john gardner, Edition originale

Description du livre: Gramercy, NY, 1992. Hardcover in Dj. First Edition. 1st printing, 1992. Dj art by John Rosato. Includes "Introduction"; "Hell's Pay Check" by Frederick Nebel; "The Crime Machine" by Carroll John Daly; "The Hand of Horror" by Erle Stanley Gardner; "Nine Parts Devil" by Max Brand; "A Burial Is Arranged" by John Lawrence; "A Man's Last Hours" by William E. Barrett; "Something For the Sweeper" by Norbert Davis; "Footprints on a Brain" by D. L. Champion; "The Lady in the Lake" by Raymond Chandler; "Strangler's Kill" by Merle Constiner; "Ding Dong Belle" by Hugh B. Cave; "You Slay Me, Baby" by Frederick C. Davis; "Sleep No More My Lovely" by G. T. Fleming-Roberts; "I'll Slay You In My Dreams" by Bruno Fischer; "No Minimum For Murder" by Julius Long; "A Ghoul and His Money" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Cold Storage" by Robert Turner; "Death Comes Gift-Wrapped" by William P. McGivern; "A Dish of Homicide" by Hank Searls; "Safe as Any Sap" by William Tenn; "None but the Lethal Heart" by William C. Gault; "The Man from Limbo" by John D. MacDonald; "Murderer's Encore" by Murray Leinster. Red dot on top edge; marks on contents page; mild tanning. Very Good in Very Good+ to Near Fine dj. N° de réf. du libraire IY26

Description du livre: Frederick Muller, 1963. Hardcover. État : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing. 203pp. Red boards lettered in silver at spine. A near-invisible trace of spotting to front endpaper, else in fine state with very good dust wrapper with a faint stain to the upper edge of the front panel. Gardner's first novel, and the first volume of his Boysie Oakes 'anti-Bond' series. N° de réf. du libraire BUL90330

Description du livre: Street & Smith Publications, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1949. Soft cover. État : Good. Timmins (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Features fiction from Eric Frank Russell, Isaac Asimov, Judith Merril, and Erik Fennell. Nonfiction by E.L. Locke, John W. Campbell, et al. Letters from Arthur Jean Cox, Thomas S. Gardner, et al. Cover art by Timmins. Interior illustrations by Paul Orban, Ed Cartier, et al. Good Plus. N° de réf. du libraire 004791

Description du livre: JONATHAN CAPE, 1986. Hard Cover. État : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Library ticket removed from front e/paper, a few minor/light library stamp marks, small stain to top corner of rear e/paper otherwise a vg clean unmarked interior, toned to closed-edge of pages; vg clean firm boards; d/j is in good condition under the removable library sleeve, just light nicks to extremeties, protective sleeve is a little worn/grubby - not price-clipped. Ex-Library. N° de réf. du libraire 005044

Description du livre: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1989. Hard Cover. État : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine / Price Clipped. Uncredited Cover Art (illustrateur). First Edition. ------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine price clipped dustjacket with a wee bit of rubbing to covers, a nice cop, a hint of age toning to paper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. N° de réf. du libraire 150834

Description du livre: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1989. Hard Cover. État : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine / Price Clipped. Uncredited Cover Art (illustrateur). First Edition. ------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine price clipped dustjacket with a wee bit of rubbing to covers, a nice cop, some age toning to paper and text block, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. N° de réf. du libraire 150836

Description du livre: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1989. Hard Cover. État : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine / Price Clipped. Uncredited Cover Art (illustrateur). First Edition. ------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine price clipped dustjacket with a wee bit of rubbing to covers, a nice copy but there about 10 pages where the corners have been turned down and creased, name and address stamp on front blank endpaper, a hint of age toning to paper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. N° de réf. du libraire 150835

Description du livre: Academy Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 1982. Soft cover. État : Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collects important essays by James Gunn, Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Crossley (on Olaf Stapledon and H.G. Wells), Algis Budrys, Joseph Marchesani (on Horace L. Gold), Donald M. Hassler (on Hal Clement), Thomas J. Remington (on Larry Niven), Robert Galbreath, Thomas P. Moyland (on Marge Piercy), Rudy S. Spraycar (on John Gardner), June Howard (on feminism and SF), Joe De Bolt (on Sam Moskowitz), Sam Moskowitz (on J.O. Bailey), Neil Barron, Franz Rottensteiner (on German SF), Ion Hobana, J.A. Dautzenberg, Inisero Cremaschi, Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Jan Bogstad (on SF fandom and conventions), Marshall B. Tymn (on SF/F scholarship), et al. Very Good. N° de réf. du libraire 004772

Description du livre: Agincourt, ON, Canada: Hodder & Stoughton Canada, 1991. Hardcover. État : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition.First impression of a Gardner / James Bond 007 novel. Uncommon in decent condition. The book is VG+, clean and sharp. The un-clipped DJ has very minimal edge bumps. EX - Library book with very little library damage and writing for book ID. Overall book Condition is VG+. See images. N° de réf. du libraire 00087

Description du livre: Richard Marek Pubs, 1981. Hardcover. État : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Jacket is present with a little shelfwear, but nothing severe. Some closerd tears. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. 4/1/1981. N° de réf. du libraire mon0000067297

Description du livre: Coward Mc Cann, 1982. Hardcover. État : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Jacket is present with a little shelfwear, but nothing severe. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. Jacket under a removable mylar cover. 1/1/1982. N° de réf. du libraire mon0000066985

Description du livre: Putnam Adult, 1984. Hardcover. État : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Jacket is present with a little shelfwear, but nothing severe. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. 9/24/1984. N° de réf. du libraire mon0000066986

Description du livre: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good- in a Very Good- dust jacket. Owner writing fills verso FEP, 2nd FEP, half title page, verso half title page, and two REPs. Small stain to jacket at spine. ; 8.20 X 5.50 X 0.70 inches; 224 pages. N° de réf. du libraire 57037

Description du livre: Bramhall House, New York, 1960. Hardcover. État : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Tenniel, John (Illustrator) (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine, first edition thus/ 9th printing, cream cloth over boards HARDCOVER with silver font title on cover and silver font on spine. FEP/REP designed with illustration of Alice. 352 pps. Dust jacket unclipped, shows shelf wear and wear at usual spots: top and bottom edge, spine ends. Inside flaps age toned, 2 small spots on front cover (see photo), otherwise clean and without tears, now under mylar protective wrap.Book itself is clean, unmarked (no names), tight and bright and the hard cover is also clean, gift condition. For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike¿for it was Gardner who first decoded the wordplay and the many mathematical riddles that lie embedded in Carroll's two classic stories: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Addtl postage will apply on intl shipments due to size. N° de réf. du libraire 109500

Description du livre: James V. Taurasi, Flushing, NY, U.S.A., 1941. Soft cover. État : Near Fine. James V. Taurasi (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarce early SF/F fanzine edited and published by James V. Taurasi. This issue with fiction by Sam Moskowitz, Thomas S. Gardner and Lane Stannard. Nonfiction by Taurasi and Emrys Evans. Cover art by John Giunta. Interior illustrations by Giunta and Taurasi. See Pavlat & Evans, Fanzine Index, p. 18. Near Fine. N° de réf. du libraire 004640

Description du livre: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1993. Hard Cover. État : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition / First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Remainder dot on top edge. Colour illustrated dust jacket is price clipped and is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover. N° de réf. du libraire 007717

Description du livre: Frank A. Munsey Publisher, New York, 1898. Soft Cover. État : Fair. First Edition. First edition. Magazine. Decorated wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], last numbered page is 576 plus unpaginated ads [first numbered page is 386]. Includes Part IX of "The Phantom Army" by Max Pemberton, "The Disappearance of Miss Monk" by Susan Wentworth Lee, Part VII of "God's Prisoner" by John Oxenham, Part I of "A Fair Slave in the Mahdi" by Charles Edward Barns, "Nat Randall, the Guerrilla" by John P. Ritter, etc. Reading/filler copy [torn/taped/worn/chipped and stained front cover detached but present, rear cover missing, spine badly chipped and stained, scattered margin staining to the first few pages else the contents are generally clean and tight although the cheap paper is tanned]. N° de réf. du libraire 72037

Description du livre: Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1964. Hardcover. État : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. Illustrated by John Mackey (illustrateur). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some beginning foxing to the edges. The dust jacket has several smallish edge tears and nicks along with some ground-in dirt and rubbing. "Instances of left-right symetry, a kind of mirroring effect, appear throughout the universe - from the vast reaches of the cosmos to the microscopic particles, atoms, molecules, and crystals that compose all substances.". N° de réf. du libraire 27481

Description du livre: 1990. Hardcover. État : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. FIRST EDITION. 1990 Armchair Detective Library 1st edition. This is the 'library edition' but is not an ex library copy, the book and dustjacket are in very good (VG+/VG+) condition, without markings and just light reading wear. A very nice copy ideal for collectors. Additionally, there are three points which differentiate this copy from others we have seen in this edition; 1) The boards are red with gilt lettering, not black (this does not appear to be a rebind), 2) The top edge of the text block has been coloured yellow (which appears to be as published), 3) The join on the tipped-in title page (which was added to all copies, correcting the US spelling of 'licence', is almost invisible unless you know it's there (in other copies an obvious tape join has been applied). Posted promptly by UK seller. N° de réf. du libraire IT-SLFN-ITDZ

Description du livre: Heinemann, London, 1985. Hard Cover. État : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 452 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. A History Of The British Intelligence And Security Service, Told As Fiction. N° de réf. du libraire 089514

Description du livre: Hodder & Stoughton, London, United Kingdom, 1996. Hard Cover. État : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. First edition of one of the scarcest titles in the James Bond series written by Gardner. A trace of the usual browning to page edges else a FINE book in FINE jacket ( price in pounds still present). N° de réf. du libraire JD3909

Description du livre: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Remainder mark, price penned in on front end page. First Edition stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. N° de réf. du libraire 56293

Description du livre: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975. Hardcover. État : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Acceptable. First Edition. 289 page first edition ex-lib hardback with black d/j over red cloth boards. The d/j is in tanned protective plastic with some minor scuffing to top of spine. Library stamp and remnants of card to front endpaper, another stamp to title page. Pages are mildly foxed along the leading edge but otherwise clean. Overall good condition. N° de réf. du libraire SW3RS27

Description du livre: Putnam Pub Group (T). Hardcover. État : Fine. 0399128115 1985 NY: Putnam First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dustjacket. N° de réf. du libraire GARICEB12

Description du livre: E.P. Dutton, New York, 1978. Boards Quarter-Bound in Cloth. État : NF. Etat de la jaquette : NF. Rubin, Mark / Cover Art (illustrateur). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of 7 stories by some of the leading lights of the Sci Fi genre, and the seventh entry in this annual series of anthologies. Content includes fiction by George R.R. Martin ("Bitterblooms"), John Varley ("In the Hall of the Martian Kings"), Edward Bryant ("Particle Theory"), Michael Bishop(The House of Compassionate Sharers"), and Spider and Jeanne Robinson ("Stardance"), among others. "First Edition" stated on Copyright Page under a full number line ending with the numeral "1," indicating first printing; $8.95 issue price on DJ.Condition is NF/NF. Dust Jacket, in new archival-quality Brodart Protector, has some light edge wear in a few places; red ink used on lettering on spine is sun-faded; a few small scratches and light scuff marks; some toning to flaps with slight foxing along top edges of flaps; front panel remains bright, with vivid cover art by Mark Rubin. Book is bound in yellow boards quarter-bound in yellow cloth with black lettering along spine; light crimping at top & bottom of spine; light shelf wear to covers; ends tanned, with foxing to top ends not affecting interior pages; plain end papers and paste-downs that have some areas of light browning; interior remains tightly bound with clean pages throughout. Appears to be an unread copy. H-2. Hard Cover. N° de réf. du libraire 002960

Description du livre: Jonathan Cape, London, 1981. Couverture rigide. État : Très bon. Etat de la jaquette : Très bon. Edition originale. First edition of this first (of thirteen) continuation of James Bond novels by John Gardner, octavo, 270 pages, fine in fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du libraire 21187

Description du livre: Otto Penzler Books, New York, 1995. Couverture rigide. État : Très bon. Etat de la jaquette : Très bon. Edition originale. First edition of this espionage novel, octavo, 395 pages, signed by the author on the title page, fine in fine dust jacket. Signé par l'auteur. N° de réf. du libraire 21185

Description du livre: Book Club Associates, London, 1979. Hard Cover. État : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket. 1st of This Edition. A nice firm straight book, internally spotless. N° de réf. du libraire 030210

Description du livre: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1996. No Binding. État : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Fifteen original first edition, first impression dust-jackets all salvaged from a box full of discarded/withdrawn library copies. The jackets are overall in very good condition as they were protected with thick removable plastic covers throughout their years of service although some have a bit of rubbing at the spine ends. Please see images. N° de réf. du libraire 000162