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The Robot Book
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The Robot Book

by Malone, Robert; Push Pin Press

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
Published
1978
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780156784528
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£23.07

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New York, New York: Harvest/HBJ, 1978. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Pictorial history of the robot in both fact & fiction, including inspirational examples on building your own (albeit, with 1978 technology). In159 pages, well-illustrated with black-and-white & some color photos. A FIRST EDITION,First Printing, from 1978, this quarto (8.5" x 11") has… Read more about this item
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Tom Swift and His Television Detector or Trailing the Secret Plotters (Tom Swift series)
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Tom Swift and His Television Detector or Trailing the Secret Plotters (Tom Swift series)

by Appleton, Victor (Garis, Howard Roger)

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Published
1933
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£65.36

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Whitman Publishing Company, 1933. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. An exceptionally nice copy of a scarcer, later title (#36) in the original Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 40 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton (actually Howard Roger Garis) published 1910-1941. Each was described as "spirited tales… Read more about this item
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Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)
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Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures)

by Appleton, Victor, II; Kaye, Graham (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - VG-
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
Published
1954
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£30.76

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG-/Good. Kaye, Graham. Vol.#5 in the second Tom Swift series, which was comprised of 33 volumes written under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. One of the original blue tweed cloth-covered books with wrap-around pictorial DJs, this is a true FIRST EDITION, First… Read more about this item
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£30.76
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

by Rowling, J. K.; Tiffany, John; Thorne, Jack

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition 1st Printing
Published
2007
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781338099133
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£19.22

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 2007. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A "special rehearsal edition script" of the play by Jack Thorne based on a brand new Harry Potter story that takes place 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts, with Harry now a husband & father of three children. This… Read more about this item
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£19.22
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition 1st Printing
Published
2007
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780545010221
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£38.44

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 2007. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Grandpré, Mary. True FIRST AMERICAN Edition, First printing of Book No. 7 in the Harry Potter saga, in 759 pages with illustrations again from Mary Grandpré. Nearly a small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") with quarter yellow cloth over boards covered… Read more about this item
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition 5th or later Printing
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439136358
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£24.60

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Books, 1999. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. Grandpré, Mary. Eleventh printing of the FIRST AMERICAN Edition from 1999 of Book No. 3 in the Harry Potter saga, in 734 pages with illustrations again from Mary Grandpré. Nearly a small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") with quarter… Read more about this item
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£24.60
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First American Edition 5th or later Printing
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439139595
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£26.91

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Books, 2000. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Grandpré, Mary. Ninth printing of the FIRST AMERICAN Edition from 2000 of Book No. 4 in the Harry Potter saga, in 734 pages with illustrations again from Mary Grandpré. Nearly a small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") with… Read more about this item
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£26.91
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition 1st Printing
Published
2005
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439784542
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£49.98

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Books, 2005. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Grandpré, Mary. True FIRST AMERICAN Edition, First printing of Book No. 6 in the Harry Potter saga, in 652 pages with illustrations again from Mary Grandpré. Nearly a small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") with quarter black cloth over boards covered with… Read more about this item
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£49.98
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition 1st Printing
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439358064
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£65.36

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 2003. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Grandpré, Mary. True FIRST AMERICAN Edition, First printing of Book No. 5 in the Harry Potter saga, in 870 pages with illustrations again from Mary Grandpré. Nearly a small quarto (6.25" x 9.25") with quarter gray cloth over boards covered… Read more about this item
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Collector's Edition)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Collector's Edition)

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket, as Issued
Edition
First Thus
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439203524
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£99.96

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 2000. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Grandpré, Mary. Stunning collector's edition from 2000 (the first edition was orig. published in 1998) of the very first book in this beloved series, with a special pen-and-ink drawing that precedes the title page, "Ink Portrait of Harry… Read more about this item
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£99.96
Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set
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Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set

by Wizards of the Coast/Dungeons & Dragons

Condition
As New
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Published
2014
Binding
Boxed Set
ISBN
9780786965595
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£76.89

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Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2014. First Edition First Printing . Boxed Set. As New. Virtually pristine, well-preserved boxed game designed as in entrée into the D&D world. Includes the 64-page adventure book,"Lost Mine of Phandelver" for the Dungeon Master; a 32-page "Starter Set Rulebook" for playing characters from levels 1-5; double-side printed character sheets & supporting… Read more about this item
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by Rowling, J. K.; Grandpré, Mary (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780439064866
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£138.40

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New York, New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Books, 1999. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Grandpré, Mary. A true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, of the second book in the beloved Harry Potter series, with all appropriate points & in the first state binding. Large octavo (6.25" x 9.25") has medium-blue paper with a blindstamped… Read more about this item
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£138.40
Odd John (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 8)
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Odd John (Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 8)

by Stapledon, Olaf

Condition
Used - VG-
Edition
First Thus 1st Printing
Published
1951
Binding
Soft cover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£15.38

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New York, New York: Galaxy Publishing Corp., 1951. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG-. Fanciful tale of the next stage in human evolution--Homo Superior--who searches for others like himself. 160 pages. Orig. published by Dutton in 1936, Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine selected to reproduce it here as No. 8 in their series of digest-sized paperback novels, complete… Read more about this item
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£15.38
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel

by Bradbury, Ray

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Book Club Edition (BCE)
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£73.05

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Bradbury at his finest, with the title story a paean to books, reading & a dark warning about the evils of censorship & those who fear the written word. Never more relevant than in contemporary America. In 191 pages, it… Read more about this item
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£73.05
Unfinished Tales
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Unfinished Tales

by Tolkien, J. R. R.; Tolkien, Christopher (Editor)

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780395299173
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£73.05

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Edited (& with an Introduction & Commentary) by the author's son, this is a collection of stories & redrawn maps that range in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Rings. It will bring fresh insights to even… Read more about this item
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£73.05
Black Velvet Cthulhu
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Black Velvet Cthulhu

by Dubisch, Mike; Goodfellow, Cody (Introduction)

Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Published
2010
Binding
Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£96.11

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San Diego, California: self-published , 2010. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Dubisch, Mike. Celebrated fantasy/horror illustrator who has long explored the dark world of H. P. Lovecraft & created his "Black Velvet Necronomicon" to showcase his visions. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2010, SIGNED by the Author/Artist (his name only) in silver pen… Read more about this item
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The Future of Fantasy Art
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The Future of Fantasy Art

by Fell, Aly (Editor); Duddlebug (Editor); Stout, William (Foreword)

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Published
2009
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780061809903
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£38.44

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Collins Design/Harper Collins, 2009. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Brilliant introduction to what the author of the Foreword calls a "new Golden Age" of fantasy art, similar to that ushered in by the sci-fi & fantasy paperback artists of the 1960s. In 192 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2009, this… Read more about this item
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The Blue Grotto Terror (Adventures in the Unknown series)
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The Blue Grotto Terror (Adventures in the Unknown series)

by Claudy, Carl H.; Valentine, A. C. (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1934
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£134.56

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Valentine, A. C. . Book #4m & the final installment, in the author's "Adventures in the Unknown" series of sci-fi tales designed for young adult (YA) readers in the 1930s. Aimed at boys, the books featured Alan Kane & Ted Dolliver as they engaged in "thrills not duplicated… Read more about this item
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£134.56
Stranger in a Strange Land
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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Heinlein, Robert A.

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
Book Club Edition (BCE)
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£96.11

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New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. An exceptionally clean & bright Book Club Edition of Heinlein's classic, which will look lovely on your shelf until you find that true First Edition! In 414 pages, this hardcover octavo (8vo) has sea-foam green cloth-covered boards with yellow lettering… Read more about this item
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£96.11
R Is for Rocket
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R Is for Rocket

by Bradbury, Ray; Binger, Charles (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
5th or later Printing
Published
1978
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN
9780553119312
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La Mesa, California, USA
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£15.38

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Garden City, New York: Bantam Books, 1978. 5th or later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Binger, Charles. Classic collection of 17 early tales from the sci-fi grand master orig. published in the pulps when he was not yet a household name. First issued in hardcover in 1962, & by Bantam in various softcover iterations beginning in 1965,… Read more about this item
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£15.38