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Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut · 2009

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Penguin 2009 Paperback 228 Dr Felix Hoenikker, has left a deadly legacy to humanity. He is the inventor of ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. Writer Jonah's search for its whereabouts leads him to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to an isla...

The Use of Lateral Thinking

Edward De Bono · 1971

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin Books Ltd 1971 Paperback 144 Tanned. Good

South - The Endurance Expedition

Sir Ernest Shackleton · 2008

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Penguin 2008 Paperback 448 Sir Ernest Shackleton's South is one of the greatest survival stories of all time. In 1914, Shackleton led a party of men hoping to be the first to traverse the Antarctic, but when their ship became crushed by ice 350 miles from land, the expedition ...

In a House of Lies

Ian Rankin · 2018

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Orion (UK) 2018 Paperback 372 Coffee stain on first few pages, corners creased. Fair

Domestic Medical Practice: A Household Adviser On The Treatment Of Diseases, Arranged For Family Use

1940

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Domestic Medical Society 1940 Hardback 1463 Heavy; Large; No DJ; Owner's Name inside. Silverfish damage to margin of pages 913-924, text not affected otherwise book in good condition. Fair

The Death Of King Arthur

1971

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Penguin 1971 Paperback Recounting the final days of Arthur, this thirteenth-century French version of the Camelot legend, written by an unknown author, is set in a world of fading chivalric glory. It depicts the Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy G...

Kei Konei Te Ira!

2024

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Te Wananga o Aotearoa 2024 Stapled Are you confused as to what will happen from certain actions? A picture book illustrating verbs in everyday te reo Māori contexts. Near Mint

Foundation And Empire

Isaac Asimov · 1977

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Panther 1977 Paperback 240 The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fict...

Introduction To Geophysical Prospecting

Milton B. Dobrin · 1960

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McGraw-Hill 1960 Hardback 446 Second Edition. Heavy; No DJ; Ex Library. Brown boards rubbed and bruised; text in very good condition. Good

Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov · 1983

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Granada 1983 Hardback 326 It is 498 years since the two Foundations came into existence - half-way through the Interregnum planned by Hari Seldon. The Second Foundation has once more successfully concealed its existence so that the laws of psychohistory can operate to usher in...

Robots And Empire

Isaac Asimov · 1986

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Del Rey 1986 Paperback 468 Chronicles the final attempt of Spacer ringleader Kendrel Amadiro to destroy Earth. Cover rubbed and creased, small tear bottom of spine; spine cocked; mild foxing. Fair

Expedition To Earth

Arthur C. Clarke · 1999

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Orbit 1999 Paperback 180 Arthur C. Clarke has been the presiding genius of science fiction for almost fifty years. His novels include the groundbreaking and profound Childhood's End and Rendezvous with Rama, and his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick produced one of the most e...

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov · 1991

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Bantam Books 1991 Paperback 269 The bestselling Robot series continues in this sequel to The Caves of Steel , with detective Elijah Baley taking on the dangerous role of double agent when he’s sent to Solaria to solve a brutal murder—and uncover a weakness in Earth’s most powe...

The Alternate Asimovs

Isaac Asimov · 1987

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Grafton Books 1987 Paperback 349 The original unpublished versions of Pepple In The Sky, The End Of Eternity and Belief. Cover eunned and creased, mild edge foxing. Fair

The Compleat Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation

Izaak Walton · 1973

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Folio 1973 Hardback 272 DJ. Dj consists of a plastic cover with paper flaps attached. DJ rubbed with several small indentations; stain to edge fo text block; owner's name on end paper. Good

Mythological Painting

Michael Jacobs · 1979

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Phaidon 1979 Softcover 80 Large; Owner's Name inside. Good

Harry Potter Film Wizardry

Brian Sibley · 2010

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

HarperCollins 2010 Hardback 160 Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really "minted," how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration be...

Roderick Random

Tobias Smollett · 1959

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Oxford University Press 1959 Hardback 541 An orphaned boy in eighteenth-century England serves as a surgeon's mate in the navy and later attempts to establish himself as a wealthy gentleman and win the love of the beautiful Narcissa. DJ; Price clipped. Some pencil annotations ...

Men Like Gods

H. G. Wells · 1976

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Sphere 1976 Paperback 232 Barnstaple, a burnt out journalist, decides to go on holiday and leave the rat race behind. He leaves his family at home and hits the road. His car along with several others are miraculous transported 3,000 years into an alternate future. The world he...

The Unusual Life Of Tristan Smith: A Novel

Peter Carey · 1994

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University of Queensland Press 1994 Hardback 422 Severely afflicted, doomed never to be taller than three foot six, Tristan Smith faces death and danger from the first moment of his energetic and ambitious life. Set in the nations of Voorstand and Efica. DJ. Foxing to text blo...