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GREY [GRAY] LENSMAN.

Smith, Edward E.

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth book of the Lensman series. Most of the Lensman series was published in Astounding, this novel as a four-part serial in 1939 with Campbell as editor. "The greatest of the early golden age space opera... [this novel] best of series." – Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-355. The cover by Hulbert Rogers is one of the classic Golden Age paintings. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1051. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1183-87. In 333. A very good copy in a fair dust jacket with rubbing to folds, chips with loss to spine ends, spits to rear spine and flap folds with tape re-enforcement to verso, inked number to front cover, numbered plastic labels affixed to front and spine panels. (28897). Item #28897

Price: $25.00