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1) The Dark Light-Years
Aldiss, Brian

New York: Signet, 1964. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Light wear along edges of cover and spine. Also, printing flaw that places some of the spine on the cover. 128 pages. # D2497. 50 cents original price. more information

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2) Shield
Anderson, Poul

New York: Berkley Medallion, 1963. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Powers. Just a hint of wear along edges of cover. 50 cents original price. 158 pages. # F743. The story of a man who returns to earth with a shield which no weapon known to man could penetrate. He returned to Earth only to find himself in a game of cat and mouse. The whole world was soon after him and his shield: the most powerful weapon mankind has ever seen. more information

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3) After Doomsday
Anderson, Poul

New York: Ballantine, 1962. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Only a hint of wear on spine. 128 pages. #579. 35 cents original price. The earth has been blown up and now Carl Donnan, a space engineer, has only two things on his mind: finding the beings who blew up the earth, and another starship with female humans. It is now up to him to save the human race. more information

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4) Orbit Unlimited
Anderson, Poul

New York: Pyramid Books, 1961. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Scheonheerr, John. Only a hint of wear on spine. 158 pages. # G615. 35 cents original price. more information

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5) Three Worlds to Conquer
Anderson, Poul

New York: Pyramid Books, 1964. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Gaughan, Jack. A hint of wear. Light spots on back cover. 50 cents original price. # R-994. 143 pages. Human and "monster" fight a strange war in space and on the far planets. more information

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6) The Byworlder
Anderson, Poul

New York: Signet, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Mass Market PB. A voyager from Sigma Draconis visits a future earth. A few chips to edges, little crease to upper corner back cover. more information

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7) The Star Fox
Anderson, Poul

New York: Signet, 1964. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Just a hint of wear along edges of cover, and also some on spine. 60 cents original price. 207 pages. # P2920. A space-age patriot carves a civilization of the future in a strange new world haunted by surrealistic citizens, walking forests, slaughter machines...and the memories of lost love. more information

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8) Blood Will Have Blood
Barnes, Linda

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1985. Paperback Original (PBO). Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very light pink rubbing on spine. Avon # 79368. more information

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9) Wolftrap
Bercovici, Eric

New York: Dell, 1978. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. Binding flaw, cover does not quite come to the bottom edge of text block. 218 pages. more information

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10) The Burden
Christie, Agatha (Mary Westmacott)

New York: Dell, 1963. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Virtually no shelfwear. #0863. Original price 45 cents. Agatha Christie writing under the name Mary Westmacott. more information

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11) The Ragged Edge
Christopher, John

New York: Signet, 1965. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A hint of wear, normal age tanning. 60 cents original price. # P3124. 192 pages. The story of the natural catastrophe that wipesof 10,000 years of human history overnight . . . and what happens to a man who searches this shattered world for his lost doughter. more information

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12) The City and the Stars
Clarke, Arthur C

New York: Signet, 1961. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A hint of wear, normal age tanning. 50 cents original price. # D1858. 191 pages. In the dim future, when but one great city remains on Earth, a single adventurer dares to penetrate the Universe. more information

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13) Islands in the Sky
Clarke, Arthur C

New York: Signet, 1960. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Only a hint of wear. Small crack on bottom of spine. Narrow white strip along top edge of cover caused by a printing flaw: not damaged. 35 cents original price. 127 pages. # S1769. An engrossing novel of a future Earth encircled by manned satellites -- dangerous steppingstones to the stars more information

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14) The Dark Chamber
Cline, Leonard

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pinnacle Books, 1983. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 227 pages. Slight shelfwear, reading creases along spine and across corners, edge chipping. more information

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15) The Dark Chamber
Cline, Leonard

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pinnacle Books, 1983. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 227 pages. Some shelfwear, reading creases along spine and across corners, a good deal of edge chipping. more information

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16) A World of Difference
Conquest, Robert

New York: Ballantine, 1964. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Only a hint of wear on spine. 192 pages. # U2213. 50 cents original price, more information

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17) Famous Artists & Their Models
Craven, Thomas

New York: Pocket, 1949. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. As New/Wraps. Mass Market PB. 1st printing of PBO. This book has been in a time warp. The pages are pristine, white & untouched. The cover is equally as good, with a small bump at the heel of spine. The stories of 23 artists with 34 full-page reporductions . A nearly perfect over 50 year old paperback! more information

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18) Funeral March
De Felitta, Frank

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1991. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 348 pages. Slight shelfwear, reading creases along spine. more information

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19) Tower of Zanid
deCamp, L. Sprague

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Airmont, 1958. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Copyright 1958. #SF2. Very slight crease on front cover, very slight tanning. Beautiful condition. more information

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20) The Armed Forces Officer
Dept. Of Defense

Washington D. C,: U. S. Govt, 1965. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows slight shelfwear, a little wear at the edges. DoD Pam 1-20/DA Pam 600-2/NAVPERS15923A/AFP 190-1-12/NAVMC 2563 more information

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21) The Haven
Diamond, Graham

Chicago: Playboy, 1977. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows general wear, spine taped at each end, reading crease, pages slightly tanned. Solid textblock and cover. Author's first novel. Scarce. more information

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22) Fair Wind, Fiery Star
Douglas, Carole Nelson

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 1993. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Signed by Author. Signed on the title page. Book shows light general wear, especially at spine. One of three romances that Douglas wrote prior to the Irene Adler series & the Midnight Louis series. An interesting historical romance with some mystery mixed in. more information

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23) Deadline
Dunning, John H

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett, 1981. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows very very slight wear, nearly fine. more information

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24) The Speed Set
Fontaine, S.R

New York: Midwood, 1966. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows slight edgewear. expected age yellowing, otherwise pages clean and tight, no reading creases. Originally 50¢. "Fast and furious excitement...frenzied and feverish passions! more information

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25) Station in Space
Gunn, James

New York: Bantam, 1958. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Murch, Walter. Signed. Signed by author on title page Slight Shelfwear. Light tanning on spine. 156 pages. # A1825. 35 cents original price. Previous owner's name also in on first page. more information

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26) Too Friendly, Too Dead
Halliday, Brett

New York: Dell, 1964. First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. McGinnis, Bob. #8949, appears unread , shows the tiniest amount of shelfwear. This PB must have been tucked away from lilght & wear for all these years! A new Mike Shayne mystery. more information

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27) Never Kill a Client
Halliday, Brett

New York: Dell, 1963. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. No shelfwear, clean and bright cover. #6300. 40 cents original price. A Mike Shayne Mystery. more information

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28) A Taste of Armageddon : Fotonovel #4
Hamner, Robert & Coon, Gene

New York: Bantam, 1978. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Slight wear ,reading crease. 300 full color action scenes from the Star Trek TV series created by Gene Roddenberry. more information

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29) The People : No Different Flesh
Henderson, Zenna

New York: Avon, 1967. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Garrido, Hector. Pages slightly yellow with ages as expected, otherwise like new. 221 pages. # S328. 60 cents original price. The second book in the continuing story of The People. more information

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30) Lost Horizon
Hilton, James

New York: Pocket, 1961. Later. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Very light damage on back cover near edge. # 6100. 35 cents original price. "This is the story of four people brought to Shangri-La against their will. But most of all, it is the story of one man -- Hugh Conway -- who was trapped by the fascination of eternal life." 169 pages. more information

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31) A for Andromeda
Hoyle, Fred and Elliot, John

New York: Crest, 1962. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Only a hint of wear. In excellent condition. 50 cents original price. 205 pages. # d773. Wonderful 60's cover art! A monstrous intelligence from outer space had already reached the minds of young Dr. Fleming and his colleagues, and they had no way of knowing that they were already victims...helpless conspirators in a silent, invisible conquest of earth. more information

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32) Doctor Who :The Space Museum
Jones, Glyn

London: Target, U. K., 1987. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Looks unread. Extremely slight wear. # 117 in series. Note: Very small print run - scarce in any condition. more information

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33) Death Dreams
Katz, William

New York: Ballantine, 1979. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Cover quite worn - several crease & some chips. Previous book store stamp on the half-title page. Pages beginning very lightly to tan, still very supple. "Her death was only the beginning. It would take more than a year to pass. Before it was over it would fascinate a nation, terrorize a town and consume a family. more information

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34) A Coward for Them All
Kavanaugh, James

New York: Bantam, 1979. Advance Readers Copy. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. White wraps discolored with blue & pink spots ( maybe something stuck & was removed leaving this?) , this is almost exclusively on the back panel, although there is a bit on the front. Kavanaugh's first novel, after 3 volumes of poetry & best-seller A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church. more information

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35) Off Season
Ketchum, Jack

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1981. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows slight shelfwear. Reading crease visible on black spine. more information

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36) The Broken Gun
L'Amour, Louis

New York: Bantam, 1966. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book has a tiny hint of wear at the lower front corner. Lovely copy. more information

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37) The Broken Gun
L'amour, Louis

New York: Bantam, 1966. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book shows almost no wear - nearly fine. Faint reading crease on spine. more information

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38) The Ghost Patrol and Other Stories
Lewis, Sinclair

New York: Avon, 1946. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Some shelfwear. Closed tear on bottom of front cover, light creasing and a light scratch. 261 pages. No original price. #74. more information

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39) Out From Eden
Lincoln, Victoria

New York: Pocket, 1953. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. #935, light reading crease, a few slight dents, very light ( but visible) partial coffee cup ring on back. more information

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40) Judge Me Not
MacDonald, John D

New York: Fawcett, 1951. Paperback Original (PBO). Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Light wear, faint line of discoloration at lower front edge. # D1948. Everything they said about what she was and what she did was true. more information

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41) Slob
Miller, Rex

New York: Signet, 1987. Advance Readers Copy. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Book has light general edgewear, pages beginning to tan, a couple of reading crease. Special Preview Edition. " Imagine a man so brutal that he eats the hearts of his innocent victims. more information

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42) Bonita Faye
Moseley, Margaret

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Slight shelfwear. 234 pages. "In this funny, touching, and very endearing tale, Bonita Faye tells all -- from the night Billy Roy was killed on Cavanal Hill, to the day she leaves Poteau behind and follows her dreams to Paris, France. more information

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43) The Sun Destroyers / Ayank at Valhalla
Rocklynne, Ross / Hamilton, Edmond

New York: Ace Books, 1973. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ace double with both books as first Ace editions. Reading creases along spine and across corners, chips and wear along edges. more information

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44) The Annulment
Rubin, Ronald

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1978. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 192 pages. General wear to book, previous owner name marked out and bookstore stickers on first page, corners taped, light sticker pull on front cover and reading creases along slanted spine. more information

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45) Scream Play
Soesbe, Douglas

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1990. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 268 pages. Slight shelfwear, light reading creases along a slanted spine. more information

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46) Platte River Vengeance
Stinson, Jonnie; Gregory, Roy A. (editor)

West Orange, NJ, U.S.A.: Blue Bonnet Books, 1993. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed. 242 pages. Autographed Copy sticker on front cover, author signature on half title. General wear to book, reading creases along spine and front and back cover rubbed. Previous bookstore stamp on first two pages. Slight yellowing, otherwise pages are clean and all intact. more information

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47) Kiss of the Vampire
Weathersby, Lee

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1992. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 447 pages. Slight shelfwear, reading creases along spine slightly slanted spine. more information

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48) 30 Day Wonder
Wilson, Richard

New York: Ballantine, 1960. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Wraps. Mass Market PB. Powers. A hint of wear. 35 cents original price. # 631. 158 pages. An atom-happy Earth tackles the disconcerting problem of friendly outer-spacers. more information

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