Fantasy and Science Fiction Books

London: Ward Lock & Co. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine and front also colourfully decorated spine and front, 422 clean pages plus 6 more pages filled with book ads, end papers have publishers book series lists, minor shelf wear, page edges have started to brown with age. ( c. 1900 ) With 35 stories. A very nice, tight clean and square unknown edition, nd, ne. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus Plus/No Jacket. (more information)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Quarter binding cloth spine with gold lettering , remainder mark on bottom edge, clean tight and square, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Paul Bacon Studio. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. ....Quarter bound in blue cloth with gilt on spine.Tight clean and square, brown end papers, 319 pages, former owners name on ffep, head band, remainder mark on bottom edge, dust jacket is in NF condition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Wilson McLean . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Pan Books, 1988. Paperback with slight wrinkle along top right corner, former owners name on fep, tight, clean and square. Third printing. Check out the scan image. NOTE: Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book & not a generic photo!. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. ....Quarter bound in black cloth with gilt, tight clean and square, no names, remainder stamp on bottom edge, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Paul Bacon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Pan Books. Five volume set of "Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy", paperback, all books published by Pan Books, various editons, all in at least very good plus plus condition or better, three of five books have former owners initials, J.V., on inside front cover, all books are complete, tight, clean and square, check out the image, e-mail me for images of any of the books. NOTE: Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book & not a generic photo!. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus. (more information)

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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1996. - Green boards with gilt on spine, headband, (viii) 267 pages, tight clean and square, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include: Intro / Notes on Pronunciation / The Sense of Smell / The Story of the Tree Cows / The Story of King Fur-Rocious / The Fox in the Water / The Hole in the Sky / The Rabbit's Ghost Story / Speedwell's Story / The Story of the Comical Field / The Story of the Great Marsh / The Story of the Terrible Hay-Making / El-ahrairah and the Lendri / The Secret River / The New Warren / Flyairth / Flyairth's Departure / Hyzenthlay in Action / Sandwort / Stonecrop / Campion / Lapine Glossary. . 2nd Printing Before Publication . Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Jacket & interior illustrations by John Lawrence, . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985. - White cloth with silver lettering no boards, headband, 1062 pages, maps for end papers, minor shelf wear, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with 3 small closed tears along back top edge with crease, packeaged weight is around 1.75 Kilos, so depending on destination extra shipping may be asked, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jacket Illustrations by Robert Giusti . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), 526 pages, with map, flat uncreased spine, tight square and clean, no names or store stamps, faint edge wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Penguin Books Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Cover Illustration by Martin White . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. ....Brown cloth with gilt on spine decorated stamp on front board, 604 pages, former owners name on blank fly leaf, map for end papers, errant ink mark on bottom edge, dust jacket in NF condition, tight square and clean, any image directly beside this listing is the acrual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Interior maps by Marilyn Hemmett, end paper Map by Rafael Palacios. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Allen Lane / Penguin Books, 1980. - Brown cloth with dark brown lettering on spine, headband, 142 pages, no names, dust jacket in Near Fine condition. Contents include: Introduction: The Unbroken Web / The Woodpecker / Crab / The Language of Animals / The Crow and the Daylight / The Rocks of Korsan / The Robin / Iron Wolf / Back of the Moon / How Long Will You Live? / The Nightingale / Stan Bolovan & the Dragon / The Blind Boy & His Dog / The Crimson Parrot / The Moddey Dhoo / Mice in the Corn / The Giant Eel / The Cat in the Sea / A Hundred Times / Prince Meerzatistvan and the Horse of Dust & Thunder. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Colour Plates & Dust Jacket, back & front, by Yvonne Gilbert, b & w drawings by Jennifer Campbell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Allen Lane / Penguin Books, 1980. - Brown cloth with dark brown lettering on spine, headband, 142 pages, no names, dust jacket in Very Good Plus condition with faint edge wear. Contents include: Introduction: The Unbroken Web / The Woodpecker / Crab / The Language of Animals / The Crow and the Daylight / The Rocks of Korsan / The Robin / Iron Wolf / Back of the Moon / How Long Will You Live? / The Nightingale / Stan Bolovan & the Dragon / The Blind Boy & His Dog / The Crimson Parrot / The Moddey Dhoo / Mice in the Corn / The Giant Eel / The Cat in the Sea / A Hundred Times / Prince Meerzatistvan and the Horse of Dust & Thunder. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Colour Plates & Dust Jacket, back & front, by Yvonne Gilbert, b & w drawings by Jennifer Campbell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Plume / New Amer Library, 1985. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), tight square and clean, ix, 578 pages, no names or store stamps, small crease on spine, 1" corner crease back cover, minor edge wear, a solid VG, great cover art & interior illustrations by Ken Kelly,. Contents include: intro by Robert Adams, dated Feb. 1985 / Book One: The Coming Of The Horseclans" / Book Two: "Swords Of The Horseclans" / Book Three: "Revenge Of The Horseclans". . First Omnibus Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Cover and Interior Illustrations by Ken Kelly. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London .: Orbit Books , 1977. ....3 paperbacks, all VG+ or better, all three have minor shelf wear, books two and three have a very minor indent along the top or bottom edge most likely a remainder mark, all three have a former owners name in small letters along inside of front cover far edge, all are tight clean and square, "This is Science Fiction at its best", all three books will be shipped for the price of one, any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Uncredited. (more information)

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. - Grey boards with black lettering on spine, 243 pages, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "Against a wide variety of settings Aickman's chilling stories unravel with the psychological subtlety and uncanny vision of a true master of the genre. Painted Devils will continue to haunt the reader at the most unlikely moments." Contents include: My Poor Friend / Larger Than Oneself / The Houses of the Russians / The View / Ringing the Changes / The School Friend / The Waiting Room / Marriage / Ravissante, Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Edward Gorey Cover Illustrator,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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St. Albans, Herts: Triad Granada / Panther Books , 1985. ....3 soft covers from "Triad Granada Books", all three are tigh clean and square, flat spines with minor edge wear, all 3 have former owners name on inside front cover, "The Malacia Tapestry" is illustrated through-out by G. B. Tiepolo, & has an ink mark on bottom edge, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Various Editions & Dates. Soft Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Peter Goodfellow, Peter Goodfellow, Chris Foss . (more information)

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London .: Corgi Books, 1975. ....386 clean pages, tight square and clean, illustrated with b & w photos, and a few line drawings, former owners name printed neatly inside front cover, readers crease, light creasing and rubbing, ink # on top edge. Contents include: The Orgins of the Species: Mary Shelley / "A Clear-Sighted, Sickly Literature" Edgar Allan Poe / Pilgrim Fathers: Lucian and All That / The Gas-Enlightened Race: Victorian Visions / The Man Who Could Work Miracles: H. G. Wells / The Flight from Urban Culture: Wells' Coevals / To Barsoon and Beyond: ERB and the Weirdies ( H. P. Lovecraft ) / In the Name of the Zeitgeist: Mainly the Thirties / The Future on a Chipped Plate: The World of John W. Campbell's 'Astounding' / After the Impossible Happened: The Fifties and Onwards, and Upwards / The Stars My Detestation: Yesterday and Tomorrow / Envoi / Critical Bibliography / Index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. (more information)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. - Black cloth with gilt on spine, 184 pages, green top edge, square clean and tight, ex-library, with pocket, stamp, faint remnant of tape on boards, ink name on inside front board, dust jacket is in Very Good conditon with sticker/pull on spine heel. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wrap around cover art by Alan Tunbridge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968. -----Tight clean and square, former owners name on inside front cover far left edge, flat spine with minor edge wear. Contents include: Intro / The Monkey Wrench by Gordon R. Dickson / The First Men by Howard Fast / Counterfeit by Alan E. Nourse / The Greater Thing by Tom Godwin / Build Up Logically by Howard Schoenfeld / The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn / An Alien Agony by Harry Harrison / The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl / The Store of the Worlds by Robert Sheckley / Jokester by Isaac Asimov / Pyramid by Robert Abernathy / The Forgotten Enemy by Arthur C. Clarke. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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London: Macmillan, 1977. Green coloured boards with gilt on spine. former owners name on inside front cover. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include; The Assassination Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race by J.G. Ballard; Gravity by Harvey Jacobs; Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; Computers Don't Argue by Gordon R. Dickson; The Food Goes In The Top by Will Worthington; Subversive by Mack Reynolds; Descending by Thomas M. Disch; The Village Swindler by Brian W, Aldiss; Manscarer by Keith Roberts; Hybrid by Keith Laumer; The Heat Death Of The Universe by Pamela Zoline; Devil Car by Roger Zelazny; The Nature of the Catastrophe by Michael Moorcock; Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg; Day Million by Frederik Pohl; The Elecrtiic Ant by Philip K. Dick; The Last Hurrah of The Golden Horde by Norman Spinrad; Hemingway in Space by Kingsley Amis. NOTE: Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book & not a generic photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Ace Double, 1959. ....D-369, tight clean and square, light spine creases, small bottom right corner crease to "The Changeling Worlds", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Ace Edition PBO. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Ed Emsh. (more information)

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New York: Pocket Books # 75114, 1969. -----Tight square and clean, flat spine, 244 pages, minor edge wear/cover crease, ink name on inside front cover far left edge, ink price on top edge. Contents include: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick / When I Was Miss Dow by Sonya Dorman / In the Imagicon by George Henry Smith / Man in His Time by Brian W. Aldiss / Day Milion by Frederik Pohl / Among the Hairy Earthmen by R. A. Lafferty / The Secret Place by Richard McKenna / The Last Castle by Jack Vance / Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson / Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw / Who Needs Insurance? by Robin S. Scott. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Reprint Canadian Edition . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Cover Artist Jack Gaughan. (more information)

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New York: Ace Double, 1960. ...D-443, tight square and clean, flat spine with minoe edge wear, spine crease, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Ace Edition PBO. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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New York: Ace Double, 1960. ...D-443, tight square and clean, flat spine with minoe edge wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Ace Edition PBO. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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New York: Dell, 1980. - Five (5) soft covers, all are tight clean and square, four of the five have flat uncreases spines, the other one has a minor small crease at spine heel, no names, faiint edge wear. "Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain. Packed with action, humor, romance, and gallantry, Taran's adventures chronicle his belove Prydain and his battle with the forces of evil.". Various Editions & Dates. Soft Covers. Very Good Plus - Near Fine. Illus. by Uncredited. (more information)

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New York: Warner Books, 1976. ....# 89-124, First Printing, Printed in Canada, Thus First Canadian, tight clean and square, 350 pages, corner crease on back cover, minor readers crease, minor edge wear, former owners name on inside front cover far left edge, faint ink price on "second inside cover" (ffep?) shown through opening in the "O", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Canadian Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lou Feck. (more information)

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1998. - 3 paperbacks, all tight clean and square, 403, 310, 341 pages, flat uncreased spines, no names, any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo. Various Editions & Dates. Soft Covers. Near Fine. Illus. by All Cover Art by Lucasfilm. (more information)

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New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. -----Blue cloth with silver lettering on boards, headband, 162 pages, fully illustrated by Michael Hague, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition price clipped. Contents include: The Snow Queen / The Little Mermaid / The Wild Swans / Thumbelina / The Elfin Hill / Little Ida's Flowers / The Emperor's New Clothes / The Little Match Girl / The Ugly Duckling. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Michael Hague. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1991. ....Green cloth with black lettering on spine, tight clean and square, light publishers mark on bottom edge, in NF Condition, dust jacket is price clipped, is in NF Condition. Contents include: Dr. Krusadian's Method by Ray Garton / Death Leaves an Echo by Charles de Lint / Cafe Purgatorium by Dana Anderson. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Cover Art by Jill Bauman . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Pocket Books, 2002. ----Quarter bound in black, blue boards with gilt on spine, headband, 357 pages, no names, errant ink mark on bottom edge, fep has a fold mark along outside edge (minor), dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Keith Birdsong . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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