Collection of 10 vintage science-fiction paperback books dating mainly from the 1950s and 1960s, featuring colourful period cover artwork and publishers including Badger Books, Pan, Pyramid, Four Square, Corgi and Mayflower-Dell.
Titles included
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Clipper of the Clouds – Jules Verne, Scottie Books, 1956
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Flight Into Space – Jonathan Norton Leonard, Pan Books
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Exit Humanity – Leo Brett, Badger Books
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World of the Gods – Pel Torro, Badger Books
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Three Worlds to Conquer – Poul Anderson, Mayflower-Dell, 1966
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Skylark Three – E. E. Smith, Pyramid Books, 1963
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3 in 1 – Theodore Sturgeon, Clifford D. Simak and Murray Leinster
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Sturgeon in Orbit – Theodore Sturgeon, Corgi, 1973
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From Other Worlds – edited by August Derleth, Four Square, 1964
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The Worlds of Eclos – Rex Gordon, Consul Books
These are well-used vintage books and are being sold primarily as a collector’s or cover-art lot.
Please note:
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All books show age-related tanning, wear and varying degrees of creasing.
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Foxing and staining are present, particularly on the older books.
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Previous-owner writing, prices and other marks appear in several books.
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The Worlds of Eclos has become completely detached from its cover and is in poor condition.
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World of the Gods also has substantial separation and binding wear.
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Exit Humanity contains handwritten notes.
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Covers have edge wear, rubbing, creases, small tears and general handling marks.
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No complete page-by-page collation has been undertaken.
Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description and show the exact books supplied.