signed first edition
1948 · Philadelphia
by Del Rey, Lester
First edition, first state of title page with 1948 date and dark blue binding. Octavo. B/W drawings by Sol Levin; dust jacket design by Tschirky. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips). Very good. 331 pages.
Signed and inscribed on half-title page by Del Rey to Science Fiction author Charles Tanner: "To Charles Tanner. Thanks for a swell time – and regards to a swell guy. Lester del Rey."
Signed again on the front free endpaper by del Rey.
Author's first book. Not in Ahearn Currey, page 142; "…one better known early single author anthology" (Barrow, page 175). (Inventory #: 2222428)
Signed and inscribed on half-title page by Del Rey to Science Fiction author Charles Tanner: "To Charles Tanner. Thanks for a swell time – and regards to a swell guy. Lester del Rey."
Signed again on the front free endpaper by del Rey.
Author's first book. Not in Ahearn Currey, page 142; "…one better known early single author anthology" (Barrow, page 175). (Inventory #: 2222428)