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Five Harper & Brothers Publishers Books, including:... (Total: 5 Items)
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Five Harper & Brothers Publishers Books, including: André Maurois. The Thought-Reading Machine. Translated by James Whitall. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. Octavo. vi, 217 pages. Publisher's brown cloth covers with the publisher's mark blind-stamped on the front cover. The spine is lettered and diagonally ruled in gilt. Cream dust jacket with blue lettering. Some rubbing to the covers, some discolored spotting to the cover edges and spine, rubbing to the jacket, some discolored spotting to the jacket, small closed tears to the edges of the jacket, small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, light toning to the endpaper joints. Altogether a very good copy. Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885 - 1967) was a French author who utilized the pen name André Maurois, and adopted this pen name as his legal name in 1947. This witty story centers upon the complications aroused by the Psychograph machine, a machine which reveals unspoken thoughts both to others and to those who think them. [and:] J. B. Priestly. The Doomsday Men: An Adventure. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. Octavo. 287 pages. Publisher's black boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Brown dust jacket illustrated in yellow and lettered in turquoise and white. Illustrated endpapers with an alternating pattern of the author's initials in light green and cream. Rubbing to the jacket, some bumping to the corners and head and foot of the spine, rubbing and some soiling to the jacket, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, some discoloration to the top edge of the pages, small pencil notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a good copy. English author John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) comments upon the impact of science upon life in this adventure story set this work in the American Southwest. [and:] Hermann Oberth. The Moon Car. Translated from the German by Willy Ley. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1959]. First edition. Octavo. 98 pages. Twenty-one diagrams throughout the text, plus an illustrated plate frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth shelf-back over black cloth covers. Publisher's mark in orange on the front cover. The spine is lettered in silver and orange. Illustrated dust jacket Some rubbing to the covers, slight rubbing to the jacket, very lightly sunned jacket spine, small pencil notation on the rear pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Hermann Julius Oberth (1894 - 1989) was one of the three founders of rocketry and astronautics, clearly seen in this work, and his initial work By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. In this work Oberth explores the need for ground transportation on the moon. He presents solutions to the problems of fuel, terrain, temperatures, low gravity atmosphere, construction, steering, and many other problems. [and:] William Farquhar Payson. John Vytal: A Tale of the lost Colony. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Octavo. v, 318 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's olive green boards with the front cover illustrated in green, cream, and salmon. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] Raoul C. Faure. The Spear in the Sand. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1946]. First edition. Octavo. 280 pages. Publisher's orange brown cloth covers with the publisher's mark in purple on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in gilt over purple. Illustrated dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine and edges. Altogether a very good copy. This highly imaginative work is centered upon a scientist who travels to the South Pacific to chart an ocean current, but instead becomes stranded upon a perfect but uninhabited island. It is during his years upon the island that the character fully appreciates all that surrounds him, but slowly ceases to sense his own changes.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
4th-5th
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