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The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic

The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic

by PRATCHETT, Terry (novel)

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Used
Edition
First Combined Edition
Published
1999
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Colin Smythe Limited, 1999. First Combined Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [vi],352,[2]pp. Bookplate on front pastedown. Foxing to text edges, nudges to spine ends, and two small marks to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustwrapper by Josh Kirby, with modest shelfwear, foxing, scratches on front panel,… Read more about this item
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The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic

The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic

by PRATCHETT, Terry (novel); Stephen Player (illustrations)

Condition
Used
Edition
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
Published
2008
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$25.00

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London: Gollancz, 2008. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-423,[3]pp; illus. Previous owner's ink name to upper half-title page. Ripple effect on front endpaper from attached bookplate on the opposite side, base of spine and lower rear board corner gently bumped, and small closed… Read more about this item
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Dreaming in Cuban

Dreaming in Cuban

by GARCIA, Cristina

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); mustard yellow cloth spine over navy blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-245,[1]pp. Pasted spots on upper edge of rear cover, with very faint foxing on text edges; Very Good+ or better. Dustwrapper, designed by Chip Kidd, unclipped (priced… Read more about this item
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Momo

Momo

by ENDE, Michael (novel & illustrations); J. Maxwell Brownjohn (New English translation)

Condition
Used
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1985
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1985. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); brown cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; x,[3],4-227,[3]pp; illustrations throughout. Red remainder spray on lower edge of textblock, lightly shown on board edges and dustjacket. Crown nudged, with light marks on front backstrip; Near Fine. Dustjacket unclipped… Read more about this item
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Horn

Horn

by MANO, D. Keith

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$40.00

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); white cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; gray topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-337,[7]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $5.95) with some crinkling at upper spine panel, creasing to extremities, and some mild color offsetting to right edge of front panel;… Read more about this item
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The Jacket (The Star Rover)

The Jacket (The Star Rover)

by LONDON, Jack

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1915
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$250.00

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London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1915. First Edition. First Impression, preceding the U.S. edition by 3 months. Octavo (19.5cm); dark green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [iv],333,[1] + [2]pp ads. This copy bound without the final 32pp of ads mentioned by Sisson (the few copies we have seen bound without the ads were all offered in… Read more about this item
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Sleeping in Flame

Sleeping in Flame

by CARROLL, Jonathan

Condition
Used
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1989
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New York, 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); gray cloth spine over paper-covered boards, with titling in metallic light green; dustjacket; [xiv],[1],2-273,[1]pp; illus. Near Fine, in the original dustjacket, unclipped (priced $17.95) with faint vertical crease on front flap and very mild toning to extremities; Near Fine. The award-winning fantasy author's second novel in The "Answered Prayers"… Read more about this item
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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade [With Signed Bookplate Tipped In]
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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade [With Signed Bookplate Tipped In]

by VONNEGUT, Kurt

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1969
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$2,000.00

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, 10,000 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); turquoise cloth, with titles stamped in gilt, black, and metallic red on spine, and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; [xiv],186,[8]pp. With a bookplate signed by the author tipped onto the preliminary blank. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of fading along the… Read more about this item
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$2,000.00
Fantazius Mallare; A Mysterious Oath

Fantazius Mallare; A Mysterious Oath

by HECHT, Ben [Illus: SMITH, Wallace]

Condition
Used
Edition
First, Limited Edition
Published
1922
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$250.00

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Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922. First, Limited Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. #847 of 2000 copies available for sale. Publisher's green buckram titled in dark blue to spine. Dustjacket. 175pp. Light wear to the extremities of the cloth, most notably along the top edge of the boards where there has been some predation, in a clean, unclipped example of the dustjacket with some… Read more about this item
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The Magicians of Caprona

The Magicians of Caprona

by JONES, Diana Wynne

Condition
Used
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1980
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$125.00

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New York: Greenwillow Books, 1980. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 223pp. Tight, Near Fine copy, with little evidence of use. In the original dustwrapper, which is the Library issue, with "Greenwillow Library Edition" label affixed at base of spine and front panel. Single old clear tape repair to verso; small spot of discoloration on… Read more about this item
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$125.00
Not in Solitude [Inscribed to Clarke Newlon]

Not in Solitude [Inscribed to Clarke Newlon]

by GANTZ, Kenneth F.

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1959
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$75.00

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-240pp. Warmly inscribed in blue ink on front endpaper, "For / Colonel Clarke Newlon / whose generous approval of the / manuscript was very good to have. / With the long-standing good /… Read more about this item
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$75.00
The Fountains of Paradise

The Fountains of Paradise

by CLARKE, Arthur C.

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1979
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$40.00

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth spine over royal blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine and decorative elements embossed on front cover; dustjacket; [xiv],[3],4-261,[1]pp.; illus. Modest sunning to board edges; crack to gutter at half-title page; Very Good+. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $10.00) with some light shelf-wear;… Read more about this item
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$40.00
A Man to Conjure With [Review Copy]

A Man to Conjure With [Review Copy]

by BAUMBACH, Jonathan

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1965
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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New York: Random House, Inc, 1965. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's typed slip and promotional photograph of Baumbach laid in. Octavo (22cm); black cloth spine over orange paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt and decorations stamped in red on spine, and Baumbach's facsimile signature stamped in red on front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-272,[6]pp.… Read more about this item
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The Eagle's Gift

The Eagle's Gift

by Castaneda, Carlos

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$25.00

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [4],5-316,[4]pp. Fine in an unclipped dustjacket (priced $12.95) with light foxing to verso, mild edgewear, and a closed tear on bottom of rear flap; Very Good… Read more about this item
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The Fire From Within

The Fire From Within

by Castaneda, Carlos

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1984
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$30.00

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-296,[6]pp. Small spot on 31-32pp., else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $16.95) with faint wrinkle on bottom of rear panel; Near Fine. Castaneda's seventh novel creates a "sorcerer's world" through… Read more about this item
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Shadow Land

Shadow Land

by STRAUB, Peter

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1980
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$40.00

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New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); white cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine and facsimile signature on front cover; dustjacket; [xiv],[2],3-417,[1]pp. Trivial wear, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.95) with light surface wear and scratches; tiny closed tear on the bottom of front panel;… Read more about this item
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The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan

The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan

by Castaneda, Carlos

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$25.00

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth spine over paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-286,[2]pp. Fine in an unclipped dustjacket (priced $17.95) with trivial wear, else Fine. Castaneda's eighth novel. [82113].
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$25.00
The Twilight of Briareus

The Twilight of Briareus

by COWPER, Richard (pseud. of John Middleton Murray, Jr.)

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1974
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1974. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); burgundy paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-254,[2]pp. Forward lean, lower corners bumped (though still sharp), with some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.25 net), hint of sunning to spine, with some trivial wear to extremities… Read more about this item
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The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism

The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism

by BLOCH, Robert, Alfred Bester, and Robert A. Heinlein, et al. (contributors)

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1959
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-160pp. Slight lean, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), shelfworn, sunned at spine and extremities, with some shallow losses and small tears along the upper edge; Very Good. An examination of science-fiction as a… Read more about this item
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Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico

Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico

by Castaneda, Carlos

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Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1998
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$20.00

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New York: Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.5cm); blue and light cream paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in blue on spine and decorative element embossed on front cover; dustjacket; 225pp; black & white photographs throughout. A Fine copy in an unclipped dustjacket (priced U.S.A. $25.00, Canada $35.50), Near Fine. Castaneda's tenth book, a practical manual to… Read more about this item
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