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  • Idrisyn Oliver Evans

    Published by Amereon Ltd July 1982, 1982

    ISBN 10: 0884119068ISBN 13: 9780884119067

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    Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No Jacket. No dust jacket. Former library copy with identifying mark on title page.

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    Unknown Binding. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.

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    hardcover. Condition: Good. Dated 1952. Photograph available on request.

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    7th Reprint. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; Physical description: 253 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 1962. Subjects: Flora - Fauna - Coasts - Northeastern Atlantic Ocean - Ireland - Great Britain. Series: The Observer's Pocket Series, 31. 1 Kg.


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  • Evans, Idrisyn Oliver

    Published by Roy Publishers

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

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    Condition: Bueno. EAN: 9788402004505 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: La TierraAutor: Evans| Idrisyn Oliver Editorial: Bruguera. Peso: 454 Año de publicación: 1980.


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  • Evans, Idrisyn Oliver

    Published by Delphin , Stuttgart 1971.,, 1971

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    Broschürt. TB., 159s., in gutem Zustand, [Ls], Deutsch 400g.

  • Idrisyn Oliver Evans

    Published by Warne, 1962

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    Hardcover. Condition: Poor. The cover edges are discoloured, quite heavily down the spine. No jacket. Stamp to the inside cover. Light foxing inside, sound enough copy.

  • Evans, Idrisyn Oliver

    Published by Panther, London, 1966

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    Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. The author has picked eleven general areas within the genre. and then chosen a writer's specific work that speaks to that subject. For example, he chose Eric Frank Russell's ` A Lilttle Oil ' to speak to the concept : Space Psychologist. Read more about : The Flinties, colloidal, furnace, Mr. Manager, bullets, and Eckels. Suggested reading list on pp. 172 -173. Cond ; Paper wrapper is black with white lettering. Cover art looks like a view into a cyclotron. Colours bright, binding sound. Light edge wear. No names, no marks, no tears. Quote (p. 74) : " Morale boosted way up . The ship's drumming and thrumming somehow lost its hellishness and took on a heartening note of urgency. Jangled nerves accepted the newand different strain of anticipation right to the ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.

  • I. O. [Idrisyn Oliver] Evans

    Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1974

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    Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Hardback in dust wrapper (brown boards with black titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 5¾" x 5¾" (0.4 kg); 214pp; Index; In the Observer's Pocket series; Preface by H. L. Hawkins; 2nd printing. [First Published: 1971] Number 10 in the series. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs [93]; Black & White Drawings [65]; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #173347|| Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Price Clipped. Text complete, clean and tight.

  • I. O. [Idrisyn Oliver] Evans

    Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1971

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    Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Hardback in dust wrapper (brown boards with black titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 5¾" x 3¾" (0.3 kg); 214pp; Index; Revised Edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ISBN: 0723200920 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #166340|| Condition: Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges, faded at the spine and tanned on the reverse. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Edges of the text block lightly tanned.

  • Evans, Idrisyn Oliver

    Published by Bruguera, 1972

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    Tapa blanda. Manuales de Divulgación Cultural. Libro color, 15. Ilustrado 159 Naturaleza.

  • Sinclair, Upton ; Evans, Idrisyn Oliver

    Published by Upton Sinclair, Los Angeles, 1934

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition / 1st Printing. Good in fair dust jacket. Book : spine color slightly faded, light wear at top & bottom of spine, copyright notice blanked out. Jacket : unevenly chipped along edges, missing lower half of spine, spine split down center, top 1/12 of spine unevenly chipped. Jacket in clear plastic, archival protector. 13 x 19cm. hard cover. 328pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

  • Verne, Jules; Evans, I.O. [Idrisyn Oliver]

    Published by Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1962

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    Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Jacket spine toned, jacket lightly rubbed. 1962 Hard Cover. 191 pp. A story of the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon, similar to the works of Jack London and Robert W. Service. Part one of The Golden Volcano, first published in 1906 under the title Le Volcan d'Or. By the author of Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Includes a new introduction by I.O. Evans. "I.O. Evans (Idrisyn Oliver Evans) love of science fiction and Jules Verne led him to envisage a series of Jules Verne books where he could re-introduce to the public the many works that were not commonly known. It was the publisher Bernard Hanison (a 29 year old) who [agreed upon] a contract with I.O. Evans in 1958 for such a series. The address of the offices of Bernard Hanison was 10 Fitzroy Street, and hence the name of the series, Fitzroy Edition. Bernard Hanison published under his own name Bernard Hanison, London and also under ARCO Publications Ltd., London. After [finalizing] the contract with I.O Evans, Bernard, in 1959, sold the companies and the works to be published to MacGibbon and Kee. It was MacGibbon and Kee who continued to publish the Fitzroy Edition under the ARCO Publications banner. Any books in the works at the time could still be published but recognition to the publishing entity Bernard Hanison had to be given. The first books in the Fitzroy Edition, can be identified as such because of the Hanison markings." - Jules Verne Collecting website "The intention of this new edition of one of the greatest of imaginative writers is to make it as comprehensive as possible, and to include his lesser-known, as well as his most popular works. Jules Verne is universally acclaimed as the founder of modern science fiction and as the author of a number of exciting stories of travel and adventure, but he also produced several historical novels and some acute studies of contemporary life. The first three books in the series are selected to illustrate several aspects of his work. A Floating City is based on his own experiences when he crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated Great Eastern, a vessel that was intended to be the greatest achievement of nineteenth-century engineering but which proved to be its greatest failure. The Begum's Fortune, a remarkable work of science fiction, displays its author's gift of foresight, for it contains not only what is probably the first idea of an artificial satellite but a grim foreboding of the modern totalitarian state. Finally, Five Weeks in a Balloon demanded inclusion, for it was through this book that Verne won his success as a writer. The series is under the general editorship of I.O. Evans, F.R.G.S., compiler of Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction, and for many years an admirer of Verne and a science fiction addict." - From the Publisher "In the days of science fiction the old masters are not necessarily outworn; their prescience and vitality remain something to wonder at, even if their world is old-fashioned. The major works of Jules Verne have never been dropped; witness the fabulous success of Round the World in Eighty Days.The volumes in the Fitzroy Edition by I. O. Evans, give in somewhat abbreviated form some of the lesser known novels which I found most entertaining. With his tremendous knowledge and industry, Verne filled pages with detail which is here pruned away to give a quicker narrative." - The Guardian.

  • Verne, Jules; Evans, I.O. [Idrisyn Oliver]

    Published by Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1961

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    Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Jacket spine toned, jacket lightly rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. 192 pp. A novel about polar exploration, following the exploits of Captain Hatteras, concluding the adventure that began in At the North Pole. By the author of Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Includes a new introduction and editorial postscript by I.O. Evans. "I.O. Evans (Idrisyn Oliver Evans) love of science fiction and Jules Verne led him to envisage a series of Jules Verne books where he could re-introduce to the public the many works that were not commonly known. It was the publisher Bernard Hanison (a 29 year old) who [agreed upon] a contract with I.O. Evans in 1958 for such a series. The address of the offices of Bernard Hanison was 10 Fitzroy Street, and hence the name of the series, Fitzroy Edition. Bernard Hanison published under his own name Bernard Hanison, London and also under ARCO Publications Ltd., London. After [finalizing] the contract with I.O Evans, Bernard, in 1959, sold the companies and the works to be published to MacGibbon and Kee. It was MacGibbon and Kee who continued to publish the Fitzroy Edition under the ARCO Publications banner. Any books in the works at the time could still be published but recognition to the publishing entity Bernard Hanison had to be given. The first books in the Fitzroy Edition, can be identified as such because of the Hanison markings." - Jules Verne Collecting website "The intention of this new edition of one of the greatest of imaginative writers is to make it as comprehensive as possible, and to include his lesser-known, as well as his most popular works. Jules Verne is universally acclaimed as the founder of modern science fiction and as the author of a number of exciting stories of travel and adventure, but he also produced several historical novels and some acute studies of contemporary life. The first three books in the series are selected to illustrate several aspects of his work. A Floating City is based on his own experiences when he crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated Great Eastern, a vessel that was intended to be the greatest achievement of nineteenth-century engineering but which proved to be its greatest failure. The Begum's Fortune, a remarkable work of science fiction, displays its author's gift of foresight, for it contains not only what is probably the first idea of an artificial satellite but a grim foreboding of the modern totalitarian state. Finally, Five Weeks in a Balloon demanded inclusion, for it was through this book that Verne won his success as a writer. The series is under the general editorship of I.O. Evans, F.R.G.S., compiler of Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction, and for many years an admirer of Verne and a science fiction addict." - From the Publisher "In the days of science fiction the old masters are not necessarily outworn; their prescience and vitality remain something to wonder at, even if their world is old-fashioned. The major works of Jules Verne have never been dropped; witness the fabulous success of Round the World in Eighty Days. The volumes in the Fitzroy Edition by I.O. Evans, give in somewhat abbreviated form some of the lesser known novels which I found most entertaining. With his tremendous knowledge and industry, Verne filled pages with detail which is here pruned away to give a quicker narrative." - The Guardian.

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  • Verne, Jules; Evans, I.O. [Idrisyn Oliver]

    Published by Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1961

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    Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Jacket spine toned, jacket lightly rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. 190 pp. A story of the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon, similar to the works of Jack London and Robert W. Service. Part one of The Golden Volcano, first published in 1906 under the title Le Volcan d'Or. By the author of Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Includes a new introduction by I.O. Evans. "I.O. Evans (Idrisyn Oliver Evans) love of science fiction and Jules Verne led him to envisage a series of Jules Verne books where he could re-introduce to the public the many works that were not commonly known. It was the publisher Bernard Hanison (a 29 year old) who [agreed upon] a contract with I.O. Evans in 1958 for such a series. The address of the offices of Bernard Hanison was 10 Fitzroy Street, and hence the name of the series, Fitzroy Edition. Bernard Hanison published under his own name Bernard Hanison, London and also under ARCO Publications Ltd., London. After [finalizing] the contract with I.O Evans, Bernard, in 1959, sold the companies and the works to be published to MacGibbon and Kee. It was MacGibbon and Kee who continued to publish the Fitzroy Edition under the ARCO Publications banner. Any books in the works at the time could still be published but recognition to the publishing entity Bernard Hanison had to be given. The first books in the Fitzroy Edition, can be identified as such because of the Hanison markings." - Jules Verne Collecting website "The intention of this new edition of one of the greatest of imaginative writers is to make it as comprehensive as possible, and to include his lesser-known, as well as his most popular works. Jules Verne is universally acclaimed as the founder of modern science fiction and as the author of a number of exciting stories of travel and adventure, but he also produced several historical novels and some acute studies of contemporary life. The first three books in the series are selected to illustrate several aspects of his work. A Floating City is based on his own experiences when he crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated Great Eastern, a vessel that was intended to be the greatest achievement of nineteenth-century engineering but which proved to be its greatest failure. The Begum's Fortune, a remarkable work of science fiction, displays its author's gift of foresight, for it contains not only what is probably the first idea of an artificial satellite but a grim foreboding of the modern totalitarian state. Finally, Five Weeks in a Balloon demanded inclusion, for it was through this book that Verne won his success as a writer. The series is under the general editorship of I.O. Evans, F.R.G.S., compiler of Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction, and for many years an admirer of Verne and a science fiction addict." - From the Publisher "In the days of science fiction the old masters are not necessarily outworn; their prescience and vitality remain something to wonder at, even if their world is old-fashioned. The major works of Jules Verne have never been dropped; witness the fabulous success of Round the World in Eighty Days.The volumes in the Fitzroy Edition by I. O. Evans, give in somewhat abbreviated form some of the lesser known novels which I found most entertaining. With his tremendous knowledge and industry, Verne filled pages with detail which is here pruned away to give a quicker narrative." - The Guardian.

  • Verne, Jules; Evans, I.O. [Idrisyn Oliver]

    Published by Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1961

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    Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Jacket lightly rubbed with 1/2 inch crease along top edge. 1961 Hard Cover. 190 pp. A materialist Utopia, satirical in the style of Voltaire, illustrating the damage to society caused by people's conflicting ambitions. By the author of Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Includes a new introduction by I.O. Evans. "I.O. Evans (Idrisyn Oliver Evans) love of science fiction and Jules Verne led him to envisage a series of Jules Verne books where he could re-introduce to the public the many works that were not commonly known. It was the publisher Bernard Hanison (a 29 year old) who [agreed upon] a contract with I.O. Evans in 1958 for such a series. The address of the offices of Bernard Hanison was 10 Fitzroy Street, and hence the name of the series, Fitzroy Edition. Bernard Hanison published under his own name Bernard Hanison, London and also under ARCO Publications Ltd., London. After [finalizing] the contract with I.O Evans, Bernard, in 1959, sold the companies and the works to be published to MacGibbon and Kee. It was MacGibbon and Kee who continued to publish the Fitzroy Edition under the ARCO Publications banner. Any books in the works at the time could still be published but recognition to the publishing entity Bernard Hanison had to be given. The first books in the Fitzroy Edition, can be identified as such because of the Hanison markings." - Jules Verne Collecting website "The intention of this new edition of one of the greatest of imaginative writers is to make it as comprehensive as possible, and to include his lesser-known, as well as his most popular works. Jules Verne is universally acclaimed as the founder of modern science fiction and as the author of a number of exciting stories of travel and adventure, but he also produced several historical novels and some acute studies of contemporary life. The first three books in the series are selected to illustrate several aspects of his work. A Floating City is based on his own experiences when he crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated Great Eastern, a vessel that was intended to be the greatest achievement of nineteenth-century engineering but which proved to be its greatest failure. The Begum's Fortune, a remarkable work of science fiction, displays its author's gift of foresight, for it contains not only what is probably the first idea of an artificial satellite but a grim foreboding of the modern totalitarian state. Finally, Five Weeks in a Balloon demanded inclusion, for it was through this book that Verne won his success as a writer. The series is under the general editorship of I.O. Evans, F.R.G.S., compiler of Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction, and for many years an admirer of Verne and a science fiction addict." - From the Publisher "In the days of science fiction the old masters are not necessarily outworn; their prescience and vitality remain something to wonder at, even if their world is old-fashioned. The major works of Jules Verne have never been dropped; witness the fabulous success of Round the World in Eighty Days.The volumes in the Fitzroy Edition by I. O. Evans, give in somewhat abbreviated form some of the lesser known novels which I found most entertaining. With his tremendous knowledge and industry, Verne filled pages with detail which is here pruned away to give a quicker narrative." - The Guardian.

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  • Verne, Jules; Evans, I.O. [Idrisyn Oliver]

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

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    Published by Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1961

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    Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First thus. Dime-sized spot on front jacket panel, jacket spine toned, jacket lightly rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. 224 pp. A story in the tradition of the Lost World novel, considered to be one of the first true works of science fiction. By the author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Includes a new introduction by I.O. Evans. "I.O. Evans (Idrisyn Oliver Evans) love of science fiction and Jules Verne led him to envisage a series of Jules Verne books where he could re-introduce to the public the many works that were not commonly known. It was the publisher Bernard Hanison (a 29 year old) who [agreed upon] a contract with I.O. Evans in 1958 for such a series. The address of the offices of Bernard Hanison was 10 Fitzroy Street, and hence the name of the series, Fitzroy Edition. Bernard Hanison published under his own name Bernard Hanison, London and also under ARCO Publications Ltd., London. After [finalizing] the contract with I.O Evans, Bernard, in 1959, sold the companies and the works to be published to MacGibbon and Kee. It was MacGibbon and Kee who continued to publish the Fitzroy Edition under the ARCO Publications banner. Any books in the works at the time could still be published but recognition to the publishing entity Bernard Hanison had to be given. The first books in the Fitzroy Edition, can be identified as such because of the Hanison markings." - Jules Verne Collecting website "The intention of this new edition of one of the greatest of imaginative writers is to make it as comprehensive as possible, and to include his lesser-known, as well as his most popular works. Jules Verne is universally acclaimed as the founder of modern science fiction and as the author of a number of exciting stories of travel and adventure, but he also produced several historical novels and some acute studies of contemporary life. The first three books in the series are selected to illustrate several aspects of his work. A Floating City is based on his own experiences when he crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated Great Eastern, a vessel that was intended to be the greatest achievement of nineteenth-century engineering but which proved to be its greatest failure. The Begum's Fortune, a remarkable work of science fiction, displays its author's gift of foresight, for it contains not only what is probably the first idea of an artificial satellite but a grim foreboding of the modern totalitarian state. Finally, Five Weeks in a Balloon demanded inclusion, for it was through this book that Verne won his success as a writer. The series is under the general editorship of I.O. Evans, F.R.G.S., compiler of Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction, and for many years an admirer of Verne and a science fiction addict." - From the Publisher "In the days of science fiction the old masters are not necessarily outworn; their prescience and vitality remain something to wonder at, even if their world is old-fashioned. The major works of Jules Verne have never been dropped; witness the fabulous success of Round the World in Eighty Days.The volumes in the Fitzroy Edition by I. O. Evans, give in somewhat abbreviated form some of the lesser known novels which I found most entertaining. With his tremendous knowledge and industry, Verne filled pages with detail which is here pruned away to give a quicker narrative." - The Guardian.