FIRST STATE, First Edition, First Printing A extremely rare FIRST STATE of this title in FINE/NEAR FINE fine condition, with the scarce binding of the rare image of the golden "GUN" stamped in gold on the front boards of the book. Purported to have only 900 copies before the publisher decided to change to the plain black boards due to production costs. most all of these rare first state printings where originally sent to the colonies, principally Australia and South Africa, and as such very few survived, and most have condition issues. According to research, a decision was made, very early in the process, that to block the whole print run with such a large expanse of foil, would be financially prohibitive. ("According to the publisher's book production files the original estimate allowed for just four and a half square inches of foil-stamping [the executed design measured nearly nineteen square inches]. The decision to cease stamping a golden gun was purely economical." – Gilbert (Ian Fleming The Bibliography)). In addition, most all of these rare first state printings where originally sent to the colonies, principally Australia and South Africa, and as such very few survived, and most have condition issues. The iconic first state boards are stamped with a large 'Golden Gun" to the front and maintains vibrant gilt to both the spine titles and the gilt embossed gun. The book has clean, bright pages in crisp condition with no owner names, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps, no foxing, no bent pages, no handling marks, no stains and and no writing. Green patterned end papers with no bookplates, no inscriptions and no owner names. The book's boards are overall crisp with sharp corners, but one with corner tip bump located to the back panel. The book has no edgewear and the binding is very tight and square. Please see images for more details. A fine copy whose only concern is the one corner tip bump. The original striking unrestored jacket is in FINE condition. The colors are strong, bright and vibrant. The jacket no edgewear, no rips, no chips, no stains, no rubbing, no sunning/darkening and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 18s. net. Please see detailed images which were taken without the dust jacket protector for better viewing. An exceptional clean, bright copy in fine/near fine condition and perfect for a lover of the James Bond books. A rare classic which would make a nice gift for a Fleming collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other Fleming/Bond titles.
FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings Fine/Near Fine, clean crisp books, SIGNED on a laid in signature; with near fine/fine unclipped dust jackets. Gnome Press, New York, 1951, 1952, and 1953 This listing is for the First State, First Printings of the FOUNDATION TRIOLOGY, a set of three near fine stated first edition books by Asimov, one signed on a laid in signature. With publication dates of 1951 for FOUNDATION, 1952 for FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE, and 1953 for SECOND FOUNDATION. Published by Gnome Press, New York. A handsome set of this trilogy consisting of first state dust jackets, and stunning clean near fine first edition books.FOUNDATION: Stated First Edition, First Printing, Signed on a laid in signature: Clean, bright book with a stunning near fine first state dust jacket, not price-clipped. The book is in beautiful near fine condition with blue cloth boards, with red titles to spine, and a galaxy image to front. Currey binding A boards. Includes a laid-in signature clip which is signed and dated by Asimov as "Isaac Asimov". The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket is in great condition with strong vibrant colors with even the spine still maintaining a bright red. The dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the outer spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents as a near fine example. .FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE: Stated First Edition, First Printing: Clean, bright book with a near fine stunning first state dust jacket, not price-clipped.The book is in near fine beautiful crisp condition with red cloth boards with unfaded black titles to spine, and a galaxy image to front.The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket is in beautiful condition with strong vibrant colors. The dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents as a near fine example. .SECOND FOUNDATION: Stated Stated First Edition, First Printing Clean, bright book with a near fine first state dust jacket, not price-clipped. The book is in beautiful crisp condition with light blue boards, with brown/red titles to spine. Currey binding A boards. The boards are in crisp condition, with clean cloth and a hint of toning to the rear board. The binding is tight and square.The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket is in great condition with strong vibrant colors. The dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents as a near fine example. Touch of faded slight toning to the inner flaps. The jacket has No chips, No edgewear, No stains, No rubbing and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of $2.75. Please see detailed images. Scarce fine/near fine trilogy in beautiful collectible condition, with a laid in signature by Asimov. "Asimov's acclaimed Foundation Trilogy, was the winner of the 1966 Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series." Would make a wonderful gift and investment for an Asimov collector.ADDITIONAL SET OF 22 IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for our other landmark SciFi titles.
First Edition, First Printing A near fine first printing with a Fine dust jacket. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page "Frank Herbert". Original black quarter cloth and grey boards. Vibrant gilt titles to the spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear with only the very slightest hint of rubbing along the top edge of the spine (otherwise the book is considered in Fine condition). The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookplates, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No handling marks, and No foxing. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page "Frank Herbert", with the inscription of "For Mark". Please see images. The original first edition dust jacket is in Fine unrestored condition. The jacket is bright with vibrant colors with even the rear panel being a bright white. The dust jacket has No rips, No chips, no foxing and no rubbing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $12.95 Please see detailed images. A handsome example of this scarce, classic title in beautiful collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi listings.
First British edition, First printing Near fine book with a Fine/Near Fine dust jacket First British edition, first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original beige/orange cloth with but slight toning to the rear board. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no book plates. The internal pages are clean, but with some light foxing to the outer page block, and very slight foxing to the first few inner pages. Otherwise, clean with No marks, No writing, No stains, No smudges, No inscriptions, No bent pages and No foxing. The original unrestored first printing jacket is in bright fine/near fine condition. The jacket has NONE of the more commonly found sunning or age toning and instead is bright and fresh. The jacket has only a bit of rubbing along spine edge and a small bit of paper loss to the rear inner flap crease (please see images). The jacket is now protected in a new clear removable archival cover. Please see detailed images. A handsome, well priced copy of this title in hard to locate condition. The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize for the author. It has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan, is must read for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark titles.
Stated First Edition, First Printing: A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Beautifully SIGNED by Asimov directly on the title page "To Stephen / Isaac Asimov". Scarce signed and in this condition. The book is in beautiful crisp condition with beige/grey cloth boards, with orange titles to spine. The boards are clean and bright with but a slight touch of toning. The boook has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with ghosting of a sticker removal, otherwise no owner names, no owner inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with no writing, no handling marks, no stains, no bent pages, and no foxing. Beautiful clean copy, appearing as unread. Signed in blue ink by Isaac Asimov on the title page "To Stephen / Isaac Asimov". Please see images. The original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the outer spine tips and presents as a near fine example with strong vibrant colors. Otherwise the dust jacket has No rips, No chips, No edgewear, No stains, and No foxing. The flaps are clean and free of stains. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of $2.50. Stunning jacket. Please see detailed images. A very handsome, signed copy of this scarce and important title. Would make a wonderful gift for an Asimov collector.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
Stated First Edition, First printing SIGNED by Vonnegut FINE condition book and original dust jacket in near fine condition, SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut directly on the first black page. The book is in crisp FINE condition with sharp light blue cloth boards with bright unfaded gilt titles/signature to front and spine. The book has sharp corners with no bumps and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect condition with no owner names, no inscriptions and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no stains, no marks, no foxing, no writing, and no bent pages. Very clean, crisp book, appearing as unread. SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on the first black page in the year of publication "Kurt Vonnegut", with an additional annotation in another hand stating the date and place it was signed of "…1969 / Washington D.C." Please see images. The original first edition dust jacket has benefited from very very slight restoration to the outer spine tips and presents in stunning near fine condition. The jacket has No edgewear, No rips, and no chips, but just a bit of some of the common toning, and discoloration. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95, with the correct code of 0369 to the bottom of the rear flap. Please see images. A stunning SIGNED example of this book in great collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
First Edition, First impression A Near Fine/Fine signed copy with a Fine/Near fine dust jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated with an early signature by Stephen King "For Randy – Best / Stephen King / 9/9/79" in blue ink on the front fly leaf. The book will come with a COA from James Spence, LLC. All first edition points present including the first edition statement on the copyright page and the code R49 on page 447. The book is in beautiful crisp, clean condition with mustard paper and black quarter cloth boards. The boards have sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Bright, unfaded gilt titles to the spine. Stephen King signed and inscribed the book "For Randy – Best / Stephen King / 9/9/79" in blue ink on the front fly leaf. The interior of the book is in crisp clean condition with bright, flat pages with no handling marks, no stains, no foxing, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages. Delicate remainder spray along lower page block. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as crisp and unread. Please see images. The book will come with a COA from James Spence, LLC, one of the two premier authentication houses. The original unrestored dust jacket presents in fine/near fine condition. The dust jacket has vibrant colors with no nicks, no chips, no edgewear, no rips, no stains and no fading with but a very slight touch of fading to the spine. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $8.95. A beautiful stunning dust jacket. A very handsome example of this scarce signed title with a beautiful very early signature! Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector. The Shining, helped establish King's reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: "It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind." Collings A19. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark Horror titles.
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1933, 1934 First Edition, First Printings: Near fine, clean crisp books, both with a new facsimile dust jackets. "The famous catastophe novels that were a huge commercial success with over 1/2 million copies sold. When Worlds Collide was made into a film in 1951 which won awards for special effects, and then sparked the 1950's sci-fi boom." These are both the rare true first editions of each of these titles and is NOT the book club edition, nor ex-library, nor later printings. The books are in near fine condition: When Worlds Collide has unfaded red cloth and blue cloth boards and light blue titles to front panel and spine. The book has sharp corners, No bumps and No edgewear. The book has a nice tight and square binding. The cloth is very clean and vibrant. The end papers and internal pages are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates, but a few faint handling marks to the first several pages. Else the interior pages are clean, bright and flat with no creasing and no marks. Please see the many included images. After Worlds Collide has vibrant blue boards with a strong gilt emblem to the front and gilt titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners and no edgewear. The spine has a unique sheen which may represent that it was coated with something for protection. The book has a nice tight and square binding. The cloth is very clean and vibrant. The end papers and internal pages have a bookplate, otherwise are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions. The interior pages are clean, bright and flat with no stains, no handling marks, no foxing and no creasing. A very clean book, internally appearing as unread. Please see the many included images. Both are accompanied by a brand new facsimile dust jackets of the first printings. The jackets both protects the book in addition to enhancing its shelf appeal. The two books make a very unique clean set of these titles, extremely scarce. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other rare SciFi titles. **Please note- International Shipping is $100 via UPS.
First Edition, First State Beautiful Fine book in a striking Fine/near fine vibrant dust jacket. Winner of the 1968 Hugo award for the best novel. This book is in clean, crisp, condition with deep blue boards and bright unfaded silver titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookplates and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and crisp with no marks, no writing, no bent pages, no age toning, no stains, no handling marks and no foxing. A superb copy appearing as unread. Please see detailed images. The original first edition dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in stunning near fine condition. The jacket has unusually strong vibrant colors with a touch of the typical toning to the rear panel. Otherwise the jacket has no edgewear, no chips, no rubbing, no fading, no stains and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $4.95. Beautiful stunning jacket! Please see detailed images. A sharp attractive copy of this scarce Hugo award winning title with a vibrant striking, unclipped dust jacket. Presents beautifully on the shelf and would make a perfect gift for a Zelazny collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
FRAMED ORIGINAL BLACK FELT TIP DRAWING OF SNOOPY W. COA/LOA THE ART IS IN FINE CONDITION AND WAS CUSTOM MATTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED TO 15″ X 12.75″. A VERY STUNNING PIECE! A superb original drawing of Snoopy. This bold original Charles Schulz drawing has Snoopy in a classic sitting pose, surrounded by grass. Signed by Charles Schulz in full signature to the upper edge "Charles M. Schulz". Rendered in black felt tip on paper stock from a page in the book "All This And Snoopy, Too", the sheet by sight is 6″ x 3.75″. The art was custom double matted, framed and glazed with a glossy black frame, using all archival materials, and UV glass to a completed size of 15″ X 12.75″. PROVENANCE: The piece will come with a Certificate of Authenticity (LOA/COA), from James Spence, LLC. A very strong and vibrant piece with fantastic presence, which showcases very well. Perfect for the collector/lover of Charles Schulz. FRAMED SIZE: 15″ X 12.75″ Please see our ABE store for other original Illustration Art and books. ****PLEASE INQUIRE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES***
First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful clean book with gilt titles, the original end papers and original tissue guard. Crisp binding. The true first printing of this book was printed by Osgood in 1873. However the Boston fire destroyed all but an estimated 50 copies of this printing so the 1873 Geo Smith printing is considered the next true first edition (or some refer to as the second printing of the first edition of this book), printed by Geo. M. Smith & Company 1873. Fully illustrated with 110 illustrations, 303 pages. The book is in great condition with vibrant emerald green boards with gilt scenes and titles to the front and spine, and still has the scarce original deep brown coated end papers. The book has benefited from having the spine professionally rebacked with the original cloth laid back down, and presents extremely well. Original tissue guard is present. The interior pages are overall remarkably clean and fresh with some occasional scattered handling mark, but NONE of the usual staining and NONE of the usual foxing. The book has one owner name, dated "1873", otherwise no edgewear, and the binding is very tight and square. Unlike most copies of this title which have poor/cracked bindings and loose pages, this book is tightly bound and is quite readable and not fragile. Has a spectacular presentation. Please see many detailed images. Beautiful rare, important Verne book in collectible Clean condition with the scarce original end papers. Perfect for a Verne collector, presenting well on the shelf with a nice crisp readable binding, and without the excessive wear, and broken bindings as is typically found with Verne books. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
First Edition, First Printing, FIRST STATE JACKET of DUNE by Frank Herbert, with the original first printing dust jacket, in the FIRST state (with four lines for the publisher on the rear flap). Near fine, crisp clean book with a stunning Near Fine dust jacket. Signed by Frank Herbert on a laid in signature. Part one of the Dune series (initially a trilogy), of one of the most significant science fiction novels of the 20th century. Original blue cloth boards with white titles to spine. The book is in beautiful condition with sharp corners, with one tiny tip bump, no edgewear but only to two very outer corner tips, and no edge bumps. Cloth is clean with some slight toning as common with this title. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in clean with no owner names, bookplates, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are very crisp, clean, bright, flat and still stiff with no marks, no writing, no stains, no bent pages and no foxing. A few spots of discoloration to the outer page block not affecting the internal pages. Signed by Frank Herbert on a laid in signature. Beautiful book, internally appearing as unread. Please see images. The book comes with an unrestored First edition, First State dust jacket in stunning condition. The requisite 4 lines for the Chilton Books publisher's address are present to the rear inside flap designating the true first edition, first state jacket for this title. The jacket presents in near fine condition, with strong vibrant colors, a very bright rear panel, and withOUT any of the more typical fading to the spine. The lower edge of both inside flaps have a faint ghosting line from an older style jacket protector, and two small paper scrapes from the likely removal of a bit of tape. Otherwise from just a touch of rubbing to the to the outer spine tips, the jacket has No rips, No chips, No stains, No fading, No rubbing, and No foxing. The jacket is complete and NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95. Please see the many included images. Frank Herbert's Dune is the biggest-selling science fiction story of all time. Dune won the Nebula and Hugo awards, the two most prestigious science fiction prizes, although it was not an overnight commercial success. Its fanbase built through the 60s and 70s, circulating in squats, communes, labs and studios, anywhere where the idea of global transformation seemed attractive. Fifty years later it is considered by many to be the greatest novel in the SF canon, and has sold in millions around the world. A very handsome, crisp copy of a scarce important book with a stunning near fine jacket. The book presents beautifully on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.
First Edition, Second Impression A beautiful clean, fine, first edition, second impression book with the original near fine unclipped dust jacket. Accompanied by a clamshell box. Original crisp black boards with bright unfaded red titles to the spine, and a red heart to the front. The boards are in fine condition with sharp corners and no edgewear. Both the titles and the heart are a vibrant red withOUT any of the typical rubbing. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing. A superb clean crisp copy of this title. Please see the many images for details. The original dust jacket has benefited from very very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents in near fine condition. Lovely strong vibrant colors to the front panel, and with a slight bit of the typical toning to the rear panel and spine. The dust jacket has NO chips, No tears, and No edgewear. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 10s 6d net. The jacket is protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Please see the many detailed images. (The images taken both with and without the dust jacket protector for review). A very striking handsome example of this Fleming title in extremely scarce condition with the stunning dust jacket! Outstanding presentation on the shelf.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark James Bond/Ian Fleming titles.
First Edition, First Printing: Fine/Near Fine. Beautiful bright fine/near fine plus condition clean book with a magnificent near fine vibrant original unclipped dust jacket. A fine/near fine copy of this book with stunning oatmeal cloth boards with sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no bookplate and no owner names. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat, internally appearing as fresh and unread. This original First Issue Dust Jacket (with the "First Printing" statement on the inner corner of the front flap), is bright and vibrant in color and received only slight restoration to one small triangular chip. The jacket presents in magnificent near fine/fine condition and without the typical discoloration or sunning to the spine. Instead the dust jacket is bright and maintains the strong vibrant colors with no other rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, no foxing and no stains. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has the stated price of $2.75 on the front inner flap. A stunning dust jacket, scarce in this condition. A very handsome copy of this scarce title in superb condition. Presents extremely well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark classic titles.
First Edition, First impression An extraordinary fine/near fine signed copy with a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed with an early 1979 date, "Stephen King/ 9/12/79". Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity by PSA/DNA. All first edition points present including the First Edition statement on the copyright page, and the P6 code in the gutter on page 199. The book is in fine/near fine condition with deep red cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to the spine. The crisp book has sharp corners with one slightly pushed, and no edgewear. The binding is very tight and square. Stephen King boldly signed and dated the book with a large signature on the title page with "Stephen King/ 9/12/79". The interior pages are clean, bright and flat with no marks, no foxing, no stains and no age toning to the pages. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as unread. The P6 code is in the gutter on page 199. Please see images. *Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity by PSA/DNA The unrestored original dust jacket is in fine/near fine condition but one area to the upper right corner with a small intact tear, otherwise the jacket has strong vibrant colors with a bit of toning to the rear panel, but with no other nicks, no chips, no edgewear, no rips, no stains and no fading. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95 An extraordinary copy of this title in fine/near fine, clean, crisp condition with a large, bold, early signature in black ink. The authors much sought after first book and of course the source book for film of the same name. Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark Horror titles.
ROY LICHTENSTEIN. SIGNED VINTAGE POSTCARD "CRYING GIRL". LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PSA/DNA. An Original Roy Lichtenstein signed spectacular vintage 5.75″ x 4″ postcard of his iconic art titled "Crying Girl", 1963. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity from PSA/DNA Signed in black felt tip in full signature along the lower edge in "Roy Lichtenstein" A Stunning Original Lichtenstein signature on his vintage postcard depicting one of his most iconic paintings titled "Crying Girl". The signed felt tip postcard will be accompanied by a COA/LOA and would be stunning framed. University-instructor-turned-Pop-artist Roy Lichtenstein is most well-known for his comic-book style homages to 20th century Americana. In CRYING GIRL, 1963, he employs his trademark style. A pioneer of the Pop art movement, he drew upon the content and aesthetics of 1950s comic strips for his iconic Crying Girl prints. Exploring different portrayals of women in distress, Lichtenstein created two versions of Crying Girl, a lithograph in 1963 and an enamel on steel multiple the following year. The women, both blonde and wearing red lipstick, avert their gazes as tears well up in their eyes. Although Lichtenstein often used speech bubbles in his compositions, the Crying Girls are devoid of any text, allowing viewers to come to their own conclusions as to the cause of the women's sorrows. Though celebrated today, Crying Girl was controversial when first released for its simple, cartoonish style. PROVENANCE: The postcard will come with an COA/LOA from PSA/DNA.
First photoplay edition of KING KONG, with its scarce very good plus original dust jacket. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian Cooper. This was the novelization of the screenplay and is considered to be the rarest of the photoplay editions. The book was published slightly before the film was released. The book without the original jacket can be found in prices ranging from $600 to $1000 (depending on condition), yet examples of this book in an original dust jacket sells for $8000 and up. It is the rarity and collectability of the jacket which distinguishes the pricing, with the jacket having nearly 12x the value of the actual book. This is the result of the jacket being both fragile, in addition to that dust jackets at the time were intended to be discarded as they were considered as mere advertisements, so as a result relatively few are left available. The original lavishly painted King Kong jacket art is collectible in its own right, with the background mixing the New York setting with the dinosaurs of Skull Island. This book comes with the scarce very good plus original dust jacket. The book is in beautiful condition with crisp lime green cloth boards, with strong unfaded deep chocolate brown titles to front and spine. The boards have some of the common very slight toning. The book has sharp corners with one corner tip bump, and with no edgewear. The end papers depict scenes from the photoplay and are clean with no owner names, and no bookplates. The internal pages are overall clean, with an occasional smudge or light handling mark. The deep chocolate top stain applied by the publisher to the top of the page block is strong. The value of this book is in the original dust jacket. The jacket has some strong vibrant, vivid colors with but the typical fading to the spine only. This in itself is most unusual as this jacket was very prone to fading, and of the few remaining original jackets having survived, many are found with faded front and rear panels as well as faded spines. The dust jacket presents in very good condition having benefited from some restoration to the spine ends by an expert paper conservator, and has some slight softened creases. The reverse side of the jacket has the requisite text ads listing the Grosset and Dunlap publications. A handsome jacket presenting the book beautifully on the shelf. The dust jacket is protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Extremely Scarce title in collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark Horror and rare book titles.
First Edition, First Printing A very handsome fine/near fine book with crisp, clean internal pages, and original stunning near fine/near fine unclipped dust jacket. The book is in fine/near fine crisp condition with white linen boards. Oatmeal cloth in unusually fresh clean condition, with a black quarter cloth spine with a very small spot of toning to the cloth. Vibrant gilt decor to front and titles to the spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The bright rust colored end papers are in perfect condition with no owner names, no inscriptions, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The interior pages are very clean, bright and flat with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, and no foxing. Beautiful crisp book, internally appearing as unread. Please see images. The original first edition jacket has benefited from very very slight restoration to the very outer spine tips by an expert conservator and as such presents in near fine condition. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with no edgewear, no chips, no stains, no rubbing, no rips, no fading and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT Price clipped and has a stated price of $6.95 on the inside front flap and has the requisite date code of 6903 to the bottom of the front flap. Please see detailed images. A very handsome, crisp near fine example. Presents beautifully on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark titles.
