Beynon John Wyndham (127 results)

Condition: Good. British paperback. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Very Good. UK Wyndham in nice condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good-. First Thus. [2nd printing] 1967; #72-155. Cover art by Frazetta. Tanning; internal foxing; edge nicks and wear; minor soiling; stress. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Some creasing and wear; sticker and sticker tear to the Frazetta cover; pages yellowed. A reading copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 227906.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 189 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Wraparound cover art by Colin Hay. Colin Hay; (illustrator). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 220 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. Cover art by Peter Lord. This was first filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, directed by Wolf Rilla and starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith, John Phillips and others. Next it was done in 1995, directed by John Carpenter and starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare, Meredith Salenger, Mark Hamill. and many others. Peter Lord; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Very light wear. No spine crease. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for article on the Brookhaven Atomic Pile. Includes "Agent of Vega" (novelette; 1st SF story) by James H. Schmitz; "Eternity Lost" (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak; "Convergence to Death" by M. C. Pease; "The Animal-Cracker Plot" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Trip One" by Edward Grendon; "Secret Weapon" by Alfred Coppel; "Adaptation" by John Beynon (John Wyndham). Article: "Talking on Pulses" by C. Rudmore. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Brookhaven Sketches" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "The Analytical Laboratory". Illustrated by Brush, Cartier, Orban and Quackenbush.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Three paperbacks by John Wyndham. "Stowaway to Mars," Fawcett Gold Medal T2646, printed December 1972 (though copyright 1935, 1963), originally sold for 75 cents. It's as-new unread, 192 pp. "The Infinite Moment," Ballantine original 546, carries only the 1961 copyright date and was originally priced 35 cents. It's "good" with creasing, cover art by Richard Powers, publisher's ad offers "Three Great Science-Fiction Classics" (including Clarke's "Childhood's End") for one dollar; 159 pp. "Re-Birth / They were the Mutants -- the hunted people . . . and the seed of the future," Ballantine original 104, was published in 1955, and originally priced at 35 cents. It's "good" with edge rub, page edges toning, and the original glued binding perhaps strong enough for one more careful reading, jacket illustration by Richard Powers, 187 pp. followed by an ad for a new Arthur C. Clarke novel called "Childhood's End." The three mass-market paperbacks now reduced from $20. Two cover illustrations by Richard Powers (illustrator).…

Condition: GOOD. Paperback original - first US printing. A book which asks the questions "Suppose you could extend your life to 300 healthy, active years with no infirmities of age? What would this secret be worth? What would you do to protect it?" One reviewer commented that "what Wyndham does here is think things through in what was, for the time, a rather surprising way: he looks at it from the feminist angle." (Guardian) One of the scientists behind this discovery was a woman, the granddaughter of a suffragist, and this novel explores how such a discovery will affect women's lives, and their expectations of life - and the reaction against women being empowered. Ballantine 449K, cover price 35 cents. 160 pp. Cover art by Richard Powers, Good overall - usual toning to pages, some toning to covers, minor wear. Note: vintage paperbacks are fragile and need to be handled with care.…

Paperback. 72-701 very good - fine, reading crease PBO. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. paperback.

Paperback. 72-155 almost near fine paperback.

Paperback. 72-155 very good - fine paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The binding is tilted and creased. Secure pages, solid binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Paperback. 72-701 almost near fine PBO. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. paperback.

Paperback. 72-701 near fine, unread PBO. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. paperback.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. XLIII, No. 5. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers for article on the Brookhaven Atomic Pile. Includes "Agent of Vega" (novelette; 1st SF story) by James H. Schmitz; "Eternity Lost" (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak; "Convergence to Death" by M. C. Pease; "The Animal-Cracker Plot" by L. Sprague de Camp; "Trip One" by Edward Grendon; "Secret Weapon" by Alfred Coppel; "Adaptation" by John Beynon (John Wyndham). Article: "Talking on Pulses" by C. Rudmore. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Brookhaven Sketches" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "In Times to Come"; "Book Review"; "The Analytical Laboratory". Illustrated by Brush, Cartier, Orban and Quackenbush. Tanned; staple wear; tears at lower hinges, 1.5"; 1/4" loss at head; tear at lower front edge; wraps starting at head. Book.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First Edition. ----------science fiction pulp magazine, digest size. Very modest shelfwear, a near fine to fine copy. James B. Settles (front cover) (illustrator).

Paperback. 72-155 near fine, unread paperback.

Condition: Fair. A fair paperback copy with no spine creases or remainder marks. Bindings are tight and straight, minimal wear to covers. A lovely reading copy.

Condition: Good. 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.

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 2. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Harold McCauley for "Meet Me in Tomorrow" by Guy Archette [Chester S. Geier]. Includes "Technical Slip" by John Beynon [John Wyndham]; "Tourists to Terra" by Mack Reynolds; "What So Proudly We Hail. . ." by Day Keene; "The Ultimate Quest" by Hal Annas; "It's Raining Frogs!" (novelette) by Milton Lesser; "The Old Ones" (novelette) by Betsy Curtis; "The Brave Walk Alone" by John McGreevey. Features: "The Editorial"; "Personals"; "Electronic Eyeball"; "Forecasts"; "Midget Marvels"; "The Shooting Little Robot"; "The Violent Element"; "The Hydraulic Accumulator"; "Bottle Pilots"; "Letters from the Readers". Illustrated by Raymond, Terry, Tillotson, and McCauley. Creasing; light bump/scuff at upper front foredge corner; pulp paper is tanned and several pages have corner losses. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 175 pages. "ROCKET TO THE EARTH'S CORE -it was the ultra-scientific machine-but it plunged Mark and Margaret into the weirdest of primative worlds.a land beneath the Earth's surface and forgotten by time." >> Cover scuffing; paper pull to lower left front cover; store stamp to interior front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FRANK FRAZETTA (illustrator). Book.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories this issue are Agent of Vega by Schmitz (after an absence since a 1943 appearance in Unknown), and nothing else that the seller can see. Small tear to spine top, faint cover crease, a VG+ to near fine copy. Back cover advertisement is for Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guides (Audel, Publishers). Hubert Rogers (front cover) (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. As Issued. 175pp. Covers show minor wear. Good to Very Good condition. Paper tanned.

Condition: New.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. 1, No. 2. [Edited by Sam Merwin.] Cover art by Bergey. Includes "The Exile of the Skies" (novel) by Richard Vaughan; "The Last Planet" (novelet) by R. F. Starzl; "The Man from Beyond" (novelet) by John Beynon Harris (John Wyndham); "The Light Bender" by Frank K. Kelly; "The Bore" by James Blish; "A Thief in Time" by Raymond A. Young; "The Moon and Mr. Wick" by Jack Williamson. Features: "Cosmic Encores"; "From the Annals of Science" by S. M. Ritter. Illustrated by Lawrence, Napoli, Orban, and Finlay. Tears at lower hinges (see scan; rear similar); tanned; edge and corner wear with short tears and small losses; foxing; small losses at spine ends. Magazine. …

Wraps. Condition: Good-. Vol. 4, No. 10. Bedsheet-sized pulp magazine; stapled wraps. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover art by Paul for "Wanderers of Time" by John Beynon Harris [John Wyndham]. Includes "The Robot Technocrat" by Nathan Schachner; "The Man Who Awoke" by Laurence Manning; "Dweller in Martian Depths" by Clark Ashton Smith; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Reader Speaks". Illustrated by Frank R. Paul. Letters from Jack Darrow and others. Issue has been wet and is wavy with minor damage to front at upper foredge corner, and rear cover and last few pages soiled with minor pulls and adhesions; center page loose. Magazine.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a mass market paperback book. Ballantine book number U6119 with a price of .75 cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The white book covers have some light toning / toning. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is light generalized toning throughout. "Wyndham's reputation rests mainly on the first four of the novels published in his life under that name. The Day of the Triffids remains his best-known work, but some readers consider that The Chrysalids was really his best. This is set in the far future of a post-nuclear dystopia where genetic stability is compromised and women are severely oppressed if they give birth to "mutants". David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, wrote of it: "One of the most thoughtful post-apocalypse novels ever written. Wyndham was a true English visionary, a William Blake with a science doctorate." The Guardian states his "innocuously English backdrops are central to the power of his novels, implying that apocalypse could occur at any time or, indeed, be happening in the next village at this moment", while The Times's reviewer of The Day of the Triffids described it as possessing "all the reality of a vividly realised nightmare." " (from Wikipedia).…

Condition: Very Good. 1977. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, sunned spine, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

paperback / softback. Condition: vg. vg Coronet Book 1972 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.