Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Science Fiction
Special Attributes: 1st Edition,Dust Jacket
Author: Various
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
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This lot contains 51 books, ranging from Issue #1 to issue #54 - meaning this is almost the complete set ot the first SFBC editions. 3 volumes are missing from the set, namely #5, #11, and #33. The rest are all present. Volumes #1, #3, and #32 are missing their dustjackets, the rest have their jackets in varying condition. Most still have their science fiction newsletters enclosed.
Stand outs from this lot include: Asimov's Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and I, Robot, Tiger, Tiger!, Farenheit 451, Time Out of Joint, The Martian Chronicles, Time Out of Joint and Non Stop, among others.
The most valuable books in the lot as well as those with the most fragile dustjackets have been protected by acid-free conservation grade wrappers, which are easily removable.
The condition of these books varies, I have attempted while photographing to take representative images. The majority of the dustjackets are in good to very good condition, but some are very fragile. I have photographed the worst examples, those which are in good to very good condition I have mostly left unphotographed.
Volumes #30, #41 and #10 at least are very fragile with chipping, and are held together by their protective wrappers (as pictured). Volumes #13 and #38 also have significant chipping. At least two jackets are foxed, as pictured.
In general the books themselves are in very good condition, clean internally and externally, but expect varying condition with some very good and some good.
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