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Milano: La Sorgente, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Text block is mildly age-toned, minor discoloration to lower edge of front cover. A near fine copy. In the Italian language. Rather uncommon. ; Octavo.

Philadelphia: Winston. Good in Good dust jacket. [1959]. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, orig green cloth; moderate edge wear, head of spine expertly repaired - loss to top 1/2 of "The" at head of spine, d/j (some chipping to edges, head & foot of spine panel stablized with archival paper stock - some loss to lettering, some spotting to flaps). Minor spotting to front & back matter. Binding and contents sound and clean. .

New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Mel Hunter. 1962 Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Dust Jacket. Bowing. Wearing and rubbing on covers and spine. Interior is unmarked. DJ is Fair with wearing and some damage. 215p.

New York, NY: Winston, 1959. Second printing (stated). Book is in very good (previous owners blindstamp on first title page, lower front corner slightly bumped, small shadow on front cover) condition with a very good (edgewear, small chips at corners) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

E-281: The John C. Winston Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia PA. 1958. 215 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Mel Hunter DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is chipped and worn with chipping to the spine ends). Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. To Explore New Worlds... And Resistance is Futile... All found their home here first with Star Watch Captain Geoffrey Knowland in what some say is a virtual blueprint for Star Trek. The Winston Science Fiction set comprises 35 science fiction juvenile novels by famous science fiction authors such as Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, and Lester del Rey, one anthology, and one non-fiction book Rockets through Space: The Story of Man's… Read More

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding rubbed at spine ends & corners, slightly cocked; leaf edges ligthly foxed, else a very crisp, tight & clean first edition. Dj rubbed at edges; spine ends & corners slightly chipped; back surface smudged; flaps corner-clipped, now protected in clear cover. ; First edition of Bova's first novel; WATCHMEN SERIES.; WATCHMEN SERIES Series; 8vo; 215 pages .

Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. First edition. A touch of shelf wear to the spine ends, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with shelf wear and closed tear to upper right corner tip, small "v" chip (7 mm deep) at upper front right corner at spine fold, slight edge rubbing. (17967). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.

THE STAR CONQUERORS, Winston, 1959, first edition, some minor foxing to the end-papers, some lighter green shading to a few areas of the spine, else a vg+ or better copy in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. A very nice copy of this the authors scarce first book.

Winston, 1959 First printing of the First Edition in Very Good condition but lacking a Dust Jacket. Signed on the title page (signature only) by Ben Bova.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover.

Phiiladelphia - Toronto: The John C. Winston Co., 1959. 215 pages in very good, clean condition. Clean endpapers. Green cloth with black titles on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners, head/tail of spine. Corners not bumped. Illustrated black DJ with white titles. Light wear on the corners and edges. Price clipped. VG+/VG-. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition, and so stated. Octavo, 215 pp, cloth binding in the Mel Hunter-illustrated jacket. pictorial jacket. A Near Fine copy, with just tiny points of wear at corner tips, top page edges slightly darker than bottom edges as with almost every copy, in a better than VG jacket - though it is price-clipped - whose main flaw is small scale roughening at spine ends, corners just touched. Nicely preserved book and jacket. The first novel of science fiction icon Ben Bova, from the equally iconic Winston series of juvenile sci-fi titles, a memorable 37-title group issued between 1952 and 1961. Many of us remember the Winston stories with a great deal of nostalgia. The Star Conquerors - which also turned out to be the first of three titles in what would become Bova's "Watchmen" series - is among the rarest, and most sought after, of… Read More

Philadelphia: Winston. Philadelphia, Winston, 1959. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A tight copy of Ben Bova's first book. Inscribed by Bova to the title page. The most sought after of the Winston juveniles. Star Conquerors was the first in Bova's Watchmen series. A collectable title. Some light edge wear to the jacket, some rubbing to the board edges, collector's plate to the rear pastedown. A nice copy. Cover art by Mel Hunter [10609, Hyraxia Books]. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1959.

Stated First edition. Green cloth, spine lettered black. Pictorial dust jacket. Bova's first Science Fiction Novel. One of the hardest to find of the Winston Juveniles.Book Condition - Very Good+: A firm square copy. Bright cloth. Rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. Dust Jacket Condition - Very Good+: A bright original dust jacket. Moderate rubbing to spine edges and corner tips. Original $2.50 price intact on flap. Mylar cover.

Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1959]. First edition. Top stain a mostly faded, some rubs to spine edges, spine slightly darkened, a nearly fine copy. Holiday card from the John C. Winston Company laid in. A one of a kind item. Rare. (28455). Octavo, red textured end papers, pebbled red leather, spine stamped in gold, all edges stained red. A unique, special copy presented as a Christmas gift from the publisher to Bova. The author's first book. The Terran Confederation, at war with the Masters, a mysterious alien race that rules the Milky Way galaxy, fights for its existence, perhaps against the Others, an ancient enemy that destroyed Terran civilization more than a million years earlier. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.