Children Of the Atom

Stated First Edition. $2.75 on inside dust jacket. DJ has some chipping on the corners and tape repairs on the spine. DJ is now in a mylar cover. Gnome Press edition. Straight and clean copy. Photos are of the actual book.

London: Science Fiction Book Club/T.V. Boardman (SFBC 37) 1959 cr.8vo 216pp, 1959 GD+ original teal cloth, in GD edgeworn DW, with age-toning to spine strip, now protected in Brodart sleeve.

Mohegan Lake, NY: Red Jacket Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0974889504 . Unopened in the publisher's shrinkwrap, which is slightly torn. Facsimile of the first edition, which was published by Gnome Press in 1953.; [216] pages .

Shiras' 1953 novel (actually a fixup of related short stories) was a touchstone for a whole generation of disaffected SF fans. Quite dated in terms of gender politics, it's still a strong story about not fitting in. Pennyfarthing Press (Michael Kurland, Alva Rogers and others) reprinted both this and Fredric Brown's WHAT MAD UNIVERSE with new covers and illustrations. This… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Pennyfarthing Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. New Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This edition is limited to 200 copies signed by the author and illustrator. This is book # 73. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Pennyfarthing Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Back jacket fairly shelfworn.. 1978. Hardcover. 093080001X . Signed, limited edition. #43 of 200 copies, signed by author and illustrator. ; 8vo; 1978 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

San Francisco.: Pennyfarthing Press., 1978 . Limited Edition, letter “j” of 200 copies.. Quarter brown cloth over tan cloth boards. . Fine in a near fine dust jacket. . 23.5x15.5 cm. . Inscribed and signed by the author and Illustrator on the half-title page, owner’s gift inscription on the half-title below the author’s signature. … Read more about this item

Canada: Avon T-221, 1958. Solid with two creases on the front cover and the covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

Avon, 1958. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. Minor stains on edge. Minor age browning to pages. No writing..

Pennyfarthing Pr, November 1978. Trade Paperback. SIGNED / VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. SIGNED BY SHIRAS ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE.

Red Jacket Press, 2004. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB EDITION. CLEAN… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Pennyfarthing Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First by this publisher. With an afterword by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.

San Francisco, CA: Pennyfarthing Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Fine. Dowling, Lela. Signed by Wilmar H. Shiras on the half-title page. Also inscribed by Lela Dowling on the half-title page; "To Bill, Lela Dowling, '79" with a small unicorn illustration by her. Originally published by Gnome Press in 1953. Afterword by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Referenced in Barron; Anatomy of… Read more about this item

T. V. Boardman & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed,… Read more about this item

London: T.V. Boardman & Comapny, 1954. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, green and blue with red and yellow print; DJ in mylar, tears at spine ends and flap corners, portion of top edge torn away, edgewear, creasing; Boards in black cloth with silver print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, light shelfwear; Text block has… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Pennyfarthing Press, 1978. First edition thus, first printing . Hardcover. Dowling, Lela. One of 550 copies of the trade hardcover issue. Originally published by Gnome Press in 1953. Afterword by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 1995, 3-160. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with short closed tear to the front panel.

Dust jacket has light edge wear, closed tear to rear flap fold; now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards, red printing on black spine. Spine bumped, corners are sharp. Pages bright, clean, unmarked. Nelson Doubleday (imprint of Science Fiction Book Club) hardcover with dust jacket. March 1981 edition, but later May 1984 printing (code O20), SFBC #5855. 182 pages,… Read more about this item

NEW YORK: GNOME PRESS INC.. G+/FAIR LOWER CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED. Pages: 216. . 1953. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER.. SLIGHT RIPPLE TO REAR CLOTH. DJ HEAVILY EDGEWORN WITH CHIPS & TEARS. PAGES CLEAN & TIGHT. DJ IN MYLAR WRAP. .

Mohegan Lake, NY: Red Jacket Press, 2022. "Deluxe 'Facsimile' reprodiction", of the 1953 Gnome Edition, slipcased in shrinkwrap. New.. Hardcover in Dj. Fine/Fine.

San Francisco: Pennyfarthing Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First thus. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in near fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Corners and edges of dust jacket have been reinforced with tape, and jacket with shelf rubbing and wear to… Read more about this item