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Deathbird Stories
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.0060111763.G
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Deathbird Stories
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Harper & Row, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Berkshire Books, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). 1st Printing. Book is slightly cocked. Slight edgewear; light sunfading to endpapers. Dust jacket slightly sun-darkened, with some rubbing and discoloration at extremities, page block edges. Small chips and closed tears to dust jacket ; Solid copy. Cover by Leo and Diane Dillon; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 p. Seller Inventory # 3825
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Deathbird Stories
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). ***Please Read*** No marks on text - My shelf location - 9-b-1*. Seller Inventory # 240412025
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Deathbird Stories
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Harper & Row, E-285, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover 8vo. Harper & Row, New York, 1975. Xv, 334 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. As Earth approaches Armageddon, a man embarks on a quest to confront God in the Hugo Awardwinning novelette, "The Deathbird. "In New York City, a brutal act of violence summons a malevolent spirit and a growing congregation of desensitized worshippers in "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, " an Edgar Award winner influenced by the real-life murder of Queens resident Kitty Genovese in 1964. In "Paingod, " the deity tasked with inflicting pain and suffering on every living being in the universe questions the purpose of its cruel existence. Deathbird Stories collects these and sixteen more provocative tales exploring the futility of faith in a faithless world. A legendary author of speculative fiction whose best-known works include A Boy and His Dog and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Screamand whose major awards and nominations number in the dozens, Harlan Ellison strips away convention and hypocrisy and lays bare the human condition in modern society as ancient gods fade and new deities rise to appease the massesgods of technology, drugs, gambling, materialismthat are as insubstantial as the beliefs of those who venerate them. EB; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.5 inches; 334 pages. Seller Inventory # 73295
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Deathbird Stories: A Pantheon of Modern Gods
Published by
HarperCollins Publishers, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
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Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). SIGNED by Harlan Ellison on the title page and inscribed, 'For Juli Veee.' Juli Veee, aka Gyula Visnei Gyula Visnyei, a Hungarian-American soccer player and artist. Juli was a close friend of the fine-press publishers Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos, the latter of whom was a photogrpaher who shot Ellison on multiple occasions. Although 'First Edition' is stated on the verso, this is in fact a second printing, with a sneaky number line on p. 336 running to 2. xv, 334 pp. Purple cloth, gilt stamp to front cover and gilt spine lettering. Exceedingly clean and sharp with tight bingind and fresh pages; DJ entirely crisp and bright, second state with 12.50 price intact. Signed. Seller Inventory # 506147
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Deathbird Stories
Published by
Harper & Row, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover. Signed by Ellison to the title page. Backstrip/points softened, extremities lightly sunned, rear board has faint dampstain, slightly cocked, tiny stains to ffep and front cover. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, dampstained to rear panel, internally reinforced at crown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 28282
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Deathbird Stories
Published by
Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Mind Electric Books, Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). First Edition. First edition (stated) / first printing. Signed with just his name on the title page. Book is in very good + (slight fading to board edges, slight soiling to upper page edges) condition with a very good + (slight soiling) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. Signed. Seller Inventory # 012484
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DEATHBIRD STORIES
Published by
Harper & Row, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Books on the Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). First. Stated first edition. Ellison signature to front free-endpaper. Owner bookplate to inner pastedown. Quarter purple cloth, dark grey boards. Blank purple endpapers. Mild spine lean, boards show light rubbed areas to front board. Dust jacket is price-intact, crease to front flap and bottom corner of rear flap. Even darkening, light soiling to beige covers, now protected within mylar cover.; 334 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 62702
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Deathbird Stories (inscribed)
Published by
Harper & Row, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Dillon (cover ill.) (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st ptg. 8vo, cloth backed boards. Stated first ed. with number 1 in number sequence at back. Wraparound jacket illustration by Leo and Diane Dillon. Inscribed by Ellison on title page "With all best wishes to Scott Connors -- Thanks for the CAS book." and dated 1 Sept. 2004. From the estate of Scott Connors, noted Clark Ashton Smith scholar. Very good in very good, unclipped dj with crease to front dj flap, reinforcement to inside of jacket. Inscribed by the author. Seller Inventory # 36593
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Deathbird Stories
Published by
Harper & Row, 1975
ISBN 10: 0060111763
ISBN 13: 9780060111762
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: The Book Scouts, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leo And Diane Dillon (illustrator). First Edition. To our USA customers. We ship to the USA via "Deliver Duty Paid" shipping options. This means that there will be no duty or tariffs that you need to pay on your purchase! We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of all books, please just ask! Signed American first edition, first printing. Signed on the title page by author. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Very minor wear to spine ends and edges of jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Signed. Seller Inventory # sku520012038