"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First issue with the hand lettered title page dated 1948. Signed by del Rey on the front free endpaper. The author's first SF book. Collects twelve stories including "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512. Contemporary signature of early owner Joseph Schaller dated 26 May 1948 on front free endpaper and his bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A bright, nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing to edges, mainly spine ends, upper front corner tip, and along rear spine fold (#145625).
Price: $75.00
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