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 Blackburn, John, A Scent of New-Mown Hay
Blackburn, John
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.
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Book number: 0288692
AUD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.48 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 1110]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, biological warfare, Second World War Science Fiction & Fantasy; A Scent of NewMown Hay

0394547020 Bradbury, Ray, Death Is a Lonely Business
Bradbury, Ray
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.
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Book number: 0288535
AUD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.25 US$ 37.4 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 5550]
Keywords: BZDB2 mystery fantasy crime murder Science Fiction & Fantasy; Crime Fiction. Death Is a Lonely Business Crime Fiction

 Bradbury, Ray, The Illustrated Man
Bradbury, Ray
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.
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Book number: 0288533
AUD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 155.25 US$ 169.98 | £UK 129.75 | JP¥ 25227]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, short stories, psychology of people, technology Science Fiction & Fantasy; Short Stories; The Illustrated Man Short Stories

 
Bradbury, Ray
Let's All Kill Constance: A Novel
William Morrow, New York, 1985. First Edition, Hardcover (1/4 Board 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780394547022 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 tan coloured boards. Board Minor bumping to the lower book corners with softening of the back strip. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 2 - 210, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
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Book number: 0288536
AUD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 22.44 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3330]
Catalogue: Crime Fiction
Keywords: BZDB2 mystery crime murder Crime Fiction; Lets All Kill Constance A Novel

 
Bragg, Melvyn
The Soldier's Return
Sceptre ( Hodder & Stoughton ), London, 1999. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 9780340751008 346 pp. colourized photographic dustwrapper. WWII is over and Sam is one of millions who is returning home, to a world grown different. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
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Book number: 0202629
AUD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 US$ 16.32 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 2422]
Catalogue: Fiction
Keywords: BZDB2 Novel, Fiction; The Soldiers Return

0099503204 Card, Orson Scott, Speaker for the Dead
Card, Orson Scott
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.
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Book number: 0288638
AUD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.52 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1413]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science fiction, aliens, contact, Ender Science Fiction & Fantasy; Speaker for the Dead

0670837687 Carmody, Isobelle, The Farseekers – The Obernewtyn Chronicles – Book 2
Carmody, Isobelle
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.
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Book number: 0288664
AUD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 22.44 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3330]
Keywords: BZDB2 fantasy saga magic Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Farseekers The Obernewtyn Chronicles Book 2

0702224162 Caswell, Brian, A cage of butterflies
Caswell, Brian
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.
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Book number: 0273690
AUD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 6.8 | £UK 5.25 | JP¥ 1009]
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

 Chapman, Ivan, Details Enclosed
Chapman, Ivan
Details Enclosed
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1958. First Edition, Hardcover. Good/Good. note. Grey coloured boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a man of writing in a notebook, with grey and green coloured titles to the front panel and purple and white coloured titles to the back strip. A novel set during World War II with Australian soldiers and POW camps in Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania. Very slight scuffing to the book corners and slight bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some browning to the paper edges. Very slight scuffing to the dust wrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some creasing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges and the results of insect activity can be seen along the rear fold over crease. Handling marks are also present particularly on the back panel. Original bookseller's sticker on the front paste down lower right-hand corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234, last blank. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.
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Book number: 0102222
AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 12.24 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1816]
Catalogue: Fiction
Keywords: BZDB2 World War II, Australian Soldier, Prisoners of War, r II, Greece -- Romania -- Yugoslavia Fiction; WW II; Details Enclosed

0099326809 Clarke, Arthur C., 2001 A Space Odyssey
Clarke, Arthur C.
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.
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Book number: 0288633
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 8.16 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1211]
Keywords: BZDB2 2001 space Odyssey Science Fiction & Fantasy; 2001 A Space Odyssey

1857230728 Clarke, Arthur C. & Lee, Gentry, Cradle
Clarke, Arthur C. & Lee, Gentry
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.
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Book number: 0288634
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 8.16 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1211]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Aliens, Clashing Conspiracies, Adventure Science Fiction & Fantasy; Cradle

1857230701 Clarke, Arthur C. & Lee, Gentry, The Ghost from Grand Banks
Clarke, Arthur C. & Lee, Gentry
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.
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Book number: 0288636
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 8.16 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1211]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Titanic Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Ghost from Grand Banks

0330266586 Clarke, Arthur C., The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night
Clarke, Arthur C.
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.
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Book number: 0288632
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 8.16 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1211]
Keywords: BZDB2 science fiction, future world, short stories Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Lion of Comarre Against the Fall of Night

0586066233 Clarke, Arthur C., The Songs of Distant Earth
Clarke, Arthur C.
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.
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Book number: 0288564
AUD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 9.52 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1413]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Songs of Distant Earth

0586066233 Clarke, Arthur C., The Songs of Distant Earth
Clarke, Arthur C.
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.
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Book number: 0288637
AUD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 8.16 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1211]
Keywords: BZDB2 Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Songs of Distant Earth

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