Spine a bit creased, minor edge wear, corner creasing, a little scuffing at top of spine. Owner's name embossed on title page. A solid copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 381 pages; "From humor to horror, fantasy to frenzy ... Interstellar salesmen and galactic orthodontists, time/space spanning puppy-dogs and transdimensional love. Sentient clouds, lethal phogs, strange birds and stranger customs ... "All are just part of the wild imagination and candid remembrances of international bestselling author Piers Anthony. Including a very personal history, the taboo-shattering stories 'In the B... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; This is the sequel to 'On a Pale Horse', the first book in the Incarnations of Immortality series. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 372 pages; "When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful Incarnations of Immortality -- Death, Fate, War, and Nature -- made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps. While he had been distracted,... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, a little cover creasing and sunning, owner's sticker inside cover. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall, a nice copy. ; Mode Series; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 358 pages; "The third chapter in the Mode saga reunites some old friends ... Colene, the young woman from Earth grappling with terrible suicidal depressions ... Darius, the king from another planet who won her love ... And Seqiro, the telepathic horse who shares their incredible journeys. Together they travel a shimmering path between the parallel universes that are both wondrous and... View More...
Spine/covers somewhat creased, corners bumped, some edge wear/chipping esp. to spine. Some scuffing to back cover, slight darkening. "Jordan was a ghost in Castle Roogna now, spending his time with little five-year-old Ivy and watching his own past unfold on the magic tapestry. But once he had been a valorous knight, riding his ghost horse Pook on a fabulous and dangerous mission. He had been betrayed with a cruel lie by two wily magicians and the woman he loved. He had been killed at the end, and his bones had been scattered. Now he could not even remember where they had been buried. ... View More...
Spine slightly creased, a little edge wear, store sticker. Upper back corner is torn and some of the pages jabbed. It is still readable but unsightly. ; Paperback original, first edition. One of my favorite covers by Darrell Sweet. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 306 pages; "There was trouble in Xanth again - all kinds of trouble, in fact. "The Gap Dragon had escaped from the Gap and was ravaging across the land. The forget-spell that had covered the Gap was breaking up into small forget-whorls that wandererd about, giving amnesia to all they touched. Good Magician Humfrey might have had the... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 330 pages; Parry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie. " Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived - first as a sorcerer, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor. "But it wasn't until his mortal flame was extinguished that Parry found his true calling - as the Incarnation of Evil. And, at the gat... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, a little cover creasing and soiling, owner's sticker inside cover. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall, a nice copy. ; Mode Series; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 344 pages; "Five special people are the anchor points to a path across parallel universes. There is Darius, of the sympathetic magic ... Nona, the ninth child of a ninth child ... Seqiro, the telepathic horse ... Provos, who remembers only the future ... And Colene, the girl from Earth who learned that all dreams are possible. "Held captive in Nona's home universe, Colene and her ... View More...
Spine a bit scuffed, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Number 9 in the Xanth series. ; Xanth; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 327 pages; "Grundy Golem was the size of an inconsequence, and nobody had any respect for him - including Grundy! To prove himself, he volunteered to ride the Monster Under the Bed to the Ivory Tower to find little Ivy's long-lost dragon, Stanley Steamer. "After many adventures, he reached the Tower, to learn that the evil Sea Hag kept lovely Rapunzel imprisoned there, her body destined to be used to maintain the witch's immortality. Grundy managed t... View More...
Spine shows some creasing, front edge of back cover is a bit scuffed.
"Who'd be stupid enough to buy real estate on Mars? Who'd go to a robot mortician for a free sample embalming? Anyone who survives this kind of abuse is either a hero or a sucker or both. . . Meet Mr. Fisk Centers."; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall View More...
A bright, tight, attractive copy. "A monumental epic of unprecedented drama and scope, retelling the saga of humankind in a unique and dramatic way: At once grand in scope and intimate in human detail, Isle of Woman tells the story of a man and a woman born at the dawn of human history, separated by fate, yet united by an unquenchable passion that even time could not conquer: Blaze, the fireworker who raised his kind out of savagery, and Ember, the beautiful green-eyed woman who forever haunted his dreams. Through their eyes, and those of their descendants, we witness humanity's odysse... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, owner's name imprinted on a couple pages. An attractive copy. ; Map of Phaze by Chris Barbieri. ; Apprentice Adept; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 358 pages; "Stile had problems - two whole worlds of problems, in fact. "On Proton, a world of future science, his murder was averted only by the help of a lovely robot, who sent him through an invisible 'curtain' to Phaze, an alternate world ruled by magic. There he found he was the double of the sorcerer, the Blue Adept, who had been mysteriously murdered. And the assassin was after Stile! "To sur... View More...
Spine/covers somewhat creased and a bit scuffed, spine slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear. Slight yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A couple dents to front covers. "The Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth from the north, ravaging and destroying as they advanced. But Mare Imbrium had her own problems. Ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle her job of delivering bad dreams. Now the Night Stallion dismissed her, exiling her to the day world with a message for King Trent: "Beware the Horseman!" She had no idea of wha... View More...
Slight edge wear and rubbing. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 256 pages; "John Smith is just a typical teenager growing up in a typical American town in 1960 ... Or is he? "He has a dog - that can climb trees and understand very complex commands. "He has parents - who watch him constantly, taking notes when they think he's not looking. "He has a girlfriend - a girl he's never met, whom he has been told he must marry. "John knows that something is wrong, but until he crosses the boundary fence late one night, he doesn't realize just how much. For w... View More...
Corners bumped, slight shelf wear. Owner's name inside front cover. Second in the Geoodyssey Series, this is the sequel to Isle of Woman. "A magnificent epic of danger, desire, triumph and tragedy, Piers Anthony's Shame of Man is nothing less than the story of himanity itself. It is the story of two lovers reborn throughout history -- Hugh, a dreamer and musician, and his beloved Ann, a beautiful dancer -- as they struggle to preserve their family and their way of life during some of the most turbulent periods of our savage past -- and our troubled future. Through their eyes we experienc... View More...
Spine/covers a bit creaed, corners bumped, minor edge wear/chipping. Owner's name inside cover, slight yellowing. Text is clean and unmarked.
"On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious "curtain" revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze -- a world totally ruled by magic. . . . there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine and covers show a little creasing, some shelf wear and foxing.
"Victory! Our invincible space fleet has occupied the monsters' worlds! Our mighty space force has seized the aliens' home planet! Our triumphant space warriors have captured the enemy system! But then why are we suffering so beneath the tread of those heartless conquerors from the stars?"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine/covers slightly creased, slightly shelf-cocked. Scuff on front cover where a sticker has been removed. Ex libris stamp. Sequel to Sos the Rope. "Sol controlled the mountain, and Sos the Empire. No one could calculate the destruction which would follow if they went to war. Var -- half animal, half man -- rescued from the badlands was the chosen one. Exiled from his own legion, supported only by his courage and skill, he wandered the earth, fleeing certain death for him and for Soli, the valiant companion he loved more than life itself."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall... View More...
"Imagine a world where the clouds are made of crystals that constantly change their beautiful colors. Where joy is sacred. Where conjurers fly people from village to village. Imagine, too, that this world and more exist simultaneously and that it is possible to travel between them . . . . say goodbye to reality -- and hello to an infinite world of dragons and monsters and impossible dreams. . ."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted and creased. Corners bumped and some edge wear. Crease on bottom front cover and some yellowing of pages. A good copy. ; This is an omnibus edition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Xanth. It contains the first three books of the Magic of Xanth series: Book 1=A Spell for Chameleon; Book 2=The Source of Magic; Book 3=Castle Roogna; and contains a new introduction by the author. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 774 pages; Book 1: A Spell for Chameleon: "Though every citizen of Xanth has a special spell only he or she can cast, Bink of North Village has no magic. But the ... View More...
