Spine slightly slanted/creased, inside covers starting to yellow. A clean, unmarked copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; "Deported from his own planet in a galactic war, Tony Horan was permitted to hire out as a daily laborer on Korwar, where he had been relocated. Temporary work in a strange interplanetary pet shop led Troy to the realization that with certain animals, he could hold wordless communication. "Why were these animals being brought to Korwar? "Who was the controlling agent they feared and hated? "The night on which the pet-shop owner was killed, a few of the pieces in t... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Ace G-654. ; 5" - 6" Tall; 176 pages; "Deported from his own planet in a galactic war, Tony Horan was permitted to hire out as a daily laborer on Korwar, where he had been relocated. Temporary work in a strange interplanetary pet shop led Troy to the realization that with certain animals, he could hold wordless communication. "Why were these animals being brought to Korwar? "Who was the controlling agent they feared and hated? "The night on which the pet-shop owner was killed, a few of the pieces in t... View More...
Spine slightly creased, slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, some darkening, a little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. "The ten planet war had ended, and Griss Lugard had come home to Beltane, the biological-experimental station in deep, deep, space. He had warned the council of the dangers of peace. The war had destroyed worlds beyond imagining, and the refugees were sure to come, unerring in their determination to have a new home at any price. But Grisss's warnings had gone unheeded. Now, deep in an uncharted region of this planet's untamed surface, a small band of su... View More...
Paperback original. Very slight edgewear. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "Craike, a man hunted in two worlds...Miss Rutheven, whose needles pointed to secret kingdoms...Dagmar, with the fatal fascination of Helen of Troy...Ully, whose music touched the powers before mankind...Tamisan, the sorceress who found herself the victim of her toys...These, and others unlike them, inhabit Andre Norton's world of HIGH SORCERY, where the primeval desires and fears of man --- his loving and loathing --- are merged with his dreams of future knowledge and technological power. Those ... View More...
Spine/covers show some shelf wear/scuffing. Spine has a crack, but everything is still firmly attached to covers. Foxing One of Norton's Ross Murdock time travel novels (The Time Traders, etc.). Ace F-287. "Time Agents Ross Murdock and Gordon Ashe, aided by a Polynesian girl and her team of telepathic dolphins, probe the mystery of the sea-planet men have named Hawaika. Its cities and civilizations have vanished, but our agents are snatched back through a Time Gate and marooned in the midst of the struggle for power that must have destroyed the planet. "The richness which Andre Norto... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear/bumping, 1/4" tear at top of spine. Text somewhat yellowed. A clean, unmarked copy. "Why should all the native tribes on the planet Arzor be gathering in the sinister and almost unknown country of the Peaks at the height of the terrible dry season when no one could long survive away from shelter and water? To find the answer, Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master relocated here after Terra's destruction in a galactic war, is sent into the Peaks on this mission of utmost danger. With his animal scouting team, Storm discovers a fantastic world undergrou... View More...
Spine slightly creased, tape across base of spine, corners a bit worn, minor edge wear, a little cover creasing and soiling, store stamp inside cover. Overall a nice copy. ; Sequel to The Beast Master. ; Hosteen Storm; 6" - 7" Tall; 224 pages; "Why should all the native tribes on the planet Arzor be gathering in the sinister and almost unknown country of the Peaks at the height of the terrible dry season when no one could long survive away from shelter and water? To find the answer, Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master relocated here after Terra's destruction in a galactic war, is sent into the Peak... View More...
Spine, covers slightly creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a little darkening. Some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Thery possessed the knowledge he sought---but first Sander had to find them. The Before People. The few who had survived earth's devastation. If he reached them, he could learn the legendary skills that would set him apart, make him powerful. On his search through the desolate land Sander met Fanyi. She, too, was searching for the secret stronghold of the Before People. For her own, very different reasons. Together, they met unimagined te... View More...
Spine somewhat creased, slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, bookstore stamp inside cover. A little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. "What is the magic of the Red Hart Inn, an exquisite model of an old English Inn that triggers three strange and exciting adventures back into earlier centuries for its two owners? Chris Fitton and his new stepsister Nan Mallory, both lonely and unhappy, must test their courage through three tumultuous periods of English history in this skillfully written time-warp fantasy. What they learn about themselves and each other enables them to li... View More...
Spine slightly, light creasing at corners. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "When Kincar s'Rud, of mixed Gorthian and Star Lord blood, followed the Star Lords through the shimmering gate that led to alternate universes, he found himself on a Gorth entirely different from the world he had known. At first the Gorthians appeared to be the same, but his former friends turned out to be his enemies. For they were the people his friends might have been, had they made different choices at crucial moments in their lives. And soon Kincar and his real allies would ha... View More...
Ace #12311. Spine and covers a bit creased, spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, some edge wear and rubbing to covers, page 110 creased. Numbers written on front free end paper and title page. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. No edition stated, but this book appears to have been printed about the mid 1960s.
"Everything gets a second chance! That's the shattering discovery Blake Walker made when he learned that there are innumerable parallel worlds-on each of which history has taken a different alternate path!"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
A Peacock Book published by Penguin, this appears to be the first UK paperback printing of this novel, with an interesting pictorial cover by David Smee. Spine is somewhat creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear and soiling, reading crease, owner's name on front end paper. Some browning but text is unmarked. "Kerovan of Ulmsdale is born different from other children: he has small hoofs instead of feet, and his strange eyes are the colour of amber. Fearful tales spread about Kerovan - but is he really a monster, or has he inherited some of the power of the mysterious Old ... View More...
One crease on spine, minor edgewear & bumping, PO name inside. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Travis Fox, once the unwilling captive of the runaway spaceship Galactic Derelict, has volunteered - eagerly this time - for the mission to colonize Topaz. But when he and his fellow Apaches find themselves reverting to the ways of their ancient warrior-race, just as the expedition from Russia has been transformed into a Mongol Horde encamped across the mountains, it becomes clear that more than their own lives are at stake."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 218... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, minor edge wear and creasing, reading crease, a little discoloration to back panel. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Ace F-183, first paperback printing. Third in the Time Traders series. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 192 pages; "Here we have a distant planet which both the U. S. And the U. S. S. R. Are populating with colonists in a hypnotic state of regression to their ancestors - the Russians reliving the life of the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, the Americans (all Apaches) recreating the days when they were a proud warrior race. " The c... View More...
Ace Book #76801, 133 pp. Some scuffing, & edgewear, corners bumped, reading crease at hinge. Publisher's edge-coloring has seeped into text margins towards front. Text is clean and unmarked. This copy includes a 10 page profile of Andre Norton by Lin Carter. "Kade Whitehawk had two strikes against him in the Space Service. First, he had bungled his assignment on the planet Lodi. Second, he believed all creatures had a right to freedom and dignity -- and having such opinions was strictly against the rules. But when he was assigned to Klor, he found the Ikkinni there -- tortured yet de... View More...
Spine/covers show some creasing/scuffing/shelf wear. Foxing. Several (pencil?) holes punched in front cover, one extending into the first few pages. This copy includes a 10 page profile of Andre Norton by Lin Carter. "Kade Whitehawk had two strikes against him in the Space Service. First, he had bungled his assignment on the planet Lodi. Second, he believed all creatures had a right to freedom and dignity -- and having such opinions was strictly against the rules. But when he was assigned to Klor, he found the Ikkinni there -- tortured yet defiant slaves of a vicious tyrant race. Right... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped, PO name inside. A clean, unmarked, attractive copy. "Ross Murdock, a convicted criminal, is a 'volunteer' for a secret government project: Operation Retrograde. Unwillingly at first, but with increasing fervor, Murdock becomes a member of the team fighting the strangest battle of the Cold War. The Russians have infiltrated an unknown era of the past and developed powerful new weapons by utilizing some lost technology. American scientists also have the means to transport men into the past, and it becomes imperative that Operation Retrograde succeed in find... View More...
Paperback original. Spine slightly slanted, mior edgewear. Text is yellowing, but clean and unmarked. "North, East, South, West. . . The offspring of Simon Tregarth, half earthling, half witch-brood, realized that they alone could perceive the four directions - for everyone else, there was no East! It was a blank in the mind, a blank in legend and history. And when new menaces threatened, the Tregarths realized that in that mental barrier there lay the key to all their world. . . somewhere to the unknown eastward must lie the sorcery that had secretly molded their destinies!"; 16m... View More...
Ace 80800, 189 pp. No publication date listed, but internal ads indicate 1968. A little edge wear and chipping, binding fairly tight. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. "Never before in all of Estcarp had there been three of them - Kyllan, Kemoc, and Kaththea - not three, but one, linked by strange forces. They were the forbidden offspring of a witch mother and a man from distant Earth, and as such they inherited unprecedented powers from their parents - and the curse of outcasts from the Witch World. "That was until the Witches needed Kaththea's gifts t... View More...
Spine slightly curved, slight bumping/edgewear/scuffing. Small stain along bottom edge and lower spine Text is clean with slight, expected yellowing,
"The book continues the search negun in The Zero Stone for the source of a mysterious gem from outer space. The hero, Murdoc Jern, accompanied by a mutated pussycat named Eet, starts trying to raise money for his quest by gem-trading. . . then, a hijacked archeological expedition points the way to Waystar, the dreaded stronghold of the Thieves' Guild. . . "; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...