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Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 287 pages. Spine and cover corner creased otherwise fine with firm binding and clean pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Paperback Printing. 288 pp. Signed by Rebecca Bradley on the title page; inscribed by Rebecca Bradley to well-known book collector, John Anderson, on the half-title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Cover art by Terry Pastor. For more than seventy years the magical statue of the Lady in Gil has lain hidden as the island kingdom groans under the barbed heel of the accursed Sherank, barbarian invaders who have raped the country of its wealth to finance their subjugation of the rest of the civilised world. Terry Pastor; (illustratore). Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1997 Edition. © 1996: 2nd in the 'Mag Force 7' series of books. 1st printing of 1997 edition:- Synopsis: Life was looking good for Xris Cyborg after he had saved the galactic government from the depredations of the Knights of the Black Earth. So good that he was about to give the rest of his Mag Force 7 team of crack mercenaries a bit of a break - once they'd taken on a quick, easy contract. After all, what trouble could come from 'liberating' one ancient robot from an archaeological dig for the Megapolis Space and Aeronautics Museum? Unfortunately, where Xris and his gang are concerned, nothing is ever that simple. Before long, he finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of bluff - and this time he may not be able to salvage the lives of his team:- Review(s): "Don't underestimate Weis's formidable power" - Kirkus:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Les Edwards (illustratore).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1997 Edition. © 1989: 2nd in the 'Four Hundred Billion Stars' series of books. 1st printing of 1990 edition. Originally printed in the US under the title 'Of The Fall':- Synopsis: Like Earth before the Age of Waste, the planet Elysium has boundless oceans, clean skies, lush forests and fertile plains; its primitive aborigines seem harmless. Yet all is not well in Paradise. Citizens descended from the first colonists benefit from the new technologies brought from Earth, but ruthlessly suppress the expansionist plans of the new settlers. Richard Florey knows at first hand the prejudice against his people; so does Miguel Lucas, a settler 'gone dingo', living wild and free despite the laws of the city. As the iron grip of the city tightens, so the two men find themselves at the heart of a revolution, upon which hangs the future of both humans and aliens:- Review(s): "The hint of the mysterious and the excellent writing make this a novel of the first rank" - Science Fiction Chronicle / "McAuley has a point to make, a moral to state, and he sets that point up with immense care. The final effect is a satisfied reader" - Analog:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Uncredited (illustratore).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1997 Edition. © 1994: A stand-alone novel by Michael Scott Rohan. 1st printing of 1997 edition:- Synopsis: From the wilds of the Borders to the enchanting and terrifying lands of Faerie. When young Walter encounters his kinsman Michael Scot his life is changed for ever. Even in the turbulent Borderlands of thirteenth-century Scotland, Michael had a fearsome reputation as a magician and master of forbidden arts, trafficking with the demons of middle air. Now he has returned from years of exile with the Pope's pardon and the favour of the Emperor, a peaceful man of God - and yet strange events still follow him. When his father is ambushed and killed, and his lands and his very life threatened by a necromancer, Michael appears to offer Walter the aid he desperately needs. Soon he is transported to another world, ensnaring, enchanting, seductive. There he finds a new life, new heroism and a new, all-consuming love. But there is a terrible price he must pay:- Review(s): "Rohan combines history, legend, magic and humanity with genuinely superb results. Genuinely superb. A classic as both fantasy and adventure" - Locus:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Ian Miller (illustratore).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1996 Edition. © 1995: 1st in the 'Mag Force 7' series of books. 1st printing of 1996 edition:- Synopsis: The cyborg Xris once held a prized position as a top human agent of the Federal Intelligence Security Agency. But that was before his mission to infiltrate a Hung munitions plant had gone disastrously wrong, leaving one partner dead, one missing and Xris no longer quite human. For eight years, an all-consuming need for vengeance has kept Xris alive - that, and one name: Dalin Rowan, his erstwhile partner. But just when Xris and his Mag Force 7 team of crack mercenaries get a lead on the elusive Rowan, a new obstacle appears: the fanatical Knights of the Black Earth, who are plotting to Sabotage the galactic government and revive Earth Supremacy - and Xris is in the way:- Review(s): "Unexpectedly subtle yet filled with fast-paced action, this above average space opera will please Weis's many fans" - Publishers Weekly:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Les Edwards (illustratore).…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Good: Moderate signs of wear. 1998 Edition. © 1985: 1st in the 'Thistledown' series of books. 1st printing of 1998 paperback edition:- Synopsis: Above our planet hangs a hollow Stone, vast as the imagination of Man. The inner dimensions are at odds with the outer: there are different chambers to be breached, some containing deserted cities; the furthest chamber contains the greatest mystery ever to confront the Stone's scientists. But tombstone or milestone, the Stone is not an alien structure. It comes from the future of our humanity. And the war that breaks out on Earth seems to bear witness to its prowess as oracle:- Review(s): "'Eon' is a work of remarkable vision and total control. Arthur C Clarke has his most formidable rival yet in the field of epic SF" - The Times / "A triumph of soaring imagination and huge detail. The science-fiction novel of the year" - Daily Mail / "'Eon' catapults Bear into the front ranks of late-twentieth century SF" - Observer:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Splash (illustratore). …

416 Seiten, broschiert, Seiten leicht angegilbt, sehr guter Zustand, in englischer Sprache.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. Very Good. Tight binding, clean pages. 233 pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition paperback original first printing of a near fine softcover with faint spine creases minor wear to the extremities a small crease on the front cover at the top and a small crease on the rear cover at the bottom corner and pages toning. The 2nd of two books featuring Claudine Carter, a forensic psychologist and criminal profiler working for Europol. This one is set in Belgium where a U.S. ambassador's daughter is abducted. A scarce item in any condition.…

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1997 Edition. © 1976: A collection of 4 short stories by Ursula K Le Guin that are a part of the 'Yeowe & Werel' series of books. 1st printing of 1997 edition:- Contents: Betrayals / Forgiveness Day / A Man Of The People / A Woman's Liberation:- Synopsis: Two planets, Werel, a slave-owning oligarchy, and Yeowe, its colony, are destined for revolution after contact with the sophisticated space-going civilization of the Ekumen. But one form of oppression and slavery can all too easily give way to another; and so a new, implacable fight for equality is born. In these four linked novellas, freedom - for women, for slaves, for human beings - takes many forms. It can be learning or love, compassion or courage, created with a touch or killed with a blow:- Review(s): "Le Guin seems incapable of writing an inelegant story, and every one of the four stories is a model of craft and intelligent sensibility" - Locus / "There is no more elegant or discerning expositor than Le Guin" - Kirkus:- (original cost £5.99). Cover Art: Steve Crisp (illustratore).…

Condizione: gut. 1989. The Crafts of Indonesia Joop Ave, Judi Achsadi (Herausgeber) In englischer Sprache. pages.