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Astounding Science Fiction: March, Mar. 1947

ASTOUNDING (JACK WILLIAMSON; POUL ANDERSON & F. N. WALDROP; WILLIAM TENN; PENDLETON BANKS; ISAAC ASIMOV; J. J. COUPING) · 1947 · Books from the crypt

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY, Street & Smith. 1947. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for "The Equalizer" (novelette) by Jack Williamson. Includes "Tomorrow's Children" (novelette) by Poul Anderson & F. N. Waldrop (1st story by Anderson); "Child's Pla…

The Penguin Book Of Card Games

David Parlett · 1979 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)

Penguin Books 1979 Paperback, 480pp. With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, The Penguin Book of Card Games has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high…

Peace. Edited with Introduction and Commentary by Maurice Platnauer. Together with H.J. NEWIGER: Retraktationen zu Aristophanes' 'Frieden'.

ARISTOPHANES, · 1964 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964. XXVIII,174p. Cloth wrps. Together with: Offprint Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, 108, Heft 3, 1965, pp.229-254). 'Faced with material much of which is unrewarding, Platnauer has produced an edition and a commentary which is model of concision, …

Cleon, Knights, and Aristophanes' Politics.

EDMUNDS, L., · 1978 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

Lanham, New York / London, 1978. VIII,96p. Paperback. Small personal library mark, name as well as author’s dedication on free endpaper. 'What political views, if any, was Aristophanes trying to put across to the Athenians? The question has been discussed over and over again (..…

Terms of Abuse in Roman Comedy.

LILJA, Saara, · 1965 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 1965. 117p. Sewn. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, Series B, Tom, 141,3. (Rare). 'The first two chapters consider the Latin vocabulary of abuse first from a linguistic poin…

Madame Fears the Dark

Irwin, Margaret · 1935 · Bookbarrow

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Chatto & Windus, London, 1935. First Edition, Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. white titles spine (faded); seven stories & a play by this well-known writer of historical fiction noted for the accuracy of her research; Irwin also wrote stories with a supernatural flavour some of which…

Islands in the Sky

Clarke, Arthur C · 1952 · Ariel Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Sidgwick & Jackson Not Dated (1952 FF) His 3rd SF novel, and first book in the Space Trilogy series. "Centers around a young man, who, after brilliantly winning a space-related competition, requests a vacation on a space station as his prize. It is written with Arthur C. Clark's…

Form - Zeitschrift für Gestaltung 169/1999. THEMA: Medical Design.

1999 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€6.00 ($6.61 | £5.00 | ¥1,056)

form Frankfurt a. M. 1999. ca. 120 S. Standardeinband. Texte in Deutsch und Englisch INHALT: Jonathan Barnbrook. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert über Sound-Design. Martina Pätzold und Ralf Schlüter: Medical Design - im OP. Holger Illing: Prothesen als Gestaltungsaufgabe. Oliver Herwig: …

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&Sf): August, Aug. 1987

F&SF (KIM STANLEY ROBINSON; ANDREW WEINER; DAVID BUSBY; ALAN DEAN FOSTER; DONALD R. BURLESON; BARRY N. MALZBERG; CHET WILLIAMSON; MICHAEL ARMSTRONG; ISAAC ASIMOV) · 1987 · Books from the crypt

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NY, Mercury Press. 1987. Book, Vol. 73, No. 2. Cover by Bryn Barnard for "Going to Meet the Alien" (novelet) by Andrew Weiner. Includes "The Return from Rainbow Bridge" (novelet) by Kim Stanley Robinson; "The Gallery of Masks" (novelet) by David Busby; "Norg Gleeble Gop" by Alan…

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow. With an introduction by the author.

RAY BRADBURY. · 1973 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hart-Davis / MacGibbon, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 161pp. Yellow boards lettered in black at the spine. Tiny stain to top edge with the faintest hint of spotting to endpapers. In virtually fine state with very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper…

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine: September, Sept. 1975

MIKE SHAYNE MYSTERY (BRETT HALLIDAY; DAVID MAZROFF; JERRY JACOBSON; WILLIAM JEFFREY; HERBERT HARRIS; PAULINE C. SMITH; FRANK BURY; EVELYN PAYNE) · 1975 · Books from the crypt

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NY, Renown Publications. 1975. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 37, no. 3. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Death Calls the Play" (short Mike Shayne novel) by Brett Halliday; "Crazy Joe Gallo" (New True Crime Feature) by David Mazroff; "The Elysian Ga…

Masters in Hell

MORRIS, JANET (CREATOR/ EDITOR)(CHRIS MORRIS; BILL KERBY; GEORGE FOY; NANCY ASIRE; LYNN ABBEY; MICHAEL ARMSTRONG; DAVID DRAKE; C. J. CHERRYH; JANET MORRIS) · 1987 · Books from the crypt

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

NY, Baen. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780671653798). Mass Market Paperback. Book, 1st printing, Dec. 1987. Cover art by David Mattingly. Paperback original. Includes "The Ransom of Hellcat" by Chris Morris; "Take Two" by Bill Kerby; "Hellbike" by George Foy; "Houseguests" by Na…

Boris Spassky: World's Greatest Chess Player: Selected Games

Schroeder, James R. (analysis and comments) · 1967 · Clausen Books, RMABA

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

James R. Schroeder Descriptive notation; Typewritten, mimeographed textblock very clean and tight; Minimally worn edges and corners; Boris Spassky became an International Master at the age of sixteen. At the age of nineteen he became the youngest player to qualify for and play …

The Other Kitty a Farce in One Act (Condensed from the Three-Act Farce: The Arrival of Kitty)

SWARTOUT, NORMAN LEE · 1927 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, NY: Longmans, Green & Company, 1927. Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a small format booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book covers have some light bumping and there is some curling / creasing to the bottom front corner and text p…

Acharnians. The Comedies of Aristophanes Vol.1.

ARISTOPHANES / SOMMERSTEIN, ALAN H. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Warminster: Aris & Phillips,1980. 1st edition. The Acharnians is about an Athenian citizen, Dikaiopolis, who miraculously obtains a private peace treaty with the Spartans and enjoys the benefits of peace in spite of opposition from some of his fellow Athenians. The play is notab…

The Devil's Disciple

SHAW, BERNARD · 1967 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, NY: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1967. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was very likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright con…

Collected Poems And Translations

Elaine Feinstein · 2002 · Book Haven

NZ$28.50 (€14.28 | $15.74 | £11.91 | ¥2,514)

Carcanet 2002 Paperback, 370pp. Drawn from 14 volumes of poems published over 30 years, this collection highlights the verse of Elaine Feinstein. Whether recollecting children at play or understanding her jealousy, Feinstein's work eloquently elucidates her own uncertainties, pa…

Keep Smiling Through

Lilian Harry · 2004 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Orion Publishing 2004 Paperback, 480pp. It is May 1941, and the people of April Grove, Portsmouth, are beginning to feel the war will never end. Families are being torn apart, not only by the separations and loss of war, but by more unexpected frictions, as wives and daughters p…

Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov and Tom Stoppard · 2009 · Book Haven

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Faber and Faber 2009 Paperback 79 As produced by London's Old Vic and later, New York's BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in 2009. Anton Chekhov was a master whose daring work revolutionized theatre. In The Cherry Orchard, his last full-length play, an impoverished landowning fami…

Wayfaring Stranger

James Lee Burke · 2015 · Book Haven

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Orion Publishing Group, Limited 2015 Paperback. When 16-year-old Weldon Avery Holland encounters the notorious Bonnie and Clyde in his Texas hometown, the course of his young life is altered forever. He dedicates himself to fighting evil wherever he finds it. But it's the 1930s …