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Digest-size Magazine. Condizione: Good+. Condé Nast Publications, May 1973. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover by Jack Gaughan for "Sword and Scepter" [Falkenberg's Legion] (serial, part 1 of 2) by Jerry Pournelle. Includes "Naked to the Invisible Eye" (novelette) by George Alec Effinger; "Survivability" (novelette; 1st story) by William Tuning; "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" (short story, Nebula Award nominee) by Gene Wolfe; "With Morning Comes Mistfall" (short story) (Hugo Award runner-up, Locus Award nominee, Nebula Award nominee) by George R. R. Martin; "An Agent in Place" (short story) by Laurence M. Janifer; "The Great American Economy" (short story) by L. E. Modesitt; "Minicomputers" (science fact) by Staphen A. Kallis, Jr.; "Who's in Charge Here?" (editorial) by Ben Bova. Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, Leo Summers, and Gray Morrow. "With Morning Comes Mistfall" was the first story by George R. R. Martin to be nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. It was one of two stories, along with "The Second Kind of Loneliness" that Martin believed would make or break his career as a writer. In "With Morning Comes Mistfall" Martin presents a thematic conundrum: Is a mystery sometimes more useful than the truth? The story takes place on Wraithworld, a barely habitable planet with unusual weather conditions. Each morning in a wonderful phenomenon, the mist comes down from the mountains, revealing the beauty of the planet. This phenomenon is called Mistfall. The planet is home to only a few people, primarily because it is believed that its mist-covered valleys are occupied by "wraiths", creatures that are claimed to have killed a number of humans. The mystery of the wraiths is also the main thing that attract visitors to the place. The only establishment on the planet is Castle Cloud, a hotel mounted on top of one of the mountains. The hotel is visited by wraith hunters, people looking for a thrill. The story tells of an expedition which sets out to find proof of the wraiths' existence, or establish that they are nothing more than a myth. The owner of Castle Cloud fears either answer, as he does not want the mystery of the wraiths to be uncovered. The main theme of the story is a clash between two views of the world, one very logical, pragmatic, physical, and the other one romantic and spiritual. It shows that not all mysteries need to be uncovered, not all secrets revealed, that unknown is not always bad, that it keeps people searching, asking questions, coming back. What is known for certain, is often taken for granted and then loses attraction. Jack Gaughan; John Schoenherr; Kelly Freas; Leo Summers; Gray Morrow (illustratore).…

xvi, 220 pages. Paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.5cm. Paper covers rubbed with scuffing at edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Primary essays are: "Slavery in the American Experience" by Drew Gilpin Faust; "Plantation Landscapes of the Antebellum South" by John Michael Vlach; "The World of the Plantation Slaves" by Charles Joyner; "Female Salves in the Plantation South" by Deborah Gray White: "Black Life in the Old South Cities" by David R. Goldfield; "The Archaeology of Slave Life" by Theresa A. Singleton. ISBN 0813913322.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. ORIGINAL 1990 PUBLICATION; ex-library; missing rear pocket (but large folded map is present; loosely-inserted; complete); spine reinforced with tape; o/w in good condition. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. ORIGINAL 1987 PUBLICATION; softcover; ex-library; missing rear pocket (but the large folded plate is present (COMPLETE for this publication); spine reinforced with tape; otherwise contents are in very good condition. Book.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories this issue are the 3rd concluding part of Russell's Dreadful Sanctuary, Harness's FIRST story Time Trap, and The Monster by Van Vogt. Unnecessay spine taping has been removed but has left staining and residue, cover crease, small split to spine bottom, wear to spine extremities, a VG copy. Back cover advertisement is for Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guides (Theo. Audel & Co). Canedo (front cover) (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Free of markings.

Condizione: New. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biochemical Cycling in Marine Sediments, held in Hel, Poland, August 1997 Editor(s): Gray, John S.; Ambrose, William (Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA); Szaniawska, Anna (Institute of Oceanography, Gdansk University, Gdynia, Poland). Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QS; PSPM; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532. . 1999. Hardback. . . . . …

Condizione: New. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biochemical Cycling in Marine Sediments, held in Hel, Poland, August 1997 Editor(s): Gray, John S.; Ambrose, William (Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA); Szaniawska, Anna (Institute of Oceanography, Gdansk University, Gdynia, Poland). Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QS; PSPM; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532. . 1999. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Sewn Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Sewn wrappers,513-640 pp, Atlantic Advertiser 4 pp plus 8 pp of advertising. Contains the first appearance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Captain Kidd's Money", a story that appeared in "Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories" published two years later. Wear along page edges, previous owner name and a few ticks in pencil. Very good. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gr.4° - 2 Volumes Volume I 341pp Color & B/w illustrations. Volume II :reproductions of architectural drawings. Victor Horta (1861-1947) Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. He was a fervent admirer of the French architectural theorist Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, often considered the first Art Nouveau house, is based on the work of Viollet-le-Duc. Text in French and English. Original binding and dust-jacket and Original slipcase (brown linen). In Very good condition.…