‎Science fiction‎

‎Pohl Frederik‎

‎THE MAN WHO ATE THE WORLD‎

‎NY: Ballantine 1960. 1st printing July 1960; #397K. Cover art is uncredited. Paperback original. Rubbing; tanning; corner wear. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ballantine Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : NS766

‎Pohl Frederik‎

‎The Merchants' War‎

‎Gordonsville Virginia U.S.A.: St Martins Press 1984. This is the brilliant sequel to The Space Merchants written in 1953. We are taken 250 years into the future of the advertising world. From the only author to win the Hugo Award as both an author and as an editor this is a great satire on the advertising game. Interiors are tightly bound and unmarked. Dustjacket is unclipped and mylar protected but not before the arrival of two tears one to the spine crown and the other to the back panel. These have been taped in an acceptable fashion. Light chipping to the extremities. A brilliant book from one of the masters of Science Fiction. 1st Edition - 2rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Izumi Inoue - Cover Art . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St Martins Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 011081 ISBN : 0312530102 9780312530105

‎Pohl Frederick; Kornbluth C. M.‎

‎The Space Merchants‎

‎New York NY: Del Ray / Ballantine. Good. 1978. Tenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345276825 . Spine/covers a bit creased some shelf wear/darkening. A couple pages have underlining or margin notes but the text is not obscured. <p> An all time SF classic first published in 1952. <br> "Meet Mitchell Courtenay -- Copysmith Star Class -- a man of no small importance in the Madison Avenue pecking order. His latest assignment: create an advertising campaign that will sell the American people on emigrating to Venus. <br> It's an uphill fight all the way for Courtenay as he contends with enemies in rival agencies with underground ecology groups -- and with a wife who won't come home unless he quits his job! <br> And what if Courtenay is successful Suppose the climate of Venus proves harsh and univiting And how will the colonists from Earth feel when they learn they will have to survive as best they can with no help from home <br> Mitchell Courtenay didn't care as long as he did his job and got his bonus. Then someone tried to sell him a bill of goods and Mitch suddenly had to work hard to keep on living!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Del Ray / Ballantine paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000955 ISBN : 0345276825 9780345276827

‎Pohl Frederik & Kornbluth C. M.‎

‎WOLFBANE‎

‎NY: Bantam 1976. 1st printing July 1976. Cover art is uncredited Ken Barr. Tanned; creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear; minor soiling. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : URA24 ISBN : 0553020625 9780553020625

‎Pohl Frederik‎

‎Narabedla Ltd.‎

‎Gollancz hardcover London: Gollancz 1990 A satire set in the very distant future in which advanced alien civilizations with a taste for primitive cultures recruit people from Earth as entertainers. First British edition. No remainder mark not price-clipped not bumped. The title page and page 317 are dog-eared and there is some yellowing of the pages. The top of the dust jacket has some edge-wear and there is a tiny tear at the right top edge. The title on the spine seems a little sun faded. Overall though a nice copy. Comes in an archival protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.‎

Bookseller reference : 000841 ISBN : 0575047380 9780575047389

‎POHL Frederick & C M Kornbluth‎

‎The Space Merchants‎

‎London: Heinemann 1955 500 gram rate first British edition of the science fiction classic navy blue boards endpapers and paste downs have some tape rust as do the vertical edges of the dust wrapper fold in flaps unclipped DW has short tear at tail of upper joint light crease along top edge where it was folded over to fit in a plastic sleeve light chipping to corners still 99% intact and quite tidy book closed edges age browned some mild foxing 186pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Heinemann hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 003612

‎Pohl Frederik‎

‎Signale - Science Fiction stories‎

‎Frankfurt (Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag) 1975 (= Fischer Orbit 26, Erste deutsche Ausgabe). 8°, illustrierte Originalbroschur, 158 S.,‎

‎Schnitt gestempelt, papierbedingt gebräunt, sonst gutes Exemplar‎

Bookseller reference : V5711

‎Pohl, Carol and Frederik (Edited by)‎

‎Jupiter‎

‎New York: Ballantine Books Inc. 1973. Previous Dealer Markings; Light Creasing on Front Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front Rear Covers Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage Staining; Edges Lightly Soiled. SPECULATIVE FICTION BY SCIENCE FICTION'S MASTER PROGNOSTICATORS. INTRODUCTION BY: Isaac Asimov. CONTENTS: Introduction: Jupiter the Giant - Isaac Asimov; Preface: Jupiter at Last - Frederik and Carol Pohl; Bridge - James Blish; Victory Unintentional - Isaac Asimov; Desertion - Clifford D. Simak; The Mad Moon - Stanley G. Weinbaum; Heavyplanet - Milton A. Rothman; The Lotus-Engine - Raymond Z. Gallun; Call Me Joe - Poul Anderson; Habit - Lester del Rey; A Meeting with Medusa - Arthur C. Clarke. SYNOPSIS: JUPITER--a lodestar for wonder--has long attracted the attention and speculation of the finest writing talents in science fiction. This anthology includes stories by: Poul Anderson Isaac Asimov James Blish Arthur C. Clarke Lester del Rey Raymond Z. Gallun Milton A. Rothman Clifford D. Simak Stanley G. Weinbaum - and - What with all the Pioneer probes headed for that giant and mysterious planet it won't be long before we find out everything we ever wanted to know about Jupiter--well almost everything! Meanwhile let's see how nine of our own pioneers in science fiction imagined the planet. First Separate 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by John Berkey. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ballantine Books, Inc. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000424

‎Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack‎

‎"STARCHILD" TRILOGY: The Reefs of Space / Starchild / Rogue Star‎

‎New York: Ballantine Books # U2171 U2176 & 01797 1st Editions 1964-1969 ----------paperbacks Reefs and Starchild are Canadian printings. 3 BOOKS. Pohl and Williamson's Starchild trilogy all are First Edition paperback originals. Reefs is browning slightly has only minor other wear and is VG to near fine. Starchild has minor edgewear and is VG to near fine. Rogue has a reading crease small chip to spine bottom minor edgewear and is VG. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. New York: Ballantine Books # U2171, U2176 & 01797 1st Editions 1964-1969 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 002269

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎A PLAGUE OF PYTHONS‎

‎NY: Ballantine 1965. 1st printing Sept. 1965; #U2174. Cover art by Powers. Paperback original. Library stamp on first page; creasing; tanning; minor sopiling. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Ballantine Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : NRA62

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎A PLAGUE OF PYTHONS‎

‎NY: Ballantine 1965. 1st printing Sept. 1965; #U2174. Cover art by Powers. Paperback original. Inscribed to "Pat". Tanning; a little creasing; first page owner's stamp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ballantine Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : NAA55

‎Pohl, Frederick‎

‎A Plague of Pythons‎

‎Del Rey 1978. yellowing pages crease along front spine corners and edges nicked and bumped. 4th Ptg. Mass Market Paperback. G. Del Rey Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 002056

‎Pohl, Frederik; ed.‎

‎Astonishing Stories: February. 1941‎

‎New York: Fictioneers Inc. 1941. Magazine. Very Good. Leo Morey. VG. Vol. 2 No. 3; February 1941. Covers and spine intact light rubbing top edge trimmed small tears at fore and bottom edge due to typical cover overhang pages toning. Stories by Alfred Bester Ray Cummings and others. In archival bag and board. <br/> <br/> Fictioneers, Inc. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 006635

‎Pohl, Frederik; ed.‎

‎Astonishing Stories: October 1940‎

‎New York: Fictioneers Inc. 1940. Magazine. Good. Gabriel Mayorga. G. Vol. 2 No. 1; October 1940. Covers and spine intact light rubbing top edge trimmed 1" cover tear at spine small tears at fore and bottom edge due to typical cover overhang pages toning. Stories by Harl Vincent Ray Cummings and others. In archival bag and board. <br/> <br/> Fictioneers, Inc. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 006636

‎Pohl, Frederick & Kornbluth, CM. C. M.‎

‎Before the Universe‎

‎Bantam 1980. 203 pages blue pictorial cover with white ltrs yellow printers ink on edges corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are nicked/chipped/& creased. Outlandish tales of alien invasions metamorphosis and dying worlds. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. G. Bantam Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 006955 ISBN : 055311042X 9780553110425

‎Pohl, Frederick, Edited By‎

‎Best of C. M. Kornbluth the‎

‎Ballatine 1977. 338 pages yellow pictorial cover with black & red ltrs yellow printers ink on edges store stamps on ffep crease on spine nicks and chips on edges and corners crease on upper front corner. 1st Ptg. Mass Market Paperback. G. Ballatine Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 006072 ISBN : 0345254619 9780345254610

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Beyond the Blue Event Horizon‎

‎New York:: Del Rey / Ballantine Books 1980. A handsome copy. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped 9.95. NO chips. NO tears. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. The sequel to GATEWAY. Nominated for the Nebula 1980 and Hugo 1981 awards. "First Edition: February 1980" is so stated with complete number row 123456789 10 on the copyright page. Bound in the original orange boards with a blue cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. Barron ANATOMY OF WONDER 1987 4-415. Barron 2004 II-860: "This is fine contemporary space drama with some neatly ironic characterizations." From the Dust Jacket: "The people of earth were starving. In spite of the wealth of alien knowledge and technology won by the Russian-roulette missions of the Gateway prospectors -- crewing preprogrammed ships abandoned tens of thousands of years ago by the elusive starfaring Heechee -- there was just no way to feed the exploding population.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Barlowe Wayne Douglas jacket art. 8vo. vi 329pp. Del Rey / Ballantine Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008166 ISBN : 0345286448 9780345286444

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎BLACK STAR RISING‎

‎NY: Ballantine/ Del Rey 1986. 1st printing April 1986. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Tanned; creasing; bumps and dings./. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Ballantine/ Del Rey Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SBI117 ISBN : 0345319028 9780345319029

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎BLACK STAR RISING‎

‎NY: Ballantine/ Del Rey 1986. 1st printing April 1986. Cover art by Michael Whelan. Tanning; creasing; edge wear; short front foredge tear; lean; bumps and dings. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-. Ballantine/ Del Rey Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : QWA75 ISBN : 0345319028 9780345319029

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Black Star Rising‎

‎NY: Ballantine/Del Rey. F. 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition with the full number line present. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Mild dust soiling to the jacket's rear panel . Dust jacket art by Michael Whelan. . Ballantine/Del Rey hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1857

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Black Star Rising‎

‎Toronto: A Del Rey Book - Random House of Canada Limited 1986. Light Creasing on Front Rear Covers Spine; Front Rear Covers Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; Line of "20" Stamped on Upper Edge. SYNOPSIS: "TAKE US TO YOUR LEADER IF YOU CAN." When a mysterious alien spacecraft approaches Earth and demands to speak with the President of the United States then destroys a large Pacific island to demonstrate its strength and underscore its seriousness you would expect the President to talk. Problem is in the late twenty-first century there is no President--not even a United States. In fact in this world of the future China rules the Americas; and to most people "USA" and "USSR" are just quaint abbreviations in historical dictionaries. Then the aliens prove unreasonable about accepting substitutes.so one Anglo rice-cultivator from the Heavenly Grain Collective Farm--near Biloxi Mississippi--is forced to begin an adventure that will take him from peasant to President from Pettyman to Spaceman. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Michael Whelan. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Del Rey Book - Random House of Canada, Limited Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000425 ISBN : 0345319028 9780345319029

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Cool War The‎

‎New York: A Fawcett Crest Book Published by Ballantine Books - Random House Inc. BOOK: Corners Spine Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Lightly Scuffed; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A NOVEL BY THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR. A DAZZLING NOVEL OF ESPIONAGE AND ESCAPADES WITH A WALLOPING FUTURE SHOCK. BOOK NUMBER: 5907. ALSO KNOWN AS: Portions of this novel have appeared in somewhat different format in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. JACKET DESIGN BY: Ann Silver. SYNOPSIS: Fred Pohl multiple winner of science-fiction's top awards presents a breathtaking romp through the energy-poor world of the 2020s--a gripping chase-intrigue novel with a highly unlikely stand-in for James Bond. One day the Reverend Hornswell Hake had nothing worse to contend with than the customary power shortages and his routine pastoral chores such as counselling the vivacious Alys Brant--and her husbands and wife. At nearly forty his life was placid almost humdrum. The very next day Horny Hake was first enlisted as an unwilling agent of the Team--secret successor to the long-discredited CIA--and then courted by an anti-Team underground group. In practically no time at all Horny and Alys were touring Europe on a mission about which he knew zip except that it was a new move in the Cool War the worldwide campaign of sabotage that had replaced actual combat. For the team and its opponents though the Cool War could be as perilous as any hot one as Horny Hake discovered when he came up against: Leota lovely leader of the underground cabal dedicated to destroying the Team; Yosper the Bible-thumping foul-mouthed nonogenarian killer; The Reddi twins professional terrorists who turned up in the oddest places at the worst times and always managed to make Horny's life miserable; And Pegleg master of such lethal toys as the Bulgarian Brolly and the Peruvian Pen. Picaresque and fast-moving The Cool War is also a deeply ironic often hilarious yet thought-provoking look at where we could be some forty years from now. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Murray Tinkleman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fawcett Crest Book Published by Ballantine Books - Random House, Inc. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000426

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Day the Martians Came The‎

‎New York: A Thomas Dunne Book - St. Martin's Press BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 14491. JACKET BY: Doris Borowsky. Of the ten major episodes in The Day the Martians Came seven were published as independent short stories. The stories The Missioner The Beltway Bandit and Across the River along with the short interstitial pieces have not been previously published in any form. SYNOPSIS: Of the two hundred and seventy-six astronauts under Captain Seerseller's charge only thirty-eight survive to leave the planet. Just as America begins to accept its mission to colonize Mars as a failure Henry Steegmen ravaged by radiation and homesickness accidentally discovers an underground city and some very unusual creatures--Martians. So begins the Seerseller expedition's eight-month return to Earth and Frederik Pohl's wonderful portrait of some very unremarkable people and how their lives changed the day the Martians came. For Sam Harcourt the discovery of life on Mars could mean big bucks a glitzy opening headline billing and maybe even an Academy Award; for the Russian émigré pining for an American visa the Martians may be a key to the land of opportunity; a couple of flying-saucer fakers dream up a not-quite-unbelievable scheme to rekindle their fame; and then there's the moving story of Solomon Sayre his fascination with alien life and the emptiness of his own; also affected is a young man in cult religion a space scientist and even the ruling family of a Southeast Asian monarchy. More than traditional science fiction The Day the Martians Came is a stunning piece of social commentary set on Earth in the very near future. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Yolanda Sitjar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Thomas Dunne Book - St. Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000427

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎Demon in the Skull‎

‎DAW Books Inc. - The New American Library of Canada Limited Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Slightly Sticky Reside to Inside Front Cover; Moderate Creasing on Front Rear Covers Spine; Front Rear Covers Spine Moderately Chipped; Heavy Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: 585. ALSO KNOWN AS: This is a revised and updated version of a novel originally titled A Plague of Pythons; a shorter magazine version of which appeared in Galaxy. SYNOPSIS: Something had seized his mind something that rode his body like a speed-maniac would drive a stolen car--for he had committed atrocities against his friends and neighbours he had done unspeakable things--and yet his own conscious mind had only stood aside and watched in horror. For a demonic intelligence had taken over inside his skull and left him a helpless observer. He was not unique. It was happening all over the world--society was breaking down in an epidemic of crimes vicious and senseless and it would seem as if the world had been invaded by a legion of invisible devils from some interplanetary hell. There had to be a solution and when at last he found a clue he set out to pursue it to the bitter end. Frederik Pohl's Demon in the Skull is a revision and upgrading of his A Plague of Pythons bringing this classic science fiction shocker into the real-time world of 1984 and after. First Edition 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Don Maitz. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. DAW Books, Inc. - The New American Library of Canada Limited Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000428 ISBN : 0879979399 9780879979393

‎Pohl, Frederik‎

‎DRUNKARD'S WALK‎

‎NY: Ballantine 1960. 1st printing1960 #439k. Cover art by Puspurica. Paperback original. Tanning; lean; uneven edges; corner wear; small losses at spine ends. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Ballantine Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SAA15