Resultados de búsqueda: .SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,slim 12mo Digest,1st edn.[Undated.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,vibrant colour pictorial artwork to front cover by EMSH (Ed Emschwiller),with red+black lettering,with dual-pricing (US 35c/UK 2/-.),rear cover with b/w+red British advert; with some negligible shelf-wear or creasing to corners - no major nicks or tears present - tiny snicks; one each to head+foot of spine/backstrip.British adverts to insides of both covers.Some inevitable,but minimal creasing to the spine/backstrip and it's gutter's edge on front cover - but no cracking - and generally sharp-cornered covers - excepting front top corner.Top+ fore-edges ubiquitously aged/tanned; contents bright, tight,clean with some page-edge toning,solid and sound without any cracking, i.e. pages completely glued to spine and in situ without any loose/detached pages.Book has obviously been carefully read and is without any intentional dog-ear reading creases but some minor accidental dog-ear creases,to a few pages' corners.UK,slim 12mo… Leer más

UK,slim 12mo Digest,1st edn.[Undated but circa 1954.] VG+. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean vibrant colour pictorial artwork to front cover by EMSH (Ed Emschwiller), with red+black lettering,with dual-pricing (US 35c/UK 1/6d.) with a bookseller's extra ink stamped price (6d) to front cover,same ink price stamp repeated to contents list/table page,rear cover with b/w+red British advert; with some negligible shelf-wear or creasing to corners - no major nicks or tears present.B/w British adverts to insides of both covers.Some inevitable,but minimal creasing to the spine/backstrip which is also slightly darkened - but no cracking - and generally sharp-cornered covers - top front corner excepted - a small corner crease.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean with some page-edge toning,solid and sound without any cracking, i.e. pages completely glued to spine and in situ without any loose/ detached pages.Book has obviously been carefully read and is without any intentional… Leer más

UK,slim 12mo Digest,1st edn.[Undated but circa 1954.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean vibrant colour pictorial artwork to front cover by EMSH (Ed Emschwiller), with red+black lettering,with dual-pricing (US 35c/UK 1/6d.),rear cover with b/w+red British advert; with some negligible shelf-wear or creasing to corners - no major nicks or tears present. British adverts to insides of both covers.Some inevitable,but minimal creasing to the spine/ backstrip which is also darkened - but no cracking - and generally sharp-cornered covers - rear,lower corner excepted - a small corner crease.Spine/backstrip lightly cocked with slight spine roll.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean with some page-edge toning,solid and sound without any cracking,i.e. pages completely glued to spine and in situ without any loose/detached pages.Book has obviously been carefully read and is without any intentional reading nor accidental dog-ear creases,to any pages' corners.UK,12mo Digest,1st… Leer más

UK,slim 12mo Digest,1st edn.[Undated but circa 1958.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean vibrant colour pictorial artwork to front cover by DEMBER,with red+black lettering,with dual-pricing (US 35c/UK 2/-),rear cover with b/w+red British advert; with some negligible shelf-wear or creasing to corners - no major nicks or tears present.Rear cover with dried mud(?) stain towards it's top edge.A couple of pin-prick like indents to front cover - but without penetration or affecting pages beneath.British adverts to insides of both covers.Some inevitable,but minimal creasing to the spine/backstrip and it's gutter's edge on front cover - but no cracking - and sharp-cornered covers.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean with some page-edge toning, solid and sound without any cracking,i.e. pages completely glued to spine and in situ without any loose/detached pages.Book has obviously been carefully read and is without any intentional reading nor accidental dog-ear creases,to… Leer más

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Author's debut fiction.] VG+/VG+. Owner's ink name towards top, fore-edge corner of half-title page - front free endpaper removed with residual portion at foot of same,but no price-clip (10s. 6d. net) to dw/dj. Strikingly bright,clean,4-colour block (b/w,red+light/pale khaki) pictorial artwork by John Piper,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white-lettered title and black edged/bordered, capitalised,white-lettered author name to lower edge; spine/backstrip ubiquitously dulled/part faded with pink-lettered title,capitalised but dulled white-lettered author name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with 7 critics' black-lettered reviews for author NIGEL DENNIS - 'BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY.' Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – miniscule nicks to corner tips,rear gutter's foot with miniscule loss and no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges slightly aged/ toned with less than a handful… Leer más

UK,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,issued in wraps.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated card covers; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,no reading creases to spine/backstrip - possibly an unread copy? UK,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn.6-148pp [paginated] includes an introduction,chapters/ sections (alphabetical indices to Planets & Places, Aliens,Character Index,Spaceships,Artifacts,Plants,Plagues,Phrases etc.),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list and 3pp publisher's advert for other published titles including 2 b/w photographic illus of same to rear. In the course of its 30-year history (then 1994),'Trek' has continued to expand and develop its unique universe, offering its fans a wide variety of alien creatures, bizarre worlds, and future… Leer más

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Steve Stone,illustrated dw/dj, with capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title, capitalised,embossed white-lettered title and other flat printed, capitalised white lettering credit for his previous series 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen',and yellow-lettered strap line to front panel; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,but flat printed,and publisher's capitalised white lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critic's white-lettered review. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's… Leer más

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn. [First published New York,ACE, 1970 (paperback).First UK edn LONDON,Robert Hale & Co,1971 (Hardback),first UK paperback edn,LONDON, ARROW BOOKS LTD.,1972 - this listing.Book is out-of-print.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy, wrap-around black background with colour photographic illustrated image to covers,front cover with white lettered title+author name; a flat black spine/backstrip possibly(?) lightly and minimally sunned/faded and with some glue shrinkage causing minimal wrinkling to same - but definitely NO reading creases present; similalrly coloured+ lettered title+author as front's and publisher's white numeration C604 to head and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with a near similar, colour photographic illustrated image as the front's cover, but just slightly different and a white-lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears… Leer más