Spine/covers well-creased, scuffed. Bottom corner of front cover was torn and has been taped together. "Dolph was kicking cans the afternoon he found the puppies under the Cockleburr Street Kingdom of Heaven Church. Eight puppies guarded by a gotch-eared, half-blind mammy dog. Eight hungry puppies that nobody wanted -- nobody except Dolph and his younger sister, Myrtis. Together they plan and worry and bargain, take risks, make mistakes, work up sweat and blisters, discover their will and determination. And, in the end, in the most believable way, Dolph makes the unbelievable happen!"... View More...
New, never read. Bottom corners dented, otherwise fine. Signed by author at MarsCon 2014. "Isaac Vainio's life is just about perfect. He should know it can't last. Living and working as a part-time librarian in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Isaac has finally earned the magical research position he has dreamed of with Die Zwelf Portenaere, better known as the Porters. He is seeing a smart, fun, gorgeous dryad named Lena Greenwood. He has been cleared by Johannes Gutenberg to practice libriomancy once again, reaching into books to create whatever he chooses from their pages. Best of all, it has ... View More...
215 pp., frontispiece and full-page illustrations. Spine slightly slanted, top corner bumped, foxing along edges. DJ shows some edgewear including 2 small chips at spine. A nice, attractive copy. Edited and with an introduction by Karl Edward Wagner, this is billed as "The Authorized Edition" -- as opposed to the series published in the 1960s by Lancer, which had a little editing done to the stories. This is the 2nd volume. "Each volume includes, from the pages of 'Weird Tales', the unaltered words of the greatest master of heroic fantasy, Robert E. Howard . . . with some of t... View More...
"Earth's elusive masters tolerated only one planet-wide organization --- the Scarlet Order of Men. Only the most favored of the People could enter the Institute, as children, to undergo rigorous training. Those unfit for the Order became Blue Brethren, servants and guides of the People, aiding and instructing them as loyal members of society, under the rule of the benevolent Trisz."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
"Armed with the required five master's degrees, among other outstanding accomplishments, you are a member of the elite Practical Philosopher Corps, a handful of galactic roamers trained to detect intelligent life-forms on the hundreds of newly colonized planets. As mankind's "Conscience" you are a brilliant blend of scientific realism and unfettered imagination . . . [your] twin duties to planetary conservation and your own aggressive, expanding race. For when a Conscience declares a world to cradle intelligent life, man must, regardless of cost, abandon it to its own destiny."... View More...
Black boards with silver lettering. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and chipping especially at base of spine. A nice copy. ; Omnibus edition including Shards of Honor, Barrayar and an afterword by Bujold. ; Vorkosigan; 7 " - 9 " Tall; 596 pages; "In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into a separate peace with her c... View More...
Top and bottom of spine very slightly bumped on both book and jacket. Tightly bound. A very attractive copy. ; Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket protected in new Brodart. Navy boards with gold lettering. ; Jacket art; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages; Book 1 in the Coyote series. "The crime of the century begins without a hitch. On July 5th, 2070, as it's about to be launched, the starship Alabama is hijacked--by her captain and crew. In defiance of the repressive government of the United Republic of Earth, they replace her handpicked passengers with political dissidents and ... View More...
Laser Books #3, series edited by Roger Elwood When a spaceship crashes, the survivors are in peril for their lives.When the planet and its inhabitants are unknown to the survivors, fear becomes tangible among them. When the survivors are a crippled man and his four children the odds against survival increase dramatically. When the entire family has lived a controlled, docile, protected life and has been deliberately kept passive by the managers of the society on Earth from which they came, the situation looks hopeless. But when two of the survivors are Peder and Inga Evenson there is always ho... View More...
DJ in protective plastic wrap. A bright, attractive copy.
"Why is Lauren Steele being followed around by a mysterious red-haired ghost? Why is the Pentagon after her? And why doesn't anyone believe her?"; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Covers a bit creased, corners bumped, including a few pages. Some small stains along the fore edge that don't extend to pages. "Once Byzantium was the meeting place of East and West, the Holy City where subtle princes, rich merchants, and scheming priests built great monuments to the glory of God and their own ambition. But now, after centuries of power, the Imperial throne is in danger. The forces of Islam have captured Jerusalem, Christianity's holiest city, and all seems lost. From the West have come Jerusalem's saviors -- the armies of Franks, Normans, and other Christians -- who are ... View More...
224 pages w/ Table of Contents & Index. Spine very slightly slanted, 3 dents on top edge of back board, previous owner's name blacked out on free end paper, spine cracked at pp. 48, 96 & 208. DJ is chipped in several places along top & bottom edges, 1 1/2" closed tear at bottom edge. Text is clean, bright, & unmarked.
A book which draws on the "striking, unusual, and extraordinary" to present natural history in an engaging way. Age Level: Grades 5-8; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, ex-library with minimal stamps and a pocket, DJ in protective wraps taped top boards. A bright, attractive copy. ,p> "It began with a Mistwraith that smothered all the world in fog and dampness, and followed with a war that upended order and overthrew the rule of the High Kings. After five long centuries, animosity still runs deep, and even the memory of sunlight has been forgotten in the land of Athera. Only the words of a drunken seer offer hope that the Mistwraith might be defeated, that the train of hatreds and ills it has inflicted across Athera might one d... View More...
Berkeley 200, 185 pp. Paperback original, first printing. Spine a bit rolled with some creasing and scuffing along edges. Binding intact but looks to be a bit fragile. Some edge wear and rubbing, long but light crease across upper corner of cover. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmaked. A decent copy. Hal Clement was a master at inventing alien races and then telling a tale from their viewpoint, starting with his classic novel Mission of Gravity. Here, as elsewhere, we come to find that humans are the aliens in his stories. "After his ship crashed, Nils Kurger had spent weeks wanderi... View More...
Some edge wear and rubbing, chipping at top and base of spine, 1" tear to front cover along spine, light reading crease. Paged tanned but text clean and unmarked. Glue still sound but likely drying out some. Overall a nice copy considering its age. ; Berkeley 200, 185 pp. Paperback original, first printing. This book states in several places that it is an original publication. However, isfdb also lists a hardback edition, catalog number H-200 that it shows being printed at the same time. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 185 pages; Hal Clement was a master at inventing alien races and then tellin... View More...
0425018466 Spine slanted, sunned, minor edge wear, some soiling. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 157 pages; "Hell Tanner ... The vicious loner, last survivor of the exterminated cycle gangs, condemned to death - with one chance for a dubious reprieve ... "Damnation Alley ... The savage route across a blasted continent, teeming with monsters, deadly radiation, and insanely lethal storms ... "Hell Tanner's passage through Damnation Alley is an epic which gives Roger Zelazny's vigor and talent full play - a dazzling SF novel with a l... View More...
Very minor shelfwear. A bright attractive copy. "Someone, or something, is ripping the hearts from living men. Justinian, Lord Sterling, has lived for centuries, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Immortality is Justin’s reward. But to keep it, he must keep killing. Lt. Sandra McCormick is a dedicated cop, a loner whose job is her refuge from a twisted past. But to keep it, she must stop the killing. Two loners, each stalking the other. Each destined to be the other’s savior—and downfall. For love, unexpected, unstoppable, draws them together. And love is the on... View More...
Black over dark blue boards, silver lettering. Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, slight edge wear. An attractive copy. ; Tenth in the Sookie Stackhouse vampire series, which was the basis for the HBO series True Blood. ; Sookie Stackhouse; 7 " - 9 " Tall; 311 pages; "A Fae War has left the supernatural community of Bon Temps, Louisiana, in chaos - and waitress Sokie Stackhouse mentally and physically drained. And still, the peace and quiet she so desperately craves is hard to come by. "Even with the blood of two vampires in her system, Sookie ... View More...
Shelf-cocked, covers creased and dented, corners bumped, including pages. Some foxing, dampstain along top edge doesn't appear to affect pages. Paperback original. "James White turns his hand to the peculiar problems of man in space. Four ingenious tales explore some of the wild-and not so wild-possibilities; the pressures, dangers, boredom man will have to suffer, and the courage it will take to get homo sapiens to live in a totally hostile element. Excitement, suspense and the thread of realistic humor hold together these four fast moving tales of the future."; 6" - 7" Tal... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, a little chipping at top and base. Minor edge wear, cover shows a little creasing and some scuffing, store stamp on front end paper. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Ballantine U2224, paperback original, first printing. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 175 pages; "James White has produced a long series of remarkable science fiction stories over the years - notably the running of a fantastic space hospital geared for all kinds of extra-terrestrial beings. In Deadly Litter, he turns his hand to the peculiar problems of man in space. ... View More...
