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London: Museum Press - Science Fiction Book Club, 1955 12mo. original charcoal boards (ex-library with RSMs etc. to endpapers only, a little rubbed & nicked, some marks & spotting; lacks dustwrapper, but front cover mounted to upper panel and blurb from flap mounted to upper pastedown); pp. 224 (last colophon). A good copy of the first UK edition.. First UK. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.

Reading, PA: Fantasy Press. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1953. Advance Review Copy. Other. Cover Art; First Edition. This is an Advanced Review Copy. Near Fine condition and a Fair dust jacket. This is a set of folded, gathered and sewn signatures which are still unbound, and with the top edge of the pages still uncut. The signatures are in clean, bright condition. The signatures are enclosed in a copy of the first edition dust jacket. The dust jacket has edge wear, nicks, small chips and numerous tears that have been repaired on the reverse by a former owner with clear tape. This unbound state of the book was used as an advanced reading copy or review copy and is the "rarest state of this book". "Assignment in Eternity, is a collection of four mixed science fiction and fantasy novellas by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in hardcover by Fantasy Press in 1953, with some of the stories somewhat revised from their original magazine publications, as follows....The story… Read More

Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1953. [Science Fiction] FIRST EDITION, second state binding. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ric Binkley, priced at $3.00. Light rubbing to jacket edges, with a couple of tiny chips and a small closed tear with a couple of creases to rear cover. A crisp, near fine copy.

Fantasy Press,, 1953.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD PLUS jacket. 1953 brick red Fantasy Press hardcover, gilt lettering on spine with 6 bands (4 wide, 2 narrow and zig-zagged), Heinlein's name 2.5mm high. Dust jacket with Binkley art, $3.00 price. Book absolutely as new except very small smudge on outer page edges and tanning in the guttters of endpapers. Dust jacket very attractive, with minor edgewear mainly at bottom of spine and a couple of small gouges on back cover, now in clear mylar archival sleeve. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press,, 1953. First edition, first printing, trade issue. There were also 500 copies signed and numbered by the author. This title comprises "Gulf", "Elsewhen", "Lost Legacy", and "Jerry Was a Man", all of which broadly meditate on what it is that makes one human. The collection was almost immediately picked up for paperback publication by New American Library's Signet imprint. Octavo. Original brick red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. With Ric Binkley dust jacket. Spine ends and upper board edges gently faded, contents clean. A near-fine copy in like jacket, spine panel lightly rubbed and faded, minor creasing and one tiny nick at edges, faint soiling to rear panel, otherwise bright and sharp. Currey p. 232

Reading, Pa.(1953): Fantasy Press. First Edition. Octavo. 255(1) pp. The United States after World War III. A world where intrigue, mystery and violence appear to be the normal order of life. Thus begins one of the most gripping and exciting stories ever written by Heinlein. And it is only one of four long stories which make up "Assignment in Eternity". There is "Elsewhen", a rare Heinlein excursion into time travel. Then there is "Lost Legacy", a full length science novel dealing with the powers of the human mind. Finally, there is "Jerry was a Man", the story of an anthropoid who was more than an ape. A near fine copy with just a few spots of rubbing, previous owner's name in pencil, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Ric Binkley, only lightly rubbed. Near fine.

Reading, PA Fantasy Press, 1953 HBDJ, 1953, stated 1st edition, Original Red Cloth lettered & Decorated on Spine in Gold Gilt, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, F-/NF, DJ slight rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears Extremities, 256 pages, Light soil Back DJ, Tiny Tear Base DJ Spine ,Author born in Butler , Missouri in 1907 . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Reading, PA Fantasy Press, 1953. HBDJ, 1953, stated 1st edition, Original Red Cloth lettered & Decorated on Spine in Gold Gilt, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, F-/NF, DJ slight rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears Extremities, 256 pages, Light soil Back DJ, Tiny Tear Base DJ Spine. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Reading: Fantasy Press, 1953 First printing of the stated first edition; first issue, original brick red cloth. Light toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to head/foot of spine and light rubbing to back cover, else fine.