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L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$123.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CLEAN Very Good+ 1948 first edition hardcover. NO jacket.
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing at spine ends and upper corners and some age-darkening to spine panel and along flap folds. An attractive copy. (#8688)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., 1948.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Intermittent soiling in the top margins of the text block; light soiling on the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, a trace of toning on the back panel, uncilpped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 154pp.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Final blackout. Hadley Pub. Co, 1948.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition. Dust jacket shows minor wear, rubbing, and tanning. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing, Providence, 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Small ink name and date at top of front free endpaper and slight spine lean that is endemic to this title, else a very good hardback in a tanned jacket that has some light wear to the extremities and minor loss at the head of the spine.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co. [1948], Providence, RI, 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. Small address label affixed to front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner tips and mild tanning to spine and rear panels, tiny closed tear at base of lower rear corner and horizontal crease. (25537)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co, Providence, RI, 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo, xi, 154pp. Black hardcover, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, some rubbing to covers, dust remnants to top edge, a touch of soiling to endpapers. In publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, soiling to rear panel, sunning to spine, light rubbing to bottom edge and flap folds. (Currey, page 256). Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) was a science fiction writer and U.S. naval officer during World War II before establishing the Church of Scientology in 1952.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with light age-darkening to spine panel and along flap folds. An attractive copy. (#169031)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light tanning to spine and rear panels and along flap folds and small closed tear at top edge of rear panel. A nice copy. (#86011)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at spine ends and front corner tips. An attractive copy. (#169980)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First hardcover edition. First published as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction, 1940. Publisher's black pebbled boards, gold stamped spine. 154pp. Black and white pictorial dust jacket and illustrations by Betty Wells Halladay. Book Condition: Fine: Firm square copy. / DJ Condition: Very Good Plus: An inch closed tear to dust jacket cover top edge, spine tanning, and moderate rubbing to the dust jacket extremities. Original $3.00 price unclipped. Mylar cover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, RI, 1948.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Description: Spine very slightly bumped, Dust; 154 pages Very Good jacket spine and flap edges yellowing, shelfwear back.
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, RI, 1948.
Price: US$320.32 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dark tale of futuristic war. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering down the spine. Illustrations by Halladay. Minute chips at head and foot of spine. Rare in such remarkable condition.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
HUBBARD, L. Ron. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co, Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A fine, bright copy in very near fine dust jacket with the white spine lettering a little tanned.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. FINAL BLACKOUT. Hadley Publishing Co., Providence, R.I., 1948.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of Hubbard's best novels, first published in 1940 as a three-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, a pessimistic meditation on the theme of "the ambiguity of all revolutions." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-549. In 333. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A very sharp copy. (#88932)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing Co., RI, 1948.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: AF/VG+.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
L Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Hadley Publishing, London, 1948.
Price: US$386.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this novel by L Ron Hubbard. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was the founder of the Church of Scientology. He has been cited by the Smithsonian magazine as one of the most 100 significant Americans of all time. He wrote many popular science fiction and fantasy stories and developed a system called Dianetics, expounded in book form. Final Blackout is a dystopic science fiction novel. It is set in the future and concerns a man known as 'the lieutenant' as he restores order to England after a world war. The book was originally published in a serialised format in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction. This is the first edition in book form. It is an early classic of the Golden Age of science fiction. In original paper covered boards held in original dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to the head of the spine. Dustwrapper is very smart with some evidence of repair to the head and tail of spine. Wrapper is sunned, particularly to spine with some ageing to the rear wrap. Bookseller's label to front pastedown, Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Cincinnati. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly aged to edges. Some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom