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EARTHBOUND ...
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Peter Poulton, cloth. First edition. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
EARTHBOUND.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Peter Poulton, cloth. Later, third printing. A space cadet, the son of one of the first space captains, is forced by circumstances to help interplanetary criminals plunder the very space liners he was trained to protect. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
SPACEMEN, GO HOME.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1961]. Octavo, jacket by Ed Emshwiller, cloth. First edition. Earth's brief two hundred years in space is now past history. Humans have been banned from space for a violation of intergalactic law by the Star Brain, the machine that rules the galaxy. Reed Ballinger, a ruthless ex-space captain with a secret spaceport deep in the jungle of Central America plans a war to regain Earth's place in space. Can project Nobel, a dangerous scheme to thwart Ballinger succeed? Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. The next to last title published in the series.
STADIUM BEYOND THE STARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1960. Octavo, cover illustration by Mel Hunter, cloth. First edition. Following the perfection of translight starships twenty generations ago, human civilization has spread to 120 other star systems. En route to the Interstellar Olympic Games, a starship carrying Earth's team encounters an apparently derelict spaceship carrying an intelligent nonhuman race that can teleport and communicate telepathically, and the crew member who discovered them is thrust into the midst of interstellar conflict and intrigue. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. One of the last Winston juveniles done, the last one by John C. Winston before becoming part of Holt & Rinehart (& Winston).
THE STAR SEEKERS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Calle, cloth. First edition. Civilization has deteriorated and the superstitious sixth generation of people aboard mankind's first starship must take immediate action or the ship, a hollowed out meteorite composed of four concentric circles, is doomed to crash. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
CATCH THE BRASS RING bound with STRANGER AT HOME.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition and first paperback edition. Ace double D-77. Paperback original of the Marlowe novel, his first mystery, a carnival setting. The Sanders is a reprint. [Reference: Jaffery, S., Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles, pp. 29-30].