RARE 1942 FIRST EDITION - Superman, by George Lowther, 1942, illustrations by Joe Shuster including outlets 4 full page full color plates

Hardcover, good condition, completely clean, NOT ex-library, NO former owner's name, NO inscription, NO bookplate, NO underlining or highlighting, and, um, NO dust Jacket, approx 6 1/4 by 9 inches, 215 pages, published by Random House. Edges and spine of cover showing wear (see pics), two internal pages have tear (see pics) due to low quality paper (Random house did spend much on materials for this book). This is very clean and presentable condition for this title given the below average quality of the paper and binding by the publisher.

Book is based on the cartoon character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - some sellers list with the title "The Adventurers of Superman" since this is on the initial title page. The full title page has only "Superman" as the title.

Buyer Beware - condition is a big deal with used books and this book for sale here is in the condition as pictured and described - best to ask other sellers that do not post pictures with their listing, or use a "Stock Photo," or use generic condition descriptions, to provide photos of the actual book before you make a purchase.

A very nice protective slipcase is for sale from this ebay seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/293300213267

This book for sale here is the ORIGINAL First Edition and not one of the later reprints, of which there are two versions:

a outlets 1995 facsimile hardcover edition was issued by Applewood Books with ISBN 9781557092281, ISBN 1557092281

a "historic reproduction" was issued in paperback in 1979 by Kassel Books (no ISBN)