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Tracing The Shadow Book One of the Alchemyst's Legacy
Bantam 2008 First Edition First Printing. Bruised and slightly faded at top of spine with a few short tears and top page edges lightly browned else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket .
¶ ''The kingdom of Francia has purged its magi... a young Guerrierrescies an orphaned street waif... the daughter of a magus who met his end on their pyres... guarded by an aetheric spirit... With the gift of song... she will craft herself into a weapon... aimed at the heart of the man she despises... ''"
¶ ''The kingdom of Francia has purged its magi... a young Guerrierrescies an orphaned street waif... the daughter of a magus who met his end on their pyres... guarded by an aetheric spirit... With the gift of song... she will craft herself into a weapon... aimed at the heart of the man she despises... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 112540
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.78 | JP¥ 1352]
A Guidebook to Arthurian Britain
Longman 1980 First Edition First Printing. Page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in slightly browned Dust Jacket, lacking price. .
¶ ''the conflicting tales that have previously regarded as bizarre and contradictory... an introduction to Arthurian Legend... its historican basis, its growth and geographical extent... an alphabetical guide to all the places in Britain that are featured in the tales and traditions of King Arthur... ''"
¶ ''the conflicting tales that have previously regarded as bizarre and contradictory... an introduction to Arthurian Legend... its historican basis, its growth and geographical extent... an alphabetical guide to all the places in Britain that are featured in the tales and traditions of King Arthur... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 116009
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.53 | JP¥ 1159]
Cowl
Tor (UK) 2004 First Edition First Printing. One spine crease & page edges a little marked else Fine Uncorrected Proof. .
¶ ''Tthe Heliothane Dominion now rules... the solar system. But its worst enemy, Cowl, an artificially forced advance in human evolution has escaped into the past... The torbeast, Cowl's pet, is growing vast and dangerous, shedding its scales wherever its master orders. These 'tors' are designed for bringing human samples back to Cowl... then the beast feeds... ''"
¶ ''Tthe Heliothane Dominion now rules... the solar system. But its worst enemy, Cowl, an artificially forced advance in human evolution has escaped into the past... The torbeast, Cowl's pet, is growing vast and dangerous, shedding its scales wherever its master orders. These 'tors' are designed for bringing human samples back to Cowl... then the beast feeds... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 108888
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.53 | JP¥ 1159]
Orbus
Tor (UK) 2009 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in like Dust Jacket .
¶ ''In charge of an old cargo spaceship, the Old Captain Orbus flees a violent and sadistic past, but he doesn't know that the lethal war drone, Sniper, is a stowaway, and that the past, is rapidly catching up with him. His old enemy Prador Vrell... is now seeking to exact vengeance... ''"
¶ ''In charge of an old cargo spaceship, the Old Captain Orbus flees a violent and sadistic past, but he doesn't know that the lethal war drone, Sniper, is a stowaway, and that the past, is rapidly catching up with him. His old enemy Prador Vrell... is now seeking to exact vengeance... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 108941
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 US$ 18.82 | JP¥ 2897]
The History Of The Science Fiction Magazine Part 2 1936-1945 (Editor)
New English Library 1975 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top of spine, pages browned and a little marked - Very Good book in Fine, unpriced, Dust Jacket .
¶ ''...Included in this volume are extensive appendices covering the frequency of publication of various magazines, magazine editors, and cover artists. Also reprinted are ten stories most representative of the writing of the period... include an early Eric Frank Russell collaboration, Seeker of Tomorrow; a classic Stanley G. Weinbaum tale, The Circle of Zero; and a grim piece from Robert Bloch, Almost Human...''"
¶ ''...Included in this volume are extensive appendices covering the frequency of publication of various magazines, magazine editors, and cover artists. Also reprinted are ten stories most representative of the writing of the period... include an early Eric Frank Russell collaboration, Seeker of Tomorrow; a classic Stanley G. Weinbaum tale, The Circle of Zero; and a grim piece from Robert Bloch, Almost Human...''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 121837
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.53 | JP¥ 1159]
The Work of William F. Temple An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (Edited by Boden Clarke)
Borgo Press 1994 First Edition First Printing (Paper). Front cover lightly curled else Fine A5 spine-glued Booklet .
¶ Preface; About Mike Ashley; 'Reminiscences' by Arthur C. Clarke; William F. Temple: A Short Biography: A William F. Temple Chronology; William F. Temple An Introduction to His Works; About the Format; THE BIBLIOGRAPHY; Quoth the Critics; Afterword by Forrest J. Ackerman; Selected Early Writings and more..."
¶ Preface; About Mike Ashley; 'Reminiscences' by Arthur C. Clarke; William F. Temple: A Short Biography: A William F. Temple Chronology; William F. Temple An Introduction to His Works; About the Format; THE BIBLIOGRAPHY; Quoth the Critics; Afterword by Forrest J. Ackerman; Selected Early Writings and more..."
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 116162
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 21 US$ 22.59 | JP¥ 3476]
Child Of Time (With Robert Silverberg a.k.a. The Ugly Little Boy)
Gollancz 1991 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top and base of spine, signature of Clute & details on front free end paper and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in like Dust Jacket .
¶ ''Timmy is a little boy. He's four years old. And he was born forty thousand years ago... the story of a Neanderthal child snatched from his own time... in a daring and controversial scientific experiment... '' Based on the short story The Ugly Little Boy."
¶ ''Timmy is a little boy. He's four years old. And he was born forty thousand years ago... the story of a Neanderthal child snatched from his own time... in a daring and controversial scientific experiment... '' Based on the short story The Ugly Little Boy."
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 113128
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.78 | JP¥ 1352]
An Isaac Asimov Second Omnibus (Triangle - The Currents of Space+Pebble In The Sky+The Stars Like Dust)
Sidgwick & Jackson 1969 First Edition in the UK Thus First Printing. Bruised at top and base of spine, around 50 pages lightly, differentially browned and page edges lightly marked - Very Good book in rubbed Dust Jacket, a little frayed at the top of the slightly faded spine panel .
¶ Very scarce UK reprint of the US Triangle"
¶ Very scarce UK reprint of the US Triangle"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1756
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 US$ 15.68 | JP¥ 2414]
Magic The Final Fantasy Collection
Voyager 1996 First Edition in the UK First Printing. Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine and lower front corner and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in like, lightly worn, Dust Jacket .
¶ Publishers' Introduction; To Your Health; The Critic on the Hearth; It's a Job; Baby, It's Cold Outside; The Time Traveler; Wine is a Mocker; The Mad Scientist; The Fable of the Three Princes; March Against the Foe; Northwestward; Princess Delightful and the Flameless Dragon and Twenty pieces On Fantasy and Beyond..."
¶ Publishers' Introduction; To Your Health; The Critic on the Hearth; It's a Job; Baby, It's Cold Outside; The Time Traveler; Wine is a Mocker; The Mad Scientist; The Fable of the Three Princes; March Against the Foe; Northwestward; Princess Delightful and the Flameless Dragon and Twenty pieces On Fantasy and Beyond..."
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 113130
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.78 | JP¥ 1352]
Nemesis
Doubleday 1989 First Edition in the UK First Printing. Corners slightly rubbed, lower rear corner creased and some page edges browned/marked - very good Uncorrected Proof in like, creased, Proof Dust Jacket with a tiny chip missing at the base of the spine. .
¶ ''... a dwarf star, pinkish-red, the colour of blood and destruction. Circling nemesis is a planet. Circling the planet is a satellite. and circling the satellite, Rotor... one of Earth's hundred space colonies... the fate of Earth, and maybe even Rotor itself, rests with a fifteen-year-old girl... who possesses unique and uncanny mental gifts... ''"
¶ ''... a dwarf star, pinkish-red, the colour of blood and destruction. Circling nemesis is a planet. Circling the planet is a satellite. and circling the satellite, Rotor... one of Earth's hundred space colonies... the fate of Earth, and maybe even Rotor itself, rests with a fifteen-year-old girl... who possesses unique and uncanny mental gifts... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 114910
GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 42 US$ 45.17 | JP¥ 6952]
Nightfall (With Robert Silverberg)
Gollancz 1990 First Edition in the UK First Printing. Covers and page edges slightly marked - Very good Uncorrected Proof, in creased Proof Dust Jacket With Publisher's review request slip and reviewer's notes.
¶ ''...in collaboration with Robert Silverberg, Asimov has expanded his story into a novel... exploring what happens after the cataclysmic events of the original story... ''"
¶ ''...in collaboration with Robert Silverberg, Asimov has expanded his story into a novel... exploring what happens after the cataclysmic events of the original story... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 114917
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 35 US$ 37.64 | JP¥ 5794]
Morningstar Or The Vampires Of Summer
HarperCollins 1992 First Edition First Printing. Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges foxed else Fine book in like Dust Jacket .
¶ ''... in each case, the cause of death was a massive rupture to the heart, caused by the insertion of a sharpened wooden stake... in each case the victim's mouth was stuffed with garlic... It falls to Donovan Moon, reporter, to meet the man behind the murders, and who claims to be eliminating a community of vampires... ''"
¶ ''... in each case, the cause of death was a massive rupture to the heart, caused by the insertion of a sharpened wooden stake... in each case the victim's mouth was stuffed with garlic... It falls to Donovan Moon, reporter, to meet the man behind the murders, and who claims to be eliminating a community of vampires... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 66262
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.78 | JP¥ 1352]
The Dragon And The Unicorn
Hodder & Stoughton 1994 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at base of spine and page edges browned else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. .
¶ ''... the first in a brilliant new series of Arthurian fantasies that will set this most enduring of primal legends in a fascinating new light... '' Followed by Arthor and The Perilous Order."
¶ ''... the first in a brilliant new series of Arthurian fantasies that will set this most enduring of primal legends in a fascinating new light... '' Followed by Arthor and The Perilous Order."
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 80471
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.53 | JP¥ 1159]
Solis
Hodder & Stoughton 1994 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket .
¶ ''A thousand years in the future, Charles Outis (who has had his head cryonically frozen... ) wakes to find himself enslaved by brutal technocracy. His brain is imprisoned in an automated mining factory in the asteroid belt... his only hope of bodily reincarnation (through cloning) and sanctuary lies in Solis, an elite community on Mars... ''"
¶ ''A thousand years in the future, Charles Outis (who has had his head cryonically frozen... ) wakes to find himself enslaved by brutal technocracy. His brain is imprisoned in an automated mining factory in the asteroid belt... his only hope of bodily reincarnation (through cloning) and sanctuary lies in Solis, an elite community on Mars... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 110520
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.53 | JP¥ 1159]
Wyvern
Ticknor & Fields 1988 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in slightly creased Dust Jacket .
¶ Clute - ''... follows the rite of passage into adulthood of a blond Tarzan-like enfant sauvage whom the ''natives'' of Borneo think is a demon and who is raised by a soul-catcher sorcerer to fulfil prophecies; in the event he becomes a pirate, shifting en passant from the realm of fantasy to the realm of historical romance... ''"
¶ Clute - ''... follows the rite of passage into adulthood of a blond Tarzan-like enfant sauvage whom the ''natives'' of Borneo think is a demon and who is raised by a soul-catcher sorcerer to fulfil prophecies; in the event he becomes a pirate, shifting en passant from the realm of fantasy to the realm of historical romance... ''"
Porcupine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 113360
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 11.92 | JP¥ 1835]
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