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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1981 (Vol 60, No 2) by Edward L. Ferman (ed.); Stephen King; Lee Killough; Nicholas Yermakov; Simon Hawke; Jim Aikin; Michael Armstrong; Bill Pronzini; Barry Malzberg; Russell Griffin; Charles Sheffield; Pat Cadigan; Keith Roberts; Thomas M. Disch; Baird Searles; Isaac Asimov - February 1981: ("The Oracle and the Mountains" by Stephen King)

by Edward L. Ferman (ed.); Stephen King; Lee Killough; Nicholas Yermakov; Simon Hawke; Jim Aikin; Michael Armstrong; Bill Pronzini; Barry Malzberg; Russell Griffin; Charles Sheffield; Pat Cadigan; Keith Roberts; Thomas M. Disch; Baird Searles; Isaac Asimov

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1981 (Vol 60, No 2) by Edward L. Ferman (ed.); Stephen King; Lee Killough; Nicholas Yermakov; Simon Hawke; Jim Aikin; Michael Armstrong; Bill Pronzini; Barry Malzberg; Russell Griffin; Charles Sheffield; Pat Cadigan; Keith Roberts; Thomas M. Disch; Baird Searles; Isaac Asimov - February 1981

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1981 (Vol 60, No 2): ("The Oracle and the Mountains" by Stephen King)

by Edward L. Ferman (ed.); Stephen King; Lee Killough; Nicholas Yermakov; Simon Hawke; Jim Aikin; Michael Armstrong; Bill Pronzini; Barry Malzberg; Russell Griffin; Charles Sheffield; Pat Cadigan; Keith Roberts; Thomas M. Disch; Baird Searles; Isaac Asimov

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Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Inc.. Vol. 60, No. 2, Whole No. 357. February 1981. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ron Walotsky illustrating "Ménage Outré" [Aventine] by Lee Killough. Includes "The Oracle and the Mountains" (novelet) by Stephen King (third story in the Roland Deschain / Dark Tower series; became Chapter Three in King's book Dark Tower: The Gunslinger); "The Orpheus Implant" (novelet) by Nicholas Yermakov (Simon Hawke); "The Lilith" (novelet) by Jim Aikin; " Absolutely the Last, This Is It, No More, the Final Pact with the Devil Story" by Michael Armstrong; "In Our Image" by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg; "The Revolting Tale of Heedless Jack Who Stepped Upon the Sidewalk Cracks" [Bad Habits] (poem) by Russell M. Griffin; "The Softest Hammer" by Charles Sheffield; "Second Comings - Reasonable Rates" by Pat Cadigan; "The Checkout" [Anita] by Keith Roberts. Departments: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Thomas M. Disch; "Films: Strike Striken" by Baird Searles; "Science: Nothing and All" by Isaac Asimov. Very Good+. Interior unmarked with light tanning at edges. Spine clean and tight with minor wrinkling at bottom. Cover clean and bright with very faint mailing label ghost. Minor edge wear. See photos.
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The Brave Little Toaster in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1980
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The Brave Little Toaster in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1980

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Cornwall, Connecticut: Mercury Press, Inc. August 1980. Digest-size Magazine. First Edition. Fine. No Mailing label. In protective cover.
Thomas M. Disch's hugely popular children's novel The Brave Little Toaster first appeared in print in the August 1980 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction with cover art by Gahan Wilson six years before it was published in book form. It won the 1980 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction, the 1981 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette, and the 1982 Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story. It was also nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Balrog Awards and inspired an additional book and three children's movies. Disch published The Brave Little Toaster in an adult science fiction magazine after it was rejected by children's book publishers who thought the notion of appliances talking and having characters was just too far-fetched and children would not accept it. Even after Disney bought the story rights and had the movie in… Read More
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights
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by Ba Jin; Pa Chin; Li Yaotang; Li Fei-Kan; Jock Hoe (trans); Sidney Shapiro (trans)

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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family… Read More
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1939 Frederick Stokes first edition.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is light dampstaining to the boards. Inside pages are not affected.Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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Fat City

by Gardner, Leonard

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The Brave Little Toaster in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1980
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights
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by Ba Jin; Pa Chin; Li Yaotang; Li Fei-Kan; Jock Hoe (trans); Sidney Shapiro (trans)

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New York: Pantheon, March 1979. Trade Paperback. First Revised American Edition (stated) / first printing (no additional printings listed). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight, and uncreased. Corners sharp. Very slight edge wear is the only thing keeping this from being As New. Its hard to imagine a 40+ year-old book in better condition than this. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 172 pages. Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream was the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the practical realities of a vast, complex and backward Russia.
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1981
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1981

by Ferman, Edward L (editor)

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New York: Mercury Publications. Near Fine. 1981. Single Issue Magazine. Mailing label on cover. ; Includes "The Oracle and the Mountains" by Stephen King. This is the third story in "The Gunslinger" and follows Roland and his search for the Dark Tower. .
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Bloody Sunrise

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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Townsend, Jacinda

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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.

Quelques Optimistes.

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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach

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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)

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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More
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Palmares

by Jones, Gayl

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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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Christopher Blake

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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Men Die

by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)

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New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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