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New York, NY Tom Doherty Associates: Tor, 1987. Mass Market Paperback: First Edition Thus (1987), First Printing, so stated. First Printing further indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1987), First Printing, so stated. First Printing further indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a barely discernible and certainly superficial scratch near the head of the backstrip; the text pages have tanned very slightly, due to aging; REMAINDER, showing an extremely light mark at the bottom edge of the text block: else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive cosmetic… Read More

New York, NY Pocket Books: Permabooks, 1962. Paperback First Edition Thus (1962); First Printing, so stated. Copyright is 1960. First Edition Thus (1962); First Printing, so stated. Good in Wraps: shows indications of considerable use: moderate wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels, faint creasing to the backstrip and another at the lower corner of the rear panel; free of soiling; the spine leans; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Former owner's rubber stamped name and address at the top of the front panel, front endpaper, and title page. Despite noted flaws remains a sturdy reading copy with a clean text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A sturdy copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear and a few minor flaws, and with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.35 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches). 185pp. M4242. Copyright is 1960. Mass Market Paperback. For golden age… Read More

New York, NY: Random House: Ballantine Books. Near Fine. 1971. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Paperback. Th; Near Fine: a hint of wear to the extremities and faint creases along the hinges; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. However, this is a REMAINDER, showing printed marks at the bottom and top edges and a 'star' at the upper corner of the front endpaper. NOT a Book-Club Edition or an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. (7 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches). Language: English. Weight: 4 ounces. Cover art mistakenly… Read More

London, UK Mayflower, 1963. Mass Market Paperback First Edition UK (1963), so stated. First published in 1961. First Edition UK (1963), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities, with stress creases right at the corner; a faint crease at the backstrip; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; the text pages have tanned very slightly, due to aging; the binding leans ever so slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.35 x 0.55 inches). 190 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. Mayflower 0480. First published in 1961. Mass Market Paperback.

New York, NY Pocket Books: Timescape Books, 1983. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; a faint stress crease at the bottom of the front panel and a couple of very fine stress creases at the backstrip; crease near three corners; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear . Bright and clean. Not far from "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches). 261 pages. Edited by Robert Silverberg. Cover Art by Rowena Morrill. Language: English. Weight: 5.5 ouncse. Mass Market Paperback.

1987. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus (1987), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1987), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers, which also a couple of very faint stress creases; a crease at the backstip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.8 x 4.25 x 0.55 inches). 192 pages. Language: English. Weight: 3.6 ounces. Dell issued a pocket book edition of this title in 1980. Mass Market Paperback. 

New York, NY Donald A. Wollheim: DAW Books, 1986. Mass Market Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 256pp. DAW Collector's Book No. 659. Mass Market Paperback. The possibility that something else exists, that a male can write from a female point of view, that things are different,that the world is divided, never occurded to me before this book. I have read and reread it since I bought it 13 years ago. I love it. Take the time to alter reality for a while.

New York, NY Dell Publishing Company, 1972. Mass Market Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: spine lean; just a hint of wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; creases top to bottom near the front hinge; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 154pp. Mass Market Paperback. James E. Gunn's The Burning (1972) is a fix-up novel containing three previously published but linked novelettes: `Witches Must Burn' (1956), `Trial By Fire' (1969), and `Witch Hunt' (1969). The first two are contiguous while the third section is more loosely related. The Burning (1972) is a profoundly unsettling read. Of course Gunn's dystopic future is much more one of doom and gloom: The universities lie in smoldering ruins, the professors ("eggheads") have been murdered, and the "Lowbrow… Read More

New York, NY Berkley Books: Medallion, 1977. Paperback First Edition Thus [1977]; so stated. First Edition Thus [1977]. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: very slight spine lean; light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; faint foxing to the front and rear endpapers; the binding is secure; the text is clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 215pp. Mass Market Paperback. 

New York, NY Bantam: Bantam Trade Paperbacks, 1992. Paperback First Edition Thus (1992), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1992), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear along the outside edge of the front panel and to the head of the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo.(8.25 x 5.25 x 0.8 inches). 278 pages. Cover Art by Randy Nelson. Language: English. Weight: 10.3… Read More

New York, NY Doubleday: Foundation Books, 1988. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of light use: slight spine lean; minimal wear; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows some rubbing to sheen; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 273pp. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Grosset & Dunlap: Ace Books, 1978. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 247pp. Cover Art by Ken Barr. Mass Market Paperback. Bova comes from out of the past at us like a bright light on a fast moving train. He worked around, beside, with and knew Asimov, RAH, Campbell, and [fill-in-your favorite author here]... Giants all of them, and Bova a work-a-day damn fine writer. In a crowd like THAT even the best and brightest can be unappreciated. THE DUELING MACHINE was one of the early book I cut my S-F teeth on that WASN'T one of the names above and it has stayed with me to this very day. Why? because the people in it, yes I said PEOPLE, had faces and hearts and troubles beyond the framistat finagling in in the raygun fight..… Read More

New York, NY Donald A. Wollheim: DAW Books, 1986. Paperback First Edition Thus [1962], Fourth Printing (1986). Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.85 x 4.25 x 0.45 inches). 135 pages. Language: English. Weight: 3 ounces. All Edges Tinted Yellow. First Edition Thus [1962], Fourth Printing (1986). Mass Market Paperback. 

New York, NY Bantam Books: Spectra, 1996. Paperback First Edition Thus in the USA (1996), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First published in Hardcover in 1994 by Orbit and Bantam published a Trade Paperback edition in 1995. First Edition Thus in the USA (1996), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a very small, superficial scuff to the bottom edge of the rear panel and the text pages have tanned rather heavily due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, close-to-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a spot of very mild wear and a single cosmetic imperfection. Very close to… Read More

New York, NY Ace Science Fiction, 1984. Mass Market Paperback First Edition (1984). A Paperback Original. First Edition (1984). A Paperback Original. Very Near Fine in Wraps: small, fine creases at the upper and lower corners of the front panel; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; the text pages show the expected light tanning, due to aging; the binding is square and remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and a couple of minor cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.8 x 4.25 x 0.7 inches). 233 pages. Arresting cover art is - apparently at least - unattributed. Language: English. Weight: 4.4 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. Arthur Bertram… Read More

New York, NY Tom Doherty Associates: Tor, 1984. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus (1984), so stated. First Edition Thus (1984), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very light wear to the extremities; a hint of a crease near the outside edge of the front panel; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; former owner's short gift inscription penned to the inside of the front cover; the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor cosmetic flaws. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.9 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches). 253 pages. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces. Mass Market Paperback.

New York, NY Avon Books, 1976. Paperback First Avon Edition (1976), so stated. First Avon Edition (1976), so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows just a hint of wear to extremities; dampstaining to the upper corner of the outside edges of the text block and this has penetrated ever so faintly to the upper corner of the the text pages, mainly in the middle of the book and the pages have a slight 'crinkly' quality due to this; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; a single pages is creased at the upper corner; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome - if flawed - copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and couple of cosmetic flaws - one of them serious. Not so very far, in overall apprearance 'As New'.… Read More

New York, NY Coronet Communications: Paperback Library, 1969. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers, which show a few faint creases near the front hinge; small faint dampstain at the bottom corner of the first twenty pages; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 127pp. Cover Art by J. Jones. No. 62-120. Mass Market Paperback.

New York, NY Dell Publishing Company, 1975. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities. Binding shows the slightest lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 203pp. Mass Market Paperback.

New York, NY Bantam Books, 1975. Mass Market Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; pages tanned slightly; binding secure; text clean. Clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 151pp. A Hardcover edition of this book was published in 1973; this is the first Bantam edition. Mass Market Paperback.