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[Edward E. "Doc" Smith, Ph.D.]. Typescript for the fifth volume in the Lensman series, Second Stage Lensman, with revisi...
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[Edward E. "Doc" Smith, Ph.D.]. Typescript for the fifth volume in the Lensman series, Second Stage Lensman, with revisions throughout in the author's hand. No place, no date [but c. 1941].Large 4to (275 x 215 mm). Original typescript (ribbon copy) on yellow paper, [370] pages (numbered irregularly 1-373), double-spaced on rectos only; with numerous corrections, additions, and deletions in pencil, colored pencil (red, blue, and green), and ink; additions typed on the verso of page 178, and written in pencil on the verso of page 369; pencil note at foot of page 293: "To Battle Creek / May 2, 1941." Bound in full gray buckram, ruled and lettered in red on front cover and spine; slipcase.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in pencil at the head of p. 1: "6/5/41 To my old and very critical friend - the Chief / Communications officer of Galactic Roamers, with / thanks for his assistance - from / Edward E. Smith, Ph.D."
Mounted on the front pastedown is a color illustration of "Skylark" Smith - the cover figure from the October 1939 issue of Astounding Science-Fiction, which introduced Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith. The serialization was published from October 1939 to January 1940.
Second Stage Lensmen was first published serially in Astounding Science-Fiction from November 1941 to February 1942. The first edition in book form, illustrated by Ric Binkley, was published in 1953 by Fantasy Press in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Condition: Binding lightly rubbed, more so on spine; tape residue at edges of front pastedown; some minor browning at text edges; occasional soiling.
References: see Chalker and Owings, The Science-Fantasy Publishers, p. 161, and Currey, p. 457 (for the first edition in book form).
Provenance: The Bob and Diane Yaspan Collection.
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