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By: Blackburn, John
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1975.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller ID: 10858
ISBN: 0224011006
Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
Thriller with horror elements.''UK writer and antiquarian book dealer, author of many novels whose ambience of horror derives from a calculated use of material from several genres, including sf. However, though his use of sf situations is often ingenious, and though even his most straightforward novels are prone to internal generic mutations from one form to another, it would be unduly stretching matters to describe the author as a genuine sf writer'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF): ''adrift and starving in a life-raft off the coast of Africa, Bill Easter and his corpulent side-kick ... View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Secker & Warburg: London.: 1958.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller ID: 38981
Condition: Page edges browning and a little spotted, a near fine copy in a G/VG dustjacket with shallow chipping along the spine edges and several corner tips.
Spy thriller: the author's second book.''(1923-1993) UK writer and antiquarian book dealer, author of many novels whose ambience of Horror derives from a calculated use of material from several genres, including sf, often simultaneously; he was a sophisticated, commercial exploiter of Equipoise in fantastic fiction. Early books, such as his first, A Scent Of New-Mown Hay (1958; vt The Reluctant Spy 1966), A SOUR APPLE TREE (1958), Broken Boy (1959) and A Ring of Roses (1965; vt A Wreath of Roses 1965), tend to manipulate the patterns of espionage and thriller fiction to buttress and ul... View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Secker & Warburg: London.: 1958.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller ID: 38980
Condition: Inked name on front free endpaper, page edges a little browned, else a fine copy in a fairly good dustjacket with shallow chipping along the top spine edge and chipped (2cm x 2cm) bottom spine edge, dust-soiling to rear (white) panel and wear at corner tips.
Spy thriller with sf trappings: the author's first book. Published in the US in 1966 as a Lancer paperback as THE RELUCTANT SPY. Scarce UK hardcover (the US edition issued the same year is much more common).''(1923-1993) UK writer and antiquarian book dealer, author of many novels whose ambience of Horror derives from a calculated use of material from several genres, including sf, often simultaneously; he was a sophisticated, commercial exploiter of Equipoise in fantastic fiction. Early books, such as his first, A SCENT OF NEW MOWN-HAY (1958; vt The Reluctant Spy 1966), A Sour Apple ... View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1979.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller ID: 18019
ISBN: 0224016091
Condition: Fine copy in VG dustjacket.
Thriller with horror elements.''UK writer and antiquarian book dealer, author of many novels whose ambience of horror derives from a calculated use of material from several genres, including sf. However, though his use of sf situations is often ingenious, and though even his most straightforward novels are prone to internal generic mutations from one form to another, it would be unduly stretching matters to describe the author as a genuine sf writer'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF): ''in his macabre new thriller, John Blackburn unravels the dark intricacies of a new form of evil as i... View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £250.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1968.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 20027
Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket with light dust-soiling to rear (white) panel.
Horror novel with sf elements. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB AT TIME OF PUBLICATION/''Thank you Hugh, for opening a new field, John Blackburn''. With Hugh Lamb's signature and date (8.2.68) at top corner of the same page. A scarce UK hardcover. View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1965.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Seller ID: 45527
Condition: Fine copy in a G/VG dustjacket with some spine fade and browning along both flap folds.
Thriller with sf elements. Hugh Lamb's copy with his signature at top corner of front free endpaper. View more info
By: Blackburn, John
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: London.: 1975.
Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 45534
ISBN: 0224011006
Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
Thriller with horror elements. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO UK HORROR EDITOR HUGH LAMB/''Hugh Lamb, with all the best and gratitude for kicking off a new ball. John Blackburn''. With Hugh Lamb's signature beneath.''UK writer and antiquarian book dealer, author of many novels whose ambience of horror derives from a calculated use of material from several genres, including sf. However, though his use of sf situations is often ingenious, and though even his most straightforward novels are prone to internal generic mutations from one form to another, it would be unduly st... View more info
