{"id":17865,"date":"2018-12-14T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=17865"},"modified":"2019-01-14T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T04:28:34","slug":"library-additions-signed-heinlein-tiger-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=17865","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Signed Heinlein, Tiger! Tiger!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a late SF bookseller finally finished getting getting his stock online, so I checked out their newly christened website to see what was there, and immediately snapped up two books I thought were under-priced:<\/p>\n

  • Bester, Alfred. Tiger! Tiger!<\/b>. Sidgwick and Jackson, no date (but 1956). First edition hardback (no statement of printing on copyright page, as per Currey), a Near Fine- copy with bookstore stickers (Foyle’s) inside front cover (under flap), slight bumping at head and heel, darkening to page edges, and a tiny bit of spine lean, in a Very Good- dust jacket with three significant chips at top front, longest two 1″ long by 1\/8″ high and 3\/4″ high by 1\/4″ long near flap join, with shallower chipping at head, heel and points, slight age darkening to white rear cover, and a 1 1\/2″ closed tear at top front cover near spine join. These would be significant enough flaws that I would have avoided buying this copy except that it was only $40<\/b>! That’s somewhere between 1\/5th and 1\/10th what it’s worth. The true first edition, first printing of Bester’s masterwork, later published in the U.S. as The Stars My Destination<\/b>, and a science fiction keystone I’ve lacked for a long, long time. I will probably purchase facsimile dust jackets to wrap around to better display both this and the item below better. Currey (1979), page 33. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy<\/b>, page 33. Locke, Science Fiction First Editions<\/b>, pages 18-19. Wendell, Alfred Bester<\/b>, pages 28-36. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4<\/b>, 3-19. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature<\/b>, pages 2168\u20142172. Day, Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature<\/b>, page 8. Aldiss, Billion Year Spree<\/b>, page 247.\n

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  • Heinlein, Robert A. The Past Through Tomorrow<\/b>. Putnam, 1967. Second printing, a Very Good copy with one BB-sized indention in the spine with a small hole in the middle, with slight bumping at head and heel, in a Poor dust jacket (and it’s not even the right dust jacket, having coming from a book club edition) with the front, back and spine split into three panels (now taped back together), with further chips, tears, separation between the pieces, etc. Inscribed by Heinlein: “To Karol, Best Wishes\/Robert A. Heinlein.” For some reason, this is one of the hardest of his books to find signed by Heinlein. Bought for $200. This is only the second signed Heinlein in my collection, after a signed book club edition of Time for the Stars<\/b> I bought from David Hartwell for $40.\n

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