ID NUMBER: 15654-927/0924
DESCRIPTION: 16 PC. L. RON HUBBARD BOOKS & PRINTS: 1) Ten books comprising the entirety of the Mission Earth dekalogy, with books 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 being first edition hardcovers with original dust jackets published between 1985 and 1987, and books 2, 3, and 4 being mass market paperbacks published between 1988 and 1989; 2) Dianetics, mass market paperback edition from 1998; 3) Fear, 1991 hardcover reprint with dust jacket; 4) Battlefield Earth, first edition hardcover with original dust jacket; 5) “The Invaders Plan”, Lithograph reproduction of Gerry Grace’s cover painting for the first Mission Earth book, sight size 14.25” x 21.5” with margins, signed by Grace lower right and numbered 33/500, L. Ron Hubbard Library copyright stamp from 1988 verso, framed, 22.75” x 29.25”; 6) Tug One spacecraft from Mission Earth, Lithograph reproduction of an original painting by Greg Winters, sight size 18.5” x 17.5” with margins, signed by Winters and numbered 194/500 lower right, L. Ron Hubbard Library copyright stamp from 1988 verso with affixed paperwork from L. Ron Hubbard Collectors’ Editions, framed, 32.25” x 24.25”; 7) Windsplitter the horse from Battlefield Earth, Lithograph reproduction of an original painting by Jim Warren, sight size 19.75” x 15.75”, signed by Warren and numbered 378/500 lower left, L. Ron Hubbard Gallery Certificate of Authenticity affixed verso, framed, 28” x 22.25”. CONDITION: Every hardcover book in this lot has a Books-A-Million used book sticker on the front cover. 1) Dust jackets of the hardcovers are in decent condition with damage to the edges and spots of foxing on the page edges, paperbacks have loss on the spines and covers, and browning of their pages; 2) Crease on the spine, slight browning of the pages; 3) Minor wear to the dust jacket, foxing spots on the page edges; 4) Moderate wear to the dust jacket, with some spots of loss on the front cover edge; 5) Some staining visible verso on backing board, print seems to be unaffected; 6) Not examined out of the frame; 7) Lithograph needs to be re-seated in frame.
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