Author:Compton, D. G

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Scudder's Game.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Kerosina: Worcester Park.: 1988.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 00846

ISBN: 0948893222

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel of an imperfect near-future ''utopia'' with illustrations by Keith Roberts. 1026 copies printed of which this is one of 750 unsigned trade copies.
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The Palace.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: London.: 1969.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 10504

ISBN: 0340109688

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Light spotting along page edges, neat inked number at top corner of front free endpaper, a near fine copy in a VG edge-worn dustjacket.

SF/Fantasy novel. Very uncommon UK hardcover.
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Scudder's Game (slipcased/signed + extra booklet).

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Kerosina: Worcester Park.: 1988.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 21455

ISBN: 0948893214

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket and slipcase (as new)

SF novel of an imperfect near-future ''utopia'' with illustrations by Keith Roberts. LIMITED EDITION: 250 numbered copies signed by the author and slipcased together with an additional hardcover booklet RADIO PLAYS (300 numbered copies) that collects two 30-minute radio scripts.
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Nomansland (+ uncorrected book proof).

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1993.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 21513

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel. Together with an uncorrected book proof (as new).

''in the 21st century an AIDS-like virus has made it impossible for women to conceive male children. Although sperm banks have enough supplies to last for centuries, the strains on society are enormous''.
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The Missionaries.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: London.: 1975.

Edition: First hardcover edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25356

ISBN: 0709145675

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Just a little browning along top page edges, else a fine copy in a fine dustjacket but for a touch of wear to front bottom corner tip

SF novel. First published as a paperback original (Ace 1972). Very uncommon British hardcover.

''Describes the efforts of some evangelizing aliens with a good deal of social comedy (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition).
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The Missionaries.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: London.: 1975.

Edition: First hardcover edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 28724

ISBN: 0709145675

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Light spotting along top page edges, else a fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket, with light edge wear and light spotting along the front and rear edges of the inner flaps..

Farewell, Earth's Bliss.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: London.: 1966.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 32413

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for light dust-soiling to front and rear panel.

SF novel.

''shows the plight of social misfits transported to Mars'' (John Clute & Mark Adlard/Encyclopedia of SF)
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Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, The Sandpaper Sides of Used Matchboxes, And Something That Might Have Been Castor Oil.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Michael Joseph: London.: 1971.

Edition: First edition (& 1st hardcover).

Seller ID: 40682

ISBN: 071810899X

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket.

SF novel: issued a year earlier in the US as an Ace paperback original (part of the Terry Carr-edited Ace Spacial series) under the title CHRONOCULES.
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Radio Plays (inscribed and dated by the author).

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Kerosina: Worcester Park.: 1988.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 06403

ISBN: 0948893249

Binding: Card wrappers.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Collects two (unpublished) radio plays, plus a two-page introduction by the author. 650 numbered copies printed (of which 300 were hardcover, available only with the signed slipcased edition of SCUDDER'S GAME by the same author and from the same publisher). This is no 420 of the paperbound issue. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED AT TIME OF PUBLICATION/''To Andy - 2nd April, 1988! David G. Compton''. My own copy, recently surfaced during lockdown.
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The Quality Of Mercy.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1970.

Edition: First edition thus (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 48550

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Ace 69540. The author's first sf novel: published by Hodder in hardcover in 1965, this Ace paperback has revised text.

''His first sf novel was THE QUALITY OF MERCY (1965; rev 1970), in which conspirators conceive it will be appropriate to commit genocide, using a biological weapon, to combat overpopulation'' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition).
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The Steel Crocodile.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1970.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 04057

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Ace SF Special 78575. SF novel, published later the same year in the UK in hardcover as THE ELECTRIC CROCODILE. Part of Terry Carr's Ace Science Fiction Special (First) series. Cover art by Diane & Leo Dillon.

''THE STEEL CROCODILE (1970; vt The Electric Crocodile 1970) may be Compton's most intricately sustained and successful single tale. It is set in the Near Future, where an unnamed authority has become fearful of the threat of uncontrolled technological advance, and creates a Computer monitor to ward off potential excesses. The lives and careers of those involved in its creatio...
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The Electric Crocodile.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Arrow Books: London.: 1973.

Edition: First British paperback edition.

Seller ID: 49155

ISBN: 0099072904

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, else a fine (unread) copy.

SF novel, first published in 1970 as an Ace Special paperback original as THE STEEL CROCODILE, followed by Hodder hardcover later the same year retitled THE ELECTRIC CROCODILE. Chris Yates cover art,

''The Steel Crocodile (1970; vt THE ELECTRIC CROCODILE 1970) may be Compton's most intricately sustained and successful single tale. It is set in the Near Future, where an unnamed authority has become fearful of the threat of uncontrolled technological advance, and creates a Computer monitor to ward off potential excesses. The lives and careers of those involved in its creation are compell...
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The Missionaries.

By: Compton, D. G.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Signet Books: NY.: 1972.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 49360

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Ace 53570. SF novel, later (1975) published in hardcover by Robert Hale.

''Describes the efforts of some evangelizing aliens with a good deal of social comedy (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition).
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Ragnarok.

By: Compton, D. G. (& John Gribbin)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1991.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 12443

ISBN: 0575051108

Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

SF novel.

''is a Near-future cautionary tale in a traditional vein: a scientist threatens to end human civilization unless peace is declared; almost inadvertently, Ragnarok does indeed occur (Matt Bishop & John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition).
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Author:Compton, D. G

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