Born with a set of gills, webbed fingers, and flippers, Giles Peach, an ingenious, imaginative young man addicted to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, becomes convinced that he is an exiled native of the center of the earth and sets out to return home
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This novel written in the style of Ray Bradbury is about an idiosyncratic character who has the power to realize his fantasies. The author presents us with a modern day Hieronymous Bosch cityscape in which the central figure lives his unrealistic existence, viewing life from a novel perspective. The author has won the World Fantasy Award and the Philip K.Dick Memorial Award for previous novels.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Very Good 1st Paperback Edition with uncreased spine, very lightly bumped to ends. Some very light edge-wear. Edges stained yellow. Internally, shadowed to inside covers. No writing or stamps. Clean, bright pages. Nice, square copy. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages. Seller Inventory # 62324
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Paperback original. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel. ''Ace original/September 1984'' on copyright page. Cover art by Jim Gurney. In Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #86. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Inner covers browning, else a fine (unread) copy. Seller Inventory # 31889
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Seller: Old Goat Books, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). SF novel. VG. Spine creased. Creases, wear. Seller Inventory # 1137958
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Seller: Barsoom Books, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. Once in receipt of this beauty, you'll feel as though you've journeyed over the hills and far away, beyond the field we know -- you'll be THAT enchanted! In protective archival bag! NOTE: Age-toning and a little evidence of handling. At the extreme upper lefthand corner of the cover is a faint, beige stain where the removal of a decades-old sticker left a 'ghost-stain.' There are two spots about to chip that could be fixed with tape either visibly or invisibly, one at the bottom edge of the front cover, and one on the left edge of the back cover (but I leave this up to the buyer). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 039683
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Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A.
Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st edition. PB original in pictorial wrappers. 1st Printing. Inside of the covers browned, otherwise a near fine copy in wraps. Seller Inventory # 2777
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. Once in receipt of this beauty, you'll feel as though you've journeyed over the hills and far away, beyond the field we know -- you'll be THAT enchanted! In protective archival bag! NOTE: Age-toning and a little evidence of handling; also, upper lefthand corner of back cover has a little chip missing. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 039682
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Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # b-982-08
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Paperback. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First edition, first printing. Cover art by Jim Gurney. A fine and bright unread, as new copy. Book. Seller Inventory # 41961
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