Isbn: 9780586033029 - under old earth (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Zustand: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. 1st Edition. © 1970: A collection of 7 short stories that are a part of the 'Instrumentality Of Mankind' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing. Edited & with an introduction by Anthony Cheetham:- Contents: The Game Of Rat And Dragon / On The Sand Planet / Under Old Earth / Alpha Ralpha Boulevard / The Ballad Of Lost C'mell / The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal / A Planet Named Shayol:- Synopsis: A cosmos of beauty and terror on the far side of time. The universe you will explore in these stories by a famous science fiction author is surely one of the most colourful and weird ever conceived. Untold millennia in the future, a thousand planets throughout the galaxy acknowledge one ruler - the Instrumentality of Mankind. Giant planoforming ships travel the hazardous spaceways. Men and women genetically 'built' from animals do civilizations labour - and plot in secret, planning revolution. But the hell-planet of Shayol with its bizarre torments awaits those who rebel against the dictatorial yoke of the Instrumentality:- Review(s): "Cordwainer Smith's vision and talent represent something unique in the field of imaginative SF" / "His style is rich and sharp, his moods and images are exciting, and the physical things he describes often seem to take on metaphysical perspective. His people are lonely figures, archetypal, who inhabit haunting spacescapes that mingle horror and beauty =- Romantic, in the best sense. He has everything that is admired in Ray Bradbury and much more depth, scope and intellectual direction" - New Worlds- (original cost 5' (£0.25)). Cover Art: Paul Brierley (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Spine creased, page edges tanned, foxing. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Paperback Original. First UK edition. Light reading creasing to spine which is a little curved and has a small surface tear at the base. Light edge and surface wear to covers. Small damp stain to outer edges of top corners of the first few pages. Pages browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing. From the collection of Derek Ingram, late Fellow of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. The postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (prev. owner's name, a little rubbed, some marginal water marking to outer leaves); pp. 190. A very good copy.

Zustand: Used: Acceptable. Occasion - Etat Correct - Usé, jauni - Under old earth (1970) - Poche.