Spine somewhat creased and slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear, binding somewhat tight, yellowing to edges, text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Paperback original, first edition. "A monumental tale of danger, bravery and heroism on a quest to find an ancient city of legend. Haunted by mysterious images of dark, hooded figures and the cawing of strange birds, and drawn by the memory of two lost comrades, Magdalen Lorne, chief Terran operative on Darkover must pursue her quest not only to the frozen ends of the physical world, but the perilous limits of the spiritual overworld as ... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in protective wraps with a little edge wear. The Book Club edition (number 1493) is the first hardcover printing of this title. An attractive copy. "A monumental tale of danger, bravery and heroism on a quest to find an ancient city of legend. Haunted by mysterious images of dark, hooded figures and the cawing of strange birds, and drawn by the memory of two lost comrades, Magdalen Lorne, chief Terran operative on Darkover must pursue her quest not only to the frozen ends of the physical world, but the perilous limits of the spiritu... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; This novel first appeared in book form as an Ace Double, along with The Dark Intruder. This is its first separate printing. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 150 pages; "Two men in one body - two epochs in conflict. . . He woke up to find himself in weird surroundings, guarded by two strangers, one an old, old man, the other a slim sexless figure hidden completely under long blue veils. These two called him Adric, a name he instinctively responded to, even though he knew he was Mike Kenscott, radio engineer in a government laboratory. Hi... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; This novel first appeared in book form as an Ace Double, along with Worlds of the Imperium, by Keith Laumer. Ace issued this as a stand-alone book in 1979. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 151 pages; "Reidel: the leader. "Cleta: the aristocrat. "Mathis: the telempath. "With a terrified mother-to-be and two young trainees from the crippled Ship, they watched all that remained of their homeworld self-destruct in the chill night of the inhospitable planet that lies third from the star called Sol. And with the dawn came the infant who made... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, slight soiling. A somewhat tight, attractive copy. ; Ace F-350. Paperback original, 1st printing. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 160 pages; "Larry Montray came to the planet of the blood-red sun only to find that contact with Darkover's hostile people was barred by Terran authorities as too risky. "Nevertheless, he managed to get in with a native clan. But his triumph turned to terror when he found himself enmeshed with the furious combat of alien beings, unknown beasts, and weird non-human intelligence. "Though he did not at first realize it, his actio... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear/bumping. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. Black and white illustrations throughout. "Six of Earth's finest young people, perfect in mind and body, have been trained from the cradle for one task - to brave the infinite dangers of space, to find new homes for Man. But once alone in the pitiless universe, they are betrayed by their ship and plagued by space hazards; their voyage becomes a grim test of survival. To survive they must tame their wild talents. To survive, they must turn their training into skill, with no margin for err... View More...
Spine slightly creased, slanted, small crease to front cover. Slight edge wear, edges a little yellowed. An attractive copy. Black and white illustrations throughout. "Six of Earth's finest young people, perfect in mind and body, have been trained from the cradle for one task - to brave the infinite dangers of space, to find new homes for Man. But once alone in the pitiless universe, they are betrayed by their ship and plagued by space hazards; their voyage becomes a grim test of survival. To survive they must tame their wild talents. To survive, they must turn their training into skil... View More...
Spine slightly curved and creased, light reading crease, minor edge wear & bumping. Top of rear end paper torn out. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Originally published in 1964, this novel was revised and expanded in 1982. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 408 pages; The Bloody Sun: "To Terran Jeff Kerwin the distant planet he remembered only as a childhood dream was home. But when years of planning finally brought him back to Darkover, he found that there was no peace for him there - not for someone with both the red hair of a Com'yn lord and the bastard strains ... View More...
Corners slightly bumped. DJ has long tear in back repaired with tape, 1/4" tear at bottom of spine. Remainder mark. A bright, attractive copy.
Bradley reimagines the Trojan War story from the perspective of Kassandra, "the beautiful and tormented royal princess of Troy."; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Minor edgewear/bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "She was Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader and gifted with visions. In a land struggling to survive both Roman conquerors and her own people's enemies, surely fate had marked her to become a priestess of the Forest House. But first Eilan had chosen a different, forbidden path - to love Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood among the legions sent to subdue her country. And so, she must hide a terrible secret when she is anointed as the new High Priestess. With mighty enemies poised to usurp the wealth of magic the Forest House shel... View More...
Very minor edgewear/bumping, PO name inside. A bright, attractive copy. "She was Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader and gifted with visions. In a land struggling to survive both Roman conquerors and her own people's enemies, surely fate had marked her to become a priestess of the Forest House. But first Eilan had chosen a different, forbidden path - to love Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood among the legions sent to subdue her country. And so, she must hide a terrible secret when she is anointed as the new High Priestess. With mighty enemies poised to usurp the wealth of magic ... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted. DJ shows very light edgewear. A bright, attractive copy. "Fenton was only a 'tweenman, without body or shadow; his body lay back in the laboratory where Dr. Garnock was experimenting with a new drug. Yet Fenton was in the fairy world of the Alfar, helplessly watching the Faerie Queen of the Alfar attacked and captured by the hideous, goblinlike ironfolk. And he was fading, irresistibly being drawn back to his body. He had to return to save the Faerie Queen - and to save his own world from the ironfolk. But not even Sally Lobeck would believe him. Garnock ref... View More...
Spine slightly creased and slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear esp. along spine, owner's name on front end paper, some yellowing. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "The women of Isis held fast to a near-extinct culture of matriarchal rule. Deep within their sacred ruins dwelled the Builders, an ancient spirit - a spirit that spoke only to women. . . Now from the planet Pioneer, Scholar Cendri and her husband, Master Scholar Dal, have come. . . Through them Isis itself, steeped in beliefs of bondage and supremacy, will be tried before its sacred forebears. . . "; 12mo - ove... View More...
"While only women can command the power of the matrix and the secret sciences which keep Darkover from Terran hands, in most respects they are still chattels. Yet there are bands of pledged women known as the Free Amazons, equal to men and outside the laws that keep the rest of their sex subservient. And. . . it is these Free Amazons who will prove the key to the Terran-Darkover dilemma."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, back cover spotted, one page dogearred. Text is yellowing, but clean and unmarked. Dane, Rianna and the monster Aratak…they were the survivors of the terrible hunt of the Red Moon. Where all others had failed, they had lived - to achieve fame and fortune and to find life in the starways unexpectedly colorless - until they were asked to check out a Closed World. To the combined intelligences, a Closed World was one that held a mystery science had not cracked, and thereby held danger. Because the Survivors had become over-confident of their abilities, they took the ch... View More...
Spine a bit creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, crease down back cover that extends through last quarter of pages to some extent. Some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. "This is the story of the era when the planet of the Bloody Sun was divided into a hundred warring kingdoms and civilization teetered on the edge of oblivion. "It is the story of Bard di Asturien, ambitious soldier-outlaw, and of his opponent, Varzil the Good, who struggled to establish the Compact. And it also the story of a man from distant Terra named Paul Harrell who was the exact dupl... View More...
