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Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 1st printing, Apr. 1989. Cover art by David Mattingly. Paperback original. Includes "Opinion: This I Believe" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Origin" by Poul Anderson; "Isotope" by Phillip C. Jennings; "Briar Patch" by Dean Ing; "Welcome to Wheel Days" by Elizabeth Moon; "Kids" by F. Paul Wilson. Speculative Fact: "Classical Nightmares and Quantum Paradoxes" by Charles Sheffield; "The Reversing Universe" by John Gribbon; "Dialogues in the Zoo" by Dean Ing; "Wanted: Pioneers for the Space Frontier" by Gordon R. Woodcock; "Criticism" by Larry Niven; "Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy" by Algis Budrys. Tanned; lower rear foredge corner loss; creasing. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, Apr. 1989. Cover art by David Mattingly. Paperback original. Includes "Opinion: This I Believe" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Origin" by Poul Anderson; "Isotope" by Phillip C. Jennings; "Briar Patch" by Dean Ing; "Welcome to Wheel Days" by Elizabeth Moon; "Kids" by F. Paul Wilson. Speculative Fact: "Classical Nightmares and Quantum Paradoxes" by Charles Sheffield; "The Reversing Universe" by John Gribbon; "Dialogues in the Zoo" by Dean Ing; "Wanted: Pioneers for the Space Frontier" by Gordon R. Woodcock; "Criticism" by Larry Niven; "Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy" by Algis Budrys. Tanning; light wear; minor edge soiling. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 167 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st printing, Apr. 1967; #50532. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Introduction"; "An Ancient Madness" by Damon Knight; "The King of the Beasts" by Philip Jose Farmer; "The Watchers in the Glade" by Richard Wilson; "Jungle Substitute" by Brian W. Aldiss; "How the Old World Died" by Harry Harrison; "The Children of Night" by Frederik Pohl; "To Avenge Man" by Lester Del Rey; "The Monster and the Maiden" by Roger Zelazny; "A Flask of Fine Arcturan" by C. C. McApp; "Wrong-Way Street" by Larry Niven; "Wasted on the Young" by John Brunner; "Slow Tuesday Night" by R. A. Lafferty. Tanning; creasing; light lean; short tear at lower front cover edge; minor bumps and dings. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good +. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Second Edition. 227 pages. CONTENTS = "An Ancient Madness" by Damon Knight; "The King of the Beasts" by Philip Jose Farmer; "The Watchers in the Glade" by Richard Wilson; "Jungle Substitute" by Brian W. Aldiss; "How the Old World Died" by Harry Harrison; "The Children of Night" by Frederik Pohl; "To Avenge Man" by Lester Del Rey; "The Monster and the Maiden" by Roger Zelazny; "A Flask of Fine Arcturan" by C. C. McApp; "Wrong-Way Street" by Larry Niven; "Wasted on the Young" by John Brunner; "Slow Tuesday Night" by R. A. Lafferty. >> Cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good-. Very good- paperback copy. Shelfwear is minor, but small piece of clear tape at head of spine in place to repair and reinforce 1/2" tear. Spine is uncreased, text also in very good condition, binding quite sturdy.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Gray Morrow (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------science fiction pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories are Dunderbird by Ellison & Laumer, and The Organleggers, a Gil Hamilton story by Niven. Reading crease, spine a little wrinkled, small split to spine bottom, a VG copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. J. Frascara; (illustrator). First Edition. 258 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated by J. Frascara. This collection contains: Introduction by Dick Harrison; Selling a Birth-Rite for a Mass of Plottage; The Trek West and the Early Days; The Taking of Fort Whoop-Up by Norma Sluman; Whisky Smuggling by Bertrand Sinclair; The Arrest of Wild Horse by Harwood Steele; A North-West Police Party by John Mackie; A Strike on the Railroad by Ralph Connor; The North-West Rebellion and After; The Siege of Fort Pitt by Joseph Collins; Riding West from Duck Lake by Rudy Wiebe; The Lean Man by Roger Pocock; The Error of the Day by Gilbert Parker; The Sun Dance in the File Hills by Frederick Niven; The Gold Rush and the North; Routine Patrol by James B. Hendrix; Smoke by Z. M. Hamilton; The Law Versus the Man by James Oliver Curwood; We Generally Don't by G. B. Lancaster; O'Brien's Doom by Joseph Gollomb; The Wolfer by Wallace Stegner; Main-teen Luh Droyt by Ken Mitchell; and The Detachment Man by H. J. MacDonald. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing. From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write. This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully. SERIES : Everyday Handbooks TITLE : The Writer's Book AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al AEGIS : The Author's Guild EDITOR : Helen Hull IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble PLACE : New York DATE : (1969) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips. All in all a well preserved copy.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Fred Knecht (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, letter size. The 16th and final issue of this magazine. A little wear to the spine and spine corners, a near fine copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Jack Gaughan; (illustrator). First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light wear with an earlier price on the front cover. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. This issue contains: The Sea Change by Jean Cox; The Investor by Bruce Jay Friedman; Zoomen by Fred Hoyle; The Long Night by Larry Niven; Relic by Mack Reynolds; a cartoon by Gahan Wilson; The Little People - conclusion by John Christopher; and Crowded - a science article by Isaac Asimov; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 148 pages. Illustrated. Classic novels of Joseph Conrad, Hammond Innes adventure stories, Patrick White novels, David Niven, World War Air Aces, Joan Aiken, illustrator Denis McLoughlin.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Barry Windsor Smith; Tim Conrad; Jack Kirby; Rodney Dale Stevens; Michael Hague; Rick Bryant; Danny Whitehead; Bruce Jones; Thomas Canty; Dennis Anderson; Alan Lee; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Musings by Robert E. Howard; The Last Enchantment by Michael Moorcock; Comic, Along the Scenic Route by Harlan Ellison and Al Williamson; Jim Crocker, Prince of Atlantis by Peter Jackson; The Night of Mozatlan by Peter Jackson and Michael Sollars; A Visit with Frank Herbert by Paul Williams; The Halls of the Frost Giants by Alexander Heart; East of the Sun by David James; Interview with Barry Windsor-Smith; The Awakening by John James Praetorius; The Maiden and the Dragon by Bruce Jones; Dark Horse Shadow, and Thundershoon by Roger Zelazny; and Transfer of Power by Larry Niven. Cover art by Barry Windsor Smith; interiors by: Barry Windsor Smith; Tim Conrad; Jack Kirby; Rodney Dale Stevens; Michael Hague; Rick Bryant; Danny Whitehead; Bruce Jones; Thomas Canty; Dennis Anderson; and Alan Lee. Size: 4to. Book.

Digest Magazine. Zustand: Very Good -. Gaughan (illustrator). July,Vol. 26,No.6. Digest Magazine. Very Good -. July,Vol. 26,No.6. A solid spine with light edge rubbing. No store stamp. Stories by : Larry Niven, John Brunner, Fritz Leiber, R.A.Lafferty, Burt K. Filer, Brian W. A ldiss, Robin Scott & A.Bertram Chandler.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Wraparound Painted Cover! (illustrator). First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 207 pgs.>> *** Uncommon to SCARCE in HIGH GRADE Collectible Condition, as with this beautiful example; *** SCARCE in HIGH GRADE Collectible Condition, as with this Superb Glossy & Original Owner Collection, UN-READ example; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Rick Sternbach; Stephen Fabian; Jack Gaughan; Bonnie Dalzell; Ames; Freff; Yenne; (illustrator). First Edition. 160, 160, 160 pp. Digest format. All three issues have light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spines. Covers by Rick Sternbach and Stephen Fabian; interiors by: Rick Sternbach; Stephen Fabian; Jack Gaughan; Bonnie Dalzell; Ames; Freff; Yenne. These issues contain: The Hand of Oberon, a novel complete in three parts by Roger Zelazny; Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, a novelette by John Varley; Beaver Tears by James Tiptree Jr. writing as Raccoona Sheldon; Opening Night by Lenny Kleinfeld; Want Ad by B. D. Wyatt; Deviation from a Theme by Steven Utley; I'm Going Through the Door by William Coyne; Hexapedia by Bonnie Dalzell; Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, a novelette by John Varley; Toward the Fullness of Fate, a novelette by John Kennedy; Larval Stage by Steven Utley; Wind Music by Diana King; The Children of the State (Part one of three) by Larry Niven; Abandon All Heat, Ye Who Enter Here, a novelette by Phil Bertoni; Jupiter One by Ernest Taves; The Dirty Old Man by Craig Strete; and A Little Bit of Recycled Time by Gail Kimberly; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing (1973). Dj art by Ivan Seresin. Includes "Foreward"; "Introduction"; "Flash Crowd" by Larry Niven; "You'll Take the High Road" by John Brunner; "Rumfuddle" by Jack Vance. Corner wear; rubbing; small rubbed patch, mid rear board. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Signed by the editor Silverberg. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Pages are clean with no markings.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good +. Mattingly, David (illustrator). 1st Edition. An uncreased spine with very light egde rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Poul Anderson, Phillip C. Jennings, Dean Ing, Elizabeth Moon, F.Paul Wilson, Charles Sheffield, John Gribbin, Gordon R. Woodstock, Larry Niven, Algis Budrys.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. C.G. Davies, D.M. Henry, John Perry, N. Lighton and C.E. Talbot Kelly (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small 4to, xiv + pp152 with 18 distribution maps, 50 black and white photographic plates, complete with fold out colour frontis plus 18 colour plates by C. G. Davies et al. Hardcover in dust jacket. Unclipped Dust jacket in new protective sleeve in good only condition with small tears along edges, small piece missing from the top edge and generally a little grubby. Publishers green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Inside all pages and plates in very good clean and bright condition with the odd mark and a hint of toning. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. John Berkey; (illustrator). First Edition. 916 pp. Both antholgies in a single volume, a book club First Edition. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dj painting by John Berkey. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings. This anthology contains: EXPLORERS: Preface; Vaster than Empires and More Slow - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - a novella by John Varley; The Sentinel - 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke; Moonwalk - a novelette by H. B. Fyfe; Grandpa - a novelette by James H. Schmitz; The Red Hills of Summer - a novelette by Edgar Pangborn; The Longest Voyage - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Hot Planet by Hal Clement; Drunkboat - a novelette by Cordwainer Smith; Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven; The Keys to December - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke; The Man Who Walked Home by James Tiptree Jr; Long Shot by Vernor Vinge; Ginungagap - a novelette by Michael Swanwick; Exploring Fossil Canyon - a novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Promises to Keep - a novelette by Jack McDevitt; Lieserl by Stephen Baxter; Crossing Chao Meng Fu - a novelette by G. David Nordley; Wang's Carpets - a novelette by Greg Egan; A Dance to Strange Music - a novelette by Gregory Benford; and Approaching Permelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis. THE FURTHEST HORIZON: Preface; Guyal of Sfere - a novella by Jack Vance; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - a novelette by Cornwainer Smith; Day Million by Frederik Pohl; Bumberboom - a novelette by Avram Davidson; Coranda - a novelette by Keith Roberts; Nightwings - a novella by Robert Silverberg; Pale Roses - a novelette by Michael Moorcock; Anniversary Project by Joe Haldeman; Slow Music - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; The Map by Gene Wolfe; Dinosaurs - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; The Death Artist - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Sister Alice - a novella by Robert Reed; Recording Angel - a novelette by Paul J. McAuley; Genesis - a novella by Poul Anderson; and The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald. Size: 8vo. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. N.B. Issued In Dec 66 But Dated July/August In Magazine. Includes Stories By Anderson (Door To Anywhere), Niven (At The Bottom Of A Hole), Brunner (Children In Hiding), Hayden Howard (The Modern Penitentiary), Jack Vance (The Palace Of Love), Robin Scott (Decoy System), R. A. Lafferty (Primary Education Of The Camiroi) . Taped Covers. Reading Copy. Many Other Issues In Stock. Discounts Available For Multiple Purchases. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 194 pages. Item Type: Magazine. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 021499.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Includes Stories By Herbert (Committee Of The Whole), Niven (Wrong-Way Street), Brunner (Wasted On The Young), Hayden Howard (Death And Birth Of The Angakok), Gordon R. Dickson (A Wobble In The Wockii Futures), Joseph Green (The Decision Makers), Keith Laumer (War Against The Yukks), R. A. Lafferty (Slow Tuesday Night), C. C. Macapp (Sculptor). Many Other Issues In Stock. Discounts Available For Multiple Purchases. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 194 pages. Item Type: Magazine. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 021493.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 401 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 479 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 880 pages. 9.50x6.75x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Biography. First two volumes of a five volume set, all volumes published independently. Volume 1 edition not noted; volume 2, 1994 first printing, full number line. Brown cloth covers very nice, corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Interiors clean and tight. volume 1 - Journals, 1829 - 1872. Volume 2 - Correspondence, 1823 - 1857. Large set, extra shipping charges will be requested for international orders.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by editor and contributor Harlan Ellison in the year after publication on the title page: "For Elyse / with unrestrained passion / Harlan Ellison / Berkeley '68." A collection of 33 stories selected by Ellison, winner of a special Hugo Award in 1968 for Best Anthology. Along with its sequel in 1972, "Again, Dangerous Visions," probably the most important single anthology of science fiction produced in its time, representing nearly every major science fiction author of the 1950s and 1960s. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light offsetting on the pastedowns. Jacket has nicks and accompanying creasing at the corners, with moderate creasing on the top edge of the front panel and the bottom edge of the rear panel, and a few tiny splashes on the crown. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-535. Signed.