Five Against Venus

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company , 1952. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at copyright page - "Robert S. Richardson". Illustrated end papers by Alex Schomburg; dust jacket art by Virgil Finlay. Indiana author and astronomer Robert Shirley Richardson's (1902 - 1981) first novel , written under the pen name Philip Latham. RARE SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no other signed… Read more about this item

New York: The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First Edition. This book is a first edition. This book measures approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 214 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Heavy staining both front and rear boards. Previous owner's signature on dedication page. Musty smell coming… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Co., 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Virgil Finlay. VG/VG dj; now in archival Brodart. Stated First Edition; red boards, light rubbing, slight slant. Small chips and tears at spine ends, light overall rubbing to jacket, light soiling, pages typically browning. Four titles listed on back panel as correct for 1st… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1958. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 214pp. Octavo [22 cm] Light blue cloth over boards, with title stamped in black on spine. With very light rubbing to the extremities and a bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with sporadic chips and two small closed tears… Read more about this item

The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Stated first edition. Red cloth with black spine titles, very good with edgewear, slight fading along top edge. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket heavily scuffed and edgeworn, with chipping to corners and spine tips, pencil writing to rear panel. DJ price-clipped, protected in Mylar. Pages toned,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; VG/G; orange spine, black text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing on front and back, staining on back, edge wear, chipping on spine head and tail, small open tears along tail edge, spotting on front and back flap, chipping on the head and tail of both flaps, price teared… Read more about this item

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 wear to base of spine and lower corner tips (note: no printed price to jacket flap). A bright, sharp copy. Part of an original single owner… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company; (1952). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good+ in a very good dust jacket. Pages are browning, but not as badly as usual with this title; owner's bookplate on verso of half title page. The first issue dust jacket (four Winston titles listed on rear panel) is a little sunned on… Read more about this item

FIVE AGAINST VENUS, Winston, 1952, first edition, vg+ in bright first issue vg/vg+ full color Virgil Finlay pictorial dust-wrapper with only 4 titles listed on the rear dust-wrapper panel with some light wear and tear and some light rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel.

U.S.A: John C. Winston Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in faded red cloth with black titles, boards rubbed at edges, pages tanned and page edges water marked, notes on the author in pencil on the front endpaper verso but no other inscriptions. 214 pages, pictorial endpapers .

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 214pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards with the title and publisher's device stamped in black ink on the backstrip. Endpapers illustrated by Alex Schomburg. Very good plus. The spine ends and corners of the covers are very subtly bumped and rubbed, and the top edge of the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red boards stamped in black on spine; illustrated endpaper art by Alex Schomburg; dustjacket by Virgil Finlay; 214pp. some soiling mostly to upper textblock; a few minor bumps to board edge; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2,00); nicks and edgewear to the extremities; small chips at spine… Read more about this item

John C. Winston Company, The, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1st printing, No DJ, wear to top and bottom of spine

John C.Winston, 1956. 2nd Printing . Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Cover Art By Virgil Finlay. crease to the dw front and rear panel

Winston, 1952 First Edition in Very Good condition with a Very Good Minus unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Red boards with black lettering. Pages tanning due to age.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Hardcover.

The John C. Winston Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges.; 0 pages .

John C Winston, 1952. 214pp. Red cloth hardback, DJ VG, paper has turned light brown, owner name on half title page, DJ has $2.00 price, stated First edition, Five Against Venus, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Philadelphia: the John C. Winston Company, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 214pp. Octavo. Blue cloth over boards with title stamped in black on spine. Minor rubbing and bumping to extremities.

John C. Winston Company, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1952 John C. Winston. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering and decorations. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Jacket Design by Virgil Finlay. First state dust jacket, with four titles listed on rear panel.… Read more about this item

The John C. Winston Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition, third printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy… Read more about this item