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The Science Fiction and Heroic Author Index
Duluth MN: Purple Unicorn Books. Very Good. 1978. Trade Paperback. 0931998018 . Condition : This classic reference work is in very good collectible condition with light edge wear dust soiling to the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Trade Paperback. ; A very useful science fiction fantasy reference book . . Purple Unicorn Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 023058 ISBN : 0931998018 9780931998010
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Jakober Marie
The Black Chalice: a Novel
New York NY: Penguin Group USA Incorporated. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2002. Trade Paperback. 0441008968 . A Fine copy of this 8vo-over 7�"-9�" tall. 460 pages Trade paperback. See Photos; A fine review copy with review slips laid in . . Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : 019822 ISBN : 0441008968 9780441008964
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Rusch Kristine Kathryn editor
Pulphouse Hardback Magazine Issue Six Winter 1990 Fantasy
Eugene Or.: Pulphouse Publishing. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. A fine as new copy being number 251 of 1000 trade copies printed Size : 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. Pages : 306; The contents include stories by Lisa Coben Stacey Davies Peni Griffin Ronald Anthony Cross Vivian Vande Velde Nina Kiriki Hoffman Charles de Lint Richard Paul Russo William F. Wu JeffvanderMeer james Brunet Martha Hood Arliss Ryan Donna Dolezal Zelzer Michael D. Toman Avram Davidson Gary Wright Darrell Schweitzer Russell Roberts Steve Perry Joyce Thompson Bradley Denton George Alec Effinger Susan Palwick and non-fiction by Emma Bull Jon Gustafson with an Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. ; Cover Art Alan Clark; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages . Pulphouse Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015332
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Brian W. Aldiss
Last Orders
NY: Carroll & Graf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hard Cover. 0881844586 . Condition: A fine copy in a fine dust jacket . The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover. Size : 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pages : 223; A great short story collection that includes Last Orders Enigma 1 : Year by Year the Evil Gains Enigma 2 : Diagrams for Three Stories Live Our Computers Will Do That for Us The monster of Ingratitude IV Backwater Wired for sound and 6 others. . Carroll & Graf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003075 ISBN : 0881844586 9780881844580
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Corbett W. J
Pentecost and the Chosen One
New York NY: Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hard Cover. 0385295499 . Condition : the book is very good with light edge wear light dust soiling top page edges in dust jacket with edge wear small nicks and closed tears a very small chips with creasing to spine ends. The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pages : 238; The Author's second book and a sequel to the authors award winning first book The Song of Pentercost. ; Drawings . Delacorte Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018296 ISBN : 0385295499 9780385295499
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Grabien Deborah
Plainsong: a Fable for the Millennium
NY: St Martins Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0312044038 . Size : 5 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 inches Pages 231 Condition ; This modern first edition has a remainder mark to the lower page edges else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket which is in a Mylar dust jacket protector. ; "Not since C. S. Lewis has there been a work that so combines magic and spirituality; not since Wind in the Willows has a book so transported the reader to a world where reality exists with myth. A beautiful first edition with dust jacke art by Honi Werner; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages . St Martins Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002843 ISBN : 0312044038 9780312044039
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Andrews Allen
The Pig Plantagenet
New York NY: Viking Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hard Cover. 0670555010 . Condition: This beautifully illustrated vintage novel of pig advertures in 13th century France is in near fine condition with very light edge wear in a dust Jacket with light wear and tiny nicks to heel of spine and lower edge of front panel. The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hard Cover. ; The pig Plantagenet cannot decide whether he likes the free but frightening life of his cousin the boar Grondin better than his own simple farmyard existence until a plan emerges to destroy the forest and its inhabitantsThe pig Plantagenet cannot decide whether he likes the free but frightening life of his cousin the boar Grondin better than his own simple farmyard existence until a plan emerges to destroy the forest and its inhabitants. ; Michael Foreman . Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003144 ISBN : 0670555010 9780670555017
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Worlds of If July 1969
New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1969. Volume 19 No. 6 Issue 139; digest size; Dean R. Koontz Keith Laumer Mack Reynolds Perry Chapdelaine Charles Nuetzel Jack L. Alston and Bruce McAllister; editorial by frederik Pohl; article by Lester Del Rey; art by Dan Adkins George Barr and Jack Gaughan; interview with Robert Bloch; 162pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Galaxy Publishing Corp. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907552
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1968. Volume 35 No. 2 Whole no. 207; digest size; cover by Gahan Wilson; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Piers Anthony K.M. O'Donnell Sterling E. Lanier Brian Cleeve and Robert Taylor; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Judith Merril; film review of "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Sanuel R Delany and Ed Emshwiller; ragged top extremity looks like sticker removal; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907562
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1967
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1967. Volume 33 No. 6 Whole no. 199; digest size; cover by Jack Gaughan; short stories by Dean R. Koontz David Redd Stuart and Jennifer Palmer Larry Eisenberg Gahan Wilson J.G. Ballard and Leonard Tushnet; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; articles by Isaac Asimov and Ted Thomas; reviews by Judith Merril; index to volume 33; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907563
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1970
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1970. Volume 39 No. 1 Whole no. 230; digest size; cover by Ronald Walotsky; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Sterling E. Lanier Barry N. Malzberg Neil Shapiro Robert Silverberg Gary Jennings and Robin Scott Wilson; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; articles by Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp; reviews by Joanna Russ; verse by Doris Pitkin Buck; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907564
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1972. Volume 42 No. 2 Whole no. 249; digest size; cover by Bert Tanner; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Poul Anderson James Tiptree Jr. Kit Reed Pamela Sargent and Dennis O'Neil; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by James Blish and Baird Searles; 146pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907566
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1970
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1970. Volume 38 No. 1 Whole no. 224; digest size; cover by Mel Hunter; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Edgar Pangborn Larry Eisenberg Gene Wolfe Jack Cady Robin Scott Bruce McAllister and Doris Pitkin Buck; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Joanna Russ; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907560
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1968
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1968. Volume 35 No. 1 Whole no. 206; digest size; cover by Jack Gaughan; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Piers Anthony Isaac Asimov Larry Brody John Sladek and Hayden Howard; special reprint by Guillaume Apollinaire; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Joanna Russ Isaac Asimov and Virginia Carew; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907565
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1971
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1971. Volume 40 No. 4 Whole no. 239; digest size; special Poul Anderson issue with cover by Kelly Freas also with a story "The Queen of Air and Darkness" a profile bibliography and article; verse by Karen Anderson; short stories by Dean R. Koontz David M. Locke Michael Bishop and William Walling; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Joanna Russ; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907559
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KOONTZ Dean R. Et al
Fantastic Stories Jan. 1968
FLushing NY: Ultimate Publishing Co. 1968. Volume 17 No. 3; digest size; new stories by Dean R. Koontz Ray Bradbury Fritz Leiber Theodore Sturgeon John Wyndham Ross Rocklynne and a reprint by David H. Keller; editorial by Harry Harrison; art by Jeff Jones David Stone; ink stain to bottom edge; 146pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by JONES Jeff. Ultimate Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907548
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Worlds of If January 1969
New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1969. Volume 19 No. 1 Issue 134; digest size; Dean R. Koontz William F. Temple Jacqueline Lichtenberg Roger Zelazny J.T. McIntosh; editorial by frederik Pohl; article by Lester Del Rey; interview with Roger Zelazny; 162pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Galaxy Publishing Corp. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907551
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Worlds of If Nov.-Dec. 1970
New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1970. Volume 20 No. 8 Issue 151; digest size; Dean R. Koontz T.J. Bass Gene Wolfe Piers Anthony Arthur Sellings Alan Rogers Joseph Dickinson Juanita Coulson and Donald Franson; reviews by Lester Del Rey; cover art by Jack Gaughan; 192pp. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket. Galaxy Publishing Corp. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907553
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KOONTZ Dean R. et al
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1969
New York: Mercury Press Inc. 1969. Volume 37 No. 3 Whole no. 220; digest size; cover by Chesley Bonestell; short stories by Dean R. Koontz Zenna Henderson Hoke Norris Julian F. Grow; Charles W. Runyon and Bill Pronzini; cartoon by Gahan Wilson; article by Isaac Asimov; reviews by Joanna Russ; 130pp. First Edition. Magazine. VG/No Jacket. Mercury Press, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 907561
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Kurtz Katherine; Harris Deborah Turner
The Adept Adept Series No. 1
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1991. Mass Market Paperback. 0441003435 . Spine a bit slanted somewhat creased corners bumped minor edge wear binding fairly tight. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "He is Sir Adam Sinclair: nobleman physician scholar-and Adept. A man of learning and power he practices ancient arts unknown to the 20th century. He has had many names lived many lives but his mission remains the same: to protect the Light from those who would tread the Dark Roads. Now his beloved Scotland is defiled by an unholy cult of black magicians who will commit any atrocity to achieve their evil ends-even raise the dead! Only one man can stand against them. . . the Adept."; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 008099 ISBN : 0441003435 9780441003433
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Norton Andre
Three Against the Witch World
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1968. Reprint Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Ace 80800 189 pp. No publication date listed but internal ads indicate 1968. A little edge wear and chipping binding fairly tight. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. <p> "Never before in all of Estcarp had there been three of them - Kyllan Kemoc and Kaththea - not three but one linked by strange forces. They were the forbidden offspring of a witch mother and a man from distant Earth and as such they inherited unprecedented powers from their parents - and the curse of outcasts from the Witch World. <br> "That was until the Witches needed Kaththea's gifts to bolster their own fading strength and seized her for their own. But three were one and Kyllan and Kemoc would not relinquish what was a part of them. So they determined to rescue their sister and flee with her - but where and how Could anyone escape the terrible wrath and matchless powers of the Witches But they were young unique untried. They were three against the Witch World. "; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 008055
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Kurtz Katherine
Lammas Night Signed
Toronto: Ballantine Books. Good. 1990. 27th Edition; Sixth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345295161 . <br>Spine slightly slanted corners and front cover creased some edge wear and rubbing typical yellowing. A nice copy. ; <br> Signed by author on title page. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 438 pages; <P>"Modern War: The year is 1940. Hitler's Germany is about to employ the secret arts of evil witchcraft to destroy England. What can stop them. <br>Ancient Weapon: It is the mission of John Graham colonel in British Intelligence to stop the onslaught of evil with an extraordinary strategy that defies all the rules of twentieth-century warfare. Unite the different witches' covens throughout England drawing upon powers that reach back through dark centuries in a ritual of awesome sacrifice on the first night of August the magical Lammas Night." ; Signed by Author . Ballantine Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 183061 ISBN : 0345295161 9780345295163
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Kurtz Katherine
The King's Justice The Histories of King Kelson Vol. 2 Signed
New York: Del Rey. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0345318250 . <br>Tan cloth over navy boards with navy lettering. Spine slightly slanted and bumped corners dented. Age spotting and remainder mark along top. Minor spotting on back end page. Jacket shows slight edge wear and a tiny tear at top of back panel. A nice copy. ; <br>Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket protected in new Brodart. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 337 pages; <p>This is Volume II of The Histories of King Kelson. <br>"In theory young Kelson Haldane King of Gwynedd and heir to both royal and Deryni magical powers should have been the most fortunate man alive. Instead he found himself embroiled in the double ugliness of civil and religious war. <br> "Ex-Archbishop Loris sought Kelson's death as a prelude to another long reign of terror claiming that all Deryni talents were witchcraft from the Devil. Allied to him the Pretender Queen Caitrin led a rebellion designed to rip the province of Meara from the control of Gwynedd. <br> "While Kelson led his forces against the armies of Loris and Caitrin his uncle was facing other enemies bent on assassination and rebellion. And a member of the mysterious Camberian Council was training one of Kelson's family in potential subversion. <br> "In Gwynedd being King <i>and </i>Deryni was no sinecure! "; Signed by Author . Del Rey hardcover
Bookseller reference : 183041 ISBN : 0345318250 9780345318251
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Kurtz Katherine
Two Crowns for America Signed
New York New York: Bantam Books. New. 1997. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 0553762486 . <br>Signed by author on title page. Cover illustrations by Kinuko Y. Craft. New never read. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 375 pages; <P>"The year is 1775. In Europe an unseen Master peers into a darkened mirror for the image of the man whose destiny it is to wear the victor's crown. Across the sea a tall commanding colonel named George Washington is thrown from his horse and has a dream that will haunt him for the rest of his life. As rebellion grows imminent and colonists flock to take up arms for liberty they hardly suspect they are part of a greater plan. Who is the invisible Master whose legendary abilities stretch across the fabric of time and history More important what can Washington Benjamin Franklin and the other Founding Fathers do to preserve the original goal of their revolution"; Signed by Author . Bantam Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 183151 ISBN : 0553762486 9780553762488
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Kurtz Katherine
Deryni Rising
New York: Del Rey. Very Good. 1985. Fourteenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345336046 . Spine a bit slanted and creased corners bumped slight edge wear binding somewhat tight. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> Volume 1 in the Chronicles of the Deryni trilogy and Katherine Kurtz' first novel. <br> "A sweeping tale of romance and sorcery set in the imaginary kingdom of Gwynedd - where the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson who came to the throne when his father was brutally murdered by the sorceress Charissa. <br> "The fate of the Deryni - a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers-and indeed the fate of the Eleven Kingdoms rest on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by fair means or foul - even by the proscribed use of magic! "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 008095 ISBN : 0345336046 9780345336040
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Kurtz Katherine
In the King's Service
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. 0441012094 . Spine slightly rolled a bit creased a little edge wear and rubbing interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "This is a tale of an earlier time in the kingdom of Gwynedd a time before the magical Deryni were persecuted as evil beings before they were hounded nearly out of existance before those of Deryni blood feared to let it be known. <br> "In those days the Deryni Council took a hand in the affairs of state albeit secretly. There were Deryni at court and some of the lords of the land claimed Deryni heritage. <br> "But the king Donal Haldane ruled over all with a casual ruthlessness. He expected much of himself as a ruler as a warrior and as the father of future kings. And he expected the same of those in his service - human and Deryni alike - in spite of the web of royal intrigue that threatened to ensnare them all . . . "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 008147 ISBN : 0441012094 9780441012091
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Kurtz Katherine
High Deryni
New York: Del Rey. Very Good. 1993. Eighteenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345347668 . Spine slightly creased corners bumped a little edge wear binding fairly tight. An attractive copy. <p> Volume 3 of the Chronicles of the Deryni trilogy. <br> "With young King Kelson on the throne of Gwynedd the priesthood of the Eleven Kingdoms felt its control deeply threatened. For Kelson was half Deryni - part of that race of humans gifted with extrasensory powers . . . a race that had ruled two centuries earlier but was dethroned and driven underground. <br> Now the final battle for ultimate power was about to break into open conflict led by the Church which equated the supernatural powers of the Deryni with witchcraft and heresy! "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 008097 ISBN : 0345347668 9780345347664
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Kurtz Katherine
The Quest for Saint Camber The Histories of King Kelson Vol. 3
New York: Del Rey. Very Good. 1992. Fifth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345300998 . Spine a bit creased corners a bit chipped light reading crease a little edge wear and rubbing interior clean and unmarked .An attractive copy. <p> "Time after time the legendary Camber - one-time Saint of the half-magic race of Deryni - had intervened in the affairs of young Kelson King of Gwynedd. Yet Camber was known to have died two hundred years before! <br> "Now Kelson set forth with his blood brother Dhugal to search out relics of this mysterious patron of his leaving his uncle Nigel to rule in his absence. <br> "Then word came that Kelson and Dhugal had fallen from a crumbling cliff during a storm. No trace of their bodies could be found in the raging waters below. The king was dead and Nigel must become king. <br> "But to Conall son of Nigel the temptation of the throne was too great. In rage he struck down his father with secretly gained Deryni power. Now he would be king! <br> "But Conall had overlooked Saint Camber . . . "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 008146 ISBN : 0345300998 9780345300997
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Kurtz Katherine
The Harrowing of Gwynedd Signed The Heirs of Saint Camber Vol 1
New York: Del Rey. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. <br>Book Club Edition. Ex-Library with normal markings. Black cloth over slate boards. Spine slanted. Front boards are starting. Corners bumped. Jacket corners bumped and some edge wear small closed tear at top of spine. A reading copy. ; <br>Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket protected in new Brodart. ; The Heirs of Saint Camber Series; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 384 pages; <p>Volume 1 of The Heirs of Saint Camber series. <br>" Evil times had come for the Deryni. The Regents of the boy-king Alroy sought the destruction of all that race. And now Bishop Alister Cullen was dead depriving Deryni of their greatest friend for that was the body that Camber of Culdi had worn for twelve long years. But neither Camber's daughter Evaine nor his son Father Joram could be sure. Camber's body lay unchanged and incorruptible. Was it a sign that he had worked a final spell to hold off death Or had Camber really become a saint Whatever was true the effort to save the Deryni had to continue. There was a way - dangerous and uncertain - to remove the Deryni powers from many so that they could pass as merely human to scatter into anonymity and survive. While that great effort went forward Evaine pursued the most perilous quest of all - to find among ancient forbidden scrolls the spell that might release Camber." ; Signed by Author . Del Rey hardcover
Bookseller reference : 183171
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Kurtz Katherine
The Bishop's Heir The Histories of King Kelson Vol. 1
New York: Del Rey. Good. 1993. Eighth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0345347617 . Spine lightly creased a little edge wear and rubbing edge wear and dents to leading edge of front cover and first dozen pages with page corners dog-eared. Interior clean and unmarked. A good reading copy. <p> "Once again the Kingdom of Gwynedd under young King Kelson found itself facing the horror of war between the Church and the Deryni. And this time there was also the threat of revolution. <br> "Caitrin Pretender Queen of Meara was plotting to free Meara from its control by Gwynedd and make it an independent kingdom. <br> "And ex-Archbishop Loris was once again free from his prison. To him and the fanatics of the Church the strange magical powers of the Deryni were evil witchcraft. Now backed by six of the leading bishops of the land he was conspiring to exterminate half-Deryni King Kelson and all his Deryni friends. <br> "It looked as if even all the young King's Deryni powers might not be enough to save the peace of Gwynedd. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 008144 ISBN : 0345347617 9780345347619
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Kurtz Katherine
The Harrowing of Gwynedd Signed The Heirs of Saint Camber Vol 1
New York: Del Rey. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0345332598 . <br>Spine slightly cocked. A little wear on corners. Light speckling primarily to top edge. A little sunning along top and bottom edges. Owner's name blacked out on front end page. A good copy. ; <br>Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket protected in new Brodart. ; The Heirs of Saint Camber Series; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 384 pages; <p>Volume 1 of The Heirs of Saint Camber series. <br>" Evil times had come for the Deryni. The Regents of the boy-king Alroy sought the destruction of all that race. And now Bishop Alister Cullen was dead depriving Deryni of their greatest friend for that was the body that Camber of Culdi had worn for twelve long years. But neither Camber's daughter Evaine nor his son Father Joram could be sure. Camber's body lay unchanged and incorruptible. Was it a sign that he had worked a final spell to hold off death Or had Camber really become a saint Whatever was true the effort to save the Deryni had to continue. There was a way - dangerous and uncertain - to remove the Deryni powers from many so that they could pass as merely human to scatter into anonymity and survive. While that great effort went forward Evaine pursued the most perilous quest of all - to find among ancient forbidden scrolls the spell that might release Camber." ; Signed by Author . Del Rey hardcover
Bookseller reference : 183161 ISBN : 0345332598 9780345332592
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Feist Raymond. E
At the Gates of Darkness: The Demonwar Saga #2
London England: Harpercollins Publishers Harper Collins 2010. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket first UK edition 606gms 322 pages blank endpapers. This is book #2 of The Demonwar Saga series. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harpercollins Publishers (Harper Collins) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : FANFIC1201 ISBN : 0007264712 9780007264711
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Norton Andre
Star Gate
New York: Ace Books. Very Good-. 1958. Mass Market Paperback. Spine slightly light creasing at corners. Text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "When Kincar s'Rud of mixed Gorthian and Star Lord blood followed the Star Lords through the shimmering gate that led to alternate universes he found himself on a Gorth entirely different from the world he had known. At first the Gorthians appeared to be the same but his former friends turned out to be his enemies. For they were the people his friends might have been had they made different choices at crucial moments in their lives. And soon Kincar and his real allies would have to confront their own evil might-have-been selves."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 004676
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Norton Andre
No Night Without Stars
New York: Fawcett Crest. Good. 1979. Mass Market Paperback. 0449232646 . Spine covers slightly creased corners bumped slight edge wear a little darkening. Some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. <p> "Thery possessed the knowledge he sought---but first Sander had to find them. The Before People. The few who had survived earth's devastation. If he reached them he could learn the legendary skills that would set him apart make him powerful. On his search through the desolate land Sander met Fanyi. She too was searching for the secret stronghold of the Before People. For her own very different reasons. Together they met unimagined terrors and strange perils. And suddenly they discovered themselves in deadly combat with an unexpected evil that threatened their sanity - -as well as their lives."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Fawcett Crest paperback
Bookseller reference : 003464 ISBN : 0449232646 9780449232644
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Norton Andre
Red Hart Magic
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1979. Mass Market Paperback. 0441711006 . Spine somewhat creased slanted corners bumped a little edge wear bookstore stamp inside cover. A little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "What is the magic of the Red Hart Inn an exquisite model of an old English Inn that triggers three strange and exciting adventures back into earlier centuries for its two owners Chris Fitton and his new stepsister Nan Mallory both lonely and unhappy must test their courage through three tumultuous periods of English history in this skillfully written time-warp fantasy. What they learn about themselves and each other enables them to live more fully in their own time."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 003463 ISBN : 0441711006 9780441711000
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Norton Andre
Uncharted Stars
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Spine slightly curved slight bumping/edgewear/scuffing. Small stain along bottom edge and lower spine Text is clean with slight expected yellowing <p> "The book continues the search negun in The Zero Stone for the source of a mysterious gem from outer space. The hero Murdoc Jern accompanied by a mutated pussycat named Eet starts trying to raise money for his quest by gem-trading. . . then a hijacked archeological expedition points the way to Waystar the dreaded stronghold of the Thieves' Guild. . . "; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 004678
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Norton Andre
Lord of Thunder
New York: Ace Books. Very Good-. 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Spine slightly slanted minor edgewear/bumping 1/4" tear at top of spine. Text somewhat yellowed. A clean unmarked copy. <p> "Why should all the native tribes on the planet Arzor be gathering in the sinister and almost unknown country of the Peaks at the height of the terrible dry season when no one could long survive away from shelter and water To find the answer Hosteen Storm a Beast Master relocated here after Terra's destruction in a galactic war is sent into the Peaks on this mission of utmost danger. With his animal scouting team Storm discovers a fantastic world underground and a plat against the off-worlders. Could he avert total disaster"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 003662
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Norton Andre
The Sioux Spaceman Ace F-408
New York NY: Ace Books. Good. 1960. Apparent First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine/covers show some creasing/scuffing/shelf wear. Foxing. Several pencil holes punched in front cover one extending into the first few pages. <p> This copy includes a 10 page profile of Andre Norton by Lin Carter. <br> "Kade Whitehawk had two strikes against him in the Space Service. First he had bungled his assignment on the planet Lodi. Second he believed all creatures had a right to freedom and dignity -- and having such opinions was strictly against the rules. <br> But when he was assigned to Klor he found the Ikkinni there -- tortured yet defiant slaves of a vicious tyrant race. <br> Right then Kade swung at the last pitch. For rules or no rules the Sioux spaceman knew that he had to help these strange creatures gain their freedom . . . and that he alone because of his Indian blood had the key to win it for them.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 000821
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Norton Andre
Warlock of the Witch World Witch World Series #5
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Ace G-630 222 pp. cover price 50 cents. Spine somewhat creased and scuffed slightly slanted minor edge wear covers show some scuffing and a little darkening. Store stamps inside cover and on front end paper owner's name inside cover marked out a couple pages with corners creased. A solid copy of what appears to be an early printing. <p> "The realms of Escore were on the eve of a new war. For the return of the three heirs of Estcarp's western lands had wakened a dormant evil: now the powers of darkness were turning against the forces of truth. In the Valley of the Green People the allies took counsel gathered their defenses in readiness for this new-woken ill. But among their number stood one none dreamt could harbor the old dark magic a man whom only Kemoc brother of witches and son of an Earthman guessed was not what he seemed. For in Denzil Kemoc sensed great powers used for evil ends powers which would sunder brother from sister and drive Kemoc and his beloved Kaththea to the very edges of destruction."; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 005171
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Burroughs Edgar Rice
Warlord of Mars Martian Series #3
New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1979. Mass Market Paperback. 0345278364 . Spine slightly slanted minor edgewear and bumping. A nice attractive copy. <p> Third in the classic Martian adventure series by the immensely gifted Burroughs who "created an entire culture for a vast planet - many races many peoples strange creatures and stranger plants an entire history stretching back through eons of time and extending itself into the future with scientific inventions only dreamed of even in our own time."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 006443 ISBN : 0345278364 9780345278364
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Norton Andre
The Time Traders
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Corners very slightly bumped PO name inside. A clean unmarked attractive copy. <p> "Ross Murdock a convicted criminal is a 'volunteer' for a secret government project: Operation Retrograde. Unwillingly at first but with increasing fervor Murdock becomes a member of the team fighting the strangest battle of the Cold War. The Russians have infiltrated an unknown era of the past and developed powerful new weapons by utilizing some lost technology. American scientists also have the means to transport men into the past and it becomes imperative that Operation Retrograde succeed in finding and tapping the source of the Russian's secret weapons. Murdock and the other members of his team embark on a dangerous and frantic search of almost-forgotten time periods in a Cold War where the Past has become the battlefield of the Future!"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 005743
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Norton Andre
High Sorcery
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback original. Very slight edgewear. Text starting to yellow but clean and unmarked. <p> "Craike a man hunted in two worlds.Miss Rutheven whose needles pointed to secret kingdoms.Dagmar with the fatal fascination of Helen of Troy.Ully whose music touched the powers before mankind.Tamisan the sorceress who found herself the victim of her toys.These and others unlike them inhabit Andre Norton's world of HIGH SORCERY where the primeval desires and fears of man --- his loving and loathing --- are merged with his dreams of future knowledge and technological power. Those who have enjoyed the alchemy of Norton's other mind-bending tales should enjoy these!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 004416
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Norton Andre
Three Against the Witch World
New York: Ace Books. Very Good. 1965. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback original. Spine slightly slanted mior edgewear. Text is yellowing but clean and unmarked. <p> "North East South West. . . The offspring of Simon Tregarth half earthling half witch-brood realized that they alone could perceive the four directions - for everyone else there was no East! It was a blank in the mind a blank in legend and history. And when new menaces threatened the Tregarths realized that in that mental barrier there lay the key to all their world. . . somewhere to the unknown eastward must lie the sorcery that had secretly molded their destinies!"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 004417
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Burroughs Edgar Rice
Tarzan and the Ant Men Tarzan series #10
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 346 pp. burgundy boards with black lettering. This edition was published during World War II "under wartime condition" with the typical paper quality of the period. Spine is somewhat slanted some edgewear corners a bit bumped. Text is yellowing but clean and unmarked. <p> First published in 1924 this book is the 10th in Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved Tarzan series. The story opens in the hut of Obede the cannibal who has captured Tarzan impersonator Esteban Miranda and enslaved him.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006441
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Burroughs Edgar Rice
Jungle Tales of Tarzan Tarzan series #6
New York: Ballantine Books. Good. 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Authorized Edition. Cover starting to pull away from spine some edgewear and bumping. A little foxing but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "Stories of Tarzan's young manhood in the jungle before he met civilized man: Reared in the heart of the jungle Tarzan the foster-child of the ape tribe of Kerchak fights his way by the power of his brain and muscle to the highest rank among the apes. Again and again the ape-man hero faces overwhelming odds in his fight for right and justice."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 006591
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Kurtz Katherine
The Legacy of Lehr
New York: Avon Books. Very Good. 1988. Mass Market Paperback. 0380704544 . Spine slightly slanted/creased minor edgewear/bumping. A clean unmarked attractive copy.<p> "Captain George Lutobo of the interstellar luxury cruiser Valkyrie isn't happy when his ship is diverted from its regular run. He's even less happy when he finds out why -- to pick up four large blue cats with psychic powers. Captain Lutobo doesn't like cats. He also doesn't like Mather Seton and dr. Wallis Hamilton the husband-and-wife team in charge of the cats -- but they have direct authority from the Emperor. Nobody like murders but they start happening on the Valkyrie soon after the cats come aboard -- and it looks as though the cats are responsible. Seton and Wallis know that the cats couldn't have gotten out of their cages but their search for the real killer leads nowhere -- until one of the cats is killed in a way that was clearly impossible."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Avon Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 003000 ISBN : 0380704544 9780380704545
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Burroughs Edgar Rice
Pirates of Venus Venus Series #1
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1962. Reprint Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Ace F-179 173 pp. Spine a bit creased and slanted with a small chip at top. Edges a little ragged likely from insect damage. Some scuffing and soiling to covers light dampstain along leading edge pages browned but text is clean and unmarked. Overall a nice copy. <p> First in the Venus Series about adventures on a cloudy heavily forested Venus. <br> "Carson Napier set out for Mars in a secret interplanetary rocket but found himself instead on a different world - the cloud-hidden planet Venus. <br> "Venus was a startling world - semi-private semi-civilized. It was a place of unmapped oceans dotted with great islands' a world whose trees pierced the clouds and whose cities squatted on their branches; a planet who inhabitants included men half-men and monsters allstruggling with each other for dominance. Carson Napier's adventures his search for the beautiful Duare are a Burroughs novel in the best Tarzan tradition. "; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 007124
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Norton Andre
The Crystal Gryphon
London: Penguin. Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. 0140470832 . A Peacock Book published by Penguin this appears to be the first UK paperback printing of this novel with an interesting pictorial cover by David Smee. Spine is somewhat creased and slanted corners bumped a little edge wear and soiling reading crease owner's name on front end paper. Some browning but text is unmarked. <p> "Kerovan of Ulmsdale is born different from other children: he has small hoofs instead of feet and his strange eyes are the colour of amber. Fearful tales spread about Kerovan - but is he really a monster or has he inherited some of the power of the mysterious Old Ones who inhabited his country long ago And what about the potent magic of the crystal globe he sends to the bride he has never seen"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 005469 ISBN : 0140470832 9780140470833
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Norton Andre
The Crossroads of Time
New York: Ace Books. Good. 1956. Not Stated. Mass Market Paperback. Ace #12311. Spine and covers a bit creased spine slightly slanted corners bumped some edge wear and rubbing to covers page 110 creased. Numbers written on front free end paper and title page. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. No edition stated but this book appears to have been printed about the mid 1960s. <p> "Everything gets a second chance! That's the shattering discovery Blake Walker made when he learned that there are innumerable parallel worlds-on each of which history has taken a different alternate path!"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 002217
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Burroughs Edgar Rice
The Chessmen of Mars Martian Series #5
New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Ballantine F776 220 pp. Authorized edition 50 cents cover price. Corners bumped slight edge wear reading crease binding fairly tight. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. <p> "Tara of Helium the Warlord's beautiful and spirited daughter is carried away by the vast winds of a violent Martian storm. Tara brings her small one-man flyer down safely enough - but she is stranded in a strange part of Barsoom where magnificent rykors - headless bodies - work like cattle at the mercy of their pitiless masters the kaldanes - creatures which are all head and no body. <br> "And this is not all for in trying to excape from the kaldanes Tara is captured by the city of Manator where she becomes the prize in the Martian game of chess jetan - played with living pieces - and played to the death! "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Ballantine Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 007045
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