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Fredric Brown. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 5 x 8 in. Black paper boards. Stated first edition, 1949. Condition is GOOD ; edges worn with splits at spine ends - front joint a touch weak but holding well. Corners worn, some loss ro spine ends. Text clean and unmarked. Fic. RGR.

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. What Mad Universe. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, 1949.

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Description: First edition of the author's first science fiction book. Very dark blue [almost black] board with silver gilt lettering/decoration, 255 pages. Portions of the Dust Wrapper flaps glued to the front and rear pastedowns [the portion on the rear pastedown includes the rather bizarre photograph of the author dressed as an alien], previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper; with scattered light edgewear, some spine cocking, and tiny tears to spine head. See photos. bx121

Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.

Fredric Brown. What Mad Universe. E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "FIRST EDITION" on its copyright page, and publisher's original "$2.50" price on its jacket's front flap. This book is in very good condition, marred only by spine lean, light wear on cover's corners and edges, a very faint stain on the bottom edge of its text block (not extending onto page faces), and a large scrape on the inside of its front cover. (I'm guessing this is from removal of a former owner's bookplate. It might be from removal of a card pocket, but that seems very unlikely since there is nothing else on the book or its jacket to suggest it might be ex-library.) The book's binding is sound, with no spine crease. Covers are otherwise unworn, with bright silver titles on its spine and front. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its scarce dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in fair conditon: bright, unmarked, and mostly whole, but marred by a neatly tape-repaired 5" tear (across its front hinge and down its back hinge, with two 1/4" chips in the back hinge), 1" of its back bottom corner torn out, and wear with chipping on spine ends. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

Seller: Space Age Books LLC, Conroe, TX, U.S.A.

Fredric Brown. What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown (First edition). E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1949.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown (First edition) Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. First edition, stated. Boards and pictorial dust jacket.

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

BROWN, Fredric. What Mad Universe. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1949.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Bookplate front pastedown, corners a little bumped, else near fine in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket. Author's first fantasy novel and one of his scarcer titles.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1949.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. Author's first science fiction novel. "An sf-magazine editor falls into a parallel universe where bug-eyed monsters really exist. Comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the sf cliches of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-35. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, minor loss to corners, mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, some age darkening to rear panel. (9736)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. "Out of an infinity of universes there must be one that mirrors the adolescent SF fan's fantasies, complete with the trappings of SF pulpdom. And that is exactly where SF editor Keith Winton finds himself in this zany first [SF] novel by one of SF's best comedic writers. Although similar to L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER (1941), in that the hero is miraculously tossed into a mythic world, Brown's version differs in that it is a very real post-World War II America with the addition of occasional SF conventions, such as bug-eyed monsters and invading aliens. In a sense, Brown anticipated Ursula K. Le Guin's THE LATHE OF HEAVEN (1971); ironically, his work was dismissed as clever light comedy while hers is probed for deep philosophic meanings." - Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer, "Outstanding SF Books, 1927-1979." A "comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the SF clichés of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-170. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2451-54. In 333. A very good to near fine copy in very good dust jacket with minor loss to corners, mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, some age darkening to rear panel. (#126334)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. "Out of an infinity of universes there must be one that mirrors the adolescent SF fan's fantasies, complete with the trappings of SF pulpdom. And that is exactly where SF editor Keith Winton finds himself in this zany first [SF] novel by one of SF's best comedic writers. Although similar to L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER (1941), in that the hero is miraculously tossed into a mythic world, Brown's version differs in that it is a very real post-World War II America with the addition of occasional SF conventions, such as bug-eyed monsters and invading aliens. In a sense, Brown anticipated Ursula K. Le Guin's THE LATHE OF HEAVEN (1971); ironically, his work was dismissed as clever light comedy while hers is probed for deep philosophic meanings." - Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer, "Outstanding SF Books, 1927-1979." A "comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the SF clichés of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-170. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2451-54. In 333. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and rubbing to front and rear panels. (#85956)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. "Out of an infinity of universes there must be one that mirrors the adolescent SF fan's fantasies, complete with the trappings of SF pulpdom. And that is exactly where SF editor Keith Winton finds himself in this zany first [SF] novel by one of SF's best comedic writers. Although similar to L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER (1941), in that the hero is miraculously tossed into a mythic world, Brown's version differs in that it is a very real post-World War II America with the addition of occasional SF conventions, such as bug-eyed monsters and invading aliens. In a sense, Brown anticipated Ursula K. Le Guin's THE LATHE OF HEAVEN (1971); ironically, his work was dismissed as clever light comedy while hers is probed for deep philosophic meanings." - Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer, "Outstanding SF Books, 1927-1979." A "comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the SF clichés of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-170. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2451-54. In 333. A fine copy in bright, very good dust jacket with shelf wear at head and tail of spine panel and upper corner tips, 20mm tear along upper rear spine fold, some soiling along rear flap fold and upper and lower edges of same, and internal tape mends at head and tail of spine panel. (#86860)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Brown, Fredric. WHAT MAD UNIVERSE. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1949.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. A presentation copy with brief signed inscription by Brown to SF writer Judith Merril on front free endpaper (although she is not mentioned in the inscription by name): "1-10-50 / In memory of a / wonderful evening, / most of which I spent / trying to think of / something clever to / write herein / Fred Brown." "Out of an infinity of universes there must be one that mirrors the adolescent SF fan's fantasies, complete with the trappings of SF pulpdom. And that is exactly where SF editor Keith Winton finds himself in this zany first [SF] novel by one of SF's best comedic writers. Although similar to L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER (1941), in that the hero is miraculously tossed into a mythic world, Brown's version differs in that it is a very real post-World War II America with the addition of occasional SF conventions, such as bug-eyed monsters and invading aliens. In a sense, Brown anticipated Ursula K. Le Guin's THE LATHE OF HEAVEN (1971); ironically, his work was dismissed as clever light comedy while hers is probed for deep philosophic meanings." - Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer, "Outstanding SF Books, 1927-1979." A "comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the SF clichés of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-170. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2451-54. In 333. Boards rubbed at spine ends, corner tips, and along lower edges, a very good copy in good dust jacket with chips from spine ends and corner tips. This book is rarely found signed or inscribed by Brown. (#159955)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.