Spacehounds Of IPC Edward E. Smith (E E Doc Smith) HCDJ Signed 1st 1947
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Spacehounds of IPC A Tale of Inter-Planetary Corporation by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Fantasy Press, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1947. 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches, 257 pages. A.J. Donnell, Illustrator.
Better known as E.E. "Doc" Smith, Edward E.Smith was a popular author who influenced many of the next generation of science fiction writers, and whose early works correctly predicted advances in science and technology. In this novel, he coined the term "tractor beam". The book has 3 bla...ck and white full page plates and attractive decorative initials at the start of each chapter. The un-price-clipped dust jacket is still bright, but has some wear and small tears and chips. The blue hardcover has some fading on the spine lettering, and 2 small black stains. The page after the title page is signed with regards to John W. Cunningham. There was an author of Western stories (1915-2002) with this name, whose short story was adapted into the film High Noon, but the name is not unique, and I have no way of knowing that he was the Cunningham meant.
Better known as E.E. "Doc" Smith, Edward E.Smith was a popular author who influenced many of the next generation of science fiction writers, and whose early works correctly predicted advances in science and technology. In this novel, he coined the term "tractor beam". The book has 3 bla...ck and white full page plates and attractive decorative initials at the start of each chapter. The un-price-clipped dust jacket is still bright, but has some wear and small tears and chips. The blue hardcover has some fading on the spine lettering, and 2 small black stains. The page after the title page is signed with regards to John W. Cunningham. There was an author of Western stories (1915-2002) with this name, whose short story was adapted into the film High Noon, but the name is not unique, and I have no way of knowing that he was the Cunningham meant.
