve. . Paul Orban (Jacket); Alex Schomnburg (Endpapers) (illustratore).…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). x, 213 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel and spine illustrated by Alex Schomburg with slight fading to latter but former retains bright color; pervasive foxing to rear panel with lesser prevalence to flaps; several tears at edges with one having verso tape repair; shallow chipping to spine head and flap fold ends with other edge nicks; top corner of front flap is price clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth with black stamping to spine. Top edge foxed and toned; mild foxing to fore-edge with light foxing to bottom edge; toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; slight foxing fractionally affecting some page margins but interior leaves overall remain quite clean. Binding is firm. Still a very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Early novel by mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author Jack Vance whose first published short story was issued in 1945. Vance enjoyed a prolific career as a writer and was a three-time Hugo Award winner as well as winner of the Nebula Award, the Jupiter Award, the World Fantasy Award, and an Edgar. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. xvi + 201 pp, Stated First Edition, Jacket design by Kenneth Fagg, Endpaper Design by Alex Schonburg, preliminary "Mining on Ceres", and 18 titled chapters. 6" x 8,7" gray cloth boards, black letters to spine. Binding tight and square, text block crisp and apparently unread, e.p.'s immaculate. Hudsons Bookshop Detroit sticker at lower inside pastedown adjacent to the hinge. Unclipped illustrated DJ in acetate protector. DJ with original price inked out by previous owner or dealer, micro-edgewear around top spine edge, short closed tears, surface wear along the hinges & fore-edge. Still VG overall. Size: Octavo. Book. …

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xviii, 201 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket retains bright color to its spine and front panel illustration; shallow chipping at spine head and top of rear flap fold; other edge nicks and a few short closed tears; soiling to white rear panel; foxing to flaps; front flap retains publisher's $2.00 printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Light green cloth with some toning along spine. Foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages remain clean. Binding is firm.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 210 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ some white spotting to edges and spine ends. DJ has mild wear to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Lightly soiled. Author's first book. Contents nice. Paul Orban/Alex Schomburg (illustratore).…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 203 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel and spine illustrated by James Hough; some soiling, foxing, and rubbing with nicks and several short tears at edges; front and rear flaps clipped at their top and bottom corners; light rippling at lower front flap; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Yellow cloth with blue stamping to spine. Light foxing to edges with top edge also well toned; light toning to Alex Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; mild rippling at lower thirds of preliminary leaves ever diminishing inward through the Roman-paginated essay leaves but without staining or tidelines; a few scattered spots of toning but interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Still a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. THE YEAR WHEN STARDUST FELL was Raymond Jones eighth book following a long writing career writing short stories, the first of which was published in 1941.…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 207 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75 cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel and spine illustrated by Alex Schomburg; some rubbing to panels; shallow chipping at spine head with tear at heel; nicks at panel edges; soiled white rear panel lists 24 titles in Winston's series (correct point for first printing dj); some foxing/toning to flaps; steep clipping to front flap's top corner with shallow trims (apparently as issued) to bottom corner and both corners of rear flap; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth with muted orange stamping to spine. Foxing/toning to edges; toning to Schomburg-illustrated endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket.…