Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hubbard, L. Ron. Science of Survival: Prediction of Human Behavior. Bridge Pubns, 1951.
Price: US$5.49 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Like New Inside & Very Good Outside. Clean & Crisp! No markings. You will be pleased. Excellent book! ( z1s48a ) Some shelf wear on dust cover. **Fourteenth printing, 1973! **
Seller: Cronus Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.24 + shipping
Description: DIANOMETRY in Astounding Science Fiction for January, 1951, Street & Smith, first edition, some closed tears near the base of the spine,else vg in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by: John W. Campbell, L. Ron Hubbard (DIANOMETRY), et.al.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 452 pages, seventh printing. Some wear and soiling to the covers, chipped at the spine tips. Discoloring to the pages; a few stained from newspaper clippings laid in; a strong cologne odor; a solid reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 211566.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fairly clean but worn copy. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.20 + shipping
Description: Clean tight copy but paper bronwing at edges and minor spine wear. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Contains "Dianometry" by L. Ron Hubbard. Scarce in this nice condition.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First printing, softcover over side stapled wraps binding, has a minor lean to the binding, slight bumps with tiny losses to the spine ends and creasing to the corners, shelf wear to the edges, and rubbing with light soiling to the back. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, Near Very Good copy featuring Hubbard's "Dianometry" article, as well as a full page advert for Dianetics on the back cover.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SOFTCOVER. British edition. 64 pages. Cover price 1'-. Clean & tight. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F2. Astounding. June 1951. Volume VII. Number 10. BRITISH EDITION. Science Fiction magazine. Contains: DIANETICS - A NEW SCIENCE OF THE MIND by L. Ron Hubbard
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London. Nicholson and Watson. 1951. Stated first published. No later dates shown. Hard Cover. Crown octavo 8vo. 7½" by 5" (190 mm x 126 mm) approx. 113 pp and glossary of terms. Beige textured boards with dark brown titles to the spine. Corners sharp. Only faintest hint of softening at spine ends. Former owner name to fly leaf dated 1951. Endpapers shopwing anatomy of hound. Frontispiece of the famous 'Zardin' by Daws in 1909 and 16 further black and white plates. Book is fine. Illustrated dust wrapper with some edge wear; a couple of tears at the spine ends and some light edge wear. Book is fine; jacket very good. A title in the Dog Lover's Library Series. Presents well in mylar. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective mylar sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Chipped one half inch at base of spine, 1/8" top of spine, some small edge chips and tears.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: -Norman Saunders Good Girl Art cover -Pulp stories by Richard Matheson-Arthur C. Clarke-Milton Lesser-Jack Vance-L. Ron Hubbard-William & others -Interior art by Carl Burgos-Harry Harrison-Vince Napoli-Frank R. Paul & others -From the pulp division of Marvel Comics - GRADE: G/VG
Seller: DTA Collectibles, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Hubbard L. Ron. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Derricke Ridgway, London, 1951.
Price: US$82.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, a clean unmarked copy in a publisher's cloth.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$94.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: -Norman Saunders cover art -Pulp stories by Richard Matheson-Arthur C. Clarke-Milton Lesser-Jack Vance-L. Ron Hubbard-William & others -Interior art by Carl Burgos-Harry Harrison-Vince Napoli-Frank R. Paul & others -From the pulp division of Marvel Comics - GRADE: FN
Seller: DTA Collectibles, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8.75" X 5.75" in green cloth with somewhat faded gilt titles. A little wear at corners; name and old price erasure on title page; otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked: GOOD PLUS condition. 328pp. [CC107] Fourth printing.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ----------12 pulp magazines, digest size, all 12 issues for 1951. The only complete serial this year was the famous Iceworld by Clement (all 3 parts). Other important stories were Berom by John Berryman, .and Then There Were None by Russell, Dune Roller by May (her FIRST story), The Weapon by Fredric Brown. There was also a Dianetics (Scientology) article, Dianometry, by Hubbard. January is fine unread. February has tiny chips to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. March has a little spine wear and is VG+ to near fine. April is fine unread. May has faint cover creases, wear to spine bottom, and is VG to VG+. June has cover creases and is VG. July has wear to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. August has cover creases and is VG. September has cover creases, small split to spine bottom, pen on back cover, and is VG to VG+. October has a bump to spine bottom, and is near fine. November has cover creases, chips and small splits to spine extremities, and is good. December has cover creases, small split to spine bottom, and is VG.
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Price: US$99.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GOOD. pulp magazine with green illustrated cover, creases and chips to corners and spine ends, closed tears to edges of wraps, heavy creases to covers, covers are still tightly bound to magazine and there are no loose or missing pages, lightly acid-worn paper. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
Seller: Once Read Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION JAN 1951-L RON HUBBARD--PULP VF. Street and Smith, 1951.
Price: US$104.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Great issue. January 1951. Dianometry by L Ron Hubbard. Back cover ad for Dianetics. Edd Cartier art. - GRADE: VF
Seller: DTA Collectibles, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$123.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Book bound in black cloth, faded gilt title on the spine, some minor shelf-wear but remaining clean, robut and square. Hinge and text block tight, no inscriptions, no spotting, pages smooth clean and bright if lightly age-toned. A very well preserved book.
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Hubbard, L. Ron. Typewriter In The Sky and Fear. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$128.33 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Bumped to head and foot of spine. Boards very clean with sharp corners. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with dusty top edge. Feels carefully read, and very tight . Pages crisp and white. Near Fine condition. Jacket tidy, with some light marking to the white panels and historic tape marks to the top and bottom edges over on to the flaps. The spine is a little faded, but retains some colour. The rear white panel is nice and clean. Jacket grades very good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. An attractive and clean solid copy of this Hubbard title with great cover graphics. Contains the novels Typewriter in the Sky and Fear. Comes from the estate of Roger Earnshaw, SF collector, well known at British conventions and fandom.
Seller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (PBFA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
HUBBARD, L. RON. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Derricke Ridgway 1951, 1951.
Price: US$149.79 + shipping
Description: UK first edition, Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 413pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing to boards)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Two classic short novels first published in UNKNOWN in 1940. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-185. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-97. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 870. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 57. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 761-65. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with tanning to edges and spine panel. (#169029) (29748)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY [and] FEAR. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Two classic short novels first published in UNKNOWN in 1940. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-185. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-97. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 870. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 57. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 761-65. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with tanning to edges and spine panel. (#169029)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Ron L Hubbard. Typewriter in the Sky of Fear. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A sharp book with a small dealer sticker on the inside front board, but otherwise internally clean. Unclipped jacket ($2.75) with some minor edgewear and a couple of damp spots on the spine. A small closed tear on the top of the jacket. Jacket now in a protective cover. VG+ in dw. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Hubbard, L. Ron. Advanced Procedure and Axioms. Central Press, No Place, 1951.
Price: US$167.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Apparently the first issue has no author listed on front cover or title page, & also not indicated anywhere in the book, as in this copy. Later copies had Hubbard's name on the front cover. Copyright by Central Press, November 1951. Staple-bound in original yellow wraps with merely title printed to front cover in green. From title page: "A book outlining the most advanced procedures & the only procedures authorized in this science. Price; $2.50". The $2.50 price is another indication of a first issue. Typewritten copy (not a later typeset issue). Apparently the glossary in the first edition differs from the later issues. Final page 49 contains "A Summary of Advanced Procedure". Large format thin volume. Slight shelfwear, very mild handling wear, otherwise a nice clean softcover copy. 49pp. Very scarce first issue. RARE.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unclipped dust jacket (price - $2.75) protected by archival mylar. Previous owner's name on front blank fly leaf.
Seller: Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA, Upper Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Issue Book ( Orange Cloth With Brown Design Embossed On Front Cover And Brown Lettering Embossed On Spine). A Bright, Clean, Square, Example With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, In A Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $2.75.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY [and] FEAR. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Two classic short novels first published in UNKNOWN in 1940. "A classic mystery story in which a skeptical anthropologist is tormented by 'demons' as he obsessively tries to figure out what happened during four hours obliterated from his memory. The revelation is unusually modest by comparison with works such as Heinlein's 'The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag,' but all the more effective by virtue of its restraint. A tour de force amply demonstrating the creative power that was extravagantly wasted in reams of pulp hackwork before discovering a more perverse vocation in the invention of Dianetics (some of whose conceptual roots can be seen in 'fear')." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-73. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-185. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-97. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 870. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 57. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 761-65. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild tanning to spine panel. (#141141)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY [and] FEAR. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Two classic short novels first published in UNKNOWN in 1940. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-185. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-97. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 870. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 57. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 761-65. Nick in cloth at bottom edge of rear cover, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#141141)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 7.75" x 6". Digest size. 12 issues. Vol. 46, No's 5&6; Vol. 47, No's 1-6; Vol. 48,No's 1-4. Pictorial wrappers. Cover art by Hubert Rogers, H.R. Van Dongen, Paul Orban, and Ron Miller. Highlights include "Dianometry" by L. Ron Hubbard, 'I Tell You Three Times" by Raymond F. Jones; "A Stitch in Time" by Sylvia Jacobs; "Breeds There A Man.?" by Isaac Asimov; "The Care and Feeding of Mad Scientists" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Untitled Story" by Frank M. Robinson; "Iceworld" by Hal Clement and still with the original wrap-around "Read How George Pal filmed this Great Science Fiction Story- 'Making Worlds Collide'" by R.S. Richardson. All issues have bright nice covers with no chips, creases or tears. One issue has light pencil notation, another has light bump to rear corner. Mild toning to some rear covers. All near fine to mint.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron.. TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY AND FEAR.. GNOME PRESS., NY, 1951.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a close to Nf. dj. (1/2"-inch tear with interior tape mend at head of front cover of dj. next to spine. A few small edge nicks & mild traces of shelfwear to covers)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron.. Typewriter in the Sky and Fear.. NY. Gnome Press. 1951., 1951.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. VG+/VG- in woven orange cloth stamped in black on the spine and front boards with drawing of an eye and typewriter ribbon spool. In VG- white dustjacket which has darkened spine and light foxing on the verso and rear panel. With 3" rubbed/abraded strip at the bottom edge of the front panel. Lightly soiled and foxed throughout. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Typewriter in the Sky and Fear. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with price of $2.75 intact. Light rubbing at corners and spine ends. Lightly dust-soiled. Dust jacket shows light rubbing, light toning and wear to spine, light edge wear. A rather nice copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The scarce first UK edition (first printing), considerably more uncommon than the US edition which appeared a year earlier. 8vo. xv, 253pp. A sliver of discolouration to the cloth at the head and base of the backstrip, else in fine state with edge worn pictorial dust wrapper designed by C.W.Bacon, non-price-clipped but chipped at the head of the spine panel and with several small areas of loss to the extremities and some chafing to the natural folds. This copy from the library of science fiction novelist Lionel 'Lan' Wright, with his neat signature to the half-title. An anthology of eight science fiction stories. The other contributions are by A.E.van Vogt ('Far Centaurus'), Lewis Padgett ('The Iron Standard'), Robert Moore Williams ('The Red Death of Mars'), E.M.Hull ('Competition'), Manly Wade Wellman ('Men Against the Stars') and L.Ron Hubbard ('When Shadows Fall'). Most uncommon. Originally published in the US in 1950 by Gnome Press (Martin Greenberg was the imprint's co-founder), this was the very first "theme" anthology in science fiction, with all the stories about a common idea, setting, or concept. It is of particular note for being the first bookform appearance of any of Asimov's Foundation stories ('Bridle and Saddle' subsequently appeared under the title 'The Mayors' as the third part of his celebrated novel 'Foundation'). This UK issue appeared a year later in a slightly reduced version with four of the original contributions absent and with differing dust wrapper artwork.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue. Quarto. 112pp. Stapled green printed wrappers. Tiny tear at crown of spine, tiny closed tear on front cover, else a fine copy, with the covers bright and crisp. Lacking the die-cut disc issued with the book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. HAND BOOK FOR PRECLEARS. Scientific Press, 1951.
Price: US$406.00 + shipping
Description: HAND BOOK FOR PRECLEARS, Scientific Press, N.d. (1951), first edition, previous owners neat notations and underlining throughout, else vg+ in wraps. Apparently printed up in several different formats, this one with no price on the cover, no address, no ads and with gold-gilt title and authors name stamped on off-white flexible card stock. This copy includes three circular die cut disks with printed words around the perimeter.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L[afayette] Ron[ald]. TYPEWRITER IN THE SKY [and] FEAR. Gnome Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Two classic short novels first published in UNKNOWN in 1940. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-185. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-97. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 870. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 57. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 761-65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A stunning copy. (#169030)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hubbard, L. Ron. Self Analysis. The International Library of Arts and Science, 1951.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hubbard, L. Ron Self Analysis United States: International Library of Arts and Science, 1951. First Edition. Hubbard, L. Ron. Self Analysis: a simple self-help volume of tests and processes based on the discoveries contained in Dianetics. 1951. First Edition. Quarto, brown card wrapper with gold printed title and author on the front and lettering on the rear cover. Tipped in letter on Self Analysis Hubbard Research Foundation. Very good condition with owners name, date and small stamp on the front cover. Name stamped on title page as well as front cover (as shown). "Using this book, through a series of light yet powerful processes applied for as little as half an hour a day for two weeks, an individual on his own can markedly raise himself on the Tone Scale and can pull himself out of almost anything."
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$573.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Actual photo of book. probably lacks the fold out chart. 4th impression of the same year, 1951
Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, "Acceptance Fund Copy" issue, as stated on the front cover. Quarto. 112pp. Stapled cream-colored printed wrappers. A bit of faint soiling on wrappers, light wear, a near fine copy. Laid into the book is a die-cut printed disk, to be used in conjunction with the book, as issued.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: The first trade edition, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Typed slip on the front endpaper: "This book should contain two charts eight inches by twenty-four inches in length. If these charts are not in back of the book, please see your bookseller." The two original charts are present, as well as what appears to be two old photostats of the chart. Previous owner name stamped in green ink on the yellow pastedown, as appears to be usual. There is some old tape residue. The dustjacket is present, with tape repairs and loss. Most uncommon. Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. xliii, [1], 328 pp. with leaf of 12 coupons bound in; two folding charts laid in. Bound in publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with thoroughly toned contents, tiny stains to top edge, in Very Good dust jacket, toned with a few chips to extremities, unclipped ($5.00). The sequel to Dianetics, quite scarce in the original jacket. A major source for what would later become Scientology.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first edition (also states "Acceptance Fund Copy" on front wrap). Quarto. 112pp. Stapled card wrappers printed in green. Laid in are two die-cut thin card discs with various physical properties printed at the edges, that correspond to parts of the text, as issued. Name of a noted psychotherapist, and the word "Dianetics" in ink along the edge of the spine, both on the front wrap, cheap paper toned but sturdy, very good or better. Very early publication from Dianetics, a popular but short-lived form of psychotherapy, and the forerunner of Scientology.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.