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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Seller: Rod's Books & Relics, Sand springs, OK, U.S.A.
Mass Market. Condition: Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). Moderately read paperback, with small triangular chip missing from bottom of front panel. U-7212. Seller Inventory # 007212
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 4800385-6
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: VG. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st Printing. Stated Ace original, 1984. Very Good condition. Rubs to the book's corners and spine tips. 2 1/4" diagonal crease at the front cover's upper right corner. Some stress creases at the front spine seam. Tanning to the covers' versos. Mild tanning to the page margins. Cover art by James Gurney. Seller Inventory # 15407
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
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
12Mo Softcover. Condition: Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 276pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, sunning; foxing on inner covers, endpapers and textblock edges, page patina throughout, bookstore stamp on frontleaf. Seller Inventory # 116808
Seller: Old Goat Books, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Jim Gurney (illustrator). Condition: 'Very Good' Notes: SF novel. VG. Spine creased. Creases, wear. Seller Inventory # 1137958
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First edition. Cover art by Jim Gurney. A fine and bright unread, as new copy. Book. Seller Inventory # 41961
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
paperback / softback. Condition: vg. Jim Gurney (illustrator). vg Ace Book 1984 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse. Seller Inventory # 225440
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Old Bookshelf, Campbeltown, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 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
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
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