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A Scent of New-Mown Hay
Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1961. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Plaintext paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the verso of the front panel. Humanity is at risk, the female of the species carry a nameless pestilence that is threatening the species of Homo sapiens. Vast areas of Russia have been evacuated and the villages raised. The factor linking these two facts – a biological research station in wartime Germany, then the first reported outbreak of the pestilence occurs in England .... Rubbing of the book edges and panels with sunning to the front panel, back strip and patchy sunning to the rear panel. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. A few spots to the first few and last few pages of the book. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 5-160 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288692
AUD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.18 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 1125]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, biological warfare, Second World War Science Fiction & Fantasy; A Scent of NewMown Hay
Death Is a Lonely Business
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985. First Edition, Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780394547022 1/4 black coloured cloth covered back strip with silver coloured titles. 3/4 pale Olive coloured boards with black coloured titles to the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Fred Marcellino, with pale peach and black coloured titles to the front panel and white and pale peach coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. A murder mystery which edges over into fantasy, long before the concept of urban fantasy was popularised. A little rubbing of the book corners and softening of the back strip edges. Some sunning to the top book edges. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Fading of the back strip with a yellow stain to the rear panel. A little creasing of the top dustwrapper edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 3 - 277, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288535
AUD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 35.89 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 5626]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 mystery fantasy crime murder Science Fiction & Fantasy; Crime Fiction. Death Is a Lonely Business Crime Fiction
The Illustrated Man
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Red coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A series of 18 short stories that are linked only by the tattoos that a former carnival worker had tattooed on his body by a time travelling woman. At night, the tattoos moved and glowed and told tales of the future. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges rubbing of the book corners. Light age toning and foxing to the text block edges with age toning of the pages and foxing of the first few and last few pages of the book. Previous owners ex libris plate has been fixed to the free front end page. The dustwrapper is definitely showing signs of age – please see photograph. Chipping of the lower dustwrapper corners and to the lower back strip edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip and to the top edge of the rear panel. Rubs and marks are present as well and foxing has occurred to the verso which can be seen to the front panels. First English Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 192 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288533
AUD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 152.5 US$ 163.12 | £UK 130.25 | JP¥ 25575]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, short stories, psychology of people, technology Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; The Illustrated Man Short Stories
Man and the Stars
Oxford University Press, Oxford, Britain, 1978. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Various. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780198510017 Preface by author, list of illustrations, glossary, further reading and index. Sky blue coloured end pages. The text is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and reproductions of artworks, as well as line diagrams. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Top edge tinted a rather vivid crimson. Photographic dustwrapper with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author sets out to show that astronomy has always been relevant to practical matters, and the results are important, and familiar to us all. He begins with the calendar. He looks at navigation of both ships and aircraft and then of spaceships, and goes on to consider the contributions astronomy has made to science. The author was at Narrabri Observatory in New South Wales which he ran for 15 years. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Some rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. X, 186 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288617
AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 14.35 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 2251]
Catalogue: Science & Technology
Keywords: BZDB2 astronomy, socials Aspects Science & Technology; Astronomy; Cosmology; Man and the Stars Astronomy Cosmology
Speaker for the Dead
Arrow Books, London, 1987. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780099503200 Colour illustrated paperback binding with pale yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. 3000 years have passed since Ender killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings. Now, there is 2nd contact and irony because Ender must now speak for the dead. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 415, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288638
AUD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.13 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1432]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, aliens, contact, Ender Science Fiction & Fantasy; Speaker for the Dead
The Farseekers – The Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 2
Penguin -- Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, 1990. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780670837687 Inscribed by Author. At the beginning of the text is a map showing the world of which the book is set, and at the rear about the author. Colour illustrated paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The Obernewtyn Chronicles book 2. 'The Children's Book Council of Australia Short Lisated Book sticker to front cover. Second Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 325, [5] pages,. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage apart from age toning of the page edges. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288664
AUD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 21.53 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3376]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 fantasy saga magic Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Farseekers The Obernewtyn Chronicles Book 2
A cage of butterflies
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1992. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780702224164 age darkening of the page edges, and browning of the inside of the front and rear covers. No other damage. A group of children lives at "the farm" – an advanced learning facility, a think tank for a bunch of young people with very high IQs – but what is really going on at the farm? And what about the 5 much younger children known as the Babies, frail as butterflies? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 164 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0273690
AUD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 6.52 | £UK 5.25 | JP¥ 1023]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction Telepathy - Juvenile fiction. Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Exceptional children - Juvenile fiction.; Children. A cage of butterflies Science Fiction & Fantasy Exceptional children - Juvenile fiction. Childr
2001 A Space Odyssey
Arrow Books, New York, 1983. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780099326809 Colour illustrated paperback binding with silver and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip of The classic! A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading crease to the back strip. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages and the free front end page is missing. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). 229, [11– Of which six are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288633
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 7.83 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1228]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 2001 space Odyssey Science Fiction & Fantasy; 2001 A Space Odyssey
Cradle
Orbit, London, 1999. reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781857230727 Colour illustrated paperback binding with silver coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. There is something on the ocean floor off Key West. Something powerful. Something terrifying. Something human -- and utterly alien. Something that might destroy our future. Something that is about to be found. And one wrong hunch, one wrong deduction, one wrong move will trigger the start of human annihilation even if the thing beneath the sea is not evil, because, even in space, the road to Hell may be paved with good intentions. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Remainder stripe to the lower text edge and there is a red coloured sticker to the lower edge of the back strip. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). 374, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288634
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 7.83 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1228]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Aliens, Clashing Conspiracies, Adventure Science Fiction & Fantasy; Cradle
The Ghost from Grand Banks
Gollancz, London, 1999. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781857230703 Colour illustrated paperback binding with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. With meticulously researched facts and wondrous scientific insight, the author has woven an utterly convincing tale of technological possibility and breathtaking suspense, in which the totally unexpected awaits. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with multiple creases to the lower right-hand corner of the front and stop reading creases to the back strip with light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). 253, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288636
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 7.83 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1228]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Titanic Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Ghost from Grand Banks
The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night
Pan Books Ltd, London, 1982. Reprint, Softcover, Illustrated by: Chris Moore -- Cover Art. Good. 9780330266581 Colour illustrated paperback binding, by Chris Moore, with white coloured titles to the front panel and orange and black coloured titles to the back strip. Two short stories from this master. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels with light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 188, [6 – of which for a further titles from publishing house] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Chris Moore -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288632
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 7.83 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1228]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 science fiction, future world, short stories Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Lion of Comarre Against the Fall of Night
The Songs of Distant Earth
Grafton, London, 1987. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Michael Whelan -- Cover Art. Very Good Condition. 9780586066232 Colour illustrated paperback binding, by Michael Whelan, with white and silver coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. A generation ship meet aliens. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 238, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Michael Whelan -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288564
AUD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.13 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1432]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Songs of Distant Earth
The Songs of Distant Earth
Grafton, London, 1986. Reprint, Softcover, Illustrated by: Michael Whelan -- Cover Art. Good Condition. 9780586066232 Acknowledgments. Colour illustrated paperback binding, by Michael Whelan, with white and silver coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. A generation ship meet aliens. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 238, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Michael Whelan -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288637
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 7.83 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1228]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Songs of Distant Earth
Sub- Committee on Oil from Coal – Report
His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Composition of the committee and its terms of reference, introduction by committee and to appendices. Illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel. Quoting from the terms of reference, page 3 " ... To consider and examine the various processes for the production of oil from coal and certain other materials indigenous to this country, and to report on the economic possibilities, and on the advantages to be obtained by way of security of oil supplies in emergency." This book is an ex-library from the 'Munitions Supply Board Library & Defence Standards Laboratories Library". Library stamps have been placed to the top right hand corner of the front panel, to the top right hand corner and lower right-hand corner of the title page. Creasing of the book corners and there is a small quarter inch tear to the front cover edge approximately halfway down stop some various ink marks to both the front and rear panels. Sunning to the edges of the book with age toning and staining to the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 71, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0288549
AUD 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 10.77 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1688]
Catalogue: Science & Technology
Keywords: BZDB2 Oil from coal, report, 1930s, Britain Science & Technology; Britain; 1930s; Sub Committee on Oil from Coal Report
Fundamental Disch (a selection of the very best short fiction by the winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial award)
Victor Gollancz, London, 1981. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780575029866 VI, 374 pages, last page blank, in a clean yellow Gollancz science-fiction dust jacket. The top edge of the text block is very slightly dusty. This collection includes "White Fang Goes Dingo", which was the title of this book was subsequently republished under in paperback. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
Syber's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 0216257
AUD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 65.25 | £UK 52.25 | JP¥ 10230]
Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Keywords: BZDB2 short stories, science fiction, First Edition Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fundamental Disch a selection of the very best short fiction by the winner of the John W Campbell Memorial award