ASH, SARAH

Moths to a Flame

London, Millennium. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 185798272x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped . AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. A fantasy novel set in Myn-Dhiel, home to the dynasty of the House of Memizhon, a place of Gothic-Byzantine riches and opulence, but now corrupt and subject to a king and queen, the Arkhan and his Arkhys, slowly going mad inside their labyrinthine palace. 16. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 002893

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Keywords: Fantasy, Gothic-Byzantine, Memizhon 185798272x

BERRY, ADRIAN

Koyama's Diamond - a Novel of the Far Future

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863320333). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The science writer's FIRST NOVEL is a science fiction set on the Realms of Sarnos, a distant cluster of planets colonized by our descendants thousands of years hence, misgoverned, overtaxed and suffering from triple digit inflation, most of its influential citizens corrupt. Quintus Rexler, a young crime reporter, is asked by the government to investigate Ephraim Koyama, a brilliant but unscrupulous scientist, determined to overthrow the Government of Sarnos and make himself dictator. Against a backdrop of kidnappings, battles and murder, Rexler and Tiki Shaftoe, a female astronomer, begin to unravel Koyama's plot, only to find that they are part of it. C3B. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 004055

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Keywords: Science Fiction, Realms of Sarnos, Quintus Rexler, Ephraim Koyama, Tiki Shaftoe 0863320333

BROWN, JULIAN (EDITOR)

Variety - Science-Fiction Movies - Illustrated Reviews of the Classic Films

London, Hamlyn. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0600574881). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine copy in pictorial laminated boards. With over 250 classic science-fiction and fantasy films reviewed. from The Abyss to Zardoz, presented in A-Z format with details of director, running time, main cast, and awards. Illustrated with over 100 colour and black and white action packed movie stills. A1F. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007793

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Keywords: Science Fiction, Variety Newspaper, Classic Sf Movies 0600574881

CAPON, PAUL

The World at Bay

London, William Heinemann. 1953, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. TRUE FIRST EDITION (NOT the later 1954 US edition). Gilt title on red boards which have fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers, to closed edges and a little to some pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 199 pages. Harry Paul Capon (1912-1969). Paul Capon was a UK writer who also worked for many years as an editor and administrator in film and television production, ending his career as head of the Film Department of Independent Television News. From 1942 he wrote fairly copiously in various genres, including detective stories. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet, Poppea, had a civilization which was technologically far more advanced than Earth's. He was proved correct when the hideous Poppeans invade the Earth. A1B. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008671

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Keywords: Science Fiction, Poppea, Professor Elrick, Jim Shannon, Dark Star Nero

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

Imperial Earth

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0151442339). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. STATED FIRST US edition. Gold title on black cloth spine with orange paper boards which has a blind embossed pattern to front which are clean and unmarked with no wear but spine is cocked. Dustjacket is price clipped with a little wear to head and tail of spine with one quarter inch closed tear. The novel is the result of twenty years of thought by the celebrated novelist and scientist, overflowing with skilled characterisation and exciting events. C3B. Good/Good.

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Book number: 002352

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Keywords: 0151442339

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

Of Time and Stars - the Worlds of Arthur C. Clarke

London, Victor Gollancz. 1975. (ISBN: 0575015713). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on pink boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are no inscriptions, a few pages have some creasing to top else clean and unmarked. Coloured pictorial dustjacket, by David Smee, has very slight wear to top and a little fading and is complete. Second impression May 1975. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. This volume, containing stories especially chosen as an introduction to Arthur C. Clarke's work, comprises 18 short stories including 'The Sentinel'. B2E. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002319

Catalogue: Science Fiction / Fantasy

Keywords: Science Fiction 0575015713

DAVID, JOHN

Enemies of Society

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1998, First. (ISBN: 1857762738). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to fore edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 534 pages. 'When is a rebel not a rebel? When he is Jorel Kable, who fights his own kind in the belief that to destroy the corrupters is to destroy corruption. When is a machine not a machine? When it is the creature known as Wispy, conditioned to kill with neither desire nor justification for her actions. When is a killer not a killer?. When he is Rudi Kingston, whose radical values drive him to commit acts no sane individual would countenance; he has no just cause, just himself. Bring these bizarre characters together in a future imagined with extraordinary detail, add the chilling influence of an alien race for whom there is no concept of the individual and the result is Enemies of Society. This book was later turned into a six parter:- Becoming Death, Destroying Worlds, Passion for Dead Leaves, Send in the Swords, Let Not the Left, Morituri. PLEASE NOTE : A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010244

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Keywords: Jorel Kable, Wispy, Rudi Kingston 1857762738

DICKSON, GORDON R.

The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent

New York, Tom Doherty. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0312861605). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. STATED FIRST EDITION December 2000. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine pictorial dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel in the Dragon Knight series by the Nebula award winning author and tells of the travels to a parallel medieval world by Jim Eckert, the young mathematician, who is transformed into a none too bright dragon called Gorbash. 14. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 001798

Catalogue: Science Fiction / Fantasy

Keywords: Fantasy, Dragons, Gorbash, Dragon Knight 0312861605

FAWCETT, F. DUBREZ

Hole in Heaven

London, Sidgwick and Jackson. 1954, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black title on red boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear but with fading to spine. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 244 pages. An early Science Fiction novel by the English author (1891-1968), is a macabre and exciting story of posession of a human body by a super-soul and the ghastly fate that befalls the young medical student who attempts to control this superman, Nemo, is compelling. With editor's note by Angus Wilson. 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011228

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Keywords: Human Possession

JORDAN, ROBERT

The Conan Chronicles - Conan the Invincible, Conan the Defender and Conan the Unconquered

London, Legend. 1996, First Thus. (ISBN: 009978601x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A near Fine unmarkd copy with near Fine dustjacket by Fred Gambino. Three of the author's best full length novels in one omnibus edition. Conan the Invincible - where Conan, less than nineteen years old, new to the snares and enticements of civilization must join forces with Karela, a dangerously seductive female bandit, to storm the palce of Amanar, a supremely evil necromancer, and he confronts the dreaded Eater of Souls. Conan the Defender - where he challenges a magic spawned menace that cannot die, the invincible Simulacrum of Albanus. Conan the Unconquered - where he defies the sorcerous power of the Cult of Doom for the sake of a beautiful young woman, Yasbet. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.87 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB 4. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002896

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Keywords: 009978601x

NOVIK, NAOMI

Temeraire - (First Book of the Series)

London, Harper Collins. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007219094). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine UNREAD COPY . FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Dustjacket is not price clipped. 330 pages. This was a new copy at time of issue but now does have some foxing to edges due to age. The first in the Temeraire series, set amid the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. As Napoleon's Grand Army tear Europe apart, his vast armada is poised to engage Admiral Nelson's smaller fleet and threaten Britain. But the struggle is over more than land and sea, for both sides have an air force. And the fiery death they rain down upon their enemies has nothing to do with gunpowder - it comes from the very guts of the beasts they are flying - Dragons. Peter Jackson the film producer of The Hobbit fame secured the rights for a planned film. L. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010808

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Keywords: Napoleonic War, Dragons, Dragon Airforce 9780007219094

NOVIK, NAOMI

Temeraire: The Throne of Jade

London, Harper Collins. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007219124). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine UNREAD COPY . FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Dustjacket is not price clipped. 330 pages. There is a small price label to lower front dustjacket flap The second in the Temeraire series, set amid the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. Temeraire is a Chinese Celestial dragon, the most highly-prized of all the draconic breeds; famed for their intelligence, agility and most of all for the Divine Wind - their terrible roar capable of shattering the heavy timbers of war ships and devastating vast swathes of infantry. Delivered into British hands by the Trade Winds, Temeraire was intended to be a companion to the Emperor Napoleon, and not captured by a lowly naval officer, Captain William Laurence. Peter Jackson the film producer of The Hobbit fame secured the rights for a planned film. L. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010947

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Keywords: Napoleonic War, Dragons 9780007219124

NOVIK, NAOMI

Temeraire - (First Book of the Series)

London, Harper Collins. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007219094). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG UNREAD COPY . FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Dustjacket is not price clipped. 330 pages. This was a new copy at time of issue but now does have some foxing to edges due to age.and this copy has a minor bump to lower front board and very slight wear to lower fron dustjacket. The first in the Temeraire series, set amid the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. As Napoleon's Grand Army tear Europe apart, his vast armada is poised to engage Admiral Nelson's smaller fleet and threaten Britain. But the struggle is over more than land and sea, for both sides have an air force. And the fiery death they rain down upon their enemies has nothing to do with gunpowder - it comes from the very guts of the beasts they are flying - Dragons. Peter Jackson the film producer of The Hobbit fame secured the rights for a planned film. L. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011204

Catalogue: Science Fiction / Fantasy

Keywords: Napoleonic War, Dragons, Dragon Airforce 9780007219094

NOVIK, NAOMI

Temeraire - (First Book of the Series)

London, Harper Collins. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007219094). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine UNREAD COPY . FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Dustjacket is not price clipped. 330 pages. This was a new copy at time of issue but now does have some foxing to edges due to age. The first in the Temeraire series, set amid the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. As Napoleon's Grand Army tear Europe apart, his vast armada is poised to engage Admiral Nelson's smaller fleet and threaten Britain. But the struggle is over more than land and sea, for both sides have an air force. And the fiery death they rain down upon their enemies has nothing to do with gunpowder - it comes from the very guts of the beasts they are flying - Dragons. Peter Jackson the film producer of The Hobbit fame secured the rights for a planned film. L. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011205

Catalogue: Science Fiction / Fantasy

Keywords: Napoleonic War, Dragons, Dragon Airforce 9780007219094

SAVARIN, JULIAN JAY

Arena

London, Robert Hale. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709176732). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a little light foxing to closed edges. Dustjacket by Dave Griffiths has some minor marks, no tears and is not price clipped. 224 pages. A neolithic hunter confronts a monstrous beast and gains himself a woman of the forests - a woman of strange powers. An 18th century girl from a moneyed family is psychically drawn towards a slave. In late 20th century Britain, in a dictatorship torn by a bloody civil war, a guerrilla commander leads his small, deadly team on a dangerous mission deep into the heart of enemy country. In the team is the woman he loves. Neither is initially aware of what lives in their minds, or of the strange destiny that awaits each member of the team. Beyond them all is the real battle: a ferocious cosmic and psychic struggle for a control that encompasses the hunter and his forest woman, the girl and the slave, the guerrilla commander and his team, fought by protagonists they would not dare imagine. SCARCE B2B. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008227

Catalogue: Science Fiction / Fantasy

Keywords: Science Fiction 0709176732