Accurate Description of Item
A Novel, "The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror" by Edmond Hamilton London
Appraiser Remarks
With books, value is a matter of "Author, Edition, Condition and Rarity". Generally first editions in good condition by a noted Author are the most sought after and valuable. Early Science fiction novels like this one are very collectible, this one is of the earliest single author pulp SF story collections, collecting fiction from Weird Tales and SF specialty pulps of the late 1920s and early 1930s. This was also one of the titles in the publisher's Creeps series - and an interesting sign of how "science fiction" and "horror" had not yet bifurcated into separate genres.
In the current market a number of Antiquarian Book Sellers list this book retail in Good condition with its original dust cover as high as $2750.00 , even editions with some wear or damage like yours without the paper dust cover often sell for over $350.00.
In the current market a number of Antiquarian Book Sellers list this book retail in Good condition with its original dust cover as high as $2750.00 , even editions with some wear or damage like yours without the paper dust cover often sell for over $350.00.
Estimated Value
$400.00
Re: Old Book
A Novel, "The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror" by Edmond Hamilton London
With books, value is a matter of "Author, Edition, Condition and Rarity". Generally first editions in good condition by a noted Author are the most sought after and valuable. Early Science fiction novels like this one are very collectible, this one is of the earliest single author pulp SF story collections, collecting fiction from Weird Tales and SF specialty pulps of the late 1920s and early 1930s. This was also one of the titles in the publisher's Creeps series - and an interesting sign of how "science fiction" and "horror" had not yet bifurcated into separate genres.
In the current market a number of Antiquarian Book Sellers list this book retail in Good condition with its original dust cover as high as $2750.00 , even editions with some wear or damage like yours without the paper dust cover often sell for over $350.00.