Category: COLLECTABLE PAPERBACKS

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Roberts & Vinter, Ltd/Compact: London.: 1966.

Seller ID: 22540

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges browning, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Title change: published earlier in the US as THE SEARCH FOR ZEI (Avalon 1962). Compact F321.
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A Planet Called Krishna.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Roberts & Vinter, Ltd/Compact: London.: 1966.

Seller ID: 22541

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Bookstore stamp on first page, page edges a little browned, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Compact F311. Title change: first published with the title COSMIC MANHUNTas half of an Ace Double (D-61) in 1954: later published with textual revisions as THE QUEEN OF ZAMBA (1977).
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Conan And The Spider God.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1984.

Seller ID: 44660

ISBN: 0722187831

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Book 20 in the Conan Sphere series.
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Rogue Queen.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: Nd (1965).

Seller ID: 46728

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Ace F-333. First published by Doubleday in 1951.

''the Viagens Interplanetarias stories, a loosely linked series set in a future where Brazil has become the dominant world power, the stories themselves being sited mainly on three worlds which circle the star Tau Ceti and are named after the Hindu gods Vishnu, Ganesha and Krishna; the planet Krishna was a romantically barbarian world on which de Camp could set, as sf, the kind of planetary romances he had previously written as fantasy, the market for pure fantasy having disappeared with Unknown in 1943. Other planets circling other star...
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The Fallible Fiend.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1978.

Seller ID: 46730

ISBN: 0722129203

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Fantasy novel.
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The Queen Of Zamba (aka The Cosmic Manhunt).

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Davis Publications: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 25620

ISBN: 0895590069

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Collects the novel THE QUEEN OF ZAMBA with the novella ''Perpetual Motion''. THE QUEEN OF ZAMBA had originally appeared as a serial in Astounding SF in 1949, then in book form as COSMIC MANHUNT (Ace Double D-61) and later with textual revisions as A PLANET CALLED KRISHNA. This printing follows the original magazine text with minor changes by the author.
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The Reluctant Shaman And Other Fantastic Tales.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pyramid: NY.: 1970.

Seller ID: 31776

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Pyramid T2347. ''First printing, November 1970'' on the copyright page. The only edition of this title.
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Conan And The Spider God.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Bantam Books: NY.: 1980.

Seller ID: 47323

ISBN: 0553138375

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a touch of wear.

''A Bantam Book/December 1980'' on the copyright page.
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The Clocks of Iraz (signed by the author).

By: de Camp, L. Sprague (& Catherine Crook de Camp)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Pyramid: NY.: 1971.

Seller ID: 31772

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Near fine (NF) copy with creasing along bottom edge of rear cover.

Fantasy novel, sequel to THE GOBLIN TOWER: ''the deadly swipe of swords and sorcery''. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Citadels Of Mystery.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Fontana: London.: 1972.

Seller ID: 33460

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges just a little browned, a browning, an almost fine (unread) copy.

292: ''unsolved puzzles of archeology: Atlantis, Stonehenge, Tintangel and more''.
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The Enchanter Completed.

By: de Camp, L. Sprague (& Fletcher Pratt)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1980.

Seller ID: 46734

ISBN: 0722122292

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

A retitling (and abridged contents?) of the classic Compleat Enchanter fantasy series, with a four page introduction by Catherine Crook de Camp.
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Conan The Swordsman.

By: de Camp, L. Sprague (& Lin Carter & Bjorn Nyberg)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1978.

Seller ID: 44655

ISBN: 0722129416

Binding: Paperback original.

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

Book 13 in the Sphere Conan series.
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Conan The Liberator.

By: de Camp, L. Sprague (& Lin Carter)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1979.

Seller ID: 44657

ISBN: 0722129424

Binding: Paperback original.

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

Book 14 in the Conan Sphere series.
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Conan Of The Isles.

By: de Camp, L. Sprague (& Lin Carter)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1974.

Seller ID: 46726

ISBN: 0722147007

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, top corner tips creased, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Mulengro: A Romany Tale.

By: de Lint, Charles

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1985.

Seller ID: 28376

ISBN: 0441544843

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Strange Pursuit.

By: de Mexico, N. R. (pseudonym of Larry Shore)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Farrell Publishing Co.: NY.: 1951.

Seller ID: 28950

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Bottom third of rear cover missing (cut out), else a VG+ copy.

Suspense novel. Originally released as MADMAN ON A DRUM (1944).
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Eugenie de Franval And Other Stories.

By: de Sade, Marquis

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1968.

Seller ID: 43981

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, slight spine lean, a VG+ copy.

First published in hardcover by Neville Spearman in 1965. A very uncommon UK paperback.
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Stellar #2: Science Fiction Stories.

By: del Rey, Judy-Lynn (ed.)

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: NY.: 1976.

Seller ID: 26935

ISBN: 0345245849

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology, second volume in the paperback series.
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Stellar Short Novels.

By: del Rey, Judy-Lynn (ed.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: NY.: 1976.

Seller ID: 32480

ISBN: 0345255011

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Collects three original novellas by Gordon R. Dickson, Andrew J. Offutt and Richard S. Weinstein.
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The Early Del Rey Volume 1 (and) The Early Del Rey Volume 2.

By: del Rey, Lester

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: NY.: 1976.

Seller ID: 33556

ISBN: 034525063X

Binding: Paperback originals.

Condition: Almost fine (NF) unread copies.

Two volumes: the 1975 hardcover edition was split into two for paperback publication.
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Mortals And Monsters: Twelve Science Fiction Stories.

By: del Rey, Lester

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Tandem: London.: 1967.

Seller ID: 47467

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for faint pencilled price on front cover.

Tandem T88. First published by Ballantine as a paperback original in 1965.
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Best Science Fiction Stories Of The Year: Fourth Annual Collection.

By: del Rey, Lester (ed.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 41466

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy with the signature of sf writer John Clute on the first page.

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fifth Annual Collection.

By: del Rey, Lester (ed.)

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1977.

Seller ID: 47314

ISBN: 044105479X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

The Towers Of Toron.

By: Delany, Samuel R.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1968.

Seller ID: 10236

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Inked name on first page, a VG+ copy.

First published as half of an Ace Double (F-261) in 1964: however this first UK edition is revised and expanded (the author's preferred text). See Currey p. 140.
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The Jewels Of Aptor.

By: Delany, Samuel R.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1971.

Seller ID: 47265

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, else a fine (unread) copy but for a touch of spine edge wear.

SF novel. ''First Sphere Books edition 1971'' on copyright page. Textual revisions: see L. W. Currey: SF and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction, p. 140.
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The Star Pit/Tango Charlie And Foxtrot Romeo.

By: Delany, Samuel R./John Varley

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Tor: NY.: 1989.

Seller ID: 47320

ISBN: 0812559568

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Tor Double #4, with the two short sf novels/novellas by each author back-to-back.
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When Graveyards Yawn.

By: Derleth, August

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Tandem: London.: 1965.

Seller ID: 47260

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges browning, edges of inner covers a little spotted, a near fine (NF) copy.

Tandem T30. Title change: collects all 17 stories in the 1963 Arkham House collection MR. GEORGE AND OTHER ODD PERSONS. A rare UK paperback.
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From Other Worlds.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Four Square: London.: 1964.

Seller ID: 43337

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Neat sticker on front cover, price crossed out, a VG+ copy.

Four Square 1107. Collects seven of the 14 stories contained in the US hardcover BEACHHEADS OF SPACE (1952), which was split into two paperback volumes for the Four Square 1964 British publication, each containing seven stories, the other volume retaining the original title. Note: the Weidenfeld UK 1954 hardcover only reprints seven of the 14 stories as well, but that is a different selection again.
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The Time Of Infinity.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: World Distributors/Consul Books: London.: 1963.

Seller ID: 46738

Binding: Paperback original.

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

Consul 1268. SF anthology. Collects nine of the 17 stories collected in THE OUTER REACHES (1951) which was split into two paperbacks for UK publication - the first eight stories keeping the same title, the remaining nine as THE TIME OF INFINITY. See: L. W. Currey: Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography Of First Printings Of Their Fiction p. 153.
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Time To Come [and a bibliographic mystery].

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Consul/World Distributors: London.: 1963.

Seller ID: 47377

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Top page edges a little browned, spine a little faded, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Original sf anthology, first published in hardcover in the USA in 1954. Abridged text: the 1954 hardcover had 12 stories, and the Berkley 1958 paperback original dropped two of those, listing ten. Now this UK paperback drops another three, with just seven stories. Not listed in Currey or Tuck. What makes this all REALLY curious is that it is stated on the copyright page - ''This Consul edition, complete and unabridged, published in England 1963''. But of course it is abridged. Furthermore, there is a two-page introduction by Derleth with ''Sauk City, Wisconsin/1 January 1954'' printed at...
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New Worlds For Old.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Four Square/Landsborough Publications Ltd: London.: 1963.

Seller ID: 47384

Binding: Paperback original.

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

Four Square 842. Abridged contents: reprints nine of the 19 stories from WORLDS OF TOMORROW (1953).
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From Other Worlds.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Four Square: London.: 1964.

Seller ID: 33706

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Jeremy Case.

By: DeWeese, Gene

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Laser Books: Ontario.: 1976.

Seller ID: 33599

ISBN: 037372036X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Laser 36. SF novel.

''Canadian sf imprint initiated in 1975 by Harlequin Books, the US publisher of Mills & Boon romances, under the editorship of Roger Elwood. The books were restricted to a formula which specified a male protagonist, an upbeat ending, no sex or atheism, and a minimum of long words. All Laser Book covers were the work of Frank Kelly Freas. The series was suspended early in 1977 after fifty-seven books had appeared. The Laser formula made it unlikely that books of any literary quality would be published, but some were interesting, including K W Jeter's debut, Seeklight...
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Our Friends From Frolix 8.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: 1970.

Seller ID: 37845

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Inked name and number on first page, slight spine lean, a near fine (NF) copy.

SF novel. Ace 64400.
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Our Friends From Frolix 8.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Panther/Granada: London.: 1976.

Seller ID: 41319

ISBN: 0586042954

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, a near fine (NF) copy.

SF novel, first published as an Ace paperback original in 1970.
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Counter-Clock World.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Sphere: London.: 1968.

Seller ID: 37852

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, else a fine (unread) copy but for a touch of wear to the bottom spine edge.

SF novel. First published as a paperback in the US a year earlier (1967).
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We Can Build You.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Daw Books: NY.: 1972.

Seller ID: 25506

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Daw UQ1014. SF novel. Daw no 14. First printing with no statement of printing on copyright page: later printings state 'First printing, July 1970' and carry the publisher's printing code underneath on the copyright page. See L. W. Currey: SF & Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings Of Their Fiction p. 159.
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Eye In The Sky.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Ace Books: NY.: Nd (1968).

Seller ID: 28763

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a touch of spine edge wear.

Ace H-39. SF novel, first published as half of an an Ace Double (D-211) in 1957: this 1968 Ace paperback reprints just EYE IN THE SKY (with new Kelly Freas cover art).
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Now Wait For Last Year.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Panther: London.: 1975.

Seller ID: 33161

ISBN: 0586042083

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copybut for a touch of browning along top page edges.

SF novel, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1966.
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The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: Harmondsworth, Middlesex.: 1973.

Seller ID: 41325

ISBN: 0140033998

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Page edges a little browned, a little bottom spine edge wear, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

SF novel.
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Galactic Pot-Healer.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Pan Books: London.: 1972.

Seller ID: 41329

ISBN: 0330233378

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy with a little browning along top page edges.

SF novel, first published as a Berkley paperback original in 1969.
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Our Friends From Frolix 8.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Panther/Granada: London.: 1976.

Seller ID: 47493

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

SF novel, first published as an Ace paperback original in 1970.
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The Simulacra.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Magnum/Eyre Methuen: London.: 1977.

Seller ID: 47529

ISBN: 041701970X

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

First published as half of an Ace Double in 1956 (Ace D-193). Eyre Methuen issued both a hardcover and paperback edition simultaneously in 1977, the hardcover issue being the first hardcover edition of this title.
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Galactic Pot-Healer.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Pan Books: London.: 1972.

Seller ID: 47531

Binding: Paperback original.

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a little browning along page edges.

SF novel, first published as a Berkley paperback original in 1969.
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Confessions Of A Crap Artist.