Five Against Venus 1952, Virgil Finlay art, Alex Schomberg art, science fiction hardcovers, first edition hardcovers, 1952 science fiction

Five Against Venus book is
complete with dust jacket,
Cover art by Virgil Finlay.
Endpapers art by
Alex Schomberg,
famous for his Golden Age work.
Philip Latham author, 1952.

i discovered that Philip Latham ,
the author, was an actual Astronomer
who reflected current knowledge
in this field in his writing.

published in 1952 ,
this is a stated First Edition.
When researching i found less than 5
listings of this Book, and
ranging from $55 to $90
and higher.
the majority were without
the dust jacket.
214 pages , and from
The John C. Winston Company.

Condition notes :
A solid binding. Tanned pages.
small rubber stamp letters below "first edition".

Moisture effects some parts
of the upper right corner of pages
all through the Book.
Page edges show age tanning.

Mylar dustjacket, a vintage
style, has black strips of fabric
running along the top and
bottom edges throughout.
This black fabric has caused
rubs and impressions in some areas
of the brick red boards.

Moderate wear on boards.
Some tape residue on boards.
There are signs of age-wear
on the mylar cover of the dust jacket,
and the dust jacket itself
has some wear in parts.

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