Some shelf wear, corners bumped, some darkening to front cover/spine. Slightly shelf-cocked. A few pages have small discoloration spots.
"Davy went to Africa. His father was going to catch an animal for the circus. But when Davy brought his friend Julius the gorilla home for lunch, they all got more than they bargained for." An 'I Can Read' book with color illustrations by the author. Est level: 1st - 2nd grades and Read aloud.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. ; Prequel to Wise Child. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 198 pages; "The only child of King Mark of Cornwall, Juniper should be content with a life of luxury and ease. But something - she's not sure what - compels her to study with her godmother, Euny, a harsh but wise woman who teaches the girl about spells, herbs, and the healing arts. It's not until she returns home a year later that Juniper discovers the true purpose of her unusual education. Meroot, her power-mad aunt, is using black magic in an effort to usurp the thro... View More...
Dumarest Series #4. "Dumarest was a man without family, house or guild. In his time he had been a gambler, a rich man, a slave -- but always a wanderer, and a man who travelled alone . . . until he met a strange and beautiful girl who could see the future."; 6" - 7" Tall View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear/chipping. A couple pages with corners bent. A clean, tight copy.
"Inya is a powerful sorceress and the land of Drakmil's self-appointed guardian. But she is not prepared when a ruthless wizard and his elite guard of fierce dog-men break through a dimensional gate of her tower. Taken prisoner and stripped of her magical abilities, Inya must still strive to subvert the sorcerer's lust for power, or die knowing she created this cruel monster now known as . . . Kar Kalim."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
Spine slightly creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Originally published in Analog as 'A Spaceship for the King,' this was revised and extended by Pournelle. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 260 pages; The year is 3013. The Imperial Navy has invaded Prince Samual's world ... "After years of civil war, the superior weaponry of the CoDominium Empire has brought peace and unity to the Samualans - at the cost of their liberty. "Their last bid for freedom is to create a space program proving themselves worthy of statehood. But the knowledge to build a starship is extinct. "... View More...
Spine a bit creased, slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. A nice copy. Second in the Conclave of Shadows trilogy (after 'Talon of the Silver Hawk') -- another saga in Feist's ongoing tales of Midkemia. "Talon, last of the Orosini tribe has been transformed by the Conclave of Shadows from a trusting young boy to the dashing young nobleman Talwin Hawkins, now Roldem's premier swordsman. The title, won at the Masters' Court, before the King, brought him a step closer to his desire - to avenge the massacre of his family. Two participants in the slaughter are already dead by his hand; L... View More...
Cover/spine somewhat creased, corners bumped, some ordinary shelf wear. "Having won her at great peril, young Aidan, a powerful but not very ambitious magician, would be content to enjoy the fruits of peace with Ailanna, his Faerie love. But Aidan's dying mother has revealed to him that he is half brother to the King -- and requires of him that he provide magicial aid to his embattled royal brother. Alas, to win Ailanna in the first place, Aidan has also sworn a mighty oath to the Lord of Faerie. Caught between these conflicting vows, torn between the mortal world and the lands of Faerie... View More...
A Paperback Original. Spine a bit curved, minor edgewear. Text is clean and unmarked. "'Gerald Knave: Survivor it says on my cards. I got the call just before people started getting killed' Humans and Tocks didn't miss all that well on Haven IV. People found Tocks a bit snake-like for their tastes, and the Tocks in turn were disturbed by the mysterious human tendency toward violence. Still, things were peaceful enough, until the sacred Tock crown jewels disappeared. Tocks didn't even have a word for theft; the concept was unknown. But they called in the head of the small human colony... View More...
Spine creased, edgewear, corners bumped. "'Gerald Knave: Survivor it says on my cards. I got the call just before people started getting killed' Humans and Tocks didn't miss all that well on Haven IV. People found Tocks a bit snake-like for their tastes, and the Tocks in turn were disturbed by the mysterious human tendency toward violence. Still, things were peaceful enough, until the sacred Tock crown jewels disappeared. Tocks didn't even have a word for theft; the concept was unknown. But they called in the head of the small human colony on Haven IV to express, very quietly, their con... View More...
DJ has corners bumped and tiny tear at bottom and 1/2" tear at top of spine. A bright, attractive copy.
"Along with weapons and electronic warfare expert Don Perrin, Margaret Weis returns to the Star of the Guardians universe to follow the exploits of the cyborg Xris, who once aided the Blood Royal, and his team of crack mercenaries, Mag Force 7."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Blue boards with title in beige print offset by two flowers with flowers in bas relief below, a little soiling on boards and edges. Spine slanted & somewhat weak, cracking at pastedowns and pp. 136, 200, 360. Edgewear including 1/2" tear at bottom of spine, corners bumped/chipped. 602 pp. Three full-page color illustrations, several pages of blue line drawings on pastedown through first page of text. Text is clean and unmarked. When Laddie must stay to help Father, he sends Little Sister in his place to meet the Fairy Princess in the Big Woods. And thus begins the story of this charmi... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, some bumping/edgewear, top corner cease, "X" mark on top edge, list of author's other publications across from title page has some crossed out w/ 3/4" tear at top of page, Text is clean and unmarked. The sixth fantasy in the saa of Jandar, alien in a ld of a thousand foes. "Searching for him is a fearless armada of his loyal friends, and a stranger who knows him better than anyone o Cal. The stranger, Lankar, is none other than Lin Carter, accidentally transported through the Gate Between the Worlds to the land of the Thanatorians. Aware of Jandar's p... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear. A nice copy. ; Includes a 25 page preview of Larry Bond's Fatal Thunder. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 500 pages; " GPS satellites are vital to the U. S. Military. They allow units to navigate confidently over trackless wastes and can direct aircraft and weapons to within feet of their targets. " When China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites, Ray McConnell, an engineer at the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, knows he must act quickly. ... View More...
Trade paperback, 333 pp. New, never read. ; Signed on the title page by the three editors, Emily Lavin Leverett, Misty Massey, and Margaret S. McGraw. Signed on the contents page by several of the authors: Alexandra Christian, Faith Hunter, John G. Hartness, and Margaret S. McGraw. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 333 pages; "The cry of coyotes at moonrise. The whistle of the eastbound train. The head of the desert sun. The Western is the quintessential American literary genre, and now we're turning it on its head. " From sentient tumbleweeds to time-traveling schoolmarms, desert demonds to... View More...
Spine somewhat creased, corners bumped, some edge wear, darkening inside covers. This is the prequel to "Eon". "A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. The Way is a tunnel through space and time. The entrance is through the hollow asteroid Thistledown and the space station Axis City that sirs at the asteroid's center. From there the Flawships ride the center of the Way, traveling to other worlds and times. Now the rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists had secretly entered one of the interdicted worlds along the Way. In some ways Lamarkia is ve... View More...
Very slight edgewear on bottom edge. A bright, tight attractive copy. ; Sequel to the Darksword Trilogy; Darksword; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; "It is twenty years since the once-magical land of Thimhallan was shattered by the forging of the Darksword. The survivors of that catastrophe now live on Earth, bereft of magic and hope, forbidden to return home. Only Joram remains behind on the world ravaged by his Darksword. Although the magic weapon has been destroyed—and with it, Joram’s power—rumors have risen that Joram has forged a second Darksword. And now, as a merciless alien race threatens... View More...
0316129089 Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 582 pages; "Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for - and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. " Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in ... View More...
New, never read. Signed by author at MarsCon 2014. "Isaac is a libriomancer, a member of a secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg to protect the world from supernatural threats. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaded from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To his horror he discovers that vampires have been attacking other magic users as well, and Gutenberg has been kidnapped. "With the help of his fire-sprite, Smudge, and L... View More...
Spine slightly slanted and creased, some sunning. Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, reading crease, owner's name on front end paper. A solid copy. ; Ballantine Books 02797-3, paperback original, first printing. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 186 pages; "Disaster! "The passengers were the usual varied lot, some nervous, some boisterous, some smart-aleck, some quiet. "The ship's Medical Officer was brand new and didn't anticipate having to do much more than take care of a few queasy stomachs and bruises among his charges - from learning how to handle weightlessness. "It wa... View More...
"Light a Last Candle is so jam-packed with so many rich ideas, so many new concepts, so many differing cultures, layer on layer, that in the hands of a less terse writer its material might have encompassed several novels. Here is a world full of strange creatures -- some that are offshoots of mankind and others that seem utterly Alien. And some that really are. Here are societies totally primitive, others that live a subterranean life, Mods living a happy, bucolic existence, and something that dwells in a shining, quivering crystal as large as a city. And still more. Through it all runs a ... View More...
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