‎Science fiction‎

‎Anderson Poul & Dickson Gordon R.‎

‎STAR PRINCE CHARLIE‎

‎NY: Berkley 1976. 1st printing Mar. 1976. Cover art by Vincent DiFate. Minor creasing; slight tanning. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Berkley Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : MPB04 ISBN : 0425030784 9780425030783

‎Norton Andre‎

‎VOORLOPER‎

‎NY: Ace 1980. 1st printing Sept. 1980. Cover art by W. Siudmak. Trade paperback original. Tanned; edgewear; creasing. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Austin Alicia. Ace Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : MLB78 ISBN : 0441866093 9780441866090

‎Machen Arthur & Chambers Robert W.‎

‎KINGS OF HORROR: Fantasy Reader 6‎

‎CA: Ken Krueger - Shroud 1975. 1st pinting April 1975. Limited to 3000 copies. Cover art by Greg Bear; interiors by Jim Garrison. Tall and thin stapled wraps. Slight rubbing and corner crease. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Ken Krueger - Shroud Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : IOA30

‎Pohl Frederik‎

‎HOMEGOING‎

‎NY: Ballantine/ Del Rey 1989. BCE. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ballantine/ Del Rey Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : D8489 ISBN : 034536550X 9780345365507

‎Greeley Andrew M.‎

‎ANGEL LIGHT‎

‎NY: Forge 1995. 1st printing Dec. 1995. Near Fine in dj. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Forge Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : MSC2112 ISBN : 0312860803 9780312860806

‎Rice Anne‎

‎MEMNOCH THE DEVIL‎

‎NY: Knopf 1995. 1st printing 1995. Slight wear to corners of dj fep is slightly creased. Near Fine in dj. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Knopf Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : A102 ISBN : 0679441018 9780679441014

‎Clarke Arthur C.‎

‎THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH‎

‎NY: Ballantine/ Del Rey 1986. 1st printing May 1986. Cover art by Michael Whelan. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Ballantine/ Del Rey Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : A69 ISBN : 0345332199 9780345332196

‎Salvatore R. A.‎

‎DRAGONSLAYER'S RETURN: Spearwielder's Tale #3‎

‎NY: Ace 1995. 1st printing Aug. 1995. Cover art by Romas Kukalis. Paperback original. Creasing; tanning; small foredge spot. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ace Paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : LFA47 ISBN : 0441002285 9780441002283

‎Jacques Brian‎

‎Martin the Warrior Redwall Ser.‎

‎New York NY: Ace Books. Fine. 1995. Mass Market Paperback. 0441001866 . Corners slightly bumped otherwise almost like new. <p> "Finally the long awaited tale of Martin the warrior mouse of Redwall. <br> As a child Martin was brought to the stronghold of Badrang the Tyrand forced into enslavement behind its massive walls. But he was strong. He was brave. And mere escape was not his plan as long as his father's sword rested in Badrang's ruthless fist . . .<br> Here at last is the triumphant saga of the young mouse destined to become Redwall's most glorious hero . . ."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 000595 ISBN : 0441001866 9780441001866

‎Shwartz Susan‎

‎Shards of Empire‎

‎New York NY: Tom Doherty Associates LLC. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312857160 . Ex-library with usual markings plus bfep torn out. Slight spine slant corners bumped. Jacket is in protective wraps tapes to boards. Slight edge wear. <p> In this tale of 10th century Byzantium young Leo Ducas heir to a noble family goes to battle to serve his emperor and his God. But even on the battlefield Leo's worst enemies are not the Turks but his own treasonous kinsmen. Shattered and scarred Leo returns to Byzantium in disgrace. There he finds only dissension and madness. His cousins are in exile his parents dishonored. When the holiest of churches proves no sanctuary against the evil magics that brought down an emperor Leo flees to the borders of the empire. On the caravan routes and in the crude hermitages Leo sees wonders and magics that no Christian man has a right to behold. Among the ruins of empires older than Byzantium he encounters plots and conspiracies even more insidious than those he has fought before. . . and finds a beautiful Jewess who may hold the key that will unite all the peoples of Asia Minor."; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Tom Doherty Associates, LLC hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001793 ISBN : 0312857160 9780312857165

‎Heinlein Robert A.‎

‎The Man Who Sold the Moon‎

‎New York NY: Signet. Good. 1951. Fifth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Spine/covers a bit creased corners bumped spine faded. 1 1/2" tear to top back cover that has been taped. Foxing. <p> "These three novelettes are your ticket to the fascinating world of the future-a world where energy from the sun will be converted directly into power; where all cars and trains will have disappeared to make way for a nationwide network of rolling roads; where men will search for new worlds to conquer and at journey's end will reach the stars."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Signet paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001323

‎Silverberg Robert; Temple William F.‎

‎The Silent Invaders / Battle on Venus Ace Double F-195‎

‎New York: Ace Books. Good. 1963. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Spine/covers a bit creased corners bumped slight edge wear. Some yellowing. Text is clean and unmarked. <p> This vintage Ace Double contains the first book publications of Robert Silverberg's The Silent Invaders along with William F. Temple's Battle on Venus. <br> "Silent Invaders" - A science fiction adventure chronicling the clash of star spies "Abner Harris came to Earth on a mission of extreme urgency. His orders said that the universe was in dander of enslavement by the pebble-skinned Medlins. And that the fight against their evil scheming called for him to assume the disguise of a flesh-and-blood Earthman. But once in that new synthetic body he made a mind-numbing discovery: that the real villains of space were his own kind!." <br> "Battle on Venus" - "George Starkey had to find a way to stop the thousand year war on Venus before his little group of astronauts became early casualties. But where were the headquarters of the contending sides and how do you tell a robot tank that you're neutral. But George had an ally a Venusian girl who thought stealing was virtuous-and unknowingly he had something else that turned out to be the most valuable substance on Venus-a box of chocolate bars!"; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001744

‎Pellegrino Charles R.‎

‎Flying to Valhalla‎

‎New York: Morrow/Avon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0688125069 . Spine slightly slanted corners bumped. Jacket shows slight edge wear. A bright attractive copy. <p> "At the midpoint of the 21st century as the relativistic spacecraft Valkyrie approaches the inhabited fourth world of Alpha Centauri A the masters on Earth harbor grave fears about the mission's outcome. Transmissions from Chris Wayville the male half of the husband and wife team manning Valkyrie have revealed that the man who may control the destiny of an alien planet and perhaps his homeworld's as well is quite possible insane. In a moment of weakness the Wayvilles will bring crisis to their adopted world-by inadvertently introducing their gentle unsuspecting hosts to the most terrible of Earthborn concepts: War."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Morrow/Avon hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 002931 ISBN : 0688125069 9780688125066

‎Modesitt L. E. Jr.‎

‎The Octagonal Raven‎

‎New York: Tor Books. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 031287720x . Slight edgewear along bottom. A bright attractive copy. <p> "Someone is trying to kill Daryn Alwyn. Born to privilege with preselected genetic advantages and the best nanotech augmentation his father's fabulous fortune can buy Daryn spurned the lucrative family Media Network to seek his own path a crafty raven among soaring eagles. After serving with distinction as a space pilot in the military he enjoys success as a media consultant. But when he finds himself the target of sophisticated murder attempts his world is turned upside down. It seems unlikely that his success outside the family business could have inspired such expensive assassination attempts and his father and brother and sister would be more obvious targets within the family. Then his sister is killed and Daryn is her heir - suddenly he is one of the richest and most powerful men in the world."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Tor Books hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 004832 ISBN : 031287720x 9780312877200

‎Cherryh C. J.‎

‎Foreigner Foreigner Series Book 1‎

‎New York: D A W Books Incorporated. Poor. 1994. Mass Market Paperback. 0886776376 . Reading copy ONLY. All pages are quite readable but this book drank the contents of my dog's water bowl -- you can imagine the effect. If you just want a copy to read this would suffice. <p> First novel in the first Foreigner triology. <br> "It had been nearly five centuries since the starship Phoenix lost in space and desperately searching for the nearest G5 star had encountered the planet of the atevi. On this alien world law was kept by the use of registered assassination alliances were defined by individual loyalties not geographical borders and war became inevitable once humans and one faction of atevi established a working relationshipo. It was a war that humans had no chance of winning on this planet so many light-years from home. <br> Now nearly 200 years after that conflict humanity has traded its advanced technology for peace and an island refuge that no atevi will ever visit. Then the sole human the treaty allows into atevi society is marked for an assassin's bullet. The work of an isolated lunatic . . . The interests of a particular faction . . . Or the consequence of one human's fondness for a species which has fourteen words for betrayal and not a single word for love"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . D A W Books, Incorporated paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 000766 ISBN : 0886776376 9780886776374

‎Wells H. G.‎

‎The Invisible Man‎

‎New York: Airmont Books. Very Good. 1964. Mass Market Paperback. 080490040x . Special introduction by Robert A. W. Lowndes. Spine slightly slanted two corners creased but overall a very nice copy of this classic tale. <p> "Into a quiet little English village one winter night comes a stranger 'wrapped up from head to foot and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose. . . ' He carries a portmanteau and staggers into the Inn crying for a fire and a room throwing down gold sovereigns to show that he can pay well for service. Guests at the Inn are curious since he is a stranger but a man who has walked from the railroad station in this weather can be expected to wrap up as securely as possible. Then again he could be a criminal or a spy who dares not let his face be seen. They notice that he keeps to himself and seems to be performing some sort of experiments; he is heard pacing up and down as if in despair and muttering things which they cannot make out. A masterpiece of suspense-story writing.""; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Airmont Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 004486 ISBN : 080490040x 9780804900409

‎Tubb E. C.‎

‎Kalin Dumarest of Terra Series #4‎

‎New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Slight creasing to spine slight yellowing. <p> Dumarest Series #4. "Dumarest was a man without family house or guild. In his time he had been a gambler a rich man a slave -- but always a wanderer and a man who travelled alone . . . until he met a strange and beautiful girl who could see the future."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 000229

‎McCaffrey Anne‎

‎Dragonsong Harper Hall Trilogy Vol One‎

‎New York: Bantam Books. Good. 1988. Twenty-Fourth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0553258524 . Ex-library with markings and stamps. Corners bumped some edge wear book is a little stiff. Edges yellowed but text is clean and unmarked. <p> First volume of the Harper Hall trilogy part of McCaffrey's Pern universe. <br> "Every 200 years or so shimmering threads fall raining black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleaguered skies flaming tongues of fires to destroy deadly Thread and save the planet. It was not Threadfall that made Menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. She came upon a group of fire lizards wild relatives of the fire-breathing dragons. Her music swirled about them; she taught nine to sing suddenly Menolly was no longer alone."; Ex-Library; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Bantam Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 004344 ISBN : 0553258524 9780553258523

‎Clarke Arthur C.‎

‎The Songs of Distant Earth‎

‎New York: Ballantine Publishing Group. Near Fine. 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 0345322401 . Slight crease/dent on front cover. <p> Thalassa was a veritable paradise -- home to one of the small colonies founded centuries before when the Sun had gone nova and mankind had fled Earth. Then the Magellan arrived in orbit carrying one million refugees from the last mad days on Earth. A fascinating novel by one of the masters of science fiction.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Publishing Group paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 000187 ISBN : 0345322401 9780345322401

‎Herbert Frank‎

‎21st Century Sub Originally: The Dragon in the Sea‎

‎New York: Avon. Good. 1956. Mass Market Paperback. Avon T-146 190 pp. Spine a bit rolled some creasing cracked at pp 52-53. A little edge wear and rubbing pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "It is the 21st century. Fighting a desperate war against the Eastern Powers the Western alliance is critically short of oil. Twenty consecutive subs have been lost attempting to pirate EP oil from a field off Novaya Zemlya. Ens. John Ramsey is reassigned from the Psychology Bureau to monitor the next attempt -- with the added pressure of trying to unearth the EP saboteurs suspected to be already on board the Fenian Ram. "; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Avon paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 008062

‎Clarke Arthur C.‎

‎The View from Serendip‎

‎New York NY: Del Ray / Ballantine. Very Good. 1978. Mass Market Paperback. 0345271084 . Corners bumped slight edge wear. A clean tight copy. <p> "Speculations on space science and the sea together with fragments of an equatorial autobiography."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Del Ray / Ballantine paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001817 ISBN : 0345271084 9780345271082

‎Jones J. V.‎

‎The Baker's Boy Book of Words Vol. 1‎

‎New York NY: Warner Books Incorporated. Very Good. 1996. Fifth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0446602825 . Covers slightly creased corners bumped slight edge wear. A clean tight copy. <p> "At vast Castle Harvell where King Lesketh lies dying two fates collide. In her regal suite young Melliandra the daughter of an influential lord rebels against her forced betrothal to the sinister Prince Kylock. In the kitchens and apprentice named Jack is terrified by his sudden uncontrolled power to work miracles. Together they flee the castle stalked by a sorcerer who has connived for decades to control the crown even committing supernatural murder to advance his schemes. And a young knight begins a quest leaving behind his home and family to seek out the treacherous Isle of Larn where lies a clue to his desperate search for the truth. Here a wondrous epic of darkness and beauty begins. . . "; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Warner Books, Incorporated paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001789 ISBN : 0446602825 9780446602822

‎Cherryh C. J.‎

‎Fires of Azeroth Morgaine Cycle Ser.‎

‎New York: D A W Books Incorporated. Good. 1984. Fourth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0879979259 . Spine is somewhat creased shelf-cocked corners bumped. Some darkening some edge wear/chipping. <p> Third book in the Morgaine series of the Qhal and the Gates through Time and Space they left behind. <br> "Morgaine the closer of world gates and her henchman Vanye came to the land called Azeroth from drowned Shiuan. There was a star gate in Azeroth marked by alien fires and this too Morgaine must seal. But they brought to that peaceful land devastation and terror. For the hordes of Shiuan were hot on their heels determined to conquer new lands for themselves and to avenge their lost planet upon the legendary White Queen who was Moraine. In Azeroth though there was a new factor besides mankind. In the third planet the pre-human qhal still reigned. And the qhal were beyond and above human science."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . D A W Books, Incorporated paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001392 ISBN : 0879979259 9780879979256

‎Van vogt A. E.‎

‎The Mind Cage‎

‎New York NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Corners bumped darkening inside covers owner's name on ffep. Jacket shows some edge wear and darkening. A clean tight copy. <p> David Marin was a great military leader who risked his career and reputation by making a plea for Wade Trask a brilliant scientist condemned to death for openly criticizing the government. Then he visits Trask who seizes a gas gun and blasts Marin. When Marin recovers consciousness he is horrified to discover that he somehow has been transplanted into Trask's body. He's doomed-unless he finds Trask and with him becomes an enemy of the government!; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 001792

‎Wentworth K. D.‎

‎Stars over Stars‎

‎New York NY: Baen Books. Very Good. 2001. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0671319795 . Spine is slightly creased slight shelf wear. <p> "Raised by a human Heyoka Blackeagle thinks like a human even if he is a typical hrinn -- seven feet tall covered with fur and equipped with retractable claws. In the war against the insectlike flek Heyoka distinguished himself in the Ranger Corps. Now on a planet from which the flek have been driven he's leading a group of humans and hrinn trying to prove that hrinn can make proficient rangers in spite of their disdain for following orders. <br> But first a fully functional flek stargate is found hidden in a cave ready to transport the flek hordes back in an instant. Then word comes that the battle lines in space have been pushed back and the planet must be abandoned. Rather than bandon his group in the jungle Heyoka stays behind only to find that his human partner Mitsu once a flek POW seems to be hallucinating seeing flek where there are none. <br> And then the real flek arrive . . .; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Baen Books paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 000859 ISBN : 0671319795 9780671319793