Search Results: Titles starting with U from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Doubleday Foundation, 1992. Book. Illus. by Wayne McLoughlin;. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 290 pp. Quarter-bound in blue on brown boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Wayne McLoughlin. This was originally a short story by Asimov - in fact, one of his favourites - and it was expanded into a novel by Robert Silverberg, staying true to its Neaderthal roots... Edith Fellowes, the nurse of the Neanderthal ape-boy taken from a primordial past during an experiment in time travel, discovers that the scientists who brought the boy back have evil intentions..

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 333, 317, 318, 336, 335, 303, 334 pp. Please note, these are heavy books and the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. All seven books are lightly rubbed on the corners with minor creasing on the spines; no interior markings. To be clear, the seven books here are: The Last Kingdom; The Lords of the North; Sword Song; The Burning Land; Death of Kings; The Pagan Lord; and Sword of Kings..

New York: Pharos Books, 1990. Book. Illus. by Chris Foss;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First American Edition. 8vo. (xx) 407 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a very faint partial crease on a flat spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Chris Foss. The Contents are: Introduction; Bibliography; A Note on How This Book Is Arranged; A - Z of Science Fiction Books; and Author Index..

New York: Dell Books, 1991. Book. Illus. by C. B. Moran; Bruce Jensen;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 327 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some minor creasing on the covers and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bruce Jensen; interiors by C. B. Moran. Associate editors: David Keller, Megan Miller and John Betancourt. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. This anthology contains: Pity the Monsters by Charles de Lint; A Writ of Habeas Corpus by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Victor by Karen Haber; Part Five - a novelette by Garfield Reeves-Stevens; Near Flesh by Katherine Dunn; Mad at the Academy by Esther M. Friesner; Summertime was Nearly Over by Brian Aldiss; The Creature on the Couch - a novelette by Michael Bishop; Fortitude by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; Monsters of the Midway by Mike Resnick; Dreams by F. Paul Wilson; I Monster by Loren D. Estleman; Evil Be My Good by Philip Jose Farmer; The State versus Adam Shelley by Benjamin M. Schutz; Chui Chai by S. P. Somtow;… Read More

New York: Dell Books, 1991. Book. Illus. by Bruce Jensen; Michael David Biegel;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Hardcover Edition. 8vo. 275 pp. Book Club Edition. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the panels; previous owner's name inside. Dj art by Bruce Jensen. This anthology contains: Introduction: Crying Wolf by Harlan Ellison; Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhas - a novelette by Harlan Ellison; Unleashed by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; The Werewolf Gambit by Robert Silverberg; Day of the Wolf by Craig Shaw Gardner; South of Oregon City - a novelette by Pat Murphy; Pure Silver - a novelette by Kathleen O'Malley and A. C. Crispin; Special Makeup by Kevin J. Anderson; The Mark of the Beast by Kim Antieau; At War with the Wolf Man by Jerome Charyn; Raymond by Nancy A. Collins; Full Moon Over Moscow by Stuart A. Kaminsky; Wolf, Iron, and Moth by Philip Jose Farmer; Moonlight on the Gazebo by Mel… Read More

New York: ibooks inc., 2001. Book. Illus. by J. Vita;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 326 pp. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover by J. Vita. This anthology contains: The Unnameable by H. P. Lovecraft; Auntie Elspeth's Hallowe'en Story, or, The Gourd, the Bad and the Ugly by Esther Freisner; The Witch Who Hated Hallowe'en by Terry Kaye; Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out by Darrell Schweitzer; Miasma by Terry McGarry; Evening Spirit by Marc Bilgray; Pumpkin Head by Al Sarrantonio; Trick or Treat with Jesus by Marilyn Mattie Brahen; Into the Abyss by R. J. Lewis; The Theft of the Halloween Pumpkin by Edward D. Hoch; The Devil's Own by John Gregory Betancourt; All Souls by Edith Wharton; Uncle Evil Eye by Carole Bugge; The Phantom Highwayman by Ron Goulart; The Hallowe'en Man by William F. Nolan; A Matter of Taste by Parke Godwin; and The Banshee's Comb by Herminie T. Kavanagh..

New York: Dell Books, 1991. Book. Illus. by Bruce Jensen; Michael David Biegel;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 359 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; two ink numbers on the contents page; no other interior markings. Cover art by Bruce Jensen; interiors by Michael David Biegel. This anthology contains: Introduction: Crying Wolf by Harlan Ellison; Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhas - a novelette by Harlan Ellison; Unleashed by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; The Werewolf Gambit by Robert Silverberg; Day of the Wolf by Craig Shaw Gardner; South of Oregon City - a novelette by Pat Murphy; Pure Silver - a novelette by Kathleen O'Malley and A. C. Crispin; Special Makeup by Kevin J. Anderson; The Mark of the Beast by Kim Antieau; At War with the Wolf Man by Jerome Charyn; Raymond by Nancy A. Collins; Full Moon Over Moscow by Stuart A. Kaminsky; Wolf, Iron, and Moth by Philip Jose Farmer; Moonlight on the Gazebo by Mel Gilden; Close Shave by… Read More

New York: Walker and Company, 1971. Book. Illus. by Frank R. Paul;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 187 pp. Black boards lettered in blue on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Frank R. Paul..

New York: Harper Prism, 1996. Book. Illus. by Gahan Wilson;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 191 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Gahan Wilson. Nancy Collins was the consulting editor. This anthology contains: Curtains for Nat Crumley by T.E.D. Klein; The Head by Melissa Mia Hall; The Ratz in the Walls by Gregory Nicholl; An Eye for an Eye by Norman Partridge; Still Life with Peckerwood by Anya Martin and Philip Nutman; Reunion by Mike Lee; The Inverted Violin by Kathe Koja; Bundling by Lucy Taylor; Bone Tunes by Wayne Allen Salee; Afternoons with Beasts by David Aaron Clark; The Monster Lab by Steve Antczak; and Someone's in the Kitchen by Nancy A. Collins..

New York: Dell Books, 1992. Book. Illus. by C. B. Moran; Bruce Jensen;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Hardcover Edition. 8vo. 250 pp. Book Club Edition. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Some edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; unmarked Boris Vallejo book plate beneath the front flap of the dj on the front pastedown. Dj art by Bruce Jensen; interiors by C. B. Moran. Associate editors: David Keller, Megan Miller and John Betancourt. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. This anthology contains: Pity the Monsters by Charles de Lint; A Writ of Habeas Corpus by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Victor by Karen Haber; Part Five - a novelette by Garfield Reeves-Stevens; Near Flesh by Katherine Dunn; Mad at the Academy by Esther M. Friesner; Summertime was Nearly Over by Brian Aldiss; The Creature on the Couch - a novelette by Michael Bishop; Fortitude by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; Monsters of the Midway by Mike Resnick; Dreams by F. Paul Wilson; I Monster by Loren D. Estleman; Evil Be My… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Book. Illus. by Marjorie Dressler;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 217 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear to the upper corners and the upper spine of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Marjorie Dressler. He was a pathetic small-time criminal, cowering like a wounded animal in a darkened alley. Trapped, seriously wounded, he was about to be finished off by a vicious hitman. And as the killer pulled the trigger, time seemed to stop and the bullet froze in mid-air. And a dapper old gentleman appeared and whisked away the wounded man to a complex hidden deep within the Arctic....

New York: Bantam Books, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 258 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates..

London: Corgi Books, 1989. Book. Illus. by Geoff Taylor;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Editions. 363, 351, 352 pp. All three books have light edge and corner wear; Book One has some faint creasing on the spine, the other two have uncreased spines; no interior markings. Covers by Geoff Taylor. To be clear, the books here are: One: Dreams of Stone; Two: The Lightless Kingdom; and Three: The Age of Chaos..

San Leandro, California: Bristol Publishing, 1997. Book. Illus. by James Balkovek;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 171 pp. Oblong softcover. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by James Balkovek. The Contents are: Chicken - a Wealth of Assets; About Chicken; Cooking Chicken; Appetizers and Sandwiches; Soups; Salads; Pizzas and Pastas; Casseroles and One Dish Meals; Sautes and Stir Fries; Grils and Broils; and Roasts and Bakes; followed by an index..

Sussex, England: The Book Guild - Woodland Publishing, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 236 pp. Personalized inscription by both authors on the half-title page. Blue boards decorated in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; aside from the authors' inscription, no interior markings. The story of two innocent, warm-hearted orphan girls and their quest for happiness, success and the truth of their parentage, set during the pioneer days of the 1800s. The girls were raised together by nuns, and then the day came when they had to leave the convent to earl a living. And they stepped into a world of dangers and temptations for which their upbringing had left them totally unprepared. And the 1850s is well evoked, with its stark contrasts of lawlessness and Victorian civilisation....

Toronto: William Briggs, 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xv) 251 pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine. This has a personalized inscription: "To Robert Goswell Oliver on the occasion of his ordination to the Christian Ministry, London, June 1942, from author, L. Bartlett." Lightly rubbed on the corners; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; Introductory History; In Ireland; On the Farm; At Home Everywhere; Toby; Sin, Intemperance etc; A Catholic Methodist; In the Pulpit; On the Platform; An Assistant Minister - West; Assistant Minister - East; and Tributes of Respect..

Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 60 pp. Red cloth spine on pictorial boards; illustrated with a colour frontis and black and white line drawings. Edge and corner wear; small ink mark on the front free endpaper..

New York: Avon Books, 1986. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 312 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with very faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This contains: Introduction by Piers Anthony; Time Enough by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore writing as Lewis Padgett; The Soul Empty Ones - a novelette by Walter M. Miller Jr.; Defender of the Faith by Alfred Coppel; All of You by James V. McConnell; The Holes by Michael Shaara; Beast in the House by Michael Shaara; Little Boy by Jerome Bixby; Unwillingly to School - a novelette by Pauline Ashwell; Brother Robot by Henry Slesar; The Stuff by Henry Slesar; The Risk Profession - a novelette by Donald E. Westlake; Arcturus Times Three by Jack Sharkey; They Are Not Robbed - a novelette by Richard McKenna; The Creatures of Man by Verge Foray; Only Yesterday by Ted White; An Agent in Place by Laurence M. Janifer; and Afterword by Barry N. Malzberg..

New York: Dell Books, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 192 pp. Dell Book 981. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings..

New York: Dell Books, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 192 pp. Dell Book 981. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings..