Search Results: rocket jockey by st john philip

Hardcover. pseudonym. Fair. No DJ, edge wear, wear to corners, soiling to covers. End papers have scribbling, front end papers have scuffing that has removed some of the picture. Pages are age tanned, some have foxing and/or soiling but text is good. Satisfaction guaranteed.

John C. Winston Company. Good+ with no dust jacket; Previous owners name inside. Also, marked Boys . Town of Illinois in 2 spots. Otherwise nice and clean.. 1952. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 207 pages .

Winston, 1956. Hardcover. Good Plus. Nice copy shows light exterior soil, shelf sticker removed neatly. Front endpapers damaged by library but back ends clean and wonderous. Discard stamp on title, Contents clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Winston, 1958. 4th printing. very good in worn dust jacket . Philadelphia: very good in worn dust jacket. 1958. Cecile Matschat, editor, Carl Carmer, consulting editor .

The John C. Winston Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges.; 0 pages .

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1957. Light blue boards with dark blue printing to spine have one bumped tip and some edgewear tos spine ends but tight and square with no markings. Price clipped jacket has small chips to spine ends and front fold with light wear to rear panel. Jacket illustrated nicely by Alex Schomburg. In mylar. . 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

G/G. Jacket in mylar. 1st edition. Browning to hinge area of boards and pastedowns, sunned spine, spine edge chip, price clip, rear panel rub

The John C Winston Company, 1956. Very Good Hardcover No dustjacket illustrated by Alex Schomburg. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Schomburg, Alex.

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Co, 1952. First Edition, Stated. Hardcover in Grey Buckram. Ex Libris/Good. Ex Libris. Signs of former library book include debossed stamp on cover (SF LIbrary). Tape marks from dust jacket tape, shadow of an adhered card pocket on the first free end paper, stamp stating "juvenile fiction" on the copyright page, and some dog-ear creases and such to pages. Still a very collectable copy of early Del Rey writing as Philip St. John - see photos. DJ is protected in a new Brodart cover and retains bright colorful space age artwork by Alex Schomberg.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1952. (1952), 207pp, illus. eps, a couple small tears & small crease to dj, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -.

New York, NY: Winston, 1952. First edition (stated) / first printing. Book is in very good (upper front corner bumped, previous owners name on first title page) condition with a very good (price clipped, rubbing and edgewear, small chips at extremities) dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 207 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in grey, cloth-covered boards with navy, stamped spine titles. Corners bumped, with light wear. Spine ends a bit crinkled. Small pull mark on the half title page. Tiny spot in margin of two pages, otherwise the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dustjacket has heavy wear to the spine ends, with paper loss at each end. Corners and edges also worn, including tears, creases and tiny chips. The spine is rubbed and very slightly faded at the top. Reverse side has some browning. Price clipped. A title in the Winston Science Fiction series for juvenile readers. Jacket and endpapers designed by Alex Schomburg. .

Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Later, fourth printing. Previous owners name in ink to rear free end paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at extremities and a very tiny nick and crease to upper front panel, two small rub spots to lower spine panel (note: no printed price to jacket flap). A bright, sharp copy. Part of an original single owner collection. (27516). Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. The adventures of a young space pilot competing in the eighteenth Armstrong Classic, an interplanetary rocket race. Del Rey's third science-fiction book and second novel. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. This is Del Rey's third SF book and second novel.

ROCKET JOCKEY, Winston, 1952, first edition, some age toning to the page edges, else near fine in bright vg+ first issue pictorial dust-wrapper save for some light rubbing and some soiling to a section of the rear dust-wrapper panel.

John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. 1st Edition. Unknown Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 207 pp; First Edition, stated. Book has no names, pages unmarked, illustrated endpapers by Schomburg, very light foxing on top edge, exterior and interior gutters are toned. Bound in light gray fabric with black text. Spine ends slightly turned under, corners square. Dust jacket is unclipped ($2.00) , all corners with 1/4 inch wear, 1/8 inch missing at spine ends. Jacket art is colorful, including spine. Light toning to upper edge of white rear panel. Ten titles listed on the rear panel. A nice, clean, tight and very attractive book. .

Junior Literary Guild & John C W, 1952T. hardcover. Good. . Lacking dj. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and staining. Illustrated endpapers. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Cover and endpapers by Alex Schomburg. Quarto. 207pp. Near fine with two corners bump and bit of toning to the pastedown from the binder's glue in very good rubbed first issue dust jacket (10 tiles on the rare jacket) and moderate edgewear, including chips, creases and small tears. Inscribed by the author using both his pen names: "To Charlie + Marsha - of course - Philip St. John / Lester del Rey." One of the author's early juvenile books inscribed to Charles N. Brown, editor of *Locus* and his wife Marsha, who later married noted British sci-fi artist Eddie Jones. A nice association copy between two important and influential science-fiction editors.