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THE TOWER OF BABEL

This is a UK paperback edition with a stated 3rd impression from 1985 (it was previously published in this edition by Fontana in 1981).

Age tanning to pages.  The covers are showing some signs of storage wear to the extremities; with some rubbing to the bottom edge of front cover and some minor chips.  The book has no reading creases and appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “The su....

THE FRIGHTS

A UK paperback originally published in this edition in 1983; this is a reprint from 1984.  Author’s first novel.

Age tanning to pages making them very brown but still eminently readable.  The covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities and are a little yellow rather than white.  Very minor damage to top edge of rear cover.

SYNOPSIS:  “In the hig....

THE HILL OF SLEEP

A first UK edition hardback.   Author’s debut novel.  The photos make the book appear brighter than it is.

Age tanning to pages.  Foxing to page edges and to rear end paper.  Very minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  The dust jacket is virtually complete (small piece missing at base of spine) but is definitely showing its age, with some minor internal repairs and is ge....

THE TWILIGHT ZONE: INTO THE LIGHT / SUNRISE

First UK edition paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

Age tanning to pages.  The covers are showing some slight signs of storage wear to the extremities.  Minor crease across bottom right hand corner of front cover.

SYNOPSIS:  “You are entering The Twilight Zone…

A novelisation of two stories from the tv series:....

WATERS OF DESTINY 1 : ASSASSINS’ LEGACY (Signed Numbered Limited)

A signed numbered limited edition hardback (50 copies only) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Unread. Price still on dust jacket. Steel Quill Books in an imprint of NewCon Press.

This is book #49 of 50 and is SIGNED by Ian Watson and Andy West on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Canadian historian Abigail Leclaire’s discovery of an enigm....

LIVES OF NOTORIOUS COOKS + (Signed and Numbered Bookplate)

This is a first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a stated First Edition and is one of the 100 copies which come with an autographed book plate.  Unread.  Some light tanning to pages.

Each of the 100 copies is accompanied by an illustrated, numbered bookplate on high quality paper SIGNED by author Brendan Connell.  This book is accompanied by bookplate NUMBER 9.

THE MONSTER, THE MERMAID, AND DOCTOR MENGELE (Signed Numbered Ltd)

A first signed numbered limited edition hardback (100 copies only) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

Book #32 of 100.  SIGNED by Ian Watson on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Following the fall of the Third Reich, Doktor Josef Mengele, Hitler’s notorious ‘Angel of Death’, fled to South America.

For three de....

OUR FRIENDS FROM FROLIX 8

This is a first printing of the Panther edition from 1976.

Age tanning to pages – especially to page edges.  The covers are showing only slight signs of wear to the extremities.  There are some small chips to head and tail of book spine.

SYNOPSIS:  “Thors Provoni had gone to the stars to seek help for his fellow man.  So far there was no evidence that any other int....

MARTIAN TIME-SLIP

This is a first printing of the Gollancz edition in their VGSF Classics series.  Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout.

Age tanning to pages (especially the top edges of the pages).  The covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.   Small ripple at the bottom of the spine.

SYNOPSIS:  “Mars in 1994.  A desolate place, forgotten....

EYE IN THE SKY

This is a first printing of the mass market paperback edition published by Legend in 1991.

Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  Tanning to inside of covers also.  Some foxing to edges of pages.  At some point the book covers have been encased in a plastic cover and this has left an indentation on the first couple of pages and the last page.  Th....

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE

This is a UK mass market paperback reprint edition from 1976 of the Penguin edition from 1965.  (The title was first published in the USA in 1962).

Heavy age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The covers are showing signs of wear to the extremities; they are rubbed at the edges.  There is what could be the residue of a sticker on the spine which a....

THE TRAVELER IN BLACK

This is a US mass market paperback – Ace Science Fiction Special 82210.

Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The book covers have been encased in plastic at some time in their life and this has left tape marks on the first and last pages of the book.  The covers are showing signs of wear to the extremities; rubbing to edges and a crease acr....

THE DAY OF FOREVER

This is a UK mass market paperback from 1971.  The title was first published in this edition in 1967.

The book has had a hard life and is RATHER FRAGILE.  Some of the pages are very close to detaching from the text block.  HEAVY age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable, including to inside of covers.  The covers are showing some signs of wear to the ....

TIME PATROL

This is a first US edition paperback with a stated First Edition February 2006.

Some light tanning to pages.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  Very light creasing at the top edge of the front cover and also at the bottom right hand side.  Appears unread.

Stated on rear cover – Complete in one volume – The Time Patrol.

SYNOPSIS:  ....

THE MAGIC COTTAGE

This is a UK paperback edition.  First published in this edition in 1999, this is a later, undated 5th printing.  Unread.  Covers are showing some slight signs of storage wear to the extremities; small chips to head and tail of book spine.  Some light tanning to pages.

SYNOPSIS:  “We thought we’d found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest.  Charming, may....

TEA AND GARGOYLES (Limited Edition)

This is a first UK limited edition hardback.  Limited to 350 copies only.  Attractive boards.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “A collection of essays that explores fiction that seems to hover on the edge of the uncanny, including work by Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Bowen, Gladys Mitchell and Walter de la Mare. He also discusses the more unusual and obscure metaphysical thrillers of the mid t....