Sell Your Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660 1st Edition Signed for up to Over $9,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660 1st Edition Signed
Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer for the science fiction genre and founded several science and technology magazines that sometimes also featured sci-fi stories. His 1911 novel Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660 was accurate in its many predictions of future society including videotelephony, television, synthetic fiber cloth and narration of radar.
Below is a recent realized price for a signed 1st edition copy of Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660 1st Edition Signed. Sold for Over $9,000.
The following are some rare books we have sold:
Ayn Rand “Anthem” First Edition
Ayn Rand first edition, signed copy of “Anthem.” Hardcover with dustjacket. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, LTD.: 1953. Copy given to Nathaniel Branden, her purported protege and lover. Signed and inscribed by Rand in blue ink, “To Barbara and Nathan – – who are now fully my children – to mark your first six-months wedding anniversary – Ayn / July 14, 1953.” Book, which measures 6″x 8.5″, runs 105pp. Thinly-veiled sci-fi-ish allegory supports Rand’s classic Objectivist thesis regarding the subjugation of the ego for the greater whole of society. Dust jacket in near fine condition with minor chips at top. Slight cloth board spotting and very mild toning to interior. A near-perfect signed Ayn Rand first edition copy. Our most expensive Ayn Rand first edition that we have handled. Sold for $22,500.
Lovely first edition set of Mark Twain’s ”Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and ”Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, bound in publisher’s rarer and generally more desirable blue cloth with gilt accenting. ”Tom Sawyer” is a first edition, second printing (Hartford: American Publishing, 1876) while ”Huckleberry Finn” is a first edition, first printing (New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885). ”Tom Sawyer” printing points include half-title and frontis on same leaf, and no type damage on ”furniture to” on last line of page 17, found in the 3rd and later printings. One of only 748 copies with all edges gilt. All first printing points for ”Huckleberry Finn” are present including the most important table cloth visible underneath the bust of Twain with ”Heliotype Printing Co.” imprint. Both books measure 7” x 8.75”. Light rubbing and shelf wear to both and some internal foxing. ”Tom Sawyer” is in very good condition with the front hinge starting. ”Huckleberry Finn” is in very good plus condition. Internally, both are clean and free of any writing. A very attractive set with the blue cloth still bold and vibrant. Sold for $8,750.
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird First Edition With Double Review Dustjacket
Exceptionally scarce “double review” first printing dustjacket and book To Kill a Mockingbird first edition by Harper Lee. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company: 1960. First edition includes the scarce first issue dustjacket with two reviews on the back flap by Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley, in addition to the standard first edition frontflap quote from her long-time neighbor and friend, Truman Capote. Harper Lee’s portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South and became an instant American classic. The 8.25″ x 5.5″ volume with brown boards and green backstrip is housed in a custom leather case. Minor soiling to the page edges and boards with some fading to backstrip. Price-clipped dustjacket shows overall edgewear. Overall very good plus condition. Great example of a To Kill a Mockingbird first edition. Sold for $8,500.
First edition of George Orwell’s classic futuristic novel, ”Nineteen Eighty-Four”. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. Lime green boards are housed in the original forest green dust jacket, with the 10s. net price present on the front flap. 5.25” x 7.5” book is in very good condition with some light foxing. Dust jacket is in very good condition with some professional restoration. Sold for $2,250.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Ralph 124C 41+ A Romance of the Year 2660 1st edition signed that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).