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NIVEN, LARRY. WORLD OF PTAVVS.. macdonald, 1968, first edition ,,, 1968.
Price: US$53.00 + shipping
Description: very good +, bumped spine ends and corners, rear soiling jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. World of Ptavvs.. Macdonald & Co, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 160p., 21 cm. Brown cloth binding with gold title on the spine. Clean, unmarked copy. First edition.
Seller: Steven Edwards, Coalmont, TN, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. World of Ptavvs. Macdonald & Co., 1968.
Price: US$185.75 + shipping
Description: 1968. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 160 pp. Presentation copy (author's inscription to title page). Mild shelf wear and foxing to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Price clipped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition.
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
NIVEN Larry. World of Ptavvs. , 1968.
Price: US$208.70 + shipping
Description: First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Macdonald. A near fine copy, extremities of dust jacket a little rubbed.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Niven, Larry. WORLD OF PTAVVS. MacDonald, 1968.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: WORLD OF PTAVVS, MacDonald, 1968, first English edition and first hard-cover edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some very faint staining to the dust-wrapper spine and a more noticeable stain to the fore edge area of the rear dust-wrapper panel. The authors first book! SIGNED by the author. Along with a fine copy of the March, 1965 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow, which indeed contains the first appearance in print of this work.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. WORLD OF PTAVVS. MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [London, 1968.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Inscribed by Niven on the title page. The author's first book and first in the "Known Space" series. Foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with foxing to flaps and verso with bleed through to the rear panel. (25414)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry.. WORLD OF PTAVVS.. MACDONALD., LONDON, 1968.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First British and first hardcover edition. Near fine in a close to near fine dj. (Darkening to edges of rear panel of dj. Couple short edge tears in dj. Musty aroma) Author's FIRST book. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. World of Ptavvs (1st/1st Signed). MacDonald & Co, London, 1968.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with a very slight lean. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with lovely off-white edges. The FEPs have extremely feint offset tape marks to the bottom edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Very well bound and feels hardly read. Single minor bump to head of spine, Near fine condition. The jacket has very bold colours to the spine and panel. At some point there must have been a taped protector as there is historic tape residue to the top and bottom edges of the jacket, going on to the flaps. The tape residue is more prominent to the rear white panel that is otherwise clean. no rips tears or rubs. A near fine book in a near fine jacket.Signed and dedicated to the title page by author. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A signed example of this very collectible first edition first printing title, "To Roger / Best wishes / Larry Niven" Niven's first novel, looks super on the shelf in the archival fitted cover.
Seller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (PBFA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
Larry Niven. World of Ptavvs. MacDonald, New York, 1968.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: MacDonald, New York., 1968. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition/First printing. Signed in my presence at an author event here in Southern California. Appears unread. A small stamp on the front free endpaper. Some scattering of foxing on top of text block. Jacket has foxing on back cover/ flap and some frey at spine edge. Not price clipped. Looks dashing in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing.
Seller: Winding Road Books, Templeton, CA, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. WORLD OF PTAVVS. MacDonald, 1968.
Price: US$493.00 + shipping
Description: WORLD OF PTAVVS, MacDonald, 1968, first English edition, vg+ in wraps and like dust-wrapper. Uncorrected proof. The authors first book! Rare. SIGNED by the author. Along with a fine copy of the March, 1965 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow, which indeed contains the first appearance in print of this work.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Niven, Larry. World of Ptavvs **Signed**. Macdonald, London, 1968.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Author's First book. Signed by Larry Niven on title page - signature only. First Edition, First Printing British Edition. First Hardcover of his First Novel. Rare Book - in pristine condition for its age. NOT A Library Book. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Very minor chipping on spine edges of dustjacket. Some browning age spots on back dust jacket. has sbn 356 024564 4 on back dustjacket. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.
Seller: All-Ways Fiction, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$1223.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed First U.K. Edition. First edition of the author's first book, which was originally published as a paperback original in the US. This is the first hardcover edition of his very first novel. A much sought after issue from 1968 in the Macdonald Science Fiction series. Signature is via a pasted in autograph, name only, no dedication. This has been neatly attached to the title page. First rate collectable, much sought after. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom