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London: Gollancz, 1975. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Original Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 20x13 Cms (8" x 5"). PUBLISHING DETAILS: First UK edition, first printing of this Hugo Award winner from Philip K Dick, published by Gollancz of London in 1975. 222 pages. Size: 20 x 13 cms (8" x 5.5"). Weight: 375g (0.8 pounds). CONDITION: I would rate the book as very good for its age and the dustjacket as near fine. The book's original blue cloth covers, with gilt titling to the spine, are clean and sound save for a small dark mark and crease to the front (see photo). The binding is tight and secure. The text is generally clean and bright though with light marks to quite a few pages. There are library stamps to the title and copyright pages only and a neat new front endpaper & pastedown. There is a neat repair to the top corner of the half title page. The unclipped dustjacket is bright, clean and entire, with just tiny chips to the top and tail of the spine and is…
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The Ship of Ishtar
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New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1926. 1st Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo., 326pp, First Edition, First Printing. Near fine copy rebound in contemporary three-quarter decorative maroon leather, top edge gilt with titles on spine stamped in gilt, with a further decorative gilt device on the spine and covers. Some light scuffing, particularly on board edges. Bookplate of Leonard E. Huck on the inside front cover. Beautiful copy.
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The Man in the High Castle
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Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing) - originally issued in the US a year earlier under the title 'The Martian Chronicles', and with some textual alterations made to this British issue (one story added, and another shortened to make room for it). 8vo. 232pp. Olive boards lettered in silver at the spine. Edges lightly spotted and with some uneven browning to the free endpapers alongside several small instances of tape residue marking. Former owner gift inscription to the front pastedown, partly obscured by the wrapper flap, and also a tiny dealer plate. A very good copy in pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper, a little rubbed, chafed, spotted and dust soiled. Twenty-six interlinking stories detailing the Human colonization of Mars..
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Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company, 1959, hardcover, 201 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight, bright, and clean with no markings, slight spine end and corner wear. Very brightly-colored, first state dustjacket with thirty-one titles on the rear panel, unclipped and bearing original price, tiny chips to spine-ends and corners, short closed edge tears to top front, and bottom rear panels, in new Brodart sleeve. A high school senior joins an Air Force expedition attempting the first circumnavigation of the solar system to determine the cause of the sudden dimming of light and drop in temperature around the world.
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Tokyo, Japan, and Berkeley, California: Paradox Press, 1962. Trade paperback. (69) pages. First publication in book form of a series of humorous science fiction (time travel) stories, most of which had been published previously in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Grendel Briarton is the pseudonym of Reginald Bretnor--note that the introduction to the book was written by Breton! Both the wraparound cover illustration and the internal illustrations are by noted American artist Bruce Ariss. The book is clean and tight, with some edgewear and very minor chipping at spine extremities; previous owner's name written on front free endpaper.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Bruce Wallace Ariss, Jr.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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New York: The Gnome Press, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. Mild slant to spine. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light wear to the edges. Cover illustration by Ric Binkley. A nice copy. ; Octavo; 216 pages.
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A Choice of Gods
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Little, Big
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New York: Bantam Books, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Text block is age-toned, covers show light shelf wear, previous owner's inscription on the half-title page. About very good. Signed by Crowley on the first blank. 1982 World Fantasy Award winner for best novel. #76 in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels, ed. David Pringle, 1989. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.
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Ship of Ishtar
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NY: Avon, 1973. 3rd printing, Jan. 1973; #14092. Tanning; rubbing; stains; name, large in pen inside cover. Reading copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.
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Avon Murder Mystery Monthly 34 Avon Murder Mystery Monthly 34 in Fair condition. Cover art by Paul Stahr. READING COPY ONLY!. Digest Sized Paperback. Fair.
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AVON BOOKS, 1926. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Avon, 1926. Paperback. Good. Avon T-152. Wear around the extremities of the cover and along spine.
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THE SHIP OF ISHTAR
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New York: Avon, 1942. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition THUS. AVON T-152. Cover by Powers..
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The Centaur
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NY: Crest Books. F. 1964. 1st Printing. Paperback. Crest Book #R682, 1964. Stated first Crest printing. Fine condition. R ubs at the head of the spine. .
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Human Nature: New Doctor Who Adventures
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The Brick Moon : From the Papers of Captain Frederic Ingham
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Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The Near Fine slipcase has a faint mark at the tail of the spine edge. ; Early science fiction that imagines a human colonized brick and mortar satellite moon of the Earth. Satirical subtext throughout, based on personalities and society in Boston, MA. Originally serialized in The Atlantic in 1869 and 1870. Copy 712 of a limited edition of 1,950. Signed by the illustrator. Seventeen woodcuts printed in brown, directly from the blocks, by Michael McCurdy, prolific illustrator and founder of the Penmaen Press. Printed by Spiral Press on fine paper. Half dark linen with gilt image of a telescope, the remainder natural linen on boards. This is the later binding, the first being in quarter brown linen, no image, the remainder natural. Slipcase is clean, with sharp corners, and a clean, woodcut illustrated, title label that wraps around the spine edge. Signed by the illustrator. A clean…
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1973. Mass market paperback. 276 pages + 64 pages of photographs. First printing of this paperback original. An inside picture of the 3 worlds of Star Trek: 1) Gene Roddenberry" conception of the TV series; 2) the show itself--writers, stars and technicians; and 3) the world of the fans who kept the series alive after NBC cancelled it. The book is clean and bright, with just a hint of edgewear; a couple of reading crease on the spine, but still square and tightly bound. Bookstore stamp at top of page facing the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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Let's All Kill Constance SIGNED FIRST
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
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Signed by the author, Ray Bradbury. The later printing of this edition which contains a new introduction written by Ray Bradbury specifically for this edition. As new in dust jacket. remainder mark
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Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics―A Collection of Written Interviews
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First Edition. First Printing. Wesleyan (1994). Fine, as new, black full cloth hardcover, with vivid silver lettering. No jacket was issued by publisher. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 11(1b)
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The Sex Demon of Jangal
by Brent, Lynton Wright
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Hollywood, CA: Brentwood Publishing Co. / Crime-Adventure Series Book No. 101 1st Edition, 1964 ----------paperback. An erotic fantasy novel. Covers slightly rubbed, very modest shelfwear, a near fine copy.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by The Author (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Seetee Shock
by Williamson, Jack [John Stewart Williamson]
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950 First printing of the first edition. Book with light foxing to endpapers, else in fine condition; dust jacket with light rubbing and foxing, else fine.
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