The Great GNOME PRESS Science Fiction Odyssey
# YEAR TITLE AUTHOR PAID COND BINDING CLOSE UP REVIEW NOTES
1
1948
TheCarnelian Cube
L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
$23.00G-
Pale grey boards / red lettering on spine.
2
1948
ThePorcelain Magician
Frank Owen
3
1949
Pattern for Conquest
George O. Smith
$38.00NF
Orange boards / darker lettering on spine and cover.
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Sunning on the spine of the jacket.4
1949
Sixth Column
Robert A. Heinlein
$180.00VG
Black boards / red spine lettering. Atom & chain device on cover.
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5a
1949
TheThirty-First of February Limited Edition
Nelson Bond
$52.00VG
Currey priority 'A'.Crimson cloth, spine blackened / gold spine and cover lettering.
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Top of the text block blackened (part of the design). No. 78 (non-slipcased) of 112 Limited Edition issues.5b
1949
TheThirty-First of February
Nelson Bond
$40.00F
Currey priority 'B'.Burgundy cloth / darker burgundy spine and cover lettering.
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6
1950
Men Against theStars
edited by Martin Greenberg
$30.00G
Slate grey boards and purple cloth shelf back / silver lettering on spine.
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Two copies, three jackets. One with first and one with second state dust jackets. Second copy cost $16.7
1950
TheCastleof Iron
L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
$15.00G
Orange brown boards / brown lettering,griffon and castle embossed on cover.
Severe sunning on the spine of the jacket.8
1950
Minionsof theMoon
William Gray Beyer
$18.00G
Green/blue cloth / red lettering on spine,red title logo with crescent moon on the cover.
Severe sunning on the spine of the jacket.9
1950
Conan theConqueror
Robert E. Howard
10
1950
I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
11
1951
Cosmic Engineers
Clifford D. Simak
$98.00NF
Currey priority 'A'. Blue cloth / yellow lettering on spine, with yellow lettering and rocket design on cover.
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Blue ink touch-up to edges of the dust jacket.12
1951
SeeteeShip
Will Stewart
13
1951
Tomorrowand Tomorrow&TheFairy Chessmen
Lewis Padgett
14
1951
Renaissance
Raymond F. Jones
$40.00VG
Blue boards / red lettering on spine.
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Gift inscription on front paste-down - "Stewart from (?), 19 April, 1955"Inscription by GP co-founder and cover artist David Kyle - "With best wishes to Ron, David Kyle, publisher & jacket &book design"15
1951
Typewriter in theSky &Fear
L. Ron Hubbard
$52.00G-
Tan/orange cloth / black lettering on spine,tape & eye device embossed on cover.
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Splitting where front paste-down and ffep join along the spine.16
1951
Travelersof Space
edited by Martin Greenberg
$50.00VG
Dark grey boards and red cloth shelf back / silver lettering on spine.
With both dust jackets - an F red and a G blue17
1951
Journey toInfinity
edited by Martin Greenberg
$60.00VG+
Tan-green boards and green cloth shelf back / silver lettering on spine.
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Signed with inscription by Gnome Press co-founder Martin Greenberg Second state dust jacket. Sunning on the spine of the jacket.18
1951
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
19
1952
TheMixed Men
A.E. Van Vogt
$41.00G
Navy boards / red lettering on spine.
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Contains bookplate fastened to front paste-down: Austin P. Haller MD.20
1952
City
Clifford D. Simak
Have a Library-Bound reading copy. Not considered collectable.21
1952
RobotsHaveNoTails
Lewis Padgett
$73.00G
Orange boards / black lettering on spine.
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22
1952
Judgment Night
C.L. Moore
$38.00VG
Blue boards / darker blue lettering on spine.
Also have the Red Jacket Press facsimilie printing, a gift.23
1952
TheSword of Conan
Robert E. Howard
24
1952
FiveScienceFiction Novels
edited by Martin Greenberg
$30.00VG
Brown boards and black cloth shelf back / silver lettering on spine.
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25
1952
Sandsof Mars
Arthur C. Clarke
$74.00G
Red boards / black lettering on spine.
Second (Third?) state dust jacket. Also have the Book Club Edition, a gift.26
1952
TheStarmen
Leigh Brackett
$60.00VG+
Pale grey boards / black lettering on spine.
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27
1952
Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov
28
1953
Children of theAtom
Wilmar H. Shiras
$50.00G
Red cloth / darker lettering on spine.
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Two dust jackets. Identical condition. Also have the Red Jacket Press facsimilie printing, a gift.29
1953
SpaceLawyer
Nat Schachner
$15.00G
Yellow boards / green lettering on spine.
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30
1953
Mutant
Lewis Padgett
$75.00VG
Turquoise blue boards / dark blue lettering on spine.
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31
1953
Shambleau and Others
C.L. Moore
$31.00VG
Dark green boards / deep red lettering on spine.
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2" tear up front edge of dust jacket Also have a jacketless reading copy
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