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HEINLEIN, Robert A.. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.. , 1959.
Price: US$64.13 + shipping
Description: First edition. The Gnome Press, Hicksville. 1959. NO DW. Grey cloth, yellow and red lettering to spine and upper board. 256 pages. Cloth to spine and margins of boards sl. darkened. Page margins are browned o/w contents clean and sound.m
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Heinlein, Robert. THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$127.60 + shipping
Description: THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG, Gnome Press, 1959, first edition, very faint moisture stain to about half the rear cover, very faint moisture stain to the fore edge of the last 28 leaves (although quite obvious from the top page edges), very faint moisture stain to the bottom margin of the last 15 leaves (although quite obvious from the bottom page edges), pages tanned as usual,else a tight vg copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.00 + shipping
Description: very good - fine, closed repair upper left, 3.50 price intact jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1st printing, Very Good to Near Fine book with softness and pushing at spine ends, cheap production printed on high-acid content paper that has the typical toning and age yellowing; in a Good to Very Good jacket that has edge wear, slight chipping and several small, closed tears along edges, light soiling and rubbing, with substantial wrinkling, tears and chips at top of spine with old tape repair to inside of jacket, jacket has been shifted toward back panel when folded at spine. Collects the title novella and five shorter stories.
Seller: Squid Ink Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A. The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, Gnome Press, 1959; 1st edition, 1st printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition, full bound tan cloth boards with lettering in yellow, red, and purple on the front board and spine. No markings of any kind inside or out; binding is solid and square. Top edge slightly dusty; for edge is deckle cut. Corners are sharp and square. Dust jacket is in Good to VG- condition; unclipped front flap still shows original price of $3.50. Some wear and tiny chipping to head and heel of spine. 1" diagonal crease v at upper right front corner, with associated smaller closed tear and diagonal chip. Small 1/4" chip at bottom right front corner. A very nice collection of some of Heinlein's short fiction to medium length fiction. Contents: The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" (1942)"The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" (1957)"?All You Zombies?" (1959)"They" (1941)"Our Fair City" (1948)"'?And He Built a Crooked House?'" (1941)
Seller: Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA, Sykesville, MD, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag. Gnome Press, Hicksville, Ny, 1959.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing, So Stated. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Light Amount Of Shelf Wear/Rub, A Bit Bumped. 2 Small Doodles To The Front Board In Felt Pen. Fore Edges Have A Moderate Amount Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. Small Amount Of Chip And Crinkle Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.
Seller: SkylarkerBooks, CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. The Gnome Press, Inc, 1959.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Grey cloth with red, yellow, and brown titling, near fine with light rubbing to edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket good in Mylar, scuffed, rubbed, toned, with moderate edgewear including creasing to spine head and two-inch closed tear from top of rear fore-edge, reinforced with tape repair at verso. Cover price $3.50 at front inner flap. Interior clean, pages tanned, text unmarked.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (stated), hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, very slight bumps to spine ends and lower cover corners, and a couple tiny spots to head of text block that do not bleed to pages, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has slight bumps to spine ends and corners with tiny chips and a touch of creasing to the corners, and very mild edgewear with faint rubbing to the covers. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG. The Gnome Press,, New York, 1959.
Price: US$293.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dust jacket shows slight shelf/edge wear and a closed 1/2 inch tear at top front edge with a few minor chips to bottom of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. Gnome Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Pages a bit toned, else volume near fine in all respects. Jacket with extremely light wear.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Robert A Heinlein. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Bound in light tan publisher's cloth with decorative titling on front board and spine. Pictorial dustjacket wrapped in protective mylar. Book Condition: Fine: Bright, clean boards. Tanned textblock. Handsome copy. / DJ Condition: Very Good: Bright dust jacket covers. Price-clipped. Rubbing to the extremities and a quarter-inch chip to top spine corner, and top rear flap corner. Protective clear cover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies, " "They, " and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories.[it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation."-Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)."-Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #21, (listed for the title novella). Usual age darkening to text block, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear with creases to spine ends and left front corners. (25576)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies," "They," and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories . [it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 21. The usual age-darkening to the text paper, a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel, mild wear to lower spine end, some rubbing along rear spine fold, and moderate dust soiling to rear panel. (#155366)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert A.. Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. , 1959.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1959 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine/Very Good + The Gnome Press, Pub, Hicksville, NY, 1959, 1st edtion; near fine condition with a very good+ dust jacket: minor toning to pages, else book is fine; light wear to jacket at corners, else fine; Robert A Heinlein, Modern First Editions
Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A Heinlein (First Edition) A tight square copy with age-tanned text block edges. Stated First Edition. Listed in Pringle's "Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels". Tan publisher's cloth with yellow red and brown decorative titling on front cover and spine. Red endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Heinlein, Robert. THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG. Gnome Press, 1959.
Price: US$406.00 + shipping
Description: THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG, Gnome Press, 1959, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies, " "They, " and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories.[it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation."-Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)."-Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #21, (listed for the title novella). Age darkening to text block, a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to base of front panel, mild shelf wear to base of spine panel, and some rubbing to rear spine fold with moderate dust soiling to rear panel. (17082)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies," "They," and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories . [it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 21. Text paper tanned, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#162551)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED on a laid in book plate by Heinlein. Fine jacket and book with the so common tanning of the pages. All jackets in mylar wraps.
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription to influential F&SF critic, editor and publisher David G. Hartwell on the front free endpaper. Signed again in full by Heinlein on the title page. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies," "They," and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories . [it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 21. Text block a bit tanned at edges (less than usual), a fine copy in near fine dust jacket with 20 mm closed tear and associated wrinkle at lower spine end. This book is rarely found inscribed or signed by Heinlein. (#140138)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Heinlein on the title page. Collects the title story (a short novel) and five shorter tales, including "All You Zombies," "They," and "And He Built a Crooked House." "Robert Heinlein's 'They' is, I believe, the most comprehensive of all mind-invasion stories . [it] is the consummate story of invasion and isolation." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 110-11. "They" is "perhaps the ultimate solipsist fantasy (a man is convinced the world is a puppet show)." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 460. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-84. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 793. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 21. Text block a bit tanned at edges (less than usual), a fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing at spine ends. This book is rarely found inscribed or signed by Heinlein. (#141062)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.