Spine very slightly slanted, minor bumping/edgewear, 1 in. Crease on front cover. P. 39 dog eared, pp.54-55 have small tears, some page corners creased. A bright, clean copy. ; #1 in the Darksword Trilogy. ; Darksword; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; "In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life. Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skillful sleight-of-hand. Forced to kill a man in self-defense, Joram can keep his secret fro... View More...
Spine, covers slightly creased. Slight shelf wear. Eleven tales by a top notch science fiction author, with an introduction by editor Sandra Miesel. "What can measure the advancement of Man? The eye, which sees the stars and knows we soon will reach them? The mind, which catalogs more knowledge than was dreamed of in ancient philosophies? Or perhaps the heart, the fount and spring of all our desires? No sky can set a limit to the soaring spirit of man. He who best uses his eyes, and his mind, and his heart, will blaze the way -- a way that lesser men can only hope to follow."; 16mo ... View More...
0385177259 Black over tan boards, 366 pp. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart, corners a bit chipped, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. After writing the Foundation trilogy in the 1940s, Isaac Asimov abandoned the series for a third of a century before finally returning to it with 'Foundation's Edge'. Of course, once he started there was no stopping him and book after book poured forth from his typewriter. But this was the first, so very long awaited, of his sequels to the original trilogy. 498 years after its founding, the Foundation contin... View More...
Covers somewhat creased, darkened. Slight shelf wear. Some foxing. Apparent waterstain at the bottom right corner about 1/2 inches.
One of the classic tales of the first journey to the Moon, originally published in 1865 by the man many regard as the father of modern science fiction. "The War of the Rebellion is over -- and the members of the American Gun Club, bored with inactivity, look around for a new project. At last they have it: "We will build the greatest projectile the world has ever seen -- and make the moon our 38th State!"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
Minor shelfwear, cracking beginning at front pastedown. DJ spine/edges sunned, some egewear, 1/4" tear, some soiling. Text is bright and attractive. "Was it heaven, or was it hell? John Brunt wasn’t too sure, but wherever he was, he was frightened. The newspapers and the government also wanted to know where he was. They suspected that the great scientist David Packard knew where the tough and womanizing adventurer was, but no one calculated that John Brunt had been sent on the last exploration left to man-an escape into the future. Not even John Brunt could have known the implic... View More...
Covers/spine creased/scuffed. Some shelf wear. Bookstore stamps inside front cover. Owner's name inside front cover, written on front edge. "The Galactice Medal of Honor was the most important, the most coveted award of all time. It was given only to a handful of the bravest and most self-sacrificing of those defending Earth from the mysterious alien invaders that had appeared fifty years before. It was almost always given posthumously. The bearer of this medal became the idol of all mankind, would never want for any necessity or luxury -- would never want for anything. Everyone on Eart... View More...
Purchased new, never read. ; A Song of Fire and Ice; Cover Art; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 835 pages; Book 1 of A Song of Fire and Ice series. "In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty... View More...
Covers/spine slightly creased, somewhat darkened. Slight shelf wear, foxing. A trio of novellettes by an excellent science fiction writer of yesteryear. "A planet that was literally bald, completely covered by sand and devoid of life . . . or so the stranded spaceman thought until he saw the huge menacing girders whose origin and purpose he could not begin to fathon." "A gold locket containing a picture of a girl, found in millenia-old ruins on a planet some hundreds of light years from Earth -- threatens the existence of the entire human race." A lost space team lands on a... View More...
Corners bumped, Minor edge wear, esp. to top/bottom of spine. Spine starting to separate from pages. There is a small stain (1/2" x 1/4") at top of front board. Minor foxing but a clean, tight, attractive copy. Jacket shows some edge wear/chipping/darkening. A chunk is missing from top of spine (about 3 x 1/2") and bottom of spine (1x1"). "When Lois McDonald learned that the mysterious old house, known as Ghost Gables, was to be occupied, she had to get all the facts about its new tenant promptly. At Ghost Gables she met pretty Glenna Brockman, who had plans to turn the o... View More...
Spine/covers creased and scuffed. Some shelf wear/chipping. Owner's name inside front cover.
"In the time of the American colonies, the nights were filled with spooky sounds. Clanks and moans! Screams and groans! Rocks flying through the air! Strange knockings at the door! Who-o-o-o is there? GHOSTS AND WITCHES APLENTY. Those were the good old days . . . or were they?" Est level: 3rd - 8th grades; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine and covers creased, scuffed. Chipping, shelf wear, esp. at bottom of spine. Darkening, foxing. Bottom 1 1/2" of pages are faintly stained. #TX 965 "One day, Mrs. Hartley gets a new pupil. From the moment Wilbur the ghost floats through the door, things begin to happen. Wilbur doesn't mean to make trouble, but suddenly books rise in the air, pencils write by themselves, and mysterious voices answer the teacher. Wilbur can't understand why anyone's upset. He just loves going to school. P.S. Wilbur is very good in arithmetic, but he needs help in spelling." Black & white draw... View More...
"Where was Simon Ashton? Ashton had disappeared somewhere -- somehow -- on Skaith, and Stark had come to find him no matter what the cost. Everyone on this exotic planet had heard of the strange Dark Man from another world, but no one was talking . . . All clues led to the mysterious North -- stronghold of the tyrannical Lords Protector. Stark was on his way, despite the price on his head . . . " Spine and cover show some creasing and a dent or two. Some foxing.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
"The Grail of Hearts is a breathtaking novel of magic and wonder in the grand tradition of Marion Zimmer Bradley's 'The Mists of Avalon.' A most exceptional fable combining the best of the Grail and Arthurian mythos, 'The Grail of Hearts' is the spellbinding saga of Parsifal and the Grail, of The Fisher King . . . and the Wandering Jew -- told for the first time from a . . . woman's point of view -- an unforgettable tale by one of the brightest voices in the fantasy field today."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
Spine/covers a bit creased, spine slightly slanted, corners bumped including a few pages, some darkening/soiling. Price sticker on front cover.
"In those days the Earth did not belong solely to humanity - there were other intelligent species still fighting a last stand battle against extinction. These are the beings remembered today only in legend, creatures of the trees and water, beings that combined beast and man, with strange lore of their own and sciences lost to the human victors."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Covers a bit creased, corners bumped, some edge wear, spine a little slanted, rubbing plus a semi-circle of indentations to the back cover where someone got their teeth into this book. FE ANI stamped on bottom edge. A little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. Stated first edition (paperback original). "The thing that went bump in the night . . . was a helicopter. And Maynard Griggs, anthropologist, just happened to be in the vicinity completing his study of Zaire's Magenda d'Zondo tribe. So he rushed to the crash site and rescued the lone survivor, Consuela Milan, a fiery major in ... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped. Pictorial boards with no jacket, apparently as issued. A bright, tight, attractive copy which does not appear ever to have been subjected to the tender mercies of an actual second grader.
A second grade reading primer in the "Health-Happiness-Success" series. Major sections are "A Visit to the Zoo," "Making a Zoo," and "A Day with Don and Jane." To the vocabulary appearing in the first grade book, Awake and Away, are added 180 new words. Age Level: Grade 2; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
325 pp. Part of the Winston Clear-Type Popular Classics series. Blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering and picture of little Dutch boy skating with a windmill in the background. Edgewear, corners a little chipped, a little spotting. Charming glossy color frontispiece and three full-page glossy illustrations tipped in, also eight black and white full-page illustrations on plain paper. Small dampstain along bottom edge of text, PO name inside. "Hans and his sister Gretel want to win silver skates in a skating race, so that they can use the money for their poor father, Raff Brinker,... View More...
Purple boards (with diamond pattern) over red cloth with gold lettering. No 'No. 1' or 'J K' on spine or jacket, 14th printing. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, a small scrape in upper corner of front board. Jacket show a little edge wear. A very nice copy. ; First in the immensely popular series. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 309 pages; "Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon. . . ... View More...
Red cloth over purple boards (with diamond pattern). No 'No. 1' or 'J K' on spine or jacket, 3rd printing. Corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright attractive copy of this early printing. ; First in the immensely popular series. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 309 pages; "Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon. . . ... View More...
