Search Results: Titles starting with D from Astro Trader Books

[ANNE MCCAFFREY]. DAMIA. Ace / Putnam Books, New York, 1992. First Edition, First printing. True first edition with full number line. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, trivial soiling to front board cover, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Unclipped with the original $21.95 price and number code "9207" on the first inner flap. Cover art by Romas Kukalis. Second book in the Tower and the Hive saga. Modern science fiction / fantasy first edition from a major author, collectible. 336 pgs. 8vo.

[PHILIP JOSE FARMER]. DARE. Quartet Books, United Kingdom, 1974. First Edition Thus. First Printing from this UK publisher with this unique cover art, later reprint overall after the 1965 Ballantine Books US edition. Condition: Very Good. Gloss on black wrapper covers still silky and shines. With very minor micro chips to edges, light creases and mild soiling on front and back covers, book has slight spine slant with minor rubbing on spine, typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are intact, clean and binding tight. Barely visible ghost sticker on back cover, with neat bookstore stamp on rear endpaper. Uncommon UK edition of this scarce Philip Jose Farmer off-planet novel.

[KARL EDWARD WAGNER]. DARK CRUSADE. Warner Books, New York, 1976. First Edition, First printing. True first edition Warner #88-154 with the original $1.50 cent price on the front cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases to spine on front cover, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight.This is the author's third novel. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. Vintage paperback original sword and sorcery fantasy, very collectible. 222 pgs. 16mo.

[BRIAN ALDISS]. THE DARK LIGHT YEARS. Signet / New American Library, New York, c.1971. Fifth printing. Signet #W8582. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, micro-creases to spine, pages are clean and binding tight. This is the author's sixth novel. Modern science fiction from a major author, vintage paperback. 128 pgs.

[ANDRE NORTON]. DARK PIPER. Ace Books, New York, 1971 (1969). First Edition, third printing. First edition Ace #13795 with the original 60 cent price on the front cover identical to the first printing, however ads are dated June, 1971 indicating a third printing. Condition: VG. Appears unread, creases to spine, creases near spine on front rear/rear covers, edge wear, micro-chips to extemities else pages pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Vintage paperback first edition novel from a major author, collectible. 220 pgs. 16mo.

[MINETTE WALTERS]. THE DARK ROOM. Macmillian, London, 1995. First Edition, Second printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publishers original blue cloth, titles on spine in gilt, blue endpapers, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped with minor shelf wear and micro-creases to extremities. A about pristine copy. Signed on the title page by author Minette Walters. Adapted for television series on the BBC in 1999 with the same name. Cover art by Tansy Spinks. Modern first crime/mystery novel, signed collectible. 398 pgs. 8vo

[A.E. VAN VOGT]. THE DARKNESS ON DIAMONDIA. New English Library, London, 1980. Reprint. First UK paperback printing. First printing under the New English Library (NEL) publisher. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, With micro-chips to edges, crease to covers and mild shelf wear typical of pulp fiction books of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. Cover art by Tim White. Classic Sci-Fi novel from A.E. Van Vogt, collectible. 188pgs. 16mo.

[A.E. VAN VOGT]. THE DARKNESS ON DIAMONDIA. Ace Books, New York, 1972. First Edition, First printing. Ace # 13798, True First Edition with the original cover price of 95 cents. Condition: Very Good. With mild creases to covers, micro-chips to extremities and minor rubbing on spine typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Cover art by John Schoenherr. Classic Sci-Fi vintage paperback collectible. 253 pgs. 16mo.

[DEAN KOONTZ]. A DARKNESS IN MY SOUL. FANTASTIC. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., New York, January 1968. Vol 17, No 3. First Edition. True first edition with the original 50 cent price on front cover. Condition: Very Good+. Appears unread, creases, rubbing on corner spine, micro-chips to extremities typical of pulp magazines of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed by Dean Koontz on the title page of the short story and first appearance ever of "A Darkness in My Soul". Later expanded and republished in the first edition UK novel 1979 hardback with the same name. With contributions from Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Fritz Leiber and many other Sci-Fi writers of the day. Cover art by Frank R. Paul and interior art by Jeff Jones. 148 pgs. 12mo.

[MICKEY SPILLANE]. DAY OF THE GUNS / THE DEATH DEALERS. New American Library / Signet, New York, 1981. First Edition Thus. First edition Signet Double Mystery # E9733 with full number line and the original $2.95 price on the front cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, creases, micro-chips to extremities, creases to spine, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Signet Double Mystery vintage paperback bound with two novels "Day of the Guns" and "The Death Dealers". Vintage paperback pulp fiction from a major author, rare collectible. 143 pgs. 16mo.

[FRANK KANE]. DEAD WEIGHT. Dell Book, New York, 1953 (1951). First Edition, First printing. True first edition paperback Dell #665 with the original 25 cent price on the front cover.Condition: VG. Appears unread, creases, rubbing to spine, edge wear, book creases to cover extremities typical of vintage paperbacks of this age otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Book store stamp and one inch tear on right lower corner of the introduction page. Featuring protagonist P.I. Johnny Liddell, this is the fifth novel in the series. Cover art by William George. Classic hard-boiled detective pulp fiction first edition, vintage paperback original, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[DASHIELL HAMMETT]. ELLERY QUEEN (EDITOR). DEAD YELLOW WOMEN. Dell Publishing, New York, 1949. First Edition. True first edition Dell Mapback #308. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, classic iconic "Dell Keyhole" logo endpapers, original aqua color A.E.S. (All Edges Stained) pages, rubbing to spine edges, creases to covers mostly near spine, minor soiling to front cover, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a very good to very good plus copy. A collection of six short stories of the author's hard-boiled pulp detective fiction and four are Continental Op with a few stories first published in the pulp magazine The Black Mask. Cover art by Gerald Gregg and mapback by Ruth Belew. Uncommon first edition vintage paperback original Dell Mapback from a major author, collectible. 191 pgs. 16mo.

[MAURICE SENDAK, WILHELM GRIMM]. DEAR MILI. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1988. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped with the original price of $16.95, faint edge wear, minor soiling to extremities otherwise about fine. A newly discovered tale by Wilhelm Grimm in 1983 and previously unpublished. Cover art and interior color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Classic first edition children's fantasy tale from a major illustrator, collectible. 40 pgs. Oblong 4to.

[DAME EDITH NGAIO MARSH]. DEATH OF A PEER. Pocket Books, New York, 1947. First Edition, First printing. True first edition paperback Pocket #475. Condition: VG-. Appears barely read, reading crease, rubbing to spine corners, soiling to rear panel, water staining to lower corner extremities not effecting text legibility, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. This is the tenth novel in the CID Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn series. Classic Golden Age mystery detective pulp fiction, collectible. 302 pgs. 16mo.

[HARRY HARRISON]. JOHN W. CAMPBELL. (EDITOR). ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION; THE HORSE BARBARIANS (DEATHWORLD 3). COMPLETE 3 BOOK SET. Conde Nast, New York, 1968. Vol. 80, No. 6, (February), Vol. 81, No. 1 (March), No. 2 (April). With the original cover price of 60 cents. First Edition. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, hairline scratches, creases to covers typical of vintage pulp magazines of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. This is the first appearance of the story "The Horse Barbarians" by Harry Harrison, retitled later as Deathworld 3, complete three part book serial. Contributions by Poul Anderson, Piers Anthony, James Tiptree Jr. and other science fiction writers of the day. Cover art by Kelly Freas. Classic science fiction pulp set, collectible. 180 pgs. 8vo digest size.

[FRANK MORRISON SPILLANE]. MICKEY SPILLANE THE DEEP. Signet / The New American Library, New York, 1962. First Edition. First Edition in paperback with Signet #D2044 and original 50 cents on cover. Condition: Very Good. With micro chips on edges, light creases, minor rubbing on spine typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. One of Spillane's best novels. 16mo.

E.H. CREETH (PROFESSOR). THE DEERLOVER. INSCRIBED TO LAWRENCE KASDAN FROM AUTHOR. Foul Play Press Book / The Countryman Press, Woodstock, VT, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. In hardcover, one-quarter dark brown cloth, light brown boards with gilded type on spine. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket, mild soiling on cover and page edges. Signed & Inscribed to four time Oscar winner Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter for Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark and many more films. E.H. Creeth was a University professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Animal activist story, signed to a Hollywood screenwriter and director, scarce collectible. Signed also on title page, signed 2X by Author. 290pgs. 8vo.

[KENNETH BULMER]. PSEUDONYMS ALAN BURT AKERS, DRAY PRESCOT. DELIA OF VALLIA: THE FIGHTING WOMEN OF ANTARES. Daw Books, New York, 1982. First Edition, First printing. True first edition DAW # 509 with the original $2.35 price on front cover. Condition: Very Good. Appears unread, creases to spine, covers, micro-chips to extremities with edge wear typical of vintage paperbacks of this age, pages are clean and binding tight. Featuring Delia of Vallia of the mystic guild, The Sisters of the Rose, this is book 28 of the 52 book saga of Dray Prescot of Earth. Cover art by Ken Kelly. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[VICKERY TURNER] SIGNED & INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. DELICATE MATTERS. Little Brown & Co., Great Britain, 1995. Reprint. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped and near fine with a few micro-chips to edges and trivial soiling to covers. Signed, inscribed and dated to actor David Graham by author and actress Vickery Turner, "To David, Love from Vickery, June 1995." David Graham was the actor most known as Dalek in the science fiction TV series Doctor Who and Thunderbirds during the 1960's and as the "Big Brother" voiceover for the one of the most famous Super Bowl ads. ever, the Apple Macintosh computer commercial "1984" by director Ridley Scott broadcasted nationwide on TV on January 22, 1984 for Super Bowl XVIII. Original bookplate of David Graham on pastedown.Vickery Turner was married to actor Warren Oates and starred in several TV shows and feature films including Crooks and Coronets (1969) where she met Warren Oates. Cover art… Read More

[WAYNE D. OVERHOLSER]. DESPERATE MAN. Dell Book, New York, 1958. First Edition, First print. True first edition Dell #993 with the original 25 cent price on the cover. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, vertical crease near spine on cover, creases, a few micro-chips to extremities else pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A rare paperback in any condition. First appearance in the 1957 pulp magazine winter issue of Triple Western. A character is named after the author in the novel Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Classic western pulp fiction vintage paperback original, rare collectible. 160 pgs. 16mo.